Penning down the past

Record of Kajang’s history: Tanarata International Schools students (from left) Rahulan Vasudevan, history teacher Vijay Pal Singh, students Ashweta Kaur Josan, Low Shin Ling and Diya Chandnani looking through the Kajang and its Surrounds book. — Photo by LOW BOON TAT

THERE is much more to Kajang than just its famous satay or flash floods and traffic congestions.

The town has a long history, from the time large numbers of people settled there during the boom of the coffee, rubber and tin industries.