My Hometown (Lake Garden Taiping)

                            

The Taiping Lake Gardens was originally a mining ground before it was established as a public garden in 1880.

    The abandoned tin mine ground was donated by Chung Thye Phin as a recreation park for public use.

   In 1884 the gardens were planted with grasses, flowers and trees; a part of the gardens was fenced, to keep bulls o The streets are shaded by rows of the angsena tree, which at irregular intervals bursts forth into a riot of blossoms, even more yellow than those of the laburnum.

     These it rains down in golden snow upon the streets, providing a carpet fit for a Sultan, for yellow is the royal colour in the East. With its golden snow, the angsena spreads abroad an almost overpowering scent, even more sweet than the smell of the pinang blossom. Most of the towns in Malaya have planted this