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Celebration For The Declaration Of Ipoh As A Municipality
This photograph records the declaration of Ipoh as a Municipality. The archway has been built on the Brewster Road bridge and announces the Municipality in the Malay language. Note the small amount of traffic on what was a two way road.
The Municipality celebrations included a huge street procession with 120 floats, a carnival and other festivities, like a Miss Perak competition. It is said that the celebrations cost a total of almost $1,000,000 (one million dollars). This for a town that at the time numbered only 200,000 inhabitants.
The official declaration of Ipoh's status as a Municipality was officiated by the Sultan of Perak on the 31st May 1962, on the Ipoh Padang.
To see a photograph of the 1962 contestants for Miss Perak, click here.