All about Kampar

Historical summary, might be a little bored. But its how the town came about. Kampar (Chinese:金宝) is a town in Kampar District, Perak, Malaysia. Founded in 1887, the town lies within the Kinta Valley, an area rich with tin reserves. It was a tin mining town which boomed during the height of the tin mining industry. There were many tin mines on the outskirts of Kampar during the height of the mining boom. Most of them were established in the late 19th century, flourished in the 1900s, only to stagnate and decline after World War I, with the exception of an exhilarating boom in the 1920s. Most have closed down following the collapse of the industry, especially in the late 20th century. What happens after the long history of tin mining? The town continue to flourish in the 80s and 90s as a main rest stop for everyone that's driving to south / north. It is a must stop by place back then if you are traveling from Penang to Kuala Lumpur, or vice versa. Kampar started to get busy and popular for food. Needless to mention the famous Kampar Weng Lok Yuen with its popular Chicken Biskut, Kaya Puff, Siew Pau, "Malay King" Prawn noodles, and Heng kee clay pot rice. For decades the business had been doing well, not until the major development of the NORTH SOUTH express way. Once the express way is completed, business start declining steeply as many prefer for the new route to cut travel time. Many smaller town along the old north south trunk road faces the same fate, such as gopeng, simpang pulai, and so on. In some ways Kampar is lucky enough to be considerably bigger offering banking and lots of other services, it kept Kampar moving ahead as a financial hub for other smaller town. In the late 90s to early 2000, Kampar start receiving attention and potential to once again flourish; "TAR" College, which receive constant growth and investment and now offering both college and university education. Making the famous tin mining town into a educational hub for many. Housing nearly 10,000 students and growing, the new university town is fast out pacing the old Kampar town. With many new business and eatery mushrooming to cater for the hungry students. Despite many new business that had moved into new town, Kampar old town continues to hold its status as a key old town famous for their banking service, old shops and place for those who crave for good food.