Menara Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya / Muhamad Zamir Khairi Ahmad Khairani ... [et al.]

The building that had been chosen for the Integrated Final Project is Menara Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya. The building is located at Ampang, Selangor. The name of Ampang is originated from the construction of a dam from Bukit Belacan to a town in Ampang area. Today, the areas have been called as Ampang Point. The dam was constructed by Chinese miners who used it for mining tin. In Malay words, the pronouncing of the work ‘empang’ (dam) was pronounced as ‘ampang’. The history of ampang is closely related to the history of Kuala Lumpur as it was pioneered by Yap Ah Loy and the malay native resident in Ampang area where the Bugis descendants from Sumatera.