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..THE
SARA SAGA
..HAIL,
PENANG!
.PENANG
UNDER THE BRITISH
..EAST
INDIA COMPANY:
..1786-1858
..PENANG
AND ITS REGION
..FATIMAH'S
KAMPUNG
..IPOH
WHEN TIN WAS KING
..HERITAGE
HOUSES IN PENANG
..ENGLISH-PENANG
HOKKIEN
..POCKET
DICTIONARY
..SUN
YAT SEN IN PENANG
..HELEN
ONG'S GREAT DINING
..IN
PENANG
..THE
CHINESE IN PENANG:
..A
PICTORIAL HISTORY
..DAYS
GONE BYE:
..LIVING
IN PENANG
..ROAD
TO DAWN: FILMING
..IN
PENANG
..TULILA:
MUZIK BUJUKAN
..MANDAILING
..PENANG,
THROUGH GUILDED
..DOORS
..MORE
THAN MERCHANTS
..PENANG
TRAMS,
..TROLLEYBUSES & RAILWAYS
..OUR MALAYSIA
..KINTA VALLEY
..PENANG POSTCARDS
..COLLECTION
..STREETS OF GEORGE
TOWN,
..PENANG
..RAJA BILAH AND
..THE MANDAILINGS
..IN PERAK
..WATER WATCH
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IPOH
When tin was king
Ho Tak Ming
She
did not become the capital of the State of Perak until she had
reached the Biblical age of three score and ten, and even then
not by the deliberation of her founders or administrators but
by the fiat of a brief wartime occupier. She was not even the
capital of the Kinta district, although within twenty years of
her existence, she had far outstripped the district's administrative
headquarters. In spite of being sidelined as an "official
town" by the Colonial Government, Ipoh could still consider
herself the most favoured of Malayan towns. For she had one thing
in abundance- TIN! Tin gave Ipoh more millionaires than any other
Malayan town; it gave her confidence and vibrancy; it gave her
a soul.
Ipoh When Tin Was King is the story of Ipoh's Golden Age, an era
that is now shrouded in the mist of time, but which present-day
Ipohites can take pride in and draw inspiration from.
Contents
Acknowledgements
iv
Message by Dato' Seri Dr. Abdullah Fadzil Che Wan
Orang Kaya-Kaya Panglima Kinta
Seri Amar Bangsa DiRaja v
Map of Ipoh Town c. 1921 vi
Foreward by Emeritus Professor Dr Wng Gungwu vii
Map of Perak viii
Introduction ix
The Lord of Kinta 1
The Beginnings of a Town 7
Towkays 19
Coolies 29
The Metropolis of Perak 37
Bullock-carters and Ghari-wallahs 67
Rickshaw Pullers 75
Beri-berics and Vagrants 79
Mui Tsais and Nonias 83
Chetties 91
Club-wallahs 95
Petition Writers and Lawyers 101
Educationists 107
Entrepreneurs 113
Millionaires 121
The Hub of Malaya 147
State Councillors 191
Social Activists 199
Reformers and Resisters 221
Tributers 231
Equestrians 237
Motorists 247
Restaurants and Hoteliers 253
Apothecaries and Surgeons 259
The Capital of Tinland 265
Planters 295
Sportsmen 301
Federal Councillors 311
Revolutionaries 323
The Tinopolis 333
Agitators 359
Dulang Washers 377
The Cosmopolis 383
Wives and Concubines 407
Gourmets 413
The City of Architectural Splendour 421
Successors to the Tin King 439
The Cinderella of the FMS 445
The Rivers of Silt 461
The Unofficial Capital of the Silver State 475
Ironsmiths 495
Patriarchs 501
Fossickers 509
General Practitioners 515
Barristers-at-law 525
The Trio of Honour 535
Medical Specialists 541
The Vale of Tin and Tears 549
Squatters 565
Dwellers Under the Bridges 577
Hawkers and Peddlers 581
The Fortunes of Birchtown 587
Scholars 597
Beauties 605
The Hub Humming Again 609
Badminton Buffs 625
The Entertainment Centre of Kinta 631
The Vanquished Lady 643
Icon 653
Writers 661
Comrades-in-arms 667
Flying Tigers 675
Return of the Miners 681
Visionary Herbalist 691
At the Crossroads 695
Contrarian 701
The Lost of the Tin Miners 705
Index 719
About the Author 724
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