Pudu Jail 1891 – 2010, Rest in Pieces

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Pudu Jail prison demolition

Pudu Jail is more than 100 years old, build by the British with cheap labors from India, used by the Japanese as a prison camp to butcher the Chinese and by the present government for hanging 1000 criminals till the late 90′s.

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. – Marcus Garvey

I would love to see the prison retained as a tourist attraction or at least the gate. Then again, the current policy is to rewrite and whitewash history.

pudu jail prison development proposal office
Image Source: MalaysiaCity

pudu jail prison development proposal office
Image Source: MalaysiaCity

Living with the dead

Chinese is the Jew of the east, known for being money minded. According to a research, Malaysian Chinese controls 70% of the property market. With 17% retail vacancy in Kuala Lumpur, a sudden increase in supply does not make any sense. Chinese are a superstitious lot of people, being superstitious, I doubt the majority of the Chinese wants to invest in a property where 1000 criminals was hanged, not to mention the untold numbers of Japanese war victims brutally murdered.

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  • ^ Architecture - Architecture (Latin architectura, from the Greek ἀρχιτέκτων – arkhitekton, from ἀρχι- "chief" and τέκτων "builder, carpenter, mason") is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art. Historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievements.
  • ^ Architect - An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings, that have as their principal purpose human occupancy or use.
  • ^ Pritzker Architecture Prize - The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually by the Hyatt Foundation to honour "a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture".
  • ^ - Le Corbusier, Towards a New Architecture, Dover Publications(1985). ISBN 0-486-25023-7
  • ^ - Rondanini, Nunzia Architecture and Social Change Heresies II, Vol. 3, No.

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  1. Rara
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    Pudu Jail is more than 100 years old…. nice :)

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