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Press Cutting – Scot’s Acre In Ipoh

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Subject :Press Cutting – Scot’s Acre in Ipoh
Published By : Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd  
Location : Malaysia
Estimated Year : 1989
Media Type : Article
Source : The Star Newspaper
Remark : The picture shows an article from the Star newspaper regarding St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, at No 47, Golf Club Road, Ipoh. The article was written by Tan Ju Eng and it was published in the Star on 29th April 1989. The article gives a brief history about St Andrews; the church was started by the Golf Club (of Ipoh) and the St Andrew's Society for the purpose of serving the expatriates who had come to settle in Malaya. The article also describes the church: a “beautiful little building [which] resembles a scene from the Scottish highlands” with “timber and glass doors and lattice windows”.

The pictures within the article are as follows:

Top picture: a bullock cart being driven through the church compound during its early days

Middle picture: the interior of the church, which survived World War Two

Bottom picture: St Andrews, “like a scene from the highlands”

To read more about St Andrew's Church history, click here.

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