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J W W Birch Memorial Clock Tower And First Times Of Malaya Building, Ipoh
This photograph courtesy of the Perak State Library shows the Birch Memorial Clock Tower, a memorial to J W W Birch (Perak first British Resident). Behind the tower is the first Times of Malaya Building.
When E W Birch (son of J W W Birch) became the Resident of Perak in 1905, he personally put into motion the project to build a memorial dedicated to his father who was assassinated by the Malays at Pasir Salak in 1875.
To read more about J W W Birch click here.
To read more about the E W Birch, click here
To read more about The Times of Malaya, click here.
To read more about the book ‘Kinta Valley’, click here.