PJ is well supplied with shopping malls and amusement places popular with the residents of KL. Malaysia’s first theme park Sunway Lagoon has a wide selection of rides and a water theme park that prove to be very popular with the children. Popular areas for dining and shopping in PJ include SS2, Subang Jaya, Bandar Utama, Sunway and Damansara.

Getting There

By road
PJ is well linked with Kuala Lumpur and the rest of the country by road. The main Kuala Lumpur-PJ link is the Federal Highway which goes through the middle of PJ and continues to Subang Jaya, Shah Alam, Klang and Port Klang. The main link to the northern part of PJ is the Sprint Expressway while the southern areas of PJ are served by the New Pantai Expressway.
If using the North-South Expressway (E1), the main exits for PJ are Subang Jaya, and Damansara.

By train
The Kelana Jaya line light rail transit (formerly known as PUTRA-LRT) snakes from central Kuala Lumpur to the center of PJ and is a good way of avoiding the traffic jams between the two, especially at rush hour. The main stations in PJ are Taman Jaya (nearest to PJ New Town), Asia Jaya (walking distance to the KL-Klang bus stop), Taman Paramount, and Kelana Jaya.
The KTM Komuter electric trains also stops at several places in PJ, albeit not as convenient as the LRT. The PJ stations, namely Jalan Templer, Kampung Dato Harun, Seri Setia and Setia Jaya, are on the Sentul-Port Klang Line.

By bus
To/from Kuala Lumpur: Petaling Jaya is linked to Kuala Lumpur by Rapid KL and Metrobus buses. Main bus hubs are Asia Jaya, Damansara Uptown and Bandar Utama. Main Rapid KL routes linking Kuala Lumpur and PJ are T80 (Shah Alam via Federal Highway), T81 (Subang via Federal Highway) and T82 (Bandar Utama). There are also bus connections from PJ to Klang and Port Klang, served by Transnasional (which can be caught at bus stops along the Federal Highway), and Putrajaya (Rapid KL route T43 fron Bandar Utama).

To/from other destinations: The luxury Aeroline operating between PJ and Singapore with double-deck coaches stops at two locations in PJ – Menara Axis (opposite the Asia Jaya LRT station) and One Utama Shopping Centre. From Menara Axis, there are four services to Singapore daily (departing 8:00, 9:30, 11:00, 18:00) while at One Utama, there are two daily trips (departing 10:00 and 18:30).

Rapid KL’s network works on a hub and spoke concept, where trunk routes (the bus number starts with “U”) from Kuala Lumpur link hubs in Petaling Jaya where local shuttle buses (the bus number starts with “T”) fan out into the numerous residential areas. Local shuttles also radiate from light rail transit (LRT) stations. Main hubs include the Kelana Jaya, Taman Bahagia, Asia Jaya and Taman Jaya LRT stations, and Bandar Utama (next to One Utama Shopping Centre), Damansara Uptown, EPF and Asia Jaya bus stops.

All Metrobus buses (fares go according to distance) with destinations in PJ originate from Kuala Lumpur. They serve most areas in PJ, especially Section 14, Kota Damansara, and southern PJ.

If you are staying in the major hotels (Hilton, Sunway Resort, Eastin, Crystal Crown, Royale Bintang, and Armada), all of them have shuttle bus services that take guests into KL City and various PJ landmarks such as Sunway Lagoon, One Utama, and The Curve Shopping Center.

By taxi
All metered taxis operating in Kuala Lumpur also serve PJ.

Comfort Taxi Tel: +60-3-26922525. RM1 surcharge on top of the meter.
Super Cab Taxi Tel: +60-3-78055333. RM1 surcharge on top of the meter.
Radio Cab Taxi Tel: +60-3-26936211. RM1 surcharge on top of the meter.
Public Cab Taxi Tel: +60-3-62592020. RM1 surcharge on top of the meter.

Shopping

Various pasar malam (night markets) can be found on the main streets in the suburbs around Petaling Jaya. It’s the best way to get to know the ‘true’ Malaysian culture. There you can find fresh foods, quick snacks and it is also a popular target by the local triads to sell their contraband merchandise of anything under the sun. Let it be clothing, electronics, mobile phone accessories, pirated DVDs and Audio CDs etc. You get a very good bargain if you buy them in bulk or if you speak Malay or Chinese dialect (most Chinese in PJ understands Hokkien).

But if it’s air-con and fast food you want, PJ does have a few megamalls:

Sunway Pyramid Megamall Is one of The Best Thematic Mall in Malaysia, with lots of mini tenants including a Twelve-Cineplex. Occupies the best location in PJ State as it is just 3 minutes by car from the Subang Jaya KTM Station (Pel. Klang line).

Amcorp Mall, 18 Persiaran Barat, Off Jln. Timur. Mall with lots of mini-anchor tenants as well as Malaysia’s best weekend flea market on the Lower Ground floor. Occupies the best location in PJ State as it is just 5 minutes walk from the Taman Jaya LRT Station (Kelana Jaya Line).

Digital Mall, Section 14. Located in the building previously occupied by Metrojaya, just across the street from Jaya SC, this colourful building with a mosaic-like facade, unique neon lights, and large TV screen opened its doors on August 9 as the city’s first IT-lifestyle mall. Digital Mall was developed by the SM Land Group.

Giant Kelana Jaya, Jalan SS6/4. Overlooking the Kelana Jaya Lake, this complex has a Giant Hypermarket as its anchor (hence the name) and numerous other tenants including a Starbucks and a large food court on the 3rd Floor.

Jaya Shopping Centre, Jalan Semangat, Sec. 14. The first mall in Petaling Jaya, this popular community shopping complex has stuff from from one’s favourite food to fashion, perfumes to hardware, books to amusements. Cold Storage Supermarket takes up a sizable chunk of the Ground floor, other tenants include Popular Books, Oriental Chinese Restaurant, Guardian Pharmacy, and SenHeng. Jaya Shopping Centre is currently closed and it will be re-developed into a modern shopping mall. Jaya 33 is it’s replacement while it undergoes redevelopment. In May 2009, while the building was undergoing demolition works, it collapsed, and an icon of PJ is no more.

Millennium Square, Section 14. Another newly-completed mall in Section 14, this one is more of a community-based complex as it is surrounded by houses as well as the Menara Jaya condo and below the Millennium Place Residences. Located around 5 minutes drive along the road from Jaya SC. Cafe such as picadilly which serves local and western.

Mutiara Damansara. A new commercial precinct that is home to Asia’s largest IKEA store together with the adjoining IKANO Power Centre. Other malls here include The Curve lifestyle and F&B mall as well as a large TESCO hypermarket and the Cineleisure Damansara Entertainment Complex. The precinct is served by an hourly free shuttle bus from Kelana Jaya LRT (at the entrance to IKANO Centre).

One Utama, 1 Lebuh Bandar Utama (hourly free shuttle bus from LRT Kelana Jaya). One of the largest and most popular malls in the entire Klang Valley, recently expanded with a brand new wing. Existing tenants Jusco, Marks & Spencer, and TGV Cinemas in the old block are now accompanied by those in the new wing such as Parkson, MPH Megastore, Golden Screen Cinemas, Celebrity Fitness, and Marks & Spencer as well as Malaysia’s largest rock-climbing gymnasium.

The Atria, Jalan SS22/23, Damansara Jaya. Another community shopping mall with Giant as its anchor tenant. Located right in the middle of the often overlooked Damansara Jaya Town Centre.

The Curve, No. 6 Jalan PJU 7/3, Mutiara Damansara. This very popular lifestyle and fashion mall forms the centre-piece of the Mutiara Damansara commercial precinct (see above). The complex is split into The Street (outdoor mall) and The Walk (indoor). Anchor tenants include the new MJ by Metrojaya, VISTA Vision Specialist (Region Largest LASIK Outlet), Borders Books’ second outlet, MPH Bookstores and HSL Digital Lifestyle as well as Fitness First, Red Box Karaoke, and Marche Movenpick Restaurant at The Street. Other shopping haven nearby include TESCO Hypermarket, IKEA & 10 screen newly opened Cathay Cineplex.

Thrifty Mall, Jalan Barat, Sec. 8. The “other” shopping centre in PJ State (the other being Amcorp), the three-storey building also known as “Wisma Thrifty” has a Giant Supermarket, Courts Mammoth furniture store, and Olympia College as anchors. A Coffee Bean outlet and Memory Lane giftshop are also located here.

SStwo Mall. Newly completed in 2010, this RM180 million development by Asian Retail Mall Fund II (ARMF II) is located on SS2/72. The soft opening took place on 15 December 2010. This five storey mall has 1000 car parking bays and some 200 retail units spread across 63,000 square metres (470,000 square feet nett lettable area) of floor area. One of the mall’s key highlights is Haven@two, an open-air courtyard dedicated to F&B, with alfresco-style dining. SStwo Mall is managed by CB Richard Ellis

Eating

Eating is almost a national obsession with eateries available around the clock. Petaling Jaya is home to many restaurants and stalls serving all sorts of Asian and Western cuisine catering to almost all sorts of budgets.

Mamak restaurants are found throughout the city. A veritable PJ institution, these 24-hour restaurants operated mainly by Indian-Muslims are popular amongst the young crowd for the live soccer broadcasts on weekends (and weekdays on occasion) as well as cheap food.

Where to Stay

Hilton Petaling Jaya Hotel
No 2 Jalan Barat , Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 46200 (
Conveniently located in the heart of Petaling Jaya’s business district, the Hilton Petaling Jaya Hotel is just 30 minutes from Kuala Lumpur, 12 km from the airport and plus it’s quite close to the ancient city of Malacca. Read more ….

One World Hotel
First Avenue, Off Dataran Bandar, One Utama, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 47800
The surrounding malls definitely added to the shopping experience. Petaling Jaya is probably a better place to stay in rather than jostling with the traffic within the heart of Kuala Lumpur.Read more …

Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa
Persiaran Lagoon, Bandar Sunway, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 46150
Located just 25 minutes away from the Airport, the resort also offers easy access to the business district and central Kuala Lumpur. One of the most popular place of stay in KL, guests are surrounded by Sunway Lagoon Theme Park, upscale Sunway Pyramid Shopping and Entertainment Mall, a Balinese-inspired spa, London’s super dance music club Ministry of Sounds-EUPHORIA, countless outdoor themed venues, food & beverage offerings, and medical centre.Read more …

Selangor Fun Map

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Malaysia Maps
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PLACES OF INTEREST
4C African/Tropical American &
Asia Pacific Floral Collection
4D Anjung (Commercial Centre)
4C Explorer’s Trail
4C Flamingo/Mandarin Duck Pond
3C Istana Hinggap (Palace)
4D Istana Melawati (Palace)
4C Lakeside Cafe
4C Lookout Tower
4C Nature Interpretation Centre (NIC)
4C Nature Trails
3C Putra Mosque
3C Putra Square
2C Putrajaya Mosque
2D Putrajaya Square
4C Taman Botani (Botanical Garden)
4D Taman Putra Perdana
5F Taman Rimba Alam
4D Taman Warisan Pertanian
(Agriculture Heritage Park)
4C Taman Wetland (Wetland Park)
4C Visitors’ Centre

ENTERTAINMENT/SHOPPING
4C Gift Shop
4C Souvenir Shop

HOTELS
5C IOI Renaissance Palm Garden Hotel
5C Mariott Putrajaya Hotel
4D Putrajaya Shangri-La Hotel

Night Markets, held in some residential areas once a week, is an excellent way to experience the local culture. There are nine night markets held in the Petaling Jaya main residential area and five each at Subang Jaya, Shah Alam and Klang. Remember to hone your bargaining skills before making a dash for the goods!

Most of the sights are near the attractive central lake gardens, and you will definitely be impressed by the amazing architectural design of the state mosque, the Masjid Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, nick named the Blue Mosque for its blue aluminum dome covered in a rosette of verses from Qur’an.

If you miss the 1030 bus, you can either walk the remaining 7km to the peak or hitch a ride up from passing cars.

The bus journey from Bukit Fraser to KKB is at 1430.

There is a one way up and one way down road system now at Fraser’s Hill.

The old Gap Gates is the way down and the new road which is about 200m further from the Gap Resthouse is the way up.

Fraser’s Hill is open to private vehicles, but drivers are warned that there’s no fuel station in Fraser’s; the nearest place with fuel are Raub and KKB.

The Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Mosque is located in Shah Alam, capital city of Selangor. The Sultan, who bears the same name as the mosque, decided to build this mosque after he moved the capital of Selangor to Shah Alam. The mosque was completed on March 11, 1988.

Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Mosque is one of the largest mosques in South-east Asia, and has the capacity to accommodate up to 24,000 worshippers at any one time. The four minarets which reach the height of 142m in the air are the tallest in the world, and the blue and silver dome 51.2m diameter wide and soars to a height of 106.7m above the ground is the largest religious dome.

The mosque is hence nicked named the “Blue Mosque” for its blue aluminium dome covered in rosette of verses from the Quran, although it bears little resemblance to the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.

Visitors should dress according to the Islamic dress code.

Suitable attire is provided at the main entrance.

Zoo Negara: Orang Utans

Introduction: About 13km northeast of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s largest zoo, Zoo Negara (National Zoo) is laid out over 62ha around a central lake. The collection has a sampling of native Malaysian wildlife, as well as a wide range of animals from all over the world, a good aquatic display and an impressive reptile house. Among the more exotic exhibits are the Sumatran tiger, orang-utans, and gibbons (all are extremely rare outside of this part of the world).

Zoo Negara: “Locked Horns” (C) Kusou Gallery

Besides showcasing the animals to the public, Zoo Negara also emphasize on Conservation, Education, Research and Recreation. Animal rides such as elephant, pony, camel and horse are available around lunchtime. There are frequent animal performances throughout the day (check schedule with the Zoo).

Zoo Negara: Giraffes

Zoo Negara: A Sumatra Tiger (C) Abdhakamabdah

The spacious picnic grounds in Zoo Negara around the boating lake are excellent for family recreation.

For an opportunity to watch nocturnal animals, visit Zoo Negara on Saturday nights.

Location: Zoo Negara, Jalan Ulu Kelang, 68000 Ampang, Selangor
Tel: 4108 3427

Opening Hours and Rates

Zoo Negara by Day is open daily from 9.00am – 5.00pm

Zoo Negara by Night is open on Saturday, Sunday and Malaysian Public Holidays from 9.00am – 10.30pm.

Rates

Adult RM15.00
Children (3yrs old-12yrs old) RM 6.00
Senior Citizen (60 years above) RM 6.00

Free entry if it is your birthday!
(Please bring along I/C or birth certificate as proof)

Group discount (Malaysian Citizen Only)
15 and above RM1 off normal ticket rate
30 and above RM2 off normal ticket rate

School Consession Rate
Students with uniform RM 4.00

With every 10 students that comes in, one teacher only has to pay RM 6.00
2 complimentary tickets with the first 20 students

Selangor

Selangor Guide

Selangor state surrounds the federal territory of Kuala Lumpur city and is hailed as the gateway to Malaysia. Many of the state’s attractions – such as the Batu Caves, FRIM (Canopy Walk), and Zoo Negara are popular day trip destinations from Kuala Lumpur city.

The magnificent Kota Darul Ehsan Arch along the Federal Highway welcomes visitors driving into the state. This Moorish-styled arch is the state’s most distinguishing landmark, erected to mark the ceding of Kuala Lumpur to the Federal Government in 1974.

Shah Alam, Selangor’s capital, has the distinction of harmonizing nature with modernization; residential areas and commercial centers are set admist lush landscapes and a sprawling lake. Shopping malls can be found all over the capital as well as in Petaling Jaya.

There’s so much to see and do in Selangor, for those with a little more time to spend, Bukit Fraser offers amazing stopovers; a pleasantly cool hill-station which straddles the state’s border with Pahang, and the old royal capital Kuala Selangor with its wildlife watching and authentic kampong Malaysia atmosphere.

This is Selangor, gateway to Malaysia!