Ng Boo Bee Fountain in Taiping

     Ng Boo Bee may not be very well-known among the younger generation in Taiping but he was a prominent tin miner and a philanthropist who once built and owned half of Taiping town.  Today, all that is left in this man's name is a short road in the centre of the town named Jalan Boo Bee and a fountain in the Lake Gardens.  I strongly suggest that local students do a research / project on this man.  He was also said to be the de facto Finance Minister of Perak during the British administration. 

This is the Ng Boo Bee fountain located at the Lake Gardens in Taiping.  At a closer look, one notices that it is made of cast-iron. It has not been switched on for a long time and I am not sure if it still functions. I hope it does.  Once it was THE attraction at the garden and there were many wedding phototgraphs taken at this fountain.  Make a visit to any old photo studio in town and one would most likely to come across black and white wedding photos taken at this fountain.