A Jewel among Jewellers
by
Priyanka Bansal
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A Street for Cars or for Walking Shoppers?
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LEBUH CAMPBELL WAS where early Cantonese immigrants to the Island tended to gather, and it had a reputation as a red-light district. After World War II and from the 1950s till the 1970s, the area was given a facelift, and soon flourished as a shopping centre.
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Drive-thru for Yummy Snacks at Cintra
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A CAR ROLLS to a stop in front of a push cart along Lebuh Cintra. The driver places his order, “Two ham chim peng and two pak tong kou, please.” It’s teatime and nothing quite hits the spot like a traditional street snack, straight out of the wok.
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