Chow Kit

3°9′47.9″N 101°41′48.8″E / 3.163306°N 101.696889°E / 3.163306; 101.696889

Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman in Chow Kit

Chow Kit is a suburb in central Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is located around Jalan Chow Kit (Chow Kit Road) and is enclosed by the parallel streets of Jalan Raja Laut and Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman. It is named after Loke Chow Kit (Chinese: 陸秋傑; Jyutping: Luk6 Cau1 Git6; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lio̍k Chhiu-kia̍t) a well-known miner, municipal councilor, public official, and also the first local owner of a department store - Chow Kit & Co – which was the largest in KL at the time.[1]

Today the area features a large Indonesian community and known as "Little Jakarta".[2] The majority of Indonesia's Minangkabau, Javanese, and Acehnese open restaurants and as retailer.[3][4] Recently, a small African community also lives there. There is a night market also known as Bundle Chow Kit along Lorong Haji Taib which is known for the sale of used clothing and accessories.[5]

  1. ^ "Malaysian Road Names: Who's Who?". Archived from the original on 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2017-01-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Antje Missbach; Separatist Conflict in Indonesia: The Long-distance Politics of the Acehnese diaspora; Routledge; 2012
  3. ^ Sismudjito, Rizabuana Ismail and Darul Amin Abdul Munaf; The Rise and Tide of the Minangkabau Traditional Trading in Kuala Lumpur: A Preliminary Research; 2015
  4. ^ Chow Kit ‘Pasar Aceh’ di Malaysia
  5. ^ "Bundle Chow Kit tetap hebat", Harian Metro. Bernama. Accessed 19 July 2007.[dead link‍]