This presentation is by Dr Richard Ng who is an Ipoh City Councilor.
There are several facts which I find very interesting:
- Paloh Ku Miu was the Chinese Temple located near the Kinta River Jetty where the Chinese immigrants arrived. The deity was brought from Penang to Ipoh by Leong Fee. Leong Fee came to Malaya during the 1st wave of Chinese Migration.
- The table on Chinese ethnicity in the late 1800's and early 1900's showed that the Cantonese outnumber the Hakkas in Ipoh.
- The Hakkas were mainly tin miners whereas the Cantonese were mainly traders.
- In the early days the Ipoh settlement was mainly located on one side of the Kinta River. On the other side of the river the Chinese reared pigs. The pig styes produced an overwhelming offensive stench for the settlement depending on the direction of blowing wind. The British relocated the pig styes far away from the settlement and Yau Tet Shin bought up the land to build houses. This was the beginning of the New Town of Ipoh across the other side of the Kinta River.
- The Cantonese Trail has many interesting heritage sites. Very importantly it also included many business sites in the City. These sites will be of great interest to the people of Guangzhou who are also Cantonese. They will be willing to explore Ipoh to find out why their clansmen migrated to this place in the early days.
The presentation is rather long but I am sure it will be worth your time going through the whole presentation.
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