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Mohd N. N.
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6 Dec 2021
Good to stay for family but swimming pool unable to use.
jean s.
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7 Jul 2023
Hotel is clean and good. But we found out our no TV, after request they only installed the TV to room. Room is big, divide 2 area, TV with sofa and another side is 2 single beds and 1 queen bed. What different from photo given is mo dining table.
Eng W.
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1 Jan 2024
Too bad with this hotel service, I have check in but the housekeeping still access my room without my permission. And that time I was in the toilet too bad, and also they want to save until the reception Aircon also off feel that air recirculating too bad and hot at that area.
Tan C.
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14 May 2018
Have to improve on cashier and customer service.
Chua L. C.
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23 Dec 2023
Clean and up to expectations. Hope that they can accommodate late check out time though. You can park at the nearby supermarket parking bays.
MOHAMAD S. A. B. Y.
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8 Oct 2020
Ok for budget hotels, clean and comfortable.
Syahdeni
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28 Oct 2019
Hotels with low prices, satisfying service quality. The rooms are clean, well-maintained and of a star hotel standard.

About

Sitiawan (alternate spelling: Setiawan; origin: from Malay, a portmanteau of Setia Kawan, meaning "Loyal Friend") is a region in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia. Folklore mentions Sitiawan as Kampung Sungai Gajah Mati. It became a thriving settlement for industrious migrants from Foochow (Chinese: Fuzhou). They were mostly from the district of Kutien in Fuzhou, China. According to legend, Kampung Sungai Gajah Mati (literally: "Dead Elephant River Village") was the place where two large elephants drowned after one of them, overladen with tin ore, got stuck in the mud of the Dinding River at low tide. Efforts to save the elephant were in vain and eventually, everyone gave up and left.


However, the second elephant refused to budge and hung on to its friend, resulting in them drowning together in the rising tide. Thus the setia kawan (loyal friend) name was derived. In the late 19th century, tin, together with rubber sheets, formed the main commodities of commerce. They were often carried by elephants and loaded onto waiting steamships destined for Penang. In the 1870s, when an outbreak of smallpox struck the settlement, and in line with the Chinese belief of naming a place to enhance its feng-shui, the locals chose to name the locality Setia Kawan—the "loyal friend" -- to harmonise with nature and appease the dead elephants. The name eventually became shortened to Sitiawan.


In September 1903, the settlement got a boost with the arrival of more than 360 Christian Foochows desperate to escape the violence against the Qings Dynasty.The Chinese Christians were attacked by the Boxer party also known as Yihetuan the Qing Dynasty government support the cause causing mess in Fujian in 1901 also known as Boxer Rebellion. They were led by two Chinese pastors and settled down in what is today known as Kampung Koh. Most of these immigrants worked in rubber plantations in Sitiawan. The Foochows also built four wells, two in the 1930s and another two in the 1950s. These heritage wells still exist but are no longer used. Chin Peng, who led the Malayan Communist Party for many years, was born in Sitiawan in 1924.


How to Get There

By Plane

If you are traveling by air, nearest airport is the Penang International Airport (IATA: PEN, ICAO: WMKP) is an international airport, which located in Bayan Lepas, Penang. The airport is located about 2 hour and 30 minutes from Sitiawan. Alternatively, Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminal 1 and 2, both located about 3 hours from Sitiawan.


Tourist Attractions

Lumut

Lumut is a coastal town (population 31,880) in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia, situated about 84 km from Ipoh, 12 km from the town of Sitiawan and it is the gateway to Pangkor Island. It is noted for seashell and coral handicrafts. This once little-known fishing town has since become the home base of the Royal Malaysian Navy and the site of the biggest naval shipbuilder in Malaysia, Boustead Naval Shipyard. Lumut in Malay means moss, lichen, or seaweed. In its early days, the beach was said to be rich in moss, so the local people called it Lumut. Lumut jetty is the staging-off point to offshore islands, including Pangkor Island and Marina Island. Lumut has a sheltered jetty. A large Hock Chew community moved from there to Sitiawan. The estuary was formerly characterized by damp mossy soils on reddish earth. Tin and lumber were transported there by elephants and sampans, from as far away as Kinta. It was once part of the Straits Settlements by virtue of the Pangkor Treaty of 1874 until it was returned to Perak by Great Britain in 1935.


Pangkor Island

It actually concerns a group of islands with Pangkor as its main island, and next to that a trio of smaller islands: Pangkor Laut, Pulau Mentagor en Pulau Giam. Pangkor Laut is the best known of these, because of the idyllic resort you can find on this small island.


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