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Master Mat's House

Search out this handsome traditional Malay home of former school headmaster. Built in 1921, the blue-painted palladian style house is raised on stone pillars with concrete balustrade staircase. As Kampung Baru is redeveloped, this kind of home is an increasingly rare sight.

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