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ALLAN’S WATER, FRASERS HILL
THE HISTORY AND CULTURE
By: ABDUL MAHI, DANAR JOVIAN, CRYSTALLINA ALECIA, GARNETTE ROBERT, MASOUD

HISTORY
TIMELINE
191
9 1927 1970
CJ. Ferguson Davie
FRASER’S HILL
1980 1980’s 1917 1922
HISTORY & CULTURE

HISTORY & CULTURE
HISTORY OF
THE TRAILS

HISTORY & CULTURE
1919 1899 1920 1921 1928 1980 1981
T R A I L
TIMELINE

SITE MAP HAND DRAWN IN 1954
FRASER’S HILL OLD MAP , BY TAN KOK CHEE
HISTORY & CULTURE

MAJOR TRANSFORMATIONS
TOWN CENTRE
HISTORY & CULTURE
TOWN CENTRE IN 1950
FRASER’S HILL 2014
TOWN CENTRE
ALLAN’S WATER

NOTABLE lOCATIONS
AROUND TOWN CENTRE
HISTORY & CULTURE
SHAHZAN INN
REBUILT POST OFFICE
PUNCAK INN/ TOURISM CENTRE
TOWN CENTRE /CLOCK
GOLF COURSE

THE GOLF COURSE
MAJOR TRANSFORMATIONS AROUND TOWN CENTRE
HISTORY & CULTURE
Golf course in 1953
GOLF COURSE 2014
Golf course enlarged in 1960

THE POST OFFICE
MAJOR TRANSFORMATIONS AROUND TOWN CENTRE
HISTORY & CULTURE
POST OFFICE BACK IN 1927
THE POST OFFICE BEFORE THE TOWN CLOCK WAS BUILT
POST OFFICE, 2014

HISTORY & CULTURE
MORE HISTORY THROUGH PICTURES
TRANSFORMATION THROUGH PICTURES

HISTORY & CULTURE
PRIVATE
BUNGALOWS
GOVERNMENT
PLACE TO STAY
COMMERCIAL
RELIGIOUS
PRIVATE SECTORS &
AUTHORITIES

ALLAN’S WATER
LOCATION
HISTORY & CULTURE

ALLAN’S WATER
BRIEF HISTORY
HISTORY & CULTURE
ALLAN’S
WATER IN
1954
PRESENT FORM OF THE LAKE
DURING 1919, IT
WAS USED AS A
WATER RESERVOIR
TO SUPPLY WATER
TO THE BRITISH
RESIDENTS S OF
FRASER’S HILLS
ON 1980, IT WAS
TURNED INTO A
RECREATIONAL PARK
AFTER THE WATER
SYSTEM WAS SETTLED
BY THE GOVERNMENT
AND THE RESERVOIR
WAS LEFT IN DISUSE.

THE CHANGES IN WATER LEVEL
ALLAN’S WATER
HISTORY & CULTURE
The water level of Allan’s water
Used to be lower than it
currently is
Prior to the construction of the
Dam.
After the development of the
Dam, ( current entrance ) the
water level was significantly
high since the flow of water
down to the stream was slightly
minimized.

PRESENT WATER SUPPLY USAGE
WATER PUMPS TO
HISTORY & CULTURE
AS OF TODAY, THE
W A T E R
FROM THE LAKE IS
NO LONGER USED
FOR WATER SUPPLY
H O W E V E R
THE AGRICULTURE
COURT NEXT DOOR
U S E S
P U MP E D W A T E R
FROM THE LAKE FOR
I R R I G A T I O N A L
P U R P OS E S . T H E
P I P E S
A R E P A S S E D
T H R O U G H T H E
E L E V A T I O N S I N
THE GROUND TO THE
O T H E R S I D E .

DIVISION OF
ETHNICITIES
ALLAN’S WATER
LOCAL
38%
EUROPEAN
16%
AMERICANS
16%
OTHERS
8%
AFRICAN
8%
INDIAN
55%
CHINESE
19%
WORKERS
TOURISTS
HISTORY & CULTURE

A C T I V I T I E S
E N G A N G E D
2014
Jungle trekking
Boat paddling
Water ball
Fish feeding
Jungle trekking
Boat paddling
Picnic
Fishing
CANOE
HISTORY & CULTURE

WATER BALL EXPERIENCE
IN PICTURES
HISTORY & CULTURE

LEVEL OF
ENGAGEMENT
IN PRESENT ACTIVITIES
WATER BALL
BOAT PADDLING
JUNGLE
TREKKING
FISH FEEDING
AGRICULTURE
AllAN’S WATER
HISTORY & CULTURE
WATER BALL
TREKKING
BOAT PADDLING

WATER BALL
BOAT
PADDLING
JUNGLE
TREKKING
FISH FEEDING
AGRICULTUR
E
DENSITY OF
PEOPLE
ENGAGEMENT AllAN’S WATER
IN RECREATIONAL
ACTIVITIES
HISTORY & CULTURE

P E A K
S E A S O N S
Holidays
>100
Weekend
Normal days
<60
<90
The number of people who comes
on weekends are more compared
to normal days but lesser than the
number of people coming during
the holidays. Most of the visitors
are not local. Hence, the statistics
are higher on holidays because of
the increasing number of tourists
coming to Malaysia.
HISTORY & CULTURE
INCREASING AMOUNT OF PEOPLE

P E A K
HOUR
S
ALLANS’ WATER OPENING HOURS : 8 AM – 5
PM
TIME DENSITY OF
VISITORS
0800 Less
0900 Less
1000 Moderate
1100 More
1200 Less
1300 More
1400 High
1500 High
1600 High
1700 More
5
4.5
4
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
HISTORY & CULTURE
0800-1100 1100-1400 1400- 1700 1700-2000
Percentage…

EXISTING
CONDITIONS
OF SOCIETY
PEOPLE
CULTURE
HISTORY & CULTURE
ECONOMY

P E O P L E
• Sense of meditation due to the still lake water, surrounded
by nature
• Relaxing activities
• Relaxing activities
• Religious event
• Fresh market
• Race : Indians (majority) and Malays (minority)
• Languages : Mainly Bahasa Melayu, English
• Activities: water activities, jungle trekking
• Events : non
• Festivities: religious event (Muniswaran Anndu Thivirulla)
• Visitors : mostly Chinese local and foreigners from the
states
PSYCHOLOGIC
AL
BEHAVIORA
L
POPULATION
HISTORY & CULTURE

C U L T U R E
• Chinese laborers were
brought in by James Fraser.
• Most of the workers of
Fraser’s hill are local Malays
and Indians
• Around Allan’s Water,
majority ethnic is the Indians
• Thus, and Indian temple is
built
HISTORY & CULTURE

INDIAN CULTURE
SRI MUNISVARAM ALAYAM
HISTORY & CULTURE
.
When the Indians of the
Hindu faith celebrate a
f es t i val , the whole
community turns out to
celebrate together.
Internal festivals are
celebtrated inside the
t e m p l e s .
INDIAN
TEMPL
E

INDIAN FESTIVALS
MUNISVARAN ANDU THIRUVILLA
HISTORY & CULTURE
Mr. Segar, full time staff of Majlis Daerah Raub on the extreme
right of the picture above is the organising chairman of the festivals
BACK GATHERING IN JUNE IN 2007, TOWN ALL CENTRE
THE INDIANS OF THE HINDHU FAITH
IN FRASER’S HILL , GATHERED TO CELEBRATE THEIR RELIGION.
Munisvaran Thiruvilla is an annual event held on every
15th September, outside the temple infront of allan’s water
The festival is held to honour Lord Munisvaran
For his blessings

E C O N O M Y
HISTORY & CULTURE
• Developed through out the years but the colonial concept was sustained
• Eg . Ye Old Smokehouse was a rehabilitation center which is now a fine dining
restaurant
• Eg, post office was maintained
• Eg, police station was built
• No future plans of developing the site
• Further promotion of the site to put it in the global map – in terms of activities
significant plans
• possible plans by the government to build a cable car network system for access
• Soil erosion of the trails increase the risk of danger and accidents during jungle
trekking
SOCIOLOGICAL
POTENTIAL
INFORMATION
NEGATIVE
PATTERN

FRASER’S HILL
SWOT
S
PAST : A place for gold
mining / tin deposits.
PRESENT : A beautiful
place for tourists to
give an impression
from the history of
british.
W
PAST : Bad road
condition to Fraser hill,
having only a single
track road can lead to
landslide.
PRESENT: Not many
activities and
especially for younger
generations.
O
PAST : The discovery
of the mines served as
a foundation to fraser’s
hill today.
PRESENT : Explore
and experience staying
nearer to nature.
T
PAST : Not many
restaurants and
accommodations for
tourists to visit and
stay.
PRESENT : Not
enough helpers /
workers in the
restaurants causing
tourist to be leave with
an unhappy stomach.

S
PAST : Producing water to the
SWOT
local people.
PRESENT : To produce
hydroelectric power from the
reservoir. Experiencing the true
nature, to learn how to jungle
track.
W
PAST : Shortage of workers /
helpers.
PRESENT : Unable to maintain
the lake’s cleanliness, and the
tracks stability.
O
PAST : Changes in activities,
population and events.
PRESENT : better access
routes and maintenance of the
trails
T
PAST : Activities that cant be
played by all ages or people
who has no idea how to use
them.
PRESENT : Not enough
activities for everyone to play.
The lake is also smelly making
tourist wanting to leave Allan’s
Water.
ALLAN’S WATER

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