Sultan Abdul Samad Building

It was designed by A.C. Norman and built in 1894-1897 to house several important government departments during the British administration. A.C. Norman spent time in Africa and saw Muslim mosques in India which led him to use Mughal architecture in the building's design.

The 41-meter tower chimed for the first time to coincide with Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Parade in 1897 and has chimed since. The building, simply known as Government Offices in early Kuala Lumpur maps, housed the Federal Secretariat of the then-Federated Malay States which was formed in 1896.

Topped by a shiny copper dome and a 40m high clock tower, it is a major landmark in the city.

MH370 Media Conference

MH370 Media Conference by Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, Acting Transport Minister at PWTC Kuala Lumpur. Photo by Malaysia News Online/Junaidy Jaafar.

Anwar Ibrahim at Kajang By Election

PKR De facto and Malaysia’s Opposition Leader, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim deliver a speech at Kajang by-election. photo by Malaysia News Online/Junaidy Jaafar.

Colonial Era In Malacca & Diamond Jubilee Of Queen Victoria

First the Portuguese

Second The Dutch

Third The British

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Colonial Era Buildings

Melaka or Malacca is the third smallest Malaysian state after Perlis and Penang. It is located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, next to the Straits of Malacca.

 The location of one of the earliest Malay sultanates, the monarchy was abolished when the Portuguese conquered it in 1511. 

In 1641, the Dutch defeated the Portuguese in an effort to capture Malacca, the Dutch ruled Malacca from 1641 to 1798.

Malacca was ceded to the British in the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 in exchange for Bencoolen on Sumatra. From 1826 to 1946 Malacca was under the rule of the British.

 This historical city centre has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 7 July 2008.