Monday, 13 March 2017

Floods in Kuala Lumpur, F.M.S.

Annual Floods 1900-1936

Floods in the F.M.S.
- Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh inundated
- Ipoh shops and offices flooded
- impassable: Beech Street, Treacher Street, Hale Street,
  People's Park, the markets
- KL flooded again, river rising.
TST 30Nov1925 p9

Kuala Lumpur Floods
- delay in undertaking flood prevention measure
- Govt tighten expenditure as rubber and tin markets fall
- fears of official apathy
TST 4July1928 p11

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