Surrounded by skyscrapers: Old wooden and zinc houses in Kampung Baru stand in stark contrast against the rapid development taking place around the Malay village.— FARID WAHAB/The Star
KAMPUNG Baru in the heart of Kuala Lumpur is the last bastion against the onslaught of infrastructural modernisation that is sweeping through the capital city.
Spanning 124.37ha, the traditional Malay village enclave, surrounded by the major tourist areas of Jalan Ampang, Jalan Sultan Ismail and Jalan Raja Laut seems to be frozen in time.
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Kampung Baru
Surrounded by skyscrapers: Old wooden and zinc houses in Kampung Baru stand in stark contrast against the rapid development taking place around the Malay village.— FARID WAHAB/The Star
Traffic congestion in Jalan Raja Mahadi is made worse by double-parking, a common occurrence in Kampung Baru.
Children playing on a narrow and congested street in Kampung Baru.
Illegal stalls along Jalan Raja Mahadi in Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur in open defiance of the prohibitive sign next to them.
As if frozen in time, many houses in Kampung Baru are still wooden, and arranged very closely to each other, posing a fire risk.
Kampung Baru’s idyllic village setting in the city remains untouched by development.—Photos: FARID WAHAB and LOW LAY PHON/The Star
Roadside stalls are a common sight in Kampung Baru.
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