Art and Culture

The Actors Studio is located at Bangsar Shopping Centre. It occupies the lot which used to be Golden Screen Cinema, which moved to Mid Valley Megamall in 1999. Plays, comedies and concerts are staged here. This theatre attracts a generally high brow and arts crowd.

There are several art galleries scattered around Bangsar, especially in Bangsar Baru. Bangsar also features plenty of graffiti. Some are just works of vandals, while others are works of underground artists who usually employ stencils and wheatpaste. oving buskers, usually performing cover, may be found in Bangsar Baru. Silverfish, a high brow independant bookshop at Jalan Telawi 3 focuses on literature, philosophy, religion and Malaysiana.

Medical

Pantai Medical Centre, a private hospital is situated at Jalan Bukit Pantai and Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), a public hospital is situated within five minutes drive, although access is through Petaling Jaya.

Pantai Medical Centre

There is also Poliklinik Bangsar, along Jalan Bangsar, a government clinic catering to the health needs of the residents. As Bangsar residents are mostly an affluent lot, there are many private clinics spread throughout Bangsar to meet the health needs of the residents as well.

Education
Bangsar has 3 primary schools:

    * Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Bandaraya
    * Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Pantai
    * Sekolah Rendah Jenis Kebangsaan (T) Jalan Bangsar (a Tamil school)

It also houses 2 secondary schools:

    * Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bangsar
    * Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bukit Bandaraya

Kindergartens and nurseries are usually operated out of houses. The Pantai Institute of Health Science and Nursing is located in the Pantai Medical Centre grounds.There are plenty of tuition centres (cram schools) for school students operating out of shoplots and homes. Drama, ballet and music schools also usually operate in a similar manner. Malaysia's premier public university, University Malaya, though technically not in Bangsar, is accessible in five minutes. Both UM and UMMC borders the city of Petaling Jaya and Bangsar. In the vicinity is also the Maktab Perguruan Raja Muda (Raja Muda Teaching College) and the Maktab Perguruan Bahasa (Language Teaching College).

Sports and Recreation

Bangsar Sports Complex has a swimming pool, a multipurpose hall with badminton courts as well as squash, tennis, basketball and badminton courts. Bangsar does not possess many open public spaces. However, there are a few parks and playgrounds scattered around this suburb, namely those at Jalan Bangkung, Jalan Rumpai, Jalan Terasek 7, Jalan Tempinis 5 and Jalan Kurau.The Kilat Stadium is in Tenaga Nasional's grounds and the Kuala Lumpur Hockey Stadium is near Jalan Pantai Baharu, and thus technically may not be part of Bangsar.

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