Every day, Leong Meng Fai greets visitors at Han Chin Pet Soo Museum in Ipoh and regales them with the history of the Hakka community and the state’s glory days of tin mining.
LATE last year, we ran a story concerning the 'lost city' of Lembah Bujang and we received a fair amount of comments disputing it being the oldest and largest “lost city” in the country.
Malay history dates back to around 1400 AD when the Sultanate of Malacca ruled the country. By the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, Malaya was again governed by the Dutch in 1641 and the British in 1824. In comparison with other colonizations, British colonization lasted the longest. Table of contents 1. How did Malaya become Malaysia? […]