Ipoh Founded by Hakka Made Vibrant by Cantonese

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. 

 

LSN Tomb Repaired

Today 19th January, is the Death Anniversary of Leong Sin Nam.  Very glad to see the statues restored and put back in their original positions.  Some bolts were added to securely fasten the statues to the base.  

Here we see members of Perak Kaying Association paying their respect to LSN.  Conspicuously absent were the food offerings and the Min Tet School band due to COVID Pandemic SOP regulations which had to be followed strictly.  Also noticeable was the dwindling crowd.  This ceremony has been in existenence for the last 82 years. 

How to Start Church Mentoring Programme

The church mentoring programme has to start with a willing believer who volunteers to become a mentor to either believers or pre-believers.  The mentor needs to have the spiritual gifts and talents which are desirable to the mentee.  The mentor need not be a perfect person but must be spiritually matured.  

Mentorship to believers can be formal as through sermons or Bible studies.  Mentoring can also be informal like during small group meetings, youth and senior fellowship meetings.

Mentees can learn and be transformed in their work cultures, attitudes and skills.  They can also gain knowledge on how to self improve. Bible knowledge can be imparted by the mentor or self learnt from books or web.  

All these teachings and transfer of knowledge can occur in the church, workplace, Alpha on line course, Kopitiams, restaurants or even while holidaying or travelling. 

The mentor-mentee programme for pre-believers should be regarded as an introduction of life skills and knowledge.  It allows for the building of trust and the establishment of long term relationships between mentor and mentee thus forming a base for future evangelism.