RM60m cable car for Bukit Larut planned
By : P. Chandra SagaranIPOH: The state government has approved in principle the construction of a RM60 million cable car system at Bukit Larut in Taiping.
State Education, Local Government, Housing and Public Transport Committee chairman Nga Kor Ming said the project had the support of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Department of Environment.
A visitor will take 11 minutes to reach the 1,250m peak of the resort from the bottom of the mountain, compared with the 30-minute, 13km ride via four-wheel-drive or government Land Rover.
"The cable will stretch up between 5 and 6km and will have 26 cable cars in the first phase and 46 cars which can carry 1,000 visitors."
Pilling works will use the latest technology to ensure the fauna and flora are untouched.
Nga said: "The company, which has a good track record of operating the Langkawi cable car system for the past five years with a 100 per cent safety record, will make a prospective study and will take about a year to complete the project."
The hill is a haven for birds such as the rhinoceros hornbill, large moths and butterflies, beetles, monkeys and Pope's Pit Viper.
Other attractions include a playground, watch tower, suspension bridge, camp site and century-old buildings.
There is also the 90-year-old Sri Kaliamman Temple.
Formerly known as Max-well Hill, Bukit Larut is the oldest hill station in the country dating back to 1884.
On another matter, Nga said the state executive council had approved the conversion of a 5.33ha site for the new Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Poi Lam building in Seri Klebang here to replace the school in Jalan Panglima Bukit Gantang, which had become congested with 4,000 pupils.
The school was built in 1919.
The school would only pay RM1 as quit rent.
Present yesterday was the chairman of board of governors for the school, Datuk Lim Kok Cheong.
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