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HISTORY
Fraser’s Hill
 
Meantime, with the growth of the European population in colonial Malaya, the demand for the cool retreat of hill stations also increased.
 
In 1917, the Bishop of Singapore and another clergyman on holiday in the Gap rest house trekked up the hill possibly hoping to find the Bungalow of Fraser or its site. On his return to Singapore, he wrote a report to the High Commissioner to suggest that a hill station could be developed with relative ease at the area.
 
The suitability of the site was confirmed further by a preliminary topographical survey in August 1919. In the same month, Mr. R.C.M. Kindersly, an unofficial member of the Federal Council, informed its meeting that it makes financial provisions in 1919 with a view of opening up Bukit Fraser as a hill resort. Work started in October the same year. Mr. F.W. Mager, the State Engineer Pahang began land clearing around Fraser’s bungalow, making a trace for an access road up the hill from the Gap and surveying the site for buildings.
In 1920, the responsibility of the further growth of Fraser’s Hill was placed in the hands of a Development Committee under the Federal Government. It was this committee that officially renamed Bukit Fraser as Fraser’s Hill.