Changkat Kruing is a small village in

Manjung District The Manjung District, formerly Dindings, is a district in the southwestern part of the state of Perak, Malaysia. The district is well known for Pangkor Island, an attraction in Perak and the home of the Royal Malaysian Navy (TLDM), Lumut Naval Ba ...

Perak Perak () is a state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, and Selangor to the south. Thailand's ...

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. This small village is located between Ayer Tawar and Pantai Remis which is 20 km from

Ayer Tawar Ayer Tawar (Chinese: 爱大华; Pinyin: Ài Dàhuá) is a small town of 30,000 people in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia. ''Air Tawar'' literally means "fresh water" in the Malay language. The town is less well-known than its immediate and larg ...

and 14 km from

Pantai Remis Pantai Remis is a coastal town in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia. It is situated in between Simpang (near Taiping) and Sitiawan. History The town was founded in the late 1940s. The name is probably derived from a type of sea shell, Remis, wh ...

. Dinding River passes by the village. The majority ethnic group in this village is Chinese (FuZhou).

Economy

There is a Chinese primary school in the village - SJK (C) Khuen Hean, temple - Guang Fu Gong, Methodist church, mosque, polyclinic, bank ( Agro Bank), a few sundry shops and restaurants. Gong piang has sold in there. Most of the residents were

rubber Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, ''caucho'', or ''caoutchouc'', as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds. Thailand, Malaysia, and ...

tappers before the 1990s. In the recent years,

Oil palm ''Elaeis'' () is a genus of palms containing two species, called oil palms. They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil. The African oil palm ''Elaeis guineensis'' (the species name ''guineensis'' referring to its co ...

plantations are more prevalent due to the lucrativeness of this line of business. The locals hire foreign workers to harvest the crops instead of doing it themselves as they used to decades ago. Many locals accumulated great wealth from harvesting and selling palm oil. The price of land around Changkat Keruing have increased more than ten-fold since 2000. Changkat Keruing Garden

In addition to other traditional agricultural plantations like mangoes, papayas and coconuts, locals are beginning to look towards fish and prawn farming as another source of income. However, there are several environmental concerns that flow from this practices. Besides, the locals are beginning to invest into the bird's nest market. They do so by constructing 3 to 4 storey high buildings that resembles caves, home of the

edible-nest swiftlet The edible-nest swiftlet (''Aerodramus fuciphagus''), also known as the white-nest swiftlet, is a small bird of the swift family which is found in Southeast Asia. Its opaque and whitish bird nest is made exclusively of solidified saliva and is t ...

. These swiftlets nest in the buildings and their nests are then harvested for sale.

Local cuisine

People in this town would usually have noodle dishes for breakfast, for instance, noodles in braised soup (卤面), dried Chinese noodles (干捞), etc. Some other popular Malaysian dishes like

asam laksa Laksa is a spicy noodle dish popular in Southeast Asia. Laksa consists of various types of noodles, most commonly thick rice noodles, with toppings such as chicken, prawn or fish. Most variations of laksa are prepared with a rich and spicy coco ...

, curry noodles (咖哩面), and

nasi lemak ''Nasi lemak'' is a dish originating in Malay cuisine that consists of fragrant rice cooked in coconut milk and pandan leaf. It is commonly found in Malaysia, where it is considered the national dish. It is also the native dish in neighbouri ...

are enjoyed widely by people of this town. High temperatures experienced by the town year round has also made cooling desserts popular amongst the locals.

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like ais kacang, sweetened ice balls and other fruit juices greatly helps in relieving the searing heat. As the majority of the population is of

Fuzhou Fuzhou (; , Fuzhounese: Hokchew, ''Hók-ciŭ''), alternately romanized as Foochow, is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered to constitute t ...

(福州) descent, the delicacies found in this town are heavily influenced by Fuzhou culture. For example, red wine chicken vermicelli (红酒鸡面线)，a dish unique to Fuzhou，is often prepared by the locals, especially during special occasions like birthdays.

References

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