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HERITAGE
Who’s in Han Chin Pet Soo – Towkay Ah Lee (Episode 1)
The streets and lanes of Ipoh are empty. There are no visitors to the museum but, behind the closed doors…
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HERITAGE
Heritage: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Christmas, like many other festivals, is riddled with legends stories and half-truths; the greatest legend being one of Santa Claus,…
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HERITAGE
Nostalgia: How Times Change
Christmas, although a Christian festival, in many ways, it is no different from the other religious festivals we enjoy in…
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HERITAGE
Heritage: Santa Claus is Coming to Town
By Ian Anderson Christmas, like many other festivals, is riddled with legends stories and half-truths; the greatest legend being one…
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Nostalgia
Nostalgia: Architecture of the Night
By Ian Anderson Architecture of the night or nocturnal architecture is a fancy term for floodlighting buildings to show off…
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HERITAGE
Heritage: New Town Ipoh, after Dark
By Ian Anderson In the competitive world of entertainment, only the strongest survive. Every new venue must start with a…
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Nostalgia: Boutique Hotels of Old
By Ian Anderson The last time I looked at a website for Ipoh hotels I discovered that it claimed that…
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Heritage: What! No Heritage Hotels
By Ian Anderson With this issue of the Echo’s cover page featuring boutique hotels, I turned my mind to Ipoh’s…
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Nostalgia
Nostalgia: A Different Sort of Chop
By Ian Anderson Leong Fu So was born in Teluk Anson in 1932, the son of a policeman. Shortly afterwards,…
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HERITAGE
Heritage: An Idea over Lunch
By Ian Anderson In 1933 a group of prominent local tin miners met for lunch. There was probably nothing unusual…
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