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With reference to reports on the statement of support by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak for the proposal to turn Brickfields into a "Little India, I request the authorities to reassess any such idea. Suggestions that "Brickfields" be turned into a "Little India" arise out of ignorance of its dimensions and cultural mix. The place is far from being an ethnic Indian colony or ghetto. On the other hand it is true that Brickfields has suffered an identity crisis since the nam...

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Rubbish dumped at various places is a long standing and worsening problem in the area bounded by Jalan Tun Sambanthan 1, Jalan Ang Seng, Jalan Ang Seng 4 and Jalan Thamby Abdullah. The extend to which the area is neglected in terms of cleaning and collection of rubbish is clear when it is compared with the rest of Brickfields on one side and Bangsar on another, although all the residents involved pay the same rate of assessment. This is especially sad since tens of thousands of people da...

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