IN A move to commemorate the achievements of its forefathers, Perak Chinese Mining Association will fund part of the teaching hospital in Kampar to be set up by Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Utar). A group of students admiring a scaled model of a tin mine on display at the Kinta Tin Mining (Gravel Pump) Museum in Kampar. Also present were Perak Chinese Mining Association advisors Tan Sri Hew See Tong and Choong Tien Chuan, Utar president Datuk Dr Chuah Hean Teik and museum director Hew Fen Yee. “The state government is remoulding the tin mining industry and trying to bring Perak back onto the map as one of the best in the world through the Perak Mining Blueprint. “Although Malaysia has become a net importer of tin since 2004, our country remains the world’s largest tin producer today,” he said, adding that the history of the tin mining industry and the sacrifices by its pioneers needed to be recorded for the knowledge of the future generation.

Source: The Star November 13, 2017 06:11 UTC