Properties from a Feng Shui perspective: Part 144
By David Koh and Joe Choo | June 11, 2010
Feng Shui of Sri Petaling
Sri Petaling is one of the older townships in the southern outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. Back in the old days, it was considered a dump, literally. A landfill for rubbish was located just beside it and residents of Sri Petaling had to endure the stench of rotting garbage daily. It would be particularly unbearable when there were downwind. Not surprisingly, many of the homes here would be shuttered tight. (For Google map reference, please log on to http://maps.google.co.uk/ and search for “Kuala Lumpur”.)
There used to be a narrow road that connected Happy Garden and Overseas Union Garden (OUG) to Sri Petaling. It was often heavy with traffic as it was a convenient shortcut to the Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Highway.
In conjunction with the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, the landfill was closed and transformed into the Bukit Jalil Sports Complex, the largest sports complex in the country. This dramatically changed the landscape of Sri Petaling.
The impressive Bukit Jalil National Stadium has hosted a number of high-profile events since then. The Putra Indoor Stadium was the venue for our national heartache after bowing out in the recent Thomas Cup badminton competition. The complex also houses the National Hockey Stadium, National Aquatic Centre and National Squash Centre.
The National Sports Council headquarters is also located nearby and two LRT stations were purpose-built to serve this area. Several apartment blocks – Vista Komanwel – were constructed to serve as the Games village, providing accommodation to participating athletes. These were later sold to the public as residential units.
New highway
A recent addition is the Kuala Lumpur-Putrajaya Highway which runs on an elevated route between Vista Komanwel and the National Stadium. This highway also cuts a path across the nearby Technology Park of Malaysia (TPM). Bukit Jalil is the only point of access and exit found along this highway. Even then, traffic exiting here from Kuala Lumpur has difficulties going to Shah Alam via the Kesas Highway. It has to make a U-turn at the Sri Petaling interchange, which is often congested during peak hours. Thus, its usefulness as a link to other highways is somewhat limited.
The Main Range or Titiwangsa Range that runs through the spine of Peninsular Malaysia branches off at several points to form smaller ranges. At Bukit Tinggi, two branches extend from this range to form a “claw” that encompasses the Klang Valley.
The north claw passes by near Rawang while the south claw goes down through Cheras and Bukit Jalil. Thus, the high terrain around Bukit Jalil is actually part of this claw. On one side of the range, we have Bukit Jalil and on the other, Putrajaya. That means, Putrajaya is actually not within the Klang Valley.
The Klang Valley is a unique landform – it is rare to find a perfectly embraced valley formed by two lovely ranges. This landform causes earth energy to flow directly into the valley. The energy moves westward to where the Straits of Malacca is, and there it rebounds and is collected as a gentle, homogenous pool of energy.
This form of energy is considered beneficial and conducive to life and success. Environology’s objectives are to find such landform and tap into the energy for harmonious living. This will then lead to a successful life. So, it is a pity that the federal administrative capital is now located outside the valley. Malaysia experienced her most vibrant growth and resilience in hard times when both the executive and parliament were located in Kuala Lumpur. It is fortunate, then, that our nation’s capital is still officially Kuala Lumpur.
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The Bukit Jalil Sports Complex is located on the south-east sector of the Klang Valley, which is a spot-on location for sports stadia. - Filepic
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Technology Park
The Technology Park is still within the valley. It is a verdant site with plenty of greenery to provide an eye-pleasing and conducive environment for technology companies to flourish. All the buildings are spaced out and nicely landscaped, so that the employees are free from distractions and can concentrate on their developmental work. This park promotes development in information and communication technology, biotechnology and engineering.
The buildings here would do well to tap into the landform by facing low land. In environology, buildings with a high back and low front are likely to do well. If one were to visit the various high-tech, space-age looking buildings here, one will notice that those with such a configuration tend to perform better than those with the opposite configuration.
We are concerned about the presence of the KL-Putrajaya Highway. This presents a man-made mountain that affects the pattern and direction of earth energy. Buildings located near the highway are likely to fare less than well if they face the highway.
Furthermore, fast-moving traffic on the highway also generates wind turbulence. The term feng shui refers to how wind and water can affect the movement of earth energy. Water is a barrier; it can deflect and reflect energy, which lets us shape and contain it. Wind has the ability to disperse energy, which explains why windy places do not fare well.
If it is any consolation, the highway does curve in an embrace around the complexes here. To benefit from this, there must be a river to trap this energy. Fortunately, there is one – the Kuyoh River – to the east, flowing northward. Properties here are likely to do well if they also happen to face east. Alternatively, north (to parallel the river) is generally good, too.
Bukit Jalil Complex
The entire Bukit Jalil Sports Complex is located on the southeast sector of the Klang Valley. That is actually a spot-on location for sports stadia. We believe it will continue to do well. The managers of this complex seem to be doing a good job, leasing out even the car parks for events.
Vista Komanwel is of slight concern as the highway is located very close to the apartments. Likewise, the International Medical University is also too close to the highway, though they are “embraced” by the curvature of the road.
Wind turbulence caused by the Light Rapid Transit system may be a factor, too, but since the Sri Petaling station is the terminal station, the trains tend to run very slowly. This should mitigate matters somewhat. The residents of Arena Green apartments used to have a view of the magnificent National Stadium; it is now marred by the highway. The extremely close proximity may also prove problematic, as the highway is a new mountain and its traffic creates strong winds.
Nearby, overlooking the Bukit Jalil Golf & Country Resort, are several bungalow lots along roads with the suffix 155a. The SMK Bukit Jalil School is also located here. These properties sit on a slope and are surrounded by highland in practically all directions. Generally, the ideal direction to face should be north where the golf course lies, or to be more precise, where the front is low and back is high.
Specific family member
If these properties have a sideways slope, then certain family members will thrive and certain members will struggle, depending on the sector of the house that is affected. The father is represented by the northwest sector; mother, southwest; eldest son, east; eldest daughter, south-east; middle son, north; middle daughter, south; youngest son, northeast; and youngest daughter, west. The highest sector will be beneficial while the lowest would be considered detrimental.
The Kesas Highway separates Bukit Jalil from Sri Petaling. This highway is connected to the Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2) on one end and Klang on the other. Sri Petaling is serviced by Jalan Merah Cagar, its main road. Its most notable landmark is Endah Parade right next to the highway. Its immediate neighbours along Jalan 1/149E are the City Hall branch office and two condominiums - Endah Regal and Endah Ria. Yet another, Endah Puri is located further down the road.
Although Bukit Jalil to the south is hilly, the north is also hilly. Thus, this section is actually part of a valley. There is even a large monsoon drain running alongside Jalan 1/149E. Despite that, this is not a flat valley. The landform still slopes downhill from north to south in certain parts, such as Endah Parade.
That creates a very peculiar situation. The complex faces north towards the monsoon drain (a “river “) and yet it has a low back. And then, just beyond that is the highway, with its higher configuration and fast moving traffic.
Find out the effects of landform on these buildings next week, when we continue our tour of Sri Petaling.
This series on Feng Shui and real estate properties is courtesy of the Malaysia Institute of Geomancy Sciences (MINGS). David Koh is the founder of MINGS and has been a Feng Shui master and teacher for the past 36 years.
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