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  2. Kamunting - Wikipedia

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    In addition, the Malay population in the area was also mine but only in the summer and during the rainy season, they carry out work on the smelting of bijih timah. With Chinese aid, bijih timah production increased. According to records, in 1844, the tin from this area have been exported to Penang. In 1848, Long Jaafar has brought in 20 people ...

  3. Mining in Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    Tin mining in Perak around 1910.. Tin mining is one of the earliest type of mining operated in Malaysia, starting in the 1820s in Perak and in 1824 in Selangor. [1] The development of mining industries in Malaysia attracted many Chinese immigrants who came to the state in 18th and 19th centuries to work and develop the mines. [2]

  4. Cassiterite - Wikipedia

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    Cassiterite is a tin oxide mineral, SnO 2.It is generally opaque, but it is translucent in thin crystals.Its luster and multiple crystal faces produce a desirable gem. . Cassiterite was the chief tin ore throughout ancient history and remains the most important source of t

  5. Quek Loo Ming case - Wikipedia

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    On 31 December 2001, while volunteering at an end-of-year event, 56-year-old Quek Loo Ming (郭禄明 Guō Lùmíng), a retired laboratory officer, spiked a bottle of water with methomyl and offered it to the chairperson of a resident's committee in Bukit Timah, with hopes that the chairperson, who allegedly mistreated Quek, would suffer from diarrhoea after drinking the contaminated water.

  6. Ipoh City Council - Wikipedia

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    The Ipoh City Council (Malay: Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh, abbreviated MBI) is the city council which administers the city of Ipoh in the state of Perak, Malaysia.This council was established after the city was officially granted city status on 27 May 1988.

  7. Ipoh Barat - Wikipedia

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    Ipoh Barat is a federal constituency in Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1995.. The federal constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

  8. Orang Mawas - Wikipedia

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    There have been many sightings of the creature, which the local Orang Asli people call hantu jarang gigi, which translates as "Snaggle-toothed Ghost". [1] Recorded claims of Mawas sightings date back to 1871.

  9. Licuala ferruginea - Wikipedia

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    It is found in Singapore, including in the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. [1] [2] It is also found in Peninsular Malaysia. [3] [4] It is a small palm with a short stem. [2] It has between 10 and 13 leaflets. [2] The central leaflet is the longest and can grow to up to one meter long. [2] The flowers have hairy ovaries. [5]