Dungun is a coastal district of the Malaysian state of Terengganu. Kuala Dungun is the capital of the district.
Kuala Dungun town used to be an iron mining town in the 1940s. Iron ores were actually mined in a small town inland called Bukit Besi located to the west, while Kuala Dungun served as the port where the ore was transferred onto ships. Kuala Dungun and Bukit Besi were then connected with a railway line that not only served the mining industry but also served as public transportation for inland villagers, the Dungun township and its businesses.
This "golden" era ended in the late 70s and early 80s. When the mines were gradually closed-down, the rail service stopped and the company left the area. Bukit Besi is now a Government-financed plantation estate; the rolling hills and old British architecture are now long gone, replaced by Felda Estate housing and palm oil trees. Kuala Dungun is now just another town on the coast of Terengganu, sorely bereft of cultural activities, with no cinemas and only comes alive every Thursday when the weekly nightmarket opens up for business. It is well-known as the biggest night-market in Terengganu and featured second-hand clothing (imported from Japan and the United States) and also food of all sorts. People from the outskirts would be flowing into town for the cheap goods. The night market is situated right in the middle of town, taking over a portion of the old railway line.
Nowadays, it is not a busy small town anymore. There are still pockets of fishing and farming families and some people involved in small businesses, while a large part of the population are involved with the petroleum industry concentrated in another township in the south, Kerteh.
Tanjung Jara Resort with its beautiful stretch of beaches, situated on the other side of the river mouth is still popular with foreigners and West Coast tourists. For those who look for eco-tourism spot, D'Pengkalan Eco Resort offer 3 natures spot at cool location in Dungun district.
Dungun was the recreational place for British employees of the mining company of the day. It was where they relaxed and pursue extracurricular activities. There were music halls, record stores, cricket fields etc. that made Dungun different from other townships in Terengganu at the time. The locals were somehow influenced by this, especially by the 60s and 70s pop music brought in by the stores to cater for the British. The late 70s were known as the time where there were a lot of local musicians and bands active in the small township. One of the bands was Purple Haze, a psychedelic hard rock band in which Malaysia's well-known music composer Manan Ngah a member. The first Malaysian punk rock scene was started here in 1978/79 by Joe Kidd and his friends.:nuts:
As of 2006, Dungun is experiencing an uplift. To keep money in the district, Dungun has received an influx of funds that has gone to the improvement of roads and establishment of several new shopping areas.
Daerah Dungun mempunyai keluasan seluas 273,503.1 hektar dengan jumlah penduduknya seramai 135,547 orang. Nama Dungun dikatakan berasal dari nama pokok Dungun iaitu sejenis pokok yang banyak tumbuh di kawasan paya air tawar.
Parlimen Dungun (P39) terbahagi kepada 4 dun iaitu dun Bukit Besi (N25),dun Rantau Abang (N26),dun Sura (N27) dan dun Paka (N28).
Bersempadan dengan Daerah Kemaman dan Marang, Daerah Dungun terbahagi kepada sebelas buah mukim iaitu Mukim Abang (3,315.2 hektar), Mukim Besol (14,252.2 hektar), Mukim Jengai (78,311.6 hektar), Mukim Jerangau (41,632.5 hektar), Mukim Kuala Dungun (6,345.5 hektar), Mukim Kuala Paka (14,385.7 hektar), Mukim Kumpal (10,764.6 hektar), Mukim Pasir Raja (49,164.3 hektar), Mukim Rasau (19,568.2 hektar), Mukim Sura (2,897.5 hektar) dan Mukim Hulu Paka (32,817.9 hektar).
12 Hotel Malaysia Diiktiraf Dalam Anugerah Hotelclub 2010
KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Sept (Bernama) -- HotelClub (www.hotelclub.com), sebuah laman web yang menawarkan kemudahan tempahan penginapan dan hotel secara global, Isnin mengumumkan 12 pemenang dari Malaysia dalam HotelClub Award 2010.
Dalam satu kenyataan hari ini, HotelClub berkata tiga hotel Malaysia yang diiktiraf menerusi Anugerah Destinasi Popular ialah Hotel Sheraton Imperial, Hotel Grand Millenium dan Hotel Hilton, kesemuanya terletak di Kuala Lumpur.
Pemenang anugerah lain ialah Resort Pangkor Laut di Perak; Resort Avilion dan The Legend Water Chalet di Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan; Resort Bon Ton di Langkawi; The Lakehouse di Cameron Highlands; Resort Tanjong Jara di Dungun, Terengganu; My Hotel@Sentral Kuala Lumpur; Hotel Baba House, Melaka dan Swiss Inn Kuala Lumpur.
Pemenang dipilih melalui penilaian objektif oleh sekumpulan pakar HotelClub manakala bagi Anugerah Destinasi Popular, mereka dipilih berdasarkan ulasan pelanggan yang dihantar ke laman web berkenaan.
Kesemua pemenang bakal menerima sijil yang direka khas untuk lobi dan kawasan resepsi.
Menurut kenyataan itu, kesemua pemenang juga akan menikmati promosi besar-besaran HotelClub bagi tempoh 12 bulan akan datang.
HotelClub yang ditubuhkan pada 1996, adalah sebuah laman web global yang menawarkan kemudahan tempahan penginapan dan hotel sehingga tempoh 12 bulan lebih awal.
Kemudahan ATM & Mesin Deposit Maybank di Caltex dpn Hospital Dungun..........kat bandar Dungun xde cwgan Maybank...........kat Paka baru ada cwgn Maybank...............huhu....
satu lg ATM Maybak di bandar Dungun ni kat Petronas Simpang Gong Pasir........
tuan wu,.ko pegi la kat mpd pastu snap gambar projek bangunan baru mpd kat dinding..memang cantik dan moden design,.kalau free tlg post gambar pejabat jkr dungun kat cni..
too much thread only relevant if the cities have skyscrapers, as the name of this forum suggest. congestion of threads about other district just to show the district development is not enough i think
mcm berlagak bagus je ko kan?
dgn ckp iinggeris nye...
pastu nak kritik orang sana sini...
forum ni bapak ko punyer ke ..kalau tak suka thread ni, jgn menyemakkan diri ok....
tolong la jgn sempitkan minda ko... :bash:dlm skycrapper city tak semestinya bercakap pasal bangunan..tp mcm mcm lagi, incluing infrastructure/transportation....
bg aqu dungun lebih berpotensi dr kemaman utk maju,.tgk die punye kedudukan bandar lebih strategik n faktor muka bumi bandar dungun lebih cantik dr kemaman..kalau bandar dungun bercantum dgn pekan paka,pergh dashyat..plak tu bndr dungun dgn paka tak la jauh sgt cume di halang bukit bauk..tak cam kemaman.jarak bandar kemaman ke kerteh jauh,bandar kemaman cume bley berkembang sampai ke binjai di sebelah barat,kuala kemaman sebelah selatan dan bukit kuang\t.kalong(kawasan industri) sebelah utara.,
hello....kemaman merupakan bandar sejajar laa....n berpusat...dungun mampu ker?jalan pon x siap2..
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