The Many Firsts of Taiping in Tanah Melayu

Public Office:
Taiping Hospital (1880),District Office (1883),Taiping Goal (1879),Perak Museum(1883),Public Library(1882),Central Market(1884),Perak Armed Police(1873),Taiping Police Station(1881)

Education:
Kamunting English School(1878),Taiping Teachers College(1898),King Edward VII school(1883),Treacher Methodist School(1889)

Transport & Communication:
Post and Telegraph Office(1884),train station(1885)

and many more.......so..Taiping Bandar Warisan

(more informations, read:Old Taiping by Alex Teoh E.K / Taiping Ibukota Perak and Taiping-The Vibrant Years by Khoo Kay Kim)