History of Taiping (Mursyid)

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History ofTaiping

Name derived from Chinese word tai-peng,meaningEternal Peace

History started duringmiddle of 19th century Different warlords fought overtin-fields in

Larut district.

Chinese merchants had heavily invested


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Many miners and shopkeepers came to the

new city with the newfound peace Within a year the city counted over 5000

inhabitants.

With the growing tin industry, a goodinfrastructure was important; which lead to thebuilding of the first road Taiping-

Kamunting

View at Jalan TamingSari

View at Jalan TamingSari

View at Jalan Kota (Menara Jam) View of Taman TasikTaiping


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Sports TimelineTAIPING


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The field at the Esplanade served asa cricket ground where many

historic cricket matches wereplayed according to Swettenham

Tennis and a little football wereplayed on the Padang but Cricket wasthe game of Perak. And most of the

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At the old race course road, nearKelian Pauh, this place has been

taken over by school buildings.Chung Ah Yong, was the first ownerof race-horses in Taiping, whoemployed a European to take care of

the horses.

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First person to organise a team wasCol. R.S.F. Walker and the players

were his men. Other teams camefrom Kuala Kangsar, Matang, TelokAnson and Batu Gajah.

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The history of golf in Taiping beginsback in 1885 with the establishmentof the Perak Golf Club which also thefirst golf club in the country. It is alsothe second oldest in South East Asia,

after the Jakarta Golf Club. In 1890, a

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sports

BeforeColonization The Portuguese, the Dutch, the Japanese and the British colonized

Malaysia before independence in 1957. Brought the Chinese and Indians-mining industry

They brought -customs, belief system, religion and rituals andsporting activities.

the Malay's sports culture -influence by animism, which is a beliefthat a vital force existed in both human and animate objects.

Some examples -silat; a form of self defense which involvesmeditation and spiritual powers,

-kiteflying; it was believed that originally kites were flown as a

magical rite in association with the harvesting of the rice fields,.


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-top-spinning; which was practiced bythe aborigines whobelieved that lightning is the flashing of top cords in heaven andthunder is the murmuring of the tops as they spin,

-cock-fighting; involved the shaman specialist who were seen to

recite and blow incantation to the birds for blessing and charmedwater sprinkled over them.

The Taiping folks are still steep in their tradition. Traditional gamesespecially batu seremban, guli, congkak dan teng-teng are verymuch played by children.

Indians - the control of the SriVijay an Empire in the MalayaArchipelago led to the influence of Hinduism in sports-performedonly on special occassions.

Therefore, sporting activities were much influenced by Animism andHinduism.


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British has influenced the most on the development of sports

culture and contemporary elite sports in Malaya.

The introduction to colonial sports such as soccer, cricket, andrugby spread like a wild fire among the local community.

In the early days, sports was managed by clubs and associationsrun voluntarily by sports enthusiasts.

Clubs were formed to manage training and competitions were heldbetween clubs and villages.

history of Malaysiansports

During

Colonization


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The Chinese and Indians did not assimilate much into the Malaysociety.

The mining areas -town centers , the rubber plantations in ruralareas, the Malays remain in traditional village.

The Chinese -basketball, the Indians-soccer and the Malays -sepakraga.


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Sports in Malaysia -to develop the spirit of nationalism and national

integration among the multi-racial group . Ex: sports linked to national symbol -the national anthem, national

flag and national colors in all sporting events.

The concept ofnational sports in reference to indigenous sportswere given more emphasis to establish a national identity.

Tunku Abdul Rahman -love for football-president of the FootballAssociation of Malaysia (FAM) later as head of the Asian FootballConfederation (AFC).

Tun Abdul Razak Hussein -golf and hockey- president of the OlympicCouncil of Malaysia (OCM) in 1959 -1976 and president of the

Malaysian Hockey Federation.

history of Malaysiansports

After

Independence


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The construction of the Merdeka Stadium - the first sportsdevelopment initiated by Tengku. The stadium facilitated especiallyon football.

The Merdeka Football Tournament that was part of the Merdeka

celebration soon became one of the most prestigious footballtournaments in Asia.

Malaysia has excelled in football , badminton (early 40-60s),athletics, hockeys.

The Youth and Sports Ministry is established in 1972 to implementgovernment policy on youth and sports development.


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TaipingTown 1874

based subjectto article XIIof thePangkorEngagement

Commissioners report onboundarysettlementand theestablishmentof taiping and

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stant

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MatangHeadman Hall -

BalaiPenghulu -1875

once servedas earlyadministrative officeand courtofPenghulu.

Taiping 33 First


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Roman

CatholicChurch -1875

Founded

immediately ayear after theBritishintervention.A simpletimberstructure

completed in1884.

Esplana

de -1875The

"Padang" or"plain" also

known as the "Esplanade "was the firstestablished in1875.

Post

Office -1877 A small post

office,occupied

part of PWD102.Lateroccupied partof 103 in1884.


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Telegraph Office -1877

First mentionedas a smalltimber

structure.Start rebuilt in1884 and thefirst modernPost andTelegraphoffice of brickin 1885 atStation Road.

Gaol -1879

Relocate atpresent sitetwo yearslater andknown asTaiping

Prison.

BritishMess -1879 Situated inside

the Cantonmentat BarrackSquare, Class V-

PWD No. 17, laterrebuilt new atpresent sitebearing PWD No.7, at New CubRoad.


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MaxwellHill -1879

First Indian-style hillstation startedin 1879 and by

1889,sufficientaccommodation for severalofficers hadbeen built.

RestHouse -1879 Initially it was a

simple timberstructure asaccommodatio

n for PerakGovernmentstaff andvisitors. Knownas Town RestHouse.

Barra

ck -1879

The firstCantonment builtfor thepara-militaryin theMalayStatein.

Two


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PublicOffice -1881

The first publicoffice built onraised pillarsand planks.

7, now knownas PejabatDaerah dan

Tanah LarutMatangSelama still

stand.

Clock

Tower(TownPoliceStation)-1881 Initially built

as the townPolice

Station firstas a singlestorey timberstructure in1881 andrebuilt

largely ofbrickknown

Centra

lPoliceStatio

n -1881 A two

storey

building isofsignificantarchitectural style - ofbrick and

wood,corrugated


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GeneralHospital-1881

The firstGovernmentHospitalin theMalayStates wasstarted in

1878 forprisonersand for thepublic in1881.

AnglicanChurch-1883 Established

since 1883 as

the oldestand mostveneratedtimberconstructedAnglican

Church inthe MalayPeninsula.

Market -1884 Best

preservedmodel of 19thcenturymarketbuilding and

comprises thefirst market, awet marketcompleted,each one oftimber post

and trussstructure.


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LakeGarden -

1884 Served as an

ornamentalparkfromabandoned

tin mineponds

since1884.

Railway - 1885

Constructedby manuallabour from1883 betweenPort Weldand Taiping,8 1/4 mileslong totransport tinand otherbulkcommodities.

Port (portwell)-

1885 Lies on the

Perak Coast atthe mouth ofSungaiSepetang and

is better knownas "railway"sea port forTaiping,Kamuntingand Larut, theleading mining

district ofMalaya.


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PerakRailwayBuilding- 1885

A combinationofold and

new RailwayBuilding theearlier built1885 and1893.

Museum - 1886 A "piece of

art"constructed inVictorianstyle in 1883

and It Is aparticularlyelegantexample ofearly BritishColonial

architecture.

GolfCourse- 1886 The first Golf

course in theMalay Statesestablished

in 1886.


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Kwangt

ungAssociat

ion -1887

First Club orAssociationfor theChineseestablished in

the MalayStates,established in1887.

Charter

edBank -1888 Chartered

Bank ofIndia,Australiaand Chinawasestablishedin Taiping.

Governm

ent Girls'School(SMKTreacherMethodist) - 1889 First girls

school wasestablishedby the PerakGovernmentin 1889 andknown as

Governmen'


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Ceylon

Association -1899

First

Associationfor theCeyloneseestablishedfor social,intellectual,religiousand sportsactivities.

Topo and

SurveyOffice(PWD105) -

1891 Under the

leadership ofChiefSurveyor Mr.

G Lefroy.Earlier the Topoand SurveyOffice wasunder theDepartment ofPublic Works

since 1877-1

India

nAssoci

ationof TheF.M.S

- 1906 Purpose ofpromotingtheintellectual, social


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Aerodro

me -1930 Preparation of

the landingground for

aero planes inTaiping.

War

Cemetery - 1947 Since 1947,

Taiping WarCemeteryconsideredamong themostprominentwarcemeteries inMalaya.

Night

Safari -2003

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