Brief History Of
Sungai Siput (U)
It is believed that the district
of Sg. Siput (N) got its name a long time ago when the early Malay
settlers found huge numbers of a kind of edible snails (siput) in one of
the river (sungai) and hence named the place "Sungai Siput".
In the early 30's a number of
rubber plantations in Sungai Siput district was managed by the British. The present main building
which housed the Sg. Siput Police Sub-District Headquarters was built in
1938. The first emergency was declared 53years ago after the killing of
three British planters in Sg. Siput. Until late 1989 after the
Communist Partyof Malaya surrendered and gave up their armed strunggle,
gave up their Sg. Siput and its nearby areas of Jalong, Lintang and Lasah was a black
area where security forces conducted operations to flush out the communist.
Since then Sg. Siput has undergone vast economic development and Sg. Siput
is no longer a quiet town. The presence of factories, estates and government
offices has since turned Sg. Siput into quite a very busy town.
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