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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...

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...

Perak Churches Timeline

1895 - Saint John's Anglican Church, Taiping. (Anglican) - All Saint's Church, Taiping. (Anglican) 1912 - Saint Michael's Church, Ipoh....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...