Batu,_Kuala_Lumpur

Batu, Kuala Lumpur

Batu, Kuala Lumpur

Suburb in Batu, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

For the federal constituency represented in the Dewan Rakyat, see Batu (Kuala Lumpur federal constituency).
For the federal constituency formerly represented in the Dewan Rakyat, see Batu (Selangor federal constituency).

3°12′07″N 101°40′16″E Batu is a parliamentary constituency in the northern outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, covering the area between Sentul and Batu Caves.[1]

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Settlements which are part of Batu constituency include Sentul. The constituency has the most Projek Perumahan Rakyat (PPR) public housing apartments and one of the highest rates of petty crime in the city.[2]

Batu Metropolitan Park

Transportation

The Batu suburb is served by the  KC04  Taman Wahyu,  KC03  Kampung Batu and  KC02  Batu Kentonmen Komuter stations on the KTM Komuter 1 Seremban Line.

It is also served by the  PY13  Kampung Batu,  PY14  Kentonmen, as well as the  PY15  Jalan Ipoh MRT stations on the 12 MRT Putrajaya Line.

Politics

The current Member of Parliament (MP) for the Batu parliamentary constituency is Prabakaran Parameswaran from Pakatan Harapan of PKR, who won the seat in the 2018 Malaysian general election. He is the youngest serving MP in Malaysia.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Gullick, J.M. (1981.) "Malaysia: Economic Expansion and National Unity". Westview Press, page 132. Retrieved on 12 October 2007.
  2. [2]
    Tian Chua says he will not change his ways Archived 29 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine, New Straits Times, 22 March 2008.


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