Shuntak AssiciationTaiping in Rough Guides

Richard Lim, a travel writer, who is based in London, paid a visit to the Shuntak Association, Taiping on 11 June 2014.  He was welcomed by some members of the association and was given a guided tour around the association building.  Richard Lim is the author of the Rough Guide travel books and he intends to include a mention of the Shuntak Association Taiping in his forth coming book, which would be published in 2015.   Do keep a look out for this book and make sure you get a copy of it for yourself!

Here is a brief extract on Richard Lim from journals.worldsnomads.com :

 Richard Lim swapped Singapore's sultry climate for a life in the UK more than 25 years ago. He has worked in various editorial roles in book and magazine publishing, and was on the staff at Rough Guides for several years before turning freelance.

Richard is one of the authors of the Rough Guides to Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, and also works on the(city edition) Rough Guide to Singapore.

Besides the Far East, his favourite part of the world to travel in is the Middle East and North Africa. He has a particularly soft spot for Morocco, Lebanon and Israel/Palestine.

Richard Lim  (centre, in blue shirt), posing for a picture with some Shuntak Association Taiping committee members, at the association building.  

 Another shot in front of the scaled-down model of the Shuntak Association Taiping heritage Hall

Our best regards to Mr Richard Lim . 

Cheng Ming at our touched-up Memorial Grave

The Shuntak Association of Taiping has carried out a project to touch up the association's Memorial Grave, just before the Cheng Ming festival. 2014.

The whole grave is given a fresh coat of paint, staying as close as possible to its original colours.

The inscriptions were also re-painted over in red and gold.

It needed great skills to touch up the original floral designs.

Members of the Shuntak Association, Taiping, proudly stand in front of their Memorial Grave.

Cheng Ming by our association members