Bandar Tasik Puteri Explained

Official Name:Bandar Tasik Puteri
Other Name:BTP
Settlement Type:Township
Pushpin Map:Malaysia West
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Peninsular Malaysia
Coordinates:3.2856°N 101.4719°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Malaysia
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Selangor
Established Title:Establishment
Established Date:1998
Area Total Km2:10.80511
Area Total Sq Mi:4.171875
Population Total:70,000
Population As Of:2020
Utc Offset:+8
Timezone:MST

Bandar Tasik Puteri (Chinese: 万挠公主城) (est. population 70,000) is a township area near Batu Arang, Selangor, Malaysia.

Demographics

As of 2013 it is estimated that there are 60,000 people residing in Bandar Tasik Puteri. The primary residents appear to be Malay followed by Chinese and Indian. The area is surrounded by neighbouring Kampung Bahru Kundang village, M-Residence & M-Residence 2 (Mah Sing Group), Kundang Estates (Gamuda Land) and Bandar Baru Kundang.

Geography

Bandar Tasik Puteri is a planned community, with an area of more than 2670acres of leasehold land and developed by Rawang Lakes Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Low Yat Group.[1] It is divided into 34 sections ranging from BTP1 to BTP34. This township consists of apartments, terrace houses, semi-detached houses and super link bungalows. These sections are served by roads, e.g. Jalan 4/22 ("Jalan" is a Malay word that means road, 4 is the section and 22 is the road number.) Houses on one side of the road have even numbers, and the other side have odd numbers. Hence, one side of a road will consist of houses with numbers 2, 4, 6, 8 and so on while the opposite will have houses numbered 1, 3, 5, 7 and so forth.

Transport

Road

Bandar Tasik Puteri has road networks with accessibility via New Klang Valley Expressway, North–South Expressway Northern Route, Kuala Lumpur–Kuala Selangor Expressway, Guthrie Corridor Expressway and Kuala Lumpur–Rawang Highway Federal Route 1 as well a shortcut through the road from Rawang–Bestari Jaya Road .

A new Bandar Tasik Puteri Interchange (Exit 2504) from Kuala Lumpur–Kuala Selangor Expressway is constructed to allow easier access into the Kuala Lumpur City Centre, and to decrease the traffic congestion in Jalan Batu Arang.

Public transportation

MARA Liner bus BET5 connects Bandar Tasik Puteri to the city centre and bus MPS3 to KTM / MRT Sungai Buloh.

Amenities

Place of Worship

Education

There are two national primary schools and one islamic primary school in Bandar Tasik Puteri. There is only one secondary schools in Bandar Tasik Puteri.

There is also Victoria International College, which is a private tertiary institution approved and recognized by the Ministry of higher education and MQA.

For Islamic education,there are plenty of centres available and one of the centre that have been recognized by JAIS and JAKIM are Sekolah Rendah Islam Hidayatul Iman.

For early childhood development centre or kindergarten, there are plenty of centres available, such as Smart Reader Kids, Brainy Bunch Islamic Montessori and a well known Waldorf Education school, Waldorf Kelip-Kelip.

See also: Education in Malaysia.

Leisure

Bandar Tasik Puteri has Tasik Puteri Golf and Country Club.[2] It is a 27-hole Golf course with clubhouse facility.[3] Beside that, there is also Golfview Residence Club for Bandar Tasik Puteri residents and the surrounding residential areas that provides facilities such as swimming pool, steam room, gym, meetings and conferences facilities, a ballroom, a cafe Restaurant. There are ample parking facilities available for members and guests. Both property are being managed by Federal Hotels Internationals (FHI).

A 33acres Puteri Central Park, Puteri Recreational Park and a bird sanctuary[4] are among the leisure areas for the community of Bandar Tasik Puteri.

Administration

Bandar Tasik Puteri falls under the jurisdiction of the Selayang Municipal Council and Mukim Rawang. It too falls under the parliamentary constituency of Selayang, and thus is represented in parliament by William Leong Jee Keen from Pakatan Harapan-Parti Keadilan Rakyat.

In the State Assembly of Selangor, it is represented by Mohd Rafiq Mohd Abdullah of the BERSATU political party under the constituency of Kuang.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 万挠公主城.发展成熟基设完善 . 6 April 2024 . Sin Chew . 13 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231005000145/https://www.sinchew.com.my/?p=3098664 . 5 October 2023.
  2. Web site: Tasik Pueri Golf . www.tasikputerigolf.com.
  3. Web site: Bandar Tasik Puteri Golf and Country Club Website. 2014-06-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20140531071313/http://bandartasikputeri.com.my/tasik-puteri-golf-overview.html. 2014-05-31. dead.
  4. Web site: Bird Sanctuary at Bandar Tasik Puteri. 2014-06-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20150705111543/http://aplikasi.kpkt.gov.my/akhbar.nsf/521fb206a8dbd0a34825697400224def/2eef8a0acc7efe6848256f5700199eb9?OpenDocument&TableRow=2.0. 2015-07-05. dead.