2. PERLIS AT GLANCE
• Perlis is located in the north peninsular
Malaysia and bounded:
I.
Thailand in the north; and
II.
Kedah in the south
• Total area is around 795 𝑘𝑚2
• Mainly distributed to 3 parliament,
which is:
I.
Padang Besar
II.
Kangar
III. Arau
5. BIODIVERSITY
•Existing river is not well maintained by
residents
•Most water from drainages will be
discharge into nearby river
•River colour is mostly light brown
•Bushes grown around the river
6. AIR QUALITY
• According to Air Polution Index Management System ( APIMS ), air quality index in
my hometown is averagely 51 for the whole day
• Therefore the condition is moderate
7. WASTE AND RECYCLING
•Most rubbish will be dumped into the
dustbin
•Recycle bin is rarely to be found around
Perlis, if found, its function is already
abused
•Mostly there will be lorries that will
moves around my hometown to buy
recyclable materials like tin, glass, steel
and old papers
•The collected materials will be sent to
the recycle factories
8. ECO FOOTPRINT
• The population is around 240 000 and thus the eco footprint is low
• Less earth resources used by consumer
• Impact on environment occurs only during seasonal planting of paddy and sugarcane
where the air will be polluted
• There are no impact from services, transport, and housing development since the
population is low
9. TRANSPORTATION
•Widely used transportation medium are cars and motorcycles
•Public transport which is widely used is bus, where the bus travel near to passenger’s
home
•Taxi in Perlis doesn’t use the meter system, where only approximates fares is being
charged to the passengers
•Bustop is available every 1.5 km
•Kangar is the main town in Perlis, where all roads will be connected
•Less traffic jam during peak hour because of less population of people
10. EDUCATION
•Education provided from kindergarten
until secondary school
•The schools is strategically located in
each area
•There are daily schools and some hostel
schools like MRSM and SBP
•UNIMAP is scattered over the whole
Perlis
11. HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE
• Instead of government clinec, the are
several private clinic in my area
• Private clinic focused more onto type
treatment such as Dental clinic,
Veterinary clinic
12. GREEN SPACE
• There are large green space in my
hometown
• Less construction project that claims
green space
• Green space is widely used for
agriculture activities like paddy
planting
• Mostly my hometown is green with
paddy field
• The temperature is cool
13. CLIMATE CHANGE
• There are no climate change resulting from urban activities in my area
• Only seasonal climate is available
14. FOOD
•There are multi racial living in Perlis, so
restaurants with Malay, Chinese and
Indian are opened
•There are also fast food restaurants like
KFC, Pizza Hut and Ayamas. There are
no Mc Donald Restaurant because the
company estimate that there will be no
profit with small population
•Most food stall only operates until 12
midnight
15. • Some famous food available in Perlis
such as pulut ayam, koey teow sup
siam, pulut harum manis and laksa
kuala perlis
16. ECONOMIC BASE
•The center of Kangar is well served by various business such as electrical shops,
hardware shops, shoping mall, restaurants, and mechanic shops
•No factories located inside Kangar, mostly are built far from residential and housing
areas
17. EMPLOYMENT
•Less job opportunities in my hometown because Perlis is not an industrial state
•There are shop offices rent for the public
•Many people have their own business
•Less job company for example law firm, construction company, big industry
