These 10 Chinese clan jetties can be found on the city waterfront along Weld Quay, not far from the ferry terminal. These 'water villages', set up in the 19th century by pioneer Hokkien Chinese immigrants who shared common historical, geographical and clan origins, were the anchor for newly arrived immigrants who, through kinship ties, were able to find jobs as stevedores and cross-channel ferry boatmen in the bustling port of Penang to stake their survival in the new land.

Each jetty is comprised of row houses on stilts ... (more)