Cheras, Kuala Lumpur
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Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
, the capital city of Malaysia. The township is located to the south-east of Kuala Lumpur. Cheras is also adjacent to Ampang
Ampang
Ampang is a suburb of Kuala Lumpur in the Titiwangsa constituency, partly located in the state of Selangor, Malaysia and was historically a tin mining town. Its area in Kuala Lumpur is identified as being along the Ampang Road and Ampang Hilir.-History:...
to the north and Kajang
Kajang
Kajang, is a town in the eastern part of Selangor, Malaysia. Kajang is the district capital of Hulu Langat. It is located from of Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur.The current locational gravity of growth in Kajang would be Sungai Chua...
to the south, both of which are major cities within the metropolitan area of Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
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Origins
Originally, Cheras is the name of a kingdom in ancient Tamilakkam. Outside of Malaysia on the central part of the island of Sumatra are a group of people called the Karo Bataks carrying Dravidian clan names such as Chera, Chola, Pandya, and Pallava.In the 80' for the surrounding community as specially the Chinese, before the named of Cheras, it was called as "Jiu Lai" (In Cantonese), all the way from 3 1/2 Miles to 11 Miles towards Kajang. back then there was 3 major suburb in Jiu Lai 5 1/2 Miles which is "Yulek" means "energized" (Today known as Taman Cheras) and "Boton" means "Treasure fortress" (Today known as Taman Midah) and Cheras Baru was "6 Miles Village"
Administration
The suburb is a Federal Territory of Kuala LumpurKuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
. This excludes a portion of the area known as Cheras, Selangor
Cheras, Selangor
Cheras is a bustling suburb that stretches from the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur to Kajang in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. It hosts a large number of housing estates and shopping malls and is well connected via highways and trunk roads...
which resides in the state of Selangor
Selangor
Selangor also known by its Arabic honorific, Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity") is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east, Negeri Sembilan to the south and the Strait of Malacca to the west...
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Sports facilities
Cheras played host to the 1995 SEA gamesSoutheast Asian Games
The Southeast Asian Games , is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia...
and 1998 Commonwealth Games, and therefore houses many international standard sports facilities and stadiums, including the Kuala Lumpur Football Stadium (located in Bandar Tun Razak
Bandar Tun Razak
Bandar Tun Razak is a township as well as parliamentary constituency in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is named after the second Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdul Razak....
), Cheras Badminton Stadium, Velodrome, and National Swimming Center (near Kuala Lumpur Football Stadium).
Hotels
Cheras is ideal for tourists and itinerant executives looking for accommodation that doesn't come with the urban bustle, but still accessible from the city centre.Hotel Caliber , located along MRR2 or Middle Ring Road in Cheras, offers 132 rooms. It has a restaurant, KTV, conference room, Wi-Fi services, and health spa.
Hotel Maluri Inn located in the middle of Taman Maluri (near Aeon Jaya Jusco Taman Maluri), offers competitive room price.
Transportation
Cheras hosts several LRT stations. On the Star LRTAmpang Line
The Ampang Line is one of the two lines in Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System network operated by RapidKL Rail network. The other rail network is the Kelana Jaya Line....
Line, the Cheras station
Cheras LRT station
Cheras LRT station is a Malaysian at-grade rapid transit station situated near and named after the Kuala Lumpur township of Cheras. The station is part of the Sri Petaling-Sentul Timur branch of the Ampang Line .The station was opened on July 11, 1998, as part of the second phase of the STAR...
is located in Jalan Ikan Emas and Maluri Station is located in the busy road of Jalan Cheras, near Aeon Jaya Jusco Mall, Taman Maluri
Maluri
Maluri is one of the main housing estates in the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, near the state border to Selangor. It can be accessed through the Maluri LRT station on the Ampang Line. It is the closest housing estate to Kuala Lumpur's Golden Triangle and is accessed via Jalan Cochrane, Jalan Perkasa,...
. The Bandar Tasik Selatan Rail interchange is also connected to the KLIA through the ERL Expressway
KLIA Transit
KLIA Transit is a rail service linking Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia and KL International Airport as well as three other stops in between...
, a 20 minute journey, and also connected to KTM Intercity Railway
KTM Komuter
KTM Komuter is a commuter train service in Malaysia operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu . It was introduced in 1995 to provide local rail services in Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding Klang Valley suburban areas. It is popular with commuters into the city, who thus avoid being caught in road traffic...
and the new Interstate bus station, Terminal Bersepadu Selatan (TBS).
There are also a number of buses that goes through Cheras. Major highways in Cheras include Jalan Cheras, Cheras-Kajang Highway, SMART tunnel Highway, MEX Highway (Kuala Lumpur-Putrajaya), and KESAS Highway. Cheras also will hosts few MRT
MRT
- Rapid transit systems :* Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit* Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit system in Kaohsiung, Taiwan* Manila Metro Rail Transit System* Mass Rapid Transit system in Singapore* MRT , officially named Mass Rapid Transit...
stations in the newly proposed Klang Valley MRT project which would kick start the ground work at July 2011. Among the stations proposed is Taman Pertama Station, Taman Midah Station, Cheras Leisure Mall Station, Plaza Phoenix Station, Taman Suntex Station, Bandar Tun Hussein Onn
Bandar Tun Hussein Onn
Bandar Tun Hussein Onn is a township in 9th-Mile Cheras in Selangor, Malaysia. It was named after the third Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Hussein Onn. It is primarily a residential area.-Educations:...
station and Taman Cuepacs
Taman Cuepacs
Taman Cuepacs is a major township in Cheras, Selangor, Malaysia. .Taman Cuepacs is located near Pasukan Gerakan Am police base. The township gets its name from the abbreviation of Cuepacs which means Congress of Union of Employees in the Public And Civil Services.-Connections:Taman Cuepacs is...
. The proposed MRT
MRT
- Rapid transit systems :* Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit* Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit system in Kaohsiung, Taiwan* Manila Metro Rail Transit System* Mass Rapid Transit system in Singapore* MRT , officially named Mass Rapid Transit...
line is named as MRT Line 1 (Sungai Buloh-Kajang MRT Line).
Cheras has population around 250400 in 2010.
Shopping
Several local shopping centres were established in Cheras with varying success, including Cheras Leisure Mall, Connaught Market Centre (Giant Hypermarket), CarrefourCarrefour
Carrefour S.A. is an international hypermarket chain headquartered in Levallois-Perret, France. It is one of the largest hypermarket chains in the world...
Cheras, Taman Maluri Jaya Jusco
JUSCO
is the acronym for Japan United Stores Company, a chain of "general merchandise stores" and the largest of its type in Japan. The various JUSCO companies are subsidiaries of ÆON Co., Ltd.....
, UE3 (Uncang Emas) Mall Miharja
Viva Home
Viva Home is a shopping centre located along Jalan Loke Yew in the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. First opened in 1996 as Plaza UE3, it suffered a decline period and later was refurbished as Viva Home...
, Phoenix Plaza Batu 9 (abandoned) and Hero Super Market (located at Bandar Sri Permaisuri). The most recent centre to open is Aeon Jusco Cheras Selatan, situated near Balakong and Aeon Jusco Mahkota Cheras. There are many shop houses, street markets and weekend markets all over the Cheras suburban estates.
Cheras is also the home to the longest pasar malam
Pasar malam
Pasar malam is a Malay and Indonesian word that literally means "night market", "pasar" being related to "bazaar" in Persian. A pasar malam is a street market in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore that opens in the evening, usually in residential neighbourhoods.It brings together a collection of...
in Malaysia which is located in Taman Connaught
Taman Connaught
Taman Connaught is a main township in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is strategically located at the confluence of three major roads namely, Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2, Salak Expressway and Cheras Highway. The longest pasar malam in Malaysia is located here.-References:...
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The shopping culture in Cheras changed when KL Downtown http://www.kldowntown.com, a night bazaar opened on 24 June 2006. KL Downtown offers shopping through the wee hours of morning. It is located at a former carpark lot. It is a joint venture
Joint venture
A joint venture is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets...
between Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur
Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur City Hall is the local authority charged with the administration of Kuala Lumpur. It is an agency under the Federal Territories Ministry of Malaysia....
and Persatuan Pengasih Malaysia. 400 stalls were built, including an open stage for performance acts by Malaysian singers or arts
ARts
aRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is best known for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
group. It is open from 10pm - 4am everyday, and may exceeds up to 6am in the weekends.
Night activities at Bandar Tun Razak arose when several places were opened till midnight to boost its customers. Pusat Komuniti Bandar Tun Razak which is located at Taman Mulia the heart of Bandar Tun Razak serves food and has a night market.
Education
Cheras is famous for its schools and institutions of higher learning. The government has been investing heavily to build schools and institutions of higher learning especially in Bandar Tun RazakBandar Tun Razak
Bandar Tun Razak is a township as well as parliamentary constituency in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is named after the second Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdul Razak....
area.
Alam Shah Science School
Alam Shah Science School
Alam Shah Science School or in Malay:Sekolah Menengah Sains Alam Shah is an upper secondary residential school located at Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur. ASiS has been named as one of the High Performance School since early 2011. It renders education to selected male students achieving excellent...
or better known as ASiS
ASIS
ASIS may refer to:* Australian Secret Intelligence Service* Ada Semantic Interface Specification * American Society for Information Science and Technology, sometimes known as the American Society for Information Science...
is an upper secondary fully residential school located at Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur. ASiS has been named as one of the High Performance School since early 2011. It renders education to selected male students achieving excellent results in the Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) examination. Another boarding school located here is SM Sains Selangor
SM Sains Selangor
Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor or SM Sains Selangor literally translates into 'Selangor Science Secondary School'. It is under a special fully residential school programme by the Sector of Sekolah Berasrama Penuh , meaning `Fully Residential School' Sector, under the purview and control of the...
that located besides Alam Shah Science School
Alam Shah Science School
Alam Shah Science School or in Malay:Sekolah Menengah Sains Alam Shah is an upper secondary residential school located at Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur. ASiS has been named as one of the High Performance School since early 2011. It renders education to selected male students achieving excellent...
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Cheras is home to multiple schools and also UCSI University which offer courses like music, medicine, and architecture. The main campus, South Wing Campus, is situated in Taman Connaught. The Faculty of Engineering, Architecture, and Build Environment, which is also called North Wing Campus, is situated at Taman Taynton.
Kolej Teknologi YPC-iTWEB and Cyberbernetics International College of Technology (CiCT) is located in Taman Maluri, Cheras
Sekolah Menengah Teknik Kuala Lumpur, better known as Technical Institute of Kuala Lumpur (TIKL), is located at Jalan Yaacob Latif. It is a boarding school that offers courses such as Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Commerce. It was the first and oldest technical school in Malaysia. Once the best technical school in Malaysia in 2006. Nowadays, this school was declared as one of the Ministry of Education's Cluster School in 2008.
There are also 2 institutes used for teachers' training which are:
Institut Perguruan Ilmu Khas (Special Education Teachers' Institute).
Institut Perguruan Teknik (Technical Teachers' Institute).