Gopeng

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Gopeng is a small town about 20 km south of Ipoh, the capital city of Perak in Malaysia. The town, along with a stretch of road between Tapah and Gopeng is one of the most picturesque areas along Peninsular Malaysia's West Coast.

Gopeng is also well-known for its limestone cave, the Gua Tempurung. The cave is located at 5 km from the town centre.

1 Demographics
2 Education
3 Famous residents
4 External links

[edit] Demographics

More than half of Gopeng's population is comprised of Chinese (i.e about 60%). The once booming tin mining industry attracted the Chinese to live and work in Gopeng. There are also significant numbers of people of Indian descent (mainly Tamil), Malay and Orang Asli (Peninsular Malaysia's indigenous people) living in Gopeng.

It is estimated that about 100,000 people live in Gopeng.

[edit] Education

Gopeng has several schools, including a national boarding school and a matriculation college.

[edit] Famous residents

Dr Sun Yat Sen, the leader of the historic Chinese revolutionary leader, stayed in Gopeng briefly during year 1909-1911.
Mr. Eu Kong Pui (1853-1892), founder of the Eu family business under the title of "Yan Sang" was first adopted in the 1870s as the brand name for his various investments in Penang. In the Cantonese dialect, "Yan" means benevolent, kind or humane while "Sang" represents birth, life or livelihood. "Yan Sang" literally means, "caring for mankind". Kong Pui, of Foshan, in Guangdong province, China origin, arrived in Penang in 1876. The industrious young man settled down in the small mining town of Gopeng, where he noticed that the local tin miners depended on opium because of the pains caused by the hard work and their poor living conditions. He then introduced traditional Chinese herbal remedies for them to improve their health and alleviate the physical sufferings. With his new wealth, he started to amass his fortune by acquiring from the British the interconnected monopoly of tin mining and tax farming in Gopeng in the 1880s. The brand "Eu Yan Sang" today is known throughout the Asia Pacific region.

[edit] External links

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Islands: Pulau Pangkor