Residents go about their daily routine at Tong Ah Mansion in Brickfields.
MORE than 50 years ago, the old mansions of Brickfields in Kuala Lumpur housed well-to-do members of society.
These white-washed buildings were once the homes of government officers, teachers, bank executives and doctors.
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Residents go about their daily routine at Tong Ah Mansion in Brickfields.
Guna has been renting a unit at Tong Ah Mansion since 2004 for RM600.
One of Tong Soon Mansion’s oldest tenants is Subashini, 77, who moved there in 1998.
Tong Weng Mansion is a block of four-storey, walk-up flats with 29 units.
Thiagarajah, 70, purchased his unit at Tong Weng Mansion for RM110,000 in 1995.
The Red Mansion is mostly occupied by foreign workers from the construction sector.
Soosai (right) who bought a unit at Tai Kwong Mansion 30 years ago, says the rundown building is seeing improvement since the establishment of an MC. With him is a tenant, Vijaya, who hopes to buy a unit.
Mary Store at Red Mansion has been operating for 50 years. The owners paid RM180 in rent back in 1959, but today the rent is RM2000 a month.
Sorry state: Red Mansion is one of the older properties in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur and has been deteriorating due to neglect over the years. – YAP CHEE HONG/The Star
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