Chinatown turning into foreigntown


  • Nation
  • Friday, 25 Jan 2008

FOREIGNTOWN is now a more apt description for Petaling Street popularly known as the Chinatown of Kuala Lumpur. 

Nanyang Siang Pau reported that instead of being managed by local Chinese, half the 200-over stalls at Petaling Street were now manned by workers from Myanmar, Indonesia, Nepal and Bangladesh.  

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