Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz

It's been quite awhile since I went on my walk-abouts around KL to share my stories here.  The other day I had to send my car for service and had some time on my hands waiting for it to be ready. So I made my way to Chow Kit and started to walk along Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz.

This used to be Princess Road, later renamed Jalan Raja Muda before it's present name to commemorate HH the Late Sultan of Selangor when he was crown prince.

Universiti Utara Malaysia or the Northern University of Malaysia, one of our public universities, has it's main campus in a little town called Sintok in the northern state of Kedah.
Before this building was erected at this site, there used to be a Pakistani food stall selling chapatis and an open-air badminton court with little wooden building attached where many taxi drivers used to meet.  I also remember seeing many of the artistes of yesteryears like SM Salim, Mak Enon and others, whose names I cannot recall, in that area.

This is an old building belonging to a co-operative (notice that many of the alphabets naming the building has fallen off).  It has always had a Malay restaurant operating here.

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia or the National University of Malaysia also still maintains a campus here.
When UKM started their medical faculty, HKL, or the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital then, was their training facility.  They have since moved to Cheras at the site where the former Lady Templer Hospital used to be.  The new hospital there is the Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia or HUKM for short.

As the area is also within the HKL (Kuala Lumpur Hospital) area, the Pediatrics Institute of HKL is also along this road.

This is the Jalan Raja Muda Stadium, formerly known as the TPCA Stadium before it was acquired by the Government in the early 1980s.

The Tamilian's Physical Cultural Association or TPCA was founded in 1914 by a group of Tamil government servants.  For more information visit their website here.

The food court next to the stadium is very popular.  Parking is limited and double parking is common.  So if you visit here and find yourself unable to move out, just be patient, or blast your horn ;-).

 

The National Cancer Society, Malaysia is located along Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz.

This is not the same as MAKNA, Majlis Kanser Nasional or National Cancer Council.  I mention this because I was previously under the impression that NCSM and MAKNA were the English and Malay acronym of the same organization.

For information on NCSM, click here.  For information on MAKNA, click here.

Medicine has come a long way since Avicenna (Ibn Sina).

Sungai Bunus cuts across Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz.

At this point, the river looks just like a monsoon drain.

There still are a few such houses still standing along this road.

NAZA, a local conglomerate, has a strong presence along Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz...

... as do other automobile dealers, of both local and foreign makes.

Some of the alternate medicine practitioners of Kampong Baru can be found here.