UTAR NEW VILLAGE COMMUNITY PROJECT REPORT NAME OF NEW VILLAGE: TANGKAK 东甲 JOHOR

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1 UTAR NEW VILLAGE COMMUNITY PROJECT REPORT NAME OF NEW VILLAGE: TANGKAK 东甲 JOHOR Project carried out by: Student Name ID Number Course Year / Semester 1. Ho Meng Li 11ADB01121 Chemistry Y1T2 DATE OF COMPLETION: JANUARY2012

2 ABSTRACT Tangkak is the district capital of Ledang,Johor. It lies close to its neighbouring town Muar town. It takes 45 minutes to drive to Melaka and half an hour to Muar town. Tangkak is nicknamed Fabric Town or SyurgaKain inrecognition of a street which is lined with a multitude of fabric stores. It is also well known for itsclose proximity to Mount Ophir (GunungLedang)which is 17km from the town centre of Tangkak.Mount Ophir is the tallest mountain in the state of Johor.The mountain is clearly visible from almost every corner of Tangkak.

3 INTRODUCTION The name of Tangkak arises from the tale of tang Merangkak. An explorer called Long Muamud and his 7 follower crawled up (merangkak)from the edge of Tangkak River to go to Tambak Hill at the area of Seri.The riverbank is covered by marshes and rich withsendayan, ferns and sago palm. The local residents usually refer to tang Merangkak as a way to point out the location of the place. In Malay language, the word tang means somewhere. The town of Tangkak is near to Mount Ophir (GunungLedang), the mysterious lair of PuteriGunungLedang.It is a beautiful mountain and a tourist attraction. From the peak of Mount Ophir, we can catch a beautiful view surrounding area. Tangkak town is situated at the border of Jasin, Melaka andit takes only 45 minutes to reach Melaka town. The journey from Kuala Lumpur, to Tangkak takes 2 hours via the North-South Highway (Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan).It takes only about 3 minutes to reach Tangkak town from the Tangkaktoll exit. Tangkak Toll Plaza along North-South Expressway

4 Signboard of Tangkak

5 ECONOMICACTVITIES There are many economic activities in Tangkaksuch as plantation, industry andcommerce. One of the main sources of income for this new village istourism.tangkak is very well known for its textile industry which attracts Johorians as well as people from Kuala Lumpur, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka and other states. You can see along the main road of the town, numerous shops selling fabric ranging from Satin to Batik. The textile industry also provides job opportunities to local residents such as sewing and tailoring. Commercial enterprises related to curtains and handmade Malay traditional costume like kebaya, bajukurung and Punjabi are common in Tangkak. One of the fabric shops in the street

6 The swiftlet industry provides another important source of income. Tangkak area is surrounded by oil palm estates which provide the best food source for swiftlets. The perfect environmental condition is most conducive for swiftlet farming. The farmer we interviewed explained that, in order to meet the habitat requirements of Swiftlets, the swiftlet farms have to imitate the cave environment in terms of atmosphere, temperature and brightness. The farmers monitor conditions in the bird house. Outsiders have also invested in Swiftlet farms and this has increased the demand for land in Tangkak. Swiftlet farming The Swiftlet build their nest inside buildings

7 Paddy and oil palm are the main crops grown in Tangkak. The farmer we interviewed informed us that it took them just 100 days or about three months to harvest their crops after planting the seeds by using the seed spraying machines. He plans to have a combined harvester machine and a baler machine to collect all stalks and bale for recycling into animal feed. There is potential to develop an organic feed factory. estate. Besides that, the palm oil plantations are well-developedespecially at EngKee Paddy field at KampungKesangTasek,Tangkak

8 Tangkak has a hypermarket called The Store which sells basic household items. This hypermarket also provides business opportunities to local residents, such as setting food stalls beside the hypermarket. The tourism value of Fabric Town has benefited the local hotel business. The Store hypermarket

9 EDUCATION Government and local residents have put in a lot of effort to develop the local schools. There are 7 primary schools in Tangkak: SekolahKebangsaan Seri Ma'amor Kampung Seri Ma'amor, Tangkak, Johor. SekolahKebangsaanPengkalanBesar KampungPengkalanBesar, Tangkak, Johor. SekolahKebangsaanPaya Mas Batu 18, KampungPayamas, Tangkak, Johor. SekolahKebangsaanBekoh JKR 1698, KampungBekoh, Tangkak, Johor SekolahKebangsaan Bukit Banjar JKR 1788, Kampung Bukit Banjar, Tangkak, Johor. 6 SekolahKebangsaan (P) Bandar Tangkak , Jalan Hassan, Tangkak, Johor. 7 SekolahKebangsaan Sri Tangkak JKR no. 767, JalanPayamas, Tangkak, Johor. 8 SJK (C) Chi Ming (1) JalanOng Siong,84900 Tangkak, Johor 9 SJK( C) Chi Ming (2) JalanPayamas, Tangkak, Johor

10 SekolahKebangsaanLedang SekolahKebangsaan Sri Tangkak

11 SJK(C) Chi Ming (1) SJK(C) Chi Ming (2)

12 Besides that, Tangkak has 3 Secondary Schools: SekolahMenengahKebangsaanTunMamat JalanPayamas, Tangkak, Johor. SekolahMenengahKebangsaan Seri Tangkak KM 32, JalanPayamas, Tangkak, Johor. SekolahMenengahKebangsaanLedang JalanSialang, Tangkak, Johor SMK TunMamat

13 SMK Seri Tangkak SMK Ledang

14 The town also has 2 Institutes/Colleges: 1. KolejMatrikulasi Johor KementerianPendidikan Malaysia, JlnPayamas, Tangkak KolejKomunitiLedang KementerianPengajianTinggi Malaysia, Km 5, JlnPayamas, Tangkak KolejMatrikulasi Johor

15 KolejKomunitiLedang

16 SOCIAL, CULTURE AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICES The Chinese forms the main ethnic group in Tangkak. It comprises the following dialect groups: Hokkien,TeoChew(ChaoZhou),Hakka, andcantonese. All the villagers from different ethnic background live in harmony. You can see Chinese temples, Hindu Temples, churches, and mosques everywhere. There are more than 15 Chinese temples, 3 Christian churches and a Catholic church. There are also a Hindu Temple and two mosques. St. Matthew Catholic Church

17 One of the mosques in Tangkak New Village The Buddist Temple

18 This Buddhist Temple is one of the branches of Malaysian Buddhist Association

19 TOURISMVALUES (a)fabrictown The main tourist attraction of this area is its fame as fabric town. The tourists usually come to visit by bus. Tangkak sells fabric at a lower price because it is the mainlocation of textile factoriesin Malaysia. There are more than 20 fabric shops along the street of JalanPayamas.To transformtangkakinto a well-known tourist attraction, the Ministry of Tourism Malaysia frequently holdsevents like festivals or carnivals intangkak. For example, Textile Festival was held in 2011, launched by Y.B Dr.Ng Yen Yen. \ Festival Tekstil Tangkak 2011

20 Launching ceremony of Festival TekstilTangkak 2011

21 (b) JubliIntanHall Tangkak s second attraction is the JubliIntan Hall. It is a multipurpose hall and there is a Clock Tower which serves as the symbol of Tangkak town centre.the field in front of JubliIntan Hall is well-decorated with colourful lights. Most of the carnivals or campaigns are held to attract more tourists and also to entertain local residents. DewanJubliIntan during day time DewanJubliIntan during night time (c) GunungLedang Resort

22 GunungLedang (Mount Ophir), 17 km from the town centre of Tangkak,isoften linked to the myth of LagendaPuteriGunungLedang (Princess of GunungLedang). The princess was supposed to have rejected the Sultan of Malacca s marriage proposal by giving unreasonable demands. There are readers who visit Mount Ophir after reading about this story. GunungLedang Resort has a water fall. We can drink the crystal clear water from this mountain without having to boil it first, especially at the campsite of GuaKambing (Cave of Goat) and KolamPuteri (Princess Pond). The main hall of GunungLedang Resort

23 Waterfall The entrance of GunungLedang Resort (d) Taman GunungLedang TamanGunungLedang was established in Mount Ophirwas declared as Johore s National Park on 27 th Oct 2005.Mount Ophir is the highest mountain in the south of

24 Peninsular Malaysia with a height of 1276 meter (4187feet) above sea level and an overall size of 8611 hectare. Itwas listed as the 6 th most difficult hill/mountain to climb in Malaysia. Thishas attracted the attention of manymountaineers. Besides mountaineers, Taman GunungLedangiaalso a research site for botanists to explore the flora and fauna. For example the slipper Orchid can only be found atgunungledang. The signboard of Taman HutanLagenda& Taman Negara Johor GunungLedang

25 Slipper Orchids (e) Tangkak Beef Noodles Tangkak Beef Noodles is famous because of its special taste s beef soup. Besides being popular and meet the local s taste, it is also fairly priced and affordable as usual meals. It is very successful in business and open several branches at Kuala Lumpur and Melaka.

26 Tangkak Beef Noodles (RestoranKuangFei)

27 Tangkak Beef Noodles Fair price in the menu INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES Tangkak district council has developed this new village very successfully. Residents have access to health care facilities at the Tangkak District Hospital. Tangkak District Hospital also serves as a teaching hospital for Melaka Manipal Medical College. For safety reasons, the Council also built a police station and fire

28 station. Besides that,there is also a Magistrate Court in Tangkak.The Tangkak district council has built a food centre to provide hawkers with business opportunities. It has also developed a recreation park for locals, especially senior citizens.tangkak s post office and Tangkak District Council provide bill collection services, e.g. electric bills and fines for traffic offences. Hospital Tangkak

29 Majistate Court Tangkak Police station

30 Fire station Tangkak

31 Food centre Recreational Park

32 Tangkak District Council Post Office PROBLEM Although Tangkak s economy is doing well, the town faces a serious problem. The profitable swiftlet industry has led to pollution and the droppings on building and roads have a negative impact on Tangkak s tourism value.

33 RECOMMENDATION The Tangkakcouncil should move the location of Swiftlet farming out of Tangkak centre town without disturbing local resident s business. Otherwise, the owners of the Swiftlethouses should hire cleaner to maintain the cleanliness of Tangkak s streets and facilities.

34 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: ext 8274, 8656, 8269 (Klang Valley Campus) ext 2297/2299/2300 (Perak Campus)