(Floor Map) Local Tour Route Map of Kuala Lumpur

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AppendixB
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1 NationalMonument
TheNational Monumentisasculpturethatcommemoratesthosewhodiedin
Malaysia's struggle for freedom, principally against the Japanese occupation
duringWorldWarIIandtheMalayanEmergency,whichlastedfrom1948until
1960.ItislocatedintheFederalcapital,KualaLumpur.TheMalaysianHousesof
Parliament are situated near the monument. It is the world's tallest bronze
freestanding sculpture grouping. Every year on 31 July on Warriors' Day, the
Yangdi-PertuanAgong,thePrimeMinister,headsofmilitary,andthepolicepay
theirrespectstothefallenheroesbylayinggarlandsatthemonument.
2 NationalMosque
TheNationalMosqueofMalaysiaislocatedinKualaLumpur.Ithasacapacity
of 15,000 people and is situated among 13 acres (53,000m2) of beautiful
gardens. The original structure was designed by a three-person team from the
PublicWorksDepartment:UKarchitectHowardAshley,andMalaysiansHisham
AlbakriandBaharuddinKassim.Themosquewasbuiltin1965onthesiteofa
church, the Venning Road Brethren Gospel Hall, which had stood there since
1922butwasappropriatedbytheMalaysiangovernment.Themosqueisabold
and modern approach in reinforced concrete, symbolic of the aspirations of a
thennewlyindependentMalaysia.Itskeyfeaturesarea73-metre-highminaret
and a 16-pointed star concrete main roof. The umbrella, synonymous with the
tropics, is featured conspicuously, the main roof is reminiscent of an open
umbrella,theminaret'scapafoldedone.Thefoldedplatesoftheconcretemain
roof are a creative solution to achieving the larger spans required in the main
gatheringhall.Reflectingpoolsandfountainsspreadthroughoutthecompound.
3 MerdekaSquare
Merdeka Square(orDataran Merdeka,Jawi:‫)مرديکداترن‬islocatedinKuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. It is situated in front of the Sultan Abdul Samad Building. It
washeretheUnionFlagwasloweredandtheMalayanflaghoistedforthefirst
time at midnight (time: 12:00 AM) on 31 August 1957. Since then, Merdeka
SquarehasbeentheusualvenuefortheannualMerdekaParade(NationalDay
Parade).
4 SultanAbdulSamadBuilding
The Sultan Abdul Samad Building (Malay: Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad;
Jawi: ‫ )عبدالصمد سلطان باڠونن‬is located in front of the Dataran Merdeka
(Independence Square) and the Royal Selangor Club, by Jalan Raja in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. The structure takes its name from Sultan Abdul Samad, the
reigning sultan of Selangor at the time when construction began. The building
housestheofficesoftheMinistryofInformation,CommunicationsandCultureof
Malaysia (Malay: Kementerian Penerangan, Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan
Malaysia). It formerly housed the superior courts of the country: the Federal
Court of Malaysia, the Court of Appeals and the High Court of Malaya. The
Federal Court and the Court of Appeals had shifted to the Palace of Justice in
Putrajayaduringtheearly2000s,whiletheHighCourtofMalayashiftedtothe
KualaLumpurCourtsComplexin2007.
5 PetronasTwinTower
The Petronas Towers, also known as the Petronas Twin Towers (Malay:
Menara Petronas, or Menara Berkembar Petronas), aretwin skyscrapers in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban
Habitat(CTBUH)'sofficialdefinitionandranking,theywerethetallestbuildings
intheworldfrom1998to2004andremainthetallesttwintowersintheworld.
ThebuildingsarealandmarkofKualaLumpur,alongwithnearbyKualaLumpur
Tower.
AppendixC
RouteMap/TransportationGuidelineofKualaLumpur