HERITAGE
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Fond Memories of Ipoh: Birch Gardens in the Sixties
The bloody Seafield temple incident late last year prompted me to pen my memories. This is in response to Ipoh…
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Cover Story: Everybody’s Nephew
By Ian Anderson As the FMS Bar has opened again after 10 years “Under renovation” our thoughts turn to its…
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Fond Memories of Ipoh: Hume Street Art Gallery
Hume Street Art Gallery – Near Old Mosque In old town Ipoh opposite the old Mosque existed a fine Gallery The owner…
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Sharing Ipoh’s Heritage with Community
Committing to its annual corporate social responsibility project, Henkel Malaysia (Ipoh) recently donated tin ingots of archaeological value to Han…
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Nostalgia: Bangsawan, the Malay Opera
By Ian Anderson This photograph shows a Malay opera or Bangsawan troupe. Bangsawan is a form of traditional Malay opera…
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An Update On The Forgotten Six-mile Tunnel
Ipoh Echo featured the six-mile tunnel in Issue 16, 2006 (the year Ipoh Echo was founded). Not much has been…
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The Dato’ Sri Adika Raja, the most influential Malay in 1900s Ipoh
After the death of the tenth Dato’ Panglima Kinta Mohamed Yusuf in 1903, Dato’ Sri Adika Raja, Wan Mohamed Salleh…
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B.M. Iverson Created Memories of Ipoh
B.M. Iverson was tempted with an offer to explore the Far East by his elder brother Werner, who had been…
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Forgotten Buildings : Historical Mansion in Karai, Kuala Kangsar
According to Orang Perak, there were a few NGOs and agencies attempting to promote this mansion as the next tourism…
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Dr Wu Lien Teh
Dr Wu Lien Teh was born in Penang in March 1879, educated at Penang Free School and Cambridge University and…
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