MPU3123: TAMADUN ISLAM DAN TAMADUN ASIA

GROUP NO 62 – Pre-Historic Period of MalaysiaSENARAI NAMA KUMPULAN

BIL NO. ID NAMA CATATAN1 0322411 Yap Zheng Xiang2 0322243 Yeah Phay Shian3 0322408 Yee Jyh Lin4 0323737 Yeoh Sin Yuen5 0323590 Yeong Poh Ling6 0323555 Yew Wing Kee7 0323852 Yip Xiao Jung8 0321977 Yong Ai Yi9 0324195 Yong Zkang10 0323120 Zachary Ooi Cheng En11 0319444 Zoe Low Li Mien12131415

PENILAIAN

ASPEK PENILAIAN MARKAHPENGENALAN ( /3)HASIL KAJIAN

RELEVAN DAN TEPAT HURAIAN JELAS DAN TERSUSUN PERBINCANGAN DAN PERBAHASAN JURNAL PERJALANAN

( /4)( /4)( /10)( /4)

KESIMPULAN ( /3)BAHASA DAN FORMAT ( /2)MARKAH KESELURUHAN ( /30)

PENILAIAN OLEH

NAMA : FADHILAH RAIHAN BINTI LOKMAN

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

In this assignment, all of our group members decided to go Kuala Lumpur Railway Station to find out more about the stories and believe behind it. By visiting the railway station, we also get something to reflect on and also gained some knowledge about the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station. Also, we would like to thank our lecturer, Pn Fadhilah for giving us this chance to understand more about this historical place in Malaysia. Beside, we would like to thank all of our group members especially Ashley, for guiding us throughout the whole assignment. We would also like to thank our parents for giving us moral support. Other than that, we are grateful for the resources in the Internet because it help us to get the information better and more detailed.

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TABLE OF CONTENT

Content                                                                                                                                     Page

Acknowledgement…………………………………………………………………………..       2

Table of Content…………………………………………………………………………….       3

1. Introduction ………………………………………………………………………...     4

2. Objectives of the Study……………………………………………………………..       5

3. Research Findings…………………………………………………………………..       6-12

4. Travel Journal ………………………………………………………………………     13-26

5. Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………      27-28

Appendixes …………………………………………………………………………………   29-32

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INTRODUCTION

Kuala Lumpur Railway Station is located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, just opposite the Keretapi Tanah

Melayu Berhad (KTMB) office on Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin (previously known as Victory Avenue). It used to

be Kuala Lumpur’s main railway hub until it has been replaced by the newer and better Kuala Lumpur Sentral

Railway Station in 2001. However, it is not fully replaced as it is still an important station to reach destinations

like the National Mosque, Majestic Hotel and Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre of Arbitration (KLRCA) –

Previously the Income Tax and Registration Departments and the Federal Territory Shariah Court.

The Kuala Lumpur Railway Station is regarded as a historical building like the Kuala Lumpur Twin

Towers, Sultan Abdul Samad building and others.The Malayan Railway Station is a heritage building which

was gazetted as a national heritage in 2007 by the Department of National Heritage because of its unique

architecture elements.This building is fully owned by the the Malayan Railway Corporation, also known as

Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB), and is partially rented to Hotel Heritage for accommodation services.

The station was built by the Federated Malay States Public Works Department (Federated Malay

States Railway, FMSR). The Malayan Railway Station (KTMB) is the third station built, at the exact same

location. The first station was built in 1886 in conjunction with the opening of the railway between Klang and

Kuala Lumpur which is located at the northern component of the existing building. It was known as “Residency

Station” because of its location in the vicinity of the British Residence. The building’s roof was built using sago

palms and the walls were constructed with wood and bricks. It was utilized for 6 years until traffic demand and

trade increased, the building was then extended.

The second station was built at the same location as the first station in 1892. The building materials

were stones, bricks and roof tiles. The design of the building is similar to other government buildings at that

time and was used for 15 years. The need to build a third station (which is the current station building) was

carry out in 1906 when the building was constructed and built. The architect who was responsible was Arthur

Bennison Hubback which at that time was the Assistant to the Director of Architecture Department of Public

Works

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OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

1) To understand, and gather information on the background and the structure of the Kuala Lumpur

Railway station.

2) To understand how the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station is related to the civilization of the country.

3) To identify the materials used to build the building and the measurement of the building.

4) To learn about the values and the significant of the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station.

5) To learn about the necessary skills and values to accomplish the report.

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RESEARCH FINDINGS

KL Railway station is a Moorish-style building to the southeast of the National Mosque. Located along Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin (previously known as Victory Avenue). Since 2001, Kuala Lumpur Sentral took over much of its role, which is the KL’s main railway hub.

KL Railway Station was designed by A.B. Hubbock in 1910. This building is adopting the mixture of Mughal & Western Style. It located opposite the Malaya Railway Administration Building which also designed by Hubbock in 1917. Beneath the Islamic exterior, the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station resembles a typical glass and iron Victorian-era English railway building.

The Kuala Lumpur Railway Station was Kuala Lumpur’s third rai lway station – 1st station located along Jalan Cheng Lok while the 2nd was set at the present site.

The station comprises of one main terminal building and three platforms that serve four railway tracks. The terminal building is where the main hall, ticket counters and offices are located. The three platforms are covered corrugated roof sheets propped up by heavy steel girders frames. Parts of the roof were originally exposed to allow for the exhaust smoke of the steam locomotives to ventilate. At the previous time, it used to house the offices of the Federated Malay States Railways. However, its primary function administration of head office of the Keretapi Tanah Melayu now. It was built using convict labour. Heritage Station Hotel on the first floor and inside is a restaurant plus several souvenir stalls.

In the old days, when you arrived at Kuala Lumpur train station, you arrived grandly under a high shed and you could view across the platforms just like what you find in older European train stations. The platforms are linked together with the main terminal building through two underground passageways. The side of the platforms opposite the main building is surrounded by a wall that is in the same style as the main terminal building.

Actually, there was a mini railway museum has been added to fill some of the underutilised concourse space. The museum, which is free admission, displays some relics from bygone days of Malaysian (& Malayan) railway history such as train tickets, uniforms, lamps, crockery, toast racks, maps, posters and signal equipment. There was even a bone of an elephant who died defending his herd from an oncoming train. However, when we revisited in March 2016, the museum was closed and the exhibits had all been covered in bubble-wrap. It is not clear whether they are to be moved to a new location.

When Kuala Lumpur Railway station was first erected, construction was delayed as its rooftop design did not meet British railway specifications. It had to be able to support snow a metre deep – pretty funny when you factor in KL’s year-round hot and humid weather.

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Material Used For Kuala Lumpur Railway Station

1. White Clay

White clay is one of the oldest building materials on earth, other than clay ,material such as stone and organic material like stone is also existed since long ago. Clay has act as an essential part of its load bearing structure. It is also a primary ingredient in many building. Kuala lumpur railway station had chosen clay as their building material is also because of it's multipurpose,it can use to create cordwood and cob structure and also act as building material such as clay plaster and clay render case.T he other reason , Kuala Lumpur Railway station used Clay is because of its water proof quality. Mostly, clay has also used as a mortal in brick.

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Photo above was taken by our groupmates showing that the building is using white clay as their main material for building and white clay also make it become a very sharp focus point compared to other building.

2. Bricks

A brick is one of the building material that used in building Kuala Lumpur Railway station. They combine white clay and bricks to make their structure stronger. In tradition, the term bricks referred to clay. But now is used to denote any rectangular units laid in mortar. Compared to stone, bricks have more demand due to building speed and economy. The use of bricks has largely remained restricted to small to medium sized buildings because is faster to use brick to build than using steel and concrete that normally used for high rise comstruction.

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3. BallastBallast is also known as the crushed stones that put along sides the railway tracks. The reason why they put ballast at every train station is because it can hold the wooden cross ties in place which mean hold the rail in place. The ballast can distributes the load of ties which mean it can bear the load of the train on the track, held by clips. And it allow the ground movement and allow rain to drain through the track and can avoid the growth of vegetation and weed that will take over the track.

The main design element of this building is the onion-shaped dome which located on the Chhatris which are support by eight pillars. “Chhatri” is a Mughal architecture element which is commonly used in India. The word “Chhatri” means “canopy” or and “umbrella”. This building has eight Chhatris. Besides that, there is pinnacles located beside Chhatri where you can see from the photo below with a red circle. Pinnacles is a word from Latin “pinnaculum”, it means a little feather, pinna, compare panache. It is an architectural ornament originally forming the cap or crown of a domes (Islamic/Moorish architecture), buttress or small turret. The pinnacle looks like a small spire capped every domes at KL Railway Station. Image below is one of the example of Chhatri where I took this picture myself at KL Railway Station.

(“Chhatri”)

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Other than Chhatris, the other design elements I found in this building is Arches. The two types of arches where we can found in this building are horseshoe ,ogee arches and segmental arches. The horseshoe arch, also called the Moorish arch and the Keyhole arch, is the emblematic arch of Islamic architecture. Horseshoe arches can take rounded, pointed or lobed form. Whereby the ogee arches were a feature of English Gothic Architecture in the later 13-century. It is a curve (often used in molding), shaped somewhat like an S, consisting of two arcs that curve in opposite senses, so that the ends are parallel. It is a kind of sigmoid curve. Segmental arch is an arch that is less than a semicircle. The segmental arch was first built by the Romans who realized that an arch in a bridge did not have to be a semicircle. Below are some of the pictures of Shoehorse arch and Ogee arch where I took it at Kl Railway Station.

(Ogee Arch) (ShoehorseArch)

(Segmental Arch)

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Another design where I can found in this building is the style of Minaret. The word Minaret is come from Arabic which known as “Lighthouse”.It is often projected up at the corner edges, higher than the main building to create an attractive skyline. Kuala Lumpur station reflects a strong character of mosque from layout with courtyard , surrounded by slim columns and edges marked with minaret where you can refer with the image below with a red box.

Morever, the columns in Kl Railway Station did catch my attention. Despite its uniqueness it makes me have a sense of curiosity to find its background history. The idea adopted from the Moorish architecture style. It is largely influenced by the Roman architecture. Doric order has been applied to columns design. The columns and the arches has been arrange through a good hierarchy as the bigger arches has been place between two small arches while the smaller columns are at middle floor and the bigger columns is located in the upper floor and lower floor. Below is the picture where I captured at KL railway Station where you can see the size of the arches and columns are different in each floor.

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From the picture above, I also found that there are few design principle in it which is symmetrical balance, dominant and visual frame. It applied with symmetrical principle to Balance the exis in both façade and layout where I marked on the image above. This is essentially important to display stability and power through a massive image. Where dominant is an important character derived from the classical architecture to ‘highlight’ certain façade elements such as main entrance. Big dome highlighting the center and a medium-size dome on the marking the other 2 ends. Other than that, visual frame of this building creates the form of the building looks very, the edges is highlighted with decorative projected elements. It created a solid and stable image for the building.

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TRAVEL JOURNAL

Yap Zheng Xiang

As for our travel journal, we will be discussing on our journey to Kuala Lumpur Railway Station, which was our chosen site for this report. Also, taking it a step further, we will discuss on the experiences we encountered at Kuala Lumpur Railway Station. Besides, the discussion that was held to decide the site, date and time will also be explained in this travel journal.

To kick start this travel journal, we had a discussion on 2nd April 2016 where we discussed on the place we would like to visit for our TITAS project. Initially, we decided to go to Ipoh, however considering the time and money that it will cost all of us, we then opt to Kuala Lumpur Railway Station. Another reason for not choosing to go to Ipoh was that this place is known to be historical, so it would be very common for all to go there and look for a historical site and talk about it. Therefore, after taking every aspect into account and every member’s opinion, we finally decided to choose Kuala Lumpur Railway Station as our site visit. Then, we further decided on when, how and what time we should go. After listening and discussing with everyone, we finally came to a decision of visiting Kuala Lumpur Railway Station on 8th April 2016.

On 8th April 2016, we all gathered by 9.00 a.m at the Student Life Centre before leaving for Kuala Lumpur Railway Station. After everyone gathered, we hopped into our respective cars and started our journey.

We reached Kuala Lumpur Railway Station at around 10.00 a.m. At that time, the weather was so hot. All of us were there almost at similar times. Under the sun , we gathered at the parking lot for a small briefing. The briefing was about what were we going to do when we are in the station, being in groups when moving around, and not forgetting to take pictures.

All of us took the photo of the railway station , and also our group photo under the sun. At about 11 a.m. , we went to Petaling Street for our lunch before going back to campus.

Throughout this assignment, I had learnt that teamwork is an element in working. With my groupmates, everything is going fine and we can discuss about this topic from many different perspectives. Without them this report would not be perfect. I’m glad that I’m in this group. Other than that , I also gain some knowledge about Kuala Lumpur Railway Station. For example its histories, characteristics of the building.

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Yong Zkang

In my travel journal, I would discuss the journey my group and I had while travelling to the Kuala

Lumpur Railway Station. This journey we had was to collect information on the historical building for the use of

our TITAS assignment. We decided to choose the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station as our site for the

assignment because it did had an impact to our civilization and it was convenient for us to go to. We did

considered other places but in the end we had chosen the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station.

Before we go to the site to collect information, we had distributed the work accordingly and had discuss

on how and when are we going to the site. After the discussion, we had conclude to visit the site on the 8th of

April which was a Friday. On that day, we had gathered at the student life center in Taylor’s University by 9am.

Once everyone arrived, we embark the cars which was drove by my groupmate and I. Then we went off to the

site without further delays.

Due to traffic, we reached the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station around 10am. We parked our cars beside

the building and gathered to have a quick briefing on the things we are going

to do at the site. After the briefing, we took a group photo outside the building.

Then, we proceeded on to look around the building and gather information. At

that moment, the sun was not showing mercy to us and we were glad to be

inside the building and under shades. We walked in groups and had took

photos as we was looking around the building. We went on to look at the

platforms of the station that was crowded with people. There were people

waiting for the trains and there were also many tourist admiring the structure

of the building.

After we had took some photos of the platform, we proceeded on the look at the old

platforms which was under the building. The old platforms was not under use anymore and

it was sealed to not allow entry for any trespassers. Although it was broad daylight, the

hallways that led to the old platform was still spooky. The hallways was not very bright even

though it was in the morning and we could not see any light in the old platforms.

Around 10.50am we were done looking around the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station

and had gather the information that we needed.

Therefore, we decided to take one last group photo

and end our visit to the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station.

We went to the opposite building to take the group photo so that we could

have a view of the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station behind us. Then, we

decided to have our lunch at Petaling Street together so we could get to

know more about each other. After our lunch, we ended our journey for

that day.

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The Hallways

Group Photo

Group Photo

The management office, there is only a few people working inside.

The platform, the customer become fewer since the Kl Sentral station took over in 2001.

While doing this assignment, I had learned plenty of things. I had learned about the history, architecture

and many more elements regarding the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station. One of the major things that I had also

learned was teamwork. With teamwork, we were able to complete this assignment without not much problems

and managed to have a fun journey to the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station. I am glad to know this group of

people and be a member of this group assignment.

Yee Jyh Lin

In this assignment, my group decided to choose KL Railway Station as our historical sites because it is one of

Kuala Lumpur’s most famous historical landmarks. Without wasting anymore time, my group conducted the

site visit on 8th of April. On that day, all group members gathered in front of the SLC at Taylor’s University at 9

a.m. Two of our members, Yong Zkang and Poh Ling willing to drive us there.

We reached our destination around 10a.m. and luckily we found parking slot as we arrived there. After paid for

the parking fees, we started to investigate the building. Each of our group member took out their phone and

started to take photo and selfie around the building. Here is the photo I had taken during our site visit.

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My groupmate chatting about the structure of

the building while visiting.

The customer buy their ticket at the counter here. There are sofa provided for the convenient of customer.

After finish walked around the building, we went out the building and take a group photo with the help of a stranger.

There is a convenient store provided at the centre of the platform.

After collecting all the data needed for the assignment, we decided to have lunch together before headed back

to the campus around 11a.m.

Throughout this assignment, I have learnt about the histories of the Kl Railway Station and the reason why it

was being took over. Besides that, I have also learnt to analyse the concepts and characteristics of civilization

of the building. Most important of all, I was able to build a deeper relationship with my groupmates and this

allow us to finish this assignment in no time. I wanted to thanks all of them for being cooperative.

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Facilities like the bench provided for the customer.

Yeong Poh Ling

We have choose the historical sites in Malaysia which is Kuala Lumpur Railway station. Kuala Lumpur Railway Station is located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur that opposite the Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) office on Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin (previously known as Victory Avenue).

From our campus, it took us approximately 30 minutes of driving at disciplined speed through highways. The Kuala Lumpur railway station is actually a beautiful piece of oddly Moorish architecture. Although I was from Kuala Lumpur, I never came here before. I realized that opposite the KL Railway Station is the KTM Administrative Building and the National Archives which was previously the grand Majestic Hotel of Kuala Lumpur. The main hall has a ticket counter, railway office, and a casual museum displaying items used by the KTM staffs in the pass. It is fascinating.

On that day we went, the sun was scorching hot as the temperature rose up to 34 degree Celsius. The heat was insane. We were constantly dehydrated walking around and snap photos. But it was a good experience for us. I am so glad to have the friendly group mates and we have had a meal before leaving the area of Kuala Lumpur.

Yew Wing Kee

I am Yew Wing Kee 0323555, I did not attend the trip to Kuala Lumpur Railway station due to that day is qing ming festival for our family. And my grandfather had passed away 2 years ago, my grandmother have to prepared everything by her own. But because of her age and health problem she cannot do it alone anymore, she needed help from all of us, so my family have decided on that day we have to went back to Pahang to help my grandmother and also help to clean my grandfather grave site. This action is to show our respect to my grandparents who have already given us alot of help.

Qing Ming is a Buddhist festival that by visiting your close relative grave site and prepare some flowers, food, singing and dancing to show the people that passed away your happiness and respect to them. And also some of our family will talk to my grandpa hoping that he can listen to us at somewhere and live happily at the other world. And it also show how much we care and love to my grandfather.

Qing Ming is a really important festival in my family, because we have two grave site to visit and also have alot of preparation to be done. I am sorry that I didnt make it to this trip which I was really excited about it and also feeling new about to explore new things, but since the festival for my family is on that day too, I couldnt left it behind. Sorry for the inconveniece and also I feel sorry for my groupmates that did not attent to this trip. But still I try my best to help on the report. Sorry for couldnt take any photo of the grave site, this is to respect that people that already left this world and leave in peaces.

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Yeoh Sin Yuen

On April 8th 2016, my teammates and I decided to gather in front the Admission Centre. We are waiting for each other since 8:45a.m. . Then, we departed around 9.20am once two of our friends reached, which are Pohling and Zkang, who drive all of us to KL Railway Station.

* We are waiting others to come. ( Credits by Ai Yi )

We reached our destination (KL Railway Station) around 10:10am. We took a look of every corner of the place and tried to take as much photos as we can. We keep searching around as a group.

* We take photos outside the KL Railway Station ( different dimension )

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* We took a group photo inside the KL railway Station.

Finally, our trip ended at 11am. Through this visit, I had found that is really meaningful for me because it helps me to develop more about the history and architecture of KL Railway Station.

It is making a chance for me to aware about all the style, arches and much more of the building. Hence, it also helps me to know more about one of our KL Landmark.

This trip also let myself experience hang out with a group which just fresh to each of everyone.

* We having our“BRUNCH”near the Petaling Street after we finish visiting the KL Railway Station.

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Yip Xiao Jung

A week prior to this, our group had arranged our site visit to be on the 8th of April 2016, Friday. Our visit would be to the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station to research about the history of the location. On the Friday, we drove to the KL Railway Station in 2 cars. After leaving Taylor’s University at about 9:30AM, we reached the railway station at about 10:20AM. As we had discussed about our tasks before that, we proceeded to carry out our site visit and take pictures.

Upon arrival, we were greeted by the amazing design and architecture of the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station. I did not miss out on taking pictures of the location and its’ view. Located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, it wasn’t as busy as I thought it would be. However, it was a Friday morning so I wasn’t entirely surprised. We managed to take plenty pictures of the place and its’ surrounding. We also found a plaque that states the history of the place. In the railway station, it wasn’t too busy. The platforms are big. We also managed to go underground and walk through the eerie tunnels that connected the platforms with each other.

After that, we walked across the road using the zebra crossing and went to the KTMB Railway office. At that place, we also found another plaque with the history of the office. From across the road, we see the KL Railway station’s magnificent architecture and its relation to the civilization. I can’t deny that there’s a nostalgic feel when looking at the railway station as I used to pass by it when I was young.

After taking few more pictures of the railway station and group photos, we then decided that we were done and would proceed to have lunch. After discussing, we decided to visit Petaling Street for lunch. We then headed for Petaling Street. It was nearby and thus it took us around 10 minutes to reach Petaling Street. We then ate at the famous Petaling Street market. The food was good and averagely priced. However, it was very hot and crowded.

After lunch, we left Petaling Street and headed for Taylor’s University. Overall, it was a great experience and we had fun and get to know each other better. We also managed to learn more about the KL Railway station and its’ history. It was great fun and I hope to do this more often again.

Zachary Ooi Cheng En

The historical sites in Malaysia that chosen by our group mates is Kuala Lumpur Railway Station. Kuala Lumpur Railway Station is located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur that opposite the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station is the KTM Administrative Building and the National Archives which was previously the grand Majestic Hotel of Kuala Lumpur.

There were two groupmates willing to be driver and fetch us all the way from our campus. We took approximately 30 minutes of driving through highways. This historical old train station has lovely British Era architecture like the historic Hotel Majestic across the road. The place was thebest heritage train station ever in the world that I saw most of great art and developed building. It is a must to visit. The structural design is fascinating and we walking around there for taking photos even though the weather is completely insane, it is scorching hot!

I came from Kedah for studying at Taylor’s Lakeside University. It is my pleasure to have the chance for visiting the historical site which is Kuala lumpur Railway station with my precious groupmates. Anyway, it was a decent experience for us.

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Yong Ai Yi

On April 8th 2016, 9.00am me and my teammates were gathered at outside Admission Centre. We are waiting for our two member who drive us to KL Railway Station who are Shen and Yong. Then we depart at about 9.20am.

We reached KL Railway Station at 10.13am. At there, we walk and take pictures of the building as many as we can.

( outside the KL Railway Station)

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(inside the KL railway Station.)

Finally, this trip ended at 11amI found that this trip is meaningful because it helps me to get more knowledge about architecture of this building.

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Yeah Phay Shian

PHAY SHIAN’S

- TRAVEL JOURNAL -

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My group mates and I gathered at Taylor’s University at 9am before departing to Kuala Lumpur Railway Station.

8 APRIL 2016

We travelled by car. Two cars. Yong Zkang and Poh Ling volunteered to drive us there.

KUALA LUMPUR RAILWAY STATIOn

Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin, KL.

The architecture of this building was stunning and simply mesmerizing.

The building was designed by A.B. Hubbock in 1910.

MPU

ASSIGNMENT

From strangers to

great friends (:Group photo: Taken in KL railway station.

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We felt like tourists travelling in our very own beautiful country.

The last time I visited this place was probably 10 years ago. As a city girl who currently stays in the suburb, it was great to experience the hustle and bustle of city once again.

The photo on the right was taken from a different perspective. We went across the street of KL Railway Station to KTM Office and that’s where we took this group picture below.

After our historical visit, we proceeded with lunch at Chinatown, Petaling Street since it is nearby. Why miss the chance to enjoy delicious food there?

We had the good old curry noodles there. It was indeed a satisfying meal.

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After lunch, we went back to Taylor’s University. All of us worked well together and we got to know more about each other throughout the day trip. I thoroughly had an amazing time meeting new friends and gaining more knowledge and insights of Kuala Lumpur Railway Station.

What I enjoyed most about the visit was the fact that we got to learn outside the classroom whereby we get to witness ourselves the beauty and history that lie within KL Railway Station. Then from what we have seen, translating our knowledge into a report as a team.

I learned that when you’re in a group, I am able to make better decision than individuals. This is because I get different perspectives and critical analysis during discussions and this will result in better performance.

To conclude, I’d say that it was indeed an amazing day trip.

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Zoe Low Li Mien

From my journey to the KTM station, I learnt its real significance regarding its culture.

When I travelled there, I initially thought it looks classical. It adopted traits of an English metro station. Features

such as the spacious railways even its repeated structures. Its modernity brings me doubts if there was any

implementation of culture or not.

However what I was wondering is the reason why it has an islamic appearance. This was the troubled thought I

had in mind. Eventually as I recalled my experience in learning British colonisation on Malaysia back in high

school. I discovered the fact that they have Indian or foreign workers constructing the buildings in the 19th

century. While using these facts, it gave me a direction to research more of its Islamic appearance.

It turns out that it has a Moorish architectural style. It suggests the fact that there were workers under an

Islamic faith, building the station. It signifies the fact that a Moorish culture exists many centuries back. An

Islamic civilisation from Andalucia known as Alhambra in Spain presently. Based on these facts, it answers my

doubts within its significance.

Although AC Norman the British architect of this building may simply build a classical station, he actually did it

to signify a culture. He used the Moorish civilisation as an example to represent the Malay’s strong Islamic

faith. To show the Islamic religion and the Malays’ beliefs in Malaysia.

Therefore as atypical tourist myself, I have no clue of these facts at all. It was an interesting experience to

know what unknown hidden cultures have not been uncovered in most of the colonial buildings.

CONCLUSION

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Throughout this assignment, we have learnt that although the KTM Station only serves for a

modern purpose, but its architecture depicts a civilization. It portrays the Malays’ faith on Islam using a

Moorish style. It signifies the Moors, which is an Islamic civilization that existed. Initially, I thought it was

just a style that is used to beautify the building, which I felt indifferent of. After looking through a purpose

this design, in truth, it represents a traditional belief. It’s not as simple as what I thought it might

look like.

From using this station as an example, I learnt that a civilization follows a beliefs system that they

are binding to. A religious tradition they follow in order to develop and grow their community. This is

expressed through the works of their art especially in architecture. Therefore the KTM Station signifies a

civilization through expressing its beliefs and design within its building.

The reason that our group decided to choose KL Railway Station is because it is one of the city’s

most famous historical landmark. KL Railway Station was completed in 1910 and it was designed by a

British colonial architect, Arthur Benison Hubback. The station act as the city's main rail hub until the

modern KL Sentral station took over in 2001. Nevertheless, the station is still in use serving as one of the

checkpoint for the KTM Komuter train that travels around Kuala Lumpur’s districts.

From the visit at Kuala Lumpur Railway Station, all of us have definitely brought back some amazing

experiences. Besides the deeper knowledge that we have gained about KL Railway Station, we have also

learned lifelong skills. We started off as strangers that were being put in a team for an assignment.

Considering the fact that we didn’t know one another, I must say that we bonded pretty quickly. We were

cooperative with one another right from the start.

Furthermore, we have learnt the importance of being a responsible team player when carrying out

group works. Every member should determine their roles and take responsibility to complete their own

tasks. Without the responsibility of every member to contribute for the assignment, the group would

definitely fail to achieve their goal. During the participation of the group work, the leader should analyze

and assign its member with specific roles based on their strengths because this will increase the efficiency

and productivity.

Being in large group, it is quite tough to set a date where everyone is free. We have to learn to

compromise with one another. All of us had to arrange our schedule to make time for this. Moreover, a

strong team should possess the spirit of teamwork and have good communication skills in this assignment.27

Besides building relationship, strong communication skills would allow us to complete the task more

effectively and efficiently. We can help each other to improve our performance by sharing our own

experiences and idea with each other. Besides that, time management is also a crucial aspect to be

considered so that we can always complete our assignment on time.

All in all, we are all grateful that our paths crossed and that we got to work with each other for this

assignment. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to KL Railway Station. Thank you to our MPU lecturer, Ms

Fadhilah for assigning us this project.

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APPENDIXES

The journey begins

A short briefing before going in to railway station

On the way to railway station

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The fascinating view of Kuala Lumpur Railway Station

Amazing view of Kuala Lumpur Railway Station

Look around inside of the railway station

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Hallway of railway station

Entrance of Kuala Lumpur Railway Station

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Interior in railway station

Monuments of Kuala Lumpur Railway Station

A group photo of our team.

Last but not least, lunch for the end of the visitation to Kuala Lumpur Railway Station

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