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Traditional trades lend weight to bid for listing
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New Straits Times
03-21-2006
Traditional trades lend weight to bid for listing
Byline: HIMANSHU BHATT
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
How is Penang's attempt at heritage listing affecting its traditional trades? HIMANSHU BHATT hits the streets to investigate.
LIAQUAT Ali Khan was the first to revive a traditional betel leaf concoction called bidda at his roadside stall in George Town's enclave of Little India.
The delicacy was originally brought...
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