Ampang Park

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shopping_mall_name = Ampang Park


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location = Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur
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opening_date = 1973 cite news | first=Richard | last=Chan | title=Knowing the retailer’s mind | date=2004-08-28 | publisher=New Straits Times | url =http://www.nst.com.my/Weekly/PropertyTimes/OldFiles/InsideRetailing/20040916165931/Article/ | accessdate = 2008-03-09 ]
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floor_area = convert|340000|sqft|m2|abbr=on
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Ampang Park is recognised as one of Malaysia's first shopping centres [cite news | first=Julian | last=Markham | coauthors= | title=Shopping Centers: A World of Opportunity | date=2000-05-23 | publisher=ICSC | url =http://icsc.org/international/index.pdf#xml=http://icscsearch.icsc.org/texis/search/pdfhi.txt?query=Ampang+Park&pr=IcscLiveNew&prox=page&rorder=500&rprox=500&rdfreq=500&rwfreq=500&rlead=500&sufs=0&order=r&cq=&id=47ce00b68 | work =Shopping Centers: A World of Opportunity. | pages =64 | accessdate = 2008-03-09 | language = ] and is located located near Suria KLCC, in Kuala Lumpur.

Location and features

The complex is accessible with the Kelana Jaya Line via the Ampang Park station, which is located after the KLCC Station. The train station is located opposite the shopping complex. Ampang Park is located at Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, not to be confused by Ampang, Selangor.

Ampang Park is on the northern outskirts of the Golden Triangle and has clothes and jewellery shops, and money changers offering very competitive rates. It's linked by a pedestrian bridge to the upmarket City Square Shopping Complex at Jalan Tun Razak, which has interesting interior-design stores and art galleries. It also houses many shops dealing in electrical and electronic equipment.

In 2002, Ampang Park had the dubious distinction of being one of the best places in Malaysia to find counterfeit software. [cite news | first=Mike | last=Magee | title=Software piracy in Asia III | date=2002-01-30 | publisher=Incisive Media Investments | url =http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2002/01/30/software-piracy-in-asia-iii | work =theinquirer.net | accessdate = 2008-03-09 ]

"The Amazing Race"

The shopping complex was featured in the third season of "The Amazing Race" as a location that contestants must reach (specifically, a photography shop known as "Citifoto") to develop photographs of the Petronas Twin Towers. Teams had a hard time finding this shopping mall, so they asked local Malaysians to help them to get there.

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