Damansara Utama

Damansara Utama is a suburb of Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. It is composed of two parts, namely SS20 and SS21, which are separated by the Damansara-Puchong Expressway, a heavily-used 6 lane highway. It has a population of about 142,000 people.

Commerce

SS21, especially the Uptown offices project, is the commercial hub of Damansara Utama, which houses the Malaysian offices of many multinational companies such as Federal Express, Novell, Embedded Wireless Labs, Logica, L'Oréal, Nike, Agilent, Symantec, Deloitte, Unisys, Tetra Pak, IBM and ISUZU.

There are many shops within the Uptown area. Among them are restaurants, opticians, fashion houses and miscellaneous goods.

There are also a few banks including foreign banks that have set up their branches within the area.

• Maybank
• Public Bank
• RHB Bank
• AmBank
• CIMB Bank
• Hong Leong Bank
• Alliance Bank
• Standard Chartered
• UOB
• OCBC
• HSBC
• Ryzo Coperation

Although Damansara Utama does not have any shopping malls, it is in proximity to several shopping complexes in Bandar Utama, where most of the former's residents do their shopping. These shopping malls include the 1 Utama shopping complex, The Curve, IKEA and the Ikano Power Centre as well as The Atria in Damansara Jaya. Damansara Utama used to have more than 20 pubs in its heyday. Today only a few are left due to high drink prices and stiff competition from new suburbs like Damansara Perdana.

Education

Primary and secondary education is provided by the Sekolah Kebangsaan Damansara Utama or Damansara Utama Primary school/ SMK Damansara Utama / Damansara Utama Secondary School, respectively. Kolej Damansara Utama KDU is also located within the vicinity.

Healthcare

The Damansara Specialist Hospital is located in the adjacent suburb of Damansara Kim along Jalan SS 20/10. The hospital is managed by Kumpulan Perubatan (Johor) Sdn Bhd. The hospital provides all the services, facilities and amenities of a modern hospital.

There are various clinics and pharmacies within Damansara Utama closer to Uptown square. Major pharmacy chain Watsons has a pharmacy within Uptown.

Religion

The religious needs of locals who adhere to the Christian faith is served by the Damansara Utama Methodist Church (DUMC). There is also a mosque in SS21, Masjid Al Mujaheddin, where Muslims perform their daily prayers. Located opposite the mosque is the Damansara Utama Lutheran Church.

Accessiblity via public transport

Damansara Utama is accessible via Metrobus, rapidKL buses and taxis.

rapidKL buses which operate through Damansara Utama are as follows:-

• U82 : KL Sentral - Bandar Utama via Pusat Bandar Damansara - KL Sentral
• U88 : Terminal Jalan Sultan Mohamad - Section 8 Kota Damansara via SEA Park, SS 2 Petaling Jaya - Terminal Jalan Sultan Mohamad
• U89 : Kelana Jaya LRT - Section 6 Kota Damansara via Damansara Utama - Kelana Jaya LRT
• T626 : Taman Bahagia LRT - Damansara Jaya - Damansara Utama - SEA Park, Section SS 2 Petaling Jaya - Taman Bahagia LRT

Metrobus which operate through Damansara Utama are as follows:-

• 6 : Pasar Seni LRT - Damansara Perdana via Damansara Utama - Pasar Seni LRT
• 99 : Pasar Seni LRT - Section 8 Kota Damansara via SEA Park, SS 2 Petaling Jaya - Pasar Seni LRT

Trivia

The street known as Jalan SS20/10 actually spans both Damansara Utama and Damansara Kim; Jalan SS20/21 separates Damansara Utama from Damansara Kim and bisects Jalan SS20/10. Jalan SS20/10 in Damansara Utama is a street with residential units only while Jalan SS20/10 in Damansara Kim boasts both residential and commercial units. The units along Jalan SS20/21 in Damansara Utama are odd-numbered while the units in Damansara Kim are even-numbered. Damansara Kim is a nickname for Damansara Utama opposite Tropicana City Mall.

External links

• Damansara Uptown Directory
• SS20 Damansara Kim/Damansara Utama Neighbourhood
• Damansara Specialist Hospital Website
• Damansara Utama 21 Residence Group