
Sounds strange to modern folks! In Penang, a market is called (at least in those days) ‘ban-san’ (่ฌๅฑฑ) and not ‘pasar’ (ๅทดๆฎบ).
And ‘ban-san’ means Ten Thousand Mountains, or ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐.
This iconic heritage building is located at the ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ (้ ญ๏ผof Campbell Street (‘sin kay’ = ๆฐ่ก), where Campbell Street meets Buckingham Street and Carnarvon Street.
In my childhood days, I had accompanied my late Mum several times to this ancient market, to buy her favourite stuff which could not be found over the other side of the harbour, ie Butterworth (where we lived).