Heritage
By Diana Yeoh – NST BYGONE ERA: An exhibition called ‘A Tin Mining Family’ is taking place at Falim House, Jalan Lahat, until Aug 11 IPOH: IPOH World Sdn Bhd is holding an exhibition called “A Tin Mining Family” at Falim House in Jalan Lahat, here. It showcases the lives and times of Ipoh’s [...]
Railway Station Built in 1935, the Ipoh Railway Station bears close resemblance to its counterpart in Kuala Lumpur. Affectionately known to locals as Ipoh’s ‘Taj Mahal’, it is an impressive landmark which combines moorish architecture with modern embellishments. The Railway Station also has a hotel to accommodate travelers called the majestic hotel. Fronting the building [...]
Railway Station Built in 1935, the Ipoh Railway Station bears close resemblance to its counterpart in Kuala Lumpur. Affectionately known to locals as Ipoh’s ‘Taj Mahal’, it is an impressive landmark which combines moorish architecture with modern embellishments. The Railway Station also has a hotel to accommodate travelers called the majestic hotel. Fronting the building [...]
Is Gua Tempurung really 1.5 billion years old? If it’s true, the cave could be among the oldest existing natural features in the world. A Chinese geologist visiting the cave on January 17, 2012, claims Gua Tempurung has existed for more than 1.5 billion years and now the Perak state government may soon conduct further [...]
Australian Faunal Imagery 1960 – 2012 : An Individual Journey by Dr. Warnock SYNOPSIS An individual journey through wildlife imagery bridging the transition from monochrome and colour using film to digital photography. The images shown will include Australian wildlife with a majority of avian subjects also some Malaysian avian fauna taken in the days since [...]
La Traviata is a widely acclaimed opera originally composed by Giuseppe Verdi – an Italian opera composer of the 19th century. Together with Carmen and Madame Butterfly, La Traviata is one of the world’s top 3 most popular operas. About La Traviata Violetta is the star of La Traviata, a club run by a hard [...]
Kerajaan negeri Perak akan mengadakan sambutan besar-besaran bagi meraikan pemilihan Lembah Lenggong sebagai Tapak Warisan Dunia oleh Pertubuhan Pendidikan, Saintifik dan Kebudayaan Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (UNESCO). Menteri Besar Perak, Dato’ Seri Zambry Abd Kadir berkata, satu Jawatankuasa yang dipengerusikan oleh Exco Pelancongan, Dato’ Hamidah Osman akan mengadakan perbincangan serta melaksanakan program ini bagi meraikan pengiktirafan [...]
IPOH: SOME 400 people, from all over the country, will be participating in the NPC-Celcom Visit Perak Treasure Hunt 2012 on Saturday. The annual event, organised by the National Press Club (NPC) and supported by the Perak government, will take participants from Kuala Lumpur to Pangkor. The hunt has two categories — media and open [...]
Acara ini merupakan salah satu daripada acara Tahun Melawat Perak 2012 di daerah Hilir Perak selepas acara Pertandingan Memancing Udang Galah di Sungai Perak yang telah diadakan pada 19 Februari 2012. 2. Penyertaan Terbuka kepada peserta antarabangsa dan tempatan mengikut kategori umur dan juga pelajar- pelajar sekolah. Sehingga kini seramai lebih 1000 peserta telah mendaftar [...]
As part of the VPY 2012 upgrading plans by the Perak Tourism to upgrade the areas around Oldtown specifically along the heritage trail among which lies the Birch Clock Tower which was seen recently given a bold color after it’s peachy old one. Not only was it newly painted but construction works are still being [...]
