Exit at the Ipoh Selatan, Jelapang or Ipoh Utara Interchange from the North-South Expressway. The building is located within the Railway Station vicinity which is right in the middle of Ipoh old town. There are ample signages to guide you there.
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
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This outstanding corner building, an example of Victorian neo-Renaissance architecture that was popular with British banks, dates from 1931."
This outstanding corner building is an example of Victorian neo-Renaissance architecture that was popular among British banks and dates back to 1931. The Bank Chambers was the address for the Commercial Union Assurance & Co., the Standard Vacuum Oil Co., and H.A Johnson's dental clinic.
In the 1930s, it was the head office of the Malay Mining Syndicate's general manager, Raja Abdullah b. Seyed Salim who was a wealthy tin-miner, the patron of Warta Kinta and the father-in-law of Warta Kinta's first editor, Raja Manshoor b. Raja Abdul Kadir.
