Yeoh (Monash University, Malaysia) Seng Guan 
The Other Kuala Lumpur [EPUB ebook] 
Living in the Shadows of a Globalising Southeast Asian City

Kuala Lumpur, like many Southeast Asian cities, has changed very significantly in the last two or three decades – expanding its size, and  »modernising » and  »globalising » its built environment. For many people these changes represent  »progress » and  »development ». This book, however, focuses on the more marginalised residents of Kuala Lumpur. Among others, it considers street hawkers and vendors, refugees, the urban poor, religious minorities and a sexuality rights group, and explores how their everyday lives have been adversely affected by these recent changes. The book shows how urban renewal, the law and ethno-religious nationalism can work against these groups in wanting to live and work in the capital city of Malaysia.