Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Kepala redirects here. Kepala is also a Malay translation of the word "head".Kepala Batas is a town in the northern part of Penang, Malaysia, in Seberang Perai Utara district. The member of parliament for Kepala Batas is the former prime minister of Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, as this is his hometown. Around the 1960s, Kepala Batas became more densely populated around Bertam, Pinang Tunggal and the surrounding area. Kepala Batas is surrounded by paddy fields. The Bertam area had rubber plantations, which have been replaced with oil palm plantations. Therefore, the majority of the early Malay community worked as paddy growers and early immigrants and foreigners were working in the plantation estate. Nowadays, the work in the paddy fields has been replaced by machinery. Most of the Kepala Batas area has been developed by the authorities and private companies. In the Bertam area, the estate has been aggressively developed with a mixture of developments consisting golf resorts, residential units, boarding schools and higher educational institutions.The heart of Kepala Batas Town became more famous after Datuk Seri Abdullah Hj. Ahmad Badawi, who was born in Kepala Batas has emerged to become the fifth Prime Minister of Malaysia. Kepala Batas is now actively developing into a modern, planned city equipped with facilities such as hospitals, schools, a matriculation institute, agricultural research institutes, the Millennium Hall and many more. Kepala Batas has been chosen as the main government district hub for Seberang perai north district. Among the town's attractions is the Kepala Batas night market that sells a variety of cuisines from the north, and noodles with boiled shrimp are sold around the town of Kepala Batas. In the recent general election held on 8 March 2008, Abdullah won the seat with a majority of 11,232 votes. He then terminated his services after 6 years of ruling as PM. However, Kepala Batas development keep continue and become one of the fastest growing town in seberang perai - northern district.. }
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- Kepala_Batas,_Penang abstract "Kepala redirects here. Kepala is also a Malay translation of the word "head".Kepala Batas is a town in the northern part of Penang, Malaysia, in Seberang Perai Utara district. The member of parliament for Kepala Batas is the former prime minister of Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, as this is his hometown. Around the 1960s, Kepala Batas became more densely populated around Bertam, Pinang Tunggal and the surrounding area. Kepala Batas is surrounded by paddy fields. The Bertam area had rubber plantations, which have been replaced with oil palm plantations. Therefore, the majority of the early Malay community worked as paddy growers and early immigrants and foreigners were working in the plantation estate. Nowadays, the work in the paddy fields has been replaced by machinery. Most of the Kepala Batas area has been developed by the authorities and private companies. In the Bertam area, the estate has been aggressively developed with a mixture of developments consisting golf resorts, residential units, boarding schools and higher educational institutions.The heart of Kepala Batas Town became more famous after Datuk Seri Abdullah Hj. Ahmad Badawi, who was born in Kepala Batas has emerged to become the fifth Prime Minister of Malaysia. Kepala Batas is now actively developing into a modern, planned city equipped with facilities such as hospitals, schools, a matriculation institute, agricultural research institutes, the Millennium Hall and many more. Kepala Batas has been chosen as the main government district hub for Seberang perai north district. Among the town's attractions is the Kepala Batas night market that sells a variety of cuisines from the north, and noodles with boiled shrimp are sold around the town of Kepala Batas. In the recent general election held on 8 March 2008, Abdullah won the seat with a majority of 11,232 votes. He then terminated his services after 6 years of ruling as PM. However, Kepala Batas development keep continue and become one of the fastest growing town in seberang perai - northern district.".