Penang Family Health Development Association (FHDA)

The Penang Family Planning Association (FPA) was registered on 16 January 1962 . The first annual general meeting was held on 27 February 1962 in its temporary office at Bishop Street which later moved to Beach Street. The first permanent clinic started operation in May 1966 at 16/18 Kampong Kolam (KK).

The then Mayor of Georgetown, the Honourable Mr Ooi Thiam Siew (who was also the FPA President) officiated the opening on 14 October 1966. The office was then transferred to Kampong Kolam which remains as FPA’s main clinic. In 1998, the office moved from 57 Macalister Road to Jalan Perak.

The association set up a network of mobile clinics at the Municipal Council government clinic premises to provide much-needed family planning information and clinic services. These clinics were manned by motivational field workers both on the island as well as the mainland (Butterworth, Kepala Batas and Bukit Mertajam).

By now, our services included: pregnancy tests, early detection of cancers via pap smears and breast examination, infertility/sub-fertility counselling, marital counselling, hormone replacement therapy, minor gynaecological treatment, medical camps and reproductive health advice to youth