Kinta District Administrative Complex, Batu Gajah

Kompleks Pentadbiran Daerah Kinta (Kinta District Administrative Complex), Batu Gajah (12 August 2017)


Kinta District Administrative Complex (GPS: 4.47716, 101.03551), 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.

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.

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.

The Kinta District Administrative Complex is on the Map of Batu Gajah, Perak

Court House at the Kinta District Administrative Complex (12 August 2017)


Kompleks Pentadbiran Daerah Kinta (Kinta District Administrative Complex), Batu Gajah (12 August 2017)

Kinta District Administrative Complex on Google Maps Street View

Kompleks Pentadbiran Daerah Kinta (Feb 2020) BIBLIOGRAPHY
Kinta Valley, Pioneering Malaysia's Modern Development, by Khoo Salma Nasution & Abdur-Razzaq Lubis ISBN 983-42113-0-9

List of Government Buildings in Perak and Government Buildings in Malaysia

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