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Jalan Melayu
Jalan
Melayu was known as Malay Street because of the strong Malay presence here in
the past. It was filled with Malay spice factories, Indian bakeries and Chinese
bicycle shops. A prominent property owner from the 1870s was Haji Mohamed Eusop
bin Abubakar, a sea captain from Terengganu who made his fortune as a rice trader.
He invested his fortune in a number of properties in Kuala Lumpur, including
Jalan TAR. On Jalan Melayu, he owned shophouses Nos 23-35, which he had built
in the Utilitarian-style.
Today, some of these shops are occupied by Indian wholesalers, interspersed
with Indian restaurants. One such wholesaler is the Goodluck Trading Company,
which distributes soft furnishings, Malaysian batik and pelikat (woven cotton
worn as sarongs by men). This Hindu company started in 1895 on Jalan TAR and
moved here in 1965.
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