 In 1893, a decision was made to erect a new building to house the growing congregation, and a new site was found beside the "Padang" or "Parade Ground" (now known as Dataran Merdeka or Independence Square) of the Selangor Club.The amount raised by the congregation for the building of the new church was supplemented by a gift of five thousand Straits dollars from the government of Selangor on a suggestion by the Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Cecil Clementi Smith.Notable local contributors to the building fund included personalities like Yap Kwan Seng and K. Thamboosamy Pillay, even though they were not Christians themselves.