Bukit Nanas
Bukit Nanas (Weld Hill during colonial rule
A number of notable buildings, such as the landmark
History
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Bukit Nanas is known to be one of the earliest Malay settlements in Kuala Lumpur and the center of Malay power there. In around 1857, Raja Abdullah of Klang raised funds to open tin mines in the Ampang area, and in doing so, initiating the development of Kuala Lumpur as a major settlement on banks of the Klang River that would serve the mines further inland. To strengthen his authority in the area, Raja Abdullah then sent his Bugis lieutenant Syahbandar Yaseh with some armed men to serve as the garrison for Kuala Lumpur. Yaseh selected Bukit Nanas as the location to build a stockade in the 1860s.[2] A map of Kuala Lumpur sketched by Sir Frank Swettenham in 1875 showed a place marked as "Malay Rajah's house on hill" which is likely to be the Bukit Nanas stockade.[2] The place is said to be originally called Bukit Gombak, only later became known as Bukit Nanas. According to one story, pineapples (nanas in Malay) were grown all around the stockade as a deterrence against attackers during the Klang War by Raja Asal,[3][4] hence the place became known as Bukit Nanas or "Pineapple Hill".[5][6]
The
In 1906, 17.5 hectare of land on Bukit Nanas was gazetted as a forest reserve. Large parts however have since been used for the development of the Kuala Lumpur Tower and other purposes, and now only 9.3 hectares of the forest reserve remains.[5] It was initially known as Bucket Weld Forest Reserve, later renamed Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve, and now known as KL Forest Eco Park.[10] The local Chinese communities living around Kuala Lumpur during that time named it 咖啡山 Kopi San or "Coffee Hill".[citation needed]
Two of Malaysia's many British colonial-era schools were built on this hill in the early twentieth century. They are the
A cable car service was built in Bukit Nanas in the 1970s but it has been discontinued since the 1980s. In August 2012 the forest was closed to the public whilst the cable car was rebuilt. The forest trail has since reopened, however, the cable car service has not yet been restored as of January 2017.[14]
In 1996, the
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Bukit Nanas Convent -
St John's Institution -
KL Tower on Bukit Nanas
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References
- ISBN 9780241241950.
- ^ a b Gullick, J.M. (June 1990). "The Growth of Kuala Lumpur and the Malay Communities in Selangor Before 1880" (PDF). Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. LXIII (Part I): 15–17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2016.
- ^ Vijenthi Nair (21 January 2015). "Secret tunnel believed to be escape route during conflict". The Star.
- ^ "Secret tunnel from Bukit Nanas to Klang River found!". Free Malaysia Today. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ a b "A walk through the Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve". Rain Forest Journal.
- ^ N. A. Halim (13 May 1998). "Asal nama Bukit Nanas". Utusan Malaysia. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.[page needed]
- ISBN 978-9679080285.
- ISBN 978-0195807226.
- ^ Lee Choon Fai (20 January 2015). "Ancient tunnel found on Bukit Nanas". The Sun Daily.
- ^ "Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve". Official Portal Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016.
- ^ "Selamat Datang ke Laman SJI". St John Institution.
- ^ "SMK St John's gets national heritage status". The Star. 22 May 2010.
- ^ Melo Villareal (24 June 2012). "St. John's Cathedral in Kuala Lumpur".
- ^ "Bukit Nanas cable car service may return". The Star. 23 January 2015.
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