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.

Visit by Taiping Heritage Society, 26 September 2011

The Restoration Project for our old association building has been receiving good response from a lot of concerned citizens. On the afternoon of 26 September 2011, members from the Taiping Heritage Society paid a visit to the old Shun Tak Association building to see for themselves, another piece of heritage, right in the middle of the town, that needs restoration. The chairman of Shun Tak Association Taiping, James Foo, and the Restoration Committee chairman, Tung Lay Chun, were there to guide the visitors around the place. The members of the Taiping Heritage Society were awed at the extent of the dilapidation that the century old clan house has undergone. Constructive advice was given by the members of the Taiping Heritage Society and they have shown great concern and are willing to assist us in our endeavor to restore the building. We are indeed very grateful to them for their support.



Members of the Taiping Heritage Society together with Shun Tak Taiping Association committee members posing for a picture at the ceremonial doorway of the old Shun Tak Association building

Our 116th Anniversary Celebration, 24 September 2011

The Shun Tak Association, Taiping celebrated its 116th anniversary-cum-mooncake festival event on 24 September 2011. This year's celebration began with our annual dinner at Flemington Hotel, Taiping. The support from members was very good.

Our members having a nice time during the dinner. The food was fine and the atmosphere was pleasant but the service was a bit slow.

After dinner, members adjourned to the association hall to listen to a speech by our chairman. Of course, there will be lucky draws and the prizes to be won can be seen on the table next to the rostrum.

A winner of the lucky draw. In fact, all our members and friends who turned up got something. The 'lucky' element is in what you get. If you are lucky you get something valuable and useful. In this way, we usually managed to draw in more members to come -hence the name "lucky draw".

Before we called it a day, our treasurer, Peng Wah, entertained us with a few songs. Unfortunately, a few of our members had left and so they missed this piece of entertainment. Don't worry, just come back next year. All in all, everyone was happy that it has been a very eventful year.

Visit by members from Kuala Lumpur Chinese Assembly Hall, 28 August 2011

On the morning of 28 August 2011, the Kuala Lumpur Chinese Assembly Hall brought 40 of its members to Taiping to visit heritage sites. We were very fortunate to have our heritage association building on their itinerary. Special mention of thanks must be made to Mr Teoh Chee Keong, a lecturer of Architecture and Built Environment at the UCSI University, KL, for bringing them here.

On arrival at the gate of our old , heritage association building, the visitors from KL Chinese Assembly Hall was given a briefing on our restoration project by our Restoration Committee Chairperson, Tung Lay Chun.

Mr. Teoh Chee Keong was next to speak, he gave a detailed explanation about the roof of the building which needed to be replaced for it may fall apart anytime. The visitors looked up rather anxiously.

After a short tour of the old association building, the visitors were taken to the new association premises for light refreshment and a look at some of the artifacts. Some seemed to be still worried about the roof!

The leader of the KL Chinese Assembly Hall delivered her speech and in support of our effort to restore the heritage association building, the visitors donated a generous sum towards our cause. Our heartfelt gratitude to the members of the KL Chinese Assembly Hall.