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Leong san tong khoo kongsi
Cannon Street, Georgetown, Penang Island, Malaysia Phone: +604-261 4609About
Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi at Cannon Square is the finest Chinese clan temple outside China. It was was founded in 1835, on the 8th day of the 5th moon of the Chinese calendar, when 102 members of the Khoo clan gathered to form an association to look after the welfare of Khoo clansmen in the Nanyang. It was to be similar to another Khoo association in China, the Ee Kok Tong. One of the functions of the association was to keep records of the clan ancestors and descendents. The result of this meticulous exercise is that the Khoos have one of the most complete genealogical charts of all the clans in Penang.
