Brickfields In Eight Hrs

These two-storey buildings have served as homes to railway families for 99 years but  says that underneath the simple and plain facade lies a wealth of history.

 

Built in 1915, the 100 Quarters comprises of three rows of houses along Jalan Chan Ah Tong, Lorong Chan Ah Tong and Jalan Rozario. They were mainly occupied by those working in the then Malayan Railways.

Soon It is to make way for three residential towers to be developed by Malaysia Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB), which is partly-owned by Malaysia's largest pension fund, the Employees Provident Fund (EPF).

(signs of modernisation/urbanisation)