Shuntak Association, Taiping. Flyers on Restoration Project

The Shuntak Association, Taiping would like to thank Mr Teoh Chee Keong for his invaluable contributions towards our Restoration Project. Among his many contributions, one of which is his effort at helping us to design flyers to promote the Restoration Project. They were done in two languages - English and Chinese. They flyers were recently printed on glossy papers and this was made possible through the sponsorship of our member Mdm. Chan Sow Lin, and Mr Lim Kar Seng. Thank you all for your contributions and support.

The English version is on one side, and the Chinese version is on the other side.

Heritage Talk and Walk

Shuntak Association of Taiping and the Taiping Heritage Society jointly organised the Taiping Heritage Talk and Walk with the aim to create awareness on the importance of restoration and preservation of heritage structures and buildings around the town. The event was held on the 10 and 11 March 2012. It began with a talk at 149 Jalan Taming Sari at 8.00pm. Guest speakers for this talk were Teoh Chee Keong, a lecturer from UCSI and Lee Eng Kew, a local researcher, Models of the Taiping Wet Market and Shuntak Association Heritage Hall constructed by Chee Keong's students, were put on display.

The model of Shuntak Association Heritage Hall. Two curious giants trying to see if there were any tiny people inside.


Teoh Chee Keong talked about the market and introduced Peng Wah, - a famous market personality.


The crowd listened to Chee Keong and Lee Eng Kew as they explained about the structures of the wet market.

En. Anuar Isa from the First Gallery, Taiping taking a good look at the model of Shuntak Association Building, perhaps he is looking for tiny people too.

More people were attracted to the model of Shuntak Association. A popular question - "Shuntak Association ah? Where is it ah?"

Even, Dato' Tan Lian Hoe is attracted to it. Mmmm.. any tiny people in there?

Dato' Tan generously pledged RM50,000 from the Prime Minister's Department towards restoration project of the Shuntak Association Hall. Thank you Dato'.

During the Heritage Walk, we got a surprise, Nga Kor Ming, the Taiping State Assemblyman, dropped by to say hello and to give us his support. Thanks.

Vice-President of Shuntak Association Taiping, Mong Chong Kai, gave his welcome speech to the guests.


Shuntak Association, Taiping played host to participants of the Heritage Walk with light refreshment.

Q & A time.

To make it our day, Dato' Ho Cheng Wang, the Pokok Assam MCA Co-0rdinator paid us a visit and pledged RM5000 towards our cause. Thank you, Dato'

Dato' Ho Cheng Wang elaborating on a point to the members of the press.
The event was then reported in Sin Chew Daily on 13 March 2012.

It must be said that the Taiping Heritage Talk and Walk has met its objectives in making the people aware of the importance in restoration projects especially that of the Shuntak Assoiciation, Taiping. Through such activities, and working with other organisations like the Heritage Society, we managed to get the attention of the public towards our cause and this can be seen when leaders of three political parties came forward with their support. It is hoped that this will start the momentum of fund raising and that the success of our restoration project will be met in the near future.

Chinese New Year Celebration 2012

The Shuntak Association, Taiping, had its Chinese New Year celebration on the 4th February 2012, at the Association premises. The support from the members was very good. All tables were full and there was plenty of food served. The celebration started with a buffet dinner.

After the food was finished, it's time for the academic award presentation ceremony.


These kids are the winners of the academic prizes for UPSR and PMR exams. Congratulations!



Next event of the night was the lucky draw! This year, instead of hampers, ang-pows and goodie bags were offered. Not all ang-pows are the same! Some contain more cash than others!


"I'll take this one! It feels loaded!" Well, Good luck, girl.

Another young member picking a lucky ang-pow.


A lucky winner of the goodie bags draw.



Every good Chinese New Year celebration must have music and songs! So, our talented Chairman, James Foo gave us a medley of unforgettable melodies !
All in all, everyone had a fun evening.

WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year !

The Shuntak Association, Taiping, wishes A Happy New Year, to all members, friends and followers of our blog.

Last year was a very eventful year for our association. Apart from the usual annual activities, a restoration sub-committee was set up to "save" our heritage clan house. Since then, the project was highlighted in various local newspapers and gained support from the Heritage Society, as well as several government agencies. The tempo of this activity will certainly be more up-beat this year as we have got our flyer ready (thanks to Chee Keong again) for more a aggressive fund-raising drive.

This year the Shuntak Association, Taiping, committee has drawn up a list of social / cultural activities for its members and friends, and it is hoped that we will get the same, if not better, support and participation from all concerned :

The first activity on the list is the celebration of Chinese New Year for all members and friends.
There will be the servings of food, food and more food. There will be distribution of 'ang-pows'! Don't worry if you are not eligible for an ang-pow due to your maritial status, for there will be lucky draws too! Then, to encourage the young do well in their studies, awards for members' children who excel in the academic field will be given out. Don't miss this occasion!

Summary of Restoration Plan

As the restoration programme gains momentum, our adviser/consultant, Mr. Teoh Chee Keong, has drawn up a three-dimensional pictorial summary of the plan for restoration of the heritage clan house. It gives a very clear picture of the extent of the work that is supposed to be done and also how the building would look like after restoration. We wish to thank Mr Teoh Chee Keong for his fine contribution.

Article in China Press

China Press newspaper published an article on 6 Dec. 2011 about the development of work done to restore our heritage building in Taiping. This was a follow up on the visit by the pressmen and our advisor Chee Kong on his final stage of the dilapidation study. It is hoped that this article will create more awareness amongst the people to the urgency of the restoration project and that perhaps more people will come forward and offer their kind assistance.

DILAPIDATION STUDY ON THE SHUNTAK ASSOCIATION BUILDING, TAIPING

DILAPIDATION STUDY BY UCSI UNIVERSITY STUDENT - 5TH OCTOBER 2011

On the 5th October 2011, a student volunteer from UCSI Univesity, Kuala Lumpur paid a visit to the heritage Taiping Shuntak Association Building. His mission was to prepare a report after doing a dilapidation study on the building and also to construct a scaled down model of the building.

The student from UCSI University, Mr Kong Kin Hang, looking up at the roof to estimate the damage and also perhaps trying to figure out what those tiny winged creatures are, up there.

After looking up, he looked down, and he did a careful study of the floor. Looks like he saw another group of long-tailed creatures running around the floor, too.


Finally, he did a sketch of the place and maybe take a tip or two from the commercial artist's work that 's found all over the place.

The Taiping Shuntak Association wishes to thank Chee Keong, the lecturer of UCSI and also his student Kong Kin Hang for ever willing to volunteer their service to help in our restoration project. We wish Kong Kin Hang the best in his academic pursuit and future undertakings.