The street art piece “Ah Quee” is located in the Ah Quee Street, named after Kapitan Chung Keng Kwee who had the nickname Ah Quee. Chung Keng Kwee, aka Ah Quee, came from a Chinese Hakka family who had a farm in Guangdong in China. In 1841, when Ah Quee was 20 years of age, his mother sent him to Malaysia in order to find his dad who had gone there some years ago. Ah Quee managed to find both his father and his older brother. He joined them and the trio made a fortune by tin mining in Perak in the late 19th century. Ah Quee actually developed the best and largest tin mine in the world at that time. He had around 5 000 people working in his mine. He also had farms where they were growing opium and tobacco, and on the side, he also was involved in the gambling and spirits business. Yep, Ah Quee did pretty good in all his businesses and soon became a very wealthy and famous man. Ah Quee built his home in Lebuh Gereja in George Town, not far from where this art piece is located. Today his house is converted into the museum Pinang Peranakan Mansion which is well worth a visit. Next door to his home, is his ancestral temple, built for the worship of his ancestors from China. We visited this museum and temple and we loved it! It is the best preserved Peranakan mansion in Penang. It also has an impressive collection of gold and jewelry which gives you an impression of how rich Ah Quee really was. In the art piece “Ah Quee”, you see a European businessman greeting Ah Que, but he is having a hard time pronouncing Ah Quee`s name. He tries with “Ah Quee?”, “Ah Kwee?”, “Ah Kooi?”, and “Ah Kui?”. I can totally relate to this as this something I struggle with too when we are traveling in Asia. But Asians are usually struggling with pronouncing my name too, at least my last name, so I guess it goes both ways. 😂 In the background of the two gentlemen, you see some old traditional kampung houses which are typical for Malaysia in this era. Where is Ah Quee: Ah Quee Street/ Lebuh Ah Quee, Core Zone, George Town, Penang

Nice street art, it's really easy to find Ah Quee?? Street art

Hard to miss and worth a stop to honor the man who contributed to the town

hidden Art!