Snapshots of the Klang Valley southern corridor

Snapshots of the Klang Valley southern corridor

Puchong

ONE of the main towns in the district of Petaling, Puchong used to be a rubber estate and tin-mining town about 40 years ago.

The earliest development of single storey houses was Taman Bukit Kuchai Phases One and Two built around the 1980s.

However, urbanisation occurred rapidly with many townships sprouting up around Puchong.

Some of the major townships include Puchong Jaya, Puchong Perdana, Puchong Utama, Taman Tenaga, Taman Kinrara, Bandar Kinrara, Puchong Indah, Puchong Intan, Pusat Bandar Puchong, Bandar Bukit Puchong and Bandar Puteri Puchong.

IOI Group, Talam Group, Bukit Hitam Development, Hillcrest Gardens and the Bolton Group were some of the early developers in Puchong.

Puchong is well connected with other parts of Klang Valley through the Damansara-Puchong Expressway and Puchong Sungai-Besi Highway.

Cyberjaya

KNOWN as the Silicon Valley of Malaysia, Cyberjaya is located about 50km from Kuala Lumpur. It is a township that forms a key part of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) and spans an area of about 7,000 acres.

A number of companies that qualify for MSC status have relocated to Cyberjaya including DHL, Shell and HSBC.

Cyberjaya sits primarily on undeveloped land consisting of oil palm plantations. Since then, it has been a hive of activity including the construction of a small mall, a boutique hotel and numerous commercial buildings.

However, it still lacks significant residential properties apart from the D’Melor condominium and the Cyberia condominium and townhouse.

Putrajaya

PUTRAJAYA is the administrative capital of Malaysia and located in the middle of the MSC.

It is the third Federal Territory of Malaysia after Kuala Lumpur and Labuan.

In the mid-1980s, former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had mooted the idea of establishing an administrative centre away from the traffic congestions of Kuala Lumpur.

Various sites were identified including Janda Baik in Pahang and Prang Besar in Selangor.

In 1993, the Cabinet approved Prang Besar –formerly consisting of rubber estates and palm oil plantations – as the site for the new administrative centre.

The name Prang Besar was changed to Putrajaya the following year in honour of Malaysia’s first Prime Minister, the late Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj.

Putrajaya sits on 4,931 ha land and is connected by the South-Klang Valley Expressway, North-South Central Expressway, Puchong-Damansara Highway and Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Highway.

In 2002, a high-speed rail link called KLIA Transit was opened, linking Kuala Lumpur and the KL International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang, to Putrajaya.

Seri Kembangan

SERI Kembangan is mainly seen as the new village in the southern corridor of Klang Valley by property developers.

Its development in recent years was mainly spurred by improved infrastructure especially roads and expressways, the establishment of Putrajaya and Cyberjaya and the existence of the KLIA.

Previously known as Serdang New Village, the new village and old shophouses are now sitting next to high-end and medium-cost housing projects.

Some of the projects include Mines Resort City, Bukit Gita Bayu, Equine Park, Putra Permai, Lestari Perdana, Taman Pinggiran Putra and Kota Perdana.

The older housing schemes in this development include Taman Universiti Indah, Taman Bukit Serdang and Taman Serdang Raya.