KUALA LUMPUR: Yap Ah Loy, who helped turn Kuala Lumpur from a small tin-mining town to a booming commercial centre, has gotten his own set of commemorative stamps to mark his 180th birthday earlier this year. Pos Malaysia, working together with several Chinese associations, today launched the commemorative stamps, of which there will be 2,000 sets. Without Yap Ah Loy, there would not be a Kuala Lumpur,” he said. Ah Loy was born on March 14, 1837, in Huizhou in China. Five years later, Ah Loy helped Tengku Kudin end the Selangor Civil War and became a powerful figure in the state, especially Kuala Lumpur.

Source: New Strait Times November 22, 2017 14:15 UTC