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Petaling Street (Malay: Jalan Petaling, Simplified Chinese: 茨厂街, Traditional Chinese: 茨廠街, pinyin: Cíchǎng Jiē, Cantonese jyutping: ci 4 cong 2 gaai 1,Tamil: பெட்டாலிங் தெரு , Peṭṭāliṅ teru ) is a Chinatown located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [1] The whole vicinity is also known as Chinatown KL ...
Super Home Ideas 2007; Global SMEs 2007 [2] Herbal Asia 2007 [3] Art Expo Malaysia 2007; INTRADE Malaysia [4] Furniture fair [5] Malaysia International Halal Showcase (23 - 27 June 2010) Malaysia Fashion Week (MFW) on 4 – 7 November 2015 [6]
After the independence of the Federation of Malaya from the British Empire on 31 August 1957 and later the Formation of Malaysia in 1963, Kuala Lumpur became the capital of Malaysia. Today, there is a street named after him in the heart of Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur, known as "Jalan Yap Ah Loy" or "Yap Ah Loy Road".
The standard language is promoted as a unifying symbol for the nation across all ethnicities, linked to the concept of Bangsa Malaysia (lit. 'Malaysian Nation'). The status as a national language is codified in Article 152 of the constitution, [7] further strengthened by the passage of the National Language Act 1963/67.
Due to its predominance in the capital city, Cantonese is highly influential in local Chinese-language media and is used in commerce by Malaysian Chinese. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] As a result, Cantonese is widely understood and spoken with varying fluency by Chinese throughout Malaysia, regardless of their language group.
Chinatowns in Asia are widespread with large concentrations of overseas Chinese in East Asia and Southeast Asia, and ethnic Chinese whose ancestors came from southern China — particularly the provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, and Hainan — and settled in countries such as Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand ...
World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur, formerly known as Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC; Malay: Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra), is a convention and exhibition centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The venue is sprawled over 1.7 million square feet with 235,000 square feet of exhibition space. [4] [1] A seminar held at one of the halls at PWTC (WTC KL)
Map of Malaysia. This is a list of local governments in Malaysia which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).