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Bank Simpanan Building

No 99 Jalan Tun HS Lee is a three-storey shophouse built in 1914 in classic Palladian style. It was designed to accommodate printing presses and provide the best natural light for typesetting, hence the wide span of the façade and the new larger-style Renaissance windows. The pediment spanned the entire roofline of the three bays. The building was reputedly the largest shophouse constructed during World War 1.

Called the Commercial Press Building, it housed the Commercial Press and Photographic Stores. The company, established in 1908, sold wholesale photographic materials and provided printing services. The Press printed the first Chinese newspaper in Kuala Lumpur.

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