Jalan Wong Ah Fook is a street running through the heart of downtown Johor Bahru which has undergone many transformations, with more on the way. The city was founded in 1855 by Wong Ah Fook, a Chinese businessmen who arrived in Singapore in 1854, and Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim. In 2013 Jl. Wong Ah Fook was the main point where city buses gathered, and lingered, waiting for outbound passengers, leading to huge queues of buses and significant congestion. In recent years buses have been completely banned from operating in the street, which has improved car flow but practically eliminated transit access to the downtown and created a nightmare for pedestrians trying to cross the road. The Segget River that passes down it has been opened up and lined with landscaping improvements opening later in 2021.
Unfortunately there is only one signalized, safe pedestrian crossing along the entire 1km downtown street of Jalan Wong Ah Fook, which combined with the high traffic flows means the street effectively severs the east and west sides of the CBD, making it quite difficult for people arriving at the CIQ complex to go beyond the two malls; a situation which suits the two malls just fine.
The northern part of the street, where the cache is located, is dominated by the Komtar and JB City Square malls, the older and more popular of which (JB City Square) features landscaping on the Jl. Wong Ah Fook side that by accident or design provides some welcome seating for passers-by to take a break from the heat and watch the traffic and pedestrians pass by. JB City Square includes a rooftop seating and viewing area with excellent views down Jl. Wong Ah Fook in both directions.