...... [This imposing State Secretariat Building was built during the colonial era.... to house the office of the British Resident, today this building is the District Office.... the administrative centre of the District of Lipis] .....

We have been planning to visit some of the remote towns in the states of Pahang, like Raub and Kuala Lipis, Kuala Lipis is significant for it was once the capital of the state of Pahang and during the colonial era, it was the seat of power of the British Administrator. It was at that time known as the British Resident.... the de facto Governor of the state of Pahang....He advise the Sultan on the administration of the State.... the Local had no political power at that time.... the white were supreme at that time of our history..... Kuala Lipis was chosen by the British to set the Resident Office because it is far away from the place where the Malay Ruler, the Sultan live.... the Royal palace have been all the time in the small town of Pekan on the east coast... During the British Era.... For purpose of communication a railway link was established between Kuala Lumpur to Kuala Lipis, so that the white could travel in comfort whenever they like to get to the federal capital.... the train were also use to transport goods for export to their motherland England..... So this Sunday... We, my wife and I decided to make a visit to this part of the country, that we had not visited for some times already..... Actually we plan to visit this interior town about a few years ago with a couple from the south.... We would love to have them with us on this visit.... where my friend Jer use to work in the early sixties... We thought that it would be a visit on memory lane.... But they kept postponing and years passed and they still could not make it.... Well we though that we should proceed to visit all these towns on our own..... That is how we started to do it this Sunday.....make a trip to Raub and Kuala Lipis......