Gurney Drive

Gurney Drive (Malay: Persiaran Gurney; Tamil : குர்னே இயக்கி, Chinese: 新关仔角) is a popular seafront promenade in Pulau Tikus, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia. The road is also one Penang's most popular tourist destinations, famous for the "hawker food" sold from food stalls formerly located along the seafront, now relocated close by. Previously known as the New Coast Road, it was completed in 1936 along what was then known as the North Beach, and renamed in 1952 after Sir Henry Gurney, British High Commissioner in Malaya (1950–1951), who was assassinated by the guerrillas of the Malayan Communist Party during the Malayan Emergency.

Gurney Drive

Gurney Drive (Malay: Persiaran Gurney; Tamil : குர்னே இயக்கி, Chinese: 新关仔角) is a popular seafront promenade in Pulau Tikus, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia. The road is also one Penang's most popular tourist destinations, famous for the "hawker food" sold from food stalls formerly located along the seafront, now relocated close by. Previously known as the New Coast Road, it was completed in 1936 along what was then known as the North Beach, and renamed in 1952 after Sir Henry Gurney, British High Commissioner in Malaya (1950–1951), who was assassinated by the guerrillas of the Malayan Communist Party during the Malayan Emergency.