PEOPLE often wonder how did the name Ipoh, the capital of Perak, came about and why some locals still refer to it as Pa Loh in their conversation.
Dr Ho Tak Ming, author of Ipoh When Tin Was King, said JWW Birch, the first Perak British Resident (1874-1875), had marked the town as Epau on a map he sketched in his journal.
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