Pangkor Laut Island
History
The idea to place a leper settlement on Pangkor Laut was first proposed in 1893. Within a decade, from Perak and across the country, Malays with leprosy (sakit kusta) were being sent there. In 1905 it was reported that "๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ '๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐บ.'" A following report was a bit different: "๐๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด๐บ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. [๐๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด] ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ [๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ] ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด, ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ." In the 1930s a new facility to treat leprosy was built in Sungei Buloh in Selangor โ and then the old "colony" was phased out.
During World War II, the island was where Freddie Spencer Chapman made his submarine getaway during the Japanese occupation of Malaya. Luciano Pavarotti visited the island in 1994 and he declared the island a paradise. In 2002 Pavarotti officiated the opening of Spa Village, a spa facility attached to the Pangkor Laut Resort, with the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the event .
References
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKF4-I1rl4o
- ^ https://ofa.arkib.gov.my/lores/hq/digitdoc_10/19570115428d02.pdf
- ^ Moore, Wendy (1998). West Malaysia and Singapore. ISBN 9789625931791. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- ^ "Pavarotti's Pulau Pangkor paradise". Business Times (Singapore). 25 March 1994. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Pavarotti declares Spa Village open". Retrieved 15 June 2014.
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