The road to Malim Nawar
Straight ahead a very small town of Malim Nawar. A junction at left is the main entrance to Kampar 6 KM, Gopeng 10KM and Ipoh 36KM. Malim Nawar originated from the name of a learned and a very religious man called Mualim Anwar. Having a profound number of religious students it was once said that food was barely enough for 4 students(one day) however miracle emerge and the food can accomodate more than 30 students. Now Malim Nawar remain a small town. Nothing to be proud of, but it was here Perak Hydro an electricity hydro set up by British from England. Perak Hydro itself resembles small town but with a very steady infrastructures with worker's house accupying more than 100 barracts. 20 bunglows for the senior staffs. As for the managers mostly British 7 luxurious bonglows could easily seen from my kampong. A hugh contrast to my tiny Kampong Bata that had nighter electricity nor water pipe. But we had slight flood of light from Perak Hydro electricity at night. Perak Hydro supplied electricity for tin mines belong to Chinese towkey in Kinta Valley (Ipoh). It was here the British entrepreneur did tin mine dredging. A big scale at that. Together with Chinese open dredging tin mining.
The Perak Hydro and British tin dredging however accomodate employmens for the local. Now both are history the Perak Hydro was taken by TNB and tin mine as every body know was a history.
One upon a time Perak Hydro as seen from Kg Bata
