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Rantau is a small town in Seremban District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. It is surrounded by many smaller towns such including Kuala Sawah, Siliau, Kg.Sega, Linsum, and Ayer Kuning, making it the main town in the region with facilities like RHB bank, newly launched KFC, Seven Eleven and postal office.
The community contains five primary schools and two secondary schools. Rantau supports a multiracial population of around 8,000 people. Many changes in living quality and public services have taken place since the current Menteri Besar, or Chief Minister of the state, YAB Dato' Seri Utama Mohamad Haji Hasan was appointed. He has shown a keen interest to improve his hometown since he has become a civic leader.
Rantau has many notable successful people. Among them are Chief Minister him self, Dato VS Mogan former EXCO member of the Negeri Sembilan state Government, Mr Maha Sinnathamby, Rantau born Australian whom developer of Greater Springfield Development in Queensland, the largest master-planned community in Australia. There are few Government Diplomats, high level civil servants and businessmen whom has their origin from Rantau. Among them are two young and dynamic brothers named Dato' Nadarajan Manohran @ M.Kannan and Dato' Satishkumar Manohran whom are the Group Join Managing Directors of Linsun Engineering Group. Their core business are providing non-mechanical services such as Tubular Scaffolding Works, Thermal Insulation, Fireproofing And Industrial Painting Works to Oil, Gas, Petrochemical and Power Industries in Malaysia and Middle East Countries. Besides this they have a logistics arm under their group which has more than 100 trucks providing major logistics services in Malaysia.
The mosque of the small town of Kuala Sawah was built by estate owner Bujai Bin Dato' Raja Matshah on a piece of land donated (waqaf) [the waqaf was registered in Negeri Sembilan Land Legistry in 1922] by him at the junction of Jalan Ulu Sawah. Bujai Bin Dato' Raja Matshah lived near the mosque until his death in 1924, and was buried in front of it.
Rantau is an island in Riau province, Indonesia, close to the east coast of Sumatra island. Chief city is Selatpanjang. The area is 1597 km.
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