Bentong District is a district located in western Pahang , Malaysia . Bentong covers an area of 1,831 km and includes the hill resorts of Genting Highlands and Bukit Tinggi . It is located 80 km northeast of Kuala Lumpur , just across the main range, Titiwangsa Mountains . Bentong Town is the seat of the district. The district of Bentong is also further divided into 3 mukims (sub-districts), they are Bentong, Sabai and Pelabgai. The original Main Street going into Bentong Town has been modified to a dual carriageway. It is bordered by Selangor on the west and Negeri Sembilan on the south.
14-543: Ketari is a small town in Bentong District , Pahang , Malaysia . The old Shell petrol station and the Tengku Sulaiman Mosque are two of the oldest landmarks in this town. 3°30′N 101°55′E / 3.500°N 101.917°E / 3.500; 101.917 This Pahang location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bentong District In
28-494: A by-election may be held as the parliamentary term at that time is not exceeding up to maximum three years (where its first meeting is in July 2018, with the latest it can held is in July 2021). However, due to the second series of Coronavirus pandemic that was seriously re-arose nationwide post- state election of Sabah and countless (tight) lockdowns at the same time since October 2020, the plan from Election Commission (SPR) to conduct
42-489: A dual carriageway. However, the part of the road which leads to Raub and Kuala Lipis had been upgraded. Bentong is administered by Bentong Municipal Council and is one of the fastest-growing towns in Pahang . It is similar in size to Raub . Bentong has many light and medium industries, including timber factories, food industries and electronic components assembly factory. It also has one multinational copper wire factory which
56-614: A manpower of 355 policemen, and three fire stations with 111 personnel. Bentong district representative in the Federal Parliament (Dewan Rakyat) List of Bentong district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly (Dewan Undangan Negeri) Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 14th Malaysian Parliament#Pahang [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Race and politics This is a list of
70-411: A private university. Bentong District Hospital, now a Minor Specialist Hospital, is located in the town of Bentong and houses 152 beds. There are 22 health clinics including 19 rural clinics for health promotion and disease prevention. There are 6 government dental clinics, 22 private GP clinics and 3 private dental clinics. There are also seven police stations and nine police hubs in the district, with
84-540: Is labelled as VACANT, namely Batu Sapi , Gerik and Pekan . Both of Batu Sapi and Gerik seats vacancy is due to the death of the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for both of this constituency, which happened on 2 October 2020 (Batu Sapi) and 16 November 2020 (Gerik) respectively. While, the Pekan seat vacancy is due to the imprisonment of the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency, which effect on 23 August 2022. Supposedly, according to election tradition,
98-515: Is the biggest in the country. Bentong District is divided into 3 mukims which are: Other than modern housing area, there are 55 traditional villages, 8 FELDA villages, 15 newer villages, and 14 native villages. The following is based on Department of Statistics Malaysia 2019 census. About 98% of Bentong district's water supply come from PAIP (Pengurusan Air Pahang Berhad / Pahang Water Management), in which daily water production for Bentong district totalled 4.5 litres per gallon per day while
112-711: Is the eastern end of the old Gombak–Bentong road ( Federal Route 68 ). Federal Route 8 begins in Bentong and goes up all the way to Kota Bharu in Kelantan . The Karak Highway , part of the East Coast Expressway is the main link to Kuala Lumpur as well as the state capital Kuantan . Motorists from Negeri Sembilan and Malacca that wish to enter Pahang while bypassing the Klang Valley will usually opt for Federal Route 9 which interchanges with
126-912: The East Coast Expressway in Karak in the eastern part of Bentong constituency. In terms of public transportation, Bentong is not served by the KTM rail network . There though are buses serving downtown Bentong (through Hentian Raya Bentong) as well as Genting Highlands (which is part of Bentong constituency). There are 49 primary schools, which include national schools, Chinese-medium schools and Indian-medium schools, in Bentong district, with overall 12,272 students and 869 teachers. As for secondary schools, there are 14 of them including vocational and technical schools, with overall 9,901 students and 755 teachers. There are also four government universities and
140-747: The Legislative Assembly (MLA). The proclamation was renounced by the King almost two years later. Seating arrangement until its last second term meeting on 5 December 2019. Perlis | Kedah | Kelantan | Terengganu | Pulau Pinang | Perak | Pahang | Selangor | Kuala Lumpur | Putrajaya | Negeri Sembilan | Melaka | Johor | Labuan | Sabah | Sarawak BN ( UMNO ) On 12 June 2018, all Sarawak-based BN parties, i.e. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS), Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) and Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP), officially left BN and formed
154-442: The beginning, Bentong subdistrict was under the administration of district of Raub District . The administration was separated in 1919 due to the large size of the district. The district covers an area of 183,112.35 hectares. It is located northeast of Kuala Lumpur , just across the main mountain range, Titiwangsa Mountains . The seat of the district is the town of The original main street going into Bentong town has been modified to
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#1732790086588168-630: The by-elections for Batu Sapi and Gerik constituency had been cancelled by taking account on this matter. In November 2020, the King or Yang Di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah had declared the Emergency Proclamation for both of the parliamentary constituencies, together with one state constituency in Sabah, namely Bugaya , located in Semporna parliamentary seats that was also vacant due to the death of its incumbent Sabah state Members of
182-674: The local residents use an estimated 8.7 thousand gallons per day. Most places in the district have access to electricity, having 4 main electricity transformers with combined capacities up to 90 megavolt-amperes. TM ( Telekom Malaysia ) provides Bentong district residents with 6,207 units of household telephones, 1,092 units of business premises telephones and 125 unit of public phones. In general, Bentong district's paved roads totalled 837.26 km, comprising 311.22 km of federal roads, 224.51 km of state roads, 124.05 km of urban roads, and 177.48 km of FELDA roads. Three major routes – 8 , E8 and 68 converge at Bentong. Bentong
196-621: The members of the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) of the 14th Parliament of Malaysia . (Results and status at 9 May 2018) The 14th General Election witnessed 124 governmental seats and 98 non-governmental seats filled the Dewan Rakyat . The government side has 49 safe seats and 11 fairly safe seats, while the other side has 21 safe seats and 4 fairly safe seats. This is the seating arrangement as of its last meeting on 10 October 2022. The seating does not reflect current political allegiances. In addition, there were three seats that
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