Kelapa Sawit
is a small town located along Jalan Kulai-Air Hitam Malaysian Federal Roads
System route 1 in Kulai District, Johor, Malaysia. Kelapa Sawit means oil palm
in Malay language. A mainly Hakka community which was formed back in the 1950s
when the British; who were the colonial masters of Malaya moved tens of
thousands of the ethnic Chinese people into New Towns like this during the Malayan
Emergency. Many of the older generations still keep up with tradition and
communicate using the Hakka dialect. Located next to the Sime Darby palm oil
plantation, this was the origin of the town's name. It faced some problems of
air pollution until the estate's oil palm mill was closed down. Villagers were
mainly reliant on agriculture for a living. Before tax on pepper kicked in in
the 1980s, Kelapa Sawit was the famous Pepper producing town. Farmers has since
relied on other crops such as Palm Oil, Durian and other leafy vegetables
mainly targeted at the Singapore market. In recent years this town has
transformed itself from a sleepy town into a tourist destination with murals,
creative art works and traditional hakka food as their selling point. Many
tourists mainly from nearby Singapore visit Kelapa Sawit as a quick weekend
getaway.
Kelapa Sawit Village signboard.
Three Dimensional (3D) satay stall really sell the delicious pork meat sateys.
The three-dimensional (3D) coffee table with the beautiful mural background.
Very creative model of train and railway.
The side view model of train and railway.
The three-dimensional (3D) of Pikachu model.
The three-dimensional (3D) satey stall with classic bicycle.
The beautiful and colourful murals.
Main entrance near Let's Art at Sawit, Kelapa Sawit.
The beautiful and colourful murals.
The beautiful and colourful murals.
The stall sells the passion fruit juices and grosvenorii (罗汉果) juices.
The three-dimensional (3D) of Pikachu Model.
The beautiful and colorful murals.
