Salak Tinggi is the capital
of Sepang
district in
the state of Selangor
, Malaysia
. It
has a suburb called Kota Warisan to the west.
Salak Tinggi ERL station is located
in Salak Tinggi where the
KLIA Transit
Express Rail
Link (ERL) from KLIA to KL Sentral stops every half-hourly.
Salak Tinggi is also known as the Airport City.
Salak Tinggi is home to the KFC Hatchery, a big latex glove factory
complex run by
Wembley Rubber Products (WRP), the workshop
complex of the Engineering Division of the Fire and Rescue
Department, the
Veterinary Public Health Laboratory of the
Department of
Veterinary Services Malaysia as well as the
Technology Incubation Centre and
National Metrology Laboratory for the Standards and
Research Institute of Malaysia (
SIRIM).
WRP is the world’s leading manufacturer of premium
quality private brand medical and contamination control glove
products. SIRIM's
Technology Incubation Centre initiates and nurtures
new technology ventures in the advanced industrial technologies.
Starting at the ideation process, it picks winning ideas and turns
them into promising start-ups. The core activities include fund
raising, market access, technology transfer, technology search and
technology licensing.
The state-of-art National Metrology Laboratory (NML), located in Bandar
Baru Salak Tinggi, Sepang, Selangor is empowered
by the Weights and Measures Act 1972 to be the country's Custodian
of Weights and Measures. NML is also the keeper of
Malaysia's Primary Physical Standards of Measurement.
There is a
Pos Malaysia post office in
Salak Tinggi as well as a recently-opened
Pejabat Pos Mini Kota Warisan at
Wisma
Azlan, 6 Jalan Airport City 2,
Airport City Business Centre, Kota Warisan, 43900
SEPANG. As Kota Warisan is the nearest housing estate to the
Kuala Lumpur
International Airport, its residents comprise of mainly airport
ground staff and airline crew, who find the proximity to the
Salak Tinggi Station a great boon for commuting
to work.
Salak Tinggi is inundated annually by motorsports fans when it
hosts the Formula-1 Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang
International Circuit (SIC). Most travellers stay at the Pan
Pacific Hotel, Concorde Inn, Cyberview Lodge, Empress Hotel or De
Palma Inn although the recently-opened
Transit Service Centre budget hotel at the
Airport City Business Centre is becoming increasingly
popular due its proximity to the KLIA and LCCT airports (15 minutes
drive away) and is beside the
Salak Tinggi ERL Station where there is a
twice-hourly KLIA Transit service to KLIA and KL Sentral (Central
transportation hub in Kuala Lumpur city).
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