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| | | The building backed onto a narrow lane, which was used for deliveries and removal of night soil, and to provide access for fire fighting. Prior to 1884, shophouses were atap huts built by Chinese merchants to service the miners. In 1884, Frank Swettenham, concerned about fire hazards, decreed that the shophouses had to be rebuilt in brick with tiled roofs. | | | | | | The Kuala Lumpur Heritage Trails is a collaboration between Tourism Malaysia and Badan Warisan Malaysia (Heritage of Malaysia Trust). | | | The Badan is a non-profit non-government organization. It was established in 1983 with the objective of promoting the preservation and conservation of Malaysia’s built heritage. Badan Warisan’s Heritage Centre is located in a 1920s British Colonial style bungalow. It has facilities for exhibitions, seminars, a gift shop and a specialist resource centre. In the garden is the restored cultural exhibit Rumah Penghulu Abu Seman, a Malay timber house formerly residence of a local headman in Kedah. It is beautifully adorned with intricate carvings and decorated to reflect a house in the 1930s. Guided tours which includes a video documentary of the restoration are available. Visitors are very welcome. BADAN WARISAN MALAYSIA, 2 Jalan Stonor, 50450 Kuala Lumpur. |
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| Tel 03-21449273 / Fax 03- 2145 7884 Open: Monday-Friday l0:00am- 5:00pm, Saturday 11:00am - 4:00pm Closed: Sunday and public holidays. | | | | | | | Kuala Lumpur : Heritage Trail | Overview |
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