Pudu Plaza (Kuala Lumpur)

Malaysia / Kuala Lumpur / Kuala Lumpur
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Address:
Pudu Plaza
Jalan Landak
55100 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia

Built in the late 1970's, Pudu Plaza is drawing old folks by the dozens. The senior citizens are here not to shop but to pass time and seek company. Step into Pudu Plaza any day and you are bound to see many elderly folk loitering in the complex. For years, this place has been their place to congregate. Some of them can be seen sitting at the entrance of the complex, while others hang out outside a snooker centre watching cue artistes potting black. There is also a food court where the senior citizens spend their time chatting or reading newspapers while the lonely ones can be seen taking a nap on stools. Many of their children’s are already grown-up and busy working, so Pudu Plaza is a natural place for them to hang out instead of "locking" themselves at home waiting to die.

Apart from senior citizens, Pudu Plaza is also quite a popular destination for camera enthusiasts and fans of leather goods. However, rumour has it that this area is a popular roosting place for "second wives" or mistresses. These girls would hide behind escalators to avoid prying eyes. The local population is very much aware of the presence of the girls from China, as there were many of them, although the number has dwindled slightly after constant raid by Selangor's Islamic Religious Authority (www.jais.gov.my/) and Immigration Department of Malaysia (www.imi.gov.my/). In addition, the National Council of Senior Citizens Organizations Malaysia (www.nacscom.org.my/) had often highlighted the plight of old folks to the government but because of the high rental rate to set up old care centre in Kuala Lumpur, nothing much can be done to address the problem.

In this building

  1. A S Book Centre
  2. PS skin and body
  3. CAD Focus Sdn Bhd (Kuala Lumpur)
  4. YL Camera
  5. Digitalsmania
  6. Studio Zaloon
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Coordinates:   3°8'14"N   101°42'49"E

Comments

  • alot of PRCs gather here and instead selling melon seeds....... they sell sex service for RM 100.
  • You want to play slot machines (lou fu kei)? This is the place. A licensed gambling centre awarded by DBKL. Guess what, DBKL is a co-owner of this place, a money making place. Police should have some stake as well. No worry, you will be able to escape if there is a raid as the centre will receive upfront "angin" should there be any.
  • I'm not surprise for that. Not only some of the government higher level servant had a share in 'legalized' gambling, they also had a share in all sort of illegal activity such as prostitution and loan shark. I know one person that used his 'commission money' to do this. People call him Yus. A disabled person who lost his left arm. Pretend like a humble servant by driving a purple Perodua Kancil but in real life... Only God's know...
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