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BOH Plantations Sdn. Bhd. is the largest black tea manufacturer in Malaysia, with both domestic and international distribution. The BOH Tea Plantation, which is located at Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia is also the largest tea plantation in Malaysia. ''Background''. BOH Plantations was founded in 1929 by J. A. Russell, a British-born British-educated businessman during the British colonial era in Malaya. Russell arrived in Kuala Lumpur at age seven, in 1890; the primary export was then tin. Prior to BOH, Russell had worked in the Straits Trading Company, learning to speak several Chinese dialects (plus Bahasa Melayu) and made contacts with wealthy Chinese tin miners. Besides investing in tin, Russell and his brothers (Philip, Donald, and Robert) invested in the nascent rubber industry in 1908. J. A. and Philip also invested in railway-related construction, including the new Kuala Lumpur railway station. In 1913, Russell purchased almost a third of the real estate in the town of Ipoh. He and Donald (a mining engineer from the Colorado School of Mines) founded a colliery at Batu Arang, in Selangor around 25 kilometers from the capital. ''History''. Despite the world-wide Great Depression at the time BOH was founded in 1929, Russell was optimistic about the tea plantation business, due to steady demand. Russell was granted a concession of land (together with veteran tea-planter A.B. Milne from Ceylon) for the first BOH tea garden in Habu (it was also the first tea garden in the Cameron Highlands). At the time, the land was undeveloped jungle terrain, on steep slopes; with a steamroller and mule-teams, the stepped plantation was created. Today, BOH Plantations owns three tea gardens—in Habu (the original), Fairlie Tea Garden, and Sungai Palas Tea Garden. There is a packaging-factory near the main garden. BOH offers factory tours.〔http://www.lonelyplanet.com/malaysia/peninsular-malaysia-west-coast/cameron-highlands/sights/other/boh-sungei-palas-tea-estate〕〔http://goseasia.about.com/b/2010/08/29/high-tea-cameron-highlands-malaysia.htm〕 ==External links== * (BOH Plantations official website ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「BOH Plantations」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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