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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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