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Central Market fades in the waves of globalisation
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Central Market fades in the waves of globalisation

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May 19, 2011
1 min read

Central Market or fondly known as Pasar Seni among locals has been an hub for Malaysian local arts and crafts for so many years. But in recent years this has changed.

There are lots of outlets selling foreign products. Besides being a great competitive for our local Malaysian products, these “global invasion” has taken away some of Malaysian culture from Central Market.

CJ Saminathan investigates further on how this globalisation efforts has affected our local arts and crafts industry.

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Saminathan Munisamy

Saminathan is a citizen journalist and history buff who has been contributing to CJ.MY for many years. He has a deep interest in the labour and independence movements of colonial Malaya, and has extensively documented the life and legacy of trade union leader S.A. Ganapathy.

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