Market Leaders
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
SAYANG, a cheerful Indonesian hit song by Shae, blares from a cellphone fastened to the belt of a Myanmar worker at the Pasar Borong vegetable market in Selayang, Malaysia. As he stacked fresh vegetables, his colleague counted tomatoes, which would later be sold at the D31 stall at the market. Kuala Lumpur's largest vegetable supply center, Pasar Borong houses some 400 shops, predominantly run by people from Myanmar.
SAYANG, a cheerful Indonesian hit song by Shae, blares from a cellphone fastened to the belt of a Myanmar worker at the Pasar Borong vegetable market in Selayang, Malaysia. As he stacked fresh vegetables, his colleague counted tomatoes, which would later be sold at the D31 stall at the market. Kuala Lumpur's largest vegetable supply center, Pasar Borong houses some 400 shops, predominantly run by people from Myanmar.
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