Hutan Melintang
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Hutan Melintang is a small town in Hilir Perak
Hilir Perak
Hilir Perak is an administrative district of Perak, Malaysia. The district is governed by or Teluk Intan Municipal Council which is based in the town of Teluk Intan. The District council was known as Majlis Daerah Hilir Perak or Hilir Perak District Council until 4 April 2004, when it was...

 district, Perak
Perak
Perak , one of the 13 states of Malaysia, is the second largest state in the Peninsular Malaysia bordering Kedah and Yala Province of Thailand to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, Selangor the Strait of Malacca to the south and west.Perak means silver in Malay...

, Malaysia. The town is located next to the Strait of Malacca
Strait of Malacca
The Strait of Malacca is a narrow, stretch of water between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It is named after the Malacca Sultanate that ruled over the archipelago between 1414 to 1511.-Extent:...

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Although the word 'hutan' is there but it does not mean that it is a jungle. Hutan Melintang is a developed place and it has a 2-storey supermarket located in this town. Furthermore,the townpeople is also kind and generous. The most famous schools are Sekolah Menengah Hutan Melintang,The most economical income by Hutan Melintang population is fishery industry, Hutan Melintang also the biggers fishery industry in Malaysia.

Hutan Melintang is famous of it seafood and fisheries.Beron always eat at Ikan Bakar Restaurant, one of the most popular restaurant in town. Jenderata
Jenderata
Jenderata is a large estate owned by United Plantations located in Hilir Perak, Perak, Malaysia.The estate is planted with palm oil trees. It has its own small air strip to accommodate Twin Otter-type aeroplanes. The estate is also the first to have a football club entering the professional...

, an estate owned by the United Plantations Berhad, is also located nearby.

Another famous Chinese restaurant in Hutan Melintang is Men Lok Seafood Restaurant, on the main road of Hutan Melintang, right before one reaches the banks of Sungai Bernam. Serving delectable choices of food such as claypot fish with special spicy sauce, steamed crabs, assam prawns, fried mantis prawns and baby squids, etc. Opens daily from 12pm until 9pm. Closed on Fridays.

Recently they are a lot of new shops operating in this small town like Karnival Store, TenTen Store and KFC. They are also lots of Telecommunication store like Jitron Communications, Perniagaan Gahya, ChauLen Enterprise.

Mostly of the people here are working as a plantation worker, fisherman and farmer, as we known Hutan Melintang is the biggest fisherman village in Perak.
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