KUALA LUMPUR: Pos Malaysia and a series of Chinese associations have launched commemorative stamps in honour of the 180th anniversary of Yap Ah Loy’s birth, the third “Kapitan Cina” of Kuala Lumpur. Each of the 2,000 sets of commemorative stamps comes in an envelope with an information pamphlet about Yap Ah Loy and five stamps with his portrait. Yap Wai Ming, the great-great-grandson of Yap Ah Loy, said that Yap’s descendants are happy that the stamps are being launched. But when we look at history, we can see that without Yap Ah Loy, there would not be a Kuala Lumpur,” he said at the ceremony. Each commemorative stamp set costs RM20 and can be obtained from the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall.

Source: The Star November 22, 2017 08:26 UTC