Royal Selangor Club (Kuala Lumpur)

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Address:
Royal Selangor Club
Jalan Raja
50050 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Phone: (+603) 2692 7166
Fax: (+603) 2693 4724
Website: www.rscweb.my/

The Royal Selangor Club was founded in 1884 by the British as a meeting point for educated and high-ranking members of British colonial society. The building was initially designed by A.C. Norman, as a tiny wooden building with an "attap" roof. It was later redesigned in the Tudor style by Arthur Benison Hubback. Over the years, the club's membership increased and has also began to include high-ranking Malaysian civil servants: judges, lawyers and important people in society. The club's proximity to the High Courts at the other side of Dataran Merdeka has also made the club a suitable meeting place for the legal fraternity.

While the club is more than 100 years old, much of its early records were lost during the three-years Japanese Occupation of Malaya from 1942 to 1945. Most of the historical documents and books stored within the building were ripped off from its place and used as a toilet paper by the Japanese Army. The building was also not spared from frequent flooding in Kuala Lumpur. Between the start of the 1910s and 1930s, the club was recorded to be hit by floods in 1911, 1917, 1925 and 1926. In 1970, a fire razed the main section of the club building. Shortly after, another flood struck Kuala Lumpur and the building was nearly obliterated. The club building was reconstructed between 1978 to 1980 at a cost of M$6 million. It was built in a similar Mock Tudor style as the original club building.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Selangor_Club
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Coordinates:   3°8'56"N   101°41'34"E

Comments

  • Shouldn't it be the 'Selangor Club'? Royal Selangor refers to the local pewter company. Reckon the British Colonists weren't thinking of that when the named this place.
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