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 Chili's American Bar
 Finnegan's Irish Bar  Bangsar Nightlife
Shopping
Bangsar Baru is probably the most well known and
recognized bit of Bangsar. Among others, it houses coffee shops, cafes,
restaurants, bars, clubs, banks, fashion boutiques, art galleries,
video stores, bookshops and hairdressers. In general, mall type
shopping is found in this area. Lucky Garden probably resembles other commercial centres in Malaysia more than upmarket Bangsar Baru. Bangsar Shopping Centre, which was Bangsar's first shopping mall, is
still a favourite shopping destination especially for upmarket stuff.Mid Valley Megamall, one of Malaysia's largest shopping malls, though
not technically located withing the boundaries of Bangsar, is only a
five minute drive away. La Bodega - Bangsar
A recent addition is Bangsar Village, a shopping mall which used to be
the Hankyu Jaya and then Busana Mun Loong. The success of Bangsar
Village has seen it constructing a new building block to house many
more outlets and shopping attractions. It should be completed by end of
2006.
Jalan Maarof is lined by car showrooms, many of them luxury labels,
making this thoroughfare feel like Park Lane. There are also several
interior designers and home-furnishing showrooms here. There are also a few other smaller rows of shops distributed around
Bangsar, namely those at Lorong Maarof, Jalan Bangkung and Lorong Kurau. Pos Malaysia Bangsar Baru (post office), at Jalan Telawi remains open until 10 p.m.
Business
Bangsar has a history of hosting various newspaper publishers. News
Straits Times Press (NSTP) which publishes the New Straits Times, New
Sunday Times, Berita Harian, Berita Minggu, Harian Metro and Metro Ahad
is located at Jalan Riong. China Press is also located at Jalan Riong.
The online daily, Malaysiakini operates out of an office in Jalan
Kemuja.
Tenaga Nasional Berhad, the national power company and Syarikat Bekalan
Air Selangor (SYABAS), the waterworks have their headquarters at the
Jalan Bukit Pantai area. Also nearby, although technically not situated
in Bangsar, is Telekom Malaysia.
Dataran Maybank, at the corner of Jalan Maarof and Jalan Bangsar, is the headquarters of Malayan Banking's insurance businesses.
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