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UTAR NEW VILLAGE COMMUNITY PROJECT
REPORT
NAME OF VILLAGE:
GELANG PATAH 振林山
JOHOR
Project carried out by:
Student Name Student ID. Course Year /
Trimester
1. Chang Ru Er 1101185 Bachelor of
Commerce Accounting Y3/T3
2. Teh Zhi Ying 1000663 Bachelor of
Commerce Accounting Y3/T3
DATE OF COMPLETION:
NOVEMBER 2013
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ABSTRACT
Gelang Patah was established in the year 1914. It is located roughly 25 km from
Johor’s capital city, Johor Bahru. Gelang Patah is 6 kilometres away from the exit
to the second causeway link to Singapore. It has 3 primary schools and a
secondary school. Currently, the government is constructing a university in the
area. Agriculture is the main economic activity in this area. Traditionally, the
rubber estates and pineapple orchards provide many villagers with their main
source of income. However, the Iskandar project has brought new developments
to Gelang Patah in recent years.
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HISTORY OF THE VILLAGE
Gelang Patah is located in the southwest of Johor state, roughly 25 km
from Johor Bahru. It is 6 kilometres away from the exit to the second causeway
link to Singapore. The village was established in 1914 by two brothers, Zheng
Jing Lun and Zheng Jing Zhao. Most of the people in Gelang Patah speak in
Hokkien and Chinese.
Unfortunately, Gelang Patah is known for the plane crash in this area. It
occurred on 4th
December 1977 in Tanjung Kupang which is south of Gelang
Patah. A Malaysian Airlines aircraft, flight number MH653 bound for Subang
Airport, crashed in the area. The crash killed everybody onboard instantly. Among
the victims were Malaysian Agricultural Minister, Dato’ Ali Haji Ahmad; Public
Works Department Head, Dato’ Mahfuz Khalid; and Cuban Ambassador to Japan,
Mario Garcia. The aircraft was hijacked by an unidentified hijacker, causing it to
crash.
A memorial site called the Tanjung Kupang Memorial serves as both a
memorial site and also a grave for those who were killed in this tragic flight.
A Malay novel, titled “Tragedi Empat Disember”, was written about this
tragedy and it became one of the books students in the states of Malacca, Johor
and Kelantan had to study as a fulfilment for their Malay Literature course in
school.
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Figure 1
Figure 2 The maps of Gelang Patah (Figure 1, 2)
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Figure 3
Figure 4
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Figure 5
Figure 6
Newspaper cutting from the tragedy (figure 3- 6)
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Figure 7
Figure 8
Memorial of the Tg. Kupang Tragedy
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Figure 9
Tanjung Kupang Memorial (Image credit: azuanzahdi.com) (Figure 7- 9)
Figure 10
The novel Tragedi Empat Disember
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POPULATION, HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION
The population of Gelang Patah has decreased in the last 10 years because
many of its young generation have left the village to pursue their career goals in
bigger cities like Johor Bahru and Singapore.
The settlement pattern in Gelang Patah is clustered and the area is
accessible by road.
Gelang Patah began to have piped water in the 1960s. Clean, piped water
is provided by the JKR. Gelang Patah also has electricity supply, courtesy of
Tenaga Nasional Berhad. The waste disposal of the village is handled by the local
municipal government. As for sewage disposal, the flush system is used. The
telecommunication for the area is mainly provided by Telekom and also other
mobile service providers like Hotlink and Digi.
There are clinics in the area, a police station and a fire station. Gelang
Patah has a few temples, burial ground, mosque and surau. There are shop houses
in Gelang Patah and also a wet market. Many people in Gelang Patah commute
either by foot, bicycle or public buses.
Gelang Patah is affected by the Iskandar development project because of
its close proximity to this development area. Thanks to the Iskandar project,
Gelang Patah has become more developed in the recent years in order to keep up
with the more modern looking new buildings and townships the Iskandar project
has to offer, for instance, Legoland.
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Figure 11
A road in Gelang Patah
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SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICES
The 3 main religions in Gelang Patah are Buddhism, Taoism and Islam.
There are those who practice Christianity and other religions as well. Because of
the ethnic composition of its population, the main languages spoken are Bahasa
Malaysia, Mandarin, and also Tamil. For the Chinese in Gelang Patah, the most
commonly spoken dialect is Hokkien because many early Chinese immigrants
came from Fujian province.
The Long An Temple has an ancient history of about 100 years. The local
Chinese, worship the deity Da Er Ye (大二爷伯), and they celebrate Da Er Ye’s
birthday with a festival at the local temple. There are two Chinese temples in the
area and also a mosque and a church.
The ruling party in the Gelang Patah is the opposition party, DAP.
However, up to the 13th
Malaysian general election, Gelang Patah was ruled by
the country’s ruling party, Barisan Nasional. In the recent general elections,
DAP’s veteran Lim Kit Siang contested for the parliamentary seat of Gelang Patah
and won by 14,762 votes.
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Figure 12
Long An Temple (龙安宫)
Figure 13
Gelang Patah Holy Word Church
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Figure 14
Lim Kit Siang. (Image credit: news.abnxcess.com), Member of Parliament for
Gelang Patah.
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EDUCATION
There are nurseries such as Gelang Patah Nursery, Smart Reader Kids, and
also NURI Kindergarten, which enhance the level of preschool education in
Gelang Patah. There are three primary schools in the village, Sekolah Kebangsaan
Gelang Patah, Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina Ming Terk and Sekolah Jenis
Kebangsaan Tamil Gelang Patah. SJKT Gelang Patah has about 25 students and
12 teachers.
Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina Ming Terk was established on 5th
April
1932 with the enrolment of 30 students. The primary school started with 4 acres of
land. The land was donated by Tan Sri Dato’ Dr. Lee Kong Chian, a prominent
Chinese businessman and philanthropist active in Malaya and Singapore from the
1930s to the 1960s. In the 1990’s, new classrooms were built to cater for the
school’s larger enrolment. And now it has about 950 students and 50 teachers.
Besides normal classroom, the school has 11 multi-media classrooms for students
in standards four to six.
EduCity is part of the Iskandar Malaysia project and it is located 1
kilometer east of the Gelang Patah Interchange on the main Second-Link
Expressway. Under the project, there are various universities planned for this area.
These universities include Newcastle University from the UK (established as a
medical University in EduCity), Raffles University Iskandar, Reading University,
and a Dutch Maritime University. This development will bring many new
opportunities to the residents of Gelang Patah.
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Figure 12
Sekolah Kebangsaan Cina Ming Terk
Figure 13
Canteen in SJKC Ming Terk
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Figure 14
The new block of the SJKC Ming Terk
Figure 15
Left: Our group member, the interviewer
Right: Mr. Sham Wai Yin, the school chairman of SJKC Ming Terk and also the
interviewee
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Figure 16
Sekolah Kebangsaan Gelang Patah
Figure 17
The Universities under constructions as part of the EduCity Project, Iskandar
Malaysia.
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ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
There are two main economic activities for the people in Gelang Patah:
agriculture and industry.
However, most of the agricultural land has been developed. The nearby
forest has also been cleared for development. In developing the Iskandar Malaysia
project, Gelang Patah is set to become a free trade zone link with Nusajaya, the
area where new education institutions will be established.
Figure 18
The map of project Iskandar Malaysia
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Figure 19
Figure 20
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Figure 21
Figure 22
Shoplots in Gelang Patah (Figure 22- 25)
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
The Iskandar Malaysia project focuses on 5 main areas in Johor, one of
which is Gelang Patah. Gelang Patah’s development will focus on the port and
marine services, warehousing, logistics, engineering, hi-tech manufacturing, food
production, petrochemical industry and entreport trade. The Iskandar Malaysia
Project has brought many opportunities for international investors and this has
boosted the property value in Gelang Patah and those areas close to it such as
Nusajaya. The Iskandar Malaysia Project is scheduled for completion in 2025.
In terms of land bank availability, about 700 acres in the Free Trade Zone
in the Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) are still available for development in various
sectors including warehousing and international procurement. The proposed
2,215 acres of the Maritime Centre at Tanjung Bin also offer investment
opportunities to players in oil and gas industry.
Figure 23
News cutting
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TOURISM VALUE
Gelang Patah is situated near the Iskandar Malaysia (formerly known as
Iskandar Development Region), the main southern development corridor in Johor.
This project was established in mid 2006 and administered by the Iskandar
Regional Development Authority. Legoland, an international theme park has
recently opened in the area thanks to the Iskandar development project. There are
only six Legolands in the world and the only one in Asia is located in Nusajaya,
which is only a ten-minute drive from Gelang Patah. The other five Legoland
parks are located in the West, one in Germany, the United Kingdom and Denmark
while the other two are in America.
Another tourist attraction at Gelang Patah is the well-known local seafood
restaurants. The seafood is awesome in Gelang Patah and is highly recommended
by bloggers and tourists. The fresh and reasonably priced seafood attracts many
tourists, especially those from Singapore, many restaurants enjoy brisk business,
especially on weekends.
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Figure 24
Figure 25
Legoland Malaysia (Image credit: instagram.com/Audrey Lim) (figure 24 & 25)
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Figure 26
Figure 27
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Figure 28
Seafood Restaurants in Gelang Patah (Figure 26-28)
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PROBLEMS
There is no hospital in Gelang Patah. The village has a clinic but that’s
about it. If the people there need to be admitted to the hospital, they would have to
travel a distance to get to the hospital in the nearest city which is Johor Bahru.
Gelang Patah is about 30 minutes away from the capital city. That is quite an
inconvenience and in emergency cases, being able to get the patient to the hospital
in a short time would mean all the difference between life and death.
The crime rate in the village is relatively moderate. There are the usual
cases of break-ins and a few cases of snatch theft. In April 2012, six teenagers
were arrested by the police after they were found to be involved in motorcycle
thefts in Gelang Patah. Among the six was a school dropout. The police, however,
were able to apprehend the six thanks to information given by the public. They
were also believed to have stolen 42 motorcycles in Nusajaya and areas
surrounding it.
Any previous problems regarding public transport would soon be solved as
a bus terminal, GP Sentral is nearing completion in Gelang Patah. This terminal
will cater to the “Johor-Singapore market” as it will take passengers from Johor to
various drop-off points in Singapore. The completion of this bus terminal will
help people taking day-trips into Singapore for their work.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
New investments and businesses are needed to boost the local economy.
The village now consist of mostly the middle aged, the elderly and the young
children. Most of the graduates choose to work in bigger cities like Johor Bahru
because of the better working opportunities. They are likely to stay back, if there
are equally good offers in Gelang Patah.
We would also recommend that new shopping and entertainment facilities
be built here. Since a university is under construction and will be opening soon,
students will need a place to hang out during their free time and it will also give
the locals a place to go. A shopping complex, for example, could address this.
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DISCLAIMER:
Information contained in this report was compiled by the University’s students on voluntary basis.
Although every effort has been made to check the accuracy of the report, the University accepts no
responsibility whatsoever for any errors or omissions, if any, the University reserves the right to
make changes on the information at any time without prior notice.
Should there be any queries regarding contents of the report, please contact:
Department of Soft Skills Competency
Tel: 03-79582628 ext 8274, 8656, 8269 (Klang Valley Campus)
05- 4688888 ext 2295/2297/2299/2300 (Perak Campus)