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Jalan Foo Choo Choon, Ipoh

Jalan Foo Choo Choon, IpohJalan Foo Choo Choon, Ipoh (10 March, 2018)


Jalan Foo Choo Choon is a minor road in downtown Ipoh, Perak. It is a one-way street that connects Jalan Datuk Onn Jaafar to Jalan Laxamana. The road was named in honour of Hakka tin miner Foo Choo Choon, who was one of the richest Chinese in the world.

Among the philanthrophic works involving Foo Choo Choon was in defraying the cost for the construction of the Anglo-Chinese School, Ipoh, in 1904. He also donated the Primary Hall as a gift to the school.

Along with two other benefactors, he also donated $6,000 towards the purchase of the land for the Anglo-Chinese School, Penang, at Maxwell Road in Penang, as well as in helping to establish the Chung Hua School, Penang.

Foo Choo Choon was made the president of the Penang Chinese Town Hall in 1906, and the Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce in 1913. He was also appointed to the Perak State Council and Perak Chinese Advisory Board.

Map of Jalan Foo Choo Choon

Sights along Jalan Foo Choo Choon

  1. UTC Perak / Ipoh Wet Market (GPS: 4.59629, 101.08228)

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Jalan Foo Choo Choon roadsignJalan Foo Choo Choon roadsign (10 March, 2018)

Jalan Foo Choo Choon on Google Street View

Jalan Foo Choo Choon (Nov 2013)

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