Cheras, Kuala Lumpur

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For the Selangor side of the same town, refer Cheras, Selangor.

Cheras is best described as a suburb in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur. With its lush greenery and friendly locals, it has been voted one of the best suburbs to live in. The suburb covers a large geographic area north eastern side of Kuala Lumpur, including its famous recreational garden, "Taman Tasik Permaisuri" with its large lakes and family oriented facilities. Cheras is also adjacent to Ampang to the north and leads to Kajang to the south. Cheras is generally considered a safer area than the Petaling Jaya district, and has seen an influx of migrants from such places as Bangsar, Petaling Jaya, and Subang due to its safer and more conducive environment to bring up a happy child. "The Sun always shines on cheras" , which the locals smiles are testament to. One cannot possibly feel unsafe, unwanted or unhappy the moment they are in Cheras.

1 Sports Facilities
2 Transportation
3 Shopping
4 Education
5 Food
6 External Links

[edit] Sports Facilities

Cheras played host to the 1995 SEA games, therefore housing many international standard sports facilities and stadiums, including the famous Tun Razak Football stadium where Hari Raj, Jackson Chan and Helmi Hamzah from the local Selangor Club scored the most amazing goals in Cheras history. Though controversy followed the amazing feat, it has not dampered the spirits of the heroes if mentioned to them.

[edit] Transportation

There is also a local saying that "all roads lead to Cheras". There are several LRT stations located in Cheras. On the STAR LRT Line, the Cempaka station is located in Pandah Indah. Over in Cheras proper, there is the Cheras station that serves on the Putra LRT Kelana Jaya Line. At the Tun Razak Rail interchange, fellow travellers are able to take a ride direct to KLIA as well through the KLIA Transit which is only a 20 minute journey. There are also a number of buses that goes through Cheras. The major highways in Cheras are Jalan Cheras, Jalan Cheras-Kajang, Jalan Cheras-Seremban, etc.

[edit] Shopping

There are many local shopping centres situated in Cheras. They are Leisure Mall, Connaught Market Centre (Giant Hypermarket) , Carrefour Cheras, Jaya Jusco, UE3 (Uncange Emas), Phoenix Plaza (Which was opened by international movie star Jackie Chan and Hero Hyper Marker located at Taman Tasik Permaisuri. There are many shophouses, street markets and weekend markets all over the Cheras suburban estates.

[edit] Education

Cheras is home to the UCSI University-College. It is situated in Taman Connaught. Cheras is also home to a number of private schools, namely Sri Cempaka Cheras, Cempaka International School and Cempaka College situated in Taman Cheras Permata Dua.Cempaka Schools also has another campus in Damansara Heights.

[edit] Food

With all its spectacular sights and amazing environment, Cheras is also considered a haven for food lovers. With each 'Taman' (Garden) having its own designated hawker center, one can find unlimited choices. Famous areas in Cheras for food are Taman Midah for its "Bak Kut Teh" with the fierce lady, Fresh Seafood at the very popular "Hau Kee" in Taman Ulek, Asam Laksa at the friday Night Market at Taman Segar, "De Mou" at the PGRM near Taman Maluri, Delicious Thai Food at Taman Nirvana.

[edit] External Links

Kuala Lumpur travel guide from Wikitravel

	Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
Constituencies: Bandar Tun Razak \| Batu \| Bukit Bintang \| Cheras \| Kepong \| Lembah Pantai \| Segambut \| Seputeh \| Setiawangsa \| Titiwangsa \| Wangsa Maju
Places: Bandar Manjalara \| Bandar Sri Pemaisuri \| Bandar Tasik Selatan \| Bangsar \| Brickfields \| Bukit Damansara \| Bukit Jalil \| Bukit Kiara \| Bukit Nanas \| Bukit Petaling \| Bukit Tunku \| Chow Kit \| Damansara Town Centre \| Dang Wangi \| Imbi \| Jalan Duta \| Jinjang \| Kampung Baru \| Kampung Datuk Keramat \| Kuchai Lama \| Kerinchi \| Maluri \| Medan Tuanku \| Miharja \| Mont Kiara \| Pudu \| Puncak Jalil \| Salak South \| Semarak \| Setapak \| Sentul \| Shamelin \| Sri Hartamas \| Sri Petaling \| Sungai Besi \| Taman Desa \| Taman OUG \| Taman Melawati \| Taman Tun Dr Ismail \| Taman U-Thant