It was in this building that Sun Yat-sen delivered his famous speech at the 1910 Penang Conference, and raised Straits Dollars $8000 on the spot.
Di dalam gedung inilah Sun Yat-sen menyampaikan pidatonya yang terkenal di Konferensi Pulau Pinang 1910, dan serta-merta mengumpulkan Dolar Selat $8000.