MARCH 19 — I recently returned from a quick trip to Kuala Lumpur and thoroughly enjoyed the energy of the city. KL, I’d say, is having a moment — a new more inclusive...
MARCH 19 — I recently returned from a quick trip to Kuala Lumpur and thoroughly enjoyed the energy of the city.
Petaling Street, I’d argue, is one of the most vibrant neighbourhoods in the world peaking with trendy cafés, speakeasies and food trucks springing up next to thriving old hawker stalls, bakeries and markets. Ultra conservative Islamist party PAS is the largest single party in Malaysia’s parliament. Though they were unable to form a broad enough coalition to take national power, their share of the vote is high and apparently growing.
This question of Malaysia’s divisions really struck at some point when we found ourselves briefly pulled over by the local police. It was an uneventful routine stop but it occurred to us that in Malaysia, we never really encountered ethnic Chinese or Indian police.
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