Village named after a kind tin miner


A signboard (left) at the entrance to Kampung Baru Lim Tan in Ulu Kinta.

THE impending eviction from their homes gave them sleepless nights.

Squatting on a piece of land in Ulu Kinta where tin mining works would soon begin, the 40 poor families had no place to seek shelter.

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Metro , Central Region , Kampung Lim Tan

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