Saving the history of Jalan Sultan

The Land and Mines Department has given Jalan Sultan landowners a final date of 30th January, 2012 to negotiate with MRT Corp, before it invokes the 1960 Land Acquisition Act to acquire land and property for the purpose of constructing the RM40 Billion Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (KVMRT) which runs underground along Jalan Sultan.

According to Heritage conservationist, Teoh Chee Keong, this is like taking away a piece of the puzzle from our country’s history.

Teoh said “The importance of Jalan Sultan is not just about the Chinese community history, it is also our country’s history, also the history of Kuala Lumpur.”

In this video, Teoh dwells into the history and development of Kuala Lumpur from the 1870, with historical maps and photographs.

Video by KSTan, Citizen Journalist