TAIPING the town of everlasting peace

Kapitan Chung Keng Kooi's Townhouse, Barrack Road

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.