Arlene House (Kapitan Chung Thye Phin Building/Phin Kee Chan), built in 1905, has been fully restored and Made In Ipoh (Gallery-Museum) is currently being establish to showcase the The Last Kapitan of Malaya/Ipoh, The City That Tin Built.
We are performing conservation, preservation and restoration works on Kapitan Chung Thye Phin Building (built in 1905). In our pursuit to conserve, restore and record the building’s history & heritage attributes, personalities and business activities that have once occupied and operated in this building, we would appreciate the public i.e. Ipoh’s old town residents or persons/historian who have personal knowledge to share further information, images, photos, events and/or stories of this building and its occupants/business activities, to enable us to have better understanding in our planning, preservation, conservation & restoration works and recording of the history and heritage attributes of the building for the public/future generation to reminiscence and appreciate.