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okleong
- 8 hours ago
- 1 min
Yau Tet Shin Mansion
Y Yau Tet Shin was born in Guangdong, China, in 1859. He arrived in Malaya penniless and illiterate and began working as a tin-mining...
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okleong
- 8 hours ago
- 1 min
The Great Floods
The flood of 1926 was one of the most devastating floods in the history of Ipoh. The flood was caused by heavy rainfall that lasted for...
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okleong
- Mar 12
- 1 min
Perak Churches Timeline
1895 - Saint John's Anglican Church, Taiping. (Anglican) - All Saint's Church, Taiping. (Anglican) 1912 - Saint Michael's Church, Ipoh....
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okleong
- Feb 28
- 2 min
Tung Meng Hui and Kuomintang
Tun Meng Hui timeline: 1904: Sun Yat-sen founded the Tongmenghui (Tung Meng Hui) in Tokyo, Japan, with the aim of uniting revolutionary...
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okleong
- Feb 19
- 1 min
Bank of Malaya
The Sarang Paloh Heritage Stay & Event Hall was formerly known as the Oversea Building. However, the history of the building goes back to...
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okleong
- Sep 2, 2022
- 1 min
Legacy Today Event Space @ 15 Clarke Street
This blog is about Perak's history, people, buildings, and antiques of 1880 to 1940. Pictures displayed at 15 Clarke Street have QR codes...
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okleong
- Aug 30, 2022
- 1 min
OMF Bungalow
In 1933, Towkay Leong Sin Nam (梁桑南) built a residential bungalow at Cameron Highlands. The site is 1530 meters above sea level. Picture...
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okleong
- Aug 18, 2022
- 1 min
Saint Michael's Institution
The De La Salle Brothers from France came down to Ipoh in 1912 after establishing themselves in Penang and Singapore. Construction began...
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okleong
- Aug 18, 2022
- 1 min
Ipoh Railway Station
In 1914 architect AB Hubback designed Ipoh Railway Station in a similar fashion as the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station which he had designed...
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okleong
- Aug 18, 2022
- 1 min
Kapitan Chung Thye Phin Villa
Chung Thye Phin was the last Kapitan China of Perak. The villa was bought over by miner Foo Yet Khai in the 1960's and converted into a...
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okleong
- Aug 14, 2022
- 2 min
Dr Wu Lien-teh
Wu Lien-teh (Chinese: 伍連德; pinyin: Wǔ Liándé; Goh Lean Tuck and Ng Leen Tuck in Minnan and Cantonese transliteration respectively; 10...
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okleong
- Aug 14, 2022
- 2 min
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975),[2] also known as Chiang Chung-cheng, Chiang Chieh-shih, Cheung Kai-shek, Jiang...
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