Finding balance between KL hawkers, regulations


THE video of two individuals grilling corn on a footpath adjacent to a zebra crossing in downtown Kuala Lumpur went viral on social media platform X (previously known as Twitter) last year, garnering hundreds of thousand of views and a slew of reposts and likes.

The corn sellers not only placed a makeshift stove in a public area but also nonchalantly fanned the fire under the corn, creating plumes of smoke in a high-traffic area as if it were their own backyard.

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