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station Hote], Kuala Lumpur.
here are two hotels (Grand Oriental Hotel and
Empire) and the resthouse. On the left is the
Anglican Church. Swinging to the right along the
railway, you pass behind the Selangor Club, oppo-
site which, on the other side of the Padang (cricket
ground) is that fine block of Government offices,
which are beautiful in the bright light of early
morning, but more beautiful at night under the
soft-toned glow of electric light. Passing between
the Club and the railway line and continuing
round the Padang, the building on the right is the
Government printing office and next to it is the
Chartered Bank. Round its corner you swing to
the right, and crossing the railway by a bridge, dip
down from that to the railway station again. This
circular run of 2 J miles, with one person in the
rikisha, should not take more than 35 minutes, and
with 50 cents your rikisha man will be satisfied. So,
too, should you be, for you will have seen the best
part of Kuala Lumpur. It is always possible, of
course, to telegraph from Penang or Singapore
before arrival to Kuala Lumpur and have a carriage
or motor awaiting you at the station ifyou prefer some-
thing more comfortable and speedier than a rikisha.
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Kuala Lumpur is the largest town in the
Federated Malay States and the headquarters of
the Federal Administration as also of the Govern-
ment of Selangor. It is divided by the Klang
river into Asiatic and European town. The public
offices stand on the bank of the river and are a fine
pile of buildings. Kuala Lumpur has a golf course,
race course, polo ground, rifle range, cricket and
football grounds, and its English inhabitants live in
the garden city which lies on the low hills above the
river. It may be regarded as a social capital for
the European element in the Federated Malay
States. Sixteen miles from Kuala Lumpur by road
is Dusun Tua, where may be seen one of the
curious hot springs of the country.
KUALA KUBU.
An interesting motor drive which takes the
traveller through the very heart of the wildest, most
untouched, jungles is that from Kuala Lumpur to
Kuala Kubu (or vice versa) through Bentong. It
can be easily managed with the help of the railway
station Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.
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