Images of Ipoh: Greeting in The Year of Monkey

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Greeting in The Year of Monkey

The giant signboard in front of Tun Razak Library is always the platform of Ipoh City Council (MBI) posting festive greetings and publicity of the city's major events. Just not too long after the 2016 new year poster, the signboard has been replaced with a big red poster for the year of Monkey. With continuous increasing of cost of living nowadays, I wish all Malaysians Gong Xi Fa Cai (wishes of wealthy) so all of us will have prosper and peaceful life in year 2016.

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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.