Once upon a time in Taiping

New Straits Times | May 7, 2003| | Copyright

Jaspal Singh
New Straits Times
05-07-2003
Once upon a time in Taiping
Byline: Jaspal Singh
Edition: The City Advertiser; 2*
Section: Focus
Memo: (STF) - Despite its growing dilapidating condition, the Taiping railway station remains symbolic of the country's most enduring mode of transportation. JASPAL SINGH writes.

IN the years following the establishment of British colonial administration (1874), Perak began recording exponential economic growth especially in the mining and plantation sectors.

This phenomenal growth was due to the huge influx of Chinese and Indian immigrants to the State.
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