The dying business

When you drive through the MRR2 heading to Sungei Besi, you will probably notice the infinite number of Chinese graves on the side of the highway. You would think, how so well-planned having adequate space for a highway besides a cemetery the size of a town. It surprises me that most drivers are surprised to be told that they are in actual fact driving on what was part of the cemetery.

As land use becomes more intensive and extensive – accelerated by a Malaysian notion of building roads and buildings irrespective of need – more graves will have to go.

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