Lembah Pantai

Lembah Pantai is a sub-district and parliamentary constituency in south-western

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Divisions

Bangsar

One of the more popular areas which come under Lembah Pantai constituency is Bangsar, a popular upmarket residential and entertainment area.

Pantai Dalam

Pantai Dalam is a residential area located south of Bangsar. There are many smaller residential areas that form the larger residential area of Pantai Dalam, including:

• Pantai Hillpark
• Kampung Pantai
• PPR Sri Pantai
• PPR Pantai Ria
• Desa Aman 1 & 2
• Pantai Murni
• Taman Bukit Angkasa
• Pantai Baru
• Kampung Pasir
• Taman Pantai Dalam
• Taman Pantai Indah
• PPR Kampung Limau
• Taman Dato'

Pantai Dalam is a perfect watershed between two groups of urban Malays: the affluent and the working class. The former live mainly in gleaming, whitewashed condominiums like the Andalusia Condominium in Pantai Hillpark, or in luxury bungalows in Kampung Pantai and Pantai Halt.

For the working class, the luxury apartments located further uphill are perhaps symbols of what one can aspire to. Most of them live in the low-cost apartments.

Most of the area's residents are:

• blue-collar workers living in flats that had been sold to them under the People's Housing Project when they were resettled from their squatter homes several years ago.
• students of the University of Malaya.
• police officers/personnels, mainly in Desa Aman 1 & 2.

Some squatters are still waiting to buy homes under this project, which was announced by Prime Minister

Pantai Dalam is well connected to the other parts of Klang Valley via the New Pantai Expressway and the Federal Highway.

Other divisions which are part of the Lembah Pantai constituency are Bangsar South, Bukit Aman, Bukit Persekutuan, KL Eco City, Mid Valley City and Perdana Botanical Gardens.

Transportation

Public transport

• 4 LRT stations for
  Universiti
  LRT stations.
• 3 KTM stations for
  Port Klang Line:  KD01  Abdullah Hukum,  KD02  Angkasapuri and  KD03  Pantai Dalam
  Komuter stations.
• Only 1 KTM station for
  Seremban Line:  KB01  Mid Valley Komuter station
  .

• Few major highways which cuts through most parts of the district includes the New Pantai Expressway (NPE) and Federal Highway.
• In the future, a new highway known as Setiawangsa–Pantai Expressway (SPE) will be opened, currently under construction.

Politics

The current Member of Parliament for the Lembah Pantai parliamentary constituency is

References

• New dimension to urban voting, The Star, 2 March 2008.