Contents

Acknowledgments
Abstract
Foreword
Introduction

1. Chapter 1: An Early History of the Chinese in Penang (1786 – 1881)
2. Chapter 2: Events Leading-up to the Founding of the Po Leung Kuk (PLK) and its Early Years as a Half Way House (1877 – 1925)
3. Chapter 3: The Babington Avenue Home Before WWII (1926 – 1945)
4. Chapter 4: The Immediate Postwar Period and the PLK in Local Hands (1945 – 1969)
5. Chapter 5: A Multi-ethnic Home and New Directions (1969 – 1977)
6. Conclusion

Bibliography
Appendices
Tables
Index