Petaling Street

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Today a "Green Dragon" covers Petaling Street.

Petaling Street or Jalan Petaling in Malay, is a Chinatown located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Chinese Malaysians call it Chi-Cheong-Kai in Cantonese. It is infamous for pirated clothes and accessories along with bootleg DVDs and CDs. Petaling Street however does not exclusively offer pirated products. Haggling is a common sight here and the place is usually crowded with locals as well as tourists. The area has dozens of restaurants and food stalls, serving local favourites such as Hokkien mee, BBQ fish, assam Laksa and curry noodles. Traders here are mainly Chinese but there are also Indian, Malay, and Bangladeshi traders.

1 Features
2 Recent events
3 Other usage
4 External link

[edit] Features

One popular item sold here is watches, with nearly ⅓ of the traders here sell this item.

Located behind Petaling Street is a 3-star Swiss Inn Hotel. Also near there is a Chinese bookshop and a few stalls selling Chicken Rice and Noodles. A small mata kucing stall is also located there.

Nearby is Masjid Jamek, an old mosque of Moorish architecture while a tourist spot known as Central Market is within walking distance. It is also nearby Pasar Seni LRT station of Kelana Jaya Line and Maharajalela Monorail station.

[edit] Recent events

Recently, there have been complaints that the traders here are particularly rude against customers. There have been calls to shut the area down completely due to its reputation but the suggestion was ill-received. ^{[citations needed]}