BRICKFIELDS
In the Malaysian capital city, Kuala Lumpur, the ultramodern Stesen Sentral (Central Station) opened in 2001. It lies in Brickfields, one of the oldest and most traditional neighbourhoods on the edge of the city. With a new subway system and the high speed Klia Express to the airport, Brickfields is now linked with the rest of the city and the world. The consequences have been enormous, for the culture among other things. Shanty towns and kampongs must give way to apartment complexes, and street markets are replaced by modern shopping malls. The neighbourhood is a big pit where many illegals work. The subclass (small entrepeneurs, the blind, the homeless, prostitutes) is pushed to the margins.
