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Jalan Chow Kit
It is named after the tin miner
and municipal councillor Loke Chow Kit. Chow Kit is a sub-district in
central Kuala Lumpur. It is located around Jalan Chow Kit (Chow Kit Road)
and is enclosed by the parallel streets of Jalan Raja Laut and
Jalan Tuanku
Abdul Rahman.
Chow Kit is acknowledged as one
of Malaysia's most infamous landmarks. Even though it may not be as well
known by tourists in comparison to its starlet cousin, Petaling Street (Jalan
Petaling),
which is located not far from here. Today the area features a large
Indonesian community, and more recently, a small African community.
It has a daily wet market known as
Bazaar Baru Chow Kit which is definitely the largest wet market & a tourist
attraction in Kuala Lumpur. It also features a night market also known as
Bundle Chow Kit along Lorong Haji Taib which is known for the sale of used
clothing and accessories.
The
Chow Kit Monorail
Station is
situated in this area and the
PWTC LRT station is located nearby. Major
hotels located here are The Grand Seasons, Best Western Pacific, The Legend
Hotel, & The Regency. A popular backpackers hostel "Hostel Cosmopolitan" is
situated on Jalan Haji Hussein just around the corner from the Monorail
station.
Jalan Chow Kit can be reach
easily by KLIA Taxi for the fare of RM74.30 (budget taxi) and RM102.10 /
RM199.80 for premier and family limo.
Note: The taxi fare published here (as on 15 Dec 2015) is an estimate and subjected to changes.
If you travel between 11:30 pm to 6:00 am, there will be an
additional 50% fare surcharge.
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