Lim Lean Teng Road

Lim Lean Teng Road, Penang (8 December 2012)


Lim Lean Teng Road is a road in the Green Lane area of George Town. It is the road that runs from Green Lane to Terengganu Road. Branching off from Lim Lean Teng Road are Han Chiang Road, Dungun Road and Medan Terengganu.

Lim Lean Teng Road was named after an imminent Teochew from the Teochew Association of Penang. Mr Lim was instrumental in founding the Han Chiang High School which lies along the road named in his honour. The school was founded on 10 October 1919 - the anniversary day of the liberation of China - and was named Han Chiang after the river flowing through the Teochew home village of Chaozhou, in eastern Guangdong Province, China. Similarly, the ancestral temple of the Teochew in Penang is also called Han Chiang, and spelled Han Jiang.

Terrace houses on Lim Lean Teng Road (23 September 2012)


While Han Chiang Primary School and Han Chiang High School occupy much of the northern side of Lim Lean Teng Road, the southern side has a row of double-storey terrace houses. These were designed in the Early Modern style.

Getting there

The nearest bus stop is along Green Lane and Jalan Air Itam. If you are coming from George Town and using public transport, Rapid Penang buses 102, 206 and T304 pass by Green Lane.

Jalan Lim Lean Teng road sign (8 December 2012)

Sights along Lim Lean Teng Road

Related Pages

List of Streets in Penang and Streets in Malaysia