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Changkat Keruing is a small town in Manjung district, Perak, Malaysia. This small village is located between Ayer Tawar and Pantai Remis which is 20km from Ayer Tawar and 14km from Pantai Remis. Dinding River pass by the village and contributes some beautiful scenery. The majority ethnic group in this village is Chinese (FuZhou). ==Economy== There is a Chinese primary school in the village - SJK Khuen Hean, temple - Guang Fu Gong, Wesley church, mosque, polyclinic, bank (Agro Bank), petrol station, a few sundry shops and restaurants. Most of the residents were rubber tappers before the 1990s. In the recent years, Oil palm plantations are more prevalent due to the lucrativeness of this line of business. The locals hire foreign workers to harvest the crops instead of doing it themselves as they used to decades ago. Many locals accumulated great wealth from harvesting and selling palm oil. The price of land around Changkat Keruing have increased more than ten-fold since 2000. In addition to other traditional agricultural plantations like mangoes, papayas and coconuts, locals are beginning to look towards fish and prawn farming as another source of income. However, there are several environmental concerns that flow from this practices. Also, the locals are beginning to invest into the bird's nest market. They do so by constructing 3 to 4 storey high buildings that resembles caves, home of the edible-nest swiftlet. These swiftlets nest in the buildings and their nests are then harvested for sale. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Changkat Keruing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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