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Kinta District Administrative Complex, or Komplekx Pentadbiran Daerah Kinta, is a complex of government offices in the Changkat neighbourhood of Batu Gajah, Perak. It was built in 1892 at the cost of $20,000, during the British administration of the Perak.
Kinta District Administrative Complex, Batu Gajah (18 June 2011)
© Timothy Tye using this photo
The construction of the Kinta District Administrative Complex put Batu Gajah on the map. At the time of its construction, Batu Gajah was a major tin mining town, and tin wealth translated into new roads and beautifully landscaped parks, particularly in the Changkat neighbourhood, albeit built using convict labour.
The Kinta District Administrative Complex includes offices for various government departments included among others the Land Office, the Magistrate court, the Treasury and the Tax Collectors office.
Another view of the Kinta District Administrative Complex (18 June 2011)
© Timothy Tye using this photo
Along with the administrative complex, the British administrators also built the the Batu Gajah Hospital, which comprises the European Hospital (for whites only) and the District Hospital (for everyone else). This was where the present Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, was born on 19 April, 1928, and pop artist Amy Mastura on 10 May 1971.
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