Anak Bukit
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Anak Bukit is a mukim and the royal town of Kedah, Malaysia, located in Kota Setar District and falls under the jurisdiction of the Alor Setar City Council.
Royal Town
It is known as the royal town of
In February 2009, the palace underwent a RM70 million facelift in conjunction with the 50th anniversary celebration of the reign of the
Behind the royal palace there is a river stream which is called Sungai Anak Bukit and it flows through Alor Setar connected by Sungai Kedah (Kedah River) to the estuary of Kuala Kedah.
There is also a mini zoo amidst the colourful flora of the royal gardens. Visitors are allowed into the royal gardens.
Development
According to the Ninth Malaysia Plan, Anak Bukit is planned to be the new administrative capital of Kedah, replacing Alor Setar. Alor Setar will continue to be the capital city and commercial centre of the state.
Due to this, Anak Bukit is seeing a massive growth of infrastructure. Major developments include the new state government administrative buildings, the new Anak Bukit police station, new National Registration Department (Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara) building.
A new railway station was also built as part of the Ipoh-Padang Besar Electrification and Double Tracking Project and began operations in 2014. It is served by ETS Transit trains.
Residential Area
Residential properties are also coming up in the town because it will be the new administrative centre. Prices of houses and land have been rising the past few years.
One of the more luxurious housing projects is Villa Seri Tunku. It is touted as luxury living in a village ambience, consisting of 27 modern village bungalow units adjacent to Istana anak Bukit. The units, priced between RM400,000 and RM1.2 million, have been sold out.[2]
The housing project was opened by the current
See also
References
- ^ RM70m facelift for palace, The Star, 24 May 2007
- ^ Sultan Kedah Opens Villa Seri Tuanku Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Bernama, 4 August 2009