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Chin Woo Stadium is the one of oldest stadium in Kuala Lumpur. This stadium located at Jalan Hang Jebat, at the top of small hill. This hill also called “Chin Woo Shan” which means “The Hill of Chin Woo”. It’s also situated close to Stadium Merdeka and Stadium Negara. Chin Woo Stadium was constructed during the years of 1950 to 1953. The project was initially officiated by His Royal Highness Sultan Hishammuddin Alam Shah on August 1950. The opening ceremony was honorably officiated by His Excellency, Sir. Mc Donald (High Commissioner of Great Britain) and witnessed by local leaders on 11 December 1953. A year later, the construction of an Olympic sized swimming pool completed and officiated by Tan Sri Lee Guang Qian. The facility of the pool was considered the best in the region of South East Asia during the time.

The stadium contains badminton, basketball and swimming pool. Chin Woo Stadium is a famous stadium in the city and host important sporting events in town. This old stadium used to host many important badminton competitions in the past. Although many new stadiums nowadays equipped with latest technologies, but this old stadium still provide excellent facilities and has the ability to host prestigious competitions. There are available of basketball and badminton courts to hire.

Chine Woo Station Outlook

Chin Woo Master

Thean Hou Temple is one the largest Chinese temple in South-East Asia located on top of Robson Heights facing Jalan Syed Putra (formerly Lornie Raod), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This temple built on land of 1.67 acres with 4 storeys and was start construction from 1981 to 1987. The officially opening held on September 1989 by Tan Sri Lee Kim Sai (former Housing and Local Government Minister). The cost for overall construction is RM7 million. The property is managed by Selangor & Federal Territory Hainan Association and built by Hainanese community living in Kuala Lumpur.

This syncretism temple with elements of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism is affectedly grand structure and successfully combining modern architectural techniques and authentic traditional designs. It features impressive pillars, spectacular roofs, ornate carvings and intricate embellishments that made it a popular tourist destination.

In sides the temple, there offers fortune telling and marriage registration services. The marriage registration service attracted up to 5,000 couples each year especially during the auspicious eighth lunar month. There are Chinese medicinal herbs garden and a wishing well (tortoise pond) in the temple grounds.

The main door and also the main entrance

Red lanterns hang under the roof

St.Paul′s Church is located on top of St.Paul′s Hill and was one of five churches in the fortress complex A Famosa on the hill. The St. Paul’s Church of Melaka was originally a Portuguese chapel built by Duarte Coelho in 1521, in gratitude to Our Lady of Grace (Joao de Barros of the 16th century) for a miraculous escape from an attack on his ship by a fleet in the South China Sea. This chapel was known as Chapel of the Mother of God (Madre de Deus) or Our Lady of the Hill (Nossa Senhora do Oiteiro). In 1548 the Archbishop of Goa in India, Don Albuquerque, handed over the church to the Society of Jesus. St. Francis Xavier, the pioneering Catholic missionary of Southeast Asia, received the title deeds on behalf of the Society.

In 1641, the Dutch took over Malacca from the Portuguese, renamed the chapel to St. Pau’s Church, and used it as their praying place until they completed the construction of their own church – Christ Church. When the Christ Church was established, St. Paul’s Church became a Dutch graveyard with monumental tombstones scattered around.

In 1952, a statue of St. Francis Xavier was built to commemorate the passing of the saint. Originally, the statue was completely constructed with the right arm in place. However, on the morning after the consecration ceremony, a large casuarina tree fell on it and broke off the right arm, resulted in a statue with missing arm until today.