Digging into Pudu's past


A fascination with history leads to a book from an unlikely source.

JAMES McAnna hails from a former coal-mining town and has spent 50something years living and working in Scotland and Britain. So why has the Scotsman written a book on Pudu? After all, the old enclave in Kuala Lumpur might be in the throes of development right now but it’s hardly a tourist magnet.

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