After attending the Mass at St. John's Cathedral, we walked to Dataran Merdeka (Merdeka Square). OMG the weather was freakingly hot. We passed through old shops and skyscrapers. That's the beauty of Kuala Lumpur. It is the city where we can see the blend of past, present and future. Since it was Sunday, lots of people can be seen strolling, relaxing, picnicking and photo-taking at Dataran Merdeka. More than fifty years ago, this was the place where Tunku Abdul Rahman, the first Prime Minister of Malaysia declared the independence of Malaya. MERDEKA! MERDEKA! MERDEKA! The building is front of Dataran Merdeka is known as Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad. It formerly housed the superior courts of the country: the Federal Court of Malaysia, the Court of Appeals and the High Court of Malaya. Nowadays, it houses the offices of the Ministry of Information, Communication and Culture of Malaysia.
The historical Sultan Abdul Samad building
