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LITERATURE REVIEW (MUAR) GROUP MEMBERS: RUQAYYAH BINTI MOHD ZAINI AMIRUL MARWAN BIN ZAFRULLAH MUHAMMAD IZZUDDIN BIN MOHD AZAM

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ABOUT MUAR DISTRICT SITE PROFILE HISTORY Muar is a historical town and the capital of Muar District, Johor, Malaysia. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Malaysia to be visited and explored for its variety of food and historical buildings. The total area of Muar is 1,376 sqkm. Modern Muar town, known as Bandar Maharani, which is the main city centre of Muar District, was founded by Dato’ Bentara Luar, Muhamad Salleh bin Perang in 1885 and was only officially opened by His Majesty Maharaja Abu Bakar 12 August 1887 and conferred the namesake Bandar Maharani meaning the town of Empress, the title of Maharani Fatimah who had accompanied to graced the inauguration ceremony of the new town at Tangga Batu a place around Hentian Maharani bus station now where an auspicious “amulaet” or “azimat” is said to be buried underground there then. The district was formerly divided administratively into Bandar Maharani municipality and Ledang township. Upon upgrade of Tangkak sub-district to full-fledged Ledang District, Bandar Maharani is now administered by Muar Municipal Council (formerly South Muar Town Council, later Muar Town Council) under the Muar District Office, while Tangkak of Ledang is administered by Tangkak Town Council (formerly North Muar Town Council) under the Ledang District Office. Muar District is divided into 12 mukims, which are Ayer Hitam, Bukit Kepong, Jalan Bakri, Jorak, Lenga, Muar Town, Parit Bakar, Parit Jawa, Seri Menanti, Sungai Balang, Sungai Raya, Sungai Terap. It also has nine towns which are Muar, Pagoh, Parit Jawa, Sungai Balang, Bukit Kepong, Bukit Pasir, Panchor, Lenga, Pekan Bakri, Jalan Bakri, Bukit Naning.

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ABOUT MUAR DISTRICT DEMOGRAPHIC The population development of Muar in ten years from 2000-2010 are 247,957. There are varies of type of people to achieve the population such as different gender, age and ethnic group. The variables are shown below.

Age Group

Gender

113971, 48%

19,280, 8% 65,920, 28%

Males

125056, 52%

0-14 years 15-64 years

Females

153,827 , 64%

65+ years

Ethnic Group 5,671, 3% 85,395, 38%

Malay & other indigenous (Bumiputera)

Chinese

133,690, 59%

Indian

SPECIALITY Muar has its historical places such as Balai Polis Bukit Kepong, Kubu Bentayan, Makam Panglima Lidah Hitam, Makam Sultan Alauddin Riwayat Shah 1, Tapak Sejarah Kota Buruk and others. Muar Town also has also win an award for Asean Cleanest Tourist City Standard which can give attraction to tourist to come to Muar. There are certain strategies to achieved the award which are through improving public infrastructure,

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ABOUT MUAR DISTRICT landscape and lighting, increase the number of mural arts design, provide guidelines of clean city, public awareness, effective public cleansing programs and improve authorities and community engagements. There are many ways to achieve those strategies such as highlight Tanjung Emas Square as the Urban Green Lung in Muar Town, invite international artist to draw mural in attractive area, housing area cleaning and many more. These strategies help Muar district to become a clean city as well attract tourist to come to Muar. Moreover, it can achieve the development goals of Muar District. Moreover, Muar District have been ranked Next, Muar District also have future project which involve in improvement of infrastructure. The project is a High Speed Rail which connect Kuala Lumpur and Singapore that include eight stations, one of the station is Muar. It also can improve the economics of Muar District. The map below shows the route involved in HSR project and one of the station is Muar.

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ABOUT MUAR DISTRICT MUAR IN DISTRICT LOCAL PLAN VISION AND OBJECTIVES OF MUAR DISTRICT Development Vision Development vison for Muar And Ledang District Local Plan change study 2002-2015 is: “MUAR SERENITY AND COMPETITIVE” Development Goals Development goals are still maintaining development goals according to the previous DLP. For the Study of Changes in the Local Districts of Muar and Ledang 2002-2015, the goal is: “Making Muar District a major tourist destination (river, mountains and legacy resources), the industrial and agricultural sectors as drive to a more robust economy with planning integrated physically, economically and socially to produce the impact positive to the population and sustainable development of the region ". Development Objectives Among the objectives outlined are: i. Interpreting policies and general recommendations of the Johor State Structure Plan (RSNJ), Muar District Local Plan 2002-2015, MDMU Structure Plan and MDMS to in the physical form by combining social, economic and usage aspects source in detail; ii. Developing appropriate development strategies for Muar District coincides with development vision; iii. Forming a land use development framework for advancement, using land and rebuilding of RTD Muar and Ledang RHS 2002-2015 in line with the vision and development goals. Land use development framework.

DURATION OF MUAR LOCAL PLAN Local Plan planning period is 10-15 years. However, the review may be conducted according to the requirements such as reconstruction with regional development corridors that is Iskandar Malaysia, NCER and ECER, environmental development pressures etc. Local Plan comes into effect after obtaining State Authority approval. *Subsection 15 (1C), Act 172

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ABOUT MUAR DISTRICT SECTORS COVERED IN DLP Proposal plan shows the Land Use Local District Planning Review Plan Muar (including Ledang) 2010, in detail from 2002 until 2015. The proposed development is based on the development objective of Muar District to make Muar and Ledang a resource-based tourism area natural jungle, rivers and mountains as well as furniture and furniture industries organized farming. It is also in line with concepts and strategies framed development. Generally, the main land use backup zone proposed are: i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix. x.

Housing Industry Commerce and Retail Institution and facilities Open spaces and recreation Transportation Infrastructures and utilities Agricultures Environment Landscape

Our group will cover industrial sectors which are the main activities in Muar District. The industrial sector is expected to continue to play an important role in economic growth for Muar and Ledang areas in the future. Industry the thriving major is furniture and wood-based industries, where it is the largest percentage contributor to industrial activity. Proposal area Industrial development in the study area involves an area of 3,909.78 hectares (1.65%) in 2010. Compared to RTD Muar 2002, there are the percentage increase between the two years was 0.9%. This is due to more industrial development proposals for grouping and this will encourage the entry of investors into industrial areas. At In addition, it can also improve the quality of infrastructures and utilities as well as be able to creating a perfect road network.

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ABOUT MUAR DISTRICT LOCAL AUTHORITIES INVOLVED As mentioned above, Muar District involve 2 local authorities which are Muar Municipal Council and Tangkak Town Council. The district was formerly divided administratively into Bandar Maharani municipality and Ledang township. Upon upgrade of Tangkak sub-district to full-fledged Ledang District, Bandar Maharani is now administered by Muar Municipal Council (formerly South Muar Town Council, later Muar Town Council) under the Muar District Office, while Tangkak of Ledang is administered by Tangkak Town Council (formerly North Muar Town Council) under the Ledang District Office. Muar Municipal Council and Tangkak Town Council have their own scope of development within the borders. The total of these two developments involve 20 mukims which shown in the map below.

LEGEND Tangkak Town Council Muar Municipal Council

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ABOUT MUAR DISTRICT REFERENCES

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District Local Plan Muar 2002-2015

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Local Plan Manual, 2009 Edition Study of Changes Muar District Local Plan (including Ledang) 2010 Special Area Plan Muar Town https://www.citypopulation.de/php/malaysia https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Muar_District http://www.myhsr.com.my/kl-sg-hsr