HULU SELANGOR

The by-election in Hulu Selangor this Sunday (25th April 2010) is heating up this entire week as expected. We hear all kinds of stories from both sides of the camp. I actually traveled quite extensively in Hulu Selangor with LaLa in August 2009 during the first week of the fasting month holidays.



During my visit to Fraser Hill by driving from Rawang, Selangor, I was actually driving across the entire Hulu Selangor then. Both Rawang and Fraser Hill are actually at the border of Hulu Selangor, directly cutting through the whole place diagonally from southwest to northeast. Then when going to Ipoh from Fraser Hill, I drove from northeast of Hulu Selangor to north of it to connect into the North-South Highway to go Ipoh. In that sense, I have driven almost the entire core of Hulu Selangor.

Notice the list of villages I needed to go through in my journey below. It is a good indication that most of Hulu Selangor is still rural, as in what Hulu means. Some places are entirely green while others are small towns. It is a nice place to go to avoid the busy city life, which I enjoyed then. You feel like you are driving away to somewhere remote just to forget about all the worries of the earth.

My Route:
RAWANG
Kampung Sungai Choh
Kampung Baharu Serendah
SERENDAH
Kampung Datuk Harun
Taman Tasik Teratai
Kampung Batu Tiga Puluh
BATANG KALI
Kampung Bukit Chandang
Kampung Sentosa
Kampung Rawang Putar
Kampung Sungai Engkak
RASA
Kampung Bukit Rasa
KUALA KUBU BAHRU
Kampung Dagang Setia
Kampung Kelapa
Taman Bukit Bunga
Taman Selesa
FRASER HILL

FRASER HILL
KUALA KUBU BAHRU
Taman Selesa
Taman Bukit Bunga
Kampung Kelapa
Kampung Dagang Setia
KERLING
Kampung Paya
Kampung Kuala Kubu Road
Pekan Kerling
Kampung Gumut
Kampung Baharu Kalumpang
Taman Musabika
Kampung Jelutong
Taman Bernam Jaya
NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAY
IPOH



I hope the winner will be determined fairly but that's too much to ask for. I hope the folks in Hulu Selangor are given a fair amount of exposure to the performance and deeds of both parties before giving their evaluation for the vote. Well, that's my hope but it is not going to be easy in Malaysia where the machinery and money are totally skewed.