IPOH: Perak track master Suppiah Ramalingam produced three Olympians, one of them within six months, and was key in Malaysia’s glory years of athletics in the 1960s.
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IPOH: Perak track master Suppiah Ramalingam produced three Olympians, one of them within six months, and was key in Malaysia’s glory years of athletics in the 1960s.
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MORE attractions in Ipoh are expected to be unveiled in 2021 to revitalise the city’s tourism industry.
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IPOH: The long stretch of year-end holidays has led Malaysians to venture on a food-hunting spree in Perak's capital city.
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There is a road in the Greentown area of Ipoh, Malaysia, which is named after my maternal great grandfather Chin Choon Sam.
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October 5, 2020 in Culture, Ipoh
Kilang kopi Antong masih menggunakan kaedah tradisional untuk pengeluaran kopinya
TAIPING: Bagi pemint kopi mungkin tidak tahu bahawa di Malaysia terdapat kilang pengeluar kopi yang tertua dan ianya masih lagi wujud. Letaknya di Assam Kumbang, Taiping Perak.
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September 28, 2020 in Environment, Ipoh
Taiping – The Old Capital of Perak
"What is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations?"
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In the light of the FIFA World Cup 2018 that is happening this 14 June, we have compiled a list of Malaysian legends who once took our country to great heights…
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THE North South Highway is a speedy conduit for vehicles moving through Malaysia from Singapore in the south to Thailand in the north. The highway snakes its way through Peninsular…
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About 1840, a Perak-born Malay Che Long Jaafar, son of a minor chief whose brother had married a daughter of the Panglima Bukit Gantang settled near the present township of…
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Cameron Highlands was found in 1885 by William Cameron which was eventually have the area named in his honour. William Cameron, a British colonial government surveyor, accompanied by his companion,…
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SYBIL Kathigasu’s story of courage and sacrifice is set against the backdrop of Perak’s forgotten town of Papan.
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Falim House was owned by prominent miner, the late Foo Nyit See, who built his version of a self-contained township around the mansion in the 1920s.
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Malaysia’s scenery of the modern and traditional, the West and the East, has caught the attention of Hollywood directors in several instances.
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IPOH - For decades, the Panglima Lane here, better known as Concubine Lane, is courting visitors charmed by its shady past. This long weekend is no exception. This long weekend…
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Ever wondered what it is like to go on an adventure in the stillness of the predawn hours? Some 35km from Ipoh lies a hidden gem of unparalleled beauty, a…
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It has an impressive facade, standing tall, standing proud and standing out from the rest of the dilapidated shop houses on Jalan Bijeh Timah (Treacher Street). It has withstood the…
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The Royal Belum Forest Reserve is an important biological resource for the country as well as a valuable natural breeding ground for plants and animals.
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Ipoh Echo has received various responses from our readers online, these are the places which are repeatedly nominated.
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The British first arrived in India in 1758, as the British East India Company. In 1858, the British Raj (British India) was formed by the Government of India Act. This…
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Han Chin Pet Soo (闲真别墅) is Malaysia's first Hakka tin mining museum managed by Ipoh World Sdn. Bhd. Located on the edge of Ipoh's Old Town, close to the Kinta River. Within walking distance of the well-known Panglima…
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GEORGE TOWN, March 29 — Although born in Batu Gajah in 1938, Ruth Iversen Rollitt does not live in Malaysia any more but Ipoh will always be in her heart.
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There was a time when Ipoh was said to be the town with more Mercedes cars than anywhere else in Malaya.
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Berthel Michael Iversen (Danish pronunciation: , 1906–76) aka B.M. Iversen, was a Danish architect active in Malaysia, and the founder of Iversen, van Sitteren & Partners. Most of his works were in Malaya…
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June 17, 2020 in Ipoh, Other
‘Ipoh Echo’: A community newspaper that has lasted 12 years and counting
When the story of Ipoh is told, it would be strange if at least one chapter is not dedicated to the Ipoh Echo. Since its first edition 12 years ago, the…
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