Machap Baru
Machap Baru, with an estimated population of 16,000, is a small town in Alor Gajah District, Malacca, Malaysia.{{cite web | url=http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/5_KeputusanDUN.php?kod=13508 | title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum - Dewan Undangan Negeri }} Local restaurants, which serve exotic game, such as wild boar, deer, monitor lizards and snakes are often monitored by the Malaysian Wildlife and National Parks Department for involvement in illegal trading of endangered species.{{cite web |last=Pandiyan |first=M.V. |date=19 March 2007 |title=Poh never forgot his roots |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/3/19/nation/17181322&sec=nation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608141321/http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2007%2F3%2F19%2Fnation%2F17181322&sec=nation |archive-date=8 June 2011 |accessdate=19 March 2007 |publisher=thestar.com.my}}
Infrastructure
- Datuk Wira Poh Ah Tiam Machap Recreational Park was opened in 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/story/?file=/2007/4/11/nation/17403945&sec=nation|title=Archives - The Star Online.|website=www.thestar.com.my}}{{cite web|url=http://m.malaysiakini.com/news/65755|title=Najib singkap sejarah hubungan rapat Melayu-Cina di Machap|date=10 April 2007|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2007&dt=0411&pub=utusan_malaysia&sec=politik&pg=po_04.htm&arc=hive|title=Majukan sekitar Masjid Datuk Machap sebagai tarikan pelancong|website=Utusan Online}}
Notable residents
- Datuk Wira Poh Ah Tiam, senior Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) official and state assemblyman for Machap{{cite web |date=16 March 2007 |title=Machap rep dies at 55 |url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/3/16/nation/17164043&sec=nation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070319184253/http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2007%2F3%2F16%2Fnation%2F17164043&sec=nation |archive-date=19 March 2007 |accessdate=19 March 2007 |publisher=thestar.com.my}}{{cite web |last=Sujata |first=V.P. |date=22 March 2007 |title=April 12 polling date for Machap by-election |url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/3/22/nation/17213712&sec=nation |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521051359/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2007%2F3%2F22%2Fnation%2F17213712&sec=nation |archivedate=21 May 2011 |accessdate=22 March 2007 |publisher=thestar.com.my}}
See also
References
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