Kundang

Farming and related activities constitute the core economic drivers of this pastoral village.

Not a long time ago, the Kundang fruit have been portrayed to be a theme in Malaysia stamps collection.

This discovery attracts many Chinese immigrants to the place and the Kundang settlement was established.

After that, areas around Rawang town like Kundang and Kuang have initially started tin mining activities respectively.

Ka Yin and Kochow Association in Kundang proved that these two clans is the earliest Chinese immigrants settled there.

To boost the industry of tin mining, British colonizers had developed the railway system.

In the year of 1924, Kuala Lumpur Rubber company also started tin mining operations in Kundang.

They had built the Gen Yen school in 1934 to appreciate the contribution of tin mining workers from the Hakka descendants in Kundang.

The village estimated to have 7000 residents before the 1980s, when the decline of tin mining and rubber made Kundang became deserted again.

To find new sources of living, residents had started to plant papaya in land plots, hundreds of acres at the Kundang New Village border.

Kundang Industrial Park, a joint project of IGB and Selangor Economic Development Corporation, launched in 1992.

[1] Palm-Oleo Sdn Bhd opened its manufacturing factory at Kundang Industrial Park in April 1994.

This recreation lake is a haven to anglers especially who hunts for Toman fish (Ophicephalus micropeltes).

The former Kundang Tin mine, encompassing of 80 acres of area is rich with this kind of fish.

Also formed from a reclaimed land from the tin mining activity, this basic 18-hole golf course may give some amateur golfers a new experience.