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This comprehensive KL Tourist Guidebook enables the pg 1 pg 87 licensed tourist guide, KL Ambassadors and tour operators to ZONE A: CITY CENTRE ZONE D: DAMANSARA - PENCHALA host tourists on a closer Malaysian cultural tour experience. 1. 1. KL Sentral - Recognising that accurate information is essential to 2. Golden Triangle 2. - Pantai - Mid Valley delivering a positive visitor experience, Kuala Lumpur City 3. 3. Mont’ Kiara - Hartamas Hall has taken the initiative to ensure that tourist-facing personnel are equipped with the right facts and figures to 4. Tun Abdul Razak Heritage Park 4. Penchala - Taman Tun Dr. Ismail 5. Dataran Mereka Heritage Area convey to tourists. The KL Tourist Guidebook has thus been pg 109 developed with the objective to enhance overall consistency, 6. Jalan & Masjid depth and experience of tour delivery. 7. Central Market, & Pudu ZONE E: - SEPUTEH 8. Jalan 1. Istana Negara - Robson The KL Tourist Guidebook offers comprehensive facts, 9. Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin 2. Bukit Gasing & Bukit Putra descriptions and anecdotes of tourist spots in Kuala 10. Lumpur, from museums, cultural enclaves, shopping 3. Bukit Jalil 11. Kampong Bharu malls, neighbourhoods, eateries, and various other tourist 4. Taman Danau Desa offerings. It is designed to be a one-stop guidebook for pg 63 pg 123 licensed tourist guides, tour operators as well as KL Tourism ZONE B: WANGSAMAJU - Ambassadors. ZONE F: - SG BESI 1. The KL Tourist Guidebook has been categorised according to 2. 1. Cheras the 6 strategic zones in Kuala Lumpur, namely: City Centre, 3. Ampang 2. - Maluri, Sentul - Menjalara, Damansara - pg 77 Penchala, Bukit Jalil - Seputeh and Bandar Tun Razak - Sungai Besi. This is to enable readers to easily explore, discover and ZONE C: SENTUL - MANJALARA learn about the various offerings in each area of the city. 1. We hope you will put the KL Tourist Guidebook to good use. 2. Sentul Let us tell the world the story of Kuala Lumpur. 3. Desa Park City

Mayor of Kuala Lumpur January 2015 KL TOURIST GUIDEBOOK Welcome to Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur, or popularly known as ‘KL’, is ’s capital city. It is one of Asia’s most vibrant and friendliest cities, and is home to a population of 1.7 million people. This modern metropolis is a melting ZONE C pot of diverse cultures and religions. The multiracial societies consist SENTUL - of , Chinese, Indians and ethnic communities. MANJALARA Undeniably, Kuala Lumpur possesses a distinct and charming character. ZONE B The cityscape is an amazing contrast of the old and new, with Mughal WANGSA MAJU - styled grand buildings standing alongside modern . The MALURI impressive Twin Towers, a world-renowned icon and landmark of the country greet visitors.

This not-to-be-missed city has amazing sights and sounds, parks and lush garden, gastronomic and entertainment enclave, exciting places of interest, and well-preserved heritage sites waiting to be explored ZONE D by discerning visitors. The city’s fashion and art scene is simply captivating. DAMANSARA - ZONE A PENCHALA CITY There is year round events and unique festivals, irresistible shopping CENTRE opportunities and year-round sales and delicious food. The city also has world-class accommodation facilities and is the venue for several prestigious international events.

ZONE E Recognitions: BUKIT JALIL - • 6th Most Visited City in the world by Euromonitor International (2012) SEPUTEH • 4th Best Shopping City in the World by CNN (2012) ZONE F • 2nd Best Shopping Destination in Asia Pacific by Globe Shopper Index (2012) BANDAR TUN RAZAK - • ‘Asia’s Leading City Break Destination’ by the World Travel SUNGAI BESI Awards (2011)

Kuala Lumpur City Hall has initiated several tourism programs to increase the tourist experiences and length of stay, and to further spur its growth in the global tourism sector. KL TOURIST GUIDEBOOK History of Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur or ‘Muddy country, were the first foreigners the merchants of the Straits British Administration from there were thousands of Chinese Estuary’ began as a settlement to tap Malaysia’s tin deposits Settlements, the British to Kuala Lumpur. tin miners in Malaya (old name of tin miners in 1857. A Malay into commercial production. intervened to end the of the country before the chief, Raja Abdullah Raja Ja’afar Following the widespread Civil War, and on 20 January From the 1880s British formation of Malaysia in 1963). sent a group of 87 Chinese repression of the Manchu rulers 1874 they brokered the Pangkor government offices were built miners upriver from the coastal in during this period, Engagement that empowered a across the river from the unruly In 1889 Swettenham persuaded town of Klang to open up new thousands of southern Chinese new British supported ruler for Chinese settlement on the east four of the Malay Sultans to and larger tin mines in the workers came to work in these Selangor. bank. unite under the Federated Malay interiors of the state of Selangor newly discovered tin mines of States (FMS). Swetthenham at Ampang, Pudu and Batu. Selangor. The Pangkor Engagement In 1881, a major fire destroyed went on to become Resident introduced the concept of British the makeshift huts of the General and chose Kuala Lumpur These tin miners sailed with It was a violent period of Kuala Residents, which had a profound Chinese settlement. The British as the capital of the newly their heavily laden boats and Lumpur’s history, initially effect on Kuala Lumpur. As who were by then in firm control formed FMS. landed at the muddy estuary among the Malay rulers consultants to the various of the administration insisted of the and Klang warring for rights to the tin and Sultans around Malaysia, the that areas destroyed by fire as The multiracial community of rivers, the most interior point later involving Chinese secret Residents (British Civil Servants) well as new buildings be built this period settled in various of the waterway where their societies for control of tin-rich advised on all matters except using bricks and tiles, resulting sections of town. Market Square, vessels could reach. The miners districts in Selangor. The most those touching on Malay religion in the Chinatown we see today. east of became established a small base at this tumultuous incident was in 1867 and customs. the commercial centre of for confluence and soon it became when the Selangor Civil War Sir , the the whole town. The chinese an important settlement that erupted and lasted till 1874. In 1875, the colonial rule began British Resident of Selangor congregated around this Square flourished and became known when a British resident was from 1882 to 1884, planned to and south into Chinatown. To as Kuala Lumpur. A year into this civil war, Yap appointed to ‘advise’ the Malay rebuilt Kuala Lumpur to take its the North, across Java Street Ah Loy was declared the third Sultans. In 1880, the British present form. (now Jalan Tun ) were the Much of Kuala Lumpur’s growth ‘Kapitan China’, a position he Resident for Selangor, Bloomfield Malays. Nearby, a number of coincided with the industrial assumed during the intense Douglas, relocated the Selangor By the latter half of the century Indian Chettiars (money lenders) revolutions in North America conflict among the Malay and Indian Muslim traders set and the , which rulers. He is still regarded by up business. West of the Klang significantly increased the many as the founder of Kuala river was the focal point of the world demand for tin. It was Lumpur and the settlement British Administration. the international interest in tin expanded considerably under (especially that of the British), his leadership. However, the civil Malaya obtained independence which expedited the growth war forced Yap Ah Loy to leave in 1957, with Kuala Lumpur as its of this place as an active Kuala Lumpur and by the time capital. Kuala Lumpur remained commercial centre. he returned in 1873, much of the capital through the the small town was in ruins. formation of Malaysia, achieving The Chinese, with considerable city status in 1972, and Federal mining experience in their own Meanwhile, at the request of Territory status in 1974. KL TOURIST GUIDEBOOK Useful Information

The Weather changers and some hotels. Most hotels The different ethnic groups also speak embassy before travelling here or visit and large retail outlets accept major their own dialects. Mandarin and www.imi.gov.my. The tropical climate in Kuala Lumpur credit cards and travelers cheques. are widely spoken by the makes the weather warm and pleasant Chinese, while the Indians also speak all year round, with temperatures of Tamil. Telecommunications 28°C to 36°C. Generally, rain occurs Business Hours occasionally all year round. Postal and communication services are The official operating hours for most available throughout Kuala Lumpur. Religion retail shops and shopping centres in Mobile networks operate on the Global Money Kuala Lumpur are from 10.00am to is the official religion of Malaysia. System for Mobile Communications 10.00pm. Government offices operate However, other religions such as (GSM) network and roaming services The , written as RM from 8.00am to 4.30pm on weekdays Buddhism, and Christianity are readily available. (currency code: MYR), is the main only. Banking hours are from 9.15am are also widely practiced. Most trading currency in Malaysia. Notes If needed, you can purchase prepaid to 4.30pm on Mondays to Fridays religious festivals are national public come in denominations of RM100, telephone cards that are available on and post offices open from 8.30am to holidays. RM50, RM20, RM10, RM5 and RM1. most flights to Kuala Lumpur and at the 5.30pm on Mondays to Saturdays. Coins are called sen (RM1 = 100 sen) airport. and come in 5 sen, 10 sen, 20 sen and Time There are special rates offered for 50 sen. Languages tourists. Internet services are available Malaysia is eight hours ahead of Money changers are common in Kuala to the public via internet cafes and at Bahasa Malaysia is the national Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Lumpur and they accept all major hotels, and many outlets offer free language of Malaysia. Most people in currencies. Traveller’s cheques can WiFi for their patrons. Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur can speak English. be cashed at banks, licensed money Immigration & Visa international calling code is +60. To enter Malaysia, visitors must have a national passport or other Voltage internationally recognised travel 230/240 volts – 50hz documents with a validity period of at least six months beyond the length of stay in Malaysia. All passports and Drug penalties travel documents must be endorsed for travelling in Malaysia. Drug trafficking in Malaysia carries a mandatory death sentence for Most foreign nationals do not require convicted drug traffickers. a visa. However, please enquire about visa requirements at the Malaysian ZONE A CITY CENTRE KUALA LUMPUR CITY CENTRE

1.1 PETRONAS Twin Towers

1.11 1.2 Suria KLCC 1.3 Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) 1.4 Galeri PETRONAS 1.5 Petrosains 1.12 1.6 Marini’s on 57 1.1 1.7 KLCC Park 1.8 Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre 1.4 1.9 Aquaria KLCC 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.10 SkyBar 1.11 Avenue K Shopping Mall 1.12 Four Season Place (opening 2017)

1.6 The Kuala Lumpur City Centre or better known by her acronym KLCC is an entertainment and business hub. KLCC houses Malaysia’s most iconic landmark, the PETRONAS Twin Towers, which is the world’s tallest twin structure. 1.7 KLCC is sometimes referred to as a city within a city, which is immediately conspicuous from the vast number of dining choices, shopping options and cultural events that are available here. Whether splurging on a shopping spree at one of the many luxury retailers or simply taking a stroll on the sprawling greenery that is 1.8 in the KLCC Park, visitors will find several reasons to make sure that the heart of the city is on their Kuala Lumpur experience list. 1.10

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2 every night. earth of truckloads 500 over moving required work The 1993. March on site the of surface the 30 below metres down digging began Excavators J.C. consultant Guinto. and designer Saibo Cerico, Dominic Deejay with along engineer Pelli Cesar architect by Twin led 1992, PETRONAS January in started Towers of planning The Planning phases Interesting information: of thePETRONAS Twin Towers. Level (Concourse) Ground Lower the at or online purchased be canTickets floor). (41st floor) and the (86th Skybridge the to visit a Make gas and oil company. national PETRONAS Malaysia’s is Corporation. and Corporation Samsung Hazama namely international companies involvedtwo Murdijat. also building architect the of Achmad construction The and master Pelli a César by Designed Minister, Tun Dr. . Prime fourth Malaysia’s of brainchild twin building in the world and was the tallest the is TowersTwin PETRONAS Mon: Closed Tues -Sun:9.00am9.00pm www.petronastwintowers.com.my +603 23318080 Kuala Lumpur Kuala LumpurCityCentre 1.1 PETRONAS TWINTOWERS panels with light filtering and noise and filtering light with panels specialised Glass, Vision panels. glass 55,000 and steel stainless 33,000 of The Towers feature multi-faceted walls pinnacle. the meet and taper to inward sloped floors also are uppermost the of walls The design. vertical the of tapering the and axis maintain to ascent its in times five back set is Tower Each Exterior of 14ringsvarying diametre. comprised ball ring a and segments, the Eachfeaturespinnacle 23 spirewith a house external maintenance buildingequipment. and lights warning structures aircraft These Pinnacles the twin building on 31st August 1999. Dr. Tun opened officially Mohamad Mahathir 1996. June in completed was and Towers glass and steel in encased finally Twin PETRONAS The after and structural loadsonthedesign. 1994, April rigorous tests and simulations of wind in commenced The construction of the superstructure 40 workers onsite, allday andnight. encloses required two years and up to shell and the basement area it This kilometre. one over of retaining wall, with a perimetre length high metre 21 a rose floor this From foundation for each tower. 54 record- breaking This slab of with 104 piles forms the tower. each period for hours a through poured continuously cubic was concrete of metres 13,200 single history. pour Malaysian the concrete in was longest and stage largest next The on thezones they are servicing. depending m/s, 6.0 and (m/s) second the 10. while Its speed is between 3.5 total, metres per in of average an carry can executive lifts 52 26 or carry people can deck passenger Each seconds. car park to the top of the Towers in 90 basement the from floor every serves It in Malaysia. building office any in longest rise executive the The are lifts the upperzones. to lift another take passengers Here, Lobby. Sky the take to directly passengers set lifts double-decker another five while the of 37, to 1 levels 23 and to 1 levels serve lifts decker azoning double- 6 on of sets two arrangement: based are floors The lifts. executive four and lifts service duty heavy- six lifts, passenger high-speed double-decker 29 house Towers The Lifts wall palm pandan bertam matting. of and patterns weaving intricate on based are designs floor The screens. and panels wall of motifs the inspire Malaysia Peninsular of Coast East the traditional from carvings hardwood addition, In reflect foyer‘’, and handicrafts weaving. or halls’ entrance the of patterns and Designs Interior the from tropical sun. visitors protect to visors steel stainless with covered a is glass provide The environment. inner comfortable properties, reduction building security. and control, and smoke fire lighting, supply, telecommunications, power control, environment seamlessly coordinates that system a with built The towers are ‘intelligent’ structures, harmony, unity, within stability andrationality’. ‘unity of forms principles Islamic important describe these of eight-pointed Architecturally, stars. a shape squares, creating interlocking two of forms geometric Islamic simple on based is Tower’seach of design The platefloor Islamic patterns. stainless while as beautifully combine glass and steel patterns, weaving and handicrafts of local reflection are a motifs interior The cutting-edge innovation. and art local of a blend by shown on is This stage. advancement world the and culture our The PETRONAS Twin Towers symbolises personnel Jan 1997 Mar 1996 furniture Fittingoutof Jan 1996 Apr 1994 works Mar 1993 planning Jan 1992 Construction of Start offoundation

PETRONAS’ the first batch of Moving inof and Tower 2 Towerspires of 1 Jacking ofthe complete with the interiors the superstructure Start ofproject NO TOURIST GUIDEBOO KL TES : K 3 ZONE A 4 ZONE A NO TES : PETRONAS Twin Towers Two annexes: Usable space: Weight pertower: Steel used: Concrete: Amount ofFoundation Amount ofConcrete: Amount ofVisionGlass: cladding: Amount ofStainless Steel Total built-up area: Foundation: Car park: Stairs: Escalators: Lifts: Height ofeachPinnacle: (41st floor)from street level: Height ofSkybridge Length ofSkybridge: Height ofeachtowers: Number offloors: 186,000 sq.metres ofspace 213,750 sq.metres pertower 300,000 tonnes 36,910 tonnes 13,200 sq.metres 160,000 cu.metres 77,000 sq.metres 83,500 sq.metres 395,000 sq.metres length varying from 60to 115metres in supported by 104barette piles 32,550 ton undereachtower, concrete, weighing approximately 13,200 cu.metres ofreinforced 4.5m thickraft foundation containing basement parking 5,400 parkingbays on5levels of 1,765 flights 10 ineachtower passenger liftsineach tower 29 double-decker high-speed 73.5 metres 170 metres 58.4 metres 452 metres above street level 88 Suria KLCC Towers. and next to the iconic PETRONAS Twin (KLCC) Centre City Lumpur Kuala the mostprestigious commercial address, Suria KLCC is located in Kuala Lumpur’s dancing and fountains. centre convention a by surrounded park, a scenic buildings, office is hotels, KLCC Suria city, capital Malaysia’s of heart the in Set international gourmets. arts and culture to local entertainment,delicacies and fashion, from most items find can Shoppers visitors. to in Kuala services and goods international and local of array an offers leading it and Lumpur destinations the of one shopping is KLCC Suria Daily: 10.00am-10.00pm www.suriaklcc.com.my +603 23822828/2430 Kuala Lumpur Kuala LumpurCityCentre 1.2 SURIAKLCC Daily: 10.30am–6.30pm www.mpo.com.my +603 20517007 Kuala Lumpur Kuala LumpurCityCentre PETRONAS Twin Towers Level 2,Tower Two (MPO) PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 1.3 MALAYSIAN ae vst n bo yu tickets your online orviaphone. book and visit a Make the hall’s stage andplatform. Organ to backdrop Pipe spectacular a providing Klais magnificent the with 19th- halls concert great European century the of shape hall shoebox the Pelli, traditional the from inspiration draws César by Designed Symphony andSydney Symphony. Vienna Symphony, BBC Fields, the in Martin St of Academy NewPhilharmonic, York the include renowned hall beautiful world’s the orchestras that have performed in this of Some qualities. sound natural hall’s the maximize to devoted devices acoustic unique incorporates hall prestigious Hall The specifically classical music. to concert Malaysia’s classical is Orchestra (MPO) Philharmonic Malaysian counter) overwhelming responses from overwhelming by 2002, In May MPO took a leap Anecdote: their has further This improved BIntang CentreProms. (KLBBC) Kualaorganizing Bukit Lumpur venue making credibility for classical itself by the music

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Tower ofoffering views spectacular 3, and loungeperched on the 57th floor restaurant of PETRONAS bar, rooftop highest Malaysia’s is 57 on Marini’s Daily: 5.00pm-3.00am www.marinis57.com +603 23866030 Kuala Lumpur Kuala LumpurCityCentre Level 57,Menara 3PETRONAS 1.6 MARINI’SON57 of trees, shrubs and sculptures were sculptures and combination shrubs trees, of The space. of illusion an give to created were topography and shape of Elements design. made man- of combinations many features and greenery tropical biodiversity of heritage a showcase palms of species The over 1,900 indigenous trees and 74 nature’ of importance the to educated more world a little more sensitive and a little Roberto to‘leave aim the the with Marx Burle named architect Brazilian a by designed was It Lumpur. 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South-East in Place Season Four first the is Residences Private Season NO TOURIST GUIDEBOO KL TES : K 9 ZONE A GOLDEN TRIANGLE

2.1 Malaysia Tourism Centre (MaTiC) 2.12 St John’s Cathedral 2.2 Muslim Cemetery on Jalan Ampang 2.13 Muzium Telekom 2.3 Kun Yam Thong Temple 2.14 Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange 2.4 2.15 St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church 2.5 Tabung Haji (Pilgrims Fund Board) 2.16 Kuala Lumpur Forest Eco Park 2.6 Prince Court Medical Centre () 2.7 Kuala Lumpur Craft Cultural Complex 2.17 The Weld 2.8 Rumah Penghulu Abu Seman (Malaysia Heritage Trust) 2.18 2.9 Harrods Hotel (opening 2018) 2.19 Jalan P.Ramlee 2.10 SMK Convent Bukit Nanas 2.20 Kuala Lumpur City Walk 2.11 St John’s Institution The triangle formed by three of Kuala Lumpur’s busiest streets, Jalan Ampang, Jalan Sultan Ismail and Jalan Raja Chulan, aptly named the Golden Triangle, headquarters many corporations and financial institutions and five-star hotels. When night falls, these corporate folks loosen their ties and suits to network and chill out at the many watering holes along Jalan P. Ramlee. Within the core of the hustle and bustle of all these wealth generating corporate activities, the serene green sanctuary that is Bukit Nanas reminds us of what Kuala Lumpur used to look like before the pioneers set foot upon the potentially rich muddy estuary. The peak of this green lung used to house fortresses of Malay chieftains. As the muskets and daggers of these chieftains evolved into corporate weapons in the form of smartphones and sophisticated electronic gadgets, a different kind of citadel stands here - a majestic telecommunications tower that graces Kuala Lumpur’s multifaceted skyline.

10 Malaya held her first parliamentary first her held Malaya Federation of independent newly The the National Archives). as known Records (now Public Office the and as the Gallery Art such Parliament of Malaya and the National many tenants had interesting building the war, of the great end the After headquarters. their as building the over took Army Japanese the 1942, in Japanese the When Malaya fell intothe hands of . the of Office War the became it out, When the Second World War broke entrepreneur. rubber and tin wealthy 1935 in as the residence of Eu Tong Sen, a built originally houses was that MaTiC bungalow ornate The own time. their in city the explore for tourists to wish who counter ticket Hop-Off Hop-On- KL a and outlet handicraft boutique, ATMmachine, Money Changer, chocolate a Theatre a & Restaurant, Bistro Saloma e-portal, Tourist Counter, internet accesstoits tourism Police the Tourist Counter, Information including are facilities available and services Various local andforeign tourists inMalaysia. to services friendly and professional providing center tourist one-stop a Malaysia Tourism Centre (MaTiC) is Daily: 8.00am-10.00pm Tourist Information Centre: Mon -Fri:7.30am5.30pm Operation hours: www.matic.gov.my +603 92354800/4900 Kuala Lumpur 109, JalanAmpang, CENTRE (MaTiC) 2.1 MALAYSIA TOURISM efrac, uss r ivtd to join theperformers onstage. invited lively are the guests of performance, end in the cultures At various Malaysia. the of local dances of performance hour-long is an attraction main restaurant’s The for private functions. courtyardroomsopen dining two and bar,an air-a with area lounge spacious a an nightly dance performances are held, comprises theatre restaurantconditioned where venue The www.saloma.com.my +603 21610122 Kuala Lumpur 139, JalanAmpang Restaurant Saloma Bistro AndTheatre Saloma Bistro and Theatre Restaurant. Within the compounds of MaTiC is the MaTiC in1989. The building only became the home of Agong (Kings)were crowned here. 1959 di-Pertuan YangMalaya’s of four September and 12th on building assembly in the small theatrethe of atmosphere ofa bygone era. known latea well- Ismail, Saloma Restaurant BistroSaloma Theatre and Anecdote: walls, the 70s adorn of the60sand other famouslocal musicians of Saloma,P Ramlee and whiteand Black photographs and songwriter, P Ramlee. the late actor, director, singer singer.and the wifeShe was of Malaysian creating is named a film after nostalgic actress the Malaysia Tourism Centre Malaysian Insurgency. the during subversives communist by in 1974 in an assassination carried out an died who Police of Hashim, General Inspector Rahman Abdul Sri Tan Also buried here is the courageous away in1973. TanP.latepassed Sri the who Ramlee film producer) and actor film writer, multi-talented Malaysian artist (singer, legendary lovedand the includes land The people buried in this small plot of heart ofthecity. inthe rest to laid heroes and artists burial grounds that has many notable Ampang the earliestis oneof malay The Muslim Cemetery onJalan Daily: 10.00am-7.00pm www.dbkl.gov.my Kuala Lumpur Jalan Ampang JALAN AMPANG 2.2 MUSLIMCEMETERY AT the temple’s boxes ismost welcome. into donation a but fee admission no is There visiting. worth is temple The daily. 2.30pm until 11.00am from lunches centre that serves delicious vegetarian food fastvegetarian a has temple the worships, rites, teachings and fortune telling, prayers, offering Besides with depicted 1,000 armsandeyes. Yin, Kwan Mercy, of There isalsothe statue of theGoddess Amitabha Buddha. golden Buddha, Medicine Master Buddha and three with Buddha statues namely Shakyamuni topped giant altar a by dominated Hall Jewelled Inside the temple is a large Great Guan Yin Sagely Monastery. Realm Dharma the as known formally and 1880 in built was Ampang, Jalan Kun Yam ThongTemple, located at Daily: 7.00am-8.00pm +603 21648055 Kuala Lumpur 161, JalanAmpang 2.3 KUN YAM THONGTEMPLE Kun Yam ThongTemple

NO TOURIST GUIDEBOO KL TES : K 11 ZONE A 12 ZONE A NO TES : y aasas elkon architectHijjas Kasturi. well-known Malaysia’s by designed and 1984 in completed was The building shaped after an hourglass Islamic principles. estaterealaccordance as welltoin as participate in commercial investments in performing the pilgrimage orto expenses their for provide to order in gradually save to the muslims enable to as formed was Board known Fund Pilgrims also Haji, Tabung Sat, Sun&publicholidays: Closed Mon -Fri:8.00am5.00pm www.tabunghaji.gov.my +603 20542000/2233 Kuala Lumpur 201, JalanTun Razak FUND BOARD) 2.5 TABUNG (PILGRIMS HAJI Twin PETRONAS walking the Towers. within of is distance Park Ampang Transit, such Rail Light well- and transport taxis buses, as public and by serviced located Conveniently prices. affordable at hair restaurants and textiles, salons fashion, malay its for today popular still is and 1973 March shopping in opened was It city. first the in complex the is Park Ampang Daily: 10.00am-9.00pm www.ampangpark.com.my +603 27339580 Kuala Lumpur Jalan Ampang Ampang Park 2.4 AMPANG PARK Tabung Haji a room-service menu. city,even the and in visits sightseeing that can arrange for shopping and and free wi-fi in the room, a concierge outlet coffee a has also hospital The innovative service. customer excellent and facilities, technology offers world-class with standards hospital international highest the to care medical 277-bed comprehensive This than that ofahospital. comfortand five-stara of hotel rather inviting luxuries the its resembles environment because is is This Hotel’. Centre Court Prince ‘The as Medical mistaken often Court Prince 24 hours www.princecourt.com +603 21600000 Kuala Lumpur 39, JalanKiaPeng CENTRE 2.6 PRINCECOURT MEDICAL out woodcarving. tomake batika prints, try potteries or At the complex, one can learn the way the different artists at work. tosee avisit Make handicrafts. and souvenirs crafts, arts, of arrays the see vast and visit to place great a is Complex Cultural Craft Lumpur Kuala Daily: 8.00am-7.00pm www.kraftangan.gov.my +603 21627459 5, JalanConlay, Kuala Lumpur CULTURAL COMPLEX 2.7 KUALA LUMPUR CRAFT On the 13th May 1996, the President the 1996, May 13th the On was probably addedinthe1930s. hall The 1924. in Kechil Sungai who Seman Kampung to it moved and dismantled Abu Penghulu to sold was away, structure passed this latter the When Takong. Paya Kampung in for Tok built Taib who was a notable person originally was house main The and theiroriginsdiffer. times different at constructed were house and the kitchen and dining room, main the hall, the are which house the of sections main three The left eventually vacant. was house the and Ibrahim had no sonto succeed him house. the (Headman) of Unfortunately,‘Penghulu’ ownership title the the and inherited Seman Abu bin When he died, his son Ibrahim 1930s. buildings in the mid-1920s to the early . He completed the ensemble of the district of Bagan Samak in the state in of village small a Kechil, Sungai a Malay headman fromKampung belonged to Abu Seman bin Nayan, Malaysia). The house originally Heritage The of Malaysia Trust of (Badan Warisan compound house the in timber a traditional is Seman restored Abu Penghulu Rumah public holidays: Closed Mon -Sat: 11.00am&3.00pmSun Guided Tour ofHouse: Sat: 9.00am-6.00pm Mon -Fri:9.00am6.00pm www.badanwarisan.org.my +603 21449273 2, JalanStonor, Kuala Lumpur SEMAN 2.8 RUMAHPENGHULU ABU Rumah Penghulu AbuSeman Badan Warisan offers guided RM10.00 perperson. offers of donation minimum a with tours Warisan Badan Malaysia Trust. of Heritage The of eyes watchful under the reassembled was house The restoration. coinone ringgit to commemorate the 1996 a with along column position its in back main the under found which was coin Settlement Straits 1916 Seri Ahmad Sarji placed the original Dato’ Sri Tan tradition, with keeping seri) In house. the reconstruction of the of (tiang commencement official column the marked main the of raising the 1996, August 8th the On Kuala Lumpur. present location at No. its 2, Jalan Stonor, to moved was house dismantled By the end of the month, the the house. formal commencement ofthedismantling of the officiated bin Hamid, Sarji Abdul Ahmad Seri Dato’ Sri Tan the Badan of Warisan Malaysia, SMK Convent BukitNanas oldest andbest schoolsinthecity. for the local children. It is one ofthe a school starting intention of the with Singapore from arrived who nuns, of group a by founded was school The Nanas, Kuala Lumpur. all- girls secondary school located at Bukit an is Nanas Bukit Convent SMK Weekends &publicholidays: Closed Mon -Fri:7.00am7.00pm www.cbn.edu.my +603 20780559 Jalan BukitNanas,Kuala Lumpur NANAS 2.10 SMKCONVENT BUKIT winning Pavilion Kuala LumpurMall. award- the to connectivity direct podium, with a retail and an building towers, office residential two include would projects development Further retail outlets. and apartments rooms, 300 house to estimated currently is Hotel Harrods city’s GoldenTriangle. Raja Chulan and Jalan Conlay in the Jalan Kuala between land 2.21-hectare a on in located is hotel opened The 2018. in Lumpur be is to Hotel expected Harrods first world’s The Jalan RajaChulan,Kuala Lumpur 2018) 2.9 HARRODS HOTEL (opening white andmaroon. architectural style and is painted in forms. sixth upper building The school has a European and in lower admitted the only are Girls citizens. ordinary and servants civil politicians, to children ofprime ministers, royalties from ranging life of walks all from students of thousands admitted has school The students). vision low and (blind students impaired visually enrols that Malaysia very in the schools of few one also is school The non-residential schoolsinMalaysia. and is regarded as one ofthe best activities extra-curriculum academic, and sports in achievements high its Lumpur. The schoolis famous for is oneoftheoldest schoolsinKuala John’sSt 1904, Institution, in founded Weekends &publicholidays: Closed Mon -Fri:7.00am7.00pm www.stjohn.edu.my +603 20782846 Jalan BukitNanas,Kuala Lumpur 2.11 ST JOHN’SINSTITUTION St John’s Institution the hillcalled BukitNanas. oxen was The Anecdote: delayed construction carrying due building to of tigers the materials attacking building up registration and reconciliation, marriage and counselling andanointing ofthesick. baptism, registration to fellowship, offered services followers are faith education, worship, the Among gospel three scenes. the depicting glasses inscription in mosaic chips and stained the see will cathedral this to Visitors . from miner tin catholic chinese a of help the with 1883 establishedwasin it only when Selangor the in church was catholic Cathedral John’s St 8.30am –12.00pm 2nd, 4th&5thSat: Mon -Fri:8.30am5.00pm www.stjohnkl.net +603 20781876/20262813 5, JalanBukitNanas,Kuala Lumpur 2.12 ST JOHN’SCATHEDRAL when struck. bamboo or wood sound clear out gives that instrument hollowed a on only used the knockingcodes that communities when days the in began systems of exhibits telecommunication features museum The the 1870supto the present day. interesting (The from Malaysia in an telecommunications of history is the traces It visit. to place it and country is Telekom the only museum of its kind in the Museum) Telecommunication Muzium Closed onpublicholidays Daily: 9.00am-5.00pm www.muziumtelekom.com.my +603 20319966 Jalan RajaChulan,Kuala Lumpur 2.13 MUZIUMTELEKOM NO TOURIST GUIDEBOO KL TES : K 13 ZONE A 14 ZONE A NO TES : Muzium Telekom y eehns switchboards, railway communications andmore. communications, telephones, followed marine telegraph by code the Morse of introduction the came Later building for conservation. building architectural heritage ofthe Mahathir Mohamadsawthe MinisterTun of Malaysia Dr. Fortunately, the then Prime of way tobuilding this demolish make In 1984, there towere plans letter G. has ashapeofthe the building style.From abirds-eye view, modern Europeanof is Chulan the Neo-classicalstyle, while Greek columnsand isofthe facingGereja Jalan has got distinctive got two has The building the building’s colonial past. as areminder of the building telephone boothstands outside colonial telephone 1928 in was built The building Anecdote: façade the for to days. house a and exchange façades. National 26-storey facing A the gazetted British The Jalan old during Telecom. complex façade British style Raja the the Islamic financialmarkets. and bonds services, listings, offshore derivatives,equities, includes services products and financial Other services. depository and settlement clearing, and related exchange- facilities such as listing, of fully-integrated trading, range comprehensive a operates KLSE the 2005, in listed and 1973 in Established as a holding company exchange markets inAsia. Exchange (KLSE) is oneofthelargest stock Stock Lumpur Kuala The Weekends &publicholidays: Closed Mon -Fri:9.00am5.30pm www.bursamalaysia.com +603 20265099/20347000 Bukit Kewangan, Kuala Lumpur LG Floor, Exchange Square EXCHANGE 2.14 KUALA LUMPUR STOCK fellowship, education, discipleship training andservices. education, worship,fellowship, on the for opportunities colonial religion, information offers of church examples architecture in Kuala Lumpur. The finest the of existing one as regarded is It architecture andinternal furnishings. church the 1918, has maintained much of its original in planters’ Built Scottish church. original the was Church Presbyterian Andrew’s St The Daily: 8.00am-6.00pm www.standrewschurch.org.my +603 20311223 Kuala Lumpur 29, JalanRajaChulan PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 2.15 ST ANDREW’S nrahet, n ee war even loggings, and random encroachments, suffered long Although this mini forest has city. tropical rainforest in the heart of the hectares and is the only remaining 11 approximately of area an covers It city. the of heart the in reserve rainforest one is of the oldest permanent tropical It Tower. Lumpur Kuala the near Reserve Forest Hill) (Pineapple call it by its old name, Bukit Nanas but most KL citizens will Park,still know and Eco Forest KL officially the as been renamed now has forest The Daily: 7.00am-6.00pm www.forestry.gov.my www.nre.gov.my +603 20264741/20706342 Kuala Lumpur Jalan RajaChulan 2.16 KLFOREST ECO PARK KL Forest Eco Park walkway builtover theforest floor. taking plank short the betweenTrail, Merawanor the choice a have you Here, forest. the into back you leads Walking to the end of this open area ferns. encounter are the palmaes, herbs and be will you that plants Other foundhere. also can Shama White-Rumped the and Fisher King White-Throated Squirrels and bird species such as the monkeys that live inthispark. silver the lacquer and the longtailed upon macauque stumble may You connects to JalanBukitNanas. that Aquilaria Jalan tarred-roadcalled small the a at ends bordering and school, Convent reserve, of forest edge the the to plantation Trail,banana Suboh the a scenictrail passing through the to down detour can you There through grove. banana old you an takes tiled that a is pavement Walk Bamboo the Along Kapur bamboo include clumps growing onthesides. huge by and which (Dryobalanops) placed trees with are the that signages information many are There metres long. 300 about is which TrailJelutong the and long metres 361 about is which run main ones are the Merbau Trail two that The reserve. forest trails the through several are There Trails inKLForest Eco Park old. years hundred several be to appear boast somethat trees it still activities, extensive refurbishment. through went later and 1960s the in It was the first full-fledged supermarket class hotels andtourist attractions. city, The Weld is surrounded by world- Strategically located in the heart of the beverage. and food of variety great a with destination shopping cosy yet The Weld Shopping Centre is a small Daily: 10.00am-10.00pm www.theweld.com.my +603 21623580 76, JalanRajaChulan,Kuala Lumpur 2.17 THEWELD 1906. of The and coffee wasplanted there. administration estate hill site was the asthe hill Mandarin), Asal, because,is This language. Raja the malay in Pineapple Hill Bukit Nanasliterallymeans Anecdote: gazetted Frederick Weld.was The hill hill The chinesehowever callthe walked aroundbarefooted. people usually as those days in plant The spikes ofthe pineapple (1867-1873). WarCivil the Selangor during top fortressenemies from his topineapples protect his hill- Weld the of Ka British a is Selangor’s malay Fei an Straits Hill during as exellent Shan however, a after chieftain, nature Settlement first (coffee the the (1874-1957) obstruction called reserve European Governor planted British hill the Sir in in Kuala LumpurTower f utr, detr ad nature and experiences for itsvisitors. adventure culture, of blend a unique offers Tower Lumpur Located in the heart of the city, Kuala 1st October 1996. the on by Mohamad Mahathir Dr. inaugurated Tun officially Minister Prime fourth Malaysia’s was It the in world andtallest inSouthEast Asia. tower telecommunication that a as Bukit Nanas. It is the tallest is known hill a on metres 421 at tower stands Tower Lumpur telecommunications Kuala The Daily: 9.00am-10.00pm www.menarakualalumpur.com.my +603 20205499 Jalan P. Ramlee,Kuala Lumpur 2.18 KUALA LUMPUR TOWER opn ad iig hnkt Bukit ChangkatBintang neighbourhood. jiving and hopping entertainment fromthe hardest night of over spill moderate the is It Club andHealyMacs. and restaurants such as the Beach the city’sof some popular cafés, bars and night life brand tothe road. Ithas commercial mix P.a Jalan has Ramlee Towers andKuala LumpurTower. PETRONASTwinthe as such landmark the corner from the city’s major around just locatedP. is Jalan Ramlee 2.19 JALAN PRAMLEE and Earth (BASE) JumpCentre. known as the World Antenna, Building, Span also is Tower Lumpur troupes. Kuala cultural in-house talented by performed dances traditional are of the year and on a daily basis, there throughout series events cultural a Kuala exciting hosts experience, Tower cultural Lumpur a For revolving the at restaurant that offers fusioncuisine. dine or Lumpur at 276 Kuala of view panoramic a for metres Deck Observation the Visit producer. songwriter, composer, and after streetthis aptly is named its vibrant entertainment, Being astretch known for Anecdote: film legendary a (1929 –1973).Hewas entertainment, P. Ramlee, actor, the King icon, director, of Malaysian a singer, gifted Kuala Lumpur CityWalk cultureshopping, andcuisine. for experience outdoor interesting an offers kilometre a half approximately Kuala Lumpur City Walk stretching offerings.service unique bistros, cafés, signature and culinary boutiques, with fashion retailers, lifestyle destination exciting an totourist evolved since has It project by theKuala LumpurCityHall. beautification a mere as off that started mall strip pedestrian ever first Kuala Lumpur City Walk is Malaysia’s Daily: 9.00am-6.00pm www.klcitywalk.com +603 21706688 Kuala Lumpur 11, JalanP. Ramlee WALK 2.20 KUALA LUMPUR CITY Due Malaysian generations. has transcended passion his the movieindustry, andmusic to his contributions to NO TOURIST GUIDEBOO KL TES : K 15 ZONE A BUKIT BINTANG 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.1 3.11 3.6 Imbi Plaza 3.7 Low Yat Plaza 3.8 3.2 3.9 Jalan Alor (street food) 3.3 3.10 Changkat Bukit Bintang 3.10 3.4 3.11 No Black Tie

3.9 BUKIT BINTANG SHOPPING PRECINCT Bukit Bintang literally translates as Star Hill and is indeed a ‘star’ in shopping and entertainment. Bukit Bintang has drawn crowds since 3.5 the 1950s when a famous amusement park called BB Park provided entertainment in the form of dancing girls, amusement, slot-machines and even a roller coaster. 3.7 3.6 A corporate mogul known as Yeoh Tiong Lay gave this place a facelift by starting up retail developments and turning a portion of into Bintang Walk, a chic pedestrian walkway lined with trendy al-fresco cafes, swanky bars and posh retail outlets. Shopping and entertainment takes on a more luxurious persona in Bukit 3.8 Bintang these days. From the award winning Pavillion, Starhill, Lot 10, Fahrenheit, Sungei Wang, Berjaya Times Square Mall, Imbi Plaza and Low Yat Plaza, all these are merely a handful of an almost swanky malls that offer internationally-known brands. Most of these malls serve as lifestyle centres and come complete with restaurants, cineplexes, spas, fitness centres and theme parks. Bukit Bintang is undoubtedly the city’s foremost shopping precinct with everything from haute coutre fashion, fragrances and timepieces to computer peripherals and the latest gadgets.

16 KL A TOURIST GUIDEBOOK ZONE 3.1 PAVILION KUALA LUMPUR 3.2 STARHILL GALLERY 3.3 FAHRENHEIT 88 168, Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur 181, Jalan Bukit Bintang 179, Jalan Bukit Bintang +603 2118 8833 Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur NOTES: www.pavilion-Kuala Lumpur.com +603 2782 3800 +603 2148 5488 Daily: 10.00am - 10.00pm www.starhillgallery.com www.fahrenheit88.com Daily: 10.00am - 10.00pm Daily: 10.00am - 10.00pm Pavilion Kuala Lumpur is currently Malaysia’s premier shopping destination offering trendy fashion, cuisines and urban leisure. This shopping mall has over Starhill Gallery is a luxury retail mall Fahrenheit 88 is Kuala Lumpur’s latest 500 outlets offering the finest fashion, home furnishing, entertainment and located in the Bukit Bintang shopping addition in vibrant, iconic shopping culinary delights. Pavilion Kuala Lumpur is the winner of 24 local and international district of Kuala Lumpur. The mall destinations for the young urbanites retail awards. Pavilion Kuala Lumpur was opened on 20th September 2007. opened in 1996 as Starhill Shopping with over 250 retail stores, anchored Centre but the word ‘Gallery’ was by the first UNIQLO flagship store added to the official name of the in Malaysia. It also contains F&B hot mall because it held the largest watch spots and entertainment outlets gallery in the world at the time for spanning over 7 levels of shopping the affluent Malaysians and foreign space. visitors. Visitors will see a large number of exclusive jewellery shops designer boutiques for fashion, shoes, handbags and cameras. On the lower ground level of the mall are a number of lavish restaurants.

Pavilion Kuala Lumpur Starhill Gallery 17 A ZONE 3.4 LOT 10 3.5 SUNGEI WANG PLAZA 3.7 LOW YAT PLAZA Berjaya Times Square Theme 50, Jalan Sultan Ismail Lower Basement One 7, Jalan Bukit Bintang Park NOTES: Kuala Lumpur Sungei Wang Plaza 55100 Kuala Lumpur Level 5 & 7 +603 2143 6092 / 2782 3566 Jalan Bukit Bintang +603 2148 3651 Berjaya Times Square www.lot10.com.my Kuala Lumpur www.plazalowyat.com 1, , Kuala Lumpur Daily: 10.00am - 10.00pm +603 2144 9988 Daily: 10.00am - 9.00pm +603 2117 3118 www.sungeiwang.com www.berjayatimessquareKuala Lot 10 Shopping Mall offers a diverse Low Yat Plaza, located in the shopping Daily: 10.00am - 10.00pm Lumpur.com/themepark range of fashionable lifestyle choices district of Bukit Bintang, is the best Daily: 10.00am - 9.00pm from a range of cultures, with variety of Sungei Wang Plaza is a vibrant place to look for computers, cameras ladies fashion ranging from executive shopping hub in the heart of Kuala and electronic gadgets. Berjaya Times Square Theme Park apparels to elegant garments and its Lumpur with offerings in fashion, is an indoor theme park that offers anchor tenant, ISETAN of Japan. accessories, mobile phones, gadgets, thrilling rides and activities for beauty and many more at affordable people of all ages. Galaxy Station The store is spread out over 5 levels 3.8 BERJAYA TIMES SQUARE rates for all kinds of shoppers. 1, Jalan Imbi, Kuala Lumpur rollercoasters for thrill seekers while which boasts a wide selection of +603 2144 9821 Fantasy Garden is great for family electronic shops, supermarkets, food This plaza offers visitors more than 800 www.berjayatimessquareKuala fun with eight rides amidst colorful courts, restaurants, specialty stores, retail outlets in one shopping haven Lumpur.com garden avenues. Theme Park Ticket beauty, health treatment and an complete with functional facilities and Daily: 10.00am - 10.00pm purchase is required. entertainment outlet. accessible public transportation. Berjaya TImes Square houses over Known as one of the most happening a 1,000 retail outlets including malls in town for its events and theme parks, book stores, cinemas, promotions since the 90s, Sungei excellent shopping experiences, Wang Plaza is home to numerous accommodations, business facilities, popular international and local restaurants, gadgets and electronics, artistes, fashion shows, countdown fashion and apparel, home concerts, festive season stage furnishings, gifts and collectibles and showcases and corporate social many more under one roof. responsibility programs. The Plaza went through its second major refurbishment in late-2012.

3.6 IMBI PLAZA Jalan Bukit Bintang Kuala Lumpur Daily: 10.00am - 9.00pm Imbi Plaza is the place to go if you are looking for computer hardware and software at less inflated prices. Imbi Plaza is a low-budget shopping mall, where prices mainly depend on your bargaining skills.

Lot 10 Shopping Mall Berjaya TImes Square Berjaya Times Square Theme Park 18 KL A TOURIST GUIDEBOOK ZONE 3.9 JALAN ALOR (STREET FOOD) reasonably priced) in the city. Most 3.10 CHANGKAT BUKIT as a counterweight to the sprawl of Jalan Alor, Kuala Lumpur of these dishes cannot be found in BINTANG surrounding 5 star hotels. fashion-conscious restaurants – and Daily: 6.00pm- 12.00am Changkat Bukit Bintang Without the tourists and resident NOTES: even if they are, they are rarely as Kuala Lumpur expats, many entertainment venues It is a place both locals and tourists tasty, so hawker stalls are a favourite Daily: 6.00pm - 1.00am would simply not survive. flock to for a full-blown open-air street on the city’s foodie scene. food experience. It was known as a Changkat has grown organically is As it is, Changkat goes from strength red light area but is now a well-known The place stays loud and vibrant open, friendly and fun. Changkat Bukit to strength, for which both locals tourist eatery. Just a street away from throughout the night with vendors Bintang is a network of alleys and and visitors to KL frequent. So, when Jalan Bukit Bintang, visitors love Jalan furiously fanning grills of chicken and streets that make part of the Bukit one fancy a chilled out drink, a good Alor for its vibrant and buzzing aura beef skewers, the metallic clang of Bintang area. meal,or a place to groove, Changkat a of food choices. Located just behind frying woks and the air thick with You will come across a blend of old and night out. Jalan Bukit Bintang and a short walk charcoal smoke is part of Jalan Alor’s new charm buildings from the prewar away from Changkat Bukit Bintang, it unique charm. era which have now been refurbished is a hive of activity when sets. into upscale pubs been likened to Red lanterns are strung across street London’s Piccadilly Circus and New lamps, casting their warm glow onto York City’s Times Square and dubbed the hordes of people on the street. Dining “. It is a trendy place for pub Food hawkers wave plastic menus at crawling and one of Kuala Lumpur’s everyone, enticing them with photos most “happening” night scenes. of their specialities. This street is lined with a mix of Dubbed the cultural heart of the city’s chic casual bars, restaurants, street local cuisine, tourists rarely venture hawkers, pubs and budget hotels. here unguided. Both with tourist Changkat Bukit Bintang are broad. guides and locals alike; almost every It is the street with the most vibrant tourist will be brought here. restaurant scenes in downtown Kuala Lumpur. Changkat Bukit Bintang A sharp contrast to trendy Jalan Bukit Bintang and Changkat Bukit Foodies would love the wide variety of Bintang, Jalan Alor has a local charm gastronomic choices from authentic 3.11 NO BLACK TIE to it with atmospheric air-conditioned traditional dishes to fusion cuisines. 17, Jalan Mesui Off Jalan Nagasari, chinese seafood restaurants, bright There is the Magnificent Fish & Kuala Lumpur fluorescent restaurant signage lighting Chips Bar , Thai Baan 26 and Italian +603 2142 3737 and mini red chinese lanterns strung Neroteca. After clubbing or drinking www.noblacktie.com.my up in the trees. But it is also a tad late at night, pub crawlers or revellers Daily: 6.00pm - 1.00am messy because of the seemingly- may join the locals for some food on endless row of hawker stalls set up bamboo skewers (meatballs, chicken, No Black Tie (NBT) is the venue to catch on the five-foot walkway, with plastic squid, boiled eggs, a variety of the acts of Malaysia’s top singers, tables and chairs spilling out onto the vegetables, cuttlefish). musicians and an impressive line up road. of international acts in entertainment. In tandem with Changkat establishing Enjoy the range of music from rhythm Kuala Lumpur being a cosmopolitan itself as Kuala Lumpur’s most & blues to jazz. The NBT Gastro-Bar city, the variety of food available happening entertainment area, it has offers a variety of culinary delights in is amazing and in Jalan Alor the also become the place for budget a contemporary setting. barbecued meats, noodles and travellers to stay. This not only helps desserts are some of the best (and make for a refreshing mix it also acts Jalan Alor 19 TUN ABDUL RAZAK HERITAGE PARK (formerly known as Lake Gardens)

4.1 Perdana Botanical Gardens 4.19 4.2 Deer Park 4.15 4.3 Panggung Anniversari (Open-Air Amphitheater) 4.4 Bukit Aman (Malaysian Police Headquarters) 4.14 4.5 Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park 4.16 4.6 Kuala Lumpur Bird Park 4.7 Orchid Garden 4.4 4.8 Hibiscus Garden 4.9 Memorial Tun Abdul Razak 4.5 4.10 National Planetarium 4.3 4.11 Royal Malaysian Police Museum 4.8 4.12 Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia 4.13 National Mosque (Masjid Negara) 4.14 Asean Sculpture Garden 4.15 National Monument (Tugu Negara) 4.1 4.16 Parliament House 4.6 4.17 Carcosa 4.2 4.7 4.18 Muzium Negara 4.9 4.12 4.19 Bank Negara Museum & Art Gallery

The Tun Abdul Razak Heritage Park, formerly known as Lake Gardens, is a 4.17 4.13 peaceful oasis in the midst of a bustling modern city. Prior to the 1930s, 4.11 this part of Kuala Lumpur was a wild territory where adventurers explored ravines on horses in search for exotic flora and fauna. 4.10 Today, much of the terrain has been beautifully manicured with the lake 4.18 giving the park a romantic charm. Exotic flora and fauna are segmented into enclosed parks such as the Bird Park, Deer Park, Hibiscus and Orchid Gardens, although playful monkeys and squirrels still roam freely. On top of that, museums, galleries and monuments have made this park an ideal place for visitors to explore Malaysia’s rich natural and cultural history. Take a ride on the battery operated tram that operates within the park and see the 14 main attractions found here. 20 KL A TOURIST GUIDEBOOK

of trees named after or giving names ZONE to States or places in Malaysia. It is educational for the local visitors, as NOTES: they will know the subject and origin of the names of places they live in. Collections of tropical fauna, from families of Aracaea, Zamiceae and Fern and can be seen in garden areas such as the Heliconia garden, the Fernery and Cycads Island. The Conservatory and the Herb gardens would also be of interest to plant enthusiast as the collections of herbaceaous plants and herbs, especially from the tropical rainforest are showcased in very typical tropical ornamental garden style. The Perdana Botanical Gardens covers a fairly large area with a lake in it, originally named Sydney Lake in 1888. The lake is now a venue for boating. Anecdote: The Perdana Lake was previously called the Sydney Lake when A.R. Venning, the Chairman of the Sanitary Board and the State Treasurer of Selangor, sculptured the gardens in 1888. 4.1 PERDANA BOTANICAL Heritage Park. The then Perdana Lake Majestic Baobabs (Adansonia digitata) This was a tribute to Lady GARDENS Gardens is now the Perdana Botanical and Moringa drouhardli, from Africa Constance Sydney Holmes, the Tun Abdul Razak Heritage Park Gardens. The first phase saw the are part of this collection. wife of Sir Frank Swettenham, Kuala Lumpur rehabilitation of the central gardens The Botanical collections included the then British Resident of +603 2617 6404 with additions of flora & fauna forgotten trees, which are now rarely Selangor. The tragedy that was www.klbotanicalgarden.gov.my collections and fiscal built up of new grown in the home garden. Unusual the life of Lady Sydney inspired Daily: 9.00am - 5.00pm features. tropical rainforest fruit trees, either Malaysian playwright Sabera On 28th June 2011, the 6th Prime The Perdana Botanical Gardens has endemic or introduced have been Shaik to pen the play Lady Minister of Malaysia Dato’ Sri Najib a gentle scenic undulating garden collected and planted in the fruit tree Swettenham, which was staged Tun Razak launched the Perdana landscape. Originally laid in 1888, area next to the heritage Brazilian several times at the City Theatre Botanical Gardens, in conjunction with trees, endemics and exotic nut tree. The Brazilian nut tree was (Panggung Bandaraya) and the with the completion of the first phase flora there were new collections of planted over a hundred years ago. Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts of the making of the Tun Abdul Razak amazing and unusual trees e.g. The Centre (KLPAC). Another interesting collection is that

21 A ZONE 4.2 DEER PARK 4.3 PANGGUNG ANNIVERSARI 4.4 BUKIT AMAN (Malaysian Jalan Perdana, Taman Tasik Perdana (open-air amphitheater) Police Headquarters) The collection was moved to NOTES: Kuala Lumpur Perdana Botanical Garden Police Headquarters, Bukit Aman the Selangor Museum when +603 2693 6661 Jalan Cenderawasih Kuala Lumpur it was completed in 1899. The www.klbotanicalgarden.gov.my/ +603 2617 6404 +603 2266 2222 / 8821/ 8822 Selangor Museum is situated on guide-deer-park www.klbotanicalgarden.gov.my/ www.rmp.gov.my the site where Kuala Lumpur’s Daily: 9.00am - 6.00pm www.visitkl.gov.my operates 24 hours a day National Museum now stands. Daily: 7.00am – 8.00pm The Deer Park is a two-hectare Bukit Aman means “the hill of peace” enclosure that houses a few species Refurbished recently, the Panggung in the , and it is aptly of deer such as fallow deer, axis deer Anniversari is a venue for shows named as such because the men in 4.5 KUALA LUMPUR BUTTERFLY and Sambar deer. where many pop musicians and rock blue who serve there are literally PARK stars of Kuala Lumpur started their peacemakers. However, during the Of special attraction is the mousedeer, Taman Tasik Perdana, Jalan road to fame. Located in the Perdana British Administration it was called the the smallest hoofed animal in the Cenderasari, Kuala Lumpur Botanical Garden, the amphitheater Bluff Road Hill. A bluff is a broad steep world. The viewing points and the +603 2693 4799 has a roof over the seats on the headland or cliff. placement of fences allow visitors’ to www.kualalumpurbutterflypark. slopes. Shows are free of charge. get the best views of the deer in the When the administrative capital of com park. The is the Selangor was moved from Klang to Daily: 9.00am - 6.00pm caretaker of this amphitheater. Kuala Lumpur in 1880, the Selangor Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park is a Chief Police Captain H.C. Syers chose large area of over 80,000 square Anecdote: the Bluff Road Hill as the location feet of landscaped gardens with over of his headquarters. The bluff 5,000 live butterflies, exotic plants, The mousedeer is called the strategically looks over the British butterfly-host plants and ferns. This Sang Kancil in . Administrative offices around the is a paradise for nature lovers and Sang Kancil is an epitome of open field which is now called Dataran photographers who desire close-up intelligence and agility and has (Independence Square) and views of these rare delicate butterflies been known to outsmart larger also Chinatown across the Klang River. fluttering around beautiful flowers, and stronger beasts such as plants, ferns and flowering vines. dogs, tigers and crocodiles. As such the economic and social activities of the then little town of Other attractions of this park are the The legendary incident of a Kuala Lumpur were done under the Japanese Koi fish, fresh water turtles, mousedeer kicking Prince scrutiny of the law enforcers of the live insects and a museum with a large Parameswara’s hunting dogs hill. It was only on 25th March 1975, collection of butterflies and insects into the Melaka River explains when Bluff Road Hill changed her from around the world. the mousedeer’s presence in name to Bukit Aman. the Melaka State Coat of Arms. Sang Kancil’s agility even Anecdote: inspired the name of the petite The Selangor Chief Police, but sleek model of a national Captain H.C. Syers who lived automobile, a very useful car on Bluff Road Hill was a keen to have when braving narrow collector of local artifacts and alleys and tight parking spots. plant and animal specimens. His large collection at home is considered the first museum of Kuala Lumpur. Panggung Anniversari Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park 22 KL A TOURIST GUIDEBOOK ZONE 4.6 KUALA LUMPUR BIRD PARK 4.7 ORCHID GARDEN make a viscous fluid for blowing 4.10 NATIONAL PLANETARIUM Jalan Cenderawasih Jalan Perdana, Taman Tasik Perdana National Planetarium, National firm bubbles. Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Space Agency (ANGKASA) NOTES: +603 2272 1010 +603 2617 6000 The Polynesian women wear Ministry of Science, Technology & www.klbirdpark.com www.klbotanicalgarden.gov.my the flower on their ear to Innovation Daily: 9.00am - 6.00pm Daily: 9.00am- 6.00pm indicate their relationship Lot 53, Jalan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur status- on the left ear, married +603 2273 4303 / 5484 / 4301 Kuala Lumpur Bird Park is well known Orchid Garden houses over 800 and on the right, available. It is www.angkasa.gov.my/planetarium as the “World’s Largest Free-flight species of orchids, including rare and also universally acknowledged Daily: 8.00am – 5.00pm Walk-in ”, home to more than exotic types. The garden comprises a in all these cultures as the 3,000 birds of approximately 200 semi-circle pergola for the climbing The National Planetarium is the “Shoeflower”, as the petals are species of local and foreign birds. The and epiphytic variety and a rock symbol of Malaysia Government’s excellent polishers of leather. Park offers 20.9 acres of valley terrain garden for the terrestrial variety. serious commitment towards the to be explored, divided into four The hibiscus is also the state development of space, science and An Orchid Bazaar is held every Sunday zones; Zone 1 and 2 make up the free- flower of Hawaii. However, only technology. The complex houses a for interested visitors. flight zone; Zone 3 is the Hornbill Park the red Hibiscus is the national tilted dome theater and facilities such and Zone 4 is where birds are placed flower of Malaysia. as an outdoor ancient observatory in separate cages and mini . park, picnic areas with space theme, Ticket purchase is required. 4.8 HIBISCUS GARDEN exhibition gallery, viewing gallery with Jalan Perdana, Taman Tasik Perdana 4.9 MEMORIAL TUN ABDUL binoculars, space theatre, observatory Anecdote: Kuala Lumpur with telescope and its accessories. +603 2617 6000 RAZAK As the Bird Park is a replica www.klbotanicalgarden.gov.my Sri Taman, Jalan Perdana Admission charges apply although of the natural habitat of our Daily: 9.00am- 6.00pm Kuala Lumpur admission to the exhibition gallery is feathered friends, it may be a +603 2693 7141 free of charge. Hibiscus Garden showcases the good platform to observe some http://www.jmm.gov.my/en/ various species of Malaysia’s national of their unusual nesting habits. museum/memorial-tun-abdul-razak Anecdote: flower, the Bunga Raya (Hibiscus Rosa Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sat & Sun: Malaysia is the 37th nation to The monogamous hornbills are Sinensis). 10.00am – 5.30 pm known for their cooperative send a man to outer space. The Some of the attractions in the garden Fri: 10.00am - 12.00pm & breeding. Before incubation, honour of the first Malaysian include a 4-metre high waterfall, 3.00pm - 5.30pm the female begin to close the in space goes to Dr. Sheikh fountain and pools and a lovely Mon except public holidays & school entrance to the nest cavity of a Muszaphar Shukor who was in colonial style building converted into holidays: Closed tree with a wall made of mud, space from 10th to 21st October an exhibition hall and a gallery. droppings and fruit pulp. Opened in 1982, the Tun Abdul Razak 2007. Coming from a medical Memorial commemorates the life background, he was given the Anecdote: When the female is ready to lay and times of Malaysia’s second Prime task to perform experiments her eggs, the entrance is just The hibiscus is native to the Minister, Tun Abdul Razak (1970- on board the International large enough for her to enter Pacific archipelago, which 1976). This memorial is housed in his Space Station relating to the the nest. includes islands such as Taiwan, official residence and has two sections characteristics and growth of liver cancer and leukemia cells, Afterwards, the remaining Hainan, the Philippines, Hawaii worth viewing. and Tahiti. As such, it plays an the crystallisation of various opening is sealed shut but The artefacts and documents on important role in the indigenous proteins and microbes in space. leaving only a narrow aperture, display in the memorial tell the story of cultures of these islands. big enough for the male to an intellectual and a great statesman His time in space coincided transfer food to the mother and Children in the Philippines use with the interest of the rural folks at with the Muslim fasting month eventually the chicks. gum crushed from the plant to heart. Tun Abdul Razak was recognized of Ramadhan and for that the as a ‘Father of Development’ 23 A ZONE 4.11 ROYAL MALAYSIAN POLICE are especially well represented with the Malay heritage as an National Fatwa council drew exceptional category itself. up the first comprehensive MUSEUM 5, Jalan Perdana, Tasik Perdana NOTES: guidebook for Muslims in space. Some collections have travelled the world. Travelling exhibitions include the Kuala Lumpur Rhythm & Verses exhibition (of works that cover major calligraphic styles) that The guidebook details how to +603 2272 5689 was held at the National University of Singapore Museum and the Library of perform prayer in low-gravity www.jmm.gov.my Alexandria, Egypt. environment, identify fasting Tues - Sun: 10.00am - 6.00pm and prayer times and how to Mon & public holidays: Closed Another is Abrbandi: Ikats of Central Asia (exotic silk textiles, robes and tapestries locate from space. that celebrate a unique weaving tradition) that was held at the Art Gallery of New The Royal Malaysian Police Museum South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar’s showcases the history of the Royal spacesuit and a replica of the Malaysian Police force. The Museum The Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia has grown to rank as one of the world’s leading International Space Station also exhibits material evidence for private Islamic museums, hailed by the Organization of Islamic Countries’ (OIC) are on display at the National criminal cases in Malaysia including Islamic Research Centre of Islamic Culture and Arts (IRCICA) as “a remarkable Planetarium. activities of criminal intimidations centre of learning and research aimed at preserving the history, arts and cultural from triads and communists, display heritage of the Islamic world”. of arms, model and old photographs, The museum is funded by the Albukhary Foundation, a charitable organisation plan study and figures relating to the founded by Malaysian businessman-philanthropist Syed Mokthar Al-Bukhary who Malayan emergency (1948-1960). Also is one of the richest man in Malaysia. of interest is the clothing development of police uniforms throughout the years since Independence 1957

4.12 ISLAMIC ARTS MUSEUM MALAYSIA Jalan Lembah Perdana Kuala Lumpur +603 2274 2020 www.iamm.org.my Daily: 10.00am - 6.00pm Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia is Southeast Asia’s largest museum of Islamic art. It houses more than 7,000 artifacts, as well as an exceptional library of Islamic- art books. The art objects on display range from the tiniest pieces of jewelry to one of the world’s largest scale models of the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca. There are 12 galleries to explore with works from the heartlands of Persia and Middle East; China, India and National Planetarium Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia 24 KL A TOURIST GUIDEBOOK ZONE 4.13 NATIONAL MOSQUE 4.14 ASEAN SCULPTURE 4.15 NATIONAL MONUMENT Overall the monument depicts (MASJID NEGARA) GARDEN (TUGU NEGARA) the victory of the forces of Jalan Lembah Perdana Asean Sculpture Garden , Kuala Lumpur democracy, peace and freedom NOTES: Kuala Lumpur Persiaran Sultan Salahuddin +603 9235 4848 over that of the communist and +603 2693 7905 Taman Tasik Perdana www.dbkl.gov.my evil. By the way, communism www.masjidnegara.gov.my Kuala Lumpur Daily: 8.00am – 10.00pm is outlawed in Malaysia. The Daily: 6.30am – 7.30pm www.klbotanicalgarden.gov.my sculpture was then casted in The National Monument is a huge except for prayer times www.visitkl.gov.my a foundry in Rome at a cost of bronze sculpture designed by Felix Daily: 7.00am – 8.00pm RM600,000. The National Mosque is the most de Weldon, architect of the famous distinguished mosque in the city with Explore this interestingly landscaped Iwo Jima Memorial. Located in the De Weldon was conferred its unique multifold umbrella shape garden to view a collection of prize- Tun Abdul Razak Heritage Park, this with the title Tan Sri, the dome and tall minaret, which stands winning sculptures in wood, marble, sculpture was built to pay tribute to Malaysian equivalent of a high- magnificently against the skyline. Built iron and bamboo, designed by most the courageous soldiers who gave ranking knighthood. He died in in 1965, the mosque has the capacity respected sculptors from six ASEAN their lives defending the country. Woodstock, Virginal on 02 June to accommodate up to 8,000 people countries: Malaysia, Singapore, 2003 at the age of 96. Every year on July 31, the King and at any one time for prayers. Philippines, , and the Prime Minister as well as senior The idea of a national Brunei Within its neatly landscaped grounds representatives of the Royal Malaysian monument was mooted by are fountains and pools. Behind the The garden, located at the foot of the Police and the Armed Forces gather Tunku Abdul Rahman (First mosque is the Heroes’ Mausoleum, National Monument hill, was built and at the National Monument to lay Malaysian prime minister) and a burial ground of several prominent officially opened in 1987 to wreaths and pay homage to Malaysia’s the sculpture was constructed Malaysian statesmen namely, commemorate the 20th anniversary fallen heroes in 1966. It stands at 50 feet and Malaysia’s second Prime Minister Tun of the founding of the Association of is made of bronze. Previously, Abdul Razak, third Prime Minister South East Asian Nations or ASEAN Did You Know: every year during the National Tun Hussein Onn, and former deputy Felix de Weldon Day celebration, a short service prime ministers Tun Dr Ismail and Tun will be held at the monument Ghafar Baba. Felix de Weldon contributed site but now the celebration is in creating Malaysia’s Tugu done at a different area due to Dress Code for mosque visit: Negara (National Monument) religious reasons. At the base of when the country’s first Prime the sculpture is the inscription: Visitors are required to be Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman appropriately dressed. Robes and saw the USMC War Memorial Dedicated to the heroic fighters headscarves will be provided for statue in his visit to America in in the cause of peace and women. Shoes are not allowed freedom, May the blessing of inside the mosque. October 1960. He also designed the Iwo Jima Memorial located Allah be upon them. Anecdote: at Arlington, Washington DC. The National Mosque is a Each stones symbolizes symbol of unity. The funds to leadership, suffering, unity, build the mosque came not vigilance, strength, courage only from Muslims, but also and sacrifice. 5 of the figures from Christians, Buddhist and represents the victorious , all of who shared allied forces while the other 2 Malaysia’s first Prime Minister figures that lie on the ground Tunku Abdul Rahman’s vision of represents that of the defeated a united Malaysia. communist forces. Asean Sculpture Garden National Monument 25 A ZONE 4.16 PARLIAMENT HOUSE 4.17 CARCOSA and a fine-dining experience. It has Parliament Building The foundation stone covered Carcosa, Taman Tasik Perdana in the past hosted many a visiting NOTES: Jalan Parlimen, Kuala Lumpur a time capsule which was Persiaran Mahameru dignitary including the Queen of +603 2072 1955 / 2601 7222 specially designed with a Kuala Lumpur in 1989. surface made of marble www.parlimen.gov.my +603 2295 0888 Seri Negara was originally known as weighing 385kg (850lb), of 2 Not open to public http://shr.my/carcosa-seri-negara the Governor’s Residence when it was feet width and 5 feet height, Mon - Fri: 9.00am - 5.00pm The Parliament is the highest opened in 1913. It was then opened contained a Hansard copy of Sat: 9.00am - 1.00pm legislative body in Malaysia, where the first meeting of the House as the Guest’s Palace (Istana Tetamu), laws are made. It has two important of Representatives in 1958, a is a prominent hosting many important dignitaries chambers the House of Senate and newspaper, some Malaysian colonial luxury hotel with elegant and top government leaders. In the House of Representatives. currency, tin ore, rubber and restaurants. This hotel is housed in 1989, the building was renamed Seri two separate mansions called Carcosa Negara. The Parliament House officially paddy as symbol of Malaysia’s and Seri Negara. opened in 1963 comprising of a growing economy. Seri Negara’s signature service is 3-storey rectangular main block, Located on two adjacent hills within the English afternoon tea, served in a 17-storey tower block and the the Tun Abdul Razak Heritage Park the elegant drawing room, or on the Multipurpose Hall. The design of the (formerly Lake Gardens), the two wrap-around verandah, overlooking tower block resembles a pineapple mansions are owned by the Malaysian the beautiful gardens. with beehive-like ‘kerawang’ or Government. Afternoon tea is served daily and you ornamental patterns. The Carcosa, built in the early 19th are advised to book in advance. Anecdote: century, was once the residence of Sir Anecdote: Frank Swettenham, the former British The Parliament was previously Resident of Selangor. The Carcosa was the grandest housed in a mansion located mansion in Kuala Lumpur on Jalan Ampang which Today, Carcosa offers luxurious suites during Frank Swettenham’s belonged to the late Eu Tong residency, so much so that Sen. The growing number of it was nicknamed ‘Mr the members of Parliament Swettenham’s Palace’. On warranted a new location for 29 August 1898, Frank Parliamentary assemblies. Swettenham threw a ‘Palace- This present location used to be Warming’ fancy-dress party a wild hilly frontier-land known and the theme of the party as West Folly Hill. It was chosen was ‘Unaddressed Letters’, a due to its wide and elevated book written by Swettenham land overlooking the beautiful himself. The book features a Lake Gardens and its close picture of Frank Swettenham proximity to the Kuala Lumpur wearing a hat and looking City Centre. rather ‘dapper’ framed by the doorway of a wooden house. On 31 August 1962, His Majesty the third King, Tuanku Syed Swettenham had a special Putra Al-Haj Ibni Al-Marhum fondness for the Carcosa that Syed Hassan Jamalullail laid he used the name Carcosa the foundation stone for the as the telegraphic code for building. Resident-General. Parliament House Carcosa Seri Negara 26 KL A TOURIST GUIDEBOOK ZONE 4.18 MUZIUM NEGARA 4.19 BANK NEGARA MUSEUM & OTHER SERVICES Jabatan Muzium Malaysia Did you know? ART GALLERY , Kuala Lumpur Sasana Kijang Tram Ride NOTES: +603 2282 6255 The 110 metre long main 2, Jalan Dato Onn, Kuala Lumpur This electric-operated tram is a fun www.muziumnegara.gov.my facade is decorated with two +603 9179 2784 way to see the city’s attractions Daily: 9.00am - 6.00pm giant wall murals in the style www.museumbnm.gov.my particularly the heritage zones, First Day Hari Raya & Raya Haji: of painting designed by 10.00am - 6.00pm covering the vicinity of Dataran Closed a local artist. The mural on its Sun & first 3 days of Hari Raya: Merdeka and the nature zone that right depicts the culture and covers the Tun Abdul Razak Heritage The National Museum boasts four Closed customs of Malaysians while Park. Since the trams are electric main galleries; Early History, Bank Negara Museum & Art Gallery the one on its left shows the powered, there is little noise, no Malay Kingdoms, Colonial Era aims to provide the public with an historical episodes of the nation. smoke emission and is eco-friendly. and Malaysia Today, which features The murals are made using informal venue to learn about the from prehistoric Italian glass mosaic that was importance of economics, Islamic The tram allows passengers the days to the present. manufactured in Florence. The banking and financial planning, flexibility to hop-off and hop-on at whereas the Central Bank (Bank any of the attractions found along the The National Museum was once the entire cost of the mural (about Negara) plays the role in nation route. site of the old Selangor Museum RM135,000) was donated by building through its prudent economic established in 1963. The building millionaire and philanthropist, The tram departs from the Kuala transformational policies. takes the design of the traditional the late Dr. Lee Kong Chian. Lumpur City Gallery at every half-hour Malay palace architecture and is There are six galleries of exhibits interval and makes a full circle which being considered to be gazetted into showcasing the Central Bank’s passes the Dataran Merdeka, Sultan a National Heritage Building. collection of art pieces acquired since Abdul Samad Building and Perdana 1962 to early history of money and Botanical Gardens, Deer Park, Hibiscus The most interesting exhibition for barter trade to displays of preserved Garden, Orchid Garden, KL Bird Park, most visitors is the Istana Satu, an national heritage showing the National Planetarium, Royal Malaysian original-sized old timber evolution of the country’s currency Police Museum, Islamic Arts Museum palace built in 1884. Other outdoor early to modern times. and the National Museum. exhibits include the traditional Malay fishing boat, two burial poles from the burial site of a chief of a certain clan. Must-try TRAM RIDE The Sasana Kijang Cafe of the Anecdote: Organised by Kuala Lumpur City Hall museum serves a delicious The present museum building menu of local and international Days: Daily is built on the site of the cuisine. The fried noodles former Selangor Museum Operation and chicken chop are staple 9.00am - 4.00pm (1906 – 1945). On 10th March favorites of many of the Time: 1945, the Selangor Museum museum’s patrons. was accidentally bombed Pick up Kuala Lumpur City by the Allied Forces whose point: Gallery actual intention was to bomb Call: +603 9282 2713 the railway marshaling yard in Brickfields to cripple the Website: www.myhopnhopoff. transportation system of the com Japanese.

Muzium Negara 27 DATARAN MERDEKA HERITAGE AREA 5.1 Kuala Lumpur City Gallery 5.2 Kuala Lumpur Library 5.3 Children’s Library 5.13 5.4 National Music Museum (former Chartered Bank) 5.5 DATARAN UNDRGRND 5.6 Victorian Fountain 5.7 Flag Pole 5.9 5.15 5.14 5.8 Dataran Merdeka (Merdeka Square) 5.8 5.9 5.17 5.10 5.11 General Post Office 5.12 5.11 5.12 Sultan Abdul Samad Building 5.13 The Cathedral of St. Mary The Virgin 5.14 Former High Court Building 5.3 5.15 Panggung Bandaraya (City Theatre) 5.16 5.16 PH Hendry 5.17 Masjid Jamek () 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.2 The Dataran Merdeka or Independence Square serves as a 5.1 5.4 commemoration of Malaysia’s long road to independence, which came to be on 31st August 1957 after several years of being in the clutches of colonialism. Ironically, this arena that celebrates the independence of a young 5.10 nation was also the British Administration district when Kuala Lumpur became the administrative capital of Selangor in 1880 and the in 1896. The charming colonial buildings around the square reminds us that this was once the place where the colonists lived, worked and played.

28 KL A TOURIST GUIDEBOOK ZONE 5.1 KUALA LUMPUR CITY GALLERY 5.2 KUALA LUMPUR LIBRARY 27, Jalan Raja, Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur Jalan Raja, Kuala Lumpur +603 2698 3333 +603 2612 3508 NOTES: www.klcitygallery.com www.kllibrary.dbkl.gov.my Daily: 9.00am - 6.30pm Mon: 2.00pm – 6.45pm Tues - Fri: 10.00am – 6.45 pm Kuala Lumpur City Gallery is a must visit and to get to know Kuala Lumpur’s past, Sat & Sun: 10.00am – 5.00pm present and future through prints, photos, miniatures and The Spectacular City First Sat & Sun of the month: Closed Model Show. The gallery, housed in a century old British Government Printing All public holidays: Closed office, is situated right in the historical enclave of Dataran Merdeka (Merdeka Square). Kuala Lumpur Library, built in 1989 is a modern library with a vast selection of reference books, e-journals and e-books for general reading or research work. Anecdote: The building is located at one end of the historic Independence Square. It offers In 1899, during the British Administration, the Kuala Lumpur City Gallery an auditorium, conference area and multipurpose hall for rental, ground floor are building was first built to meet the administrative needs of Kuala Lumpur, sections for book loan and reading areas. the newly founded capital of the Federated Malay States. It replaced the Government Printing Office in Taiping, which was closed down. Point to note: The government printer at the time, John Russell, helped the Public Works Department architect Arthur Charles Norman design the ideal printing The upstairs of the library has a spectacular view of Dataran Merdeka and office to house large printing press machines. The exterior façade was is open to non-members. designed based on neo-Renaissance principles, with exposed bricks, plastered columns, and large semi-circular windows decorated with keystones; while the interior had a structural support system of cast iron columns and trusses. The building did not have a pronounced entrance or front porch, but just a simple door located on the western side. Canopy roofs were added above the first floor windows in the 1940s, as protection against the harsh tropical sun.

Kuala Lumpur City Gallery Kuala Lumpur Library 29 A ZONE 5.3 CHILDREN’S LIBRARY 5.5 DATARAN UNDRGRND 5.7 FLAG POLE Jalan Raja, Dataran Merdeka Jalan Raja, Dataran Merdeka Jalan Raja, Dataran Merdeka NOTES: Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Mon: 2.00pm - 6.45pm +603 2691 3735 www.visitkl.gov.my Tues – Fri: 10.00am - 6.45pm www.dataranunderground.my Located at the southern end of Dataran Merdeka, this 95-metre flag pole is the Sat & Sun: 10.00am - 5.00pm Mon - Fri: 9.00am – 5.00pm sixth tallest in the world. However, at the time of erection, it was the tallest flag First Sat & Sun of the month & DATARAN UNDRGRND is an area pole in the world. public holidays: Closed below the Merdeka Square that It was erected in 1990 in conjuction with the first Visit Malaysia Year and the Kuala Lumpur Children’s Library is has interesting outlets offering art declaration of Kuala Lumpur as the ‘Garden City of Lights’. housed in an old colonial-styled and crafts, cafes and restaurants. building and it is located next to the The Underground is also a platform modern Kuala Lumpur Library and the dedicated to creative Malaysian minds prestigious Royal Selangor Club. to express themselves to the world of art, music, food and fashion. Opened in 2004, the library has an impressive collection of picture, fiction and reference books that cater to members between the ages of 4 and 5.6 VICTORIAN FOUNTAIN Jalan Raja, Dataran Merdeka 12 years. Kuala Lumpur Other than books, this library also This century old ornate fountain is a offers activities such as storytelling, striking attraction of the Independence board games and multimedia Square. The functioning fountain experience for members. features elements of the Art- Parents are allowed to come and join Nouveau (new art) movement, which their children in their activities in the is characterized by intricate linear library or just to read them a book. designs and flowing curves based on natural forms. The library and the building is managed by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall. Did you know? The fountain was brought in 5.4 NATIONAL MUSIC MUSEUM from England in 1897 as a Jalan Raja, Dataran Merdeka water trough for horses in Kuala Kuala Lumpur Lumpur. It was first placed at the old Market Square. The museum is housed in the former Chartered Bank of India, China and The police opposed to the Australia. installation of the trough to avoid traffic obstruction. It is currently undergoing renovation Transportation were horse and it is expected to be completed in carriages and rickshaws. Hence 2015. it was relocated to its present site at the Dataran Merdeka.

Flag Pole at Dataran Merdeka 30 KL A TOURIST GUIDEBOOK ZONE 5.8 DATARAN MERDEKA 5.9 ROYAL SELANGOR CLUB (MERDEKA SQUARE) Anecdote: Jalan Raja, Kuala Lumpur Jalan Raja, Kuala Lumpur In 1926, after a heavy +603 2692 7166 NOTES: +603 2693 7905 downpour, the Klang River www.rscweb.my www.visitkl.gov.my burst its banks turning Dataran Daily: 8.00am – 8.00pm Dataran Merdeka, which literally Merdeka (then known as the Royal Selangor Club is one of the most prestigious and oldest social clubs in Kuala means Merdeka Square, is great Selangor Padang or Selangor Lumpur. Founded in 1884 as a small plank building with thatched roof, serving as starting point to explore Kuala Field) into a huge muddy pool. a social and club for the European and expatriate community. Lumpur’s heritage sites. A silver-haired lawyer by the name of Ferri made a bet In the colonial days, the club was dubbed ‘The Spotted Dog’, a nickname supposedly Dataran Merdeka is flanked by several that he could swim from the originating from the Police Commissioners black and white Dalmations, which grand colonial buildings, which include Selangor Club to the Sultan accompanied his wife to the club. the grand Sultan Abdul Samad, Royal Abdul Samad building without The club was granted a royal charter by the Sultan of Selangor in 1984 and Selangor Club, Cathedral of St Mary his feet touching the ground. became known as the Royal Selangor Club. The club has since expanded to have the Virgin and the old Chartered Bank. He won the bet but it was not another club located at a prime residential area of . Admission is by Dataran Merdeka was also the place recorded whether the muddy membership only. that witnessed the lowering of the waters tinted his silver hair brown. British Union flag and the hoisting Anecdote: of Malayan flag to mark Malaysia’s In the same flooding The great tradition of the Hash House Harriers (HHH) that is so British in Independence Day at midnight on incident, water seeped into character was actually born in Malaya. The HHH is a race that follows a 31st August 1957. The Square is an the underground vault of paper trail laid by a ‘hare’, often deliberately leading the runners astray. important venue for several national the Chartered Bank where events, such as the National Day millions of dollars worth of The idea of the race was thought up one evening in 1938 by patrons of the celebration. currency notes were kept. The Selangor Club to rid them of their hangovers and the race was named after Selangor Padang became the the Hash House one of the dining rooms of the club. FREE DATARAN MERDEKA richest field in the world when The race begins and ends at the club, after which a great party ensues. HERITAGE GUIDED WALK the floods subsided, as the There are now more than 2,000 Hash House Harriers worldwide. currency notes were disbursed Organised by Kuala Lumpur City Hall across the field to be dried under the watchful eyes of the Days: Mon, Wed & Sat police guards. Locals prayed Registration for the wind to blow in the Time: 9.00am right direction but not a single dollar was lost according to the Walk Duration: 2.5 hours Chartered Bank’s accounts. Also, a tiger was seen Kuala Lumpur City swimming down the Klang Meeting Gallery, Jalan Raja, Point: Dataran Merdeka River during the floods and it was probably the last time a Call: +603 2698 0332 tiger was spotted in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. pelancongan@ Email: dbkl.gov.my Website: www.visitkl.gov.my Royal Selangor Club 31 A ZONE 5.10 NATIONAL TEXTILE copper domes and arches. Designed between Klang and Kuala Lumpur was Museum Cafe whips up a by architect Arthur Charles Norman in completed in 1886, he was invited to MUSEUM rather sumptuous nasi goreng 26, Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin Moghul and Neo-Saracenic style, this take the maiden train ride from Klang NOTES: (fried rice) and teh-tarik (pulled Kuala Lumpur Building housed several important to Kuala Lumpur. tea). government departments. +603 2694 3457 / 3461 It was said that his face was covered with soot from the burning charcoal Daily: 9.00am - 6.00pm About Sultan Abdul Samad that fueled the train and with childlike 5.11 GENERAL POST OFFICE glee he proclaimed that it was the Hari Raya Haji: Closed Sultan Abdul Samad was the fourth Jalan Raja, Kuala Lumpur best bullock-cart ride that he has ever Sultan of Selangor who ruled from had. 1857 to 1898. It was during his reign place to learn about the rich diversity by architect Arthur Charles Norman in when the struggle for power broke out of the people of Malaysia. It traces the Anecdote: in 1904, however due to the The domes of the Sultan have characterized and shaped the Klang River. Abdul Samad Building were lifestyle of the people of Malaysia as the building was only completed in originally charcoal black. The early as the prehistoric era right up to 1907. An arched walkway connects shiny copper domes we see it to the Sultan Abdul Samad Building today were a from the Housed in an elegant and historic down the road. This walkway was only Australian Government to mark Civil War which lasted from 1867 to building of Moghul-Islamic Malaysia’s 25th anniversary 1873. Sultan Abdul Samad played architecture, the Museum has completed. of independence in 1982. The four themed galleries showcasing building was built without the assistance of cranes. his son-in-law Tunku Kudin, a Kedah accessories and costumes. The gallery it moved to the present General The four million bricks were showcases the origins, development As a result, peace was restored in made in the kilns of and techniques used in the industry of Dayabumi. Today, the building also transported upriver of the in 1874. Klang River and then manually Ministry of Tourism and Culture. delivered by a human chain The years of Sultan Abdul Samad reign, Anecdote: of Chinese labourers from the river to the The Museum economy. Economic boom was Building was once the 5.12 SULTAN ABDUL SAMAD It was said that not one brick headquarters of the Federated BUILDING who not only became Selangor’s fell onto the ground during Malay States Railway. The Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad capital in 1880 but also the capital of the three-year red-arched retaining walls of Jalan Raja, Kuala Lumpur the Federated Malay States in 1896. As cement was not available Kuala Lumpur’s railway in those days, a mixture of Sultan Abdul Samad Building is a It was for this reason that the Sultan known as the Resident limestone, salt, egg white and prominent landmark of Kuala Lumpur Abdul Samad building was named which was to honey were used to form the and once served as the government’s the building, can be seen bricks. outside the neighbouring Agro Sultan Abdul Samad was an The 40-metre clock tower is Bank building. unassuming man who chose to remain known as the Big Located in front of the historic living in Kuala Langat to tend to his Must-try Ben of Kuala Lumpur. The chime Dataran Merdeka (Merdeka Square) farm, in spite of Selangor’s capital of the clock tower replaced the For visitors who wish to take being relocated in Kuala Lumpur. booming of the cannon that a gastronomic break, the has an impressive clock tower, shinny When the Selangor railway line 32 KL A TOURIST GUIDEBOOK ZONE was fired at 5.00pm daily from the Police Headquarters on top of Bluff Hill, 5.13 THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. were removed and buried in an now known as Bukit Aman. The clock was imported from South Croydon, MARY THE VIRGIN unknown place to protect them Jalan Raja, Kuala Lumpur Surrey in England and manufactured by Gillett & Johnston (Croydon) Ltd. from damage from impending NOTES: +603 2692 8672 war. The original stained-glass The clock is very sensitive and works almost the same way as an old www.stmaryscathedral.org.my windows were never found. The grandfather’s clock. Before the clock caretaker winds the clock, he must Daily: 7.00am – 6.00pm one standing today are a replica first wind the bell 320 times. This is still done today and being a clock The Cathedral of St. Mary the Virgin, of the original ones. caretaker is indeed a full-time job. In a cavity below the foundation stone, built in 1894, is the oldest brick Sir Charles Mitchell, the Governor of the Straits Settlement placed a few Queen Elizabeth II visited the Anglican Church in Kuala Lumpur. It items: a Japanese Yen, a few Straits coins, a piece of tin from the Straits church twice. The first time stands in a strategic location at one Trading Company and a copy of the Selangor Journal, produced by John was in October 1989 during end the Independence Square. The Russel. the Commonwealth Heads of church is worth a visit. Among the Government Meeting (CHOGM) Behind the building, there are rows of protected century-old heritage many interesting items in the church and the second was nine years raintrees still standing along the Klang River. worth seeing includes the old pipe later when Kuala Lumpur organ built by a renowned English hosted the 16th Commonwealth organ builder, Henry Willis and the Games in 1998. three stained glass placed above the chancel. Anecdote: During the early days of the British Administration, the population of the Europeans in Kuala Lumpur was around 200 people. Attendance of Sunday service was strict and could easily be monitored. Absentees would be listed in the ‘Hall of Shame’ column of the Selangor Journal. Air-conditioning in the stuffy church during services came in the form of the swish of the punkahs, pulled by Tamil punkah wallahs outside the church hired to tug the ropes of the punkahs. The pipes of the church organ were intentionally elevated to prevent it from being damaged by floods. Prior to the Second World War, the original stained glass windows above the chancel

Sultan Abdul Samad Building Cathedral of St. Mary the Virgin 33 A ZONE 5.14 FORMER HIGH COURT 5.15 PANGGUNG BANDARAYA two Assessors heard her case. BUILDING (CITY THEATRE) The trial lasted ten days and Jalan Raja, Kuala Lumpur Jalan Raja, Kuala Lumpur NOTES: attracted intense local interest. +603 2698 3311 Located nearby the Merdeka Square Proudlock claimed that www.dbkl.gov.my and at the bank of the Klang River, this Steward had attempted to rape www.visitkl.gov.my building was once the High Court of her and that she was acting in Mon - Fri: 8.00am – 4.00pm Malaysia up to 1984. Built in 1909 by self-defence. architect Arthur Charles Norman, the Sat, Sun & public holidays: Closed building has a nice blend of Moghul However the judge found her Panggung Bandaraya (City Theatre) and Moorish style. guilty of murder on the basis of is among the oldest theaters in inconsistencies in her testimony Malaysia. This theater is the venue and other circumstantial Did you know? for year-round local performances. evidence and sentenced her to The theatre is housed in a century old The Former High Court was death. building, which was once the former once the arena of murder case Proudlock appealed the verdict Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board. Built in known as the Ethel Proudlock and spent five months in Pudu Moghul-style the building has a black case that shook the British Jail awaiting her appeal. dome at the main and secondary MUD: OUR STORY OF community living in Malaya porches. and the British Empire. During the course of that time KUALA LUMPUR a number of petitions were In 1984, the Kuala Lumpur Municipality Mrs. Ethel Proudlock was the Days: Daily signed for her, including one took over the building and in 1972 wife of William Proudlock the from her husband and the it became part of the Kuala Lumpur Showtime: 3.00pm and 8.30pm schoolmaster of the Victoria boys of the , City Hall. The City Theatre was once Institution. Show prompting the Sultan of well known among enthusiasts and Duration: 50 minutes On the evening of 23rd April Selangor to pardon her. Ethel art lovers. The theater has been 1911 she was alone in her Proudlock immediately left upgraded to a musical theater and Call: +603 2602 3335 bungalow while her husband the colony with her three-year advance stage performing arts. contact@mudkl. Email: com dined with a fellow teacher. old daughter for England and The City Theatre is now home to In the course of that evening, eventually America. MUD the Musical: Our Story of Kuala Website: www.mudkl.com William Steward, a mine Renowned British novelist and Lumpur. This is a cultural musical manager visited her by rickshaw playwright William Somerset show held daily at the City Theatre and had told the rickshaw boy MUD is a project initiated by Kuala Maugham happened to be a (Panggung Bandaraya). to wait outside. Lumpur City Hall and managed by friend Ethel Proudlock’s lawyer. Staged in a century old building near , an award-winning Shortly afterwards the boy The Proudlock saga inspired the location from where the City’s producer who also produced two heard two shots and saw him to write a short story about name was derived, MUD tells the musical shows called Puteri Gunung Steward stumbling out of the the case. He subsequently tale of the Kuala Lumpur’s history, Ledang and P. Ramlee. house across the verandah. adapted the short story into personalities and multicultural The boy then saw Proudlock the successful 1927 play - The lifestyle sharing with the viewers the carrying a revolver and emptied Letter, which in turn received triumph and challenges of living in the remaining 4 bullets into several film and television early Kuala Lumpur. Steward. adaptations including a This is a must-watch musical Proudlock stood trial for murder Hollywood film staring Bette celebrating the spirit of Kuala Lumpur in June 1911. There was no jury Davis. and its people who built it with hopes at that time and one Judge and and dreams. 34 KL A TOURIST GUIDEBOOK ZONE 5.16 PH HENDRY OTHER SERVICES Did You Know? 2, Kuala Lumpur Before the mosque was built, KL By Cycle KL Horse & Carriage Ride NOTES: +603 2692 6537 the triangular piece of land Visitors to Kuala Lumpur can look 27, Jalan Raja, Dataran Merdeka 9.00am - 6.00pm where it stands was a site of a forward to discovering the city’s Kuala Lumpur Malay cemetery, which extends PH Hendry is the oldest existing attraction on two wheels either on +603 2698 0332 from Java Street in the north to jeweller in Malaysia since the a guided bike tour or do-it-yourself. www.visitkl.gov.my where the High Court Building 1920s. Till today, they are still the KL By Cycle is a biking program that Daily: 9.30am - 11.00am stand in the west. appointed Royal Jeweller to the states allows riders to explore places of interest in a fun and healthy way. The KL Horse & Carriage Ride is of , Selangor and Negeri This is documented in an reminiscent of the early days of the Sembilan. PH Hendry still deals in 1889 map of Kuala Lumpur The NATURE ROUTE is a guided tour 1900s when bullock carts and horse- gemstones, gold, silver and platinum. before most government that will take riders through Kuala drawn carriages were a familiar sight administration buildings were PH Hendry started his jewellery Lumpur’s Heritage and Park zone at a in Dataran Merdeka. built. leisurely pace. business in a corner of the Ceylon The open air carriages, drawn Bakery, which belonged to his late The fifth Sultan of Selangor, On this route visitors will get to know by beautiful Freisian horses, will father PH Dineshamy. For many years Sir Sultan Suleiman, in the stories of the old colonial era buildings embark on a scenic route past some PH Hendry operated his jewellery presence of British Resident, located within the historical Dataran of Kuala Lumpur’s most iconic and business at Tuanku Abdul Rahman Mr. H.C. Belfied and Architect, Merdeka and the rich flora and fauna historic buildings around the Dataran road. Since 2003 they moved to Arthur Benison Hubback, in the serene gardens and parks within Merdeka area, including the Sultan another premise at Jalan Tun Perak. laid the foundation stone of the Tun Abdul Razak Heritage Park. Abdul Samad Building, the National the mosque on 23rd March Textile Museum, the Former High 1908. The foundation stone KL BY CYCLE Court Building and the Cathedral of St 5.17 MASJID JAMEK was lowered after nine new Jalan Tun Perak, Kuala Lumpur Mary. A fee applies. coins (three sovereigns and six Organised by Kuala Lumpur City Hall +603 9235 4848 dollars) had been deposited Daily: 8.30am - 12.30pm & under it. Days: Daily from 2.30 pm - 4.30 pm The foundation stone occupied Time: 9.00am - 4.00pm Jamek Mosque, built in 1909, is one a prominent position in the of the oldest surviving in the Pick up Kuala Lumpur City centre of what would be the city. The mosque occupies a historic point: Gallery front of the mosque. It is made location at the confluence of the of white marble with an Call: +603 9282 2713 Klang and Gombak rivers. Designed Arabic inscription upon it. by architect Arthur Benison Hubback, www.myhoponhopoff. Website: com its design was inspired by Moghul architecture in northern India.

Dress Code for mosque visit: Visitors are required to be appropriately dressed while visiting the mosque. Shoes are not allowed inside the mosque.

Masjid Jamek (Jamek Mosque) KL Horse & Carriage Ride 35 JALAN TUANKU ABDUL RAHMAN - MASJID INDIA

6.1 Dataran Pasar (Old Market Square) 6.2 Tuanku Abdul Rahman Street (Jalan TAR) 6.3 Coliseum Cinema 6.11 6.4 Coliseum Café & Grill Room 6.5 Masjid India 6.12 6.6 Masjid India Bazaar (Jalan Masjid India) 6.7 Jai Hind 6.8 KL Sogo 6.13 6.9 6.9 Pertama Complex 6.10 Campbell Shopping Complex 6.8 6.10 6.11 Maju Junction Mall 6.12 6.13 Loke Yew Mansion

Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman was once Batu Road as it was once a rough road that led to the tin mining areas of Batu and Rawang. Shops along the road were mostly owned by Indian moneylenders known as Chettiars. The Chettiars let out their shops to other Indian traders who operated shops, 6.4 eateries, warehouses and other businesses. 6.7 6.3 6.6 The textile business flourished and between household names such as Globe Silk Store, G.S. Gill and P. Lal Store emerged. An Indian Mosque was 6.2 6.5 built to serve the growing population of Indian merchants.

The golden age of cinema in Hollywood saw two beautiful art deco cinemas in the form of the Coliseum and the Odeon emerging amongst the busy shophouses. Today, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman is still an important shopping street and is called by some, the Golden Mile.

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Designed by AK Moosdeen, the block Complex, KL Sogo Shopping Complex ZONE 6.1 DATARAN MEDAN PASAR Kuala Lumpur) was at Market was sometimes referred to as “The (the biggest department store in (OLD MARKET SQUARE) Square, he was absolutely Red House” owing to the distinctive the area with 10 floors of shopping, impressed when he found NOTES: Dataran Medan Pasar (also known as exposed red brick, which has since dining and entertainment) and Maju Jules Mumm’s champagne for the Old Market Square) is a square been painted over. Although designed Junction. sale at 60 cents per quart and surrounded by the oldest and some as a whole, each shop house façade is India pale ale at 15 cents per of the most of ornate shop houses of treated differently with the alternating quart. After the death of Yap 6.3 COLISEUM CINEMA Kuala Lumpur. window designs between each floor Ah Loy, the market stalls were 94, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman and shop house. In 1908, the block It was formerly the centre of gradually relocated to the new Kuala Lumpur was extended to include No. 8. Kuala Lumpur’s original township Central Market building. +603 2692 5995 established in the 1870s by Yap Ah At the corner of the square, the www.cinema.com.my Loy the then Kapitan China (Chinese former Sin Seng Nam Restaurant, has Daily: 12.00pm – 11.30 pm headman) of Kuala Lumpur. In the (Midnight shows available on very fine stepped Dutch Gables. The 6.2 TUANKU ABDUL RAHMAN middle of the square, stands a clock interesting entryways have wooden Fridays and Saturdays) tower that was built to commemorate STREET (Jalan TAR) bars serve as security doors and also Coliseum Cinema was the first to open the coronation of King George IV. Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman provide ventilation. In earlier times, its doors in Malaysia. It was a popular The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) Kuala Lumpur the restaurant was well patronized cinema for moviegoers interested in has beautified and upgraded Dataran Daily: 10.00am - 10.00pm by planters and was known as the Malay and Hindi films. A well-known Medan Pasar into a venue for fairs, Vatican. This road was originally called Batu Chinese businessman and property exhibitions, festivals and cultural Road because it began as a track developer, built this neo-classical events. Anecdotes: leading to Batu where there was structure and leased it to an operator In 1907, AB Hubback, Government When Yap Ah Loy administered a village, limestone cave and tin who opened this cinema in 1921. Architect, presented to the Sanitary Kuala Lumpur, he watched over mines. Now, the road is named after Many Malay were performed Board design guidelines for shop the trade activities of the Old Malaysia’s first King. by itinerant troupes here in the 1930s. houses to be erected in the Square. Market Square from his house, Jalan TAR has an interesting history. However, in 2012 the cinema This has resulted to a gracious which was situated where the It became Kuala Lumpur’s busiest rebranded itself as LFS Coliseum symmetry of the Square as a whole. Pacific Express Hotel stands streets in the 1930s when the rice Cineplex. The cinema has 2 halls and The three-storey shop houses are today. Miners travelling upriver fields, swamps, and coconut estates a seating capacity of 474. Hall 1 plays examples of ornate Neo-classical from Klang would disembark were replaced by commercial all movies including Hollywood titles designs, as evidenced by the and settle at the Old Market developments. Still evident today, the while Hall 2 plays only Tamil and Hindi decorative plaster garlands, roof-top Square. The lives of the miners property owners, builders, traders movies. gables and balustrades. were hard and dreary but the and commercial operators along this shrewd Kapitan saw this as a road are an ethnically diverse group. Later, two classic Art Deco structures, business opportunity. the Maybank Finance Berhad building The Malays, Sri Lankans, Chinese and and the Clock Tower, were built. He set up gambling dens and British lived around this area. Today The Tower was erected in 1937 to brothels around the square to the buildings along Jalan TAR reflect commemorate the coronation of keep his workers entertained the changing trends in architectural King George VI. The sunburst motif, a and motivated. The gambling design. common Art Deco design, is featured sheds were situated at the at the base. row of shop houses where the The stores and malls you can find Sin Seng Nam coffeeshop now here besides the street arcades are The block of shop houses located is. When William T. Hornaday Campbell Complex, G.S. Gill (reputed at 2 – 8 Dataran Medan Pasar was (the American naturalist who for top sporting goods distribution in built by Loke Yew around 1906. discovered the near Malaysia, offering all sorts of sporting equipment and attire), Pertama Coliseum Cinema 37 A ZONE 6.4 COLISEUM CAFÉ & GRILL 6.5 MASJID INDIA 6.6 MASJID INDIA BAZAAR 6.7 JAI HIND ROOM Lorong Tuanku Abdul Rahman Jalan Masjid India 13, Jalan Melayu NOTES: 98, Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Masjid India Kuala Lumpur +603 2692 1009 Daily: 10.00am - 10.00pm Kuala Lumpur www.masjidindia.com +603 2692 0041 / +603 2692 6270 Masjid India Bazaar is a popular Mon - Fri: 8.00am – 5.00pm +6012 927 1288 Daily: 10.00am - 10.00pm covered bazaar packed with shops Sat, Sun & public holiday: Closed Daily: 8.00am - 9.00pm Coliseum Café, built in 1921 was a specializing in traditional Malay shops popular watering hole for colonial Masjid India was built a century ago specializing in batik and songkok Jai Hind is the oldest family owned planters, miners and traders. In the by the Indian Muslim merchants who (headgear for Malay men), prayer Punjabi restaurant in Kuala Lumpur, past, on every Wednesday, the tea settled in Kuala Lumpur. mats, robes, jewelry and oddities. serving Northern Indian and authentic Punjabi cuisine. dance was the main entertainment at The mosque, built in the southern This street is lined with Malay and the Coliseum Café. Indian style, is a three-storey structure Indian shops selling perfumes, It is also the leading producer of fresh Its famous patrons in the past include with onion-domed cupolas and arc spices, incense, , brassware and sweet treats and Indian munchies. windows patterned with Islamic jewellers. Somerset Maugham, the English This unpretentious and popular motifs. The mosque is located at a author. To capture the pulse of shopping in restaurant is housed in a pre-war shop busy street with rows of shop houses Kuala Lumpur, take a walk along Jalan house at Jalan Melayu, in the heart of The building is worth a visit. It has a and vendors selling items for prayers, Masjid India. This street is lively, with a Masjid India. neo-classical design with rusticated textiles, shoes and oddities. arches at ground level. Much later, the heady mix of color, aroma and sounds. art deco elements were added such The site of the mosque was later The street exudes a similar feel to the as wood and glass shop-front, and the gazetted in 1964 as a ‘reserve for popular street bazaar called Petaling 6.8 KL SOGO a mosque’. The mosque has since Street in Chinatown. This street is door lintels with the carved café logo. 190, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman underwent several renovations even more vibrant during the Muslim Kuala Lumpur The special atmosphere of yesteryears without losing its identity and up fasting month. +603 2618 2111 is retained with its unchanged till today remains a recognizable www.klsogo.com.my décor, furnishing and white linen- landmark in the city. clad waiters. The Grill Room serves Daily: 10.00am- 9.30pm mainly English cuisine. The menu has Dress Code for mosque visit: KL Sogo is one of the leading retailers remained the same. in the city with a huge department Visitors are required to be appropriately dressed while store with multi-storey, offering visiting the mosque. Robes and the latest fashion trends, home headscarves will be provided for convenience wares, hottest sales and women. promotions. Shoes are not allowed inside the This award-winning shopping complex mosque. also has a fair selection of restaurants and entertainment outlets. Visitors can find a wide range of cosmetics and fragrances, fashion clothes, home furnishing, children and infant wear, electronics and gadgets.

Coliseum Café Masjid India Bazaar 38 KL A TOURIST GUIDEBOOK ZONE 6.9 PERTAMA COMPLEX 6.11 MAJU JUNCTION MALL a law firm. It was once home to Loke such as the Victoria Institution of Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman 1001, Jalan Sultan Ismail Yew (1846 – 1917) an entrepreneur Kuala Lumpur and the University of Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur and philanthropist who became the Hong Kong, where he was awarded an NOTES: +603 2691 6599 +603 2772 8536 / 8500 wealthiest man in Kuala Lumpur in honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, www.uda.com.my www.majujunction.com the early 20th century, by virtue of his the highest honour for a Chinese Daily: 9.00am - 9.00pm Daily: 10.00am - 10.00pm significant role in the growth of Kuala gentleman in the Federated Malay Lumpur. States. Pertama Complex was one of the Maju Junction Mall is a shopping earliest shopping malls built by the centre specializing in Malay clothes, Having travelled three times to He was also recognized by the British Urban Development Authority, a and wedding apparel. Europe, Loke Yew borrowed ideas who conferred on him a Companion semi-government body. from some of the grand homes that he of the Most Distinguished Order of St. It also has several food outlets ranging had seen. Although the house had a Michael and St. George. Opened in 1976, the shopping mall from restaurants, cafés and fast European exterior, on its front door is Loke Yew died of malaria on 24th offers bargain prices for original food that are mainly patronized by a plaque with the Chinese inscription February 1917. His final resting leather shoes, leather ware, trophies, office workers due to the presence ‘Garden of Peace and Prosperity’. sports and outdoor items. of government departments in the place is at the Loke Yew Memorial building. The floors, doors and posts are made situated in Hawthornden Estate (Loke of chengal timber, while the upper Yew’s favourite villa estate) which This mall is also a one-stop centre to and lower verandahs are paved with is now encircled by the compounds 6.10 CAMPBELL SHOPPING pay utility bills. specially imported Chinese tiles. The of Malaysian Ministry of Defence COMPLEX main hall of the mansion had a very (MINDEF). 98, Jalan Dang Wangi high ceiling while the dining room The memorial consists of Loke Yew’s Kuala Lumpur 6.12 MEDAN TUANKU had space for 20 tables or at least 200 tomb, a bronze statue of him looking +603 2698 1366 / 2617 6272 Jalan Medan Tuanku guests. resplendent in a graduation robe, Daily: 10.00am - 10.00pm Kuala Lumpur Loke Yew was born on 9th October the tombs of his wife, two children Campbell Shopping Complex is one of Medan Tuanku is an area off Jalan 1846 to a peasant family in China. (including cinema mogul Loke Wan the oldest shopping complexes in the Tuanku Abdul Rahman Road and was He set sail for Singapore when he Tho) and daughter-in-law, arranged in city, offering a wide range of clothing, once the preferred residential area for was only 11 years old. After working a cascading-down-a-hill design. jewelry, leather products, footwear wealthy Chinese businessman who as a shop assistant for four years, he and electrical appliances. lived here in the early 20th century. managed to save 99 Straits dollars which he used to start his own shop, The complex stands strategically in This small area is known for its eateries Chop Heng Loong which was the first the city’s financial and commercial and the many shopping malls such as of his many businesses to come. district. Maju Junction, Campbell Complex, This complex has several pubs for Pertama Complex, KL Sogo and Jalan He owned tin mines, rubber plantation shoppers looking for a quick beer Tuanku Abdul Rahman shopping and properties and had business while they take a break from shopping. bazaars. interests in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Bentong. For a good 20 Within walking distance from the years, he was the richest man in Kuala Campbell Shopping Complex are Lumpur and was even a member of other interesting malls such as the 6.13 LOKE YEW MANSION the Selangor State Council and sat on Pertama Complex and KL Sogo. 273A, Jalan Medan Tuanku numerous committees and chambers Kuala Lumpur of commerce. The Loke Yew Mansion is an eclectic From the riches that he accumulated, mansion with European and Chinese he gave back to the society by influences which is currently leased to contributing to education institutions Loke Yew Mansion 39 CENTRAL MARKET & CHINATOWN 7.1 Central Market 7.10 7.9 7.2 Central Market Annexe 7.3 Sin Sze Ya Temple 7.4 Kwong Siew Association (Kwan Ti Temple) 7.2 7.5 Sri Maha Mariamman Temple 7.6 Bazaar 7.1 7.7 Old China Café (Laundrette Guild) 7.8 Sikh Temple (Police Temple) 7.3 7.9 Junk Bookstore 7.10 Maybank Numismatic Museum

The region stretching from the eastern banks of the Klang River 7.4 to Jalan Sultan in the west is the chinese enclave of Kuala Lumpur. 7.5 When the early chinese mining pioneers arrived at the muddy 7.6 estuary, Yap Ah Loy’s Market Square was where they settled, obtained their sundries and provisions and entertained themselves at gambling dens, opium parlours and brothels. The tin mining industry was so lucrative that even the kerosene lamp fire that wiped out their thatched roof settlement in 1881 did 7.7 not dampen their spirits for long. Brick shophouses soon replaced the thatched houses and proper infrastructure in the form of

7.8 Petaling Street, High Street and Sultan Street emerged due to Yap Ah Loy’s ingenuity and the British Administration’s town planning measures. Today one can still witness the trading and socio-cultural activities of these early Chinese pioneers less the vices. Chinese apothecaries displaying their herbs and medicines in porcelain pots and beneath glass counters, jewellers and goldsmiths, casket and basket makers, dry goods stores, pet shops, herbalists, frame makers, haberdashers and vendors of a plethora of street food contribute to the colourful cacophony that is Chinatown.

40 KL A TOURIST GUIDEBOOK ZONE 7.1 CENTRAL MARKET Jalan Hang Kasturi market to keep his miners Kuala Lumpur entertained. NOTES: +603 2274 6542 Frank Swettenham was www.centralmarket.com.my not happy with the state of Daily: 10.00am - 10.00pm hygiene of Yap Ah Loy’s market The Central Market was a retail wet at Market Square. In 1888 market for fresh produce in 1888 built the market in Market Square by Kapitan Yap Ah Loy, the founder of was moved to where Central Kuala Lumpur. Market currently stands and eventually the building was Today it is one of Malaysia’s leading built in the mid-1930s to house arts, culture and handicrafts market the market. that is also a Malaysian Heritage site. The Central Market building Designed by the architect and operated as a wet market until engineer T. Y. Lee in the architectural 1982, when the traders were Central Market style of the 1930s, the Central Market moved to the Taman Tun Dr or 'Pasar Seni' in the Malay Language, Ismail market building. is an award-winning bazaar, which houses Malay, Chinese and Indian The Central Market building local artists and craftsmen. was almost demolished to make way for an office block In 2004, this market’s unique charm in the mid 1980s but was and character was taken over by the saved by a tourism-oriented Kha Seng Group and was transformed conservation proposal to turn into an award-winning tourist it into an art market to the likes attraction and shopping destination of London’s Covent Garden. resulting in over 100,000 square feet of retail space. Central Market is perhaps Kuala Lumpur’s first energy- It is the place to browse, hunt or find efficient building. The Malaysian-inspired souvenirs or have windows and skylight were your portraits sketched or a souvenir glazed with special Caborex custom-made. rolled plate glass which Anecdote: transmit only 20% of the sun’s heat and 61% of the light. Yap Ah Loy’s house used to stand at the back of where Central Market won the Best Central Market stands today. Decorated Building award in a His house overlooks the Market competition held in conjunction Square where he operated a with the coronation of Queen wet market and collected rent Elizabeth II in 1953. from traders. He also collected rent from the brothels and gambling dens around the

Portrait artist 41 A ZONE 7.2 CENTRAL MARKET ANNEXE 7.3 SIN SZE YA TEMPLE Today, the yearly celebrations at the Sze Ya Temple are held on a smaller scale Jalan Hang Kasturi 14A, Leboh Pudu, Kuala Lumpur around the temple grounds. NOTES: Kuala Lumpur +603 2078 9052 +603 2070 1137 www.sytemple.org Dress code for temple visit: www.annexegallery.com Daily: 7.00am - 5.00pm Visitors are required to be appropriately dressed while visiting this temple. Daily: 10.00am - 7.00pm Legend has it that in 1864, the Sin Sze The Central Market Annexe is a Ya Temple was founded by the famous contemporary art and soul place Capitan Yap Ah Loy in honour of the that compliments the traditional equally significant Capitan Shin Kap or Central Market. Since its launch in Sheng Meng Li of Sungai Ujong. 2007, a variety of events, including It is said to be the only Chinese contemporary art exhibitions, talks, temple in Malaysia that has locals as film screenings, workshops, theatre, their main deities instead of these music, performance art and other from mainland China. Both Shin Kap related events are the activities are and Chong Piang were two true local held here. personalities of Kuala Lumpur in The Annexe has three main spaces: the 1860 before being deified after their Gallery (on the 2nd Floor), Studio and deaths. Theatre (on the 1st Floor). Whether it This oldest Taoist temple is a standing is for contemporary art, socio-political testament of traditional Southern art, collaborative art, multimedia, chinese architecture built based upon multidisciplinary art, multisyllabic art, the Feng Shui principle. community art, theatre, dance, film screenings, music gigs, poetry recitals, It features a main hall and two workshops, fashion shows, book side halls with a sophisticated roof launches or corporate launches, this is structure similar to that of temples in a place for the artsy enthusiast . China. This temple had been involved in charity work since 1907 when a Trust Fund representing 12 Chinese clans was established. Processions to commemorate Shin Kap, Chong Piang and Yap Ah Loy becoming deities were held on the full moon of the 3rd lunar calendar every year. The rich Chinese sometimes try to outdo each other in their donations and contributions towards the procession. The head of clans will usually have the honour of leading the procession and get their due recognition. Central Market Annexe Sin Sze Ya Temple 42 KL A TOURIST GUIDEBOOK ZONE 7.4 KWONG SIEW ASSOCIATION 7.5 SRI MAHA MARIAMMAN the statues of Lord Muruga and his (KWAN TI TEMPLE) TEMPLE consorts ( and Teivayanni) up to 168, Jalan Tun H.S. Lee Jalan Tun H.S. Lee Batu Caves in the wee hours of the NOTES: Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur morning. +603 2078 2735 +603 2078 3467 Prayers are offered prior to the long www.kwongsiew.org www.sreemahamariamman.org procession where devotees attach Daily: 9.00am - 6.00pm Daily: 6.00am - 9.00pm huge carriers (kavadi) to their bodies The Kwan Ti Temple is a Chinese Taoist This 150-year old , the by hooks and haul the portable altars temple located in Chinatown, Kuala Sri Mahamariamman is the oldest and with lances piercing their skins. Lumpur. It is also known as the Kwong wealthiest Indian temples in Kuala Other devotees will carry containers Siew Association Building because it Lumpur dating back to 1873. containing milk as offering to Lord was started by Chinese immigrants The Sri Maha Mariamman Temple is Muruga. is one festival from the Kwong Foo and Siew Foo also a religious charity organization that never fails to attract curious villages in the Provinces of Guangdong in Malaysia. The most remarkable onlookers who are keen to learn and in Southern China. feature of the temple is its structure observe Hindu culture. This temple was built in 1888. which is similar to the shape of a Another popular festival that puts the human body . Since its inception, the building has Sri Mahamariamman temple in the been used both as a place of worship The feet are symbolised by a 75-feet center of attention is Deepavali, the as well as a community centre where high gopuram (monumental tower) Festival of Light. people can seek comfort and support standing five-tiers high. There is an Entrance is free. However, a small fee from fellow countrymen as they begin impressive gateway at every tier, each is charged for storing your shoes at a their life in Kuala Lumpur. adorned with 228 Hindu deities that safe place when you are visiting the are sculpted in the styles of South An interesting feature of this Temple is temple. India. the replica of General Kwan Ti’s sword and long-blade sword, which was The entrance faces the east and the Dress code for temple visit: brought over from China by the early chief deity, Sri Maha Mariamman, is Visitors are required to be immigrants. installed at the inner sanctum. appropriately dressed while Another focal point is the interestingly visiting this temple. Visitors are Dress code for temple visit: not allowed in with their shoes on. ornate main prayer hall, which is Visitors are required to be decorated by murals and frescos. The appropriately dressed while location of three shrines in the main visiting this temple. temple, are roofed by an ornament embellished dome. In addition, there are four smaller shrines dedicated to Lord Ganesha and his brother, Lord Muruga, located around the main prayer hall. Also noticeable is a giant silver chariot, which is also a major feature during the Hindu festival of Thaipusam. You may pay a visit during Thaipusam to see how the chariot is used to carry Kwan Ti Temple The main shrine Sri Maha Mariamman Temple 43 A ZONE 7.6 PETALING STREET BAZAAR 7.7 OLD CHINA CAFÉ Jalan Petaling, Kuala Lumpur (LAUNDRETTE GUILD) NOTES: Daily: 10.00am - 11.00pm 11, Jalan Balai Polis Kuala Lumpur Petaling Street is a row of some of the +603 2072 5915 oldest shophouses in Kuala Lumpur www.oldchina.com.my where some old traditional trades Daily: 11.00am - 11.00pm such as goldsmiths and dealers in chinese medicinal herbs still exist. When one walks into the Old China Only part of this street is a covered Café, its authentic Malayan Straits bazaar. décor and food takes you to a short escape to the Malaccan history and Visitors can find all kinds of goods at thus its cuisine, 'peranakan' food. reasonable prices such as bags, shoes, clothes and watches. Its classic Straits set up is old and traditional, yet cosy and warm. This Other than merchandises, Petaling quaint restaurant brings a continued Street has various hawkers stalls and stream of tourists effortlessly. From cafés selling delicious Cantonese and the Pineapple Chicken Curry to the Hokkien food. Red Curry Chicken Kapitan, all dishes At night, Petaling Street transforms are cooked authentically. into a lively and vibrant night market, An extremely steep staircase to its filled with hundreds of stalls offering washroom upstairs is a classic feature items ranging from fruits to clothes. of Straits Chinese architecture in the Chinatown is centrally located, close days of old. to the old colonial quarters around Petaling Street Bazaar To capture a small piece of history of Merdeka Square. the Straits of in Kuala Lumpur, The chinese living here also called Anecdote: the Old China Café holds the candle. this street ‘Chee Cheong Kai’, a reference to its roots as a tapioca- Petaling Street was one of the first few roads to be named in Kuala Lumpur Anecdote: producing district. Deeply immersed and was named as such because it was the road that led to the tin mines in The site of the Old China Café in oriental culture, heritage and the Petaling area. The Chinese however called it 'Chee Cheong Kai' (which was formerly the headquarters history, Chinatown is undoubtedly means Tapioca Mill Street in Cantonese). This is because Yap Ah Loy, the of the Selangor and Kuala one of the most popular tourist spots third Capitan China of Kuala Lumpur had built numerous tapioca mills Lumpur Laundry Association, in Malaysia. around street to turn the tuber into flour. which was founded on 9th From Bukit Bintang you can walk Yap Ah Loy hired an English engineer to run the mills, which had an eight- September 1927. Portraits here in about 25 minutes or take the horsepower engine. It was said that the engine yielded a very loud and of the old members of the monorail to the Maharajalela station repetitive 'Chee-Cheong-Chee-Cheong-Chee-Cheong' sound and this was association are still displayed which is around the corner of the another theory as to why the locals call Petaling Street 'Chee Cheong Kai'. here and the laundry quarters southern end Petaling Street. If you (In Cantonese language Kai means street and 'Chee Cheong Kai' in this are still visible in the kitchen. are coming from KL Sentral or KLCC, context meant The street that gives out the 'Chee Cheong' sound). The association flourished in you can take the LRT and get off at Petaling Street was also the focus of entertainment during the British the pre-washing-machine days Pasar Seni. administration. Entertainment came in the form of gambling, dance and and is still in operation with its music. As such this street was known as the 'Monte Carlo of Malaya' headquarters now located in a

44 KL A TOURIST GUIDEBOOK ZONE suburb off the Old Klang Road. 7.8 SIKH TEMPLE (POLICE 7.9 JUNK BOOKSTORE 7.10 MAYBANK NUMISMATIC 78, Jalan Tun H.S. Lee The association still actively TEMPLE) MUSEUM 6, Jalan Balai Polis, Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur 1st Floor, Maybank Tower conducts regular meetings NOTES: + 603 2617 6272 +603 2078 3822 Jalan Perak and looks after the welfare of www.allaboutsikhs.com www.junkbookstore.com Kuala Lumpur members in the laundry, dry- Daily: 5.00pm - 9.30pm Daily: 8.30am - 5.00pm +603 2074 7418 cleaning, chemical or laundry www.maybank.com equipment supply industry. This temple was established for Sikhs The Junk Bookstore shop has been in Daily: 10.00am - 6.00pm in Kuala Lumpur’s police force during business since 1991 and was awarded the British Colonial period. The Sikh the title of 'largest secondhand Originally, the Maybank Numismatic Gurdwara (place of worship) can be bookstore in Malaysia' by the Museum was created in 1988 to housed in any type of building and Malaysian Book of Records 1998. preserve the currency heritage of the no particular emphasis is placed on country. The book collection at Junk is an religious decorations. exemplary relic of the literary past. It showcases miniature cannons, gold Outside, there is a flagpole flying a There are out-of-print books, first dust, silver bars, blocks of tin, Pasai triangular flag with the Sikh insignia, a editions, books on military history coins, gold catholico, silver malaquese, calligraphic symbol created from two and autobiographies as well as Archie bastardos, soldos, dinheiros, gold Punjabi letters that mean 'God is the comics and Rolling Stones magazines coins, settlement coins, foreign eternal reality'. On the entrance gate from the 1990s. currencies, private bank notes and is the Sikh symbol - a double-edged Malaysian currencies in different The Malaysian history section alone sword surrounded by a wheel. denominations used in different eras. is sub-divided into Malayan history, On a dais facing the entrance is the Sarawakian history and contemporary The most interesting section is the revered holy book, Guru Granth Sahib. Malaysian history. There is also a large Private Bank Notes section, which collection of foreign language books. displays some of the private currency Dress code for temple visit: used at the Leprosarium. Visitors are required to be They were introduced in 1935 and appropriately dressed while used in the settlements. It was visiting this temple. believed that the use of normal currency will lead to the spread of Anecdote: diseases so new currency was created specifically for use there. The Sikhs were a huge part of the British Armed Forces when the British Empire was at her prime. Note: Museum closed temporarily for upgrading. Please call for more The British favoured the Sikhs updates. as they not only abstained from smoking and drinking but they were disciplined, strong and big men, large and intimidating enough to enforce law and order among the Malays and Chinese who were petite by comparison. Old China Café Junk Bookstore 45 Jalan Hang Tuah is named after Hang Tuah a legendary Malaccan warrior who served as a Laksamana or admiral during the reign of Sultan Mansur JALAN HANG TUAH Shah. He was a very loyal and devout servant of the Sultan. Hang Tuah’s 8.1 Gospel Hall Church 8.9 National Stadium love for the country mirrors that of Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia’s first prime minister who fought hard for the country’s independence in 1957. 8.2 Chin Woo Stadium 8.10 Victoria Institution 8.3 Saint Wesley Methodist Church 8.11 Albukhary Mosque The piece of elevated land sandwiched by Jalan Sultan in the west, Jalan 8.4 Methodist Chinese Church 8.12 (KWC) Hang Tuah in the east, in the north and Jalan Maharajalela in 8.5 Methodist Boys School the south was once called Petaling Hill. Whilst Pudu Road led to Pudu, 8.13 Chinese Assembly Hall Petaling Street led to Petaling and Batu Road led to Batu, Sultan Street led 8.6 Confucian Private Secondary School 8.14 Kwan Yin Temple to the foothills of Petaling Hill. When the capital of Selangor moved from 8.7 KL118 8.15 Pudu Jail Klang to Kuala Lumpur in 1880, the British thought it was only appropriate 8.8 Merdeka Stadium 8.16 Pudu Wai Sek Kai to move the residence of the Sultan to Kuala Lumpur. A proposal to build the palace on Petaling Hill inspired the naming of Sultan Street. However, the palace never came to being as Sultan Abdul Samad was too fond of his residence in Kuala Langat to make that move to Kuala Lumpur. Petaling Hill was also the site of a Chinese burial ground as the fengshui of elevated terrain is a favourable resting place for the dearly departed. However, it was only a temporary resting place as most Chinese immigrants ultimately regard China as home and wished to be permanently buried 8.3 8.6 there. As such, their remains have been dug out and transferred to their homeland for re-burial. 8.4 8.5 In 1893, the hill was also the site of a nine-hole golf course for the European minorities, mainly Scots who were pioneers of the sport. One of 8.1 the major hazards of the course was known as ‘Hell’- a deep ravine from which there was no escape. In 1921, the golf course was moved to the compounds of a proper 8.15 8.2 8.7 clubhouse near Circular Road (now known as Jalan Tun Razak). It is still 8.9 here today as the . However, Petaling Hill today remains as a place associated with recreational activities as it is home to 8.8 many stadiums and headquarters of many sports associations. 8.14 8.11 The hill is also a site of Independence Day nostalgia for those who are 8.13 old enough to follow through Tunku Abdul Rahman’s long struggle for 8.10 independence, which climaxed with the declaration of independence in the Merdeka Stadium. But for the younger baby-boomers and generation Ws, nostalgia comes in the form of the giant ‘mushroom’ structure in the middle of the Merdeka Park beside the stadium – the spot where many romantic relationships were established. Sadly, the Merdeka Park along 8.12 with the ‘mushroom’ will be making way for a multi-storey business 8.16 complex called the KL 118 (Heritage Tower). The sun-dial behind the ‘mushroom’ which was fondly used as a slide by children, was salvaged and is now an outdoor exhibit of the National Planetarium at the Tun Abdul Razak Heritage Park.

46 KL A TOURIST GUIDEBOOK ZONE 8.1 GOSPEL HALL CHURCH 8.3 SAINT WESLEY METHODIST 8.5 METHODIST BOYS SCHOOL 3, Jalan CHURCH Wesley Road Kuala Lumpur 2, Jalan Wesley off Jalan Hang Jebat NOTES: +603 2078 5309 Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur www.gospelhall.org +603 2072 0338 +603 2078 2293 www.klwesley.org www.mbsskl.edu.my Kuala Lumpur Gospel Hall is a Brethren Daily: 9.00am - 6.00pm 7.00am - 6.00pm (school hours) Church located at the heart of Kuala Lumpur. Established in 1897, this main The Methodist Boys’ School, Kuala Lumpur is a cluster of secondary school in evangelical church with a rich line of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.It was founded in July 1897, making it one of the oldest It is also one of the oldest churches for history is one of the oldest churches schools in Malaysia. It is known as MBS and its students are known as MBSians. the Kuala Lumpur Chinese community in Malaysia. in this area. The school is also known as the Marble or Horley School to the community of As a church they have various Petaling Street. It is noted for its library, which attracts visits from many other It started in October 1889 when services employing different modes schools. Mr. and Mrs. E. Eagger travelled of worship in order to meet the from and discovered a large In the hundred years of its existence MBS has more than fulfilled its role in needs of a multicultural and diverse harvest field with a few Christian providing education and nurture for those who passed through its portals. The congregation. workers conversing in Hakka. Mr. MBS’s bell is the oldest existing school bell in Kuala Lumpur which dates back to Eagger began preaching the gospel This Church has various programmes 1923. It is mounted in a special tower located at the Reading Corner. to the predominantly Hakka Chinese and activities to foster fellowship community. among members.

8.6 CONFUCIAN PRIVATE 8.2 CHIN WOO STADIUM 8.4 METHODIST CHINESE SECONDARY SCHOOL Kuala Lumpur CHURCH Lorong Hang Jebat +603 2072 4602 Lorong Hang Jebat Kuala Lumpur www.chinwoo.org.my Kuala Lumpur +603 2072 6321 +603 2078 4525 www.confucian.edu.my Chin Woo Stadium was one of the www.cmhckl.org first stadiums built in the country. The Most of the Chinese schools were Daily: 9.00am - 6.00pm historic Chin Woo Stadium remains found by ethnic Chinese in Malaya as perched on the hill since its opening The history of the Methodist Church early as the 19th century. The schools in 1953. in Malaysia began 127 years ago. The were set up with the intention of Methodist Church in Malaysia is a providing education in the Chinese Older residents of Kuala Lumpur will body within the Methodist tradition language. remember the many sporting and in Malaysia. entertainment events held at the Confucius Chinese School is one of venue with the giant Green Spot With approximately 200,000 members the Chinese independent secondary sign on the roof. Chin Woo Stadium’s in more than 1,034 congregations, it is schools in the , that have facilities are also available to the the largest Protestant denomination been listed for high demand. public at affordable prices. in the country. In World War II, this school was Operated by the Chin Woo Athletic As this Church was started by the affected, with some of its buildings Association Selangor and Kuala Chinese community, this particular destroyed. In 1945 by the initiative Lumpur, the stadium was the first church usually conducts services in of the committee, renovations were sports facility in the country with an Cantonese and Mandarin. made to the school and has been kept Olympic-sized swimming pool. in good condition till today. Methodist Chinese Church 47 A ZONE 8.7 KL118 8.8 MERDEKA STADIUM Jalan Stadium / Jalan Hang Jebat Jalan Maharajalela Kuala Lumpur NOTES: KL118 is a tall tower with 118 storeys, +603 8994 4660 which is currently under construction www.stadium.gov.my in Kuala Lumpur. This green building of height 610 metres (2,000 feet) will The Stadium of Independence, or Merdeka Stadium as it is more commonly known, change the city skyline. has special significance as the site of the formal declaration of independence of the on 31st August 1957. This landmark project is located within the enclave of two important Purpose-built for the independence declaration event, the stadium embodies a heritage stadiums (Merdeka Stadium singular moment in Malaysian history; when Tunku Abdul Rahman, the first prime and ). minister of the Federation of Malaya, shouted ‘merdeka’ (independence) seven times from the middle of the field. When completed in 2020, the KL118 tower is expected to be the tallest Notable events held at the Merdeka Stadium include the building in Malaysia, succeeding the in 1977 and 1989, the yearly Merdeka Football Tournament, the boxing match PETRONAS Twin Towers, which has 88 between and Joe Bugner in 1979 and music concerts by various storeys making it a new landmark of artists such as , and . the country. In February 2003, was named a national heritage building. In This multi-purpose building also 2007, Merdeka Stadium underwent restoration to its original 1957 condition. consists of 400,000 square metres of commercial and office building, Anecdote: hotel and housing properties. It will When asked why he shouted ‘Merdeka’ seven times, he responded that it be connected to a metro station and is his wish for the country to be independent for all seven days of the week. its second phase of development will consist of another 4 residential towers. Artist’s impression of KL118 Tower

Height: 610 metres Did you know: (2,000 feet) KL118 was formerly known as Storeys: 118 Warisan Merdeka (Heritage Completion 2020 (estimate) of Independence) and is year: developed by PNB Merdeka Ventures Sdn Bhd. Escalators & elevators: According to The (Supplied by 105 Center for Council of Tall KONE, a Finnish Buildings and Urban Habitat company) (CTBUH), Kuala Lumpur is 15th in the world by number of Architect: Fender Katsalidis buildings exceeding 150 metres Developer: Permodalan height. Nasional Bhd (PNB) Merdeka Stadium 48 KL A TOURIST GUIDEBOOK ZONE 8.9 NATIONAL STADIUM 8.10 VICTORIA INSTITUTION Jalan Hang Jebat 71, Jalan Hang Tuah Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur NOTES: +603 2050 5500 +603 2078 2489 www.stadium.gov.my www.vioba.com.my 7.00am - 5.00pm (school hours) The National Stadium was designed by the Public Works Department engineer S.E Jewkes. It had the largest unsupported roof in the region, which was replaced Founded on the 14th August 1893, by Sultan Abdul Samad, William Hood with a space –frame dome in 1985 because of leakage. Treacher, Loke Yew, Thamboosamy Pillai, and . The 10,200-seat National Stadium was built in 1962 at a cost of RM1.5 million. Victoria Institution is a secondary school for boys (and girls for Form 6) and one of National Stadium was the first indoor stadium in the country. the oldest schools in Kuala Lumpur. It is named after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and was established by the British to commemorate her golden jubilee. This venue has hosted several international concerts by Boney M, , Tina Turner, Air Supply, to name a few. During World War II, Victoria Institution was used as the administrative headquarters by the invading Japanese army and after Japan’s defeat in the war, the surrender ceremony of the administration of Malaya to the British on 13th September 1945 was also held there. Until today, the school’s legacy has ensured that it produces students of the same high caliber year after year.

Anecdote: The school was formerly located at High Street and was moved to the current location in 1929 to facilitate the straightening of the Klang River. Notable alumnus includes Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei and Ananda Krishnan, business mogul and the richest man in Malaysia.

National Stadium Victoria Institution 49 A ZONE 8.11 AL-BUKHARY MOSQUE 8.12 KENANGA WHOLESALE CITY Jalan Hang Tuah, Kuala Lumpur 2, Jalan Gelugor, Kuala Lumpur NOTES: +603 7732 5525 +603 9224 1998 www.albukharykl.blogspot www.kenangacity.com Daily: 5.00am - 10.00pm Daily: 10.00am - 8.00pm Locals and tourists, who pass by Jalan This Kenanga Wholesale City (KWC) is Hang Tuah in Kuala Lumpur would Malaysia’s first one-stop fashion wholesale surely be captivated by the simply shopping centre which officially opened stunning Masjid Al-Bukhary. on 20th October 2011. It brings together a large and comprehensive directory The mosque was officiated in 2007 of businesses - fashion, accessories, by the then King of Malaysia, Sultan shoes, gifts, stationery and other lifestyle Mizan Zainal Abidin. products, all under one roof. This mosque stands tall and Kenanga Wholesale City offers shopping majestically, thanks to the country’s in a wholesale price, but at a convenient well known Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al location. Some of the shops serves Bukhary whose works of charity have walk-in customers too. And if you get left some beautiful impressions on a few more pieces of goods from the Malaysian shores and abroad. same store, one may ask for a possible Other than the beautiful architecture wholesale price too. of this mosque, quietly nestled on the beautiful compound of Masjid Al-Bukhary, is a mausoleum of a 8.13 CHINESE ASSEMBLY HALL pious man known as Syed Lal Shah Al 1, Jalan Maharajalela, Kuala Lumpur Bukhary. +603 2274 6645 www.klscah.org.my (Chinese) Dress Code for mosque visit: Built in 1910 and completed in 1923, the Visitors are required to be historical Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall appropriately dressed while was the center of cultural and political visiting the mosque. Shoes are gatherings for the Chinese community not allowed inside the mosque. when Kuala Lumpur was still part of Selangor. Even with its illustrious and Anecdote: glorious past, the Chinese Assembly Hall Syed Lal Shah Al Bukhary was is now mostly remembered as an event more than just a prison staff. He venue for budget-conscious organizers. volunteered to care for the dead bodies of prisoners who either The Chinese Assembly Hall used to face had served a death-sentence a taller and colourfully-lighted fountain or died a natural death while on the now extinct Bulatan Merdeka being imprisoned at the Pudu (roundabout). It was one of Kuala Jail. The plot of land on which Lumpur’s more popular sightseeing Masjid Al-Bukhary was built attractions during the late 60’s and early had been used as a cemetery 70’s when Jalan Maharajalela was known for Muslim prisoners. as Birch Road. Al-Bukhary Mosque 50 KL A TOURIST GUIDEBOOK ZONE 8.14 KUAN YIN TEMPLE 8.15 PUDU JAIL beach scenes, blue skies and Jalan Maharajalela, Kuala Lumpur Jalan Pudu, Kuala Lumpur flowers. It is hard to believe Daily: 7.00am -5.00pm that these were works of art Pudu Jail was built on the site of NOTES: of a criminal charged with Kuan Yin Temple was built in 1880 and is dedicated to the Goddess of Mercy, Pudu Village. Two isolated roads, possession of stolen goods and Kuan Yin. Also known as Guanyin Temple, it is located across the road from Jalan Rathbone Street and Hill Street, were drug abuse called Pha Tee. Stadium in Chinatown. demolished to make way for it. Pudu Jail was built by the British in 1895 as Pha Tee painted these murals Featuring distinctly chinese and European baroque architecture, the temple has a prison in Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur based on places that he had one of the most colourful shrines in the city. area. As such, it was used to house visited and photographs he had The temple started out as a small shrine for Hokkien chinese who hailed from the criminals including drug offenders seen in books and magazines Fujian Province in China and other dialect groups who turned up to offer their and was also used for administering whilst in prison. prayers to those buried in a cemetery on the hill. corporal punishment through rotan caning. This temple is not very well known but it is worth a visit. This temple house a 8.16 PUDU WAI SEK KAI statue of Sakyamuni Buddha as its centerpiece. Flanking it are three statues The colonial era prison was officially 446, Jalan Sayur, Off Jalan Pudu representing the Fa Zhu Gung brothers and a thousand armed and thousand- closed in November 1996. Today, the Kuala Lumpur eyed Kuan Yin. public can see the jail gateway, the Daily: 7.00pm - 12.00am door that used to separate thousands (except Monday) of prisoners’ ‘souls’ from the real world. Pudu Wai Sek Kai is one of the older hawker centers in the heart of Pudu Anecdote: that is still surviving despite rapid There is an old joke that modernization. By the late afternoon, prison inmates enjoyed the Jalan Sayur in Pudu turns into a luxury of being served a rather hawker haven. It is no wonder then sumptuous platter of fish curry that it is also popularly known as ‘Wai and rice. This is not true of Sek Kai’ in Cantonese, which literally course. But what is true was means ‘Glutton Street’. that in the early days, the By nightfall, Wai Sek Kai is a thriving prison had three European food center bustling with hungry wardens whose surnames were folks out for some tasty grub spilling Fish, Currie and Rice. with local flavor. The grilled tofu and Some of the most prominent cuttlefish stall has been featured in inmates were Ethel Proudlock, several television programmes. wife of the Victoria Institution This 50 year old hawker food centre schoolmaster who was charged has now second, and even third for murder of her alleged lover generation owners. This fluorescent and Botak Chin fondly known lamp lit street comes alive after as the Malaysian Robin Hood 7.00pm. For an entirely local street who robbed from the rich and food experience, this Wai Sek Kai is shared with the poor. not to be missed. The prison will always be Stalls start opening for business from remembered for its beautiful 4.30pm onwards. murals of lush jungle scenery, Kuan Yin Temple 51 JALAN SULTAN HISHAMUDDIN

9.1 Menara Dayabumi 9.2 Kuala Lumpur Railway Station 9.3 Malayan Railway Headquarters 9.1 9.4 Majestic Hotel 9.5 Sulaiman Building

Formerly called Victory Avenue, Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin is named after the 6th and 8th Sultan of Selangor. With the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station and the Malayan Railway Headquarters situated at the beginning of this road, Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin is indeed a celebration of domes, minarets and arches. Kuala Lumpur has always had a special spot in the heart of the Selangor Sultanate. It was said that that Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (the son and successor of Sultan Hishamuddin) shed tears when he signed the agreement ceding Kuala Lumpur to the 9.3 Federal Government in 1974.

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H the Kota Darul Ehsan. This majestic archway, which commemorates n lta Su the historic cessation of Kuala Lumpur also marks the border of n la Ja the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and the State of Selangor along the busy Federal Highway. 9.5 The roundabout at the beginning of Sultan Hishamuddin also had a historic monument at its centrepiece. It was the cenotaph commemorating the end of the First World War. When the National Monument was built along Jalan Parliament in 1963, the cenotaph was shifted to the monument complex.

52 KL A TOURIST GUIDEBOOK ZONE 9.1 MENARA DAYABUMI 9.2 KUALA LUMPUR RAILWAY STATION Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin, Kuala Lumpur Anecdote: Kuala Lumpur +603 2267 1200 According to British NOTES: Mon - Fri: 8.00am – 5.00pm Arthur Benison Hubback, a British Architectural Assistant to the Director of Public specifications, the roofs of all Sat, Sun & public holidays: Closed Works, designed the station. He incorporated neo-classical Moghul architecture railway stations in the colony Menara Dayabumi, a 35-storey into the station’s design to match the style of nearby British Government buildings must be able to withstand building, is one of the earliest that pre-dates the Railway Station, including the Sultan Abdul Samad Building, the weight of one metre of skyscrapers in the city and the former the Old City Hall and the Jamek Mosque. The distinctive features include the snowfall, something that is headquarters of Petronas Malaysia’s onion-shaped domes topped with chatri points, winding staircases and numerous unlikely to occur in tropical national oil and gas Company. arched windows and doorways. Malaya. Petronas used to operate from At a cost of $23,000, the station was completed and operational on the 1st of Yet, the completion of the Kuala here prior to the completion of the August , 1910. After the demolition of Resident Station and the isolation of Sultan Lumpur Railway Station was Petronas Twin Towers. In 1998, the Street Station (two stations that used to service the Ampang – Kuala Lumpur – delayed because the building company moved its headquarters to Klang route) Kuala Lumpur Railway Station became the main railway station in failed to comply with this its present location in the Petronas the city. specification. Twin Towers. In 1995, access to the KTM Komuter services was introduced at the station. The Today this building houses several diversion of long-distance intercity rail traffic in 2001 to Kuala Lumpur Sentral led commercial facilities. Menara to the original station’s diminished importance. Dayabumi, is designed with a modern The entire station is still served by both KTM Komuter and goods services, while Islamic style. The facade of the tower the Eastern & Oriental luxury train also makes a stop here en route the Singapore is adorned with patterns of eight- – Bangkok line pointed stars and Islamic arches at the top and bottom of the tower.

Menara Dayabumi Kuala Lumpur Railway Station 53 A ZONE 9.3 MALAYAN RAILWAY HEADQUARTERS Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin NOTES: Kuala Lumpur +603 22746063 Not open to the public

A fine example of neo-classical Moghul architecture, this building is a masterpiece of Arthur Benison Hubback, a British Architectural Assistant and the Director of Public Works. It was completed in 1917 as an administration building for the railway company and still serves that purpose. Its north wing was seriously damaged by bombing in World War II and again by fire in 1968. The building’s architecture also reflects the architectural styles of nearby buildings. As the Malayan Railway Headquarters, the building is not open for public visits, but it serves as a great backdrop for photographers, featuring wide colonnaded verandahs, including, onion-shaped domes topped with chatri points, spiral staircases and numerous arched windows and doorways.

Anecdote: To indicate that both the Malayan Railway Headquarters and the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station were designed as a pair, Arthur Benison Hubback used a smaller version of the railway station’s minaret to crown the main dome of the administrative building. The compound of the administrative building was the ground where a mass protest of the Malayan Union by members of the United Malay National Organization (UMNO) in 1948 was held. The Malayan Union was dissolved and the Federation of Malaya took its place. This event sparked a series of nationalistic movement that led to the independence of Malaya.

Malayan Railway Headquarters Side View Malayan Railway Headquarters Front View 54 KL A TOURIST GUIDEBOOK ZONE 9.4 MAJESTIC HOTEL 9.5 SULAIMAN BUILDING Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin, Kuala Lumpur Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin +603 2785 8000 Kuala Lumpur NOTES: www.majestickl.com Another grand building on this stretch of Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin (formerly Built in 1932, the original Hotel Majestic was designed by the Dutch architectural Victory Avenue) is the Sulaiman Building, which was built in 1933 and named firm, Keyes and Dowdeswell for the Trustees of the Estate of Loke Wan Tho, the after the then Ruler of Selangor. youngest son of the businessman and philanthropist Loke Yew. In its history this classic structure was home to the Income Tax and Registration Constructed in a hybrid of neo-classical and art deco style, the 51-room hotel Departments. It was until recently used by the Federal Territory Shariah Court but sits on a hilltop site facing another one of Kuala Lumpur’s famous landmarks, the is now empty and undergoing reconstruction work. Moghul-style Kuala Lumpur Railway Station. The main building is characterized by The building was constructed before the Second World War just after the Railway tall white classically proportioned Roman columns and detailed cornices. Station. Unlike the Railway Station the building was without the Moghul elements For the first time in Malayan history, modern sanitation was introduced in but rather with simple and more solid form for an official government building. all rooms, with hot and cold water, showers, and long baths in 18 rooms – Semi-circular arch for the verandahs and window frames and solid blocks of tower considered the height of luxury in its day. Custom designed furniture, silverware at both ends and center of the buildings are the dominant elements. and furnishings imported from England all added to the luxurious atmosphere. A The building derived its name from the fifth Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Ala’eddin special feature was the roof garden, with a dance floor and a seating capacity for Suleiman Shah. 350 guests. In 2014, the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA) moved into Presently, it is the only hotel in Kuala Lumpur to be included in the Leading Hotels the building. of the World (LHW) luxury hotel collection. The family of iconic hotels includes The Ritz London, The Pierre in New York City, Hotel le Bristol in Paris, and Villa d’Este in Lake Como, Italy. Anecdote: The Majestic Hotel was and still is patronised by many interesting guests, amongst whom include artistes, actors, spies, politicians, writers and travellers. An Irish writer locked herself in her room for 10 days surviving only on orange juice just so she can finish writing her novel. During the Second World War, the Japanese Army used the hotel as a transit camp. When the war ended, a Japanese officer took the news so badly that he committed suicide in his room. Room No 48 is said to be that room as guests claimed to have heard strange noises there.

Majestic Hotel Sulaiman Building 55 DANG WANGI 10.1 Old shophouses along Dangi Wangi

Jalan Dang Wangi was formerly known as Campbell Road. It was named after Douglas Graham Campbell, the first British Advisor for the state of Lebuhraya Bertingkat Ampang - Kuala Lumpur in 1914. Douglas Campbell has British Resident of and District Officer of Kuala Lumpur in his impressive resume of service towards the British Administration of Malaya. The road and the name Campbell would however, be always associated with the Campbell Shopping Complex Fire of 1976, which razed and completely destroyed the 20-storey building, then the tallest shopping complex in Kuala Lumpur. The blaze, which started at 10.30pm on the 8th April 1976, was due to an electrical short-circuit and lasted for a good 10.1 30 hours. The Hollywood blockbuster Towering Inferno was screened at the Odeon Theatre just down the road not too long before Kuala Lumpur had her share of a real-life fiery drama. As such, the incident left a deep impact in not just the psyche of Malaysians but also the fire safety policy of all high-rise building in the country. Fortunately, the beautiful heritage shop-houses in and around Jalan Dang Menara Multi-Purpose Wangi were spared from that fearsome inferno.

Capsquare Tower Kuala Lumpur Forest Eco Park (Bukit Nanas)

56 KL A TOURIST GUIDEBOOK ZONE 10.1 OLD SHOPHOUSES ALONG DANGI WANGI Dang Wangi, Kuala Lumpur Through the years, development has taken its toll on some residential areas and NOTES: heritage buildings, while others have been preserved as reminders of the past. Older residents still have fond memories of iconic eateries or favourite hang-outs that are no longer in existence. However, some still remain and are as popular as ever. One of the memorable venues is Yut Kee restaurant in Jalan Dang Wangi, which witnessed a handful of massive multimillion-dollar projects surrounded Dang Wangi since it began operation in 1928. Stroll along Jalan Dang Wangi and you are sure to catch a glimpse of the Odeon Theatre. In those days, this Cinema used to be one of the coolest places to catch your latest blockbuster movie. But today, small shops have taken advantage of Dang Wangi’s prime location and made base on the ground floor of the theatre.

57 Kampong Bharu, located at the Kampong Bharu was also gazetted heart of Kuala Lumpur, was founded as one of the Malay Reserved Areas KAMPONG BHARU as a Malay community or Malay (MRA) in Kuala Lumpur. The MRAs Agricultural Settlement by the were created under the Malay 11.1 Kelab Sultan Sulaiman British government since 1899. Reservation Enactment of 1913 and 11.2 Kelab Sultan Suleiman Gallery the Land Enactment of 1987. 11.3 Malay Food Street (Jalan Raja Muda Musa) The Malay Agricultural Settlement (MAS) was formed on 12th January The objective of the legislation was 11.4 Heritage Malay Houses 1900 by the Federated Malay States to ensure that the Malays would be 11.5 Masjid Jamek Kampong Bharu on 223 acres of land awarded by able to own land, especially in urban 11.6 Herbal Shops fifth Sultan of Selangor state, His areas. A provision of the enactment 11.7 Gurdwara Tatt Khalsa Diwan (Sikh Temple) Royal Highness, Sultan Sir Alae’ddin is that an MRA may not, either Suleiman. Enclosed by Princess Road through sale or lease, be transferred 11.8 Chowkit Fruit And Vegetable Market (Raja Bot Market) (Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz) at the to non-Malay Muslim. north and Campbell Road (Jalan A few development plans have Dang Wangi) at the south, Tuanku been prepared for the MRAs, Abdul Rahman Road at the west and however little progress has been Klang River at the east. achieved and the issue on slow The Malay Agricultural Settlement development process of the MRAs, (MAS) is a special area reserved especially Kampong Bharu, remains specifically for the Malays in Kuala unresolved. Lumpur. This special right has Legal restrictions imposed on been declared in the Selangor property and the land ownership Government Gazette dated 12th are also the major factors that have January 1900 under Section 6, of the reduced the potential finances and Selangor State Government Land the marketability of these areas. Enactment 1897. MAS consist of 223 Other constraints include the lack acres of land, which was given to the of capacity of individual owners to JalanTuanku Abdul Rahman Malay people by the fifth Sultan of develop their properties and the 11.7 11.6 Selangor. 11.5 absence of clear implementation In 1900 another body named Board programs. of Management, Malay Agricultural Kampong Bharu is an amalgamation 11.8 Settlement of Kampong Baru (MAS) of seven villages. The boundary of 11.4 was formed to manage the affairs 11.3 Kampong Bharu has been defined of the villages and to look after the as an area that includes all seven needs of Kampong Bharu residents. small villages namely [Kampong 11.2 11.1 11.4 In 1943, three Japanese officers took Hujung Pasir, Kampong Masjid, up the position of Deputy Chairman Kampong Paya, Kampong Periok, of Malay Agricultural Settlement Kampong Pindah, Kampong Atas ‘A’ namely Mr. Y S Tatuno (1943), Mr. and Kampong Atas ‘B’] of Kampong Hica Tamoki (1944), Mr Hayashi Bharu but does not include (1945). area. Each of these small villages has an elected Chieftain (Pengulu).

58 KL A TOURIST GUIDEBOOK ZONE 11.1 KELAB SULTAN SULAIMAN The new club contains a Community 11.2 KELAB SULTAN SULEIMAN run by Malays from the Kelantan Jalan Datuk Abdul Razak Hall that has a capacity of up to 1,000 GALLERY state. Aside from their fiery tom yam, Kampong Bharu people, used for sport activities such Jalan Datuk Abdul Razak these places are well known for their NOTES: Kuala Lumpur as badminton and basketball. There Kampong Bharu steamed fish with ginger and assam are also a library, restaurant, meeting Kuala Lumpur boi, plain rice porridge with salted fish The Sultan Sulaiman Club was first room, bar and hostels for visiting and egg, and many varieties of fried built in 1909, but it was not until 1967 Year Built: 1932 sports teams. rice or noodles. that it was christened with the name Opened on 5th December 2007, the in honour of the Sultan of Selangor The Club played an important role In the late afternoon, drop by a stall gallery showcases the history of the who was ruling when the club was in the history of Malaysia when the selling Malay kuih or tea cakes. Not Malay political struggle from its early built, Sultan Ala’eddin Sulaiman Shah first Malay Congress was held there all kuihs are sweet there are fried beginning during the colonial era. This ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa in 1946, which led to the birth of the savouries like currypuffs filled with heritage building is a replica of the (ruled 1898 – 1938). United Malays National Organization potatoes and spicy sardines, popiahs second Sultan Sulaiman Club. (UMNO), one of the founding with beans sprouts and carrots, The club serves as a venue for political parties that negotiated the and pulut panggang – grilled rolls sporting and social events for the independence of Malaya from the of glutinous rice stuffed with spicy Malay community of Kuala Lumpur, British. 11.3 MALAY FOOD STREET coconut sambal. There are also many to rival the British Selangor Club in Jalan Raja Muda Musa types of sweet kuihs (tea cakes), Dataran Merdeka and Lake Club in the When Malaysia began television Kampong Bharu mostly made with glutinous rice flour, Lake Gardens. broadcast services in 1963, the Club Kuala Lumpur coconut milk and palm sugar – the placed a television set outside the In 1909, the original structure of the Right past the entrance arch way over holy trinity of Malay kuih ingredients. building in 1964 for the entertainment club was erected on a piece of land Jalan Raja Musa, you will be greeted of club members and the public. donated by the Sultan of Selangor. by the delicious scents, slightly Till now, the club is in use as a location chaotic sights and bustling sounds Its architectural style follows the for meetings local associations and of one of Kuala Lumpur’s most well- traditional Malay house form with small scale sports championships. known hawker food areas. There are a horn-tipped roof in the Minang many stalls to choose from, serving a style, constructed using cengal hard wide range of dishes which are budget wood beams, wooden plank walls and FREE KAMPONG BHARU friendly. thatched nipah roof. CULTURAL GUIDED WALK As a Malay settlement, Kampong The British contributed $500 dollars to Organised by Kuala Lumpur City Hall Bharu is well known for the traditional build the club and the rest of the fund Malay cuisine and here you can find was raised from the local community Days: Tues, Wed & Sun a variety of delicacies from different through the ticket sales for cultural Registration regions in Malaysia. Follow your nose performances. 4.15pm Time: to the smoky charcoal aroma of ikan The original structure was destroyed bakar or grilled fish eaten with spicy Walk 2.5 hours in a fire in 1930, and was replaced by Duration: sambal and sour dipping sauce. a new building with zinc instead of Kelab Sultan Served with white rice and raw ulam thatch nipah roof. Meeting (traditional herb salad leaves), it Point: Sulaiman, Jalan Datuk Abdul Razak can also be accompanied by various The second building was demolished curries and stir fried vegetables to in 1967 to make way for a new Call: +603 2698 0332 make up a hearty portion of nasi building, which was launched in 1969 pelancongan@ campur or mixed rice. by Tun Abdul Razak, Malaysia’s Deputy Email: dbkl.gov.my Prime Minister of that time. There are also many tom yam Website: www.visitkl.gov.my restaurants to choose from, many Local cakes 59 A ZONE 11.4 HERITAGE MALAY HOUSES Rumah Limas Kampong Bharu is made up of a cluster of seven villages in the area, incorporated Style: Colonial-Malay hybrid NOTES: into the Malay Agricultural Settlement (MAS) in the late 1800s to early 1900s as Year Built: 1931 a congregation point for Malay settlers who came to make a living in the fledging Of the cluster of Malay houses in Kampong Bharu, this is one of the bigger Kuala Lumpur. traditional houses. As Malay settlers flooded into the area from various parts of Malaya, the houses The house was rebuilt in 1949 after the Second World War. Although the house they built and lived in reflected a variety of styles brought from their homeland. underwent renovation, the unique roof plan and style were maintained ona The residents in Kampong Hujung Pasir and Kampong Periuk are mostly stone pillared ground floor. descendants from Melaka. Their houses feature decorative stone steps going up to the main entrance to the home. The hilly terrain in Kampong Atas A was home to Mandailing residents while Kampong Atas B was home to Minangkabau residents. Minangkabau houses are identified by their steeped roof, said to resemble the horns of the water buffalo. Kampong Masjid, originally the area surrounding Masjid Jamek, and Kampong Pindah were home to the Rawa people. The made their home in the low terrain and marshland area of Kampong Paya.

Master Mat’s House Year Built: 1921 Designed in Malay-Palladian style, the small house is raised on stone pillars with concrete balustrade staircase. It has local-style gable roof covered with clay tiles. Presently, the third generation of the late Haji Ahmad bin Mohamed still lives in this well-preserved house. Haji Ahmad bin Mohamed, who originally built this house, was a respected former headmaster of an English school in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur. The locals affectionately call him Master Mat.

Master Mat’s House Rumah Limas 60 KL A TOURIST GUIDEBOOK ZONE 11.5 MASJID JAMEK KAMPONG cost RM214,000 to build – which was 11.7 GURDWARA TATT KHALSA DIWAN (SIKH TEMPLE) BHARU derived from donations of the local 24, Jalan Raja Alang Jalan Raja Alang people and an allocation from the Kampong Bharu NOTES: Kampong Bharu Selangor Government. Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Today the mosque stands at 6,472 Believed to be the largest Sikh temple in Southeast Asia, the Gurdwara Tatt Khalsa +603 2691 3954 square metres and receives over Diwan is a beacon to the Sikh community in Kuala Lumpur. The roots of the www.masjidmjkb.org.my 7,000 people daily, of which there gurdwara can be traced back to 1819, to its original site where the Kuala Lumpur Masjid Jamek Kampong Bharu or the are no less than 500 people are in General Hospital now stands. Jamek Mosque of Kampong Bharu attendance each time prayers are The British government officially allocated the lot for the Sikh community in Jalan sits on a piece of land donated by held. Islamic studies sessions are Raja Alang in 1922. Originally serving the Sikh community from the Setapak and a Malay philanthropist named Haji held every morning here after Subuh Sentul area during the 1920s, the congregation grew to include businessmen who Bachik bin Abdullah. Haji Bachik hails prayers since the 1960s and the worked in Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman in the 1960s. from Melaka and was a businessman second session happens every night who became a leader of the Malays here after the Maghrib prayers. Its The Malaya Samachar newspaper, printed entirely in Punjabi thrice weekly, with in the settlement of Kampong Hujung other facilities include air-conditioned a run of 500 copies per issue, is housed in the complex. There are also 15 rooms Pasir, one of the seven nearby prayer halls, meeting rooms, guest available to house the needy or budget travellers on a temporary basis, but due villages in the area incorporated into rooms, a room to perform the last to safety reasons the gurdwara committee is careful whom they accommodate. Kampong Bharu in 1900 to centralise rites for the deceased, a communal The gurdwara also provides free lunch for everyone, regardless of religion, race the management and development kitchen, a library and an Islamic or social class. On Sundays, children come for religious classes, yoga and music of the area by the Malay Agricultural kindergarten. lessons. Settlement (MAS). Dress code for mosque visit: Dress code for temple visit: As the village became larger and more people moved in, Haji Bachik donated • Visitors are required to be • Remove shoes and wash your feet. appropriately dressed while a piece of the land he owned to MAS • Wear long pants or loose-fitting clothing as you may sit on the floor in in the late 1920s, for the purpose of visiting the mosque the main prayer hall. building a small surau or prayer hall • Shoes are not allowed inside • Everyone must cover his or her head before entering the gurdwara. for the Muslim community to gather the mosque in those days. The earliest structure of • Sikh men customarily wear turbans, while Sikh women typically wear • Male visitors are required to the building was erected using nibong headscarf as part of their traditional dress. wear long pants wood posts and floors. A small section • If you do not have a head covering, inquire about borrowing one when was set aside for a muslim cemetery • Female visitors are required you arrive at the temple. where the village people of the time to wear non-revealing were laid to rest. clothes with head scarves Since then, the Jamek Mosque of Kampong Bharu has been a pillar of the local community. The mosque’s 11.6 HERBAL SHOPS structure has been demolished three times to make way for a bigger mosque Kampong Bharu is noted for its sundry to be built on the same spot to service shop of sorts featuring products made the ever growing population. In 1956, from various herbs grown in Malaysia. Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al Haj, Items for Muslims such as local beauty Malaysia’s first Prime Minister, laid and health products, Zam Zam holy the first foundation stone to rebuild water, Islamic calligraphy and prayer the mosque. At that time, the mosque items are available here. Gurdwara Tatt Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple 61 A ZONE 11.8 CHOWKIT FRUIT AND Loke Chow Kit the man. He was VEGETABLE MARKET so westernised that he owned NOTES: (Raja Bot Market) a store with a range of goods Jalan Raja Alang that catered specifically for the Kuala Lumpur European Market. 4.00pm - 6.00am That store was called Chow Aside from the indoor Chow Kit Kit and Co. which operated Bazaar, the stretch of stalls along in the building now known as Jalan Raja Alang is more than just a the Industrial Court behind the wet market, a rare find in the middle Sultan Abdul Samad building. of Kuala Lumpur city centre. Amongst Chow Kit and Co.’s range the towering skyscrapers and whizzing of items included textiles, vehicles driving by, you can find the liquor, tobacco, cakes and locals shopping for fresh produce and biscuits, glassware and even an astounding range of unusual and motorcycles and cars. wonderful tropical fruits. He built his first mansion in Not for the faint-hearted, you can 1907 within close vicinity to try out the king of fruits, the durian. the Selangor Club where he Identified by its green thorny skin and socialised with the Europeans. pungent aroma, the opened fruit will Loke Chow Kit was a sporting expose its creamy and custard-like and cosmopolitan chap. flesh. During a fancy-dress party, Less adventurous types can go for the he shaved his head bald and rambutan, sweet, hairy-skinned fruits came dressed as an Indian that grow in bunches and is similar moneylender (Chettiar). He had in taste and texture to the lychee. a soft spot for Scotland and There’s also the mangosteen, a round sent two of his sons there to fruit with thick purple skin and sweet study. He even named one of and sour white flesh. his mansions in Ampang Road with a nine-hectare orchard, Anecdote: Desswood Place after a road in The Chow Kit Bazaar is named Aberdeen. after a legendary figure known His empire unfortunately as Loke Chow Kit. Born to a came to an end when he died poor family in Penang, this in 1918 at the age of 56. His self-made millionaire made his contributions to the growing fortune by supplying labourers years of Kuala Lumpur were for the Klang-Kuala Lumpur many and is immortalised in by railway project and investing the name of a monorail station, in tin mines and rubber estates a road and this colourful around Kuala Lumpur. bazaar. This Chow Kit bazaar is a far cry from being a representation of Chowkit Fruit and Vegetable Market 62 ZONE B WANGSA MAJU - MALURI TITIWANGSA 1.1 Titiwangsa Lake Gardens 1.8 News Agency (Taman Tasik Titiwangsa) 1.9 Alliance Francaise 1.2 Ponyback Riding at Titiwangsa Lake 1.10 University Teknologi Malaysia Gardens (Taman Tasik Titiwangsa) 1.11 PULOPOL (Pusat Latihan Polis) 1.3 Titiwangsa Police Force Golf Club 1.12 Gudwara Sahib Titiwangsa 1.4 Istana Budaya 1.13 Sutra Foundation 1.5 National Visual Arts Gallery 1.14 Dashen Ye Temple (Monkey God Temple) 1.6 Hospital Pusrawi 1.15 Royal Selangor Golf Club 1.7 National Library The Titiwangsa sub-district of the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur is the 1.3 namesake of the Titiwangsa Mountain, which is affectionately known as 1.12 1.14 1.2 ‘The backbone of the Peninsular’ as it divides the Malay peninsular into its western and eastern lowlands. On clear days, the Titiwangsa mountain range is visible from certain places 1.13 1.1 in Kuala Lumpur especially when one is on the higher floors of highrise buildings. And on clear nights, one can see the , a hill resort, glistening against the night sky. Being the eastern most sub-district of Kuala Lumpur, the main roads of 1.11 Titiwangsa like Jalan is a major route to the east coast states of , a journey that involves going through the undulating highlands of the Titiwangsa mountain range. Some parts of Titiwangsa were tin mines of the early days of Kuala 1.4 1.10 1.5 Lumpur. In the late 1980s it became a recreational area for city folks. 1.6 1.8 1.7 Within this sub-district is the picturesque Titiwangsa Lake, a neatly landscaped area with ornamental plants and trees. Surrounding the lake are jogging tracks and other facilities such as water boats and horse riding for visitors. On weekends this place becomes busy with picnickers and 1.9 joggers. 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1.1 TITIWANGSA LAKE 1.2 PONY RIDING AT 1.3 TITIWANGSA POLICE FORCE 1.4 ISTANA BUDAYA GARDENS (TAMAN TASIK TITIWANGSA LAKE GARDENS GOLF CLUB Jalan Tun Razak TITIWANGSA) (TAMAN TASIK TITIWANGSA) Pusat Latihan Polis Kuala Lumpur NOTES: Jalan , Kuala Lumpur +603 4023 8294 / +6019 327 7198 Jalan , Kuala Lumpur +603 4026 5555 B Sat, Sun, public holidays and school +603 2693 4964 www.istanabudaya.gov.my Being one of the most popular holidays: Tues - Sun: 7.00am – 6.00pm metropolitan recreational parks Literally translated as ‘The Palace of 9.00am – 11.00pm (Morning Mon: 2.00pm – 6.00pm ZONE located in the northern part of Kuala Arts’, Istana Budaya is the National session) Lumpur, Taman Tasik Titiwangsa or Designed by Mr. Ng Ah Bey and other Theatre and home to the National 3.00pm – 6.00pm (Afternoon Titiwangsa Lake Garden boast great police personnel, this 36-par nine- Theatre Company. It has been ranked session) views of central Kuala Lumpur and hole golf course that spans over on the Top Ten list of the most stretches over 46 hectares of land. Pony riding, an activity often 3,055 metres, offers a truly thrilling sophisticated theatres in the world. associated with the elite groups of golf experience, where casual golfers In addition to having boats for hire, The design of the ‘palace’ is in itself an society, is affordable and accessible have an opportunity to challenge kayaks, aqua biking, Radio Control Car architectural wonder. The turquoise to the masses at Titiwangsa Lake themselves on some of the more Racing Track, a children’s playground folds of the roof and intricate design Gardens. With as little as RM1.50, challenging holes. A caddy is available and a small equestrian track, one of the foyer are inspired by the ‘sirih one can have an escorted ride on for the nine-holes. The club also offers can go horse riding or take a ride junjung’, a traditional arrangement a horseback around the lake. Rides excellent driving-range facilities. in a horse-drawn carriage which is of betel leaves in a box served during on horse-drawn carriages are also the main attraction of Taman Tasik Malay weddings and ceremonies to available. Titiwangsa. welcome guests. Titiwangsa Lake of Kuala Lumpur is The entrance is shaped of a ‘wau the placid lake, located in the centre bulan’ the traditional Malay moon of the park that also bears a small tiny kite. The layout of the building is that spouting fountain. of a Malay house, with the serambi (verandah) representing the lobby There are also tennis courts, a sports and foyer, rumah ibu (main house) complex and a squash community representing the performance hall. Tourists can savour delectable auditorium which has a 1,421 people delicacies from the regional cuisine at capacity, and the rumah dapur the restaurant afloat on the edge of (kitchen) representing the stage and the lake here. Pony riding rehearsal rooms. Istana Budaya has hosted both local and international productions to the likes of West End and Broadway musicals. ‘Puteri Gunung Ledang’ (Gunung Ledang Princess) and ‘Cuci (Wash) The Musical’ were amongst some of the most well-loved locally produced musicals staged here. For the latest schedules of events and performances to be staged here, go onto the Istana Budaya’s website.

Titiwangsa Lake Garden 65 1.5 NATIONAL VISUAL ARTS 1.7 NATIONAL LIBRARY 1.8 BERNAMA NEWS AGENCY 1.9 ALLIANCE FRANCAISE GALLERY 232, Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur Pertubuhan Berita Nasional 15, Lorong Gurney NOTES: 2, Jalan Temerloh +603 2687 1700 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur off Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur www.pnm.gov.my Wisma BERNAMA +603 2694 7880 B + 603 4025 4990 / +603 4026 7000 Tues - Sat: 10.00am – 7.00pm 28, Jalan 1/65A www.alliancefrancaise.org.my www.artgallery.gov.my Sun: 10.00am – 6.00pm off Jalan Tun Razak Tues - Fri: 10.00am – 6.00pm

ZONE Daily: 10.00am – 6.00pm Mon & public holidays: Closed Kuala Lumpur Sat: 9.00am – 5.00pm +603 2693 9933 Sun & Mon: Closed Mon: Closed The National Library of Malaysia www.bernama.com Established in 1958, the National holds a comprehensive collection The Alliance Française is an association Visual Arts Gallery aims to display to of books, other printed materials BERNAMA, the national news agency that promotes French language and the world works of local artists and and special documents such as films of Malaysia, is one of the country’s culture throughout the world through to promote the appreciation of visual and audio materials. The pride of leading content providers of up-to- classes and cultural activities and arts to the younger generation. The the library is its intellectual heritage the-minute news reports, updates and events. The Gurney Street (Lorong gallery collects artwork that portrays which comes in the form of the Malay analysis for newspapers, television Gurney) centre aims at fostering ties creativity and the aspirations of local Manuscripts and ‘Hikayat Hang Tuah’ and radio stations, global wire services between Malaysians and the French culture and preserves them as part of (The Legend of Hang Tuah), both of and the Internet. It also provides news community. which are manuscripts acknowledged subscriptions, real-time stock-quotes the country’s national heritage. It is housed in a fully renovated by UNESCO ‘Memory of the World and a business database accessed bungalow in a pleasant green setting. Amongst the gallery’s permanent Register’. through personal computers and Some of the facilities in this centre collection of 4,000 pieces of artwork, mobile devices. are paintings by Zulkifli Moh’d The National Library’s building has an include a caféteria serving French Dohalan, Wong Hoi Cheong, Ahad architecture that reflects the national Besides its news agency services, food, a multimedia library and Osman and the renowned batik artist heritage. It is in the shape of the BERNAMA operates a 24-hour broadcast of French TV (TV5). tengkolok (the Malay headgear) that television news channel (BERNAMA Chuah Tan Teng. The National Visual The centre is also the venue for French is the symbol of intellectual pride TV on Channel 502) and a 24- Arts Gallery also hosts seminars, classes of all levels (from beginners and respect in Malaysian culture. hour news radio station (BERNAMA workshops and competitions both in to advanced classes) and regular The tiles of the roof are also unique, Radio 24). the local and international arena. screening of French language movies. containing patterns inspired by the BERNAMA also supplies photographs kain songket, a traditional hand- 1.6 HOSPITAL PUSRAWI to news organizations, non-news woven embroidered textile. Lot 149, Jalan Tun Razak organizations and individuals. Kuala Lumpur +603 2687 5000 BERNAMA’s more than 300 journalists www.pusrawi.com.my and photojournalists report daily from its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur and Established in 1984, Hospital bureaus from all over Malaysia and PUSPRAWI is a wholly-owned overseas offices in Singapore, , subsidiary of the Federal Territory Bangkok, Beijing, New Dehli, Dubai, Islamic Council and a renowned Washington DC, New York, Berlin and shariah-compliant private hospital Melbourne. in Kuala Lumpur. The hospital has a capacity of 189 beds, three branch clinics and a hemodialysis centre. It offers outpatient treatment, physiotherapy, obstetrics, hemodialysis and pre-natal counseling facilities. National Library Alliance Française 66 KL TOURIST GUIDEBOOK

1.10 UNIVERSITY TEKNOLOGI 1.11 PULAPOL (PUSAT LATIHAN Founded by Ramli Ibrahim, one of 1.15 ROYAL SELANGOR GOLF MALAYSIA POLIS) the nation’s most accomplished CLUB Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Pusat Latihan Polis artists, the foundation encompasses Jalan Kelab Golf NOTES: Jalan Semarak, Kuala Lumpur Jalan Semarak, Kuala Lumpur the Sutra Dance Theatre, where off Jalan Tun Razak +603 2615 4100 +603 2688 2222 new choreography is crafted and Kuala Lumpur B www.kl.utm.my performed; the Sutra Academy, where +603 9206 3333 Established in 1904, this is the oldest future dancers are trained; and the www.rsgc.com.my ZONE Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) police academy in Malaysia. The Sutra Gallery where visual artist offers full-time undergraduate and academy provides new police recruits exhibit all their works. Established in 1893, the Royal Selangor postgraduate programmes under its with the best training possible, Golf Club or RSGC as it is popularly four major schools: UTM Razak School, thereby enhancing their ability to For the latest schedules of dance known is the oldest golf club in Kuala Perdana School, Advanced Informatics protect the lives, rights, property and performances, classes and art Lumpur and has played host to many School and UTM International dignity of all Malaysians and visitors to exhibitions, go to the Sutra international golf tournaments. A Business School, which are open to the country. Foundation’s website. hallmark of quality and par excellence both local and international students. is synonymous with this august club. Some of these schools also offer 1.12 GUDWARA SAHIB This club is home to more than part-time executive programmes TITIWANGSA 1.14 DASHEN YE TEMPLE 6,000 members comprising royalty, for working professionals. UTM 41, Jalan Pahang (MONKEY GOD TEMPLE) cabinet ministers, foreign diplomats, Kuala Lumpur strives to be a front- off Persiaran Titiwangsa Lorong Titiwangsa 7 corporate leaders, captains of runner in the fields of science and Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur industries and professionals who technology that offers cross-disciplinary +603 4031 5531 The Dashen Ye Temple is a rare Taoist share a keen interest in golf. programmes that are industry-driven www.facebook.com/GSTitiwangsa temple that deifies and honours Almost a sanctuary amidst the city and have an international outlook. the Monkey God Sun WuKong. Sun centre, this 45-hole landscaped Established in 1959, the Gudwara WuKong is a main character in the parkland course, with a panoramic Sahib Titiwangsa is the centre of Chinese classical literature known as view of the city’s skyline, is always a joy cultural and religious activities of the the Journey to the West. for a game of golf. Clusters of mature Sikh community of Kuala Lumpur’s He was a monkey born of stone trees of over a hundred years is one Titiwangsa sub-district. For the latest who acquired supernatural powers of the distinctions that sets the club activities and festivals, check out the through Taoist practices. apart; hence its strong tradition and temple’s Facebook page. testament to its enduring existence. After rebelling against the heavens and imprisoned under a mountain by 1.13 SUTRA FOUNDATION the Buddha, he sought redemption 12, Persiaran Titiwangsa 3 by accompanying the monk Xuanzang Kuala Lumpur on the titular Journey to the West to +603 4021 1092 retrieve Buddhist sutras from India. www.sutrafoundation.org.my The Sutra Foundation was established in 2007 to develop awareness of Indian traditional, contemporary performing and visual arts, upholding the philosophy of nurturing a society that appreciates art while embracing the nation’s cultural diversity.

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Royal Selangor Golf Club 67 SETAPAK 2.1 Royal Selangor Visitor Center 2.9 Kampung Puah 2.2 Sri Utama Schools Kuala Lumpur 2.10 Le Chateau De Puah 2.3 Alpha Angle 2.11 Masjid Jami’ul Ehsan 2.4 TAR University College 2.12 Kuan Yin Temple 2.5 Wardieburn Camp 2.13 Lian Hin Rubber Smokehouse & Lee 2.6 KL Festival City Shopping Center Rubber Factory Warehouse 27 Columbia Asia Hospital 2.14 Wangsa Walk Mall 2.8 P. Ramlee Memorial Museum Setapak means ‘one step’ in the Malay language and it is perhaps the 2.4 2.12 suburb’s close proximity to the Kuala Lumpur city center that inspired the name. However, a more plausible tale behind the name would be the appointment of a local aborigine, Batu Tapak, as the headman 2.5 of the area in 1884 by the then British Resident of Selangor, Sir Frank 2.10 Swettenham. Setapak was an area that contributed to the heydays of the tin and rubber industry in Malaya. The legacy of this contribution can still be seen in the old settlements along Jalan Gombak and the still standing 2.9 2.6 Lian Hin Rubber Smokehouse and the Lee Rubber Warehouse. The fun, informative and interactive Royal Selangor Visitor Centre reminds visitors 2.7 2.3 of the tin industry’s glorious past.

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www. royalselangorvisitorcentre.com The National School incorporates ZONE Daily: 9.00am - 5.00pm seven international subjects taught in Founded in 1885, Royal Selangor is English (Mathematics, Science, Health the world’s foremost name in quality Education, Computer Studies, Library pewter, a brand synonymous with Programmes and Additional English) design and craftsmanship. in addition to subjects from the Malaysian National Curriculum which In the hands of Royal Selangor’s skilled are conducted in Bahasa Malaysia crafts people, this versatile alloy of tin, (Malaysia’s National Language). copper and antimony is transformed into an endless variety of homeware The International School follows and gifts sold in more than twenty the London Board of Examination’s countries around the world. Curriculum, and is open to both international and Malaysian students. The visitor center takes visitors back in time to the founding of Royal Selangor and its inextricable link with the history of Malaysia, to the present day as the world’s largest pewter 2.3 ALPHA ANGLE maker and its expansion into gold and Section1, Jalan 2/27A sterling silver. Bandar Wangsa Maju Kuala Lumpur This multiple award winning +603 4149 5288 visitor center also gives visitors an www.aeonretail.com.my opportunity to craft their own pewter Sun - Thurs: 10.00am – 10.00pm ware in the fun and interactive School of Hard Knocks. Fri - Sat: 10.00am – 11.00pm

2.2 SRI UTAMA SCHOOLS The Alpha Angle Shopping Complex is KUALA LUMPUR a picture of practicality and a budget Lot 27, Jalan Usahawan 5 conscious mall, offering visitors a wide Setapak, Kuala Lumpur range of apparel and household items. +603 4021 2490 Its anchor tenant, AEON CO. extends www.sriutama.edu.my an assortment of merchandise in the The Sri Utama Schools are the first same sensible strand. There is also school in Kuala Lumpur to house their a standard variety of food outlets International School, and a National offering a good mix of different School on the same grounds. cuisines.

Royal Selangor (pewter centre) 69 2.4 TAR UNIVERSITY COLLEGE 2.5 WARDIEBURN CAMP 2.6 KL FESTIVAL CITY SHOPPING Kuala Lumpur Main Campus Jalan Genting Klang CENTRE NOTES: Jalan Genting Klang, Setapak Kuala Lumpur 67, Jalan Taman Ibu Kota Kuala Lumpur +6017 3281805 Taman Danau Kota, Setapak B +603 4145 0123 The Wardieburn Camp is a military camp that is now the base of the 6th battalion Kuala Lumpur www.tarc.edu.my of the Royal Ranger Regiment, the infantry regiment of the Malaysian Army. +603 4143 5576 ZONE The Tunku Abdul Rahman University www.festivalcity.com.my During the days of the Malayan Emergency (1948 – 1960), this camp was a College (TAR University College) is a Daily: 10.00am – 10.00pm training ground for the Rifle Brigade of the British Somerset Regiment before they premier institution of higher learning embarked on their jungle patrols against the communist insurgents. KL Festival City offers a complete in Malaysia set up in 1969 as Tunku lifestyle experience for today’s Abdul Rahman College (TAR College) Important British dignitaries who inspected the Camp during the Emergency discerning shoppers. to provide quality and affordable include the British Minister of Supplies Mr. Duncan Sandys in 1953 and the Duke tertiary education. of Edinburgh in 1956. Showcasing over 250 brands from shopping, dining to entertainment, TAR College was named after KL Festival City is anchored by three Malaysia’s first Prime Minister major tenants – Department Allahyarham YTM Tunku Abdul Store, Econsave Supermarket and Rahman Putra Al-Haj and was set up MBO Cinemas. to complement and supplement the efforts of the Malaysian Government The shopping mall offers modern to meet the current and future amenities such as baby nursing manpower needs of the nation. rooms, surau (Muslim prayer room), interactive directories, complimentary The University College offers more wireless internet services and a wide than 100 programmes at A-Levels, range of customer services to make foundation, pre-University, Diploma your shopping trip a pleasant one. and Degree levels. KL Festival City is also a disabled These programmes cover several friendly mall providing access ramp fields, ranging from professional facilities for wheelchairs and disabled programmes in accountancy, friendly restrooms on every floor to engineering, business and cater for these special needs. management, finance, applied science, mass communication, creative arts, hospitality management and humanities. TAR University College is well recognised locally and internationally among the academic fraternity and professional bodies and has educated more than 160,000 graduates, many of whom are eminent leaders in various industries owing to the holistic education offered by the university college.

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2.7 COLUMBIA ASIA HOSPITAL 2.8 P. RAMLEE MEMORIAL MUSEUM 1, Jalan Danau Saujana, off Jalan Genting Klang Pustaka Peringatan P. Ramlee Kuala Lumpur 22, Jalan Dedap NOTES: +603 4145 9999 Taman P. Ramlee, Setapak www.columbiaasia.com Kuala Lumpur. B +603 4023 1131 Columbia Asia Hospital is an international private healthcare company

www.p-ramlee.com/p-ramlee/memorial.htm ZONE incorporated in Malaysia in 1996. Leading the way in private healthcare trends, Tues - Sun: 10.00am – 5.00pm Columbia Asia offers optimum and affordable services through its community Fri : 10.00am – 12.00pm and 3.00pm – 5.00pm hospitals and clinics. With modern amenities and highly trained doctors and Mon: Closed (except during school holidays and public holidays) nurses, these hospitals are located in residential areas, making quality private healthcare more accessible and efficient for patients. The P. Ramlee Memorial Museum is located at the former Kuala Lumpur residence of legendary Malaysian musician and filmmaker P. Ramlee who won various Moreover, rate structures are transparent and comparatively lower than the accolades for his works such as ‘Anakku Sazali’ (Sazali my Son). He lived here with standard model for private healthcare. his wife Saloma and their children until his death on 29th May 1973. Each Columbia Asia medical facility also houses no more than 100 beds per Upon his death, this one-storey bungalow was acquired by the Malaysian hospital. The hospitals may be smaller in comparison to other private hospitals Government for the purpose of making it a national heritage. but the concept behind its simplicity leads the way towards healthcare trends in the future – efficient, accessible and cost-effective. It was officially opened as a memorial on 22nd March 1986, and hassince exhibited P. Ramlee’s awards, clothes, musical instruments, documents, personal artifacts, photos and stills from his films. P. Ramlee’s Datsun Sunny 1200 with the registration number BAD 3608 is parked outside the house. Various P. Ramlee merchandises are available for sale here.

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ZONE However, it was said that the original Masjid Jami’ul Ehsan, a wooden structure with a pyramid-shaped roof was built as early has been identified by the Malaysian as 1879 at Kampung Puah (Puah Village) without the aid of any nails. The original mosque was said to be the oldest mosque Government for development as a in Kuala Lumpur. cultural hub. The entire building was removed from Kampung Puah and placed at the present site at the rear of the Setapak market in The villagers still retain their 1920 until it was demolished and replaced in 1933 with the present traditional Malay style building. Due to its rich history traditional way of life. Malay food is at Masjid Jami’ul Ehsan is now under the care and management of the Heritage and Antiquities Board. its best here and Malaysia’s national breakfast dish the ‘nasi lemak’ (rice cooked in coconut milk) with beef, chicken, or squid rendang (classic Malay dry curry with choice of meat), cucumbers, peanuts and sometimes accompanied with some chilly paste (sambal) is a must-try here.

2.10 LE CHATEAU DE PUAH Lot 985M, Jalan Puah Kampung Puah 3rd Mile, Jalan Gombak Kuala Lumpur +603 40240787 / +6012 2126331 www.facebook.com/ lechateaudepuah Sun - Thurs: 5.00pm –12.30am Fri - Sat: 5.00pm – 1.30am Le Chateau de Puah is a charming al fresco restaurant with a spa theme that serves local, western and fusion cuisine. It is situated in the midst of the charming traditional village of Kampung Puah. Its relaxing ambience makes it an ideal place for social banquets, corporate functions, family gatherings and children’s parties.

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2.12 KUAN YIN TEMPLE There was a village opposite the Lee 2.14 WANGSA WALK MALL 43, Jalan Pahang, Setapak Rubber Factory Warehouse called Wangsa Avenue Kuala Lumpur ‘Kampung Lee Kong Chian’ where the 9, Jalan Wangsa Perdana 1 NOTES: workers of the factory warehouse and Bandar Wangsa Maju

What makes this temple unique is B smokehouse and their families lived. Kuala Lumpur. that it is housed in a renovated shop +603 4142 8888 house. The village was named after the prominent Chinese philanthropist www.wangsawalkmall.com.my ZONE The temple is dedicated to Kuan Yin, and entrepreneur Tan Sri Lee Kong Daily: 10.00am – 10.00pm the Goddess of Mercy, one of the Chian (1893 – 1967) who founded Wangsa Walk Mall is where visitors key goddesses in Chinese Theravada the Lee Rubber Company and the Lee find everything they need. They can Buddhism. Foundation and was the richest man hang out with friends al fresco style, The temple observes the anniversary in Southeast Asia during the 1950s have a good laugh at the movies, of the key milestones in Kuan Yin’s life and 1960s. or exercise their stress away at the gym. Wangsa Walk Mall offers a rich on earth, i.e. birth on the 19th day Tan Sri Lee donated part of his rubber shopping experience for the young of the second Chinese lunar month, factory land in Gombak to set up and the old alike. It is designed as seeking refuge at the nunnery on the a school known today as the Lee an outdoor walking mall with a 19th day of the sixth Chinese lunar Rubber Chinese Primary School, one total of 173 tenants which include month and enlightenment on the of the many schools he set up in then Celebrity Fitness, Cold Storage, TGIF, 19th day of the ninth Chinese lunar Malaya and Singapore. month. TGV Cinemas, FOS, Wangsa Bowl and Popular Bookstore, and this The temple is also beautifully encapsulates everything visitors need decorated during the Chinese New – fashion, food and fun. Year festival. Anecdote: Rubber Tree In the heydays of the rubber 2.13 LIAN HIN RUBBER industry, one could tell at first SMOKEHOUSE & LEE RUBBER whiff, if someone is a resident FACTORY WAREHOUSE of Kampong Lee Kong Chian or 4th and 5th Mile the nearby areas. Jalan Gombak Kuala Lumpur The scent of rubber fumes from the rubber smoke houses gets Until the 1980s the Lian Hin Rubber stuck onto clothes and skin and Smokehouse (4th Mile) and the Lee were not easily washed off even Rubber Factory Warehouse (5th Mile) with the strongest detergent were the tallest structures along the available those days. main road of Jalan Gombak. As such, protests on air Today, these two buildings stand pollution amongst residents as a reminder of the heydays of were common outside the Lee the Malayan rubber industry, when Rubber Factory. coagulated latex were press-rolled into sheets and dried in smokehouses en masse before being stored in warehouses to be sold. Wangsa Walk Mall 73 Ampang’s history is akin to the history of Kuala Lumpur. Raja Abdullah, AMPANG a representative of the Selangor Sultanate, opened up the Klang Valley for tin propectors in 1857. The chinese prospectors went up the Klang 3.1 Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur River and began prospecting in the Ampang area, which was then jungle. 3.2 Great Eastern Mall A thriving tin mine was established despite 69 of them dying due to the 3.3 Malaysian Rubber Board pestilential conditions. Kuala Lumpur, along with Ampang, was made 3.4 The Raintree Club capital of Selangor in 1880 and the capital of the Federation of Malaysia 3.5 Goethe-Institut Malaysia in 1963. Ampang which is situated to the east of the Kuala Lumpur city 3.6 Russian Centre Of Science And Culture centre has several large lakes due to its tin mining history. 3.7 Embassy Row There are distinctively a handful of pre-war buildings along Ampang Road. In 1930, the Eng Choon Assembly Hall on Ampang Road for example was built . Its inner structure was rebuilt to support a taller building within. Eu

3.1 Tong Sen, a leading businessman in the early 1900s, built a villa in 1935

3.3 on Ampang Road; also owned a tin mine in Ampang which was the first to install an electricity generator in 1914. 3.2 It was then used by the British government as a military base. Over time 3.6 it was renovated and reopened as the National Art Gallery on the 27th August 1958 and later refurbished to become the Malaysia Tourism

3.7 Centre ( MaTiC ). Founded in March 1896, the Selangor Turf Club’s former horse racing venue was one of the most popular landmarks in Ampang until it was demolished on the 1st March 1997 to make way for the Petronas Twin 3.4 Towers project. 3.5 Many pre-war and British colonial buildings were extensively renovated and modernised. The lack of clear guidelines for architectural conservation 3.7 in the city means unregulated alterations of pre-war buildings are common. Many embassies are located in the Ampang area, and still remain despite the Malaysian government’s relocation to the new administrative centre in . The embassies located along Ampang Road, includes the United Kingdom, France, China, Russian Federation, Indonesia, Ireland and Thailand. The Singapore High Commission and the U.S. embassy are also located near Ampang at the corner of Jalan Tun Razak and Jalan U Thant.

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3.1 GLENEAGLES HOSPITAL 3.2 GREAT EASTERN MALL 3.3 MALAYSIAN RUBBER KUALA LUMPUR 303, Jalan Ampang BOARD 282 & 286, Jalan Ampang Kuala Lumpur 260, Jalan Ampang NOTES: Kuala Lumpur +603 4259 8090 Kuala Lumpur +603 4141 3000 www.greateasternmall.com.my +603 9206 2000 B www.gleneagleskl.com.my Daily: 10.00am – 10.00pm www.lgm.gov.my

Situated at the Embassy Row of Jalan The Great Eastern Mall is an affluent sophisticated mid-size shopping complex. In The Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) is ZONE Ampang, Gleneagles Hospital Kuala addition to placing emphasis on its tenant mix – ranging from provision of basic the custodian of the rubber industry Lumpur has lived up to its reputation daily needs to servicing the tastes of discerning shoppers, it is also a fair ground which was one of the main pillars of as the preferred private healthcare of several exclusive brands. the Malaysian economy in Malaysia’s facility for international patients. Situated amidst the embassy community, the Great Eastern Mall is a formative years. In addition to professional medical neighbourhood mall offering value, quality and an excellent choice of shopping, It has under its umbrella three well- consultation, services and treatment, dining and leisure. This premier shopping mall features 6 levels of retail podium established agencies, the Rubber the hospital has an International and 5 levels of basement car park with 1,600 bays. Research Institute of Malaysia (RRIM), Referral Office which looks into the Malaysian Rubber Research and the specific needs of international Development Boards (MRRDB) and patients – from liaising with the the Malaysian Rubber Exchange and patient’s referral doctors from their Licensing Board (MRELB), which country of origin, meeting them at have contributed significantly to the the airport to transfer them to the development of the rubber industry hospital, finding accommodations for since 1933. them at local hotels or apartments The Research and Development prior to admission, and providing in Natural Rubber accomplished translators and interpreters for those by RRIM has had an impact on not who need it. only the Malaysian Natural Rubber industry but also that of other rubber producing countries. The primary objective of the MRB is to assist the development and modernization of the Malaysian rubber industry in all aspects from cultivation of the rubber trees, the extraction and processing of raw rubber, the manufacture of rubber products and the marketing of rubber and rubber products.

Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur Great Eastern Mall 75 3.4 THE RAINTREE CLUB 3.5 GOETHE-INSTITUT presentations, conferences, seminars Lot 1002, Jalan Wickham MALAYSIA and discussions. Different levels of NOTES: off Jalan Ampang Hilir Suite 06-07, 6th Floor Russian language courses are also Kuala Lumpur 374, Jalan Tun Razak conducted here. B +603 4257 9066 Kuala Lumpur The Raintree Club of Kuala Lumpur established in 1983, is only a 10-minute drive +603 2164 2011 3.7 EMBASSY ROW

ZONE www.goethe.de/ins/my/en/kua. from the city centre. The club is sprawled over 6.2 acres in an idyllic, wooden Jalan Ampang / Jalan Ampang Hilir / html setting. Jalan U-Thant, Kuala Lumpur The Goethe-Institut Malaysia organizes An exclusive businessman family club, a club extraordinaire with amenities Embassy Row, or Jalan Ampang /Jalan and supports cultural events that abounds, The Raintree was established with the pursuit of ‘Joie de Vivre’, sporting Ampang Hilir/ Jalan U-Thant as it is present German culture abroad and activities and personalized services par excellence to meet the business, social officially named, had attracted foreign promote intercultural exchange. and recreational needs of its privileged members. visitors from as early as 1857 when Programmes and activities organised Raja Abdullah, a representative of the by the institute include film, exhibition Selangor Sultanate opened up the and literature projects. The institute’s Klang Valley for tin prospectors. language department offers extensive A thriving industry was established and intensive German language and soon Kuala Lumpur was made courses, workshops, seminars and capital of Selangor in 1880 and the examinations. capital of the Federation of Malaysia in 1963. 3.6 RUSSIAN CENTRE OF Since then, the draw and the SCIENCE AND CULTURE distinction of this unique location has 205, Lorong Ampang 2 grown to a point that Jalan Ampang off Jalan Ampang and its surroundings today is home to Kuala Lumpur more than 80 foreign embassies, even +603 2144 4001 in spite of the government’s call for www.russia.org.my embassies to relocate to Putrajaya. The Russian Centre of Science and The Embassy Row is one enormous Culture (RCSC) has been operating in melting pot of international cultures, Malaysia since 1981. The centre aims languages, flavours and ethnicities - to organize projects and introduce creating a truly unique community the culture of Russia to Malaysians made up of a wide plethora of colours, by implementing humanitarian and sounds and taste. educational exchanges between the two countries in the field of science This home to dignitaries from and culture. the world over ensures that amenities and facilities are of an Amongst the Programmes and international standards. Restaurants activities organized by the RCSC and convenience stores that provide are literary and poetic evenings, a global array of variety, are one of meetings with artists, painting many features that make the Embassy exhibitions, book exhibitions, photo Row truly one of its kind, and truly exhibitions, concerts, performances, international. Raintree Club Indoor Swimming Pool 76 ZONE C SENTUL - MANJALARA KEPONG 1.1 Kepong Metropolitan Park 1.2 Masjid Indah Perdana 1.3 Sri Anantha Murugan Alayam 1.4 Sheng Fu Miao Temple 1.5 Batu Metropolitan Park

The word Kepong means ‘to surround’ in the malay language. There are two possible theories as to how Kepong got her name. First, because she is surrounded by undulating hills and second because Kepong being one of the biggest formed during the Malayan Emergency (1948 -1960), had barbed wire fences and security checkpoints surrounding it to keep out the communist insurgents. During the Malayan Emergency, many chinese communities were resettled in several New Villages around 1.1 the country, including Kepong. Kepong was one of the major tin mining areas during the 1860s. During 1.2 the Selangor Civil War (1867 – 1873) there was a power struggle over tin monopoly and Kepong was involved in this conflict. The civil war saw Yap Ah Loy, chinese headman of Kuala Lumpur, and his troops fleeing to the state of Pahang after being defeated by his rival Syed Mashor, a mandailing chieftain. With the help of Pahang’s Raja Rasu, Yap Ah Loy of Hakka descent returned with a vengeance and reclaimed Kepong from 1.3 1.4 Syed Mashor. 1.5 The past tin mining activities and formation of New Villages brought large number of Hakka chinese to Kepong. The Hakka chinese are known for their traditional cooking and exotic gourmet, which can be found today in Kepong’s wet market, coffee shops and restaurants. Kepong is also a haven for nature lovers. The Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM), located in Kepong is a popular spot for nature studies, jungle-trekking, bird watching, and the 150-metre suspended canopy walkway, which is 30 metres above the ground. The canopy walkway offers a breathtaking view of the undulating forested hills and the skyline of Kuala Lumpur.

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1.1 KEPONG METROPOLITAN PARK 1.2 MASJID INDAH PERDANA Sheng Fo (the central deity), Liang North of Jalan Indan Perdana 11 Gong Sheng Fo (the deity on the right) Kuala Lumpur Kepong, Kuala Lumpur and Shi Zhen Xian (a female deity on NOTES: www.my.pagenation.com the left). A huge pond is made in front Kepong Metropolitan Park is the place for a good rest and recreation time and to Daily: 6.30am - 9.00pm of the temple for devotees to let go of unwind if you need to get away from the busy city. fishes that symbolizes releasing their Masjid Indah Perdana is located about It is a modern residential area that opened in 2001, and is located on the outskirts lives from captivity to Buddhism. one kilometre away from the Kepong of the city. Metropolitan Park’s Lake Garden. The Besides being a residential area, it has schools, a scenic lake, a recreation park mosque is mainly used by residents 1.5 BATU METROPOLITAN PARK with jogging tracks and places of interests for activities such as kite flying, jogging, living nearby and has great views of Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah cycling, fishing and the park viewing tower. the Lake garden. Sentul, Kuala Lumpur C Daily: 6.00am - 6.00pm Other facilities include a children’s playground, boat house and car park. Fishing is allowed on the lake on weekends. Other attractions nearby are Batu Caves and 1.3 SRI ANANTHA VEL Batu Metropolitan Park is part of a ZONE Aeon Shopping Mall. MURUGAN ALAYAM former open cast tin mine along Jalan 6½ Mile Jalan Kepong Sultan Azlan Shah. Jinjang Utara This 24-hour park is a large picnic Kuala Lumpur lake area with complete BBQ pits, Daily: 7.00am - 9.00pm jogging tracks, reflexology paths and Sri Anantha Vel Murugan Alayam exercise station for light workouts. Temple started in the 1950s for Hindu Frequenting this park in the evenings devotees residing in the Jinjang area is not encouraged. worshipping the deity Lord Muruga. Apparently, the Hindu devotees in this area believed that Lord Muruga first went to Batu Caves. After defeating the demon Surapadman, the deity later resided in Jinjang with his consorts in ‘Anantham’ (meaning peace). Many Hindu devotees seek Lord Muruga’s divine assistance to have their prayers fulfilled in this temple.

1.4 SHENG FU MIAO TEMPLE Sheng Fu Miao Temple Kepong, Kuala Lumpur Daily: 7.00am - 7.00pm Sheng Fu Miao Temple in Kepong is also known as Ruan Liang Gong Temple. The premise and gardens are beautifully designed. There are 3 deities in this temple: Ruan Gong Kepong Metropolitan Park Batu Metropolitan Park 79 SENTUL 2.1 Sentul Park 2.2 Sentul Park Koi Centre 2.3 Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC) 2.4 Old Railway Yard 2.1 2.5 Gurdwara Sahib Sikh Temple 2.6 Ipoh Road Yong Tow Foo 2.7 Choo Sing Tong Kuan Ti Temple 2.3 2.2 2.8 Shree Lakshmi Narayan Temple

2.4 Sentul emerged in the 1890s when the first Malayan Railway Line opened between Taiping and Port Weld, gradually expanded its North-South network. Sentul claimed the honour of establishing Sentul Works one of the finest integrated engineering railway workshops in Malaya. With that, Sentul became the home and workplace of thousands of railway workers, a majority of whom were Indians. Many temples and shrines were built 2.6 to serve the spiritual needs of this growing community.

In the 1960s, diminishing socio-economic dependence on the railway line caused Sentul to decline into a run-down aging district that suffered the negative image of old dilapidated buildings, large squatter population, gangsterism and high crime rates.

Fortunately, at the turn of the century, real estate mogul Francis Yeoh saw 2.7 opportunity in Sentul’s location, railway infrastructure and greenery. His business conglomerate YTL Corporation gave Sentul a facelift to become 2.5 the prime piece of real estate that it is today. Chic apartment residences 2.8 like the Tamarind and Saffron emerged in Sentul East, while Sentul West has become a draw for performing arts connoisseurs with the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC) regularly staging contemporary plays and dances.

Sentul is also a gastronomic paradise where office workers from the city centre flock to for lunch. Popular haunts include the Ipoh Road Yong Tow Foo outlet.

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2.1 SENTUL PARK 2.2 SENTUL PARK KOI CENTRE Sentul Lot 268, Jalan Strachan Kuala Lumpur off Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah NOTES: Kuala Lumpur Sentul Park is a well-maintained www.sentulpark-koi.com large park with trees that are about a Daily: 9.00am - 6.00pm century old that are preserved by the park owner. Sentul Park Koi Centre is a place for one to learn all about the unique Koi The park surrounds the former fish that originates from Japan. The Malayan Railway depot which is still Koi fish is a very sought after pet of intact. C prosperity, beauty and prestige. The Sentul Park is the green lung There are about 36 retail koi ponds in of Sentul sub-disctrict. Surrounding ZONE this centre holding a large variety of the park are luxurious residencies, koi ranging from reasonably-priced schools, restaurants and commercial ones for novice hobbyists to highly facilities. sought-after quality Koi. The communities of Sentul frequent The centre also offers splendid views this park for recreation purposes that of landscape gardens and Japanese include jogging, cycling, picnic and tai cuisine at their restaurant, Yuritei, chi exercises. which means House of Playful Koi in the Japanese language. Sentul Park Koi Centre

Sentul Park Sentul Park Koi Centre 81 2.3 KUALA LUMPUR PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE (KLPAC) Jalan Strachan, Sentul NOTES: Kuala Lumpur +603 4047 9010 / 9000 (box office for shows) www.klpac.org 10.30am - 6.30pm (no show days) 10.30am - 8.30pm (show days) Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC) is located in Sentul West and is one of the most established centres for performing arts in Malaysia. It aims to cultivate and sustain the performing arts for the betterment and enrichment of communities within the Klang Valley and for the nation. KLPAC has hosted more than a hundred C major events, workshops, classes, film screenings, self-directed and self-organized shows, as well as renting out their facilities and equipment. ZONE

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2.4 OLD RAILWAY YARD 2.5 GURDWARA SAHIB SIKH 2.6 IPOH ROAD YONG TOW 2.8 SHREE LAKSHMI NARAYAN Jalan Perhentian, Sentul TEMPLE FOO TEMPLE Kuala Lumpur Jalan Haji Salleh, Sentul 67, Jalan 26, Jalan Kasipillay NOTES: +603 4041 7620 Kuala Lumpur Segambut Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah Daily: 6.30 am - 8.30 pm Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur The old railway yard is closed but +603 6252 6473 / Daily: 6.00am - 12.00pm & the Sentul railway station is open to Gurdwara Sahib Sikh Temple was +6019 309 8283 4.00pm - 8.30pm all commuters who wish to use the a temple built in 1912 by the large Daily: 10.00am - 3.00pm transport facility. community of Sikhs who settled Shree Lakshmi Narayan Hindu Temple in Sentul to work for the railway Ipoh Road Yong Tow Foo is one of the was founded by North Indian settlers Once upon a time, Sentul was the workshops. One of the main aims of famous Yong Tow Foo outlets within in Malaya between the early 20th home and workplace of thousands C the temple is to promote Gurmukhi the city vicinity located in an old century. of railway workers, with a majority of classes and Gurbani from the Holy bungalow house. them Indians. The main prayer hall on the first floor

Book called Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. ZONE Its Yong Tow Foo selections comes in is dedicated to Lakshmi Narayan, the Sentul had the finest integrated In 1947, the temple established the many varieties of freshly-made items goddess of wealth, prosperity (both engineering workshop in the world Sentul Punjabi School. such as fish balls, ladies’ fingers, fried material and spiritual), fortune and called Sentul Works, which is now the The temple building was extensively pouches of fish paste with vegetables, the embodiment of beauty. old railway yard. renovated in 1988 along with a new stuffed chillies, brinjals, beancurds She is worshipped by Hindu devotees The workshop was where a wide 3-storey building being erected, which and the like; each cost about RM1.00 as she is said to bring good luck and is variety of steam locomotives and today is known as the ‘Sikh Centre per piece. Since the place is pretty believed to protect her devotees from passenger coaches were assembled Malaysia’. crowded at timest, you can call up to all kinds of misery and money related and repaired since 1904. make a booking prior to arrival. The facilities offered are a venue hall sorrows. Having metal sheds and storage areas on the ground floor that can seat 450 Other deities that share this temple for steam or diesel locomotives and persons, a library on the second and are Maa Durga, Shree Ganesha railway cars, Sentul Works was the third floor, quarters with 34 rooms 2.7 CHOO SING TONG KUAN TI (Elephant God), Shiv Parivar, Shee largest train depot in to accommodate Sikh students and TEMPLE (Monkey God), Sita Ram but it has been deemed dilapidated visitors, a conference hall that can Kampung Kasipillay and Radha Krishna. today after decades of use. seat 150 people and a Sikh registrar Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah for marriages. On the ground floor, there are altars Kuala Lumpur of 2 other Gods, i.e. Navgraha and Daily: 6.30am - 8.00pm Maa Kali. Choo Sing Tong Kuan Ti Temple is Other facilities of the temple are a Buddhist temple built with many a multipurpose hall for weddings, statues of dragons and phoenixes on discourses, youth and motivation its roof. The 24 filial piety exemplars camps; a venue for seminars and are attached to the external walls of cultural extravaganzas; a Hindu shop the temple. The temple is dedicated operated by the youth of the temple to the worship of Red Face God of that caters to prayer needs, a Hindi War, Guan Ti, flanked by deity Guan school and a library. Ping Tai Zi on the right and Zhou Cang on the left. This temple also boasts of having a special 9 dragon wall and a koi fish pond. Old Railway Yard now part of the KL Performing Arts Centre 83 DESA PARK CITY 3.1 The Central Park 3.2 The Waterfront

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3.1 THE CENTRAL PARK Perdana Parkcity Sdn Bhd FF-28, The Waterfront@ParkCity NOTES: 5, Persiaran Residen Kuala Lumpur +603 6280 8181 / 8080 www.desaparkcity.com/township/the-central-park 6.30am - 8.30pm The Central Park encourages one to chill out on its manicured lawns, have a jog or walk to enjoy the good landscapes with the idyllic Central Park lake for a great outdoor escape from the hustle and bustle of a busy city life. C The Park features a picturesque lake, a children’s playground complete with child- proof play equipment, park benches, rest areas, family picnic areas and a man- ZONE made stream. There is also a sports center with a FIFA-size soccer field and 2 floodlit basketball courts and an international school.

85 3.2 THE WATERFRONT Perdana Parkcity Sdn Bhd, NOTES: FF-28, The Waterfront@ParkCity 5, Persiaran Residen Kuala Lumpur +603- 6280 8181 / 8080 www.desaparkcity.com/township/the-central-park 6.30am - 8.30pm In addition to Central Park, the Waterfront is an iconic retail and entertainment center of Desa Park City, offering a great shopping and dining experience by the lake. The entertainment center is the perfect hang-out spot where people of all ages can mingle and mix. The township has all the facilities needed for the community without C having to travel out of the area. ZONE

86 ZONE D DAMANSARA - PENCHALA KL Sentral, an area next to Brickfields, has witnessed a rapid emergence from what was Kuala Lumpur’s old railway, marshalling yard into an exclusive urban KL SENTRAL - BRICKFIELDS centre built around KL Sentral Station, Malaysia’s largest transit hub, offering 1.1 KL Sentral global connectivity, business convenience and an international lifestyle. KL 1.13 Sentral, an exclusive urban centre was built to be Malaysia’s largest transit hub, 1.2 Nu Sentral 1.14 Sri Sakthi Karpaga Vinayagar Temple offering global connectivity. Today it is recognised as the most connected transit 1.3 Brickfields Asia College 1.15 The Temple Of Fine Arts point in Kuala Lumpur. 1.4 Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) 1.16 Buddhist Maha Vihara KL Sentral Station, the state-of-the-art transportation hub for Kuala Lumpur’s 1.5 Wei-Ling Gallery 1.17 Evangelical Lutheran Church integrated rail transportation, seamlessly links all urban and suburban residential, 1.6 Sri Maha Muneeswarar Temple 1.18 St Mary’s Orthodox Syrian Cathedral commercial and industrial areas and connected to the six rail systems that serve Kuala Lumpur. These six rail systems are: the KTM Intercity, KTM Komuter, the 1.7 Arulmigu Sree Veera Hanuman Temple 1.19 Hundred Quarters line of the RapidKL Light Rail Transit (LRT), the KLIA 1.8 Sri Kandaswamy Temple 1.20 Vivekananda Ashram (ERL), the KLIA Transit and the KL Monorail. The KLIA ERL is a direct link from KL 1.9 Malaysian Association For The Blind (MAB) 1.21 Our Lady Of Fatima Church Sentral to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and the newly-opened budget airport KLIA2. The KLIA Transit also serves journeys to these two major 1.10 Methodist Girls Primary School 1.22 airports but stops along the way at Putrajaya (Malaysia’s federal administrative 1.11 Sam Kow Temple 1.23 Holy Rosary Church centre), and key areas within the Multimedia Super Corridor. 1.12 Madrasatul Gothiyyah 1.24 Blind Massage And Ayurvedic Centres Situated on 9.3 acres, the main building has a gross floor area of half a million square feet and the specifications were based on passenger projections till the year 2020, which is Malaysia vision to be a fully developed nation. KL Sentral Station has retail food outlets and a food court. Hidden from public view, it also 1.23 houses KTM’s maintenance depot beneath the complex. Originally, this self-sustained city-within-a-city has been planned around KL 1.5 Sentral Station to encourage use of public transportation as well as to reduce carbon foot-print, which in turn has significantly reduced traffic movement within KL Sentral serving its green agenda. KL Sentral has undoubtedly played a part 1.6 1.1 in driving the surrounding community, especially Brickfields into a vibrant and 1.7 modern identity and contributed to the soul of Brickfields.

1.2 Brickfields is a reflection of Malaysia’s multi-ethnic social and cultural mix. Bound 1.3 1.4 on the north by railway tracks and on the south by the Klang River, one can find 1.8 1.11 within Brickfields a concentration of social, cultural, religious and educational institutions, all reflecting a positive, vibrant and caring community. Brickfields have interesting accommodations and are known for its food, blind massage 1.9 1.20 1.24 1.12 centres and schools for the disabled. The historical relationship of Brickfields to the development of modern Kuala Lumpur goes back to the late 19th century when the buildings, which make up 1.10 1.13 the civic heart of the city were literally created from the clay pits of Brickfields. The rebuilding of the town of Kuala Lumpur from wood and thatch into brick and 1.19 mortar structures in the 1880s created a substantial demand for bricks resulting 1.22 in many brick kilns being established, thus the name Brick-fields came to be. Following the establishment of the Railway and Public Works Department offices 1.14 in the Brickfields area from about 1890, many jobs were created. Workers found it convenient to live along the Brickfields Road so as to be near their work. In 1.18 1.17 this way, Brickfields became a small residential district, hence the set up of the 1.21 1.16 1.15 hundred quarters.

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1.1 KL SENTRAL 1.2 NU SENTRAL 1.3 BRICKFIELDS ASIA COLLEGE 1.5 WEI-LING GALLERY Kuala Lumpur Sentral 201, 68-2, Jalan Tun Sambanthan 8, Jalan Scott, Brickfields Jalan Travers, Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur NOTES: +603 2730 2000 +603 2773 5611 +603 2274 4165 +603 2260 1106 www.klsentral.com.my Daily: 10.00am - 10.00pm www.bac.edu.my www.weiling-gallery.com Mon - Fri: 11.00am – 7.00pm Kuala Lumpur Sentral (KL Sentral) Nu Sentral is Malaysia’s first transit Since 1991, Brickfields Asia College Sat: 10.00am – 5.00pm is an exclusive urban centre built mall hub. It connects KL Sentral Railway (BAC) has established itself as a Sun: By appointment around Malaysia’s largest transit hub, Station to the KL Sentral Monorail possible option to obtaining the offering global connectivity, excellent station at Jalan Tun Sambanthan. United Kingdom Law and Business The Wei-Ling Gallery, previously investment opportunities, business degrees. known as the Townhouse Gallery was It has eight floors of chic retail, convenience and an international set up by Lim Wei-Ling and Yohan entertainment and food & beverage Having sent more than 6,500 law lifestyle. Rajan in 2002 in Bangsar to showcase outlets. Anchor tenants include graduates into practicum, the the works of contemporary artists At the nucleus of KL Sentral is the Parkson and SAM’s Groceria. Money college has established an excellent in Malaysia. The gallery moved to world-class transit hub, KL Sentral. changing facilities and luggage shops reputation as a provider of quality its current premises in Brickfields in Its infrastructure supports six rail available on the ground floor and education. Its graduates are highly 2005. networks, namely the KLIA Express the lower ground floor are especially sought after by local and international Rail Link, KLIA Transit, the Kelana Jaya handy for travelers on transit from firms in both the public and private The objective of this gallery is to D line of the RapidKL Light Rail Transit KLIA and KLIA2 via KL Sentral. sectors. nurture and promote contemporary

(LRT), KTM Komuter, KTM Intercity art in Malaysia. ZONE BAC currently has partnerships and KL Monorail Services. and affiliations with more than 20 The gallery represents a core stable KL Sentral is one of the only city rail foreign universities and professional of artists who are dedicated to their hubs in the world with its own airport organizations, offering its students artistic journey and vision. In recent code which is XKL. access to over 70 world-class Law and times, the gallery has expended their Business degrees and professional stable to include several young and Passengers of flights departing from qualifications that can be completed upcoming talented artists. the Kuala Lumpur International locally and abroad. Airport can check-in their luggage Programs have been put in place to at the KL City Air Terminal (KLCAT) support and develop their careers counters here, and just go baggage so that they may form the next free on the KLIA Express Rail Link (ERL) 1.4 YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN generation of contemporary artists in to KLIA, which takes only 28 minutes ASSOCIATION (YMCA) the country. 95, Jalan Padang Belia Brickfields to reach. Kuala Lumpur When the budget airport KLIA 2 +603 2274 1439 opened in 2nd May 2014, the existing Serving the community since 1905, KLIA ERL extended its services from this non-profit youth organization’s KLIA to KLIA 2 via a new track. The original one-storey building was journey from KL Sentral to KLIA 2 via officiated by Sir Arthur Young, the the KLIA ERL takes only 33 minutes. High Commissioner of the Federated Also within KL Sentral’s 72-acre Malaya States. vicinity are corporate office towers, The present building was officiated business suites, international hotels, by His Royal Highness, the late luxury condominiums, retail malls and Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah of service apartments. Selangor on 14th September 1968. Nu Sentral Wei-Ling Gallery 89 1.6 SRI MAHA MUNEESWARAR Ravana’s guards attempted to set his 1.9 MALAYSIAN ASSOCIATION 1.10 METHODIST GIRLS TEMPLE tail ablaze, Lord Hanuman escaped FOR THE BLIND (MAB) PRIMARY SCHOOL NOTES: Lorong Scott from his captors. With his tail on fire, Kompleks MAB Jalan Tun Sambanthan 4 Brickfields he burned down most of Lanka. Jalan Tebing off Jalan Tun Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Sambanthan 4 +603 2274 1553 Brickfields The Sri Maha Muneeswarar Temple The clock tower of the Methodist Girls 1.8 SRI KANDASWAMY TEMPLE Kuala Lumpur was originally located where the Primary School (MGS) can be clearly 3, Lorong Scott, Brickfields +603 2274 6162 KL Sentral Monorail now stands. seen from the monorail, especially as Kuala Lumpur www.mab.org.my Every March, the temple holds a it runs along the embankment of the +603 2274 2987 festival procession to celebrate The Malaysian Association for the Klang River. www.srikandaswamykovil.org Muneeswarar’s birthday. Blind (MAB) was established in 1951 This was the first block built in 1950 for The construction of this temple began on the initiative of Major D. R. Bridges, the Junior MGS. As the school grew, in 1902. One of the most prominent who was responsible for laying the more blocks were added between Sri Lankan Tamil temples in Malaysia, foundation on the work for the blind 1.7 ARULMIGU SREE VEERA 1955 and 1962. HANUMAN TEMPLE it showcases rich Sri Lankan Tamil in the country. 22, Lorong Scott architecture and is said to be inspired Major Bridges was a soldier in the

D Brickfields by the Nailur Kandaswamy temple in British army in Burma and was blinded 1.11 SAM KOW TEMPLE Kuala Lumpur Jaffna, Sri Lanka. in combat during the Second World 16, Jalan Thambypillai Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur

ZONE The Arulmigu Sree Veera Hanuman War. Temple was relocated from the After being rehabilitated in England, Established in 1916 by the Heng Hua riverside where the Sri Krishna Shrine he was assigned to work as a welfare clan, the Sam Kow Temple is oriented stands. Many devotees come to this officer for the blind in Malaya. according to feng shui principles and temple for Lord Hanuman’s blessing, has an impressive dragon-decorated which is believed to enhance one’s Subsequently, he became the first roof that contrasts against the soaring courage. Executive Director of the Malayan towers near the KL Sentral. Association for the Blind in the 1950s. The new gopuram (entrance tower) Spending about 10 years in Malaya, The name Sam Kow means three of the temple is characterised by he had helped bring about important teachings in Cantonese and refers to Lord Hanuman’s tail, making the developments on improving conditions the three major doctrines of worship temple distinctive in design. It also for the blind in this country. in Chinese culture i.e. Confucianism, represents the tale of Ramayana’s, Taoism and Buddhism. Look out for Lord Hanuman, who was sent as a A visit to MAB to see how the blind paintings in the temple that depict messenger to meet Ravana at Lanka. are trained in various capacities which filial piety. Upon arrival at Ravana’s palace, Lord include computer literacy, Braille Hanuman was refused a seat. and touch-typing, is literally an eye- opener. Therefore Lord Hanuman used his tail as a chair, elevating himself It may drive you to be a volunteer at higher than Ravana. Lord Ravana the association which has produced became enraged, and ordered for many inspiring alumnus to the likes of Lord Hanuman’s execution. However, Dato Mah Hassan Haji Omar, Malaysia’s Ravana’s brother intervenes, pointing first visually impaired member of the out that it is was unethical to kill a Malaysian Bar Council and ASEAN messenger. Ravana then ordered for Para Chess Championship medalist. Lord Hanuman’s tail be lit instead. As Sri Kandaswamy Temple Sam Kow Temple 90 KL TOURIST GUIDEBOOK

1.12 MADRASATUL 1.13 TAMIL METHODIST The 5.1 feet statue of Karpaga 1.16 BUDDHIST MAHA VIHARA GOUTHIYYAH SURAU CHURCH Vinayagar is carved out from a 123, Jalan Berhala, Brickfields Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur 197, Jalan Sultan Abdul Samad single block of granite brought from Kuala Lumpur NOTES: +6013 334 6509 Off Jalan Tun Sambanthan Pillayarpatti in Southern India. It is +603 2274 1141 Daily: 5.00am – 7.30am Brickfields believed that he meditates for the www.facebook.com/MahaVihara 12.30pm – 9.30pm Kuala Lumpur wellbeing of his devotees, hence their Daily: 6.00am – 10.00pm +603 2274 1299 / 2273 6594 prayers are answered immediately. This only mosque in Brickfields The Buddhist Maha Vihara was tmckl.org.my began as a madrasah (school) giving founded in 1894 by the Sinhalese Al-Quran lessons to children and to The church was established in 1896 1.15 THE TEMPLE OF FINE ARTS community who were based in Kuala serve members of the Indian Muslim and initially located on Malacca 114 - 116, Jalan Berhala, Brickfields Lumpur and its neighborhood to community for their daily prayers. Street, Kuala Lumpur. Kuala Lumpur provide a place of worship in their Sri +603 2274 3709 Lankan Theravada tradition. The original building was a small It was relocated to Brickfields in the wooden structure built in the 1980s 1960s and is now housed in this very Established in 1981, the Temple of Most of the Sinhalese were either in the same area known as Kampong interesting triangular shaped building. Fine Arts moved into their modern traders, artisans or skilled workers Khadijah back then. Then in 2008, purpose-built building in 2008. brought in from Ceylon by the British it was upgraded into the grand This cultural organization is a centre Administration to develop the colonial structure. The madrasah has facilities 1.14 SRI SAKTHI KARPAGA of artistic, cultural and spiritual Malayan Civil Service. D for religious classes and is conducted VINAYAGAR TEMPLE expression and exploration for Its complex includes an International in Bahasa Melayu and Tamil. 199, Jalan Berhala ZONE its members and students. Many Buddhist Pagoda, Monks’ Quarters Kuala Lumpur The surau also arranges for visiting internationally acclaimed performers and new multifunctional buildings. +603 2274 8624 scholars to give talks in English, Tamil have been nurtured in this very www.klkarpagavinayagar.com and Urdu. Most Muslims in Malaysia centre. The Bodhi trees in the compound are followers of the Shafie school of The Sri Sakthi Vinayagar Temple has its were grown from cuttings taken from thought but this mosque follows the humble beginnings as a shrine for the the sacred Bodhi tree at Anurdhapura, Hanafi school of thought. The imams squatter villagers along Jalan Sultan Sri Lanka. here are from India. Abdul Samad. The shrine was built by a gentlemen known by the villagers Goutiyyah means one who is helpful. as Mr. D’Cruz or ‘Anna’ who often 1.17 EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN This mosque was named after the saw white apparitions of an elephant CHURCH attributes of a respectable imam, by the tapioca plant of the village. 21, Jalan Sultan Abdul Samad Imam Abdul Qadir Jailani, who loved Villagers worshipped at the shrine by Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur to help people. lighting oil lamps. +603 2274 1033 / 0204 www.elcm.org.my When the squatters were cleared for the Palm Court Condominiums This church caters to the Tamil project, the shrine was moved to Lutherans. The very first batch of Tamil its present location. In 2005, the Sri Lutherans came in with the work force Sakthi Vinayagar Temple was built from Tamil Nadu, India in the 1800s. over the shrine Through efforts of missionaries, The temple is dedicated to Karpaga Lutheran churches were established Vinayagar the deity with an elephant around the Malay Peninsula. This head also known as Ganesha, the church built in 1924 marks the eldest son of Lord Shiva. pioneering Lutheran work in Kuala Lumpur. Madrasatul Gouthiyyah Surau Temple of Fine Arts 91 1.18 ST MARY’S ORTHODOX 1.20 VIVEKANANDA ASHRAM 1.21 OUR LADY OF FATIMA SYRIAN CATHEDRAL Anecdote: 220, Jalan Tun Sambanthan CHURCH NOTES: 1, Jalan Tun Sambanthan Satu The Hundred Quarters has Brickfields Jalan Sultan Abdul Samad Brickfields character. Built in standard Kuala Lumpur Brickfields Kuala Lumpur brick boxes that withstood heat +603 2274 1885 Kuala Lumpur +603 2272 2619 +603 2274 1631 / 2273 8042 and cold well, the houses were Swami Vivekananda (1863 – 1902) was The end of First World War in 1918 not large and not much to look the Chief Disciple of the 19th century The Our Lady of Fatima Church was saw a substantial number of Syrian at. mystic Sri Ramakrishna Parmahamsa established in 1963 to cater to Orthodox Christians around Kuala The British administration built Mission. the Tamil-speaking faithful within Lumpur. Brickfields. these quarters in bricks to He visited Malaya in 1893. Inspired In view of the growing congregation prevent future fire. Other than by his teachings and in honour of It was blessed and consecrated by by 1949, an application was submitted Brickfields there were other his contributions, this whitewashed the late Tan Sri Dominic Vendargon, to the Selangor state government for government quarters created building with Moghul style Archbishop Emeritus who was then a piece of land to build a church. such as Imbi Road, Kampung embellishments was named in honour the Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur. Pandan and Kampung Attap of this spiritual leader and his statue The church was thus built in 1956 Mass is performed in both English and which is meant only for the stands in the grounds of the ashram. D and the first Holy Qurbana (Eucharist) staff of the Malayan Railway. Tamil. service was conducted on the same Kundalini yoga classes are held at year. the Ashram at 6.30pm every Tuesday ZONE and donations are encouraged during admissions. 1.19 HUNDRED QUARTERS Jalan Rozario, Brickfields Kuala Lumpur The Hundred Quarters, one of the oldest government quarters of Brickfields, are called as such because these double and single storey quarters initially built for civil servants in 1905, totalling a hundred units. These houses were built along Jalan Chan Ah Tong. Lorong Chan Ah Tong and Jalan Rozario. This quarter was the enclave of middle-class civil servants. Jalan Rozario was named after F.L.D. Rozario, an Eurasian who served as the chief clerk to William Treacher, former British Resident of Selangor. There are plans to redevelop this area into a commercial and residential hub.

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1.22 LITTLE INDIA impaired, and most of the therapists FREE LITTLE INDIA @ BRICKFIELDS Jalan Travers to Jalan Tun Sambanthan, Brickfields are professionally trained at the HERITAGE GUIDED WALK Kuala Lumpur Gurney Training Centre for the blind. NOTES: This part of Brickfields along Jalan Tun Sambanthan has been predominantly Organised by Kuala Lumpur City Hall These massage centres observe a high Indian in character with a vibrant commercial centre. level of order and hygiene. Days: Saturday One will not fail to be amazed by the sights, smells, colours and sounds here. The masseuses have a highly acute Arches and the murukku-shaped lamp posts were added along the pedestrian Registration sense of touch, pulsing rubs on Time: 8.45am footpath as part of a beautfication process and to reflect the area’s Indian sore spots and accurately hitting character. Walk 2.5 hours the pressure points on back, foot, Duration: shoulders and head. The fountain in Little India is the tallest in the country and serves as the centrepiece of Little India’s development. It is flanked by abstract sculptures of two Bharata Meeting Vivekananda The massage powder or ointment used Point: Ashram Natyam dancers. by the masseuses also contributes Call: +603 2698 0332 to the remedy for rheumatism and Colourful and cheerful shops selling spices, aromatic foods, traditional backaches. sweetmeats, snacks and textiles greet guests as soon as they arrive. pelancongan@ Email: dbkl.gov.my Curtains divide each massage parlour On the 27th October 2010, the former Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan to ensure privacy for each guest. D Singh together with the Prime Minister of Malaysia Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, Website: www.visitkl.gov.my inaugurated the Little India at Brickfields development on which occasion the

Kerala Ayuverdic Life ZONE Indian Prime Minister announced that India would be presenting the Torana Gate 37, Jalan Thamby Abdullah Satu to the residents of Brickfields as a mark of the India-Malaysia friendship. 1.23 HOLY ROSARY CHURCH off Jalan Tun Sambanthan 10, Jalan Tun Sambanthan Brickfields Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur +603 2274 2747 +603 2260 3436 Initiated by Father Francis Emile Daily: 10.00am - 10.00pm Terrien, a French missionary, the Kerala Ayurvedic Lifestyle promotes church took 18 months to build and healthy lifestyle through Ayurveda, a was blessed on the 18th December system of traditional medicine native 1904. Built in French Gothic Revival to the Indian subcontinent, which style from funds raised by the Chinese seeks to strike a balance between the Catholic congregation, the spire was human body and mind. added in the early 1950s. Among the programs and services 1.24 BLIND MASSAGE AND offered by Kerala Ayurvedic Lifestyle AYURVEDIC CENTRES centre in Brickfields are General Body Super Blind Traditional Massage Massage (Abhyangam), Nourishing Centre Poultice (Navarakizhi), Nasal Instillation 45 -1, Jalan Thambypillai (Nasyam), Medicated Enema Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur (Vasti), Head Oil Retaining Therapy +6019 312 0744 (Shirovasti), Oil Pouring (Thailadhara), Daily: 10.00am – 10.00pm Medicated Powder Rubbing (Udhvartanam) and Oil Squeezing Jalan Thambypillai is a mecca for (Pizhichil). massage centres run by the visually Little India Indian bangles 93 BANGSAR – PANTAI – MIDVALLEY

2.1 Saidina Abu Bakar As-Siddiq Mosque 2.8 The Gardens Mall 2.2 Bangsar Village I &II 2.9 Sekeping Tenggiri 2.3 Sri Nirwana Maju 2.10 2.4 Pasar Malam Bangsar Baru 2.11 Pantai Hospital 2.5 Bangsar Shopping Center 2.12 2.6 Sri Nageswary Amman Temple 2.13 Eco City 2.7

2.5 The name Bangsar is derived from the contraction of names of a Belgian and a Frenchman, Edouard Bunge and Alfred Grisar respectively. They were among the first board members of the London based Kuala Lumpur Rubber Company Limited, which was established on 19 May 1906 and which owned the Bunge-Grisar rubber estate (later known as Bung-sar). Following the end of the Second World War, Bangsar thrived in tandem with the growth of the rubber, tin mining, railway, electricity, telecomunications and healthcare sectors. Much of the ‘action’ was centred in and around Bangsar. The boom resulted in the construction of 2.3 the Malayan Railway Staff Quarters, Central Electricity Board (now Tenaga 2.4 2.6 2.2 Nasional), the Telecom department, headquarters of the Lever Brothers (now Unilever) and training facilities of the Ministry of Helath. 2.1 The 1970s saw Bangsar developing into a housing suburb catering for the baby boomers from all over Malaysia settling in Kuala Lumpur in search for job opportunities. The earliest housing estate Taman Weng Lock (now 2.10 Bangsar Pertama) had its roads named after fish (kurau, tenggiri, bilis, senangin) and ’s roads were named after citrus fruits (limau 2.9 manis, limau nipis, limau kasturi, limau purut). 2.11 Today, Bangsar is a much sought-after piece of prime real estate and the 2.8 ‘action’ comes in the form of its trendy night-clubs, boutiques, malls and 2.7 restaurants.

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2.1 SAIDINA ABU BAKAR AS-SIDDIQ MOSQUE 2.2 BANGSAR VILLAGE I & II Jalan Ara, Bangsar 1 & 2, Jalan Telawi, Bangsar Baru Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur NOTES: +603 2283 3707 +603 2282 1808 www.masjidbangsar.blogspot.com (Bangsar Village I) This prominent mosque of Bangsar’s Muslim community was build with +603 2282 1200 combination of public and state funds and was officially opened on 24th August (Bangsar Village II) 1980. It was then handed over to the Federal Government in 1982. www.bangsarvillage.com Daily: 8.30am – 10.00pm The design is of traditional Malay architecture with a minaret, arches and a dome. The doors are made of hard wood and carved with Islamic motifs with patterned Bangsar Village first opened its doors in 2004 in the heart of Bangsar, an area holes to allow air to flow through. popular with locals and expatriates alike. Bangsar Village has over 70 specialty shops selected to cater to everyday needs of families. This mosque can accommodate a congregation of 4,000 people and was one of the mosques used as a backup when the National Mosque underwent renovation. Bangsar Village places emphasis on creating a clean, safe and friendly shopping environment all the way from restrooms to parking convenience, all with customer comfort in mind. Succinctly put, Bangsar Village puts the fun back into shopping for the family. D in 2007, Bangsar Village II opened its doors. Bangsar Village II is a boutique shopping centre targeted at the discerning shoppers. ZONE Located across the street from Bangsar Village I and connected by a skybridge, Bangsar Village II brings together high style, quality and service in the legendary Telawi Street. Designed primarily to fulfil fashion needs, Bangsar Village promises fashionistas a gateway to sizzling hot international couture.

Saidina Abu Bakar As-Siddiq Mosque Bangsar Village 95 2.3 SRI NIRWANA MAJU 2.4 PASAR MALAM BANGSAR 2.6 SRI NAGESWARY AMMAN 43, Jalan Telawi 3 BARU TEMPLE NOTES: Bangsar Baru Jalan Telawi 4 Jalan Lengkok Abdullah Kuala Lumpur Bangsar Baru off +603 2287 8445 Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Daily: 10.00am – 1.30am Sun: 5.00pm – 11.00pm +603 2282 0635 bangsarnageswarytemple.my Sri Nirwana Maju has been a long time favourite banana-leaf rice eatery amongst This street comes alive with a the dwellers of Bangsar. It is usually crowded no matter what time it is. bustling night market every Sunday The areas around this temple was evening. Vendors set up stalls under inhabited by the Indian community A banana leaf rice set comes with rice, 3 types of vegetables, papadums and blue canopies, selling clothing, fresh who worked as rubber tappers and rasam (a South Indian soup). produce and freshly cooked dishes. railway construction workers in the There is a choice of drenching the rice with chicken curry, fish curry or dhal or late 19th century. This early settlers Fried carrot cake, assam , satay even a combination of spice filled flavoured curries. The 3 vegetables are random lived in the surrounding railway and ‘appam balik’ are just some of depending what is available on the day, but the deep-fried bitter gourd is an workers’ quarters and flats which still the many delightful mouthwatering absolute must-try. stand today. local gourmet that have drawn local Excellent accompaniments to this colorful medley of flavours are the squid residents to this bustling market for In 1945 a snake mound emerged where D rings coated with mouth watering marinade and batter and deep-fried to crispy decades. the temple currently stands today perfection and the Mutton Curry. and many Hindu devotees believed

ZONE that it was the abode of the Goddess Nageswary Amman and frequented 2.5 BANGSAR SHOPPING the site to worship her. It was said that CENTER when the site was designated for the 285, construction of railway tracks, tractors Bukit Bandaraya often malfunctioned and construction Kuala Lumpur workers often had nightmares and +603 2094 1022 succumbed to illness. www.bsc.com.my Whilst prayers were carried out to Daily: 10.00am - 9.00pm appease the Goddess Nageswary, Bangsar Shopping Centre (BSC) is a woman devotee fell into a trance Kuala Lumpur’s premiere destination and conveyed Goddess Nageswary’s mall, serving the surrounding desire to spare the snake mound neighbourhood since 1984. from destruction and built a temple on the site in her honour. Today the BSC has grown alongside the families snake mound still stands in the middle and communities that have made BSC of the Sri Nageswary Amman temple their home away from home. sheltering a pair of beautiful cobras. Constantly evolving, BSC offers a The temple is the centre of a Hindu unique cosmopolitan shopping festival known as Adi Puram which experience to very shopper. falls between the months of July and August. During this festival, devotees undergo a walk-on-fire ritual after having undergone a 48-day fast.

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2.7 MID VALLEY MEGAMALL The venue’s architecture is inspired by the interpretation of Malaysian arts Lingkaran Syed Putra and crafts along with local flora and NOTES: Kuala Lumpur fauna. The mall has more than 200 +603 2938 3333 retail boutiques. www.midvalley.com.my The Gardens Mall houses numerous Daily: 10.00am – 10.00pm international and local brands such as Mid Valley Megamall contains an Luis Vuitton, Versace and Burberry to exciting mix of retail, dining and name a few. entertainment outlets, which include Alongside these are its anchor over 430 retail outlets, themed department stores, Robinsons restaurants, cafés, bistros, and 2 and Isetan. A tasteful medley of international food courts, 48,300 international cuisine, the latest square feet of exhibition space known in technology and a fascinating as Mid Valley Exhibition Centre collection of home furnishings are just and trendy cafes along landscaped some of what the Gardens Mall has to

boulevards with lush greenery. D offer to its shoppers. One of Malaysia’s favourite shopping The Gardens Mall also features a

destinations, Mid Valley Megamall ZONE unique array of outlets for those offers a kaleidoscope of diverse in need of pampering. Cocoon – a retail experiences from fashion to secluded and dedicated area on the lifestyle innovations, electronics 4th Floor – comes complete with spas, to home furnishing, cosmetics to wellness, clinics, hair and nail salons healthcare essentials and dining to and yoga/fitness centres. entertainment. Shoppers can also enjoy new movie releases in Malaysia’s most premier cinema known as Golden Screens 2.8 THE GARDENS MALL Cineplex (GSC) Signature. Mid Valley City The Garden Theatre at The Gardens Lingkaran Syed Putra Mall is the newest venue for theatre- Kuala Lumpur goers. Located on the 6th Floor, +603 - 2297 0288 theatre lovers can catch the latest www.thegardensmall.com.my in performing arts and culture, Daily: 10.00am – 10.00pm comedy, drama, dance and musical Within the hustle and bustle of Mid productions. Valley City is The Gardens Mall, a 6-level shopping haven renowned for its ‘valued guest’ philosophy. The Gardens Mall at Mid Valley City also features a unique concierge service where shoppers are made to constantly feel welcomed.

The Gardens Mall 97 2.9 SEKEPING TENGGIRI 2.10 UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA largest university collection. 48, Jalan Tenggiri University of Malaya Some parts of the park are accessible NOTES: Bangsar Kuala Lumpur only to special research group visits Kuala Lumpur +603 7967 7002 contacts but the bambusetum (living +6017 207 5977 www.um.edu.my collection of bamboos) is accessible to www.sekeping.com University of Malaya, or UM, the public. This new seven-room guesthouse in the old Taman Weng Lock neighborhood Malaysia’s oldest university is situated adds a touch of retro chic to Kuala Lumpur’s hotel scene. Created by cutting-edge on a 750-acre (309-hectare) campus design firm Seksan, the two-level renovated 1970’s bungalow features exposed- in the southwest of Kuala Lumpur, the 2.11 PANTAI HOSPITAL brick walls, vertical gardens and recycled doors. Guests share a small kitchen, capital of Malaysia. It was established 8, Jalan Bukit Pantai indoor-outdoor dining and lounge areas, and the affections of two friendly rescue on 8th October 1949 in Singapore Kuala Lumpur dogs. with the merger of the King Edward VII +603 2296 0888 College of Medicine (founded in 1905) www.pantaihospital.com.my Scattered throughout the house are original artworks by local talent; Make sure and Raffles College (founded in 1928). to check out the adjacent art gallery. Sekeping Tenggiri actually started out as an Established in 1974, Pantai Hospital The University of Malaya derives its art warehouse for Seksan’s collection. Kuala Lumpur is a premier healthcare name from the term ‘Malaya’ as the facility located in the bustling district

D country was then known. Today about 250 artworks, mostly daring works by young artists, occupy the of Bangsar. Starting off with 68 space. Without any artwork labels or staff, guests are mostly alone here, but its The growth of the university was beds and 20 medical specialists, personal nature is its charm. the 331-bedded hospital boasts a ZONE very rapid during the first decade of its establishment and this resulted full array of medical specialties, five in the setting up of two autonomous Centres of Excellence and over 170 Divisions on 15th January 1959, medical specialists. one located in Singapore and the Strategically located close to the other in Kuala Lumpur. In 1960, the city centre and the satellite city of government of the two territories , Pantai Hospital Kuala indicated their desire to change the Lumpur has a sound reputation as status of the Divisions into that of a a medical centre of choice for local national university. Legislation was and international patients who seek passed in 1961 and the University excellent healthcare services. of Malaya was established on 1st January 1962. University of Malaya offers undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes for both local and international students. Also within the campus is an impressive herbarium called Rimba Ilmu (Forest of Knowledge). Modeled on a rainforest, Rimba Ilmu covers over 80 hectares and houses the most important biological conservatory in the country. The herbarium is a must visit with over 63,000 samples of preserved plant specimens, Malaysia’s Sekeping Tenggiri Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur 98 KL TOURIST GUIDEBOOK

2.12 BANGSAR SOUTH CITY 2.13 KL ECO CITY The low cost flats that lines the entrance of Bangsar South City from the Federal KL Eco City is a world-class architectural city-within-a-city mix property Highway is a stark reminder of its back water origins. This new city is the remake development area in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. This new mixed-use landmark NOTES: of Kampung which use to be a dense squatter colony of a slum development sits on 25 acres of prime land and is the first integrated green luxury area. Today it is Bangsar South City and it has Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) development anchored by prime commercial offices, high-end retail outlets, status and a 60 acre residential (The Central Park), commercial (The Horizon & world-class service apartments and luxury residential towers. Designed by world- Vertical), lifestyle (The Sphere) and community amenities (The Village )integrated renowned Jerde Partnership International and boasting first-class infrastructure, property development project. It is undertaken by UOA Holdings Berhad, who KL Eco City is conceived to support and meet every residential, leisure and had acquired the land once known as Kampung Kerinchi (Kerinchi Village) back in business needs. 2005. The site is located near the Telekom Towers, the Mid Valley Megamall, the Its prime location is nestled amongst the affluent residential enclaves of Bangsar, Building and University Malaya. Its excellent internet and transport Pantai and Seputeh, amongst the established commercial precinct of KL Sentral connectivity plus a host of retail, service and recreational facilities including a and Mid Valley City and along Jalan Bangsar and Federal Highway. This long- stunning RM150-million lifestyle centre called NEXUS and an award winning awaited development is to become the new benchmark of mixed development 6-acre central park makes this new city. in the country as well is the first integrated mixed-use commercial and residential Nexus is complemented by Connexion@Nexus, which is a banqueting facility with development designed for Gold certification under the Malaysian Green Building 3 ballrooms and a 1,200 seating capacity covering 150,000 square feet of floor Index (GBI). space. There is also for function rooms with over 250 seats per room and suitable D Valued at RM6 billion, KL Eco City is developed by a joint venture partnership for private events such as seminars, a 297-seater auditorium complete with sound between SP Setia and Kuala Lumpur City Hall. Located on a 24.4-acre leasehold

and light system that is suitable for a plenary session or theatre production, and ZONE land, it consists of 4 phases that comprise of 3 residential towers, 3 corporate an outdoor glass-clad gazebo. office towers, 1 service apartment tower, 1 retail podium, 3 clusters (4 blocks per The Village at the Sphere at Bangsar South has been selected as one of the cluster) of boutique offices as well as 1 strata office tower. It is built with multi- recipients of the prestigious Malaysia Landscape Architecture Awards (MLAA) storey car park bays and a mosque. 2013 for its excellent landscape design. This was the second win for the 60-acre The main attraction of KL Eco City is its convenient accessibility factor asitis flagship Bangsar South development as The Central Park was also conferred an served by several highways and roads including the Federal Highway, the New honour award at the MLAA in 2012 . Pantai Expressway, Jalan Bangsar, Jalan Maarof, and the East- West Link Highway. It is also accessible by the LRT and the KTM Komuter via the Abdullah Hukum RapidKL LRT station and also the Mid Valley Komuter station respectively.

Bangsar South City KL Eco City 99 MONT’ KIARA - HARTAMAS 3.1 National Palace 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.2 3.2 Masjid Wilayah Persekutuan 3.3 Malaysian External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) Exhibition And Convention Centre 3.9 3.4 Matrade Malaysia International Trade And Exhibition 3.10 3.8 3.6 3.11 Centre (MITEC) 3.7 3.12 3.5 National Archives Of Malaysia 3.6 Syariah Court 3.7 Publika And Map@Publika 3.8 Solaris Dutamas 3.1 3.9 SohoKL@ Solaris Mont’ Kiara 3.10 One Mont’ Kiara 3.11 Flea Markets 3.12 Plaza Damas / Hartamas Shopping Center 3.13 National Science Center 3.14 Securities Commission 3.15 Kuala Lumpur Golf And Country Club 3.13 3.16 Public Services Golf Club 3.17 Bukit Kiara Equestrian Club 3.17 3.18 Royal Selangor Club Sports Annexe 3.19 Sime Darby Convention Center 3.14 3.15 3.18 Mont’ Kiara and are affluent residential townships of Kuala Lumpur that emerged from the economic boom of the early to mid 1990s. 3.16 3.19 The demand for new residential areas resulted to the idled peripheral rubber estates of Bangsar and Bukit Damansara to be cleared to make way for housing and condominium projects. The 1997-1998 Asian Economic crisis delayed these project developments, but the advent of the new millineum saw Mont’ Kiara and Sri Hartamas evolving into residential hubs for expatriate families from Japan, South Korea, Australia and Great Britain. Chic malls, restaurants, offices and clubs mushroom to serve the needs of these expatriate communities, rendering these townships one of the most eventful venues of Kuala Lumpur.

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3.1 NATIONAL PALACE 3.2 MASJID WILAYAH Istana Negara, Jalan Tunku Abdul Halim (formerly Jalan Duta) PERSEKUTUAN Kuala Lumpur Jalan Tunku Abdul Halim NOTES: +603 6200 1000 (formerly Jalan Duta) www.istananegara.gov.my Kuala Lumpur +603 62018791 / 8767 / 8780 Istana Negara means the National Palace in English. This majestic edifice officially became the National Palace in November www. masjidwilayah.gov.my 2011, replacing the old National Palace in Jalan Istana, which is now the Royal Museum. Covering 97.65 hectares, the palace boasts a traditional Malay design with Islamic artworks that were created by renowned sculptors from Terengganu and Built between 1998 and 2000, Kelantan. Masjid Wilayah Persekutuan or the Federal Territory Mosque in English, The palace is graced by 22 domes with the largest standing at a height of 40 metres. Its two main domes are embellished is undoubtedly one of the most with betel leaf motives that only shine when illuminated at night but also change colour according to the occasion. The main beautiful mosques in Kuala Lumpur. entrance gate houses the Palace Guards from the First Battalion of the Royal Malay Regiment. The layout is modeled after the famous Blue Mosque of , and the 22 domes are modeled after the dome of the Imam Mosque of Esfahan, while the main minaret D is inspired by the Nabawi Mosque in

Saudi Arabia. ZONE The mosque is indeed an awe- inspiring sight to behold at night, gleaming majestically under the city lights. The mosque is situated within a well-manicured garden and is surrounded by a moat.

National Palace Masjid Wilayah Persekutuan 101 3.3 MALAYSIAN EXTERNAL District”, with the country’s largest 3.5 NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF 3.6 SYARIAH COURT TRADE DEVELOPMENT exhibition centre called MITEC. It is MALAYSIA Kompleks Mahkamah Syariah NOTES: CORPORATION (MATRADE) still under construction and estimated Jalan Tunku Abdul Halim Wilayah Persekutuan to be completed by mid 2016. EXHIBITION AND CONVENTION (formerly Jalan Duta) Jalan Sri Hartamas 1 CENTRE KL Metropolis is strategically located Kuala Lumpur Taman Sri Hartamas +603 6201 0688 Kuala Lumpur Menara MATRADE on a 75.5 acre land and nestled www.arkib.gov.my +603 6205 7000 / 7200 Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah along Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Mon - Fri: 9.00am – 5.00pm www.mswp.gov.my off Jalan Tunku Abdul Halim and neighbouring Mont’ Kiara and Mon - Fri: 8.30am – 5.30pm (formerly Jalan Duta) Hartamas. This project comprise of Formerly known as the country’s Kuala Lumpur MITEC, offices, international retail Public Records Office, the National The Malaysian legal system is unique +603 6203 7032 centres, luxury condominiums Archives of Malaysia will take you in the sense that it has two separate www.mecc.matrade.gov.my and four hotels and components back in time for you to get to know system of courts: the Civil courts within the development as well as a Malaysia’s storied past. The name was and the Shariah courts. The Shariah With a floor area of 106,000 square landmark tower. changed into its current form in 1963. Court’s jurisdiction is limited to metres, this building has a noteworthy matters involving state Islamic law and distinct architecture that serves At the heart of the development sits The National Archives of Malaysia (Shariah) and Muslim individuals in as a landmark to the locals of Kuala the exhibition space MITEC, which has more than 25,000 pieces of still

D Malaysia. Lumpur. Its architecture resembles will cover almost l million square images portraying the economic an arch that never ceases to amaze feet, about 10 times the size of the and social life of the country. The Whilst the civil law is a federalised onlookers as it can be seen from miles Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in ZONE phototographs were accumulated court system, the Shariah law is a away. terms of gross floor area. It will offer over the years from different sources matter of State jurisdiction. This 12 exhibition halls, meeting rooms as including private collections and majestic building embellished with The building serves as a convention well as food and beverage outlets built public records. domes and arches houses the Federal centre, trade centre and exhibition over three levels, with the capacity to Territory Shariah Courts which centre which focuses on trade-centric Located in Jalan Tunku Abdul Halim handle 40,000 visitors at any given handles civil and criminal cases that events. There are 400 permanent (formerly Jalan Duta), the National time. involve muslim individuals in the exhibition spaces for local companies, Archives of Malaysia is open to the Federal Territory. an amphitheatre, exhibition halls, The district is also poised to boost the public free of charge for admiration a theatrette, meeting rooms and a tourism business and MICE sector to and research purposes. It is one of the grand MATRADE hall. become the premier and preferred country’s landmarks with historical MICE destination in the region. The significance that contains priceless 3.7 PUBLIKA AND MAP@ future phases of development after exhibits. PUBLIKA 3.4 MATRADE MALAYSIA the exhibition centre are expected Publika Shopping Gallery Level U2, INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND to be located close to the MRT Circle Block C5 EXHIBITION CENTRE (MITEC) Line-3, work on which is expected to Solaris Dutamas 1, Jalan Dutamas 1 KL Metropolis commence in 2016, improving the Kuala Lumpur Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah connectivity for the area. +603 6207 9732 off Jalan Tunku Abdul Halim MITEC is owned by the Government www.publika.com.my, (formerly Jalan Duta) of Malaysia and is identified as a hub www.mapkl.org +603 6203 7032 for meetings, incentives, conferences Daily: 10.00am – 9.00pm www.mecc.matrade.gov.my and exhibitions (MICE) under the Publika is a shopping gallery in Solaris Launched in 2011, the KL Metropolis Plan. The total Dutamas with quirky boutiques, is an integrated development project land area for development of MITEC is bistros and diners, art galleries, an designed to be Kuala Lumpur’s 13.1 acres wit the Gross Floor Area of urban market with gourmet items, “International Trade and Exhibition 1.1 million square feet. children’s enrichment, bookstore, National Archives of Malaysia 102 KL TOURIST GUIDEBOOK conveniences and more. Publika is affluent neighbourhoods such as 3.11 FLEA MARKETS also home to MAP@Publika (simply Mont’Kiara, Hartamas, Kenny Hills and known as MAP), an arts and cultural . ABC Market NOTES: platform that serves as a catalyst to Plaza Mont’ Kiara explore contemporary ideas. MAP 2, Jalan Kiara Mont’ Kiara was created as an integral component 3.9 SohoKL @ SOLARIS MONT’ Sun: 10.00am – 6.00pm of Publika at Dutamas, Kuala Lumpur KIARA The ABC Market is a located at the fountain courtyard of the Plaza Mont’ Kiara. At and serves as an activity generator for Solaris Mont’ Kiara this market various items ranging from second hand goods, household gadgets, the development. 2, Jalan Solaris, Kuala Lumpur clothes, accessories and handicrafts are found. The market has a carnival like +603 6203 0800 MAP aims to create an energetic atmosphere. www.sohokl.com.my environment dedicated to making contemporary art and culture SohoKL is about giving each and every accessible and exciting to audiences guest an impactful and memorable FIESTA Nite of all ages and background. MAP’s dining and entertainment experience. Plaza Mont’ Kiara main spaces include the White Box Should one wish to entertain in 2, Jalan Kiara, Mont’ Kiara and Black Box, and are supplemented SohoKL with family, friends or even Thurs: 4.30pm – 9.30pm

by Publika’s Art Row, Outdoor Stage at business associates, there are outlets Over 100 stalls are set up at Plaza Mont’ Kiara’s fountain courtyard, selling a wide D The Square, and The Boulevard. here suitable for one and for all, with array of foods, fruits, flowers, fragrances, fabrics, footwear, etc. international dining experiences from

Italian to Japanese and Balinese to ZONE 3.8 SOLARIS DUTAMAS Croatian. 1, Jalan Dutamas 1 Kuala Lumpur +603 6411 6823 3.10 ONE MONT’ KIARA Solaris Dutamas is also known as Jalan Kiara 1, Mont’ Kiara Solaris@Dutamas and was completed Kuala Lumpur in 2009. This freehold development +603 6203 0615 sprawls across a 17-acre site and www.1montkiara.com encompasses over 400 retail outlets, Daily: 10.00am – 10.00pm 1,000 office suites, 800 designer The first truly integrated development suites and a 21-storey office tower. set within the prestigious Mont’ This integrated development has 2 Kiara precinct, 1 Mont’ Kiara is set open piazzas, linked by a sheltered to be the jewel of the crown. Upon and air-conditioned corridor, and entrance, shoppers are greeted by a features tree-lined retail boulevards. It 6,000 square feet piazza brought alive also focuses on the arts, hence there by the penetration of natural light are many artistic touches throughout through the special EFTE roofing, a the whole development. unique material used to construct the acclaimed Beijing National Aquatic Solaris Dutamas is located close to the Centre. Come night fall, shoppers can MATRADE building, Wilayah Mosque shop and dine under the night sky and and the government office complex enjoy the spectacular performance at . It is brought about by the changing LED approximately 500 metres off Jalan lights. Tuanku Abdul Halim and is close to Flea Market 103 3.12 PLAZA DAMAS / 3.13 NATIONAL SCIENCE CENTRE 3.14 SECURITIES COMMISSION HARTAMAS SHOPPING CENTER Persiaran Bukit Kiara 3, Persiaran Bukit Kiara NOTES: 60, Jalan Sri Hartamas 1 Bukit Kiara Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur Sri Hartamas Kuala Lumpur +603 6204 8000 Kuala Lumpur +603 2089 3400 www.sc.com.my +603 6201 6553 www.psn.gov.my Established on the 1st March 1993 www.hartamas-sc.com Sat - Thurs: 9.00am – 5.00pm under the Securities Commission Daily: 10.00am – 10.00pm Fri: Closed Act 1993, the Securities Commission Hartamas Shopping Center’s unique This beautiful 4-storey structure with a modern geodesic dome located atop is a self-funded statutory body with feature is its integration into the Plaza a hill is a symbol of the nation’s pride towards its scientific and technological investigative and enforcement powers Damas development that consists advancement. Established in 1996, the National Science Centre allows visitors to that governs the trading of securities of 2 blocks of service apartments, witness many experiences aimed at promoting a greater understanding the role in the various financial exchanges, retail shops as well as offices of science and technology in our lives. the unit trust industry and the private surrounded by lush greenery and pension administrator. One example is walking through an overhead tropical freshwater aquarium soothing water features, giving the followed by the unraveling of threats facing the tropical environment. There are Special educational visits can be surroundings a comfortable, European also many futuristic machines such as the 14-inch telescope, which will enlighten arranged by making a written request

D neighbourhood feel set amongst ‘al children and adults alike, on the environmental odyssey and the future world. to the management. fresco’ boulevards, sidewalk cafes/ The centre also houses a multimedia library, lecture theatre, multi-purpose hall restaurants and little alleyways with

ZONE and a cafeteria. numerous unique and interesting shops such as spas, yoga and dance studios that are just waiting to be discovered. With an affluent catchment of 400,000 within a 15 minutes drive area and 2000 parking bays, Hartamas Shopping Centre has all the selected criteria and modern facilities, to suit the most discerning shoppers; be it restaurant, café, fashion boutique, beauty salon cum spa and a gourmet supermarket. The convenience of good infrastructures, growing population base and increasing consumer wealth in this region augers well for Hartamas Shopping Centre as the neighborhood mall.

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3.15 KUALA LUMPUR GOLF is equally challenging and many The facility was officially opened on 3.19 SIME DARBY CONVENTION AND COUNTRY CLUB have regretted underestimating it. the 7th June 1998 by then Yang di- CENTER 10, Jalan 1/70D The majestic Roman-architecture Pertuan Agong Tuanku Jaafar. The 1A, Jalan Bukit Kiara 1 NOTES: off Jalan Bukit Kiara Clubhouse features a wide range of annexe is laid out in a similar manner Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur amenities including a banquet which as the original club, with the main +603 2089 3688 +603 2093 1111 can cater up to 400 people. club building facing a large field and www.simedarbyconvetion.com www.klgcc.com.my designed in a similar architectural style as the original club building. With the lush backdrop of greenery The beautiful fairways of Kuala and undulating fairways, the Sime 3.17 BUKIT KIARA EQUESTRIAN Lumpur Golf & Country Club (KLGCC) The annexe also includes a various Darby Convention Center offers CLUB lie in the unspoilt landscape of Bukit sporting facilities; two football fields, a perfect setting for business and Jalan Bukit Kiara Kiara, just 8km away from the heart of a hockey field, rugby field, a cricket social events in an elegant exclusive off Jalan Damansara the city. Strategically placed amongst pitch, gymnasium and a swimming environment. This purpose-built Kuala Lumpur the capital’s prime residential suburbs pool. convention centre is fully-equipped +603 2093 1222 and well served by major roads, it with meeting and banquet facilities, www.berjaya.com.my is the most conducive backdrop for an auditorium as well as two business, entertainment and leisure At the Bukit Kiara Equestrian Resort, exclusive food and beverage outlets.

for the discerning few who are one can expect relaxation, recreation Ample parking, a great location and D members of this exclusive golf club. and rejuvenation tailored to ones personalized service from the centre’s needs. There is a myriad of activities dedicated team of professionals taking

The country club’s 36-hole course ZONE that enhance the quality of life from care of every detail, renders the Sime play host to numerous international equestrian to sports and games to fine Darby Convention Centre, the perfect championships including the Sime dining. venue for any event. Darby LPGA, Maybank Malaysian Open and the CIMB Classic. As the premier horse-riding club in the country, the club takes pride in their exclusive equestrian features. 3.16 PUBLIC SERVICES GOLF Within their well-equipped equestrian CLUB centre, one can expect facilities such Kelab Golf Perkhidmatan Awam as a large indoor arena, a polo field Jalan Bukit Kiara with a grand stand pavilion and well- off Jalan Damansara maintained horse stables. Kuala Lumpur +603 7957 3344 / 5310 / 0666 www.kgpagolf.com 3.18 ROYAL SELANGOR CLUB SPORTS ANNEXE Established in 1989, the Public Jalan Bukit Kiara Services Golf Club is a 27-hole golf off Jalan Damansara, Kuala Lumpur course. The championship course +603 2692 716 (Hills and Lakes) is a classic par 72 golf www.rscweb.my course measuring 5,989 metres with landscaped lush fairways culminating The Royal Selangor Club Bukit in manicured verdant greens. Kiara Sports annexe, was given as compensation after the part original The third nine (Forest), measuring club’s field was acquired by the Kuala 2,711 metres, caters for intermediate Lumpur City Hall in 1987 to build the and senior golfers. The course Independence Square flag pole. Sime Darby Convention Center 105 PENCHALA - TAMAN TUN DR. ISMAIL

4.1 Lazat Restaurant TTDI, short for Taman Tun Dr. Ismail is also affectionately known as Taman 4.2 Bora Asmara Tun. Taman means ‘park’ in the Malay language but in ‘suburb’ in the 4.3 Sambal Hijau context of urban Malaysia as every suburb has a park, and Taman Tun has 4.4 Bayan Indah Culinary Resort one of the most elaborate suburban park in Kuala Lumpur. The Lembah 4.5 Subak Kiara Recreational Park is complete with a lake which originates from the 4.6 Muhibbah Seafood Restaurant springs of the Penchala River and a jogging track that is lined with shock- 4.7 Bukit Kiara Arboretum Park absorbing material to make jogging a less-strenous activity. 4.8 Lembah Kiara Recreational Park The ‘Tun’ in Taman Tun, refers to the most senior federal title awarded by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (the Paramount Ruler of the Federation 4.5 4.4 of Malaysia) to the most deserving figure that has contributed to the nation. The figure concerned here is Dr. Ismail Abdul Rahman, Malaysia’s first ambassador to the United States of America and a Malaysian 4.1 representative to the United Nations, before becoming Deputy Prime 4.3 Minister in 1970. 4.2 It was during Tun Dr. Ismail’s tenure as Deputy Prime Minister when the Urban Development Authority (UDA), the government arm for urban 4.7 planning and redevelopment was established. Taman Tun was one of the earliest surburbs in Kuala Lumpur that was developed under UDA and 4.6 one of the suburbs that emerged after the cessation of Kuala Lumpur from Selangor to the Federal Government in 1974. 4.8 In 1982, UDA requested for a 1.4 hectare site in Taman Tun to house the wet market traders from Central Market, which was turned into a handicraft market and cultural centre. If you wish to have an idea how the interiors of the old Central Market looked like in the past, the Taman Tun market may be worth a visit. You may get fresh produce at a bargain there. , the village surrounding the banks of the Penchala River which flows through this sub-district was once a Malay Reserve Land where Javanese, Boyanese and Sumatran Malays such as Kerinchi and Minang settled. It was then an oil palm estate. With the construction of the Damansara Highway in the 1990s and the Penchala Link tunnel in 2008, this area boomed into prime real estate. However, this area still mantains her rural charm with rainforest and Balinese themed restaurants and cooking schools and traditional Malay food stalls.

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4.1 LAZAT 4.2 BORA ASMARA 4.4 THE BAYAN INDAH Bayan Indah. It is an airy, spacious, (Malaysian cooking school) 2825-2831, Jalan Sungai Penchala CULINARY RESORT elegant tropical home with one of Lot 3196, Jalan Seri Penchala Kampung Sungai Penchala 3343, Kampung Palimbayan Indah the most beautiful kitchens in the NOTES: Kampung Sungai Penchala Kuala Lumpur Sungai Penchala country. Internally it has 4 superb Kuala Lumpur +603 7726 0964 Kuala Lumpur luxury bedrooms for guests, with +6019 2381198 Daily: 10.00am – 12.00am +603 7729 0122 contemporary comfortable spaces for www.malaysia-klcookingclass.com www.bayanindah.com guests to lounge around for a chat or Bora Asmara, a Balinese themed while planning the day ahead. restaurant found tucked away in LaZat is a cooking school located at the The Bayan Indah Culinary Resort is Kampung Sungai Penchala. This peaceful suburbs of Bukit Penchala a Malaysian Cooking School with restaurant serves up a mix of Asian, just outside of Kuala Lumpur. Set in an Herb Garden, a Garden Seminar Western and Fusion food, making it a a contemporary Malaysian home, House and a Library on cooking. Apart one stop shop for fickle minded food the school offers various recipes from the main Malaysian dishes, there goers. to participants where they learn to are also Japanese and Thai cooking in prepare traditional dishes the As you enter you will find yourself the classes. way it has been done for generations. immersed in ‘’ literally, greeted Being merely 30 minutes from Kuala by beautiful Balinese landscape, Lumpur city, Bayan Indah’s rustic A typical cooking class begins with a with cascading water features and two-storey bungalow is located in D visit to a market. At the end of the shrouded in Banyan and coconut a beautifully secluded enclave of a

cooking class participants can savour trees. Malay Rainforest Village. A culinary ZONE their own cooking. You can opt to dine alfresco in retreat where owner and Le Cordon charming little Balinese huts or in Bleu-trained chef Rohani Jelani has set air-conditioned rooms across the up her cooking school amidst a Malay courtyard, which also doubles as village in Kampung Sungai Penchala. function rooms. Classes are held in groups, and some can spend the night in the beautifully fitted rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows that reveal the jungle. 4.3 SAMBAL HIJAU At the back of Bayan Indah are genuine RESTAURANT wild natural rain forests, pristine Lot 2990, Kampung Sungai Penchala and undisturbed for centuries. The Jalan Damansara unspoilt nature of Bayan Indah is a Kuala Lumpur place to savour the Malaysian natural +603 7731 2045 forest amidst a purposed activity such www.sambalhijau.my as cooking. In case you are wondering, Daily: 7.00am – 2.00am Bayan is the local name for a red- This restaurant specializes in Minang cheeked longtailed parakeet bird and cuisine, Malay food which originates Indah is a Malay word for pretty (or from West Sumatra. kind or sweet natured). They have different menus for The House breakfast, lunch and dinner and all The property was selected as meals are freshly cooked with fresh Malaysian House of the Year for the ingredients. year 2008 before it was converted to

LaZat Cooking class 107 4.5 SUBAK 4.6 MUHIBBAH SEAFOOD 4.7 BUKIT KIARA ARBORETUM 4.8 LEMBAH KIARA Lot 3213, Jalan Penchala Indah RESTAURANT PARK RECREATIONAL PARK NOTES: 50, 52 & 54, Lorong Rahim Kajai 14 Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad The Bukit Kiara Arboretum Park is Kuala Lumpur Taman Tun Dr. Ismail where the Penchala River starts. A +603 7729 9030 Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur relatively short river (12 km), the small www.subak.com.my +603 7727 3153 www.ttdi.com.my stream flows down from Bukit Kiara Daily: 11.00am – 12.00am Daily: 12.30pm – 2.30pm, and split into two main tributaries: The Lembah Kiara Recreational Park, 6.30pm – 10.00pm Subak is a restaurant with a tropical one through the Kuala Lumpur Golf located in Taman Tun Dr. Ismail, is rainforest setting, which serves both A halal Chinese seafood restaurant and Country Club (KLGCC) and then a popular recreational spot in the local and international favourites. appropriately called Muhibbah to the Rimba Kiara Park and the other middle of the city widely visited by Diners can anticipate a menu that (camaraderie in the Malay language) through Taman Rimba Kiara in Taman many during weekdays and weekends. includes baby lobster, grilled scallops for the visible presence of its non- Tun Dr. Ismail. Ideal for morning or evening stroll, the Chinese patrons. park serves as a respite for city folks and black cod fish. In the upper catchment especially its looking for a little bit of nature to Must-trys are the deep-fried squid headwaters on the hillock of Bukit Take note that this is one of Kuala accompany their walks. Lumpur’s truly halal restaurants and rings, Xing Gong Tofu (Tofu with mixed Kiara, the river is clean and the clear seafood) and Wat Tan Hor (flat rice water that gushes out between the The biggest draw of this park is its

D as such, no alcohol is served, although they’re open to guests bringing their noodles with mixed seafood cooked in rocks crevices have exhilarated the well-paved running path. With a own. a clear but thick egg gravy). few privilege hikers who have been cushion-like surface, the red-coloured

ZONE there. path absorbs the shock of impact from exercising and running. The Those who have quenched their smaller walking path circle through thirst with it attested that it tasted the large pond, where couples and as good as it looks. The Arboretum is families settle to enjoy a spot of fresh a paradise for hikers who is up for a air or look for fish and turtles. good challenge and also avid nature lovers, as it is home to many species of birds, spiders, snakes and frogs.

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1.1 Muzium Diraja (Royal Museum) 1.2 Medan Ikan Bakar Bellamy (Halal) 1.3 Kuen Cheng High School 1.1 1.4 Thean Hou Temple 1.5 United Nations High Commission For Refugees (UNHCR) 1.2 1.6 Alice Smith Primary School 1.5 1.7 Kwong Tung Chinese Cemetery (Heritage Park) 1.3 1.6 This undulating area borders the southern corridor of Kuala Lumpur and was once nearest the earliest international airport in the city. Its highest 1.7 point within the Chinese cemetery offers panoramic views of both the southern segment of Kuala Lumpur as well the city centre’s business district. 1.4 Apart from the occasional peak hour traffic crawls, this area still retains its eco-friendly charm. It is an ideal location for a circumnavigating and refreshing drive from the Royal Palace, taking a left turn and past the Kuen Cheng School for around two kilometres before connecting the road leading to the old airport perimeter. From here, keeping left, take a slow drive continuing towards the city on the highway and stop for a sumptuous Chinese seafood meal at the Siu Siu Restaurant or the Medan Ikan Bakar Bellamy. There is a street named after John Henry Matthews Robson who was a prominent figure in Malaya, best remembered as the founder and owner of The Malay Mail newspaper. He arrived in Kuala Lumpur at the end of 1889 and filled up a various posts within the Selangor civil service including the post of District Officer of Kuala Lumpur.

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1.1 MUZIUM DIRAJA (ROYAL MUSEUM) Jalan Istana, Kuala Lumpur +603 2267 1000 NOTES: Daily: 9.00am - 5.00pm This building was originally a double-storey mansion called The Big House built in 1928 by a local Chinese millionaire, Chang Wing. Standing on a 13 acre site, located at a commanding position on the slope of a Petaling Hill overlooking the Klang River. During the Japanese Occupation from 1942 to 1945, it was used as the residence of the Japanese Governor soon after Chang Wing fled to India with his family. When the Japanese surrendered on 15th August 1945, the British Military Administration commandeered it for senior military officers’ mess from the rank of brigadier. With the formation of the Federation of Malaya in 1950, the Selangor State Government rented the residence and it was renovated to become the palace of His Majesty the Sultan of Selangor. In 1957 it was then sold to the Federal Government which then converted the residence into the National Palace for the newly created sovereign post of the King of the country which was about to achieve independence on 31st August 1957. After the National Palace moved to its new premise at Jalan Tunku Abdul Halim (former Jalan Duta) in December 2011, this building was later used for a royal E exhibition called Raja Kita (Our King), in conjunction with the installation of

Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah as the 14th King in 2012. ZONE From 2013 onwards, it began operations as the Royal Museum with two guards in Malay traditional attire stationed at the main gateway of this building to revive the nostalgia and tradition of the Malay Sultanate.

Anecdote: Chang Wing lived with his 8 wives and 26 children in this building till the Second World War. With his fortunes from tin mining, he and four of his clansman formed the Kwong Yik Bank in Kuala Lumpur in 1913, the first local bank of Malaysia.

111 1.2 MEDAN IKAN BAKAR 1.3 KUEN CHENG HIGH SCHOOL an independent Chinese school with columns as well as pagoda rooftops. funding from its own sources. BELLAMY (HALAL) Despite the dedication to Thean NOTES: Jalan Bellamy Kuala Lumpur In 2008, Kuen Cheng converted its Hou, worship of Guan Yin (or “Guan +603 2273 2713 status from an all-girls school to a co- Shi-Yin”) is a recurrent theme at the Kuala Lumpur www.kuencheng.edu.my ed system in order to keep up with Thean Hou Temple. 12.00pm - 3.00pm Kuen Cheng High School was founded gender equality. Finally there is a large statue of the 7.00pm - 11.00pm in 1908 by Miss Wu Xuehua, Mr. It has an average student population goddess opposite the temple, along Zhong Zhuo Jing and his wife Yoshiko This seafood haven is located along of 3,300 and is one of the best Chinese with a collection of other large statues Watanabe, making it one of the oldest the road behind Istana Negara (Royal Independent Schools in the country. that include representations of the Museum) and is actually a row of stalls and most successful educational twelve animals of Chinese astrology. forming a food court. establishments in Malaysia. In the Malay language, bakar means It was the first education institution 1.4 THEAN HOU TEMPLE Anecdote: roast or grill while “ikan” means fish. of Malaysia to offer exclusive proper 65, Persiaran Endah However, apart from fish, a variety education to females, with a hybrid Thean Hou temple attracts Taman Persiaran Desa of seafood delicacies ranging from teaching system focusing on the thousands of visitors every Kuala Lumpur squids, crabs, clams and oysters are Chinese Language, characters and year especially during Chinese +603 2274 7088 available here. arithmetic. This was at a time where festivals such as the Chinese traditional culture considered www.hainannet.com.my New Year, Mooncake Festival, Despite its secluded location, it gets females less important when it came Daily: 9:00am - 6:00pm and the Wesak Day. It is extremely crowded especially during to education. Hence its aim was to This six-tiered Chinese temple is a definitely a must-visit for those lunch hours. train and nurture female elites in the famous landmark located on 1.67 seeking to understand the Its best to arrive early as the area society where educated females were acres of land atop Robson Heights and Chinese culture better.

E is quite small and parking space is a rarity. is dedicated to Thean Hou or Heavenly Mother (in English). limited. Originally this educational institution The original temple was said to be ZONE The seafood here is marinated and was named “ Kuen Cheng Girls’ grilled, often splashed with bright School “ and had its beginnings in a built some 100 years ago in Jalan orange chili sauce while it is grilled. two-storey shop house with only 18 Sultan, Kuala Lumpur. Grilling style varies. Mackerel or squid students. After years of planning and may be grilled directly on the heat In 1909, the school moved to fundraising, the ground-breaking while items like stingray are normally newer premise in Harmony Street ceremony for the new building was wrapped in a banana leaf before being and by 1915 offered kindergarten held on the 30th August 1981. It was cooked. classes. Due to its academic success completed in 1987 at a cost of RM7 million and officially opened on 3rd There are also a number of local since inception, Kuen Cheng was September 1989. desserts served here. One such commissioned by the Selangor unique dessert is the homemade Department of Education in 1936 as a Managed by the Selangor & Federal ‘Tapai’, a type of traditional fermented training institution for teachers. Territory Hainan Association, it incorporates elements of Buddhism, food made of cassava and rice or When the Japanese invaded the Taoism and Confucianism in its glutinous rice. country, the school closed temporarily architecture. and resumed classes officially in 1946. The facade entrance highlights a In 1956, the school moved to its multi-arched gateway along with red current location at Syed Putra Road pillars symbolizing good fortune and and in 1962 it opted to function as prosperity. It boasts dragon-inspired Thean Hou Temple 112 KL TOURIST GUIDEBOOK

1.5 UNITED NATIONS HIGH Although Malaysia is not a State 1.7 KWONG TUNG CHINESE CEMETERY (HERITAGE PARK) COMMISSION FOR REFUGEES Party to the 1951 Convention and 507, Jalan Lapangan Terbang Lama (UNHCR) its Protocol Relating to the Status of Kuala Lumpur NOTES: 570, Jalan Bukit Petaling Refugees, the Malaysian Government +603 2141 0783 / 0838 Kuala Lumpur continues to cooperate with UNHCR www.ktc.org.my +603 2118 4800 in addressing refugee issues on Daily: 9.00am - 5.00pm humanitarian grounds. www.unhcr.org.my The Kwong Tung chinese cemetery is the largest and oldest graves in Kuala 8.00 am - 4.00 pm Lumpur. It covers 343 acres (200 hectares) and has been in existence for more than 100 years. The UNHCR conducts all activities 1.6 ALICE SMITH PRIMARY It is the final resting place of prominent pioneers of the Kuala Lumpur city like related to the reception, registration, SCHOOL Kapitan Yap Ah Loy. documentation and status 2, Jalan Bellamy, Bukit Petaling determination of asylum-seekers and Kuala Lumpur In 2007, this place was renamed as a Heritage Park. Subsequent extensive landscaping turned this park into another green lung of Kuala Lumpur. refugees. +603 2148 3674 www.alice-smith.edu.my There are several vantage points for photo opportunities of various parts of Kuala It began operations in Malaysia in Lumpur. 1975 when Vietnamese refugees This leading international school was began to arrive by boat in Malaysia started in 1946 by Mrs. Alice Fairfield- and other countries in the region. Smith at her home in Jalan Eaton, Anecdote: Kuala Lumpur after the Second World There is a memorial here for victims of the Japanese Occupation in the From 1975 until 1996, UNHCR War. It is the oldest British school in country from 11th January 1942 till the surrender of the Japanese on 15th assisted the Malaysian government Malaysia and one of the oldest in August 1945. There is also The Nanyang Volunteers Memorial erected in in providing protection and assistance South East Asia. for the Vietnamese boat people. 1947 in honour of 15 batches of Chinese who left the country to assist Over those two decades as part of an In 1952, the school moved to its China’s need for drivers and skilled workers. In addition there is a large E international burden sharing effort, current premises in Jalan Bellamy gated plot of graves of the founder of Cycle & Carriage Mr. Chua Cheng UNHCR resettled more than 240,000 (Bellamy Road) to accommodate the Tuan and his family members.

Vietnamese to countries including increasing number of students. It ZONE the United States, Canada, Australia, currently provides an outstanding and France, New Zealand, Sweden, thriving all-round education based on Finland, Denmark and Norway. the British curriculum for 3 to 18 year olds. During that same period, more than 9,000 persons returned home to The Alice Smith School is truly Vietnam with the support of UNHCR. international and multi-cultural, where over 65% of students are During the 1970s and 1980s, UNHCR expatriates, representing over 50 assisted the Malaysian Government nationalities. Around 36% of the in receiving and locally settling students are British, while students over 50,000 Filipino Muslims from from Australia, Ireland and New Mindanao who fled to . Zealand make up another 10% of the UNHCR also supported the Malaysian student body. Government in locally settling several The current location houses the thousand Muslim Chams from primary campus catering for children Cambodia in the 1980s and several from the age of 3 to 11 while the hundred Bosnian refugees in the secondary campus is located in Equine 1990s. Park, , Selangor. Kwong Tung Chinese Cemetery 113 BUKIT GASING - BUKIT PUTRA

2.1 Bukit Gasing Forest Park 2.2 Angkasapuri 2.3 Kota Darul Ehsan 2.3

2.2 Bukit Gasing stretches between Kuala Lumpur (64 hectares) and Petaling Jaya (36 hectares). Whilst the 36 hectares have been gazetted as a protected area, the Kuala Lumpur portion is not. It explains the commercial development taking place on the Kuala Lumpur side but there is plenty of adventure in the remaining greens for those looking for healthy lifestyles. Bukit Putra is a smaller hill on the Kuala Lumpur side which connects from the Bukit Gasing Forest Park and tapers down to the nearby Klang river. The Kuala Lumpur side of this location once had significant slum dwellers but have since then been cleared with the dwellers taking up modern and affordable rental housing provided by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall. On this side too, tourists can feast on the variety of Malaysian cuisine from the multitude of small but clean stalls on the road from Angkasapuri to Petaling Jaya along the railway line.

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2.1 BUKIT GASING FOREST PARK 2.2 ANGKASAPURI 2.3 KOTA DARUL EHSAN Jabatan Penyiaran Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Bukit Gasing Forest Reserve is a Kota Darul Ehsan is a row of arches + 603 2282 5333 100-hectare stretch green belt symbolizing the border between the NOTES: www.rtm.gov.my dividing the city of Petaling Jaya Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and (Selangor state) from the Federal Malaysia’s Government Radio and Television Broadcast Complex, also known the Malaysian state of Selangor. Territory of Kuala Lumpur. as ‘Angkasapuri’, is situated on Putra hill along the Federal Highway that links This arch commemorates the Kuala Lumpur to through the adjacent city of Petaling Jaya. The entire It was once a rubber plantation, Selangor state’s cession of Kuala complex is spread out on a 33-acre site. but in the intervening 60 years, the Lumpur to the Federal Government restorative powers of nature turned it Construction commenced on 1st January 1966. On 17th January 1968 itwas to form the first Federal Territory of into a haven of lush secondary forest officially inaugurated by the First Prime Minister of Malaysia Tunku Abdul Rahman Malaysia. The arch costing RM4.4 including some very large tropical Putra. million was commissioned by the late trees. Sultan of Selangor, Almarhum Sultan Its design included heavy use of louvers, shading panels and grille work which Salahhuddin Abdul Aziz Shah and Being surrounded by heavily were the most common means to keep the building cooler at that time. The main was officially opened by him on 3rd populated areas, Bukit Gasing is a building is 10-storey high with each floor averaging 11,000 square feet. January 1982. popular exercise place for nearby Angkasapuri and its surroundings were officially declared ‘Media City’ on 20th residents. There are a number of The arches design incorporates March 2012 and will be redeveloped in two phases through a government-private hiking trails within the park to suit all influences from Moghul architecture, sector collaboration. levels of energy and fitness. as seen in the domes on the arches. The first phase of the project involves the construction of broadcasting The 4 cannons at the base of the It is also a favourite with nature lovers infrastructure over a period of three years. Under the second phase, the arches are more than 100 years old who come here to view the leaf government’s partner company will develop facilities which support the Media and were taken from the fort at Kuala monkeys and for bird watching. City concept on a section of the Angkasapuri site and this is expected tobe Selangor, a coastal town in the state of Bukit Gasing’s highest point at 160 completed in five years after the first phase is ready. Selangor. At the top of the arches are E metres gives a panoramic view of 2 Malaysian flags, 2 Selangor flags and The development of the Media City would enable the national broadcasting

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3.1 National Sports Complex 3.2 Commonwealth Hill 3.3 International Medical University 3.4 Bukit Jalil Golf & Country Club 3.5 Bukit Jalil Recreation Park 3.2 3.6 Asia Pacific University (APU) 3.3 3.7 (TPM) 3.8 TPM College

3.4 Bukit Jalil was an agricultural tract with oil palm and rubber tree plantations, originally known as Bukit Jalil Estate until 1992. From an agricultural zone, the area was then converted for both commercial and 3.1 residential use. It now houses the iconic anchor tenant, the National Sports Complex that was constructed for the 1998 Commonwealth Games. The whole area, around 20 kilometres south of Kuala Lumpur is bordered by the Expressway on the north, city boundaries to the west, and the Puchong river. After the Commonwealth Games closed its doors in Kuala Lumpur, the National Sports Complex became the training arena for Malaysia’s finest athletes, while the Game’s athlete’s village was converted into residential apartments. Also present in this area is a haven for golf enthusiasts known as the Bukit Jalil Golf and Country Resort. Bukit Jalil is no doubt 3.6 the centre for sporting excellence. 3.5 3.7 Also within the Bukit Jalil sub-district is Technology Park Malaysia which houses various multimedia colleges and Measat Broadcast Network System, Malaysia’s first private broadcasting station.

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3.1 NATIONAL SPORTS COMPLEX 3.2 COMMONWEALTH HILL Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur Jalan Barat, Bukit Jalil +603 8994 4660 Kuala Lumpur NOTES: www.stadium.gov.my A hilltop rest and relaxation spot, The National Sports Complex located in Bukit Jalil, 20 kilometres south of Kuala Lumpur, is the largest sports complex in Commonwealth Hill is a memorial park Malaysia. Described as the “sports complex in a park”, the 120-hectare complex marks the coming of age of Malaysian sports dedicated to the 16th Commonwealth and is the only one of its kind in the country or region. Games held in Kuala Lumpur from 11th -21st September 1998. It is The fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad declared the National Sports Complex National located between the and Sports Complex open on 11th July 1998. It was completed three months ahead of schedule of the 16th Commonwealth the Bukit Jalil stations for Games that was held here from September 11th – 21st 1998. Part of the massive National Sports Complex, the outdoor light rail service. National Stadium has a seating capacity of 100,000 including 200 seats for the disabled. It is the 11th largest stadium in the world and also the 2nd largest football stadium in the world. A favourite of fitness and health conscious people, it is a regular It was the venue for notable English Premier League team events like Manchester United Asian tours of 2001 and 2009, and spot for morning joggers from the the 2011 , Chelsea and Arsenal Asian tours. It has a giant keris (dagger) in front of the main entrance, symbolizing neighboring residential areas and its Malay courage and heroism. The complex also houses the Putra Indoor Stadium, the National Aquatic Centre, the National steepness makes the hill a challenging Hockey Stadium and the National Squash Centre, which were all used during the 16th Commonwealth Games. jogging track. This park also caters for people who prefer slow morning strolls while enjoying the sunrise among shady trees, bright flowering plants and green palms. E Sports enthusiasts can gather interesting information regarding the countries that took part in 1998 ZONE Commonwealth Games and also the history of the Commonwealth Games. There are 3 main plazas at this park, namely the Flag Plaza, Commonwealth Plaza and Central Plaza. The Central Plaza is the highest peak that provides panoramic views of the National Sports Complex in Bukit Jalil and the Kuala Lumpur skyline, which is exceptionally amazing in the mornings and late evenings. Among the facilities provided here are public toilets and a small mosque.

National Sports Complex 117 3.3 INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL 3.4 BUKIT JALIL GOLF & 3.5 BUKIT JALIL RECREATION 3.6 ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY COUNTRY CLUB PARK Technology Park Malaysia NOTES: Jalan Jalil Perkasa 19 Jalan Jalil Perkasa 3, Bukit Jalil Jalan Jalil Perkasa 1 Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur Taman Esplanade, Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Off Lebuhraya Bukit Jalil +603 8996 1000 & 1 300 888 278 +603 2727 7430 +603 899 41600 Kuala Lumpur (Toll-free) www.imu.edu.my www.berjayaclubs.com/jalil Daily: 7.00am – 8.00pm www.apu.edu.my The International Medical University This is one of the most frequented Bukit Jalil Recreation Park is a popular The Asia Pacific University of (IMU) is a leading private medical country clubs in the Klang Valley. It recreational park in the southern Technology & Innovation (APU) is and healthcare university established has an 18-hole golf course designed suburbs of Kuala Lumpur, about 20km amongst Malaysia’s Premier Private in 1992, offering a range of by the renowned Australian designer from the city centre and managed by Universities, offering a wide range undergraduate programs in the Max Wexler, rolling amidst lush the Kuala Lumpur City Hall. of degrees with Technology as a medical and health sciences. It is tropical greenery and scenic views. common core, and with a reputation It is located next to the National also active in research and education for winning a host of prestigious It also has the Golf House Academy, Sports Complex where the 16th within medicine and healthcare. awards at national and international which provides expert training using Commonwealth Games were held in levels. IMU has grown from a medical college advanced equipment and teaching September 1998.The park is spread with 5 partner universities in 1992, to techniques. over 80 acres of undulating landscape It was originally established as the an internationally recognized higher with man-made ponds. Asia Pacific Institute of Information Golf aside, the clubhouse provides education institution with more than Technology (APIIT) in 1993 and plenty of other activities for the entire Recreational facilities here include 30 world class university partners in Asia Pacific University College of family to indulge in including tennis, a children’s playground, jogging and Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US, Technology & Innovation (UCTI) in squash, badminton, as well as an walking trails, exercise stations, a Ireland, China and UK. It received full 2004 before changing to its current Olympic-sized swimming pool, gym reflexology path, a dedicated area university status in 2001. name. and sauna for fitness needs. for people with disabilities and an E Currently, it has over 3,300 students international garden. With an international student There is a well-stocked indoor games across its various programmes, with community of more than 10,000 room and mini bowling alley. This club There are a few steeper slopes with

ZONE 2,880 students based at Bukit Jalil, students from more than 105 also offers many private lessons and steps and a network of tracks for while another 420 at the Clinical countries studying in its Malaysian exciting courses on activities like hip the health conscious joggers seeking schools. Over 200 international campus, the APU offers a truly hop dancing, Taekwondo, and even more vigorous exercise. students from 30 countries are also cosmopolitan learning environment Belly dancing. studying in IMU. One of the best attractions of the which prepares students well for the Three restaurants here serve choice park is the international garden area - global challenges which lie ahead. The IMU has a Healthcare Unit which of Malay, Chinese and Western featuring gardens of various countries, provides Medical, Dental, Chiropractic APU (via APIIT) is Malaysia’s first delicacies whilst the Golfer’s Lounge including Malaysia, England, and Chinese Medicine services. These Institution to achieve Multimedia also serves wholesome meals amidst Netherlands, Japan, China, Iran, Peru, range from basic primary healthcare Super Corridor (MSC) Company Status. a tranquil environment overlooking Canada, Thailand and Indonesia. to advanced specialties and sub- Its academic programs are approved the golf course. specialties suitable for patients by the Ministry of Higher Education of all ages and backgrounds. IMU of Malaysia and the qualifications Healthcare’s team of doctors, dentists are accredited by the Malaysian and practitioners is focused on Qualifications Agency (MQA). assisting patients with the knowledge of the many treatment options available and helping them reach the outcome that restores them to optimal health. Bukit Jalil Golf & Country Club 118 KL TOURIST GUIDEBOOK

3.7 TECHNOLOGY PARK MALAYSIA (TPM) 3.8 TPM COLLEGE Lebuhraya Puchong-Sungai Besi Level 5, Enterprise 4 Taman Teknologi Malaysia Technology Park Malaysia NOTES: Kuala Lumpur Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur +603 8998 2020 +603 8998 5001 www.tpm.com.my www.tpmcollege.edu.my This park was established in 1996 for research and development of knowledge-based industries in Malaysia. It occupies a The TPM College, a subsidiary of total land area of 750 acres and comprises of 12 state-of-the-art buildings each with specific functions. Technology Park Malaysia, is a tertiary institution with a vision to fuel the The latest addition to the park is the Enterprise 4 building, which is an intelligent building designed to service the physical new knowledge economy with skilled needs of high-tech companies, enabling them to be service providers to the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC), the rest of technopreneurs. Malaysia and the world. It is among the first tertiary More than 3,000 technology driven companies have benefited from this TPM - both local and multi-national within institutions in the country that various clusters of industry. ICT cluster has recorded the highest tenancy within TPM followed by Engineering and Biotech, supports the Malaysian government’s Telecommunication and Content, and Support Services. move towards increasing the number of qualified and professional technopreneurs in the country. At present TPM College is focusing on life sciences- and engineering- related diploma and degree programs to develop human capital in line with government aspirations towards Vision 2020. E Although the institution is young, it has the confidence to gradually develop to ZONE be among the best tertiary institutions in the country. To consolidate this, TPM College is collaborating with a number of renowned international universities to offer high quality academic programmes. The TPM College enables students to mingle with professionals in the real world while observing actual research and commercial projects. 3-month industrial placements with various companies are provided for diploma students. Degree students are also required to undergo internships while studying in the United States of America and students can legally extend the three months’ attachment for an additional year upon graduation. Technology Park Malaysia (TPM) 119 TAMAN DANAU DESA 4.1 Desa Water Park 4.1 4.2 Sri Petaling Golf Driving Range

This location experienced housing and industrial development from the 1970s and now has a large concentration of middle and upper-class residential properties. The main zone is located within the East-West Link Expressway and Jalan Klang Lama. It is a self-contained area with all essential services, both domestic and commercial, available easily.

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4.1 DESA WATER PARK 4.2 SRI PETALING GOLF Jalan Desa DRIVING RANGE Taman Danau Desa Jalan Merah Silu NOTES: Kuala Lumpur Bandar Baru Sri Petaling +603 7118 8338 Kuala Lumpur www.desawaterpark.com.my +603 9056 1092 Mon- Fri: 10.30am – 6.00pm Daily: 7.00am- 11.00pm Weekends/Public & School holidays: Located in the booming township of 10.00am – 6.00pm Sri Petaling and only a short drive away Closed on Wed (except Public & from the National Sports Complex, the School Holidays) Sri Petaling Golf Driving Range offers 42 bays of day and night golf driving, Desa Water Park is the only water park bunker, chipping and putting green in the city of Kuala Lumpur, located area and a mini-golf course. along the Kuala Lumpur- Highway. This driving range also has the Ken Grande Golf Academy and a pro shop It commenced operations in 2003 Desa Water Park with resident golf instructors. and offers an exciting variety of water rides and slides. It also houses the longest Master Blaster in Asia the ‘Thunderbolt’. The park is set out in a tropical

surrounding beside a 50-acre lake E with numerous water-based fun rides for everyone. ZONE This park is very popular among the city dwellers as it is spacious and has ample parking facility. There is a large covered amphitheatre which makes it attractive for hosting large group, family days, dinners, corporate themed events and carnivals. Desa Water Park is also known for short outings where the family can enjoy the thrills and spills of a heart thumping adrenaline rush of the water theme park.

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122 ZONE F BANDAR TUN RAZAK - SUNGAI BESI CHERAS

1.1 Shoping Mall 1.1 1.2 Kuala Lumpur Velodrome 1.3 Kuala Lumpur Football Stadium 1.4 University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Medical Centre 1.5 Permaisuri Lake Gardens 1.6 Al-Najihin Mosque 1.7 Saidina Uthman Ibnu Affan Mosque 1.8 Cheras Baptist Church 1.2 1.9 UCSI University 1.10 Cheras Leisure Mall

1.3 Cheras was the original entry/exit point for road journeys before highways were built in the late 1970s. 1.6 1.4 It is also home to the longest night market in Malaysia, located in Taman 1.5 Connaught. Its nearest borders to the city centre had residences for civil servants, which was convenient for them to reach their government 1.10 workplaces. 1.8 The area is now a fully integrated suburb with world-class public and 1.7 private hospitals, higher institutions of learning and hypermarkets as well as small industries. 1.9 During Kuala Lumpur’s historic hosting of the 16th Commonwealth Games, Cheras housed two of the Games’ venues: the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium and the Cheras Velodrome. The suburb of Taman Cheras formerly and still affectionately known as Taman Yulek is a haven for Chinese hawker food.

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1.1 VIVA HOME SHOPPING MALL 1.2 KUALA LUMPUR VELODROME 85, Jalan Loke Yew Jalan Yaacob Latif Kuala Lumpur Bandar Tun Razak NOTES: +603 9281 1998 Kuala Lumpur www.vivahome.com.my +603 4041 1295 Viva Home Shopping Mall is an integrated one-stop centre where home Buit in 1985, the Kuala Lumpur Velodrome sits on 12 acres of land in Bandar enthusiasts can take pleasure in finding all their home needs in one place. It has Tun Razak with a 333.3 metres cycling track constructed to a gradient of 8 - 37 over 220 established retail outlets and dedicated zones for easier navigation. degrees. The first of its kind in Malaysia, Viva Home Shopping Mall brings together an The grandstand is sheltered by two Teflon fabric roofs to accommodate over two exciting and diverse range of home retailers under one roof to fulfill the demands thousand spectators in permanent seats. Temporary seats for 1,000 spectators of home owners and home lovers alike. are provided at the opposite end of the grandstand. Positioned as a one-stop centre for home furnishing, shoppers will be able to find A tunnel leads the cyclists to the centre of the track where a warm-up track is everything they need for their homes without having to travel far and with a wide available for their use. All other facilities, such as changing room, repair room, range of products to compare and purchase. pressroom, television and radio coverage room, and medical and doping control room, required to organize an international competition, are available. From furnitures to bathroom fittings, DIY tools to soft furnishings, kitchen accessories to kids’ furnitures and home décor, there is something for every taste, The Velodrome has also been upgraded with floodlights, the international every budget and every home. standard required. Viva Home Shopping Mall also offers a complementary mix of entertainment, lifestyle and F&B outlets that cater to everyone. Most F&B outlets serve halal food. Another unique feature of the mall is the Expo Hall on the 2nd floor. Comprising 2 halls, one of over 30,000 square feet and another of over 24,000 square feet, they can be combined to create one large hall of almost 55,000 square feet making it an ideal venue for large home-related exhibitions. F ZONE

Viva Home Shopping Mall Kuala Lumpur Velodrome 125 1.3 KUALA LUMPUR FOOTBALL 1.5 PERMAISURI LAKE GARDENS 1.6 AL-NAJIHIN MOSQUE 1.7 SAIDINA UTHMAN IBNU STADIUM Jalan Tasik Permaisuri 2 Jalan Sri Permaisuri AFFAN MOSQUE NOTES: Jalan Yaacob Latif Bandar Tun Razak Jalan Budiman Bandar Tun Razak Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Bandar Tun Razak Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Permaisuri Lake Gardens is one of the This mosque, situated on 8,042 +603 9131 5500 / 5757 +603 9171 9195 three major full fledged recreational square metres of land, was completed The Kuala Lumpur Football Association parks in Kuala Lumpur. It was formerly on 17th March 2009 and handed over This mosque was officially opened in (KLFA) Stadium is a multi-purpose a tin mine and as part of an urban to the Federal Territory Islamic Affairs 1988 by the eighth King of Malaysia, sports complex but mostly for football regeneration strategy, turned into a Department on 14th April 2009. The Sultan Iskandar of Johor. It was named matches. It is partly covered at the park for leisure, recreation and sports. first prayers at this mosque was held after the Prophet Muhammad’s third grandstand area. It is now maintained by Kuala Lumpur on 14th May 2009. Caliph, Uthman Bin Affan. City Hall. It is the home stadium of the Kuala The design of this mosque is based It is a three storey building, with a very Lumpur Football Association and has The park and lake gardens were on contemporary Malay architecture distinctive single blue dome and a blue a capacity of 18,000 spectators. designed by an international and costed RM14 million, including roofed staircase leading to the main consultant team led by architect and the cost of the land, building and prayer hall. Its three-tiered minaret is It is now being upgraded at an urbanist Peter Verity as the first major landscaping. also capped with a blue dome. estimated cost of RM50 million professionally designed landscape to improve facilities for users and It has three levels with capacity for park in Malaysia. spectators. 3,000 worshippers. The ground floor Officially opened in 1989, some of has the main prayer hall, mosque 1.8 CHERAS BAPTIST CHURCH the main attractions seen at this park administration office and facilities for Jalan 30A/119 1.4 UNIVERSITY KEBANGSAAN are a man-made lake with fountains, the handicapped. a specially designed seven-tiered Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA (UKM) MEDICAL The first floor provides prayer facilities flower terrace named ‘Laman Puteri’, +603 9130 2523 CENTRE for Muslim women whereas the Jalan Yaacob Latif a traditional royal Malay Garden full second floor caters for the needs of This medium-sized church was Bandar Tun Razak of different species of tropical flowers children and also features multi-media establised in 1984 and shifted to its Kuala Lumpur and a unique herb garden filled with screens used during main prayers and present premise in 2006. +603 9145 5555 Malaysian herbs. sermons. www.hukm.ukm.my It has a capacity for 300 worshippers The park is a popular spot, used

F and conducts Sunday services in This was originally the teaching for yoga and tai-chi training in the Mandarin/Cantonese (8.45am - 10.00am) hospital for the University Kebangsaan morning and well patronized in the and English (10.30am - 12.00noon).

ZONE Malaysia (UKM) based in Bangi, evenings for jogging, picnicking and Selangor. other recreational activities. Also The church provides several ministries a popular venue for weddings, the to engage the entire family, ranging Construction of the hospital started garden around the lake has seen many from Sunday Schools, Youth Ministries, on 2nd November 1993 and was such receptions. Ladies Fellowship, Home Fellowship completed on 14th July 1998. It was and Prayer Meetings. officially opened by Tun Dr. Mahathir For security, the Kuala Lumpur City Mohamed, the then Prime Minister of Hall’s Mounted Patrol Unit often Malaysia. rides through the area as the City Hall stables are located in the park On 28th February 2008, the grounds too. These men on horses are university’s faculty of medicine and a big hit with kids. the hospital merged and became UKM Medical Centre. Al-Najihin Mosque 126 KL TOURIST GUIDEBOOK

1.9 UCSI UNIVERSITY 1.10 CHERAS LEISURE MALL 1, UCSI Heights 8, Jalan Manis 2 Jalan Menara Gading Taman Segar NOTES: Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur +603 9101 8880 +603 9130 5586 www.ucsiuniversity.edu.my Daily: 10.00 am – 10.00 pm The predecessor to the UCSI University was established in 1986. Originally Cheras Leisure Mall was opened for business in December 1994 and has grown known as the Canadian Institute of Computer Studies, the school evolved in tandem with the thriving township that is home to more than half a million with accreditations and in 1990, it became Sedaya College and later Sedaya residents. International College. A Cheras landmark and a popular destination, the mall is sited strategically along In 2003, it became University College Sedaya International (UCSI), where as the 6.5 mile Jalan Cheras. in 2008 when it evolved into a full university and was renamed as the UCSI The mall has approximately 300,000 square feet of net rentable area. It offers University. It is now a vibrant community of learning situated on a 19-acre land a host of integrated retail and leisure/entertainment facilities to suit modern and has a student population of 10,000 with 38% from 80 different countries. lifestyles. As a leading private institution equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for Almost all halal fast-food outlets operate in this mall and cuisines that suit the higher learning, it offers a wide spectrum of academic programs, ranging from taste buds of the multi-racial and multi-faith population are readily available here medicine pharmacy, nursing, engineering and architecture to music, multimedia, as well. education, liberal arts and hospitality. Encompassing 7 different blocks, the present campus includes the Student Centre (Menara Gading), the Resource Centre, the Academic Blocks and Residential Halls. However, due to its rapid expansion, an additional 48-storey building will be built on the existing campus which will include a 5-Star hotel, 12 floors of parking bays and hostel accommodations for UCSI University students, administrative offices, restaurants, a ballroom and also a clubhouse. F ZONE

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2.1 National Defence University Malaysia 2.9 2.2 MO Outlet 2.3 Sungai Besi Town 2.8 2.4 Integrated Transport Terminal 2.5 Bukit Sungai Besi Forest Reserve 2.6 Recreation Park 2.10 2.7 Tze Yun Tung Bhuddist Monastery 2.7 2.8 Sungai Besi Airport 2.9 Royal Malaysian Airforce Museum 2.10 Bukit Sungai Puteh Wildlife Reserve

2.4 The Sungai Besi sub-district is named after a former mining town of the same name situated within the sub-district. The deepest tin mine in Malaysia was located just on the outskirts of the mining 2.6 town. Sungai Besi literally means ‘steel river’ in the Malay language 2.3 2.5 as the town has many heavy industries such as steelworks, waste steel plants and other steel industries. 2.2 2.1 This sub-district is also many places of historical significance. The Sungai Besi Airport is Kuala Lumpur’s first airport and has the nation’s oldest runway. It was also the site where Malaysia’s Father of Independence, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj took off for his flight to London to negotiate the independence of Malaya.

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2.1 NATIONAL DEFENCE 2.2 MO OUTLET 2.3 SUNGAI BESI TOWN 63, Jalan Tasik Utama 3 UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA Sungai Besi is a historical mining town with many heavy industries such as Medan Niaga Tasik Damai Kem Sungai Besi steelworks, waste steel plants and other steel industries. NOTES: Kuala Lumpur The Trillium, +603 9051 3400 Sungai Besi, Kuala Lumpur www.upnm.edu.my +603 9051 2926 www.mo-outlet.com of the buildings are built from wood and the pathways are narrow. Daily: 10.00am – 7.30pm of Malaysia is a military university There is also a modest temple in the town area. catering to the needs and This designer shopping outlet by development of the Malaysian Armed luxury retailer Melium Group started Forces. medicine shop. It was formerly known as the Kuala Lumpur. The vibrant area of Sungai Besi is located within the shops and the area near the Malaysian Armed Forces Academy which was established on 1st June Shoppers are treated to a lineup of top who sell mostly food items and fruits. luxury brands with great discounts on genuine leather goods, stylish ready- in upgrading the knowledge and to-wear and accessories for both men academic status of the armed forces and women in luxurious and spacious the beginning of 2015. The programe will cost RM10 million and is under the surroundings. supervision of Kuala Lumpur City Hall. At MO Outlet, it is sales season every of the Kuala Lumpur’s Light Rail Transit system. the basic requirements of military brands and discounts up to 70%. training. It was later upgraded to university status with funding of RM500 million fully borne by the . F ZONE

Defence University Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia) Sungai Besi Town 129 2.4 INTEGRATED TRANSPORT 2.5 BUKIT SUNGAI BESI FOREST TERMINAL RESERVE Terminal Bersepadu Selatan (TBS) - NOTES: This is a 42.11-hectare green area with half-mile access road, managed by the Jalan Terminal Selatan Forestry and Wildlife Department as Kuala Lumpur an amenity forest. +603 9051 2000 / 2121 www.tbsbts.com.my The majority of the forest reserve is steep and most of the area has been This is the latest integrated transport replanted with high quality timber terminal, known as Terminal trees. Bersepadu Selatan (TBS) at Bandar Tasik Selatan. TBS is an advance terminal for south 2.6 ALAM DAMAI RECREATION bound express buses to cities like PARK Melaka, and Singapore. Jalan Damai Rasa 18 Apart from operating as the main Damai Rasa terminal for bus service, the TBS is Taman Alam Damai also a Light Rail Train (LRT) station that Cheras links Seri Petaling in the south and Daily: 6.00am - 8.00pm Kuala Lumpur city centre. The Express This 30-acre park located next to Rail Link (ERL) Transit service serving Sungai Besi Hills is a 3.17 kilometres KL International Airport, Putrajaya and long recreation park with a one- Kuala Lumpur also transits through kilometre jogging track. It highlights this terminal. three unique landscaping concepts namely, Tropical, Islamic and In addition, the commuter train Boulevard. service between Seremban and Kuala Lumpur also connects through this The park has palm trees, fish ponds terminal. and a play area for children with F stationary toy cars and horses. The terminal uses the state of the There is also a designated area for art technology to bring comfort and

ZONE skateboarders and it has washroom convenience for travellers and users. facilities as well. There are over 60 retail and food & beverage (F&B) specialty outlets, These exclusive features have made spread over 2 levels. the park an attractive community recreation zone not only for the This is also a haven for those who neighbouring residents but also for wish to savor the various cuisines communities in the surrounding of Malaysia available from the large areas. varieties of local delicacies at the food court, fresh bakeries and ice-cream It is heavily patronized in the early shops. mornings and evenings especially during weekends.

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2.7 TZE YUN TUNG BHUDDIST Air Force, Royal Malaysian Police Air (1993-1995) and Cambodia (1991-1993). Wing and the air unit of the Malaysian MONASTERY While admission and parking is free, conducted tours for groups can only be made Fire and Rescue Department base. Batu 5 1/2, Jalan Sungai Besi by prior arrangement. Photography is permitted. Rest area, children’s playground, NOTES: Kuala Lumpur The Royal Selangor Flying Club also toilets and refreshment facilities are available. +603 7982 6560 operates from this airport. There is a gift shop at the entrance selling aircraft models at RM195 each and This monastery was founded in 1935 other souvenir items. The gift shop is open Tuesday - Thursday from 9.00am to and the members of the monastery 12.00noon only. moved into this new building on the 2.9 ROYAL MALAYSIAN 20th September 1992. AIRFORCE MUSEUM Jalan Lapangan Terbang Lama Also known as Guan Yin Sagely 2.10 BUKIT SUNGAI PUTEH WILDLIFE RESERVE Kuala Lumpur Monastery, daily monastic schedules KM 10, Jalan Cheras +603 2141 1133 are organized here. Resident nuns Kuala Lumpur Mon - Thurs: 9.00am – 5.00pm also conduct a variety of Buddhist +603 9086 6800 Sat & Sun: 9.00am - 5.00pm ceremonies such as the annual Fri: Closed The 40-hectare jungle land was gazetted as a forest reserve in 1923. It now covers Bathing Buddha Festival, Master two territories, the bulk of it in the state of Selangor and 4-hectare in Kuala Medicine Ceremony and Vigorous The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Lumpur. Buddha-name Recitation Ceremony. Museum is located at KL Airbase, the oldest air force base in Malaysia, Whilst the Selangor side is classified as Forest Sanctuary for Wildlife, the Kuala The monastery also celebrates the which was handed over to the RMAF Lumpur segment is classified as an amenity forest. yearly Youth Cherishing Day and in 1960. It is jointly operated by Respecting Elders Day. The monastery This residual forest area is home to a number of fauna species particularly the military and the Civil Aviation also runs a Sunday Dharma Class for monkeys, tree shrews, squirrels and birds. Department. students. The headquarters of the Department of Wildlife and National Parks is located The RMAF Museum was opened to in the Kuala Lumpur segment of the reserve. The Department is using the Kuala the public on the 2nd June 1985, Lumpur segment for its research programmes and also operates a nature study coinciding with the 27th anniversary 2.8 SUNGAI BESI AIRPORT centre. of the formation of the Royal The Sungai Besi Airport goes by its Malaysian Air Force. original name, Sempang Airport. It is also known as TUDM Kuala Lumpur The museum provides information on Old Airport or Sempang Air Force the history of the RMAF which was F Base. It has a runway measuring formed in 1958. It started with a single hangar and just five aircraft exhibits. 1,891.3 metres long and 45.1 metres ZONE wide. It has since expanded and boasts 14 aircraft and helicopters lined up It served as the main airport for Kuala outside on the airfield and another 13 Lumpur from 1952 to 1965 under the aircraft inside a large hanger today. name Kuala Lumpur International Airport until the main airport was Besides the aircraft exhibits there are moved to Subang. It was the first two small galleries containing exhibits airport to serve Kuala Lumpur and and details about the role of the RMAF currently remains as the only airport in counter-insurgency operations to be located within the boundaries of during the Malayan Emergency Kuala Lumpur. period, and subsequent contributions to peacekeeping operations in the Today it is used by the Royal Malaysian former Yugoslavia (1993), Somalia Royal Malaysian Air Force 131 NOTES:

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