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TAIPING
the town of everlasting peace
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TAIPING
the town of everlasting peace
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Taiping Convent, Convent Road
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In 1899, the first convent was started in nearby Klian Pauh by three Sisters from the convent in Penang. The class and orphanage in Taiping were upgraded when the present school building at Kota Road opened in 1938. In May 1941, the British requisitioned it for a large military hospital but in December it was taken over by the Japanese. Towards the end of the war, the Taiping Convent became the headquarters of the Japanese military administration, the Gun-sei Kan-bu. |
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