"This elegant three-stotey corner building from 1907 originally housed the Medical Hall established by Dr. R.M. Connoly, then Oldfields Dispensaries Ltd."
This elegant 1907 three-storey corner building originally housed a medical hall established by Dr. R.M. Connoly, then known as Oldfields Dispensaries Ltd. but presently called The George Town Dispensary. An Irishman trained in Trinity College, Dr. Connoly was recruited to Malaya on government service. He then went into private practice, became an editor of Times of Malaya and founded the Perak Anti-Opium Society.
The miner Chung Thye Pin (1879-1935), a Tseng Lung Hakka and the son of Kapitan Chung Keng Kooi, the Hai San chief during the Larut tin wars. Chung Thye Pin J.P was a Federal Councillor, Perak State Councillor, member of the Perak Chinese Advisory Board, and the last Kapitan China of Perak.
In 1925, he co-founded the first Chinese limited liability company, The Toh Allang Chinese Tin Company in Perak and printed his own money for use in his mines. He was a keen motorist and owner of prize-winning racehorses. The three-storey bank building next door was formerly the Whiteways department stores.
Last viewed - May 23, 2008
Getting there
Located at the end of the short Jalan Dato Maharajalela from Ipoh Town Hall, just a walking distance from the Ipoh Internal Bus Terminal. The building is now deserted.
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