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Taiping Old Mosque (Masjid Lama Bandar Taiping in Malay), also known as the Malay Mosque or Masjid Melayu is the oldest mosque in Taiping. It was originally a wooden building that served as a madrasah for the Hanafi Indian Muslim community in Taiping at the time and was given over to Ngah Ibrahim. Ngah Ibrahim’s father, Long Jaafar is credited Read more...
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The entire Taiping Market actually consists of two different buildings of equal dimension and design, located across the street from each other along Jalan Taming Sari (formerly Main Road) and Jalan Kota (formerly Kota Road) in the area once known as Market Square. History Both market buildings are large wooden buildings, 200 feet (60m) long and 60 feet Read more...
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The Peking Hotel is a hotel located along Jalan Idris in Taiping. History The Peking Hotel was built in 1929, and it is believed to have been the residence of a wealthy businessman in Taiping. The building was then later used as the office for the Taiping Rubber Dealers Association till the Japanese Occupation of Malaya in 1941. From Read more...
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The Taiping Clock Tower was originally constructed as a wooden building in 1881, and served as the first police station in Taiping. At the time, it was constructed it sat “at a point about equidistant from the Chinese theatre, the market and other much frequented places”, in what would have been Taiping’s main square. It was popularly known as The Read more...
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The historical association hall for the Shun Tak Association is located along Jalan Kota. Just beside the hall is Nafis Kitchen. History The Taiping Shun Tak Association, or Shùndé (顺德會館) was formed in 1896 by artisans from the Shun Tak district in China (which is the present-day Shunde District). Much like the other associations formed in Taiping at the Read more...