Images of Ipoh: New Face of Little India

Sunday, June 6, 2010

New Face of Little India

The Ipoh City Council is facelifting the shophouses of Little India in Old Town. Few blocks along Lahat Road & Belfield Street (Jalan Sultan Yusuff), as shown in the signboard, are selected for painting into different theme colours. The first two blocks have been painted in light blue & light green, which I find is nice & impressive. The old shops in these new colours are now become more attractive. I hope the council has planned to extend this activity to make more downtown old shophouses in Ipoh beautiful & attractive, indeed to promote the awareness of preserving heritage buildings.

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UnknownMarch 28, 2013 at 2:34 AM
Please preserve our heritage building. Anywhere in malaysia. Do the interior but please remain the heritage building facade
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Ipoh, the capital city of Perak State, Malaysia, is the city that tin built. Located at the famous tin mining area, Kinta Valley, it used to be the world's largest tin mine since 19th century. Not only of its tin mine, but Ipoh also famous of its delicious food, beautiful mountain ranges, mysterious lime stone caves, attractive history & friendly citizen. Being the second in Malaysia that gain the status of city in year 1988 after Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh is one of the major cities in Malaysia with the population around 700,000. Began as a small village in 1870's, tin mine industry had brought in Chinese and Indian that boosted the town development since 1890's. The rapid growing town later upgraded to be the capital of Perak during the Japanese occupation at World War II. The rich tin resource had brought prosperity to many Ipoh miners that even make it once known as the City of Millionaires. Today, Ipoh has grown to cover a large area including the neighboring township such as Bercham, Tasek, Jelapang, Menglembu, Pengkalan, Simpang Pulai & Chemor. The city is still developing continuously while maintains its beauty of nature and harmony.