Bukit Jelutong (est. pop. 44,000)Lim, L.Y., "Pressured by housing demand", ''New Straits Times'', March 5, 2005 is an upscale suburb of

Shah Alam Shah Alam (, from Persian language, Persian, meaning "king of the world") is a city and the state capital of Selangor, Malaysia which is situated within the Petaling District and a small portion of the neighbouring Klang District. Shah Alam rep ...

Selangor Selangor ( ; ), also known by the Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the e ...

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. The suburb is a planned community, with an area of over and developed by Guthrie Property Holding Berhad (GPHB), a subsidiary company of

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. Due to the suburb's upscale status, the residential units in Bukit Jelutong are mostly low-density

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and duplex houses, as well as some

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s. Bukit Jelutong has many

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and open grass areas.Guthrie Property Holding Berhad Bukit Jelutong webpage
. (Accessed April 1, 2007)

History

Bukit Jelutong is located on a former

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plantation Plantations are farms specializing in cash crops, usually mainly planting a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. Plantations, centered on a plantation house, grow crops including cotton, cannabis, tob ...

, the Bukit Jelutong Estate, which was owned by Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad along with other estates in Selangor owned by the company which were collectively known as the "Guthrie Corridor". The first property project of Guthrie Berhad, Bukit Jelutong is an integrated township with a garden city concept which covers over 840 hectares. The company had paid over RM 50 million to the Selangor state government for converting the land. The development of Bukit Jelutong began in 1996, with the

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of the Guthrie Pavilion building, the present headquarters of GPHB.Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad Corporate History webpage
. (Accessed April 1, 2007) Since then, Bukit Jelutong has emerged as a much sought-after address in

, with consistently well-received sales launches and price levels of real estate approaching those in more established areas in the

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, e.g.

Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya (), colloquially referred to as "PJ", is a city in Petaling District, in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. Originally developed as a Satellite city, satellite township for Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, it is part of the G ...

and

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. In July 2005, the

Guthrie Corridor Expressway Guthrie Corridor Expressway, GCE, (Malay Language, Malay: ''Lebuhraya Koridor Guthrie'') is an expressway in Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia. It connects Shah Alam to Rawang, Selangor, Rawang. GCE is approximately ( long on the Prolintas secti ...

connecting Bukit Jelutong to Rawang opened.

Infrastructure and amenities

Transportation

Bukit Jelutong is well-served by an excellent road network. The suburb is linked to

Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a Federal Territories of Malaysia, federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of with a census population ...

, Klang and other population centers in the

by the North Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE), the

(GCE), the Federal Highway and the

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(ELITE). The expressways also link Bukit Jelutong to the

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(KLIA) and

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. Closest railway stations are KTM Shah Alam and KTM Batu Tiga.

Commercial

Bukit Jelutong has a small commercial center where sundry businesses are located. GPHB had intentionally avoided developing large-scale commercial areas to avoid

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and

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to maintain the suburb's atmosphere of serenity and exclusivity. Nonetheless, Bukit Jelutong has close proximity to the

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and

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stores, which are located just outside the suburb next to the GCE.

Industrial

The Bukit Jelutong Industrial Park is located in the eastern outskirts of Bukit Jelutong. It is a low-density

industrial park An industrial park, also known as industrial estate or trading estate, is an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development. An industrial park can be thought of as a more heavyweight version of a business park or office par ...

hosting low-pollution,

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industries as well as

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warehousing and service facilities. The tenants are mostly

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s from various industries, such as Xixili,

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and Schenker AG.

Recreation and leisure

Besides the abundance of parks, Bukit Jelutong is also notable for its proximity to several

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and

country clubs A country club is a privately-owned club, often with a membership quota and admittance by invitation or sponsorship, that generally offers both a variety of recreational sports and facilities for dining and entertaining. Typical athletic offer ...

. These include the Kelab Golf Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah, the Glenmarie Golf & Country Club, the Monterez Golf & Country Club, and the Saujana Golf & Country Club. The

Shah Alam Stadium The Shah Alam Stadium () was a multi-purpose stadium and one of the largest stadiums in the world located in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. It was used mostly for Association football, football matches but also had facilities for Sport of athle ...

is also only a 5-minute drive away from Bukit Jelutong.

Community

Community Participation

The Bukit Jelutong community has proven to be a close community judging from its regular events. The main yearly event is the Bukit Jelutong Carnival held annually. The Carnival is organised by the Bukit Jelutong Residents Association. Currently, most of the areas in Bukit Jelutong are gated and guarded through supports from the community itself.

Bukit Jelutong Residents Association

Registered in 2002
Bukit Jelutong Residents Association
is very active. Regular events benefiting the residents are held regularly. Driven entirely by volunteers who are residents of Bukit Jelutong, the association is known for its close rapport with the local authorities.

Image gallery

Image:Street in Bukit Jelutong.png, A

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d street in Bukit Jelutong. Image:T-junction in Bukit Jelutong, Malaysia.png, A view of a T- junction on the main

boulevard A boulevard is a type of broad avenue planted with rows of trees, or in parts of North America, any urban highway or wide road in a commercial district. In Europe, boulevards were originally circumferential roads following the line of former ...

in Bukit Jelutong. File:Footpath with cluster of Bukit Jelutong bungalows.png, A

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-lined

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with a cluster of Bukit Jelutong

in the distance. Image:Bukit Jelutong neighborhood playground.png, A Bukit Jelutong

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. Image:Typical_Bukit_Jelutong_neighborhood.png, A typical Bukit Jelutong neighborhood. Image:Another quiet street in Bukit Jelutong.png, Another quiet Bukit Jelutong street.

References

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