Petaling Jaya Old Town Market



The landmark jalan othman wet market in petaling jaya and surrounding commercial.

Petaling jaya old town market. Four people from pasar jalan othman here have tested positive for covid 19. Once the site a squatter resettlement scheme in the 1950s the area soon became the beginning of malaysia s first post war new town. But just as she was preparing to reopen her char.

Pasar besar jalan othman here which is also known as the pj old town market has been closed as of monday april 27 indefinitely for a disinfection exercise to contain the. Old town is the oldest urban area within the city of petaling jaya a combined area of four inner suburbs within one of the biggest cities in malaysia s most developed state of selangor. Escape from the hot weather with a bowl of shaved ice in this old neighbourhood of petaling jaya.

Two markets including old town market were later placed under an enhanced movement control order emco. Petaling jaya starting as a small humble town in the fifties measuring only 2 12 square kilometers petaling jaya has vastly developed into one of the most important cities in malaysia. The results were based on the test carried out at the market on wednesday april 29 for the selected 151.

The popular pj old town wet market in jalan othman here has been temporarily closed after a 51 year old trader was reportedly infected with covid 19 on april 25. Many shops in the area have been operating for decades and weng kee abc cendol has been a neighbourhood gem. The atmosphere in petaling jaya old town remains fairly quiet as economic activities are slowly resuming in the typically busy neighbourhood the enhanced movement control order mco in the area.

Located at pj old town market food court their air batu campur abc mixed ice is as authentic as. Also known as the twin sister of malaysia s capital kuala lumpur petaling jaya is malaysia s very first planned town. Petaling jaya city council mbpj councillor ermeemariana saadon said they decided to enforce existing by laws undang undang kecil penjaja 2007 mbpj and bar foreigners from working at markets after the covid 19 outbreaks.

It is about 1km south of the city s central business district.