Kukup

Kukup is a small fishing village located about 40 kilometres southwest of Johor Bahru, in the district of Pontian, Johor, on the Strait of Malacca in Malaysia. It is famous for its open-air seafood restaurants built on stilts over the water. Some of the restaurants are geared for tour groups, and it is particularly popular with tourists from Singapore. Regularly scheduled ferries connect Kukup with Tanjung Balai in Indonesia.

External links

* [http://www.virtualmalaysia.com/Destination/view_print.cfm?id=3EC70E6F-B7A9-4420-828BF99D0FE014AD Fishing Village Kukup]
* [http://www.virtualmalaysia.com/destination/view.cfm?ID=3EC70E6F-B7A9-4420-828BF99D0FE014AD&Type=Animal+Sanctuary Kukup Virtual Malaysia]

Johor,Kukub became more and more prosperous when the famous Singapore Arab by the name Syed Muhammad bin Ahmad Alsagoff (known also as Nong Chik) obtained the approval of the Sultan of Johor to develop the Southwest Coast of Johor, Kukup became more and more prosperous. Many government organisations were set up here, harbour and port were nicely set up. Boats and ships from the North to the South would stop here, loading and unloading cargo, leaving for Singapore or Malacca. Shops were opened and many people came here to settle down. At such time, many people disagreed with the name Kukub for it was not a Malay name, as such, they changed it to Kukup.

DUE to its rapid development, Kukup became one of the big town in Johor. The rapid development was due to the coming of Tuan Syed Muhamad Alsagoff or Nong Chik as he was so called. A Singapore Arab who had seek and obtained apporval from Sultan Abu Bakar Johor to explore and open up agriculture lands in the South West Coast of Johor bordered by Sungai Permas, Sungai Pontian Kechil, Sungai Pontian Besar and Sungai Jeram Batu (Sungai in Malay means river). Kukup was rapidly developed under Constantinople Estate owned by Tuan Syed Muhamad Alsagoff. And because of so, the whole place was named "Kukup District". Kukup District was replaced with "Pontian District" when the main road linking Pontian and Johor Bahru was completed in 1900. At that time all the Government organisations in Kukup were shifted to Pontian. Tuan Syed Muhamad Alsagoff while developing the Kukup area, he even issued his own currency.