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Tanjung
Malim is a town in the state of Perak,
Malaysia. It is approximately 70 km (43 mi) north of
Kuala Lumpur via the
North-South Expressway (PLUS). It lies on the
Perak-Selangor
state border, with Sungai Bernam serving as the natural divider.
Tanjung Malim usually refers to the territory under administration of
Tanjung Malim District Council or Majlis Daerah Tanjung Malim (MDTM),
which includes the smaller towns adjacent to the town such as Proton City,
Behrang, Behrang 2020, Sungkai and Slim River.
Tanjung
Malim was once a bustling town where many long distance travellers and
express bus passengers would stop by for their meals, espectially to try
the famous Yik Mun pau.
However in 1994, the Hainanese restaurant selling the steamed buns and the
town itself became a distant memory after motorists started using the
North-South Expressway (PLUS).
Almost two decades on and Tanjung Malim remains a quaint town, counting on
new townships such as Bandar Behrang 2020 (in between Tanjung Malim and
Behrang) and Proton City, to breathe some life into it. Proton city is
where the national carmaker’s assembly plant is located
Proton City
is a township with industrial, commercial and residential activities
spread over 4,000 acres. Located about 5 kilometres north of Tanjung Malim,
it houses the state-of-the-art RM1.8 billion Proton car assembly plant.
Tanjung
Malim is also famous for Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), one of
the country’s oldest functioning institutions of higher learning. Set up
in 1922 as the Sultan Idris Training College, the teacher’s college later
became a public university in 1997.
Sources:
Wikipedia
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