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Batu Gajah
is a town in the state of Perak in Malaysia, about 24 km from
Ipoh, the Perak state capital.
The name Batu Gajah, which literally means "stone elephant" in the Malay
language, is presumably derived from two large boulders that resembled
elephants found along the Kinta River. Folklore claims that huge elephant
figures were made of stones to scare away the elephants that destroyed the
villagers' sugar cane crops.
The attractions here include two golf courses, Kinta Golf Club and
Clearwater Sanctuary Golf Course, and nearby pre-independence castle built
by a Scottish rubber plantation owner, Sir William Kellie Smith: Kellie's
Castle.
There are many hawker stalls and restaurants serving food such as noodles,
laksa, and Indian-Muslim mee goreng and mee rebus. Youths spend time at
cybercafés and around the local supermarket. In recent years, Western
style food franchises such as 7-Eleven, KFC, Marry Brown and Pizza Hut
opened branches in the town. A supermarket named TF has opened and is in
business.
In recent years, Batu Gajah has seen a lot of improvement. Recently, a new
large post office was built and the scenery around Batu Gajah has been
greatly improved. Majlis Daerah Batu Gajah (MDBG), the district council,
has greatly enhanced the scenery of this town by planting trees,
repainting and keeping this town clean.
In September 2012, Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co. Ltd., one of the major
electric locomotive manufacturers in China, agreed to build a
rolling-stock factory in Batu Gajah.
Sources:
Wikipedia
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