Puchong

Puchong is a main town in Petaling district, Selangor in Malaysia. Puchong used to be a rubber estate and tin-mining town about 40 years ago. Up until about 20 years ago, Puchong consists of only one two-lane road running through estates and villages. Since then, urbanization has occurred rapidly in recent years with many industrial parks, commercial centres and residential areas mushrooming along Jalan Puchong, the main road.

Puchong is situated midway between the Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's commercial capital, and Putrajaya, the administrative capital. Due to its location, Puchong is expected to witness further developments in the near future. Puchong already serves as a residential suburb for two cities, Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya. New townships, such as Bandar Puchong Jaya, Pusat Bandar Puchong and Bandar Puteri Puchong, are sprouting from once-abandoned lands, ex-plantation land and cleared-forest areas, contributing to the population boom witnessed in recent years in Puchong. At an estimate, Puchong boasts a population of about 400,000 (the largest township is Puchong Jaya with a population of about 50,000).

The local government of Puchong is Subang Jaya Municipal Council and Sepang Municipal Council.

Transport

Puchong is well-linked to other parts of Klang Valley via the Damansara-Puchong Expressway(LDP) and Puchong-Sungai Besi Highway. Puchong is also accessible via Federal Highway (exit at Motorola); Shah Alam Expressway and New Pantai Expressway (NPE). There are also bus services connecting Puchong to Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya, Putrajaya and Cyberjaya.

Bus services are provided by RapidKL, KotaRaya, Metrobus, Sri Kota and SJ bus which have routes along Jalan Puchong to various destinations around Klang Valley. Puchong has a near route to the federal territory of Kuala lumpur. One of the nearest housing estate to the city, Taman Kinrara is just about 30 metres to the border between Selangor and Kuala Lumpur.

=Puchong townships under Subang Jaya Municipal Council=

*Puchong Batu 14
*Puchong Hartamas
*Puchong Jaya
*Puchong Perdana
*Puchong Utama
*Puchong Prima
*Puchong Permai
*Taman Tasik Prima
*Taman Puchong Prima
*Taman Tenaga
*Taman Dato' Tan Yew Lai
*Taman Kinrara
*Bandar Kinrara
*Puchong Indah
*Puchong Intan
*Pusat Bandar Puchong
*Bandar Bukit Puchong 1
*Bandar Puteri Puchong
*Taman Bukit Kuchai Phase 1 & 2
*Puchong Tekali
*Saujana Puchong
*Vista Prima
*Lestari Puchong
*KOI Tropika
*Lake Edge
*Taman Mutiara Puchong
*Taman Mutiara Indah
*Taman Sri Puchong
*Taman Puchong Permata
*The Lake Residency

Puchong townships under Sepang Municipal Council

*Bandar NusaPutra
*Taman Putra Perdana
*Taman Danau Putra
*Taman Amanputra
*Desa Ayer Hitam
*Taman Tasik Puchong
*Taman Putra Prima
*Taman Putra Impiana
*Taman Mas Puchong
*Taman Meranti Jaya
*Taman Meranti Permai
*Taman Meranti Indah
*Taman Prima Tropika
*Bandar Bukit Puchong 2
*KiPark Puchong
*Desaria Villa

Commerce

Puchong boasts of its wide presence of banks; both local and foreign banks. There are numerous bank branches all along Jalan Puchong primarily. The various banks that can be found in Puchong are HSBC, United Overseas Bank, Bumiputra-Commerce Bank, Bank Simpanan Nasional, Maybank, Public Bank, Southern Bank, Affin Bank, EON Bank, AmBank, Al-Rajhi Bank, CitiBank, Standard Chartered Bank, OCBC Bank.

There is a new wet market, Puteri Mart at Bandar Puteri beside the MBA Stadium and the Town Park where residents can shop for their groceries. Residents of Puchong can also do their shopping in Tesco, IOI Mall (which has a multiplex and bowling alley), Giant, Jusco, Puchong Parade and Puchong Plaza shopping malls.

Healthcare

A new private hospital, Columbia Asia Medical Center, is located at Bandar Puteri Puchong. This 78-bed medical center offers acute care multi-disciplinary services to residents of Puchong. There are also clinics of general practitioners and other specialists as well as dentists and eye specialist too.

Education

There are many schools in Puchong. One of the school is SMK Batu Lapan which is located in the vicinity of Bandar Puchong Jaya. Other schools in Puchong are SMK Puchong Perdana, SK Puchong Perdana, SMK Puchong Batu 14, SK(T)Batu 14, SMK Puchong Utama, SK Puchong Utama, SK Bukit Kuchai, SMK Bandar Puchong Jaya (B), SMK Bandar Puchong Jaya (A), SK Puchong Jaya, SMK Seksyen 1, SMK Seksyen 3, SMK Seksyen 4, SMK Seksyen 5, SK Seksyen 1, SK Seksyen 2 and more.

Binary University College is also located in Puchong. They specialize in management and entrepreneurship courses.

Recreation

The MBA Stadium, in Bandar Puteri Puchong, is Malaysia's biggest badminton stadium. A Rakan Muda Sports Complex also serves residents of Puchong. Golden Screen Cinema can be found in IOI Mall.

External links

*dmoz|Regional/Asia/Malaysia/States_and_Federal_Territories/Selangor/Localities/Puchong