2011- marks the 111yrs old for this Malay Agricultural Settlement (MAS) . Opened in 1899, it was gazetted by the British as a Malay Agricultural Settlement reserved for the resettlement of Malays in the city. The then Sultan Alauddin Sulaiman Syah Raja Muda Musa awarded this piece of land on the banks of the Kelang river for the resettlement of the Malays dwelling in the city that was prospering because of its tin mining activities.
The same period also saw the construction of the iconic Royal Selangor Club, Victoria Institution and the Sulan Adbul Samad building. This gazettement included the formation of an administrative board which derived its name from the acronmyn MAS. Today it is known as the Kampung Baru MAS Board.
The board, like a mini version of the DBKL (Kuala Lumpur City Hall) is responsible for the maintenance of drainage, repair of bridges and the pruning of trees. Its duties also includes enforcing the village bylaws, approve and regulate the lots of houses to Malay applicants and store and update the approved Registrar of Residents which has the details of name transfers and land acquisations.
Covering a total of 90ha, it is made up of seven Malay villages namely, Kg Periuk, Kg Pindah, Kg Hujung Pasir, Kg Paya, Kg Masjid Kampung Atas A and Kg Atas B, its residents are already in its 4th - 5th generations.
Many of the roads in Kg Baru were name after high ranking British officers, Examples
Jln Raja Muda Abdul Aziz -- Princess Road
Jln Haji Yahya Sheikh Ahmad - Watson Road
Jln Raja Abdullah - Hale Road
Jln Raja Alang - Perkins Road
ref: NST Jan11 2011- Streets
