Kuala Pilah town itself is a main stopover for transport routes. It has a sizable Chinese community that has existed since the mining days during the early British rule. This community today engage in trading and providing essential services such as workshops, hairdressing and coffee shops.
A small town. A police station situated nearby the Pejabat Tanah dan Daerah and next to it was TNB office and also a Kuala Pilah District Masjid close to each other. There's a new District Hospital named Hospital Daerah Tuanku Najihah, at the main road towards Seremban Town. Weekends are busy usually those from K.L. folks returning to their home town, visiting their parents, tending to family plots, where around the area is mostly Malays that migrated to Kuala Lumpur in search of better prospects and 'the bright lights'.
The town is quite empty at night as most of the shops close as early as 7.00pm daily. But early mornings are busy as there were workers and residents staying nearby going to work at government offices such as hospitals, district offices, schools, an UiTM branch nearby.
There are not many food stalls around and are limited to the junction between Kuala Pilah and Bahau. The only theater was closed due to the introduction of video and internet cafes that sprouted during the 90's and are still going strong today. There is a new Bus Station and Taxi Stand located in the middle of Kuala Pilah Town and services to Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Tampin, Bahau and Gemas are available - also to the East Coast towns of Kuantan and Kuala Terengganu. People from Segamat and parts of Pahang use this route through Kuala Pilah to go to Kuala Lumpaur via Seremban.
One thing nice about Kuala Pilah is the people, who are friendly and aren't shy to greet one another and should you ask for directions they will surely show your safely on your way.
the largest mosque in town
Dear Mr Sie, Thanks
ReplyDeleteThe old Rest House of KP was a large wooden building on stilts and similar to old ones in other towns nearby such as Tampin. The Government Rest House in Kuala Pilah built in 1891 . It served as a gathering place for the colonial gentry of the time and place for the visiting government officials of the day to stay on their inspections of the district. . The first Rest House was built in 1891 by Singhalese workers and had 4 bed rooms. It was the only hotel in town and used for functions, meetings and celebrations. Rest houses were integral parts of smaller towns that had no hotels and run traditionally by Singhalese Rest House keepers. The Kuala Pilah Rest House was contracted to one Mr Janis De Silva a long time resident of Kuala Pilah and Tampin (Straits Times 1891 January). Much later Rest Houses almost exclusively were contracted to Chinese of Hainanese origin .
A much larger two storey building was the Rest House in the Seremban lake gardens that served a similar function. In those days when there were few “coffee shop hotels” or no hotels at all the Rest Houses served the function of providing clean, standard accommodation and food. Most Rest Houses have since been re-built and are less important with the rise of hotels even in Kuala Pilah. In 2012 KP boasts at least 3 modern albeit small hotels. The new KP rest house is where the old wooden bungalow of the British Engineer's was further up the Hill Road near the present magistrate's court. .
Dear Mr Sie, Thanks
ReplyDeleteThe old Rest House of KP was a large wooden building on stilts and similar to old ones in other towns nearby such as Tampin. The Government Rest House in Kuala Pilah built in 1891 . It served as a gathering place for the colonial gentry of the time and place for the visiting government officials of the day to stay on their inspections of the district. . The first Rest House was built in 1891 by Singhalese workers and had 4 bed rooms. It was the only hotel in town and used for functions, meetings and celebrations. Rest houses were integral parts of smaller towns that had no hotels and run traditionally by Singhalese Rest House keepers. The Kuala Pilah Rest House was contracted to one Mr Janis De Silva a long time resident of Kuala Pilah and Tampin (Straits Times 1891 January). Much later Rest Houses almost exclusively were contracted to Chinese of Hainanese origin .
A much larger two storey building was the Rest House in the Seremban lake gardens that served a similar function. In those days when there were few “coffee shop hotels” or no hotels at all the Rest Houses served the function of providing clean, standard accommodation and food. Most Rest Houses have since been re-built and are less important with the rise of hotels even in Kuala Pilah. In 2012 KP boasts at least 3 modern albeit small hotels. The new KP rest house is where the old wooden bungalow of the British Engineer's was further up the Hill Road near the present magistrate's court. .