Karpal Singh Drive
| Karpal Singh Drive | |
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Persiaran Karpal Singh (Malay) |
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| Country |
 Malaysia |
| State |
 Penang |
| City | George Town |
| Suburb | Jelutong |
| Postal code | 11600 |
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| Route information | |
| Maintained by the Penang Island City Council | |
| Length: | 0.8 km (0.5 mi) |
| Existed: | 2014 – present |
Coordinates: 5°23′53.3148″N 100°19′48.9102″E / 5.398143000°N 100.330252833°E
Persiaran Karpal Singh (Malay)
கர்பால் சிங் சுற்றுலா வீதி (Tamil)
卡巴星道 (Chinese)
Karpal Singh Drive is a seafront promenade within the suburb of Jelutong near George Town in Penang, Malaysia. It is named after Karpal Singh (1940-2014), a prominent opposition politician and lawyer who hailed from George Town.
Along Karpal Singh Drive are upscale residential and commercial properties, while the paved promenade itself is decorated with a handful of art sculptures. The promenade faces east, lying along the South Channel of the Penang Strait.
The promenade was renamed after the late Karpal Singh, a Penangite lawyer who became one of the top Democratic Action Party (DAP) politicians. He was once nicknamed the 'Tiger of Jelutong' as he held the federal constituency of Jelutong for five consecutive terms. At the time of death in 2014, he was the Member of Parliament for the Bukit Gelugor federal constituency south of Jelutong.
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