It is something quite commonly found in towns around the country - clock towers which are no longer performing their tasks of telling the time. If we were to go around the country and be aware of the clock towers that were planted at the centre of each town - we would certainly feel so sad that most of them are no longer functioning. The clock towers by themselves are usually quite beautiful and tell us of a time when the residents of the town could be told the time by this official time pieces but, due to wear and tear, time has taken its toll. One such example of a public tower clock left to "die", is the one found in the middle of Taiping town, in front of the old market, at Jalan Taming Sari.
This used to be a "modern" clock tower built in front of the old market in town and it was deemed "modern" at that time because it has a digital clock. I don't know when it was built, but I still remembered that it was working fine in the 1980's. Then it died, and was left in this state until today. I hope it could be repaired for otherwise what's good of having a clock tower when it can't tell the time.
It certainly has a modern structure as compared to the other clock towers in other town, so, it is sad to know that such a relatively new time-piece should be allowed to stand still. Perhaps the town authorities could get it repaired and put a board up to tell visitors more about this piece of 'heritage'.
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