Kuala Lumpur’s new dawn

By Brian Martin

HAPPY 52nd birthday Kuala Lumpur!

Established as the first Federal Territory of Malaysia on Feb 1, 1974, KL is of course, much older than that. This “muddy confluence,” founded in 1857, evolved from a small tin-mining settlement to the city I call home – a dense, bustling metropolis of more than two million people.

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Brian Martin is the managing editor of The Star.

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