Secondhand clothes find big market in Pontianak, NATION From: The Nation (Thailand) | Date: January 2, 2000| Author: Yetie G. Tamen | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The Nation (Thailand)

01-02-2000

PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan (JP): Secondhand clothes? Why not? That is
perhaps the motto of customers at Lelong market in the heart of Pontianak,
the principal town of West Kalimantan.

Lelong in the local language means used clothes, and indeed the
Lelong market trades in secondhand clothes. Most of the clothes are still
intact but their colors have faded. Loose buttons are found on some clothes,
while on...

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