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The Manjung District, formerly Dindings, is a district in the southwestern part of the state of
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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. The district is well known for
Pangkor Island Pangkor Island ( ms, Pulau Pangkor) is an island in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia. It has a population of approximately 25,000. Nearby islands include Pangkor Laut Island, Giam Island, Mentagor Island, Simpan Island, and Tukun Terindak Islan ...
, an attraction in Perak and the home of the
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(TLDM), Lumut Naval Base and dockyard. Dinding was once part of the British
Straits Settlements The Straits Settlements were a group of British territories located in Southeast Asia. Headquartered in Singapore for more than a century, it was originally established in 1826 as part of the territories controlled by the British East India Comp ...
colony.
Seri Manjung Seri Manjung is a town and the district capital of the Manjung District in Perak, Malaysia. The town was developed by State Government of Perak under Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Perak in the 1980s. It is located 7 km from Lumut and 70  ...
is the district's principal urban centre while smaller towns include Lumut town,
Sitiawan Sitiawan (alternate spelling: Setiawan; origin: from Malay, a portmanteau of '' Setia Kawan'', meaning "Loyal Friend") is a mukim and town in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia. The region spans an area of . In the year 2000, the populat ...
town,
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 lar ...
,
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 ...
and
Beruas Beruas (alternative spelling: Bruas) is a small town and mukim in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia. Name Beruas is named for a local mangosteen-like tree, '' Garcinia hombroniana'', the "seashore mangosteen", called in the local Malay diale ...
.


History

Prior to 1973 the district was called Dindings. It used to be part of the
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then under the administration of
Penang Penang ( ms, Pulau Pinang, is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Malay ...
. Dindings district became part of the
Pangkor Treaty The Pangkor Treaty of 1874 was a treaty signed between Great Britain and the Sultan of Perak on 20 January 1874, on the Colonial Steamer Pluto, off the coast of Perak. The treaty is significant in the history of the Malay states as it legitimis ...
, signed by Britain and the British appointed Sultan of Perak, Sultan Abdullah, in January 1874. This agreement was signed to stop bloodshed resulting from two major events, the struggle for the throne between relatives of Perak royalty upon the death of Sultan Ali and Chinese clan wars between Ghee Hin and Hai San to grab tin mining areas in late colonial
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. The agreement required the
Sultan of Perak The Sultan of Perak (سلطان ڤيراق) is one of the oldest hereditary seats among the Malay states. When the Sultanate of Malacca empire fell to Portugal in 1511, Sultan Mahmud Syah I retreated to Kampar, Sumatra, and died there in ...
to surrender Dindings to the British, to accept a British Resident,
James W. W. Birch James Wheeler Woodford Birch, commonly known as J. W. W. Birch (3 April 1826 – 2 November 1875) was a British colonial official who was assassinated in the Malay state of Perak in 1875, an event that led to the outbreak of the Perak War and ...
, and the appointment of Assistant Resident in Taiping, Captain
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. Sultan Ismail was to step down from the throne of Perak. During the British colonial era, Colonial Dindings comprised three main areas:
Sitiawan Sitiawan (alternate spelling: Setiawan; origin: from Malay, a portmanteau of '' Setia Kawan'', meaning "Loyal Friend") is a mukim and town in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia. The region spans an area of . In the year 2000, the populat ...
, Lumut and
Pangkor Island Pangkor Island ( ms, Pulau Pangkor) is an island in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia. It has a population of approximately 25,000. Nearby islands include Pangkor Laut Island, Giam Island, Mentagor Island, Simpan Island, and Tukun Terindak Islan ...
. The British had hoped that Dindings would prove to be a valuable natural harbour. However, this did not become the case. In 1935, the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Iskandar Alang successfully appealed to the British for the return of Dindings to Perak. The Perak Government united the former colony with Bruas and coastal areas to the south, forming the Dindings district. In 1973, Dindings district was given the current name Manjung. On 24 April 2009, Lumut was declared by the Sultan Perak as the Royal Malaysian Navy's Town – or simply called as TLDM Town or Navy Town. Manjung also was declared as "Bandar Pelancongan Dan Maritim" (Tourism and Maritime Town) by government of Perak. In August 2016, Sembilan Island was separated from Manjung District and incorporated into
Bagan Datuk District The Bagan Datuk District ( ms, Daerah Bagan Datuk) is the most southwest district in Perak, Malaysia. It covers an area of 951 square kilometres, and had a population about of 70,300. The district is bordered by Perak River which separates Manjung ...
.


Administrative divisions

Manjung District is divided into five
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s: *
Beruas Beruas (alternative spelling: Bruas) is a small town and mukim in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia. Name Beruas is named for a local mangosteen-like tree, '' Garcinia hombroniana'', the "seashore mangosteen", called in the local Malay diale ...
* Lekir * Lumut *Pengkalan Baharu *
Sitiawan Sitiawan (alternate spelling: Setiawan; origin: from Malay, a portmanteau of '' Setia Kawan'', meaning "Loyal Friend") is a mukim and town in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia. The region spans an area of . In the year 2000, the populat ...


Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

Manjung district is divided to two parliamentary constituencies with the northern part of district is under Beruas constituency while southern part is part of Lumut constituency.


Voter Demographics

List of Manjung district representatives in the Federal Parliament (
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)

List of Manjung district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly of Perak


Demographics

The following is based on Department of Statistics Malaysia 2010 census.


Education

Manjung has numerous schools, with 24 Chinese primary schools and five Chinese secondary schools in the district. Of these, five schools were founded by
Ong Seok Kim Ong Seok Kim (; 21 November 1884 - 31 May 1964) was an educationist, social worker, philanthropist and entrepreneur. He was born in Yongchun County, Southern Fujian Province in China and migrated to the then Malaya (now Malaysia) in 1903. As a ...
. They are SJK (C) Chung Cheng, Sitiawan in 1920; SMJK Nan Hwa (which split into Sekolah Tinggi Nan Hwa, Ayer Tawar Road in 1984) in 1935; SJK (C) Ping Min, Lumut in 1951; and SMJK Dindings, Lumut in 1953. Ong Seok Kim died in 1964. The following year, the Manjung community established the Ong Seok Kim Memorial Education Fund in his honour. The fund offers scholarships and loans to students in the Manjung District, irrespective of ethnicity. All school are under the administration of district education office.


Secondary education

* City Harbour International School *
SMK Seri Manjung Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Seri Manjung is a school in Seri Manjung, Perak, Malaysia. The school began in 1985 under a World Bank Loan Project at a cost of RM 4.2 million. This includes the construction of the Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Manjung. H ...
*SMK Kampung Dato’ Seri Kamaruddin *SMK Ahmad Boestamam *SMK Convent, Sitiawan *SMK Methodist (ACS), Sitiawan *SMK Tok Perdana *SMK Ambrose *SMK Methodist, Ayer Tawar *SMK Raja Shahriman *SMK Pantai Remis *SMK Changkat Beruas *SMK Dato' Idris, Pengkalan Bharu *SMK Seri Samudera *SMK Batu Sepuluh, Lekir *SMK Pangkalan TLDM *SMK Pangkor *Kolej Vokasional Seri Manjung


Tertiary education

* Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Marine Engineering Technology (UniKL MIMET) * Institut Kemahiran Mara (IKM) (Lumut) * Kolej Komuniti (located partly in Sekolah Teknik Seri Manjung) * Kolej Kejururawatan Ipoh (Lumut branch – located near in Lumut Town)


Training centres

* Outward Bound Malaysia, Lumut * Pusat Latihan Khidmat Negara, (Teluk Rubiah & Segari)


Transport

The public transportation servicing the Manjung area are public buses in the Seri Manjung and Lumut bus stations. Manjung district is accessible via Route 5, Route 60, Ipoh-Lumut Highway and
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. There are two small airfields located in Sitiawan and Pangkor but both of them are unused.


Healthcare

The main healthcare centre serving Manjung is Hospital Seri Manjung, Hospital Angkatan Tentera in Lumut and Sri Manjung Specialist Centre. Besides this, there are numerous clinics in the surrounding region such as in Sitiawan, Ayer Tawar, Pulau Pangkor, Pantai Remis, Beruas, Lekir. A new hospital opened in 2014, Pantai Hospital Seri Manjung. Columbia Asia Hospital in Sitiawan will replace the earlier proposed Goodhope Specialist Hospital, Sitiawan which was abandoned in January 2014.


Economy

The major economic sectors in Manjung are agriculture, manufacturing and the services industries. Agriculture is the main economic sector, making up the majority of the population's employment. Manjung is well known for its livestock production, especially poultry. Sea fishing and fish/prawn farming are the most important economic activities for some community members. At least 5,000 residents are fishermen. Farming of fresh-water fish and prawns are being carried out thoroughly in the district. There are more than 300 ponds of prawns in operation. The most popular prawn farming area is along Dinding River. Manjung District has become the fastest growing district in the state of Perak. Property prices are seeing increases of over 15% in the past few years. In terms of growth of commercial sector, Manjung is the second fastest growing district in the state, with 5,947 developed units or 13.32%. Many of these businesses and industries are located along the roads connecting Sitiawan, Seri Manjung, Lumut and Ayer Tawar. Industrial and commercial activities are also present in other smaller, neighboring towns such as Beruas, Pantai Remis, Pekan Gurney, Lekir and Changkat Kuring. Businesses in Manjung include wholesale, groceries and services. There are also informal activities such as settled hawkers (1,029 which cover 11.00%) and itinerant hawkers (1,092 which cover 11.00%) in Manjung district. Of all the business activities here, services contribute about 72.30% of all the commercial activities. The groceries sector is the second largest commercial activity, covering 24.40% (1,449 unit), while wholesale activities cover the remaining portion, with about 3.40%.


Tourism


Pangkor

Pangkor Island Pangkor Island ( ms, Pulau Pangkor) is an island in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia. It has a population of approximately 25,000. Nearby islands include Pangkor Laut Island, Giam Island, Mentagor Island, Simpan Island, and Tukun Terindak Islan ...
, a holiday resort, is one of the most well known islands in Malaysia. It is located approximately 90 km southwest of Ipoh. The main tourist drawer to Pangkor Island are beaches on the western coastline, such as Pantai Puteri Dewi, Pasir Bogak Beach, Teluk Belanga, Teluk Segadas, Teluk Nipah, and Teluk Cempedak. The main island of Pangkor is populated mainly by fisherfolk who occupy the eastern coastline. The island is known for its
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and
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. There are also ruins of a 330-year-old
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located in Teluk Gadong which was one of the
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strongholds against pirates and local Malays. Another historical interest on Pangkor Island is the Pangkor Stone Tablet (''Batu Bersurat Pangkor'' in Malay) which is near the Dutch fort.
Pangkor Laut Island Pangkor Laut Island is a small island southwest of Pangkor Island, Perak, Malaysia. History During World War II, the island was where Freddie Spencer Chapman made his submarine getaway during the Japanese occupation of Malaya. Luciano Pavarotti ...
, a small privately owned island to the southwest of the main island, is the second largest of the nine islands that make up the Pangkor archipelago. Pangkor Laut is known for its white beaches and clear waters. It has three main beaches, Emerald Bay, Coral Beach and Royal Bay.


Marina Island

Marina Island is one of the man-made island in Malaysia, built on the coast of Teluk Muruh, opposite
Pangkor Island Pangkor Island ( ms, Pulau Pangkor) is an island in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia. It has a population of approximately 25,000. Nearby islands include Pangkor Laut Island, Giam Island, Mentagor Island, Simpan Island, and Tukun Terindak Islan ...
and Pangkor Laut Resort, in the state of
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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. The island covers an area of located from the mainland's shoreline. Marina Island took five years of planning and feasibility studies to ensure that the making of the island would not disrupt the environment. Marina Island is also a gateway to Pangkor Island with the establishment of a domestic jetty terminal in the island. The journey to Pangkor Island takes 10 minutes from the Marina Island Jetty.


Beaches

Aside from beaches on Pangkor Island, there are other beaches in Manjung that are popular among locals and tourists. Teluk Batik is often a choice for campers, picnickers and swimmers. Other nearby beaches include Pasir Panjang, Tanjung Kepah and Teluk Senangin.


Other places of interest

The Terrapin Breeding Centre is a breeding and information centre for terrapins (or
Batagur baska The northern river terrapin (''Batagur baska'') is a species of riverine turtle native to Southeast Asia. It is classified Critically Endangered by the IUCN and considered extinct in much of its former range. Description The northern river te ...
). There are two museums in the district, namely
Beruas Museum The Beruas Museum ( ms, Muzium Beruas) is a museum in Beruas, Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia. The goal of the Beruas Museum is to collect history and artifacts related to the lost kingdom of Ganga Negara and Beruas. History In 1991, a histor ...
and
Sitiawan Settlement Museum The Sitiawan Settlement Museum is a museum in Koh Village, Sitiawan, Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia. History The museum building was constructed in 1935 as the house for Pioneer Methodist Church pastors. On 7 September 2003, the house was c ...
.


Golf courses

Golf courses in Manjung include Damai Laut Golf and Country Club.


Shopping Centres

* Billion Shopping Centre, Jalan Lumut, Seri Manjung * The Store, Sitiawan (formerly Fajar Supermarket) * Ikhwan Supermarket, Seri Manjung (formerly Rapid and Ceria Supermarket). * EconsaveEconsave
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Hypermarket, Seri Manjung * AEON Mall Seri Manjung * Mydin Hypermarket, Sri Manjung (proposed) – beside Toyota Showroom * TF Value, Seri Manjung. (both in Taman Samudera and Manjung Point).


Sport attractions

* Manjung stadium * Padang Astaka Sitiawan * MP3 Badminton Court Centre * Manjung Indoor Sport Arena (MISA) * Manjung Badminton Arena Lekir


See also

*
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References


External links


Rancangan Tempatan Daerah Perak Tengah 2030
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