GEORGE TOWN: Way back in 1904, Chung Thye Phin, the last Kapitan China of Perak and Malaya, had an ornate fountain commissioned.It was designed and built in Glasgow, Scotland, at a cost of 3,000 Straits Settlements dollars.

It was installed at the then Penang Turf Club (PTC) premises in Macalister Road, where the St George’s Girls’ School now stands.