Headline Taiping Lake Gardens was an abandoned tin mine MediaTitle The Star Date 31 Jul 2012 Color Black/white Section Nation Circulation 304,904 Page No 4 Readership 1,026,812 Language English ArticleSize 118 cm² Journalist N/A AdValue RM 2,604 Frequency Daily PR Value RM 7,812 Taiping Lake Gardens was an abandoned tin mine TAIPING: The Taiping Lake Gardens and its beauty was an inspiration to was formerly an abandoned tin artists, writers and singers. mine. It is divided into several compo­ Twenty­one years after it was nents, namely the green belt; Silver abandoned by Hai San clan leader Jubilee Memorial Jetty; Taiping Kapitan Chung Keng Kwee, work Jubilee Memorial Pavilion; to develop the park started in Fountain; Red Bridges and other 1884. bridges; Bougainvillea Point; It was officially opened to the Sevens Sister Point; Bamboo Point; public by then Perak British Lotus Point; Turtle Bay; Jungle Resident Frank Swettenham on Nov Lake; West Lake; Almanda Pond; 17,1893. Oblong Pond; Central Jungle; Turtle According to the Selangor Journal Point; and The Raintrees. dated Jan 12, 1894, Swettenham's The original size of the park was wife, Constance Sydney Holmes, 61.93ha but after additional acqui­ got the help of a mining inspector, sition by the Perak Government, is William Scott, to turn the area into now located on a 96.44ha site. a scenic place and subsequently a It is fully administered by the park. Taiping Municipal Council, which The concept behind the creation also runs the Taiping Zoo located of the lake gardens is attributed to within the park. the nostalgia brought by the Lake To date, the council has officially District of England and the Highland tagged 113 raintrees at the park of Scotland. and also maintains over 1,300 other The park's proximity to the foot types of trees with help from of Bukit Larut (formerly Maxwell arborists and experts from the Hill) makes it look more majestic Forest Research Institute of Malaysia..