- Low Yat Plaza
infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Low Yat Plaza
caption = The northern and main entrance of Low Yat Plaza. In comparison to surrounding malls, Low Yat Plaza is located off main roadways in Imbi and Bukit Bintang.
location = Imbi,Kuala Lumpur ,Malaysia
opening_date = -
developer = Low Yat Group
manager = Low Yat Group
owner = Low Yat Group
building_costs = -
number_of_stores = ~350
number_of_anchors = 2
floor_area = -
floors = 7Low Yat Plaza (Simplified/Traditional Chinese: 刘蝶广场 / 劉碟廣場;
Pinyin : liú díe guāng wǔ; Malay: "Plaza Low Yat"), or commonly referred to as LYP, is an established commercialshopping centre specializing inelectronics and IT products inMalaysia . As an IT related product shopping centre, Low Yat Plaza is the most well known and most established among competitors and is to Kuala Lumpur whatSim Lim Square and Funan is to Singapore.Located at Lot 7, Jalan 1/77, Off Jalan Bukit Bintang,
Kuala Lumpur , LYP is behind Melia Kuala Lumpur hotel and which is opposite toBerjaya Times Square if coming fromImbi Monorail station and behind Sungei Wang Plaza if coming fromBukit Bintang Monorail station . Sandwiched between Melia and Sungei Wang, but along the main road isImbi Plaza , an older version of an IT mall like Low Yat.Low Yat Plaza stands out by offering a greater range and variety of a single product by having a collective of inter-chained stores. This is in contrast with streamlined arrangements in other electronics malls. Therefore, Low Yat Plaza allows the consumer to have greater buying power and freedom in selecting the products or electronic parts they wish to purchase. Most parts that are sold here are bargainable and many stores also offer their services to assemble the parts a customer purchases.
Each floor within the complex has its own speciality specialising in laptops, mobile phones, etc. There are eateries in the lower ground floor of the complex with ATM machines as well.
History
In November 2006 the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs raided Low Yat Plaza and Imbi Plaza, confiscating more than 27,000 copies of pirated computer software and movies.
Floors
Low Yat Plaza has a total of 12 floors, including the car parks.
External links
* [http://visit-to-kl.com/shopping/low_yat_plaza.html Low Yat Plaza : Visit to Kuala Lumpur site]
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