Kapitan Chung Keng Kooi

	A prominent tin-miner and leader of the Taiping Hakka community, Chung Keng Kooi (1829-1901) was also a Kapitan China of Perak and sat on the Perak State Council. His eldest son Chung Ah Yong, who resided here, was a member of the Taiping Sanitary Board and "all the important racing clubs". He employed an European trainer for his prize-winning race horses and maintained his stables at 12,000 dollars a year.