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5.  Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Episode Part 3：City Centre 

Dining, Sightseeing and Shopping   

                             Monday, 2023/3/20  

Districts

Kuala Lumpur has eleven parliamentary constituencies:
Kepong, Batu, Wangsa Maju, Segambut, Setiawangsa, Titiwangsa, Bukit Bintang, Lembah Pantai, Seputeh, Cheras and Bandar Tun Razak.

Kuala Lumpur City Centre

Kuala Lumpur City Centre forms part of Kuala Lumpur's central business district, falls within Bukit Bintang parliamentary constituency.

Merdeka Square
Jln Raja, City Centre, 50050 Kuala Lumpur,
Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Merdeka Square, also known as Dataran Merdeka or the Independence Square, is a place that bears historical value to all Malaysians. The square is actually a grass field where a 100m high flagpole stands erect. The flagpole, the world’s tallest, was erected at the very spot where the Malaysian flag was hoisted marking the nation’s freedom from the British on August 31st 1957.
Independence Square is situated in front of the Sultan Abdul Samad Building.

Sultan Abdul Samad Building
Jln Raja, City Centre, 50050 Kuala Lumpur,
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The Sultan Abdul Samad Building (Malay: Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad‎) is a late-19th century building located along Jalan Raja in front of Dataran Merdeka and the Royal Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The building originally housed the offices of the British colonial administration, and was known simply as Government Offices in its early years. In 1974, it was renamed after Sultan Abdul Samad, the reigning sultan of Selangor at the time when construction began.
The building houses both the offices of the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia and the Ministry of Tourism and Culture of Malaysia (Malay: Kementerian Komunikasi dan Multimedia, Kementerian Pelancongan dan Kebudayaan Malaysia).

Central Market (Pasar Seni)
Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50050 Kuala Lumpur,
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

https://centralmarket.com.my/

Central Market Kuala Lumpur is located at Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock (Foch Avenue) and the pedestrian-only section of Jalan Hang Kasturi (Rodger Street), a few minutes away from Petaling Street and next to Klang River. It was founded in 1888 and originally used as a wet market, while the current Art Deco style building was completed in 1937. It has been classified as a Heritage Site by the Malaysian Heritage Society, and it is now a landmark for Malaysian culture and heritage.
Central Market houses numerous stalls that retail traditional goods at affordable prices such as local handicrafts, arts, kebaya, songket and batik. The stalls are grouped into three separate zones, namely Lorong Melayu (Malay Street), Straits Chinese and Little India. These zones are based on the features of each race and provide an insight of the cultural differences of the various races in Malaysia. There is also a zone dedicated to the distinct Malacca cultural heritage, the Malacca Jonker Street, which features double-storey and single-storey Baba and Nyonya-styled architectural buildings and a Batik Emporium which showcases various batik designer labels with the best batik items including clothes, bags, and home furnishings.

Kasturi Walk
32, Jalan Hang Kasturi, City Centre,
50050 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Right next to the Central Market you can find the ‘Kasturi Walk’, here too you see many nice shops and also a few hawkers with typical Malaysian dishes.

The Merdeka 118
Menara Merdeka 118, Presint Merdeka 118,
50118 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

https://merdeka118.com/

https://merdeka-tower.com/

Merdeka 118, formerly known as Menara Warisan Merdeka, KL 118 and PNB 118, is a 118-storey megatall skyscraper in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. At 678.9 m (2,227 ft) tall, it is the second-tallest building and structure in the world, only behind the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emiratesat 828 m (2,717 ft). The building's name, Merdeka, which means "independence" in Malay.
It is the tallest building in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. It surpassed the 453.6 m (1,488 ft) Exchange 106 to become the tallest building in Malaysia and surpassed the 461.2 m (1,513 ft) Landmark 81 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to become the tallest building in Southeast Asia.

Perdana Botanical Gardens

Jalan Kebun Bunga, Tasik Perdana, 55100 Kuala Lumpur,
Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Perdana Botanical Gardens, formerly Perdana Lake Gardens, Lake Gardens and Public Gardens, is Kuala Lumpur's first large-scale recreational park. Measuring 91.6 hectares (226 acres), it is located in the heart of the city and established in 1888.
It contains large sculpted and manicured gardens and a host of attractions.
Among the attractions located in the Perdana Botanical Gardens are the deer park, Hibiscus garden, Orchid Garden, Kuala Lumpur Bird Park and Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park.

The Perdana Botanical Garden is a sprawling park with tree-lined walking trails, orchid and hibiscus displays, as well as a planetarium. The Islamic Arts Museum contains centuries-old manuscripts, while jewelry and heritage locomotives are on display at the nearby National Museum. The National Mosque is a grand complex with soaring minarets, reflecting pools and fountains.

Malaysian National Monument
Perdana Botanical Garden, Jln Parlimen, City Centre,
50480 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The Tugu Negara is a national monument that commemorates those who died in Malaysia's struggle for freedom, principally against the Japanese occupation during World War II and the Malayan Emergency, which lasted from 1948 until 1960. The Malaysian Houses of Parliament is situated near the monument.

It is the world's tallest bronze freestanding sculpture grouping.

Malaysia House of Parliament

Jln Parlimen, City Centre, 50680 Kuala Lumpur,
Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The Malaysian Houses of Parliament (Malay: Bangunan Parlimen Malaysia), is a complex where the Malaysian Parliament assembles. The structure is located at the Perdana Botanical Gardens in Kuala Lumpur, close to the Malaysian National Monument.

National Mosque of Malaysia
Jalan Perdana, Tasik Perdana, 50480 Kuala Lumpur,
Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The National Mosque of Malaysia (Malay: Masjid Negara Malaysia‎) was built in 1963 to celebrate the independence of Malaysia. It is one of the largest mosque in Southeast Asia which can accommodate up to 15,000 people and is situated among 13 acres (53,000 m2) of gardens. Its key features are a 73-metre-high (240 ft) minaret and a 16-pointed star concrete main roof. The umbrella, synonymous with the tropics, is featured conspicuously – the main roof is reminiscent of an open umbrella, the minaret's cap a folded one. The folded plates of the concrete main roof are a creative solution to achieving the larger spans required in the main gathering hall.

National Museum of Malaysia
Jabatan Muzium Malaysia, Jln Damansara,
Perdana Botanical Gardens, 50566 Kuala Lumpur,
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

https://www.muziumnegara.gov.my/en/national-museum

The National Museum (Malay: Muzium Negara) is a public museum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia dedicated to Malaysian art, culture, and history.
The National Museum is a three-story structure, 109.7 metres (359 ft 11 in) long and 15.1 metres (49 ft 6 in) wide, which is 37.6 metres (123 ft 4 in) high at the central point. The museum houses four main galleries allotted to ethnology and natural history (geology). The displays range from free-standing tableaux showing cultural events like weddings, festivals and costumes; to traditional weapons, musical instruments, arts and crafts, ceramics, and flora and fauna.

▲ Prehistory Gallery

▲The skulls from the past

▲ The indigenous people wear and live in the cave

▲ Malay Kingdoms Gallery

▲ The decoration of weapons

▲ Colonial Era

▲The Qur'an, the holy book of Islam

▲ Malaysia Today Gallery

Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia

Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, Jalan Lembah,
Tasik Perdana, 50480 Kuala Lumpur,
Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

https://iamm.org.my/

The Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia (Malay: Muzium Kesenian Islam Malaysia) was officially opened on 12 December 1998. The museum is the largest museum of Islamic arts in Southeast Asia with more than seven thousands artifacts from the Islamic world.
The museum consists of twelve gallery spaces, spread over two levels. Level one contains galleries devoted to Architecture, Qur’an and other Manuscripts, and one each for the art of India, China and the Malay Peninsula. Level two houses galleries devoted to Arms & Armor, Textiles, Jewelry and Coins, with the remaining three galleries consisting of art works categorized by their materials – Metal, Wood and Ceramics. The museum is also known for their collection of ancient Islamic glassware.

National Planetarium
53, Jalan Perdana, Tasik Perdana, 50480 Kuala Lumpur,
Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

https://www.planetariumnegara.gov.my/#/landing

The National Planetarium started as the Planetarium Division in the Prime Minister's Department in 1989.
It is a blue-domed structure that is situated on top of a hill in the Lake Gardens at Jalan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur. It is about 120,000 square feet (11,000 m2) in area.
One of the major attractions of this planetarium includes a space theatre which screens space shows and large format film.
In the main hall are permanent exhibits related to space science. Among them is Arianne IV space engine, which is also one of the engines used to launch MEASAT 1, Malaysia's first satellite into space. A 14-inch (360 mm) telescope is located in the observatory.
The National Planetarium extends to a space theme park where replicas of ancient observatories are sited. It is connected by an overhead pedestrian bridge to the National Museum of Malaysia.

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