Taman Connaught folk the closest they have ever been since forming residents association


Taman Connaught residents posing for a group photo at a temple in Sekinchan during a day trip to the town.

The eponym of Taman Connaught in Cheras may have been a province in Ireland, a kingdom that collapsed in the 1230s, or Queen Victoria’s grandson, Prince Arthur of Connaught.

Then, the name was adopted for a thoroughfare in Hong Kong and later, a humble housing estate said to have been developed by a Hong Kong firm.

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