Traders of Lee Lam Thye market in Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur fear that a move ... “We welcome DBKL’s plan to upgrade the area but there are still a lot of things to smoothen out,” he said.

After decades of neglect, Kuala Lumpur’s iconic ... Ang said the beautification plans, however, came with a catch. “DBKL wanted to add about 100 new stall lots in front of existing stalls ...

For years, Kuala Lumpur’s run-down Chinatown was defined by its prime attraction, Jalan Petaling, the seething main street piled high with every counterfeit imaginable, from fake Lacoste T ...