Jalan Ampang

In 1849, Raja Abdullah acquired large sum of money from Chee Yam Chuan and other merchants from Malacca to start operation of tin mines in Ampang, granted by Sultan Muhammad.

[2] This soon attracted other Chinese shopkeepers which led to turning the isolated jungle settlement into a small town,[2] of which Ampang, one of the earliest areas in the Klang Valley, opened for tin mining.

[citation needed] The old Ampang Road also housed the Selangor Turf Club (present grounds of the Petronas Twin Towers) and the Griffin Inn (an old colonial bar and night-club).

In Selangor side, the roads are maintained by the Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) and Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya (MPAJ).

The road generally runs in an east–west direction, starting from the junction of Leboh Ampang and Jalan Gereja in the Masjid Jamek area.

A road sign on Jalan Ampang
Jalan Ampang at night
The first temple at this location was a simple wooden structure built in 1880. In the 1990s the temple structure was found to be severely compromised by tunneling from nearby construction and the temple had to be torn down and rebuilt, mainly between 2000 and 2005.
The Entrance to the Dharma Realm Guan Yin Monastery.