Kelapa Sawit is a small town located along Jalan Kulai-Air Hitam, Malaysian Federal Roads System Route 1 in Kulai District, Johor, Malaysia. Kelapa Sawit means oil palm in Bahasa Malaysia. The town has a mainly Hakka community which was formed back in the 1950s when the British colonial administration moved tens of thousands of ethnic Chi…Kelapa Sawit is a small town located along Jalan Kulai-Air Hitam, Malaysian Federal Roads System Route 1 in Kulai District, Johor, Malaysia. Kelapa Sawit means oil palm in Bahasa Malaysia. The town has a mainly Hakka community which was formed back in the 1950s when the British colonial administration moved tens of thousands of ethnic Chinese people into New Towns like Kelapa Sawit during the Malayan Emergency. Many of the older generations still keep up with tradition and communicate using the Hakka dialect.
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