Tuesday, January 1, 2008

pulau meranti developments

kampung PULAU MERANTI sits amidst several highways that leads from KUALA LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND THE LOW COST CARRIER TERMINAL, (klia/ LCCT
) to kKUALA LUMPUR, malaysia's capital, bordered in the south east by the administrative capital, PUTRAJAYAand the msc city of CYBERJAYA, on the north by the IOI MALL, this is now the fastest growing area inthe KLANG VALLEY OF MALAYSIA, there are many evidences of this for one who know of what to look for. KAMPUNG is a malay word for village for you foreigners reading this, typically, as other rural malay community allOover the country, its characteristics are
1. majority malay population and quite numerous indonesians and bangladeshis, remnants from the building craze iitiated by mahathir(OUR PREVIOUS PRIME MINISTER) in putrajaya and cyber jaya.
2. NEGLIGIBLE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, JUT A BUSBODY FACTORY AT ONE END AND OUR BATIK FACTORY AT THE OTHER, NUMEROUS CHINESE OWNED STORES IN BETWEEN, WHOSE LAND ARE OWNED BY MALAY LANDOWNERS AND WELCOME THE RENTAL RECEIVED TO ALLEVIATE THEIR ECONOMIC SHORT COMINGS.THE LANDOWNERS BEING GENERALLY SECOND GENERATION RETIRED OLDIES AND SETTLERS WHO CAME HERE FIRSTLY IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY AND THEN IN THE EIGHTIES WHEN THE GOVERNMENT OPENED UP APPROXIMATELY 240 ACRES OF JUNGLE FOR EXPLOITATION
3. THE GOVT. UPGRADED THE OLD ROAD IN2006 AND NOW THERE IS AN OBTRUSIVE 2 LANE ROAD RUNNING THROUGH THE KAMPUNG AND TYPICALLY MAINLY USED BY HEAVY VEHICLES AND PEOPLE WORKING IN PUTRAJAYA AND CYBERJAYA TO AVOID THE TOLLED HIGHWAYS THAT PROLIFIRATES
4. THE GOVT ALSO BUILT A NEW MOSQUE, WHICH OVERFLOWS FOR FRIDAY PRAYERS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NUMEROUS FOREIG STUDENTS STUDYING AT LIM KOK WING, WHICH IS 10 MINUTES AWAY.OTHER THAN THAT, THE GOVERNMENT OR PEOPLE THAT MATTERS IN THE GOVERNMENT, SALIVATES AT THE NUMEROUS EMPTY PLOTS, SUPPOSEDLY CHEAPAND MALAY RESERVE, DREAMING UP VARIOUS GRAND SCHEMES, NOT LEAST OF WHICH ARE MORE HOUSING SCHEMES, AS IF WE HAVENT ENOUGH, NO! DEAR DATUKS, YBS TUAN TUANS, WHAT WE NEED HERE IS FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO KICK START SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES- LAH? SOMETHING THAT CAN BENEFIT THEPEOPLE, NOT APPRECIATION IN LAND VALUE

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