Properties from a Feng Shui perspective: Part 150
By David Koh and Joe Choo | July 23, 2010
Feng Shui: Taman Sri Manja
Our tour of the Klang Valley currently takes us to Taman Seri Sentosa, or rather the main road, Jalan Taman Seri Sentosa that branches off Old Klang Road and runs parallel to the Klang River. The road crosses the boundary between Kuala Lumpur and Selangor when it enters Taman Sri Manja.
The main landmark here is the Sri Manja Court which sits between the road and river. There are several blocks here, each with a different facing direction. That is not an entirely accurate description as there is no actual facade to the buildings. The ground floor for each building is a car park and there is no main entrance. Access to the units is via stairs and elevators located in the centre or core of the building.
From an Environology perspective, this presents an interesting situation. First, ancient Feng Shui texts made no mention of condominiums or apartments because there were no high rises in existence then! No observations could be made from condo dwellers.There is evidence of silo-type buildings that were self-contained villages. These were a few storeys high. The outer wall was cylindrical and doubled as a defensive barrier. These buildings were more like a fort and had limited entrances as a security measure. The lower levels were used to rear life stock and the upper levels for accommodation.
These were nothing like modern-day multi-storey buildings and skyscrapers. Thanks to the piling in the foundation, earth energy can still travel up to the various units within the building. At the same time, the sheer mass and weight of the buildings also contribute energy back to the earth as though they are hills.
Gua number
Thus, the individual units are still affected by their facing direction and the location of the main entrances vis-vis the occupants’ Gua number. This number is derived from one’s date of birth and can be computed free at www.mingsweb.org.
In this particular case, Sri Manja Court units should face south, west or southwest to benefit from landform energy. South is in the direction of the Klang River, while southwest and west follow the direction of the river.
Long-time readers would be familiar by now that buildings ought to face rivers or follow its flow. Those that have their backs to the river cannot tap into pools of gentle, homogenous energy that collect near riverbanks. Instead, they face ongoing earth energy from higher land. Such energy is usually too strong and can overwhelm the buildings’ occupants.
Buildings that face the opposite direction of a river’s stream tend to be like fishing nets facing upstream. They pick up detritus travelling downstream. Such discordant energies will lead to mental difficulties for the occupants. They are likely to experience a lot of mental stress and have difficulty making good or sound decisions.
The units on each floor of each block in Sri Manja Court are even distributed and there will be equal numbers of units that are conducive and non-conducive for the occupants. This does not mean the effects cancel each other out. Usually, units that are in bad shape drag down the image and market value for the entire block, rather than those in good shape lifting up the bad ones. Over time, this effect becomes more obvious.
Convex riverbank
There are also several other flies in the ointment. First, the river bends away in a convex. This elbow formation tends to disperse earth energy when the latter reaches the riverbank after traversing from the highlands. This may exacerbate the situation and tilt entire blocks into a state of decline.
Furthermore, the site is very near the river, which is unadvisable. Common sense and history tell us that areas close to rivers are more likely to get flooded when monsoon rains come. Hence, the local authorities since the days of British rule had rules and bylaws prohibiting the construction of buildings or houses too close to the river. They must be at 30 metres away. Alas, this standing instruction seems to be lost on today’s authorities and developers.
Perhaps they are very confident that the river is wide and deep enough, and the embankments are strong enough to handle any large deluge. Interestingly enough, Singapore thought the same about its river and canal systems. It was flood-free for many years but in recent times, flash floods still occurred in the city. Only time will tell if the same will happen here.
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| Traders and residents at Sri Manja Square 1, Taman Sri Manja, are living in anxiety due to the high crime rate there, as reported recently in Star Metro. |
We generally do not encourage construction too close to the riverbank because wherever there is a concentration of earth energy; it not only attracts life but also human vices such as prostitution, gambling, gangsters and protection rackets. Now, since the river is a convex, earth energy that is reflected is dispersed and this may not be rampant here.
There is a very new commercial centre across the road. It has several rows of shop-offices and some big name retail, food and beverage companies are already staking a claim here. Since this is further away from the river, in the bigger picture it actually sits on an embracing curve that started a little further upstream.
Embracing river
The embrace will form a pool of gentle, homogenous earth energy that is beneficial and conducive for success. All life and people are simply attracted to it, along with the vices we described earlier. This has been consistently observed in our tour of the Klang Valley so far. The commercial centre is still relatively new, so we get a chance to see how it will turn out over time.
It will also be interesting to see how the nearby high-tension power cables will affect this area. Our previous article discussed the impact of electromagnetic fields from an environology perspective and we will not do so here.The most ideal facing directions for the shop-offices at Jalan PJS 3/46 and PJS 3/48 is generally south and west. The orientation of the buildings here are either southeast or northwest. Thus, the most conducive – and likely to fare well - shops are likely to be the former.
Of course the nature of each business here will also play an important role. Each proprietor has a Gua number which corresponds to the type of business that is ideal for him or her. If their business is incompatible, then they are likely to struggle as well, even if their premises have a good direction.The Bintang supermarket is located further inside on PJS 3/61. It faces southeast toward the river which should be very good.
Sri Manja Court sits on the Selangor side of the boundary while its neighbour on the right – Bayview Apartment – is situated in Kuala Lumpur. The latter is located within the embrace of the Klang River, but to benefit from the pool of earth energy, the buildings and individual units should face south, southwest or west.Further down Jalan Taman Sri Sentosa, we come to Sri Manja Flats and the rest of Section PJS 3. Most of this area was formerly part of a large tin mine. Thus, the land here is mostly reclaimed by refilling the pits. We will discuss this further next week.
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You can e-mail questions on Feng Shui and properties to Prof David Koh at davidkoh618@yahoo.com. This series on Feng Shui and real estate appears courtesy of the Malaysia Institute of Geomancy Sciences (MINGS). Koh is the founder of MINGS and has been a Feng Shui master and teacher for the past 36 years.
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