Pengenalan

Mulai tahun 2009, para pengguna perkhidmatan bas awam Klang akan melalui era baru perkhidmatan bas awam iaitu di Klang Sentral. Stesen bas di Klang Sentral telah dibuka secara rasminya pada 27 Disember 2008.Terminal Bas Klang Sentral di Jalan Meru ini bernilai RM300 juta terletak kira-kira 10 kilometer dari pusat bandar. Langkah pemindahan operasi kedua-dua hentian bas itu merupakan sebahagian daripada usaha MPK untuk menguruskan kesesakan lalu lintas yang semakin teruk di tengah-tengah bandar Klang.

Terminal bas Klang Sentral mempunyai rekabentuk futuristik dan merupakan salah sebuah terminal bas termaju di negara ini.

Pandangan di bahagian dalam ruang menunggu bas di Terminal A Klang Sentral (Foto diambil daripada medan Selera Klang Sentral)

LOKASI TERMINAL BAS KLANG SENTRAL

Terletak di pusat pembangunan baru Klang Sentral yang berhampiran Pekan Meru dan berhadapan dengan pembangunan bandar Setia Alam. Lokasinya adalah 8km dari kedudukan terminal lama iaitu di pusat bandar klang dan boleh dicapai melalui rangkaian jalanraya utama Klang-Meru yang turut dihubungkan dengan Lebuhraya Shapadu. Lebuhraya Persekutuan dan juga Iebuhraya NKVE. Dari utara terutama Kapar atau Kuala Selangor, perjalanan perkhidmatan awam dicapai melalui Jalan Kapar dan Jalan Meru. 

PEMBAHAGIAN TERMINAL BAS KLANG SENTRAL

Terminal bas Klang Sentral dibahagikan kepada dua bahagian. Tidak seperti stesen bas awam Klang Utara yang lama, jarak di antara kedua-dua terminal bas dan stesen ini tidak jauh, iaitu pada jarak berjalan kaki sahaja dan tidak dipisahkan dengan bangunan lain. Fungsi dua terminal tersebut adalah seperti berikut:

TERMINAL A

• Terminal Bas Ekspres
• Bas-bas Tempatan

TERMINAL B

• Terminal Bas Klang - Kuala Lumpur
• Terminal Kereta Sewa

Berikut adalah gambar Terminal A (atas) dan Terminal B (bawah) di Klang Sentral.

Klang Sentral Terminal A - Bas Ekspress & Bas Tempatan. Untuk Pertanyaan sila hubungi 017-6677568.

Klang Sentral Terminal B : Klang - Kuala Lumpur. Untuk Pertanyaan sila hubungi 017-6677568.

KEMUDAHAN DI TERMINAL BAS KLANG SENTRAL

• Kedai-kedai pemiagaan
• Medan selera
• Kaunter-kaunter tiket bas ekpres.
• Eskalator
• Kaunter informasi
• Keselamatan dengan pengawal dan pengunaan CCTV
• Tempat menunggu berhawadingin (bas ekpres sahaja)
• Surau

Kaunter Tiket Bas Ekpres Klang Sentral

PELAN LANTAI TERMINAL BAS KLANG SENTRAL

Berikut adalah gambarajah pelan tingkat bawah Terminal Bas Klang Sentral. Klik untuk download paparan yang lebih besar.

PICK-UP POINT (tempat menunggu dan menurunkan penunggang)

Bagi pengguna di bandar Klang yang ingin ke Kuala Lumpur bolehlah menunggu bas dari Banting atau Pelabuhan Klang yang menuju ke Kuala Lumpur pick up point yang disediakan iaitu:-

• Jalan Pasar (tapak lama hentian Kuala Selangor)
• Jalan Pasar (berdekatan Hotel Goldcourse)
• Lebuh Tapah (dekat Sekolah Pin Hwa)
• Jalan Mantin

Manakala bagi mereka yang ingin ke Klang Selatan Pelabuhan Klang, Banting, Pandamaran, Taman Sentosa, Andalas, Kg. Delek dan sebagainya), bolehlah menunggu bas-bas tempatan dari Klang Sentral di pick up point yang disediakan di Jalan Baharu (tapak lama hentian bas).

PERTANYAAN & JAWAPAN

Mengapakah perpindahan terminal ini periu berlaku? Perpindahan perlu kerana.....

• Penyediaan sebuah pembangunan rangkaian perkhidmatan awam yang lebih tersusun, sistcmatik, moden dan memenuhi keperluan semasa orang awam.

• Meluaskan lagi kawasan pergerakan bas atau perkhidmatan awam dalam bandar Klang supaya mencapai lebih banyak kawasan pemiagaan serta komersial yang baru serta tidak tertumpu di satu hentian sahaja.

• Mengurangkan kesesakan di bandar Klang yang menganggu serta menjejaskan perjalanan trafik terutama di waktu-waktu puncak.

• Memberikan keselesaan kepada perjalanan tErutama pengguna pcrkhidmata awm dan juga orang awam yang ingin mengunjungi bandar Klang ini.

• Penyuraian trafik yang lebih baik bagi mantaat para peniaga di Bandar Klang di mana ramai pengunjung mengelak memasuki pusat bandar.

Mengapa hentian bas dan kereta sewa dipindahkan ke Klang Sentral?

• la bertujuan untuk menyediakan kemudahan dan persekitaran yang lebih selesa disamping mengurangkan kesesakan lalulintas di pusat Bandar Klang. Scmua perkhidmatan bas iaitu henti-henrj, bas ekspress dan juga kereta sewa akan berpindah ke Klang Sentral.   

Di manakah saya hendak menunggu bas di Pusat Bandar jika hentian bas Klang Utara dan bas ekpress sedia ada ditutup?

• Majlis telah menyediakan lima lokasi tempat menunggu (pick-up point) seperti di dalam peta untuk kemudahan pcnumpang yang ingin ke Klang Sentral. Kuala Lumpur dan taman-taman perumahan.

Bagaimana saya hendak ke Pusat Bandar dari Kg. Delek, Taman Seri Andalas atau Taman Sentosa. Adakah saya perlu ke Klang Sentral?

• Tidak perlu ke Klang Sentral. Anda boleh naik has dari tempat anda seperti biasa dan turun kc salah satu 'pick-up point' iaitu Pi, Pj, P4 dan Pj. Sebaliknya anda boleh tunggu di Pi untuk balik ke Kg. Delek, Taman Seri Andalas, Taman Sentosa atau ke taman-taman perumahan yang ada pcrkhidmatan bas.

Bagaimana saya hendak ke Kuala Lumpur dari Pusat Bandar?

• Anda boleh Tunggu di Lokasi Pi, Pi, Pj atau ?4. Anda juga boleh menaiki bas dari hentian bas Mara, hentian bas Perlabuhan Klang atau Klang Sentral.

P1, P2, P3 dan P4 - sila download gambarajah pick-up point.

MEDAN SELERA TERMINAL BAS KLANG SENTRAL

Ramai yang tidak menyedari kewujudan medan selera di Terminal Bas Klang Sentral. Ia berada di tingkat atas, berhampiran escalator (sebelah kiri) dan berdekatan dengan kaunter jualan tiket bas (di sebelah kanan escalator). Sehingga kini, belum ramai peniaga yang membuka gerai makan di medan selera ini. Jika anda baru pertama kali datang ke terminal bas ini, anda seolah-oleh macam tidak percaya, adakah benar tempat ini merupakan medan selera kerana ianya lengang dan hanya dua atau tiga orang sahaja yang makan di situ. Yang lain-lainnya adalah pekerja gerai makan, yang kelihatan resah menunggu pelanggan yang sangat kurang di situ.

Sepinggan Nasi Sehari...

TIDAK CUKUP... Papan tanda Medan Selera Klang Sentral dikatakan terlalu kecil dan di­tempatkan di kawasan tidak strategik menyebabkan pengunjung tidak sedar kewujudannya.

Oleh SITI AIRUNNISA ALAUI - kota@utusan.com.my

KLANG 29 Jan. - "Kalau sehari hanya sepinggan nasi ayam dan dua mangkuk laksa sahaja dapat dijual, macam mana nak bayar sewa RM2,100 sebulan." Itulah antara luahan penia­ga di Medan Selera Terminal A Klang Sentral berikutan sam­butan dingin orang ramai terhadap medan selera itu. Walaupun Terminal Bas Klang Sentral telah sebulan beroperasi, masalah kekurangan pelanggan masih menjadi an­tara isu utama di situ dan peniaga kini semakin bimbang tentang nasib mereka. Masalah itu semakin meruncing apabila pihak pengurusan terminal Klang Sentral itu tidak me­ngambil kira masalah tersebut, sebaliknya mewajibkan peniaga membayar sewa sebanyak RM70 sehari baru-baru Ini.

Sebelum ini, Utusan Malaysia pernah melaporkan keluhan peniaga di Terminal B , Klang Sentral yang turut menghadapi ma­salah yang sama apabila tiada pelanggan yang mengunjungi gerai mereka akibat kekurangan penumpang yang menaiki bas di perhentian bas itu. Selain itu, peniaga terbabit turut men­dakwa hanya Terminal A sahaja menjadi tumpuan penumpang memandangkan ter­minal tersebut menempatkan perkhidmatan bas ekspres selain bas berhenti-henti turut mengambil penumpang di terminal berkenaan. Bagaimanapun, sangkaan peniaga di Ter­minal B ternyata meleset apabila peniaga di Terminal A turut mengalami masalah yang sama apabila perniagaan mereka juga umpama hidup segan mati tak mahu. Tinjauan Utusan Malaysia ke lokasi ter­babit mendapati medan selera berkenaan memang tidak mendapat sambutan daripada pengunjung.

Papan tanda sedia ada nampaknya gagal menarik perhatian umum mengenai kewujudan Medan Selera Klang Sentral

Walaupun medan selera Klang Sentral disediakan dengan kerusi dan meja yang selesa serta menyajikan pelbagal pilihan menu makanan, namun ia sepi dan sunyi daripada kunjungan pelanggan. Terdapat 13 buah gerai yang disewakan kepada peniaga namun hanya enam buah gerai sahaja yang beroperasi manakala selebihnya tidak be­roperasi kerana penyewanya tidak mahu menanggung kerugian besar.

Keadaan tersebut menambahkan lagi kesukaran peniaga yang beroperasi untuk me-narik lebih ramai pengun­jung ke medan selera Klang Sentral ini. Ini adalah kerana pengunjung mendakwa tidak banyak pi­lihan makanan di medan se­lera tersebut. Tidak cukup itu sahaja, lo­kasi medan selera Klang Sentral yang berada di tingkat satu bangunan terminal itu menyebabkan banyak penumpang tidak mengetahui kewujudannya. Lebih memburukkan keadaan terdapat beberapa gerai makan yang turut ditempatkan di tingkat bawah dan berdekatan dengan pintu masuk menyebabkan penumpang lebih tertumpu di gerai-gerai berkenaan.

Selain itu, kebanyakan kemudahan awam seperti tandas, kios dan surau juga terletak di tingkat bawah menyebabkan pengunjung lebih tertumpu di tingkat ba­wah sahaja. Peniaga mendakwa, pihak pengurusan perlu prihatin terhadap masalah peniaga berkenaan memandangkan mereka sering menanggung kerugian sejak gerai mereka beroperasi sebulan lalu. Dakwa mereka lagi, sejak menjalankan perniagaan di medan selera Klang Sentral ini, pendapatan mereka hanya antara RM30 hingga RM50 sahaja sehari berbanding dengan peniaga-peniaga di tingkat bawah yang mencecah RM300 sehari.

Seorang peniaga, Fatimah Saleh, 40, memberitahu, sekiranya keadaan berke­naan berlarutan, pastinya peniaga di situ akan rnengalami kerugian lebih besar. Katanya, sebahagian peniaga pula memilih untuk tidak beroperasi sehingga semua perkhidmatan bas berpindah ke per­hentian bas berkenaan. Jelasnya, pihak pengurusan medan selera Klang Sentral perlu mencari alternatif agar medan selera tersebut mendapat sambutan orang ramai. "Mengikut perjanjian, peniaga perlu mem­bayar sewa bermula 27 Januari lalu sebanyak RM2,100 sebulan, namun, kesemua peniaga tidak dapat menjelaskan sewa berkenaan memandangkan mereka hanya memperoleh tidak sampai RM50 sehari.

"Kami bukan ingin menuding jari ke­pada pihak pengurusan, cuma kami berharap pihak pengurusan dapat mencari alternatif untuk memajukan medan selera Klang Sentral ini sebelum peniaga-peniaga mengalami kerugian dan mengambil keputusan untuk menutup gerai mereka," jelasnya. Fatimah menambah, kebanyakan penia­ga be rasa tertekan apabila perniagaan me­reka tidak mendapat sambutan kerana me­reka telah menghabiskan banyak modal untuk mengubah suai gerai dan bahan jualan harian. Jelasnya, sebelum ini, pihak pengurusan mendakwa hanya medan selera sahaja yang akan dibenarkan menjual makanan namun setelah hampir sebulan stesen bas berkenaan beroperasi, terdapat beberapa buah gerai makan yang dibuka di tingkat bawah terminal bas ini.

Ujarnya, keadaan tersebut menyebabkan peniaga berasa tertipu dan berharap pihak pengurusan dapat bertanggungjawab ke atas perkara berkenaan "Kami tidak dimaklumkan tentang kewujudan gerai makan di tingkat bawah namun setelah gerai kami beroperasi, barulah kami menyedari kewujudan gerai tersebut yang turut menjadi punca mengapa perniagaan kami kurang mendapat sambutan. "Seharusnya pihak pengurusan mengadakan perbincangan dengan semua peniaga di terminal bas klang sentral bagi menyelesaikan masalah tersebut dan bukannya hanya menyelesaikannya secara perseorangan.

"Pihak pengurusan juga perlu turun padang agar mereka dapat meninjau keadaan pemiagaan kami sebelum mengarahkan kami membayar sewa gerai tersebut," jelasnya,

Seorang lagi peniaga yang ditemui, Mohammad Fahrozi Alias, 51, mengakui bahawa dia hampir putus asa untuk meneruskan perniagaan di terminal bas Klang Sentral kerana terpaksa menanggung kerugian setiap hari. Jelasnya, sekiranya pihak pengurusan ti­dak dapat membantu peniaga, tidak mustahil peniaga akan kerugian dan tidak mampu untuk menjelaskan sewa gerai.

TERMINAL BAS KLANG SENTRAL TETAP BEROPERASI

Operasi terminal bas Klang Sentral akan diteruskan hasil persetujuan bersama semua pihak yang terbabit seperti yang diputuskan dalam satu pertemuan hari ini. Dato Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim berkata operasi itu termasuklah yang melibatkan perkhidmatan bas ekspres dan henti-henti dari bandar ke bandar. Tetapi isu yang terpenting yang kita kenalpasti ialah isu bas tempatan di mana terdapat lima operator bas. Mereka bersetuju untuk duduk (berbincang) bersama-sama Majlis Perbandaran Klang (MPK) bagi mencari jalan bagaimana operasi perjalanan bas domestik yang terbaik dapat dijalankan termasuk operasi di stesen bas lama” katanya dalam sidang media tengah hari ini selepas mengadakan pertemuan dengan wakil operator teksi, bas serta kumpulan peniaga kecil yang sebelum ini menjalankan operasi di stesen bas lama di bandar Klang. Abdul Khalid berkata stesen bas sebelum ini tetap beroperasi sebagai tempat mengambil dan menurunkan penumpang di kawasan bandar itu. Perjumpaan yang berlangsung pagi tadi itu turut dihadiri Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Sungai Pinang, Teng

Chang Khim dan Ahli Parlimen Klang, Charles Santiago. Ahli Parlimen Kapar, S.Manikavasagam yang sebelum ini menyuarakan bantahan pemindahan stesen bas lama ke terminal baru itu tidak dapat hadir kerana berada di luar negara. Abdul Khalid berkata mesyuarat itu turut mendengar rintihan daripada peniaga yang sebelum ini beroperasi di stesen bas lama berkenaan. MPK bersetuju untuk berjumpa dengan mereka bagi mencari jalan bagaimana memperbaiki lagi hasil

pendapatan mereka yang kekurangan pelanggan. Kita cadangkan supaya MPK mengurangkan sewa premis mereka kepada peniaga ini sehingga operasi mereka bertambah baik,katanya memberitahu isu-isu yang dibangkitkan semua pihak sebelum ini sudah dibincangkan secara terbuka dalam mesyuarat itu. Dalam pada itu, Abdul Khalid berkata butiran perjanjian konsesi pembinaan terminal yang dimeterai pada 2006 itu akan dipamerkan di MPK kepada orang ramai. Kita juga membenarkan Ahli Parlimen dan Adun untuk mendapatkan salinan (perjanjian) tersebut, ujarnya. Tambahnya, beliau, ahli-ahli majlis mesyuarat kerajaan negeri dan ahli-ahli majlis MPK akan memantau isu berkenaan. Beliau berharap isu-isu mengenai perjalanan operasi bas domestik itu dapat diselesaikan sebelum akhir Februari depan. Katanya, ini kerana operasi di terminal yang dibuka pada 27 Disember lalu itu seharusnya dapat memberi manfaat dan keselesaan kepada orang ramai yang menggunakan pengangkutan awam. Kita turut diberi jaminan oleh operator teksi, bas dan peniaga yang mereka akan bekerjasama dalam memastikan semuanya memperoleh manfaat (hasil daripada pemindahan ini), katanya. NOOR ALLIA KASSIM.

Concession Agreement for Klang Sentral Bus Terminal

Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim said this was decided during the open discussion with stakeholders of the terminal yesterday.He said it was also decided that the terminal would continue to operate while the previous one located 6km away would be turned into a passenger pick-up point.

He said a public hearing would be held to discuss the terminal’s operational issues and to update the people.The relocation of the terminal on Dec 27, as part of efforts to ease congestion in Klang town, had been criticised by traders and transport operators.

It also resulted in Klang MP Charles Santiago and Kapar MP S. Manikavasagam having a war of words with State Assembly Speaker Teng Chang Khim, who is also Sungai Pinang state assemblyman.

Khalid said the council would help affected trader by reducing stall rentals at the old terminal.He said executive councillors would monitor the operations at the new and old terminals. The council has been given until February to resolve outstanding issues.

On the allegation by Manikavasagam, who is in India now, that the discussion was held without his presence, Khalid said: “We have everybody else here. He is only a part of it.” he said.

Teng said he was satisfied with the open discussion while Santiago said making the concession agreement public meant that accountability and transparency were ensured and the right to information upheld.

Asked if the spat between him and Teng was over, he said the issue had turned personal and he would lodge a complaint against Teng at the DAP disciplinary committee soon.

Shift to New Klang Terminal to Go Ahead

Why not free shuttle service for Klang Sentral?

As an advocate for mass-transit, I have been very disappointed by the latest issue in public transport, namely the closure of the urban Klang North Bus, Taxi and Express bus terminal and the relocation of public transport services to the new Klang Sentral terminal on Jalan Meru.

The Klang Municipal Council and the state government seem to have ignored long-standing public comments and complaints related to the new terminal from the awarding of the concession, to the location and design of the terminal to the poor information given to public transport users and operators.

They seem determined to proceed without paying any heed to the concerns of the people. The relocation has now swelled into a giant political issue and politicians and NGOs are taking sides.

Although I have given feedback on the Klang Sentral project, through my work with the group Transit, I do not wish to get involved in political issues.

My only goal is to improve public transport services and for that reason, Transit has developed a comprehensive plan for the Klang area which we are trying to share with the state government and the people.

Unfortunately, it is hard to separate politics from public transport. It seems it is even harder to get the government to, at least, pay heed to the concerns of the people and make an effort to resolve these concerns.

I myself was surprised to be told by one wakil rakyat (who is at the centre of this controversy) that public consultation and feedback were not necessary for this public transport project.

That this kind of attitude should prevail is a great disappointment and it shows how much more needs to be accomplished in our society.

There can be solutions if everyone would take the time to work together and consider the views of all stakeholders. For example, the Klang Sentral concessionaire could have thoughtfully introduced a free shuttle bus service to help passengers who now have to go to the new terminal.

This would supplement the local RapidKL bus service and help the bus operators and the commuters as well.

But ad hoc solutions are not an excuse for poor planning. Ultimately we must accept that public transport services should not be relocated from urban areas.

Instead, we should be making more effort to make urban public transport more convenient, friendly, and reliable. The only solution to traffic congestion in Klang will be a public transport solution.

The Klang Sentral Terminal Issue: It is either Wrong or Not Right

What is the difference anyway?

Kapar Member of Parliament (MP), S. Manikavasagam, created a lot of headlines in the newspaper for the last few days of 2008. Among the issues he claimed to be fighting for and threatened to quit Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) over them, ranges from the Klang bus station - New Straits Times reported on 29th December 2008 as being the key issue, Indian community being marginalised and the latest, the lack of fund allocation for him as an MP which he told Sunday Star that it is his main problem.

Nevertheless, we shall only talk about the Klang bus station issue here. Others probably at a later time…

Klang Sentral Terminal is the new transport terminal for Klang that houses both the bus and taxi terminals. It began operations on the 27th December 2008 after being postponed twice but this round despite objections and complaints. The project started in January 2007 when the state of Selangor was ruled by the previous government of Barisan Nasional (BN). The Klang Sentral project is actually part of a development project which comprises of housing and shopping projects in Jalan Meru. A quick check in Wikipedia revealed the whole development project shall cost RM300 million while the terminal itself cost RM12 million. The Star reported that the terminal cost RM39 million.

The main objection for the relocation of the bus station to Klang Sentral is basically the location - Jalan Meru, which is 9km away from the old bus station and said to be too far away from the town centre and inconvenient.

The present government of Pakatan Rakyat (PR) is obviously in a dilemma over the shifting issue. It was a problem not created by them but rather inherited from the previous government. However, it will be wrong for them to stay at the old Klang bus terminal and also not right when they shift to the new Klang Sentral Terminal.

If they stay at the old Klang bus terminal:

• Klang Sentral Terminal will join the white elephant list of projects like many other bus terminal in other parts of the country.
• The government of Selangor would have wasted the public fund as Klang Municipal Council (MPK) will need to pay the developer, NPO Development Sdn Bhd, a compensation of RM13 million (source: Wikipedia)
• Congestion in the town centre will continue and complaints about it will definitely continue.
• Other development in Klang Sentral area might not kick off as the crowd is not there.

When they shift to the new Klang Sentral:

• Commuters would incur additional travelling cost and time going to the terminal which is further.
• Additional burden to the already congested Jalan Meru.

However, let us not forget that Klang Sentral is a bigger development than just a transport terminal but also comprises of housing and shopping projects. Having said that, the prospect of improving that area with better road to ease congestions and shorten the travelling time to the town centre is brighter.

Klang folk upset that bus terminal is being relocated after all

THE relocation of the North Klang bus terminal from Jalan Pos Baru to Jalan Meru on Dec 27 last year has resulted in the phasing out of the royal town’s landmark that has been around for almost 40 years.There has been a lot of protest over the relocation to the RM12mil Klang Sentral bus station, which is 9km from the town centre.

Contentious issue: The new Klang Sentral bus terminal at Meru. The main grouse is that commuters have to pay higher fares for the bus and taxi rides.

For example, the fare to Kuala Selangor from the old terminal was RM4 while the fare from Klang Sentral is RM5.30.

Many Klang folk had envisaged that the terminal would have gone in May, 2003, after a fire razed the three-storey complex which also housed the Great Wall shopping centre.The buses used the ground floor while the shopping complex occupied the top two floors of the building located between Jalan Pos Baru and Jalan Batu Tiga Lama.

The fact that the complex was declared unsafe after the incident and the Klang Municipal Council’s subsequent decision to demolish the building gave weight to speculation that the bus terminal would be relocated to the then proposed site of Klang Sentral.The council announced in Dec 2004 that a bus terminal would be built at the proposed Klang Sentral project site in Jalan Meru.

As I was based in The Star’s Klang bureau then, I also experienced the ordeal that thousands of commuters went through with makeshift bus stations in Klang town.I followed developments in regard to the bus terminal very closely and even covered the announcement by then council president Datuk Mohd Sharif Yusof that the move to Klang Sentral would be final.

At that time, there was talk that a new multi-storey shopping complex would be built at the former site.The issue was put to rest when Sharif’s successor Abdul Bakir Zin announced in June 2006 that the bus terminal would remain at the former site.

However, despite announcing that a modern bus complex would be built soon after taking over from Sharif, Abdul Bakir was instrumental in creating a bus terminal with an open concept complete with green landscaping.

The reopening of the RM700,000 bus terminal in Jalan Pos Baru in Sept 2006 gave new hope to the people, especially the thousands of commuters and bus operators, that the terminal would remain at the site.

In restrospect, however, it looked as though the council had decided to relocate the terminal, especially when it scaled down the rebuilding of the terminal from a modern complex to one with just shades.

Perhaps the council wanted to buy time until the Klang Sentral terminal was ready.But surely, Klang folk would have expected the new state government to listen to stakeholders such as commuters, bus operators, non-governmental organisations and elected representatives before proceeding with the relocation.

The million-dollar question that remains in the minds of Klangites is:What will happen to the former site which was the town’s centre? Will it be replaced by a muti-storey shopping complex or is a hotel in the pipeline?

Klang Sentral Development

Introduction
A BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) project that kicked started two (2) years plus ago and situated as one of the new Klang town ship.  Launched as a commercial hub with new bus, express and taxi station of Klang.  It surrounded by Bandar Setio ECO Park Shah Alam, Bandar Setia Alam by SP Setia Group, Aman Perdana by Mah Sing Property Group and land bank areas that own by Sime Group.

Location
This is a new location, just in front of Jalan Meru and a few major express ways that recently developed by property developers and the Klang’s authority.  The concept is to create a new town ship that added to the master development plan of Klang.  As the existing Klang town ship has reached a mature level.

Soaring property prices around KL and PJ areas also create a new segment of potential home buyers in this area.  Neighboring with SP Setia award winning Setia ECO Park project, Aman Perdana project, new Tesco and Giant to be side by side with Klang Sentral Station, this will have a big impact on the commercial value of its shop offices.

It is also surrounded by land bank from Sime group, waiting for their master plan to be kicked off.  Lastly, it is a bus, express and taxi complex of Klang that are not many even in the entire Klang Valley if exclude Puduraya and Sentral KL.  It will create a tremendous flow of population around the area with multiple different income group level.  In term of location, it is like a time bomb just waiting to be exploded.

Developer
Titijaya group is a Klang based property company. In term of its past, recent completed and future projects, we would categorized them as an upcoming major developer and they are able to deliver. They have many listed on-going projects and future projects like Klang Sentral Station, Tiara Square USJ12 Subang, Harbour Point Klang, First Subang, Mutiara Point Klang, Tiaraville Subang, Subang Park Homes, Taman Bukit Cheras and etc. With its record, especially in Klang area, it can be as good as our national top property developers given their strengths and it niche play in Klang.

Special
Again, it is a bus, taxi, express station, it has retail shopping development in its new Sentral Walk project, with a sizable total of shop offices, with Giant retail store to be built within the next 18 months, Macdonald drive through, Petrol stations, opposite less then 5 minutes drive to Tesco building in progress. The specialty of this project is tremendous amount of population flow. That is it!

Against
Well, we try to look into different angles of this project, surrounding areas, infrastructure. We may suggest that the draw back is there are factories near the station. Though may not be a big impact but will have certain amount of tracks crossing the areas with noise and dust pollution.

Conclusion
In summary, Klang Sentral Station is a project that may bring handsome returns in the coming 3 to 5 years. Give a low entry cost of investment and many investors are in a wait and see attitude. This project we expect between 50 - 100% capital growth return and potential of 8-10% rental yield return. It will be a hidden jewel in town and we recommend a buy on this property and hold for at least three (3) years.

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