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Sungai
Pelek is a town in the district of Sepang in Selangor,
Malaysia. This town is about 20 minutes from the Sepang International
Circuit and about 25 minutes from the
Kuala Lumpur International
Airport (KLIA). The town is near Bagan Lalang beach and Golden Coast
Sepang. It has numerous mangrove forests and the local clay supports a
thriving brick-making industry.
The population of the village are predominantly ethnic Chinese from the
Fujian Province of China. There are also Malays, who are mainly of
Javanese/Sumatran descent, and Indians, who are a mixture of Tamils,
Singhalese, Bengalis, etc. in this small town. The Chinese are distributed
amongst the New Village and various housing developments known
collectively as Taman-taman. A large number of the Chinese are still
connected to the land as land farmers. Pig farming was devastated by the
JE virus.
Around the village are some smaller settlements like Bukit Bangkong, Batu
Empat, Batu Dua, Teluk Merbau, and Sepang Kecil. Bukit Bangkong was a
small aboriginal settlement, which now houses a predominantly Javanese
Malay population. Batu Empat and Batu Dua are small Malay settlements on
the road to Sepang town from Sungai Pelek.
There are few small Indian settlements built by the local palm oil
company, The settlements consisted of dwellings mainly occupied by Tamil
speaking Indians, with mix of Malaysia and small number of Chinese.
Besides its
thriving brick-making and clay products industry, Sungai Pelek has
numerous small plantations of rubber trees, coffea plants and oil palms.
Home to the prized teka, tawa and pinoh durians. Recently, dragon fruit
has also been planted widely here. The people of Sungai Pelek are active
in the bird's nest industry as well.
Sources: Wikipedia
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