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Brickfields is a neighbourhood (as well as an administrative zone) located on the western flank central
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. It is known as Kuala Lumpur's
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due to the high percentage of
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residents and businesses. Brickfields been ranked third in Airbnb's list of top trending destinations. Brickfields is notable for being home to
KL Sentral Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station (KL Sentral) is a transit-oriented development that houses the main railway station of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. Opened on 16 April 2001, KL Sentral replaced the old Kuala Lumpur railway station as the ...
, Kuala Lumpur's central public transportation hub.


History

In 1881, a flood swept through
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in the wake of a disastrous fire. These successive problems destroyed the town's structures of wood and ''atap'' (
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). As a response,
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, the British Resident of
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, required that buildings be constructed of brick and tile. Hence, Kapitan
Yap Ah Loy Kapitan China Yap Ah Loy (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Ya̍p Â-lòi'', Jawi script, Jawi: ; 14 March 1837 – 15 April 1885), also known as Yap Tet Loy and Yap Mao Lan, is an important figure of early Kuala Lumpur. He served as the third ''Kapitan China' ...
bought a sprawling piece of real estate, now Brickfields, for the setting up of a brick industry which would spur the rebuilding of
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. Later the area was developed by
Yap Kwan Seng Kapitan China Yap Kwan Seng (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Ya̍p Kôn-sṳ̀n''; 1846 – 1902) was the fifth and last ''Kapitan China'' of Kuala Lumpur from 1889 to 1902. Kapitans were appointed chiefs or headmen of the various ethnic communities duri ...
, the fifth and last
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of Kuala Lumpur. As a businessman, he foresaw an increased demand for bricks in fast-growing Kuala Lumpur and established a kiln in the district. The area soon became the centre for brick-making in the early days because the whole area was a
clay pit A clay pit is a quarry or mine for the extraction of clay, which is generally used for manufacturing pottery, bricks or Portland cement. Quarries where clay is mined to make bricks are sometimes called brick pits. A brickyard or brickworks is of ...
and good quality bricks are made from
clay Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4). Clays develop plasticity when wet, due to a molecular film of water surrounding the clay par ...
. Therefore, Brickfields became synonymous with good quality bricks. Brickfields also used to be the site of the main
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for
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(KTM) (Malayan Railway) during the administration of the British. The British authorities brought in people from
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to work the railway and the depot. Many lived in quarters around Brickfields. Since then, the Indian community have lived and remained here and became citizens of Malaysia. Some of the old quarters can still be found around Jalan Rozario. Today, the depot has been transformed into
KL Sentral Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station (KL Sentral) is a transit-oriented development that houses the main railway station of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. Opened on 16 April 2001, KL Sentral replaced the old Kuala Lumpur railway station as the ...
, the city's central railway hub. Brickfields is one of the
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s in
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. Indeed, the whole stretch of
Jalan Tun Sambanthan Jalan Tun Sambanthan ''(formerly Jalan Brickfields)'' is a major road in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was built in 1982 and named after Tun V.T. Sambanthan, a former Minister of Works and Communications and one of the founding fathers of Malaysia ...
(formerly Jalan Brickfields) is interspersed with old colonial structures.


Lifestyle


Culture

Along Jalan Tun Sambanthan 4 is the century-old
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, which has become an integral landmark in Brickfields. Further down along Jalan Tun Sambanthan is the charming Vivekananda Ashramam built in the early 19th century. Brickfields also houses historical government quarters built during the British era, which are under harm from rapid development. The 100 railway quarters in Jalan Rozario are still there, although modern buildings have cropped up all around. The "Hundred Quarters" are located at Jalan Chan Ah Tong. It was built in 1915 as terrace houses for junior servants. It is planned to be demolished for commercial development. As of June 2014, there have been no demolition works. Brickfields is famous for its
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delights, especially the unique banana leaf rice and
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(Indian pancake made from fermented rice flour). The Malaysian Association for the Blind, located along Jalan Tebing, houses several blind people. They can be seen walking around Brickfields. Many have become familiar with the area, that they rarely encounter any problems walking around here. Most Brickfields has been equipped with tactile guided pathways designed to aid the blind in walking around the area. The Temple of Fine Arts is located along Jalan Berhala. It is essentially a cultural organisation offering various courses relating to Southern Indian music, dance, and arts. It was founded in 1981 and has currently similar centres in
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, Penang, as well as centres around the world including
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, Australia and Singapore. Besides offering courses, the organisation frequently organises Indian performances around Kuala Lumpur and has produced many artists progressing to international standards. They will be launching their state of art building soon, built upon the founding architecture of the old Temple of Fine Arts adjacent to the Maha Vihara Buddhist Temple. The new building will be a symbolic icon to the progress of arts and culture in Brickfields.


Places of Worship

Brickfields is also tagged as a "Divine Location" as many religious structures, some over 100 years old, are concentrated in the area, particularly Jalan Berhala. The aptly named road ("Berhala" means shrine) houses the Buddhist Maha Vihara and the Sri Sakthi Karpaga Vinayagar Temple. Buddhist Maha Vihara was founded in 1894 by the Sasana Abhiwurdhi Wardhana Society, the oldest registered Buddhist Society Klang Valley. It has been managed by the Sinhalese Buddhist community and supported by the Chinese Buddhist and Indian Buddhist communities. The Wesak procession organised by the Buddhist Maha Vihara since the 1890s is the country's oldest and largest religious procession. The Wesak month-long celebrations attracted about 100,000 people every year. The Sri Kandaswamy Temple is one of the most prominent
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or
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ese Tamil temple located along with Jalan Scott. It is vast and showcases rich
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and has become a popular tourist attraction in Kuala Lumpur. This temple was built in 1902. They provide religious services such as house warming ceremonies and child 31st-day ceremonies. The Kalamandapam hall, which the 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia officiated, holds wedding ceremonies and is also owned by this temple. Both the Sri Kandaswamy Temple and Buddhist Maha Vihara stand testament to the influence of the Ceylonese in Brickfields, who was brought in to work on the Malayan Railways before World War II. A sprinkling of churches of different denominations can also be found here. Among the larger churches in the area are the Holy Rosary Church (est. 1903),
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, and the Zion Lutheran Church. Most of which are located along Jalan Sultan Abdul Samad. There is also an
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called the St. Mary's Orthodox Syrian Cathedral in Jalan Tun Sambanthan Satu. There is a ''Surau'' (small mosque) located on Jalan Sultan Abdul Samad called Madrasatul Gouthiyyah. Indian Muslims mainly attend this mosque, and the sermons are sometimes conducted in
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. Finally, another significant landmark in Brickfields is the distinctive Chinese Temple known as Sam Kow Tong Temple (三教堂), which means "Hall of Three Teachings" along Jalan Thambillay. The Temple was founded in 1916 and belonged to the Heng Hua clan in Hokkien Province. There is also another Chinese Temple, Seng Hong Tokong (城隍庙) along Jalan Berhala.


Trade

Being the Little India of Kuala Lumpur, it has numerous shops that Indian businessmen own. There are spice shops, grocery outlets, sweet and snacks shops, textile shops, goldsmiths, hotels, restaurants, food stalls, printers and even flower stalls. The headquarters of
Malaysian Institute of Accountants Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) is the umbrella body for the accountancy profession in Malaysia. It was established under the Accountants Act, 1967 to regulate and develop the accountancy profession in this country. MIA operates under t ...
can be found along Jalan Tun Sambanthan 3, which also contains many second-tier
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firms scattered around. There are also plenty of
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all over Brickfields area. Another popular business is the printing and paper distribution business which is concentrated along Jalan Sultan Abdul Samad. The new Sentral Brickfields 3-storey commercial complex is located next to the Sri Kandaswamy Temple, offering 22 exclusive retail outlets with free parking and easy access via the Jalan Istana road. The new Sonali business showroom is located in this building. The tagline for Sentral Brickfields is ''The Riverside Family Center in Little India'' https://web.archive.org/web/20130827091334/http://www.sentralbrickfields.asia/


Infrastructure and facilities


Police station

The Brickfields police station closed end of 2010 and was temporarily relocated to Sri Petaling. The Brickfields District Police is one of the four police district headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. Its jurisdiction covers, among others, the area of
Bangsar Bangsar is a residential suburb on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, lying about south-west of the city centre. It is part of the Lembah Pantai parliamentary constituency. Bangsar is administered by Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL), unlike o ...
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Bukit Damansara Damansara Heights ( ms, Bukit Damansara) is an upscale suburb in western side of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, located five kilometres away from the city centre. The suburb falls under the Segambut district and its parliamentary constituency. It is a s ...
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Taman Tun Dr Ismail Taman Tun Dr. Ismail is a nearly half a decade old mid sized township in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Situated on the border of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, it is within the vicinity of relatively newer townships including Bandar Utama Damansara, D ...
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Taman Desa Desa is a housing estate in south-western Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia under the postcode 58100. Located off the East–West Link Expressway and Jalan Klang Lama, Taman Desa falls under the Seputeh parliamentary constituency. Features Taman Desa's con ...
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Jalan Klang Lama Jalan Klang Lama or Old Klang Road, Federal Route 2 is the oldest and the first major road in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was built before the Federal Highway was built in 1965. The road was constructed by the Federation of Malaya government from ...
, and
Sri Petaling Sri Petaling (also known as Bandar Baru Sri Petaling) is a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, in Malaysia. The township is located in the south of the city, within the constituency of Seputeh Seputeh is a federal constituency in the Federal Territorie ...
.Direktori
''Polis Diraja Malaysia''. Retrieved 10 April 2007.


Schools

There are many schools located at Brickfields. Secondary schools: *
SMK Vivekananda, Brickfields Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Vivekananda or SMKV, also known as SMK VIVE among the local students, is one of the oldest schools in Brickfields, a neighbourhood of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was previously known as Sekolah Menengah Tamil Viv ...
* SMK La Salle School, Brickfields Primary schools: * SK La Salle Brickfields 1 & 2 * SK Brickfields 1 & 2 * SK St. Theresa (1) & (2) * Methodist Girls School 1 * SRJK (T) Vivekananda * SRJK (C) St Theresa Private schools: * Global Indian International School, Kuala Lumpur * Havil International School Colleges: * Brickfields Asia College * Methodist College Kuala Lumpur


Cultural/social organisations

* YMCA * Sasana Abhiwurdhi Wardhana Society - Sinhalese based organisation * Temple of Fine Arts * Malaysian Association of the Blind * Rukun Tetangga Sektor Brickfields – A government base social body for Brickfields residents. * The Society For Deaf in Selangor And Federal Territory – A civil rights organisation for deaf and hard of hearing individuals. Formed in 1975.


Development

Brickfields has evolved from a residential to a commercial extension of downtown
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. The KL Sentral development project is one of Kuala Lumpur's most significant development projects encompassing an area of 290,000 square metres. It includes the
KL Sentral Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station (KL Sentral) is a transit-oriented development that houses the main railway station of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. Opened on 16 April 2001, KL Sentral replaced the old Kuala Lumpur railway station as the ...
transportation hub, two
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s, shopping complexes, a clubhouse, office buildings, as well as a convention and entertainment centre. Much of it is built on the former
Keretapi Tanah Melayu Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) (Jawi: كريتاڤي تانه ملايو برحد) or Malayan Railways Limited is the main rail operator in Peninsular Malaysia. The railway system dates back to the British colonial era, when it was firs ...
marshalling yard here in Brickfields. The overall project is expected to be completed in 2012. The rapid evolvement has left parts of Brickfields suspended in time. One can find small village type housing amidst the high-rise modern living complexes being constructed. There have been efforts to clean up the area of Brickfields outside the KL Sentral development area. Recently Brickfields' image as a notorious area with a high incidence of crime is slowly disappearing. There are
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s and
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s in Jalan Hicks and Jalan Thambipillay where prostitutes ply their trade.


Transport

Brickfields can be accessed through many ways: *
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Tun Sambanthan Tun Thirunyanasambanthan s/o Veerasamy ( ta, திருஞானசம்பந்தன், Tiruñāṉacampantaṉ; 16 June 1919 – 18 May 1979) also known as V.T. Sambanthan, was a Malayan and Malaysian politician who served as Ministe ...
and
KL Sentral Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station (KL Sentral) is a transit-oriented development that houses the main railway station of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. Opened on 16 April 2001, KL Sentral replaced the old Kuala Lumpur railway station as the ...
stations *
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's Kelana Jaya Line (LRT):
KL Sentral Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station (KL Sentral) is a transit-oriented development that houses the main railway station of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. Opened on 16 April 2001, KL Sentral replaced the old Kuala Lumpur railway station as the ...
station * MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line:
Muzium Negara The National Museum ( ms, Muzium Negara) is a museum located on Jalan Damansara in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The museum is situated in close proximity to the Perdana Lake Gardens, Kuala Lumpur, Lake Gardens and it provides an overview of Malay ...
station *
KTM Komuter KTM Komuter is a commuter rail system in Malaysia operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM). It was introduced in 1995 to provide local rail services in Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding Klang Valley suburban areas. Services were later expanded to ...
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KL Sentral Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station (KL Sentral) is a transit-oriented development that houses the main railway station of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. Opened on 16 April 2001, KL Sentral replaced the old Kuala Lumpur railway station as the ...
station *
Express Rail Link The Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd is a company that owns and operates the airport rail link of the same name that connects the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) with the Kuala Lumpur Sentral (KL Sentral) transportation hub, 57 kilometres apar ...
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KL Sentral Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station (KL Sentral) is a transit-oriented development that houses the main railway station of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. Opened on 16 April 2001, KL Sentral replaced the old Kuala Lumpur railway station as the ...
station * Rapid KL buses The combination of the commercial activity, schools and residential traffic and Brickfields' location as one of the major access points into and out the city frequently results in bad
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in the mornings and evenings.


Notable people

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Ananda Krishnan Tatparanandam Ananda Krishnan (Tamil: த. ஆனந்தகிருஷ்ணன்) (born 1 April 1938) is a Malaysian-Tamil businessman, the Chairman of Usaha Tegas Sdn Bhd and founder of Yu Cai Foundation (YCF). Nicknamed A.K., he is es ...
, one of Malaysia and South East Asia's richest men, grew up in Brickfields and studied at the Vivekananda Tamil school. * Bastianpillai Paul Nicholas, Malaysia's first Asian banker. * Tan Sri Devaki Krishnan, the first Malaysian woman to stand for election.


References


Further reading

* Baxstrom, Richard (2008). ''Houses in Motion: The Experience of Place and the Problem of Belief in Urban Malaysia''. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 304 pp. . * Baxstrom, Richard (2010). ''Transforming Brickfields: Development and Governance in a Malaysian City''. Singapore: National University of Singapore Press. 283 pp. . * Moses, Balan (2007). ''Brickfields: A Place, A Time, A Memory''. Kuala Lumpur. 207 pp. . * Willford, Andrew (2006). ''Cage of Freedom: Tamil Identity and the Ethnic Fetish in Malaysia''. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 360 pp. .


External links

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Tourism Malaysia – Little India Brickfields
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