Prangin Road is a major thoroughfare in the city of George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang.

[2] Lim Chwee Leong, who hailed from Singapore, moved to George Town during the early 20th century and subsequently set up his dispensary at the road.

As the Prangin Canal facilitated the transportation of goods from the sea and the interior, a wet market, known as 'Sia Boey' in Penang Hokkien, was later built along the road.

However, the advent of motorised vehicles, as well as more modern forms of urbanisation, began to threaten the existence of both the canal and the Sia Boey Market.

[1] Concurrently, the construction of Komtar spelled the end of the Sia Boey Market, which has since been relocated east to Macallum Street Ghaut.