Summer Programme Uitm Perak Branch

Greetings all!

How are you? We certainly hope that you are all in great health and are ready to start the adventure of a life time as we are already in the month of July! How time flies and the Summer Programme is scheduled to start tonorrow. Yes, tomorrow! What? You missed the deadline to register online? The dates are simply not suitable for you?

Fret not...as we are taking every possible feedback into consideration. Since there have been many queries regarding the dates, we are glad to inform that there are changes to the dates of the programme to accommodate more interested participants to join our Summer Programme. We believe the participants are going to benefit from the Summer Programme as it has been tailor-made to incorporate cultural and educational activities that will be held at various breathtaking tourist attractions in the state of Perak.

As for the dates....we are still receiving feedbacks from potential participants before we decide on the dates as to accommodate as many participants as possible. Once the dates are finalized, we will announce it here.

So ladies and gentlemen, potential participants of Summer Programme 2018, do stay tuned!

Are you ready for an adventure of a life time? Here you are!

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT TAIPING LAKE GARDENS? LET'S FIND OUT.

The Taiping Lake Gardens was originally a mining ground before it was established as a public garden in 1880. The idea of a public garden was the brainchild of Colonel Robert Sandilands Frowd Walker.[1] The garden was developed by Charles Compton Reade (1880–1933), who was also responsible for planning the Kuala Lumpur garden town, together with Lady Swettenham.

The abandoned tin mine ground was donated by Chung Thye Phin as a recreation park for public use. In 1884 the gardens were planted with grasses, flowers, and trees; a part of the gardens was fenced, to keep bulls out.[2]

The 64 hectares (160 acres) site was the first public garden in Malaya, and was cherished for its beauty; it has been well-maintained since its opening. There are ten scenic lakes and ponds, which highlight the gardens. Along Residency Road, near the gardens, were golden rain trees (Malay: Samanea saman) or hujan-hujan (pterocarpus indicus) planted along the pathway. In George L. Peet’s A Journal in the Federal Capital, when he visited Taiping in 1933 he said “I know of no more lovely sight in this country than the Taiping gardens when the rays of the early morning sun are shining obliquely through their clumps of bamboo, palms and isolated trees scattered on islands among the expanse of water. One receives in that glorious half hour an experience of light in foliage that is quite unobtainable in England”.

There are few private and government houses located near the gardens; among them are the Old Residency (home of the Secretary to the Resident), the Raja’s House at the junction of Birch Road and Residency Road and the army officers' residences on Batu Tugoh Road. The gardens were so striking that they attracted many travelers to write of their beauty:

The streets are shaded by rows of the angsena tree, which at irregular intervals bursts forth into a riot of blossoms, even more yellow than those of the laburnum. These it rains down in golden snow upon the streets, providing a carpet fit for a Sultan, for yellow is the royal colour in the East. With its golden snow, the angsena spreads abroad an almost overpowering scent, even more sweet than the smell of the pinang blossom. Most of the towns in Malaya have planted this Pterocarpus indicus as shade tree, but in Taiping it has grown to a greater height than elsewhere.

— Cuthbert Woodville Harrison, An Illustrated Guide to the Federated Malay States (1911)

(Source:Wikipedia)

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