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====== Hutan Bukit Dinding ====== | ====== Hutan Bukit Dinding ====== |
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| * [[https://kl.pulasan.my/gonggang|Gonggang / Setapak (1800-an)]] |
| * [[https://kl.pulasan.my/hawthornden_estate|Hawthornden Estate (1888-1983)]] |
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Bukit Dinding ialah bukit berhutan setinggi 291m (menurut Google Earth 2022: 302m) di Kuala Lumpur, terletak di antara Setiawangsa dan Wangsa Maju. Nama "Dinding" merujuk kepada lerengnya yang curam, dengan kecerunan yang lazimnya melebihi 45 darjah, sekaligus menjadi "dinding" yang memisahkan Wangsa Maju dan Setiawangsa. Bagi penduduk setempat, ianya dianggap kawasan hijau terakhir di situ. Lokasinya berdekatan dengan Highland Tower (di sebelah timurnya, yang telah runtuh pada 11 Disember 1993) dan Bukit Antarabangsa, yang merupakan sebahagian daripada Banjaran Titiwangsa: //"Bukit Dinding is a forested hill with published height of 291m[1] in Kuala Lumpur sitting in between Setiawangsa and Wangsa Maju. The true height of Bukit Dinding is 302m[2] as recorded by Google Earth in year 2022. "Bukit Dinding[3]" in Malay language means "The Wall Hill" - very much referring to its steep, extreme gradients often over 45 degrees. At current, the hill also behaves as the "wall" separating 2 suburbs of Wangsa Maju and Setiawangsa. For the locals, this hill is often described as the last remaining green lung between these highly dense suburbs. The hill has close proximity to Highland Tower and Bukit Antarabangsa, which are parts of the main Titiwangsa Range – infamous for their beauty as well as their notorious landslides."// | Bukit Dinding ialah bukit berhutan setinggi 291m (menurut Google Earth 2022: 302m) di Kuala Lumpur, terletak di antara Setiawangsa dan Wangsa Maju. Nama "Dinding" merujuk kepada lerengnya yang curam, dengan kecerunan yang lazimnya melebihi 45 darjah, sekaligus menjadi "dinding" yang memisahkan Wangsa Maju dan Setiawangsa. Bagi penduduk setempat, ianya dianggap kawasan hijau terakhir di situ. Lokasinya berdekatan dengan Highland Tower (di sebelah timurnya, yang telah runtuh pada 11 Disember 1993) dan Bukit Antarabangsa, yang merupakan sebahagian daripada Banjaran Titiwangsa: //"Bukit Dinding is a forested hill with published height of 291m[1] in Kuala Lumpur sitting in between Setiawangsa and Wangsa Maju. The true height of Bukit Dinding is 302m[2] as recorded by Google Earth in year 2022. "Bukit Dinding[3]" in Malay language means "The Wall Hill" - very much referring to its steep, extreme gradients often over 45 degrees. At current, the hill also behaves as the "wall" separating 2 suburbs of Wangsa Maju and Setiawangsa. For the locals, this hill is often described as the last remaining green lung between these highly dense suburbs. The hill has close proximity to Highland Tower and Bukit Antarabangsa, which are parts of the main Titiwangsa Range – infamous for their beauty as well as their notorious landslides."// |
===== 1870: Antara Lokasi Perang Klang (1867-1874) ===== | ===== 1870: Antara Lokasi Perang Klang (1867-1874) ===== |
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Kawasan sekitar Bukit Dinding, termasuk Gonggang (kemudiannya Ladang Gonggang dan [[https://kl.pulasan.my/hawthornden_estate|Hawthornden]]) di sebelah barat, dan lembah Sungai Gisir di sebelah utara, menjadi antara lokasi Perang Klang (1867-1874):- | Kawasan sekitar Bukit Dinding, termasuk Ulu Gonggang (kemudiannya Ladang Gonggang dan [[https://kl.pulasan.my/hawthornden_estate|Hawthornden]]) di sebelah barat, dan lembah Sungai Gisir di sebelah utara, menjadi antara lokasi Perang Klang (1867-1874). |
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//"Gonggang merupakan salah satu daripada mukim di Kuala Lumpur yang mula wujud seawal kuala Lumpur dibuka oleh Raja Abdullah pada awal abad ke 19. Lokasi Gonggang ini dipercayai terletak di sekitar Jalan Ampang sehingga ke sempadan Ulu Kelang dan kini merangkumi kawasan sekitar Jelatek, Setiawangsa dan Wangsa Maju. Jika diselusuri sejarah, nama Gonggang dipercayai berasal daripada nama pokok sagu yang dikenali sebagai pokok Gonggang. Jika merujuk kepada buku Celia Lowe bertajuk Wild Profusion: Biodiversity Conservation in an Indonesian Archipelago, pokok ini banyak dijumpai di Indonesia dan tidak mustahil banyak dijumpai di sekitar kawasan pinggir Kuala Lumpur pada masa dahulu dan menyebabkan kawasan itu dinamakan sebagai Gonggang. Selain itu, nama Gonggang juga boleh dikaitkan dengan satu suku kaum melayu di sekitar Kepulauan Riau di Indonesia. Terdapat kemungkinan suku kaum ini berhijrah ke Kuala Lumpur dan memberi nama kawasan tersebut sebagai Gonggang sebagai tanda kawasan suku kaum mereka itu. \\ | **LATAR PERISTIWA: [[https://kl.pulasan.my/gonggang|Gonggang / Setapak (1800-an)]]** |
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Nama Gonggang dipercayai telah disebut seawal tempoh ketika berlakunya Perang Saudara Selangor atau Perang Klang yang meletus pada 1867 – 1874. Pada waktu itu, lokasi yang disebut sebagai Gonggang ini digunakan sebagai laluan ke Kuala Lumpur untuk menyerang dan berundur ke Pahang dan Kuala Kubu di Ulu Selangor oleh tentera yang menyokong Raja Mahadi. Berdasarkan semakan sejarah, antara lokasi yang menggunakan nama Gonggang adalah berikut: \\ | |
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1. Kawasan Perkuburan Kg Gonggang (Kini dikenali Tanah Perkuburan Jalan Ampang yang terletak di sebelah KLCC) \\ | |
2. Kg Gonggang (Kini dikenali sebagai Kg Datok Keramat, Kuala Lumpur) \\ | |
3. Ladang Getah Gonggang Estate (Kini telah dibangunkan dan dikenali sebagai Setiawangsa) \\ | |
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Sehingga kini, para sejarawan masih berdebat dan sedang menjejak lokasi kg Gonggang di mana terletaknya makam Raja Laut iaitu Kerabat Diraja Selangor yang menjadi Penghulu dan Majistret di Kuala Lumpur. Walaupun dipercayai beliau dikuburkan di Tanah Perkuburan Jalan Ampang, para sejarawan mempercayai bahawa terdapat kawasan perkuburan Diraja terletak di sekitar Gonggang di mana para kerabat Diraja dan raja-raja kerajaan lama terdahulu dimakamkan. (sebelum Kesultanan Selangor bermula). Namun disebabkan oleh pembangunan pesat di Kuala Lumpur, lokasi makam tersebut mungkin sudah ditelan pembangunan ataupun telah dipindahkan ke lokasi lain yang tidak diketahui."// | |
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(Sumber: Budak Wangsa Maju, 23 September 2018: {{ :laman:budak_wangsa_maju_gonggang_nama_yang_hilang_di_setiawangsa.pdf ||}}[[http://wangsamajuboyz.blogspot.com/2018/09/gonggang-nama-yang-hilang-di-setiawangsa.html|"Gonggang: Nama yang hilang di Setiawangsa"]]). | |
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==== Pertempuran di pinggir Bukit Dinding ==== | ==== Pertempuran di pinggir Bukit Dinding ==== |
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Sekitar tahun 1883, kawasan barat daya Bukit Dinding yang dikenali sebagai "Gonggang" (sekitar Jalan Jelatek - Kampung Datuk Keramat - Setiawangsa kini) adalah antara pusat perlombongan bijih timah. Kawasan tersebut berkembang sehingga ke hulu Sungai Bunus di sebelah barat laut Bukit Dinding, iaitu di sekitar Wangsa Maju kini. Keadaan ini telah direkodkan di dalam sepucuk surat bertarikh 24 September 1883, daripada juruukur M'Carthy kepada H.F.Bellamy, ketika beliau mencadangkan pembinaan jalan baru bagi menghubungkan kedua-dua lokasi tersebut:- | Ketika peringkat awal campurtangan Inggeris pada tahun 1880-an, kawasan lembangan Sungai Bunus yang dikenali sebagai “[[https://kl.pulasan.my/gonggang|Gonggang]]” (kemudiannya Setapak) telah pun menjadi antara pusat perlombongan bijih timah. Ia beransur berkembang sehingga ke hulu Sungai Bunus di sebelah barat laut Bukit Dinding, iaitu di sekitar Wangsa Maju kini. Keadaan ini telah direkodkan di dalam sepucuk surat bertarikh 24 September 1883, daripada juruukur M'Carthy kepada H.F.Bellamy, ketika beliau mencadangkan pembinaan jalan baru bagi menghubungkan kedua-dua lokasi tersebut:- |
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//"I have the honor to report for your information that while on a visit of inspection of the road leading to Kong Yap Soon's mine I heard that from this mine to the Boonoose, the whole country was being opened up and a great deal is(?) working orderly. Chinese towkays who have some time past been turning out good tin ore. Under the circumstances I thought it worth while to proceed along the bridle path for about a mile or so past Kong Yap Soon's mine. After proceeding about 400 yds I came upon a mine lately opened on which many Chinese were working. About 1/2 a mile further on, extensive mining operations are being carried on & from the number of sheds ? this place has the appearance of a promising village. I noticed several hundred Chinese at work here & busily engaged. From the general appearance of the country, I should imagine the output will be good, altho, as the country is flat, machinery would have a very beneficial effect. From this last point to Ulu Boonoose (a direct line) through open country, several mines I believe are being opened up, and I was informed that probably before long the whole line of country leading to U. B. will be taken up either for mining or agriculture. I bring this matter under your notice as one of deserving of consideration as I feel convinced that if the road being completed by Sr. Akes(?) was contd. direct to U. Boonoose (abt. 2 1/2 or 3 miles) and coming in on the Pahang Road would prove very valuable to this district. There is at present a great traffic from the vicinity along K Yap Soon's Road to K. Lumpur, and at no distant date I anticipate as much traffic on this road as the Ampang Road. It is needless for me to note that roads are in all countries generally reproductive, and if this road to U. Boonoose were constructed I feel sure that the revenue from mining would soon cover the outlay. The country is flat without being swampy & a road of easy construction could without any difficulty be made. It should no doubt be advisable if you were to make an inspection of the country herein referred to. Until this matter receives your consideration, I have asked Sr. Akes(?) not to continue the deviation leading into Kong Yap Soon's mine, as it can only serve the purposes of one individual."// | //"I have the honor to report for your information that while on a visit of inspection of the road leading to Kong Yap Soon's mine I heard that from this mine to the Boonoose, the whole country was being opened up and a great deal is(?) working orderly. Chinese towkays who have some time past been turning out good tin ore. Under the circumstances I thought it worth while to proceed along the bridle path for about a mile or so past Kong Yap Soon's mine. After proceeding about 400 yds I came upon a mine lately opened on which many Chinese were working. About 1/2 a mile further on, extensive mining operations are being carried on & from the number of sheds ? this place has the appearance of a promising village. I noticed several hundred Chinese at work here & busily engaged. From the general appearance of the country, I should imagine the output will be good, altho, as the country is flat, machinery would have a very beneficial effect. From this last point to Ulu Boonoose (a direct line) through open country, several mines I believe are being opened up, and I was informed that probably before long the whole line of country leading to U. B. will be taken up either for mining or agriculture. I bring this matter under your notice as one of deserving of consideration as I feel convinced that if the road being completed by Sr. Akes(?) was contd. direct to U. Boonoose (abt. 2 1/2 or 3 miles) and coming in on the Pahang Road would prove very valuable to this district. There is at present a great traffic from the vicinity along K Yap Soon's Road to K. Lumpur, and at no distant date I anticipate as much traffic on this road as the Ampang Road. It is needless for me to note that roads are in all countries generally reproductive, and if this road to U. Boonoose were constructed I feel sure that the revenue from mining would soon cover the outlay. The country is flat without being swampy & a road of easy construction could without any difficulty be made. It should no doubt be advisable if you were to make an inspection of the country herein referred to. Until this matter receives your consideration, I have asked Sr. Akes(?) not to continue the deviation leading into Kong Yap Soon's mine, as it can only serve the purposes of one individual."// |
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Pada Oktober 1888, Ladang "Ulu Gonggang" di Batu 5 Jalan Pahang Kuala Lumpur (di penghujung sebelah utara pusat perlombongan Gonggang) telah dibuka oleh J. A. Toynbee, bekas pengurus ladang Weld's Hill kepunyaan syarikat Messrs. Hill and Rathborne: //"I have the honour to enclose an application from Mr. J. A. Toynbee, Manager of Weld's Hill Estate for one thousand acres of land lying between the 5th mile post Pahang Road and Ulu G(r)onggang for the purpose of planting coffee and pepper, as shown on his rough sketch attached to his letter. The land is hilly and well suited for the purpose, and though bordering on extensive mining properties, is not likely, on account of its conformation, to be required for mines. I therefore recommend that it be granted to Mr. Toynbee at the usual figure for forest land of $3 premium and 10c quit rent per acre, and that he be allowed the refusal of the intervening land, which is of the same nature, for 3 years, or the first choice of taking it up if it be applied for in the meantime by other parties. No exclusive right to the timber on the land can be granted, but the right of the lessee to cut what he wants for himself is not likely to be interfered with by the Government."// ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Conway_Belfield|Henry Conway Belfield]] @ PEJABAT SETIAUSAHA KERAJAAN NEGERI SELANGOR, 09/10/1888: {{ :arkib:19570012622d02.pdf ||}}[[https://ofa.arkib.gov.my/ofa/collection/asset/20578|"ENCLOSES AN APPLICATIONS FROM MR.F.A.TOYNBEE MANAGER OF WELDS HILLS ESTATE FOR ONE THOUSAND ACRES OF LAND LYING BETWEEN THE 5TH MILE POST PAHANG ROAD AND ULU GONGGANG FOR THE PURPOSE OF PLANTING COFFEE & PEPPER"]]). | Pada Oktober 1888, Ladang "Ulu Gonggang" di Batu 5 Jalan Pahang Kuala Lumpur (di penghujung sebelah utara [[https://kl.pulasan.my/gonggang|pusat perlombongan Gonggang]]) telah dibuka oleh J. A. Toynbee, bekas pengurus ladang Weld's Hill kepunyaan syarikat Messrs. Hill and Rathborne: //"I have the honour to enclose an application from Mr. J. A. Toynbee, Manager of Weld's Hill Estate for one thousand acres of land lying between the 5th mile post Pahang Road and Ulu G(r)onggang for the purpose of planting coffee and pepper, as shown on his rough sketch attached to his letter. The land is hilly and well suited for the purpose, and though bordering on extensive mining properties, is not likely, on account of its conformation, to be required for mines. I therefore recommend that it be granted to Mr. Toynbee at the usual figure for forest land of $3 premium and 10c quit rent per acre, and that he be allowed the refusal of the intervening land, which is of the same nature, for 3 years, or the first choice of taking it up if it be applied for in the meantime by other parties. No exclusive right to the timber on the land can be granted, but the right of the lessee to cut what he wants for himself is not likely to be interfered with by the Government."// ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Conway_Belfield|Henry Conway Belfield]] @ PEJABAT SETIAUSAHA KERAJAAN NEGERI SELANGOR, 09/10/1888: {{ :arkib:19570012622d02.pdf ||}}[[https://ofa.arkib.gov.my/ofa/collection/asset/20578|"ENCLOSES AN APPLICATIONS FROM MR.F.A.TOYNBEE MANAGER OF WELDS HILLS ESTATE FOR ONE THOUSAND ACRES OF LAND LYING BETWEEN THE 5TH MILE POST PAHANG ROAD AND ULU GONGGANG FOR THE PURPOSE OF PLANTING COFFEE & PEPPER"]]). |
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Kemungkinan ladang Ulu Gonggang ini berkembang ke Batu 6 Jalan Pahang, dan dinamakan sebagai [[https://kl.pulasan.my/hawthornden_estate|Ladang Hawthornden]]. Ladang ini kemudiannya berkembang ke timur/tenggara sehingga merangkumi sebahagian besar kawasan Bukit Dinding: //"The opening of the Hawthornden Estate on the Pahang Road (6th mile) has given an impetus to planting enterprise in this direction. A second private planting company has taken up a thousand acres in this direction and commenced work already. Mr. Toynbee, late manager for Messrs. Hill and Rathborne, has done a great deal towards proving the success of planting enterprise in this state and it is to be hoped that the private enterprise on which he is now embarking will bring him the success he deserves."// (The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 5 July 1889, Page 15: {{ ::akhbar:singfreepresswk18890705-1-2-30.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepresswk18890705-1.2.30|"SELANGOR NEWS"]]). | Kemungkinan ladang Ulu Gonggang ini berkembang ke Batu 6 Jalan Pahang, dan dinamakan sebagai [[https://kl.pulasan.my/hawthornden_estate|Ladang Hawthornden]]. Ladang ini kemudiannya berkembang ke timur/tenggara sehingga merangkumi sebahagian besar kawasan Bukit Dinding: //"The opening of the Hawthornden Estate on the Pahang Road (6th mile) has given an impetus to planting enterprise in this direction. A second private planting company has taken up a thousand acres in this direction and commenced work already. Mr. Toynbee, late manager for Messrs. Hill and Rathborne, has done a great deal towards proving the success of planting enterprise in this state and it is to be hoped that the private enterprise on which he is now embarking will bring him the success he deserves."// (The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 5 July 1889, Page 15: {{ ::akhbar:singfreepresswk18890705-1-2-30.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepresswk18890705-1.2.30|"SELANGOR NEWS"]]). |
//"Amended Survey: Licensed Surveyor J. Walter Raymond to the Acting Chief Surveyor transmitting plan of and report on Amended Survey of Aberscross Estate - Numbered 3 in the Mukim of Setapak. Kuala Lumpur, July 27th 1892. ... Although I have now surveyed a route along which a road can be constructed at a very easy gradient there are nevertheless several places along the line adopted where it may be necessary (in the event of a road being constructed) ten or twelve chains through the jungle to the eastern boundary line were impracticable, and was obliged to abandon this route after losing three days in the attempt to carry out my verbal instructions. I then searched for a better route, and the road now shown on my plan (herewith) is the one I finally adopted. Part of the road I was obliged to cut through heavy jungle at the far side of the course, and also as all the angle pegs had to be brought out from Kwala Lumpur (part of the way carried by bullock cart, and the remaining distance by my survey coolies). I althogether was seven working days occupied in finishing this work which I at first hoped would only take about three days to complete."// (PEJABAT SETIAUSAHA KERAJAAN NEGERI SELANGOR, 16/06/1892: {{ :arkib:19570032532d02.pdf ||}}[[https://ofa.arkib.gov.my/ofa/group/asset/41728|"REQUESTS THAT ALL DESPATCH BE USED IN COMPLETING THE RESURVEY OF LINCOLN AND HAWTHORNDEN ESTATES."]]). | //"Amended Survey: Licensed Surveyor J. Walter Raymond to the Acting Chief Surveyor transmitting plan of and report on Amended Survey of Aberscross Estate - Numbered 3 in the Mukim of Setapak. Kuala Lumpur, July 27th 1892. ... Although I have now surveyed a route along which a road can be constructed at a very easy gradient there are nevertheless several places along the line adopted where it may be necessary (in the event of a road being constructed) ten or twelve chains through the jungle to the eastern boundary line were impracticable, and was obliged to abandon this route after losing three days in the attempt to carry out my verbal instructions. I then searched for a better route, and the road now shown on my plan (herewith) is the one I finally adopted. Part of the road I was obliged to cut through heavy jungle at the far side of the course, and also as all the angle pegs had to be brought out from Kwala Lumpur (part of the way carried by bullock cart, and the remaining distance by my survey coolies). I althogether was seven working days occupied in finishing this work which I at first hoped would only take about three days to complete."// (PEJABAT SETIAUSAHA KERAJAAN NEGERI SELANGOR, 16/06/1892: {{ :arkib:19570032532d02.pdf ||}}[[https://ofa.arkib.gov.my/ofa/group/asset/41728|"REQUESTS THAT ALL DESPATCH BE USED IN COMPLETING THE RESURVEY OF LINCOLN AND HAWTHORNDEN ESTATES."]]). |
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===== 1897-1904: Gonggang Masih Kawasan Lombong ===== | ===== 1897-1904: Perlombongan di Gonggang ===== |
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Setakat Januari 1897, kawasan Gonggang masih kawasan perlombongan bijih timah, sebagaimana dalam liputan peralihan pengurusan salah sebuah lombong di situ: //"Chye Ah Chung, a Mines Orderly in the time of Mr. Hill, who returned to China some time ago, was succeeded, says the Malay Mail, in office by his brother Ah Fong. Between them the brothers held the post to the end of last year. It has since become known that they had all the time been running a mine at Gonggang. Ah Fong is noe keeping a shop at Gonggang while Ah Chung has made away with the "biji." To make matters worse there is a sum of about $2,000 owing to coolies as wages, and Ah Chung has gone away."// (Pinang gazette and Straits chronicle, 26 January 1897, Page 2: {{ :akhbar:pinangazette18970126-1-2-9.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/pinangazette18970126-1.2.9|"LOCAL AND GENERAL."]]). | Setakat Januari 1897, kawasan [[https://kl.pulasan.my/gonggang|Gonggang]] masih kawasan perlombongan bijih timah, sebagaimana dalam liputan peralihan pengurusan salah sebuah lombong di situ: //"Chye Ah Chung, a Mines Orderly in the time of Mr. Hill, who returned to China some time ago, was succeeded, says the Malay Mail, in office by his brother Ah Fong. Between them the brothers held the post to the end of last year. It has since become known that they had all the time been running a mine at Gonggang. Ah Fong is noe keeping a shop at Gonggang while Ah Chung has made away with the "biji." To make matters worse there is a sum of about $2,000 owing to coolies as wages, and Ah Chung has gone away."// (Pinang gazette and Straits chronicle, 26 January 1897, Page 2: {{ :akhbar:pinangazette18970126-1-2-9.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/pinangazette18970126-1.2.9|"LOCAL AND GENERAL."]]). |
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{{:peta:peta-bukit-dinding-1898.png?600|Peta sekitar Bukit Dinding, 1898}} \\ | {{:peta:peta-bukit-dinding-1898.png?600|Peta sekitar Bukit Dinding, 1898}} \\ |
Peta sekitar Bukit Dinding, berdasarkan peta Semenanjung Tanah Melayu tahun 1898. Kelihatan kawasan perlombongan Gonggang ada ditandakan (Edward Stanford @ Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Straits Branch, 1898: [[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-231529372/view|"A map of the Malay Peninsula / compiled by and published for the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Singapore ; prepared and drawn by John van Cuylenburg, Singapore"]]). | Peta sekitar Bukit Dinding, berdasarkan peta Semenanjung Tanah Melayu tahun 1898. Kelihatan [[https://kl.pulasan.my/gonggang|kawasan perlombongan Gonggang]] ada ditandakan (Edward Stanford @ Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Straits Branch, 1898: [[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-231529372/view|"A map of the Malay Peninsula / compiled by and published for the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Singapore ; prepared and drawn by John van Cuylenburg, Singapore"]]). |
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Peta Bukit Dinding (kanan) dan kawasan sekitarnya (kiri), berdasarkan peta negeri Selangor, tahun 1900-an (Edinburgh Geographical Institute, 1904 @ Yale University Library - Digital Collections: {{ :laman:selangor_federated_malay_states_1904_john_bartholomew_co_w.t._wood_chief_draftman._-_yale_university_library.pdf ||}}[[https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/15827242|"Selangor, Federated Malay States, 1904 / John Bartholomew & Co ; W.T. Wood, chief draftman"]]). | Peta Bukit Dinding (kanan) dan kawasan sekitarnya (kiri), berdasarkan peta negeri Selangor, tahun 1900-an (Edinburgh Geographical Institute, 1904 @ Yale University Library - Digital Collections: {{ :laman:selangor_federated_malay_states_1904_john_bartholomew_co_w.t._wood_chief_draftman._-_yale_university_library.pdf ||}}[[https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/15827242|"Selangor, Federated Malay States, 1904 / John Bartholomew & Co ; W.T. Wood, chief draftman"]]). |
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Di dalam peta tahun 1904 ini, kelihatan kawasan "Gonggang" di sebelah barat daya Bukit Dinding masih menjadi pusat perlombongan bijih timah. Demikian juga di sepanjang lembangan Sungai Klang di sebelah selatan dan timurnya, termasuk anak-anak sungainya (antaranya Sungai Gisir di atas). Turut kelihatan, ladang-ladang kopi yang dibuka secara besar-besaran sejak 1880-an, seperti Batu Caves di sebelah barat laut, dan [[https://kl.pulasan.my/hawthornden_estate|Ladang Hawthornden]] di pinggir sebelah utara dan barat Bukit Dinding: //"The first coffee estate was opened on Weld's Hill (named after the then Governor) where Liberian coffee was planted by T. Heslop Hill, who was a partner in the well known firm of Hill & Rathborne, Contractors etc. This firm planted the Ginting Bedai and Batu Caves estates with Arabian Coffee, but later abandoned them owing to difficulties, over labour and the distance from Kuala Lumpur. Javanese and Pahang Malays planted their kampongs with Liberian between the race course and "Lincoln" Estate. Messrs Toynbee, Laird, Currie, and Dougal opened "Hawthornden"; L. Dougal "Edinburgh" at Kepong, also "Roslin" and "Lincoln" in the Setapah Valley. Later the Meikle brothers ("Lairds") opened "Wardieburn", and the Glassford brothers, who had planted coffee before in South India, "The Mount" E. V. Carey opened "New Amherst", A. B. Lake and Paget "Kent", and Murray Campbell "Aberscross" and all were planted with Liberian Coffee. About two thousand acres in all were then under cultivation on these properties, but about four times that amount of land had been taken up for future development."// (Rimba @ C. Grenier, 1922: {{ ::lampiran:bygoneselangor.pdf ||}}[[http://www.sabrizain.org/malaya/library/documents/8B544B07B8C9259B7F83BE1D217CD0D10D4F9A65.html|"Bygone Selangor; a souvenir"]]). | Di dalam peta tahun 1904 ini, kelihatan kawasan "[[https://kl.pulasan.my/gonggang|Gonggang]]" di sebelah barat daya Bukit Dinding masih menjadi pusat perlombongan bijih timah. Demikian juga di sepanjang lembangan Sungai Klang di sebelah selatan dan timurnya, termasuk anak-anak sungainya (antaranya Sungai Gisir di atas). Turut kelihatan, ladang-ladang kopi yang dibuka secara besar-besaran sejak 1880-an, seperti Batu Caves di sebelah barat laut, dan [[https://kl.pulasan.my/hawthornden_estate|Ladang Hawthornden]] di pinggir sebelah utara dan barat Bukit Dinding: //"The first coffee estate was opened on Weld's Hill (named after the then Governor) where Liberian coffee was planted by T. Heslop Hill, who was a partner in the well known firm of Hill & Rathborne, Contractors etc. This firm planted the Ginting Bedai and Batu Caves estates with Arabian Coffee, but later abandoned them owing to difficulties, over labour and the distance from Kuala Lumpur. Javanese and Pahang Malays planted their kampongs with Liberian between the race course and "Lincoln" Estate. Messrs Toynbee, Laird, Currie, and Dougal opened "Hawthornden"; L. Dougal "Edinburgh" at Kepong, also "Roslin" and "Lincoln" in the Setapah Valley. Later the Meikle brothers ("Lairds") opened "Wardieburn", and the Glassford brothers, who had planted coffee before in South India, "The Mount" E. V. Carey opened "New Amherst", A. B. Lake and Paget "Kent", and Murray Campbell "Aberscross" and all were planted with Liberian Coffee. About two thousand acres in all were then under cultivation on these properties, but about four times that amount of land had been taken up for future development."// (Rimba @ C. Grenier, 1922: {{ ::lampiran:bygoneselangor.pdf ||}}[[http://www.sabrizain.org/malaya/library/documents/8B544B07B8C9259B7F83BE1D217CD0D10D4F9A65.html|"Bygone Selangor; a souvenir"]]). |
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===== 1929-1962: Perkembangan Perladangan di Gonggang ===== | ===== 1929-1962: Perkembangan Perladangan di Ulu Gonggang ===== |
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{{:peta:peta-bukit-dinding-1929-sekitar.png?500|Peta sekitar Bukit Dinding, 1929}}{{:peta:peta-bukit-dinding-1929-closeup.png?400|Peta Bukit Dinding, 1929}} \\ | {{:peta:peta-bukit-dinding-1929-sekitar.png?500|Peta sekitar Bukit Dinding, 1929}}{{:peta:peta-bukit-dinding-1929-closeup.png?400|Peta Bukit Dinding, 1929}} \\ |
Peta Bukit Dinding (kanan) dan kawasan sekitarnya (kiri), berdasarkan peta negeri Selangor, tahun 1929. Kelihatan kawasan perlombongan Gonggang telah pun mengecil, digantikan dengan perladangan dan kawasan "padang tembak" (Rifle Range) (Edward Stanford @ F.M.S. Survey Department, 1929: {{ :laman:selangor_1929._geographicus_rare_antique_maps.pdf ||}}[[https://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/selangor-fms-1929|"1929 F.M.S. Wall Map of Selangor (Kuala Lumpur)"]]). | Peta Bukit Dinding (kanan) dan kawasan sekitarnya (kiri), berdasarkan peta negeri Selangor, tahun 1929 (Edward Stanford @ F.M.S. Survey Department, 1929: {{ :laman:selangor_1929._geographicus_rare_antique_maps.pdf ||}}[[https://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/selangor-fms-1929|"1929 F.M.S. Wall Map of Selangor (Kuala Lumpur)"]]). |
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{{:peta:peta-bukit-dinding-1950-sekitar.png?500|Peta sekitar Bukit Dinding, 1950}}{{:peta:peta-bukit-dinding-1950-closeup.png?400|Peta Bukit Dinding, 1950}} \\ | {{:peta:peta-bukit-dinding-1950-sekitar.png?500|Peta sekitar Bukit Dinding, 1950}}{{:peta:peta-bukit-dinding-1950-closeup.png?400|Peta Bukit Dinding, 1950}} \\ |
Peta Bukit Dinding (kanan) dan kawasan sekitarnya (kiri), berdasarkan peta negeri Selangor, tahun 1950 (Surveyor General, Malaya, 1950 @ Australian National University. Kawasan lombong, ladang, dan padang tembak di Gonggang masih seperti tahun 1929: {{ :laman:open_research_malaysia_malaya_selangor_1950_land_use_south_sheet_1950_1_126_720.pdf ||}}[[http://hdl.handle.net/1885/140895|"Malaysia, Malaya, Selangor 1950, Land Use, South Sheet, 1950, 1:126 720"]]). | Peta Bukit Dinding (kanan) dan kawasan sekitarnya (kiri), berdasarkan peta negeri Selangor, tahun 1950 (Surveyor General, Malaya, 1950 @ Australian National University: {{ :laman:open_research_malaysia_malaya_selangor_1950_land_use_south_sheet_1950_1_126_720.pdf ||}}[[http://hdl.handle.net/1885/140895|"Malaysia, Malaya, Selangor 1950, Land Use, South Sheet, 1950, 1:126 720"]]). |
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{{:peta:peta-bukit-dinding-1962-sekitar.png?500|Peta Sekitar Bukit Dinding, 1962}}{{:peta:peta-bukit-dinding-1962-closeup.png?400|Peta Bukit Dinding, 1962}} \\ | {{:peta:peta-bukit-dinding-1962-sekitar.png?500|Peta Sekitar Bukit Dinding, 1962}}{{:peta:peta-bukit-dinding-1962-closeup.png?400|Peta Bukit Dinding, 1962}} \\ |
Peta Bukit Dinding (kanan) dan kawasan sekitarnya (kiri), berdasarkan peta Director of National Mapping, Malaysia, 1962. Kelihatan kawasan perladangan di Gonggang kini merangkumi kawasan padang tembak (Rifle Range) sebelumnya, dan dikenali sebagai Gonggang Estate: {{ :laman:open_research_malaysia_selangor_kuala_lumpur_series_l7010_sheet_94_1962_1_63_360.pdf ||}}[[http://hdl.handle.net/1885/163825|"Malaysia, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Series: L7010, Sheet 94, 1962, 1:63 360"]]). | Peta Bukit Dinding (kanan) dan kawasan sekitarnya (kiri), berdasarkan peta Director of National Mapping, Malaysia, 1962: {{ :laman:open_research_malaysia_selangor_kuala_lumpur_series_l7010_sheet_94_1962_1_63_360.pdf ||}}[[http://hdl.handle.net/1885/163825|"Malaysia, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Series: L7010, Sheet 94, 1962, 1:63 360"]]). |
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Menurut Presiden Pertubuhan Suara Setiawangsa, Harun Mohd Amin, sehingga tahun 1960-an terdapat sebuah air terjun di situ, yang kini telah dikambus atau diubah alirannya mengikut binaan sistem perparitan baru: //"Sementara itu, Presiden Pertubuhan Suara Setiawangsa, Harun Mohd Amin berkata, rancangan pembangunan di Bukit Dinding perlu dikaji sebaiknya kerana ia bukan sekadar bukit tetapi merupakan kawasan tadahan dan mempunyai laluan air. Harun juga mendakwa berdasarkan sejarah Bukit Dinding, dahulunya terdapat aliran air terjun namun telah ditutup."// (Hidayah Hairom @ Sinar Harian, 20 November 2014 @ Pusat Maklumat Malaysiana, Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia: [[https://www.pnm.gov.my/index.php/pages/view/44|"Bukit Dinding diancam bahaya"]]). | Menurut Presiden Pertubuhan Suara Setiawangsa, Harun Mohd Amin, sehingga tahun 1960-an terdapat sebuah air terjun di situ, yang kini telah dikambus atau diubah alirannya mengikut binaan sistem perparitan baru: //"Sementara itu, Presiden Pertubuhan Suara Setiawangsa, Harun Mohd Amin berkata, rancangan pembangunan di Bukit Dinding perlu dikaji sebaiknya kerana ia bukan sekadar bukit tetapi merupakan kawasan tadahan dan mempunyai laluan air. Harun juga mendakwa berdasarkan sejarah Bukit Dinding, dahulunya terdapat aliran air terjun namun telah ditutup."// (Hidayah Hairom @ Sinar Harian, 20 November 2014 @ Pusat Maklumat Malaysiana, Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia: [[https://www.pnm.gov.my/index.php/pages/view/44|"Bukit Dinding diancam bahaya"]]). |
===== 1965-09-03: Ladang Hawthornden Mulai Dimajukan ===== | ===== 1965-09-03: Ladang Hawthornden Mulai Dimajukan ===== |
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Pada 3 September 1965, kerajaan persekutuan telah mengumumkan perancangan sebuah perbandaran baru di Ladang Wardieburn, termasuk sebahagian kecil Ladang Hawthornden. Kemungkinan kawasan tersebut di sekitar Taman Bunga Raya kini. Ini adalah antara pembangunan terawal yang melibatkan Ladang Hawthornden, yang kemudiannya berkembang ke timur/tenggara, ke arah Bukit Dinding: //"Ladang Wardeiburn di-Jalan Ulu Klang menjadi sa-buah "Bandar Baru" yang paling moden sa-kali di-Ibukota ini manakala Kerajaan membena kira2 200 penchakar langit 17 tingkat yang mengandongi 42,000 rumah pangsa mulai awal tahun hadapan. ... Projek tersebut yang dibahagikan kepada 11 kawasan berasingan akan meliputi seluroh kawasan ladang itu sa-luas 828 ekar termasuk sa-bahagian kechil dari kawasan Ladang Hawthornden."// (Berita Harian, 4 September 1965, Page 5: {{ :akhbar:beritaharian19650904-1-2-57.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/beritaharian19650904-1.2.57|"Bandar baru penchakar langit di-Ulu Klang"]]). | Pada 3 September 1965, kerajaan persekutuan telah mengumumkan perancangan sebuah perbandaran baru di Ladang Wardieburn, termasuk sebahagian kecil [[https://kl.pulasan.my/hawthornden_estate|Ladang Hawthornden]]. Kemungkinan kawasan tersebut di sekitar Taman Bunga Raya kini. Ini adalah antara pembangunan terawal yang melibatkan [[https://kl.pulasan.my/hawthornden_estate|Ladang Hawthornden]], yang kemudiannya berkembang ke timur/tenggara, ke arah Bukit Dinding: //"Ladang Wardeiburn di-Jalan Ulu Klang menjadi sa-buah "Bandar Baru" yang paling moden sa-kali di-Ibukota ini manakala Kerajaan membena kira2 200 penchakar langit 17 tingkat yang mengandongi 42,000 rumah pangsa mulai awal tahun hadapan. ... Projek tersebut yang dibahagikan kepada 11 kawasan berasingan akan meliputi seluroh kawasan ladang itu sa-luas 828 ekar termasuk sa-bahagian kechil dari kawasan Ladang Hawthornden."// (Berita Harian, 4 September 1965, Page 5: {{ :akhbar:beritaharian19650904-1-2-57.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/beritaharian19650904-1.2.57|"Bandar baru penchakar langit di-Ulu Klang"]]). |
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{{:peta:peta-bukit-dinding-1967-sekitar.png?500|Peta Sekitar Bukit Dinding, 1967}}{{:peta:peta-bukit-dinding-1967-closeup.png?400|Peta Bukit Dinding, 1967}} \\ | {{:peta:peta-bukit-dinding-1967-sekitar.png?500|Peta Sekitar Bukit Dinding, 1967}}{{:peta:peta-bukit-dinding-1967-closeup.png?400|Peta Bukit Dinding, 1967}} \\ |
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{{:peta:peta-bukit-dinding-1982-sekitar-4000px.png?500|Peta sekitar Bukit Dinding, 1982}}{{:peta:peta-bukit-dinding-1982-closeup.png?400|Peta Bukit Dinding, 1982}} \\ | {{:peta:peta-bukit-dinding-1982-sekitar-4000px.png?500|Peta sekitar Bukit Dinding, 1982}}{{:peta:peta-bukit-dinding-1982-closeup.png?400|Peta Bukit Dinding, 1982}} \\ |
Peta Bukit Dinding (kanan) dan kawasan sekitarnya (kiri), berdasarkan peta Malaysia, Jabatanarah Pemetaan Negara @ American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, 1982: {{ :laman:kuala_lumpur_diterbitkan_oleh_pengarah_pemetaan_negara_-_american_geographical_society_library_digital_map_collection_-_uwm_libraries_digital_collections.pdf ||}}[[https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/2693/|"Kuala Lumpur / diterbitkan oleh Pengarah Pemetaan Negara"]]. Ketika ini belum ada sebarang pembangunan di Bukit Dinding dan sebahagian besar Ladang Hawthornden di sebelah baratnya. | Peta Bukit Dinding (kanan) dan kawasan sekitarnya (kiri), berdasarkan peta Malaysia, Jabatanarah Pemetaan Negara @ American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, 1982: {{ :laman:kuala_lumpur_diterbitkan_oleh_pengarah_pemetaan_negara_-_american_geographical_society_library_digital_map_collection_-_uwm_libraries_digital_collections.pdf ||}}[[https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/2693/|"Kuala Lumpur / diterbitkan oleh Pengarah Pemetaan Negara"]]. Ketika ini belum ada sebarang pembangunan di Bukit Dinding dan sebahagian besar [[https://kl.pulasan.my/hawthornden_estate|Ladang Hawthornden]] di sebelah baratnya. |
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Pada 9 Disember 1983, Pelan Induk bagi kawasan ini, dikenali sebagai Projek Pusat Pertumbuhan Bandar Baru Ladang Hawthornden, telah diluluskan. Sejak itu, kawasan Wangsa Maju dibangunkan, seksyen demi seksyen, iaitu Seksyen 1 (apartmen kos rendah), Seksyen 2 hingga 4 (apartmen kos sederhana), dan Seksyen 5 (rumah teres, apartmen dan kondominium). Di dalam pelan tersebut, sebahagian daripada Bukit Dinding (ditandakan sebagai "R-12") telah pun diwartakan sebagai "Tapak Kediaman", namun tidak dibangunkan, dan masih kekal sebagai kawasan hutan sehingga kini: //"Sebelum tahun 1980, keseluruhan kawasan Wangsa Maju merupakan ladang getah yang dikenali sebagai Ladang Hawthornden. Pada tahun 1983, Pelan Induk untuk kawasan ini, dikenali sebagai Projek Pusat Pertumbuhan Bandar Baru Ladang Hawthornden, telah diluluskan, dan ditunjukkan di rajah Figure 3. Tapak Projek ini terletak dalam sector R-12. Gunatanah yang dicadangkan untuk sector R-12 adalah Apartmen Kos Tinggi. Sejak itu, dalam masa 30 tahun sebelum ini, kawasan Wangsa Maju kian dibangunkan, seksyen demi seksyen. Seksyen 1 (apartmen kos rendah), Seksyen 2 hingga 4 (apartmen kos sederhana), dan Seksyen 5 (rumah teres, apartmen dan kondominium) semua telah siap dibangunkan."// (ERINCO Sdn Bhd @ Enviro Knowledge Management Center (EKMC), Jabatan Alam Sekitar, Julai 2017: {{ :lampiran:re-wangsa-maju-_31jul17.pdf ||}}[[https://enviro2.doe.gov.my/ekmc/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/RE-Wangsa-Maju-_31JUL17.pdf|"EIA for the Proposed Residential and Commercial Development On Lot 26413 Mukim Setapak and Lot 3538 Mukim Ulu Kelang, Kuala Lumpur For Nova Pesona Sdn Bhd"]], m.s. 6). | Pada 9 Disember 1983, Pelan Induk bagi kawasan ini, dikenali sebagai Projek Pusat Pertumbuhan Bandar Baru Ladang Hawthornden, telah diluluskan. Sejak itu, kawasan Wangsa Maju dibangunkan, seksyen demi seksyen, iaitu Seksyen 1 (apartmen kos rendah), Seksyen 2 hingga 4 (apartmen kos sederhana), dan Seksyen 5 (rumah teres, apartmen dan kondominium). Di dalam pelan tersebut, sebahagian daripada Bukit Dinding (ditandakan sebagai "R-12") telah pun diwartakan sebagai "Tapak Kediaman", namun tidak dibangunkan, dan masih kekal sebagai kawasan hutan sehingga kini: //"Sebelum tahun 1980, keseluruhan kawasan Wangsa Maju merupakan ladang getah yang dikenali sebagai Ladang Hawthornden. Pada tahun 1983, Pelan Induk untuk kawasan ini, dikenali sebagai Projek Pusat Pertumbuhan Bandar Baru Ladang Hawthornden, telah diluluskan, dan ditunjukkan di rajah Figure 3. Tapak Projek ini terletak dalam sector R-12. Gunatanah yang dicadangkan untuk sector R-12 adalah Apartmen Kos Tinggi. Sejak itu, dalam masa 30 tahun sebelum ini, kawasan Wangsa Maju kian dibangunkan, seksyen demi seksyen. Seksyen 1 (apartmen kos rendah), Seksyen 2 hingga 4 (apartmen kos sederhana), dan Seksyen 5 (rumah teres, apartmen dan kondominium) semua telah siap dibangunkan."// (ERINCO Sdn Bhd @ Enviro Knowledge Management Center (EKMC), Jabatan Alam Sekitar, Julai 2017: {{ :lampiran:re-wangsa-maju-_31jul17.pdf ||}}[[https://enviro2.doe.gov.my/ekmc/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/RE-Wangsa-Maju-_31JUL17.pdf|"EIA for the Proposed Residential and Commercial Development On Lot 26413 Mukim Setapak and Lot 3538 Mukim Ulu Kelang, Kuala Lumpur For Nova Pesona Sdn Bhd"]], m.s. 6). |
Sepanjang tahun 1983-1995, Ladang Gonggang Estate, termasuk kawasan kaki dan lereng sebelah barat daya Bukit Dinding, mula dibangunkan oleh syarikat Island & Peninsular (I&P) Group Sdn Bhd, kemudiannya dikenali sebagai "Taman Setiawangsa". Peringkat terakhir pembangunan ini ialah Puncak Setiawangsa, dan disiapkan pada tahun 1995:- | Sepanjang tahun 1983-1995, Ladang Gonggang Estate, termasuk kawasan kaki dan lereng sebelah barat daya Bukit Dinding, mula dibangunkan oleh syarikat Island & Peninsular (I&P) Group Sdn Bhd, kemudiannya dikenali sebagai "Taman Setiawangsa". Peringkat terakhir pembangunan ini ialah Puncak Setiawangsa, dan disiapkan pada tahun 1995:- |
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//"Nama Gonggang kali terakhir digunakan pada tahun 1980an apabila pihak kerajaan melalui syarikat pemaju I&P mula untuk memajukan kawasan yang dikenali sebagai Gonggang Estate atau Ladang Gonggang. Ladang Getah yang dimiliki oleh Loke Yew ini telah mendapat kebenaran daripada kerajaan dan pemilik syarikat perladangan tersebut untuk ditebus dan dibangunkan sebagai kawasan komersial dan perumahan sebagai langkah untuk memajukan Kuala Lumpur. Kampung-kampung kecil yang berada di Ladang Gonggang ini dipindahkah ke Perumahan Kos Rendah yang terletak di Keramat dan nama Gonggang Estate telah ditukar kepada Setiawangsa selepas ia dibangunkan. Sejak daripada itu, nama Gonggang ini akhirnya hilang di dalam lipatan sejarah buat selama-lamanya. Nama Kg Gonggang juga kini telah hilang dan diganti dengan Kg Datok Keramat dan tiada lagi nama Gonggang disebut kecuali di dalam Sejarah Kuala Lumpur. Adalah dipercayai nama Jalan Enggang yang terletak di persimpangan Jelatek / Keramat adalah berasal daripada nama Gonggang dan ditukar oleh pemaju atas sebab yang tidak diketahui. Walaupun nama Gonggang ini telah berkubur, namun begitu sejarah nama Gonggang masih terpahat di dalam dokumen lama Kuala Lumpur dan menjadi sebahagian daripada sejarah Wangsa Maju yang menjadi salah satu daripada daerah yang termaju di Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur ini."// (Budak Wangsa Maju, 23 September 2018: {{ :laman:budak_wangsa_maju_gonggang_nama_yang_hilang_di_setiawangsa.pdf ||}}[[http://wangsamajuboyz.blogspot.com/2018/09/gonggang-nama-yang-hilang-di-setiawangsa.html|"Gonggang: Nama yang hilang di Setiawangsa"]]). | //"Nama Gonggang kali terakhir digunakan pada tahun 1980an apabila pihak kerajaan melalui syarikat pemaju I&P mula untuk memajukan kawasan yang dikenali sebagai Gonggang Estate atau Ladang Gonggang. ... Kampung-kampung kecil yang berada di Ladang Gonggang ini dipindahkah ke Perumahan Kos Rendah yang terletak di Keramat dan nama Gonggang Estate telah ditukar kepada Setiawangsa selepas ia dibangunkan. Sejak daripada itu, nama Gonggang ini akhirnya hilang di dalam lipatan sejarah buat selama-lamanya. Nama Kg Gonggang juga kini telah hilang dan diganti dengan Kg Datok Keramat dan tiada lagi nama Gonggang disebut kecuali di dalam Sejarah Kuala Lumpur. Adalah dipercayai nama Jalan Enggang yang terletak di persimpangan Jelatek / Keramat adalah berasal daripada nama Gonggang dan ditukar oleh pemaju atas sebab yang tidak diketahui. Walaupun nama Gonggang ini telah berkubur, namun begitu sejarah nama Gonggang masih terpahat di dalam dokumen lama Kuala Lumpur dan menjadi sebahagian daripada sejarah Wangsa Maju yang menjadi salah satu daripada daerah yang termaju di Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur ini."// (Budak Wangsa Maju, 23 September 2018: {{ :laman:budak_wangsa_maju_gonggang_nama_yang_hilang_di_setiawangsa.pdf ||}}[[http://wangsamajuboyz.blogspot.com/2018/09/gonggang-nama-yang-hilang-di-setiawangsa.html|"Gonggang: Nama yang hilang di Setiawangsa"]]). |
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//""Setiawangsa caters mainly for the upper-middle to upper class. The terraced houses there, especially in Puncak Setiawangsa, are priced from RM700,000 to RM1.5 million while the semidees and bungalows cost RM1.5 million to RM2 million and RM3 million to RM7 million respectively," says LaurelCap Sdn Bhd executive director Stanley Toh. "Thus, only a certain income group can afford the properties there." The non-landed residential properties in the area fetch about RM400 psf. According to Toh, Taman Setiawangsa was developed by Island & Peninsular (I&P) Group Sdn Bhd. "Taman Setiawangsa was developed by I&P Group. The foothill and mid-hill areas were developed in stages in the 1980s before work started on Puncak Setiawangsa, which was completed in 1995," he says. The 100ha suburb comprises about 3,092 residential units, a large portion of which are freehold, he adds. According to Metro REC Sdn Bhd managing director Ng Weng Yew, Setiawangsa is also the operational base for multinational corporations such as Texas Instruments Inc and pharmaceutical company Fidin Universal Sdn Bhd. "Setiawangsa is also well known for Bukit Dinding, a hill that houses a 200-acre forest," says Ng. ... "Setiawangsa comprises foothill and mid-hill areas such as Taman Setiawangsa, Puncak Setiawangsa and Bukit Setiawangsa," says Ainnura Aerina Sabirin, who grew up in the area."// (Hannah Rafee @ The Edge Malaysia, January 31, 2019: {{ :akhbar:cover_story_still_a_popular_address_for_property_buyers_the_edge_markets.pdf ||}}[[https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/cover-story-still-popular-address-property-buyers|"Cover Story: Still a popular address for property buyers"]]). | //""Setiawangsa caters mainly for the upper-middle to upper class. The terraced houses there, especially in Puncak Setiawangsa, are priced from RM700,000 to RM1.5 million while the semidees and bungalows cost RM1.5 million to RM2 million and RM3 million to RM7 million respectively," says LaurelCap Sdn Bhd executive director Stanley Toh. "Thus, only a certain income group can afford the properties there." The non-landed residential properties in the area fetch about RM400 psf. According to Toh, Taman Setiawangsa was developed by Island & Peninsular (I&P) Group Sdn Bhd. "Taman Setiawangsa was developed by I&P Group. The foothill and mid-hill areas were developed in stages in the 1980s before work started on Puncak Setiawangsa, which was completed in 1995," he says. The 100ha suburb comprises about 3,092 residential units, a large portion of which are freehold, he adds. According to Metro REC Sdn Bhd managing director Ng Weng Yew, Setiawangsa is also the operational base for multinational corporations such as Texas Instruments Inc and pharmaceutical company Fidin Universal Sdn Bhd. "Setiawangsa is also well known for Bukit Dinding, a hill that houses a 200-acre forest," says Ng. ... "Setiawangsa comprises foothill and mid-hill areas such as Taman Setiawangsa, Puncak Setiawangsa and Bukit Setiawangsa," says Ainnura Aerina Sabirin, who grew up in the area."// (Hannah Rafee @ The Edge Malaysia, January 31, 2019: {{ :akhbar:cover_story_still_a_popular_address_for_property_buyers_the_edge_markets.pdf ||}}[[https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/cover-story-still-popular-address-property-buyers|"Cover Story: Still a popular address for property buyers"]]). |