My Recent observation at the Selayang wet market found foreigners occupying a significant space in the vegetables section. Based on interviews with several local Chinese sellers in the area, most of the foreigners were made up of those from Bangladesh and Myanmar. The locals further alleged that these foreigners did not have a business license.
I recently visited the Selayang wet market in Kuala Lumpur after receiving complaints from local traders that foreigners were operating illegally there. They said every time enforcement action was taken against these illegal traders, they would return a few days later. The local traders said they had been facing this problem for the past 10 years.
The main concern of the locals was that these foreigners were selling low-quality vegetables at a lower price. Based on further observation, this problem is not only affecting the Selayang wet market but also other major wet markets around Kuala Lumpur.
Some traders are worried that this problem, coupled with the coming Goods and Services Tax (GST), may result in further losses for them.
It is learned that some of these foreigners started off working for local businessmen at the market. Later on, they began to venture out into business on their own.
http://www.therakyatpost.com/new-media/2015/01/19/mercy-foreign-traders/#ixzz3Pu2Np5dg
January 26, 2015 | Categories: Daily Life, Human Interest, Photo essay | Tags: afp, animal, ap, art, artinthepark, arts, asia, associated press, batu caves, black and white, black and white pictures, blog, celebration, children, childrens, chinese, Chinese calendar, color, creative, culture, daily life, daniel chan, economy, environment, ethnic, everydayasia, everydayeverywhere, festival, Fut San, Government, Gregorian calendar, halloween, hindu, Hok San, human, human interest, igersbnw, igersmy, independence, international, klcc, kuala lumpur, lanterns, life, lion dance, lion head, lion heads, love, Malay, malaysia, mid autumn festival, mooncake festival, mrt, mrt corp, mrtcorp, mural, muralarts, muslim, news, NGO, people, petaling street, petronas twin towers, Petronas Twin Towers night, photo, photography, photojournalism, photojournalist, protest, religious festivals, reuters, southern lion heads, sports, streets, streets photography, Taman Desa Pandan, tanahairku, Thailand, thean hou temple, therakyatpost, tourist attraction, train station, travel, Vietnamese calendar, wired, wordpress | Leave a comment
Performed during Chinese New Year as well as other traditional, cultural and religious festivals, the lion dance makes up a huge part of the Chinese culture. The Rakyat Post photographer Daniel Chan documents the process involved in the making of the lion’s head at Taman Desa Pandan in Selangor. Craftsman Wong Soon Fai, 53, produces two styles of southern lion heads, the Fut San (Buddha Mountain) and Hok San (Crane Mountain), with both originating from the Guangdong province in China. According to Wong, rattan as a material is favoured over the traditional bamboo-made lion heads due to its lightness and pliability as it does not snap like bamboo, putting the lion head operator at the risk of injuries.
http://www.therakyatpost.com/new-media/2014/12/09/art-lion-head-making/#ixzz3MjoyHmuA
December 23, 2014 | Categories: black and white, Daily Life, Human Interest, Photo essay | Tags: afp, animal, ap, art, artinthepark, arts, asia, associated press, batu caves, black and white, black and white pictures, blog, celebration, children, childrens, chinese, Chinese calendar, color, creative, culture, daily life, daniel chan, economy, environment, ethnic, everydayasia, everydayeverywhere, festival, Fut San, Government, Gregorian calendar, halloween, hindu, Hok San, human, human interest, igersbnw, igersmy, independence, international, klcc, kuala lumpur, lanterns, life, lion dance, lion head, lion heads, love, Malay, malaysia, mid autumn festival, mooncake festival, mrt, mrt corp, mrtcorp, mural, muralarts, muslim, news, NGO, people, petaling street, petronas twin towers, Petronas Twin Towers night, photo, photography, photojournalism, photojournalist, protest, religious festivals, reuters, southern lion heads, sports, streets, streets photography, Taman Desa Pandan, tanahairku, Thailand, thean hou temple, therakyatpost, tourist attraction, train station, travel, Vietnamese calendar, wired, wordpress | 3 Comments
Collection pictures of Malaysia daily life taken on October 2014. This time, I featured some pictures taken during Diwali public holiday, MRT site visited, Petronas Twin Towers night view, art in the park exhibition at Lake Garden, Batu Caves and Malaysia UNESCO day.
“You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.”
― Ansel Adams
Photo by Daniel Chan
November 6, 2014 | Categories: Daily Life, Festival, Human Interest, streets | Tags: afp, animal, ap, art, artinthepark, arts, asia, associated press, batu caves, black and white, black and white pictures, blog, celebration, children, childrens, chinese, Chinese calendar, color, creative, daily life, daniel chan, economy, environment, ethnic, everydayasia, festival, Government, Gregorian calendar, halloween, hindu, human, human interest, independence, international, klcc, kuala lumpur, lanterns, life, love, Malay, malaysia, mid autumn festival, mooncake festival, mrt, mrt corp, mrtcorp, mural, muralarts, muslim, news, NGO, people, petaling street, petronas twin towers, Petronas Twin Towers night, photo, photography, photojournalism, photojournalist, protest, reuters, sports, streets, streets photography, tanahairku, Thailand, thean hou temple, therakyatpost, tourist attraction, train station, travel, Vietnamese calendar, wired, wordpress | Leave a comment
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