Quality of Life in Perak

Many call Perak an ‘old-folks’ state due to its slow paced lifestyle. Living here has its advantages with great standard and quality of living minus the hustle and bustle of city-life, pollution, noise, traffic jams and expensive things.Living in Perak has always been synonymous with easy going, cultural and affordable. Offering a wide variety of accommodation, recreational activities, excellent medical facilities, great tourist destinations, good education and the most important of all, great food everywhere.

With nine different districts spanning over the state, one can choose to live near the coast, near the forests, along the riverside, facing the mountains, you name it, Perak has it. The new phase of accommodation in Perak now comes with gated communities, homesteads and resort townships and most of them come with common security features so one can rest assured.

For those who are interested in recreational activities, there are plenty of things to keep oneself busy with in Perak. As most of Perak is not fully developed, therefore there are plenty of nature activities to do such as caving at Gua Tempurong, spending time with the family at the picturesque Lata Kinjang, detox at the Tambun Hotsprings, jungle trekking through the pristine Royal Belum Forest, studying animals at the Taiping Zoo and so much more. There are also lush green golf resorts in Perak – The Meru Valley Golf and Country Club and Clearwater Sanctuary Golf Resort. Golf enthusiasts can enjoy themselves with the picturesque lush greenery of the valley, lakes and natural surroundings.

Excellent medical facilities are also available in Ipoh through the five private hospitals – Hospital Fatimah, Pantai Puteri Hospital, Ipoh Specialist Centre, Kinta Medical Centre, Perak Community Specialist Hospital and many more other medical centres plus the government hospitals which are all well equipped with the full range of medical services. Medical services are available even in the smaller outskirt areas around Perak.

Other than that, Perak has plenty of educational facilities with century old schools churning out great students over the last 100 years and now with the future tertiary education hub coming up in Kampar, Perak has the best in terms of education. There are plenty of colleges and world class universities which offers courses in many fields ranging for business to medicine to communications to engineering such as Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Universiti Kuala Lumpur Royal College of Medicine Perak and much more.