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Taiping

Town of Everlasting Peace

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Facts about Taiping Town.
bullet.gif (1653 bytes) First railway line in the country.
bullet.gif (1653 bytes) Produce the first newspapers in the country.
bullet.gif (1653 bytes) The former administrative centre of Perak and the Malay States.
bullet.gif (1653 bytes) The oldest hill resort in the country (Bukit Larut or Maxwell Hill).
bullet.gif (1653 bytes) The oldest museum in the country (Perak Museum)
bullet.gif (1653 bytes) The oldest and one of the biggest lake garden in the country (62 hectare)
bullet.gif (1653 bytes) The oldest zoo in the country.
bullet.gif (1653 bytes) The first girls' school in the Malay States
bullet.gif (1653 bytes) The first english school in the Malay States.
bullet.gif (1653 bytes) One of the oldest wet market still intact in the country.
bullet.gif (1653 bytes) The first anglican church in the Malay States.
bullet.gif (1653 bytes) One of the oldest prison in the country.
bullet.gif (1653 bytes) The wettest town in the country. (annual rainfall)
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bullet2.gif (3584 bytes) A Brief History of Taiping
bullet2.gif (3584 bytes) The Early Press in Taiping
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bullet2.gif (3584 bytes) Traveller's impressions of Taiping
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