Filipinos feel right at home in Kota Raya

Kota Raya has been dubbed Little Manila due to its popularity with workers and tourists from the Philippines. — Photos: YAP CHEE HONG and LOW BOON TAT/The Star

ON A weekend visit to Kota Raya Complex, Bahasa Malaysia may seem like a foreign language.

That is because Tagalog, the national language of the Philippines, is more often heard in the vicinity as most shops there cater to the Filipino community.