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    Kuala Lumpur: How diversity shaped a city

    In Kuala Lumpur, "melting pot" is more than a cliché; it’s at the heart of the city’s emergence
    By Agnes Chee / 28 Mar 2017
    Surabaya’s mix of Dutch colonial architecture, celebratory monuments and its melting pot of neighbourhoods, from Chinatown to the Arab Quarter. Credit: Shutterstock
    Credit: Charles Pertwee
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    Zung Heng, photographer

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    Linggeswaran Sathasivam, head banquet chef at Sheraton Imperial KL Hotel

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