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Gunung Stong State Park Preliminary Management Plan corridor will be further developed. Dabong itself has been ear-marked as a gateway to GSSP (MDKKS & JPBD, 2000). Existing means of access to GSSP are summarised in Table 2.1. Table 2.1: Existing Means of Access to GSSP No Type Fee (RM unless stated otherwise) 1 Train From Wakaf Baharu to Dabong by local or express train From Kuala Lumpur to Dabong From Singapore to Dabong 2 Motor-vehicle East-West Highway (via Grik, then turning to Jeli, then to Dabong) Kuala Lumpur-Gua Musang Road (from Gua Musang proceed to Meranto or Jerek before turning to Jelawang) 4.80 (Local train) 7.00 (Express) 28.00 (Economy Class) 48.00 (2 nd Class Sleeper Coach) S$29.00 (Economy Coach) S$50.00 (2 nd Class Sleeper Berth) N/A Distance (km) 100 700 600 N/A 332 (from Kuala Lumpur) Kota Bharu-Jeli Road (from Jeli proceed to Jelawang) 3 Boat From Kuala Krai to Dabong/Jelawang via riverboat N/A 147 (from Kota Bharu) 10.00 (Foreign tourists, 12.00) 50 The train is a popular mode of transport for visitors to GSSP, especially those from Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Taking the night train from Kuala Lumpur or Singapore, they usually stop at Dabong, have breakfast, and either visit the caves first before climbing to Baha Camp and the mountains, or visit the caves during the return trip, before taking their night train back. Originally, those going to GSSP had to stop at Gua Musang, and take the local train to Dabong, as Dabong was not a scheduled stop for the nightly express train from Kuala Lumpur or Singapore. However, upon requests from GSSP visitors, it was decided to include Dabong as a scheduled stop. The East-West Highway is popular for those who drive from Kuala Lumpur, Penang, or Kedah. Reaching Jeli, they drive another 40 km to Kg. Jelawang at the base of GSSP, and park their vehicles at the resort parking lot. Foreign backpackers, on packages organised by guesthouses, visit GSSP by bus to Kuala Krai, and from there, by riverboat to Dabong, followed by a short 4-km trip by taxi-van, to Kg. Jelawang. After staying a few days at Baha Camp, they then return to Kota Bharu by the 2.00 or 5.00 pm local train. 22
Gunung Stong State Park Preliminary Management Plan Photo 2.1: Dabong Railway Station WWF-Malaysia/N.M. Maseri 2.4 Legal Status GSSP is currently under the management of the Kuala Balah Forestry Sub-District of the West Kelantan District of the State Forestry Department, based at Tanah Merah, though it is located within the Kuala Krai District (or more precisely, the South Kuala Krai Sub-District, with an office at Dabong). GSSP is not yet formally gazetted as a protected area, and it is still a forest reserve. Gunung Stong Tengah Forest Reserve was previously logged in the 1980s, and there have been no logging activities since 1989. However, a logging concession for two compartments was awarded in 2004. The State Forestry Department is in the process of demarcating the boundary of GSSP (pers. comm. Abdullah Sani, Kelantan State Deputy Director of Forestry, 2005). In Peninsular Malaysia, there are several models and precedents available for the establishment of national and state parks using various legal instruments, including the National Parks Act 1980, the National Parks (Johor) Corporation Enactment 1989 and the Perak State Parks Enactment 2001, and through amending the National Forestry Act 1984 as adopted by the State (as in the case of Perlis State Park). There is also a provision under the National Land Code 1965 (Section 62), for the creation of reserved areas for public use. Nevertheless, it has been decided that GSSP will be gazetted using the National Forestry Act (Amendment) Enactment 2004 and, for all intents and purposes, management will closely follow the Perlis State Park model. 2.5 Geology The geology of GSSP is granite, part of the Migmatic Stong Complex, an injection complex from the mixing of Palaeozoic Rocks with an intrusion from the Main Range Granite (MacDonald, 1967, in Chu et al., 1982). The Stong Complex is composed of igneous rocks that have undergone metamorphosis, forming 3 suits: the Berangkat Tonalite, the Kenerong Leucogranite, and the Noring Granite. The Migmatic Stong Complex only has similarities with the Benta Complex, Pahang (Komoo et al., 2001). The Stong Migmatic Complex is part of the Central Zone granite that also occurs in Gua Musang, Jeli, Batang Merbau, formed from the Late Triassic or later (Liew, 1983, in Komoo et al., 2001). In Dabong, some 10 km away, are limestone hills that are part of the Gua Musang Limestone Aggregates. A geological map of the GSSP area is included as Appendix 2. In some parts, the Migmatic Stong Complex forms steep, razor-backed ridges that rise steeply from the lowlands, with waterfalls along their flanks. The steep flanks are prone to landslides 23
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