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| Established | 7 September 2003 |
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| Location | Sitiawan, Perak, Malaysia |
| Coordinates | 4°11′46.2″N100°42′1.3″E / 4.196167°N 100.700361°E Coordinates: 4°11′46.2″N100°42′1.3″E / 4.196167°N 100.700361°E |
| Type | museum |
The Sitiawan Settlement Museum is a museum in Koh Village, Sitiawan, Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia.
The museum building was constructed in 1935 as the house for Pioneer Methodist Church pastors. On 7 September 2003, the house was converted into a museum. [1]
The museum is housed in a two-story building. [2]
The museum exhibits various antique artifacts from the early days of the church. It houses more than 500 items of records, photos and historical documents on the early works by the Christians coming from Fuzhou, China. [1]
Perak is a state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, and Selangor to the south. Thailand's Yala and Narathiwat provinces both lie to the northeast. Perak's capital city, Ipoh, was known historically for its tin-mining activities until the price of the metal dropped, severely affecting the state's economy. The royal capital remains Kuala Kangsar, where the palace of the Sultan of Perak is located. As of 2018, the state's population was 2,500,000. Perak has diverse tropical rainforests and an equatorial climate. The state's mountain ranges belong to the Titiwangsa Range, which is part of the larger Tenasserim Range connecting Thailand, Myanmar and Malaysia. Perak's Mount Korbu is the highest point of the range.
Sitiawan (alternate spelling: Setiawan; origin: from Malay, a portmanteau of SetiaKawan, meaning "Loyal Friend") is a region and town in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia.
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Seri Manjung is a town and district capital of Manjung District in Perak, Malaysia.The town was developed by State Government of Perak under Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Perak in the 1980s.It is located 7 km from Lumut and 70 km from the state capital, Ipoh. In the adjacent area, north of Seri Manjung is Sitiawan
The Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) Sitiawan, established in 1903 is the oldest and established primary and secondary educational institution located in Sitiawan. Although both shared the same name, the two schools are of separate entity as both have different management that handles both the ACS primary and ACS secondary school's matter.
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The Perak Museum is a public museum located at the junction of Jalan Muzium and Jalan Taming Sari in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia. It is the oldest museum in Malaysia and highlights the history of the state.
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Zambry bin Abdul Kadir is a Malaysian politician who served as the 11th Menteri Besar of Perak from February 2009 to the collapse of the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration in May 2018 and Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the BN state administration under former Menteri Besar Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali from March 2004 to another collapse of the BN state administration in March 2008. He has served as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pangkor since March 2004. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the federal ruling BN coalition which is aligned with another federal ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition at both the federal and state levels.
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Ong Seok Kim was an educationist, social worker, philanthropist and entrepreneur. He was born in Yongchun County, Southern Fujian Province in China and migrated to the then Malaya in 1903. As an entrepreneur, Ong began building up his wealth through trading in supplies for tin miners in the Ipoh/Gopeng area in the state of Perak, and later as a local trader in Sitiawan, Manjung District, also in Perak. He continued building his wealth through establishing retail shops, and later through investment in rubber estates and commercial properties in Manjung District and as far as Betong in Thailand. The wealth he created would later be used towards various charity and education projects in Manjung District, and in particular, Sitiawan town.
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Paul Yong Choo Kiong, is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tronoh since May 2013. He served as Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under former Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu from May 2018 to the collapse of the PH state administration in March 2020. He is currently a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the state ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition in the aftermath of 2020–21 Malaysian political crisis. Previously he was a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the state PH opposition coalition.
Dabus is a warrior dance from the Malaysian state of Perak. This warrior dance, as such, is characteristically heroic, demanding performers to exhibits traits of intelligence, dexterity, heroism, and cheerfulness when performing. Dabus is one of the traditional dances of Perak that has survived some 300 years. There are conflicting theories on the origin of Dabus, with some historians claiming that it was brought over from Aceh, while other historians believe it to have been brought over from Baghdad during the 18th century.
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