It starts now: Chew (centre) hitting the gong to launch the Perak Chinese Tin Mining Industry (19th-20th Century) research project. With her are (from left) Kampar OCPD Supt Ng Kong Soon, Chuah, Hew, Chin and Choong.
DESPITE bringing prosperity to surrounding towns and the country in the past, the history of the mining industry in Perak has not been recorded fully.
Perak Chinese Mining Association (PCMA) deputy president Choong Tien Chuan said thus, the association, which is in its final phase of winding down, wishes to leave something meaningful behind by kick-starting a research project.
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