Pandamaran is a town and a state constituency in Klang District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is adjacent to Port Klang and close to

Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital The Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (TAR) Hospital in Klang (''Malay: Hospital Besar Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang''), also known as Klang General Hospital or Klang GH is a 1094-bed government tertiary hospital located in the south of the royal town of K ...

as well as Bandar Bukit Tinggi. Pandamaran is essentially a Chinese New Village area, it is served by excellent road connections and is one of the major industrial zones in the royal town of Klang.

History

The Pandamaran New Village (''Kampung Baru Pandamaran'') was built in 1950 after the

Malayan Emergency The Malayan Emergency, also known as the Anti–British National Liberation War was a guerrilla war fought in British Malaya between communist pro-independence fighters of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) and the military forces o ...

. The British colonial government was aiming to destroy the communist influence and thus gathered all of the Chinese residents here, where many of them came from Kuala Langat and Kuala Selangor constituencies. Today, there's a 3-star hotel, sports complex, hockey stadium, clinics, children playgrounds, public swimming pool and a police station in Pandamaran. It falls under the jurisdiction of the Klang Municipal Council (MPK).

Politics

Pandamaran is represented in the Parliament by the Member of Parliament for Klang, Mr. Charles Santiago. In the State Assembly of Selangor, the township is represented by Mr. Tony Leong Tuck Chee, the state assemblyman for Pandamaran. The Local councillor MPK is Mr. Lee Fu Haw.

Transportation

Car

Pandamaran is the western end of the

KESAS The Shah Alam Expressway is a controlled-access highway in Peninsular Malaysia running between Pandamaran in Klang, Selangor to Sri Petaling in Kuala Lumpur. Shah Alam Expressway is the third east–west-oriented expressway in the Klang Va ...

. The Klang-Banting Highway runs on the eastern boundary of Pandamaran town.

Public transportation

KTM Port Klang and KTM Jalan Kastam are the closest rail stations.

References

External links

Klang Municipal Council (MPK)
Klang District Towns in Selangor {{Selangor-geo-stub