· Batu Gajah's image was enhanced when new public offices were put up at a cost of almost 20,000 (equivalent to RM65520) under the direction of the state engineer, Francis St. G. Caufield. The Batu Gajah's Sanitary Board was established in 1893 with the assistant magistrate as president this led to the development of the land in between Old Town and Changkat in 1890s (Salma AbdurRazzaq ...