Kg Kuchai ..The Last Kampong Of Ipoh

Kg Kuchai surrounded by the 4 roads and a  river that make up its boundry 

Kampong Kuchai is probably the last kampong of Ipoh. It’s sad but it will all be developed unless the Ipoh City Council does something quick. 

But quick to have a plan but not to be implemented will still render Kg Kuchai to rot away naturally.

Imagine there used to be 30 kampongs throughout Ipoh. But that was before the 1874 Treaty of Pangkor.

Ipoh was made up of 30 kampongs .....

..throughout the Kinta valley 

The treaty resolved the issue of the Perak Sultanate at the time and the problematic Chinese secret societies of Ghee Hin and Hai San who wanted control of the tin business otherwise known as the Larut Wars. 

Well since the signing of the treaty the kampongs have slowly but surely disappeared giving way to development in what is now Heritage Ipoh. 

Now only Kg Kuchai remains. It must be preserved 

Now only one kampong remains ie Kg Kuchai. Of course there is Kg Kepayang further upstream of the Kinta river but it doesn’t have the character and history of Kuchai.

Panglima Kinta mosque, possibly a prewar photo but it adds to the history and character of Kg Kuchai

No ... Kg Kuchai must be preserved. Lets see that it is.

JAG