KL Chow Kit's Remaining Chinese Community

The Last Chinese Bastion In Chow Kit
The area this video ventures into is a historic landmark in a sub-section of Kulala Lumpur. The main wet market was called Pasar Chow Kit , now renamed Pasar Jalan Raja Bot, has existed since 1953. In fact this area ,and the main thororughfare , was named in honor of a tin miner , Loke Chow Kit. In those days this area was predominatly populated by Chinese as traders doing business in the wet market.Things have changed since the city riots of 1969 and even so now with the emergence of many migrants .
This video discovered something even most new folks of the city have not known. There is a small back lane enclave that caters for the last remaining Chinese traders here and they have been here since the 50s.. You will find a coffee corner and a noodle shop that starts as early as 4am just to cater and catch the regular customers! Indeed, you will noticed that the shop operators are super senior citizens and they do not need foreign hands to help. You wil find a noodle "factory'" that still produces "wan ton" and Hokkien noodles after 60 years! Thene there are a couple of old time shops, including a chines medical hall and a Chinese nasi lemak shop , that are freeze frames from the past. An elderly granny still prepares the aromatic cuppa and steamed bread everyday since it started 60 years ago. Her customers are familair faces as well as traders who come to catch an early breakfast or brunch . By afternoon,the scenario changes, the area looks deserted as the wet market quietens down as the day ends. These small enclave is iconic and laid back with many years of memories. The wet market has been earmarked for a major RM200 million redevelopment by end 2017 to cater for 1,527 stalls and 800 carparks. Hopefully by then this last bastion of the Chinese in Chow Kit wet market will see some light at the end of the time tunnel.