Editing Gopeng (section)

==History==
{{see also|Mining in Malaysia}}
Gopeng was the most important town in the [[Kinta Valley]] until 1890, when Ipoh became more prominent. Gopeng was intensively mined by both European and Chinese miners, the latter having significant [[Hakka]] representation under [[Chung Keng Quee|Chung Keng Kwee]], the leader of the [[Hai San]] secret society during the [[Larut War]]. He was appointed as the [[Kapitan Cina]] after the [[Pangkor Treaty]], and although his main homes were in [[Taiping, Perak|Taiping]] and [[Penang]], he maintained his foothold in Gopeng, securing contracts for street lighting there in 1892 as well as building quarters for civil servants thereafter.<ref name="kintabook">{{cite book |last1=Khoo Salma Nasution & Abdur-Razzaq Lubis |title=Kinta Valley : pioneering Malaysia's modern development |date=2005 |publisher=Perak Academy |location=Ipoh |isbn=9834211309 |page=129 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cgsZvl1zTXgC |access-date=8 September 2021}}</ref> For the first few decades after British intervention, Gopeng was run by a [[Tripartism|tripartite]]; the Europeans, the Chinese led by the [[Eu Tong Sen|Eu family]], and the Sumatrans by the Assistant Penghulu Imam Prang Ja Barumun. Gopeng is also one of the first places where large numbers of [[Orang Asli]] came into contact with outsiders in the 19th century.<ref name="kintabook" />