17 February 2009

A “China Town” and a “Little India” in the Maldives?



There is hardly any country in the world that doesn’t have a China Town. China Towns of Singapore and Malaysia are popular spots with Maldivian tourists but there are “China Towns” in countries such as the US and Canada too. I think we should build one too!

I know that usually such names and places evolve due to ethnic Chinese or ethnic Indians settling in those areas and bringing their cultures to those spots.
But that need not be the case all the time. We can designate a specific area as “China Town” and lease out land to build Chinese restaurants and street vendors who sell “cheap” Chinese products in stalls, shops that sell Chinese souvenirs, and have Chinese cultural shows and so on. We can do this in collaboration and with help from the Chinese government. I’m sure they will be perfectly willing to help financially too.

Similarly we can designate an area as the “Little India of Male” and lease out land to build Indian restaurants and street vendors who sell Indian spices and Indian “Halvahs” (sweets), etc.
The purpose of having places such as the “China Town” and “Little India” would be part of a larger programme or project to build places of interest for tourists.
Even Maldivians would be interested in visiting such places.
“Hey, why don’t we go to China Town tonight for dinner…”

28 comments:

  1. Anonymous17/2/09 22:29

    fadaboebala. kaley dhen liyaane ehch nengeigen moyavanee tha ?

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  2. Anonymous17/2/09 22:32

    heheh Another big colour dream dho Bushry. I wonder why we wont our country to be acting so smart in the world in one side when on the other side we go to these countries begging for food, money, and everything else. Why cant we be minding about solving the very most important aspects of our country rather than trying to be an empty vessel with more noise in the world.

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  3. Anonymous17/2/09 22:36

    Ey.......Bushry. U know what? Your doing nothing more than letting yourself down. STOP blogging if u cant be a productive writer like before.

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  4. Anonymous17/2/09 22:57

    *sigh*
    dude.. your losing it again..you missed a very important point... you need chinese people to have a China town remember? S'pore, Malaysia, US n Canada has a big chinese population..

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  5. Anonymous17/2/09 23:27

    Maldivians are the most racist among asians, so can only make an arab town (for habees)and european towns (for rich atheist kids and their lazy moms)..

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  6. Anonymous18/2/09 00:03

    Bushry, I like the spirit of the idea... there should be more public cultural spaces for people to engage and mingle together... this is globalisation century.

    One day Male will be come a forward thinking cosmopolitan city able to celebrate different cultures and different races.

    Thanks for keeping up against sometimes so cynical commentators.

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  7. Anonymous18/2/09 04:07

    I would first think how would a china town exist when the Chinese cannot practice there religion and if they cannot celebrate their publicly holidays.

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  8. Anonymous18/2/09 07:19

    first the towns n later the temples for them..

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  9. Anonymous18/2/09 07:20

    first the towns n later the temples for them..

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  10. Anonymous18/2/09 09:01

    bushry,
    i think u have only heard of Little India & China Towns,

    U dont know why they r named as such.

    Its because those races r there in those countries and those arreas r where they live.

    its not named for the beauty of the name.

    why not we make a 'Little Bushry Escaped Leena Town'

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  11. Anonymous18/2/09 09:03

    bushry amaa fui India Town aai Bushry Bafaa Soo China Town.

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  12. “I know that usually such names and places evolve due to ethnic Chinese or ethnic Indians settling in those areas and bringing their cultures to those spots. But that need not be the case all the time. We can designate a specific area as “China Town” and lease out land to build Chinese restaurants and street vendors who sell “cheap” Chinese products in stalls, shops that sell Chinese souvenirs, and have Chinese cultural shows and so on."

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  13. “We can do this in collaboration and with help from the Chinese government. I’m sure they will be perfectly willing to help financially too.
    Similarly we can designate an area as the “Little India of Male” and lease out land to build Indian restaurants and street vendors who sell Indian spices and Indian “Halvahs” (sweets), etc. The purpose of having places such as the “China Town” and “Little India” would be part of a larger programme or project to build places of interest for tourists.”

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  14. Anonymous18/2/09 13:45

    Where exactly are you planning to allocate this towns in the Maldives. Between the bunk beds i share with my brother in the 10ft 5ft room. Or in the Jumhooree maidan. Or a seprate island for china town. You talk like we are living in a Continent. First build a maldivian town.
    Its something that has come across my mind as well, but there is absolutely no doubt why we do not have it. 1.Scarcity of Land, 2.less/no presence of ethnic groups 3. Suppression on culture, religion etc (State religion)
    The way you have presented it is utterly rediculous mate!

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  15. Anonymous18/2/09 18:49

    hahaha who wud with his/her right mind fancy china town or india town..hthun varah molhu thanthan dho ee..theetha bushry ge fenvarakee..hahahahah..by the way whts happening in Rome? all the lovers with him?!!..was it apledge by our new prsident? to make a trip to Rome with them?

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  16. Anonymous18/2/09 18:51

    America town eh hadhaala bala.bikini car wash akaa

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  17. Anonymous18/2/09 18:54

    do u knw Amar akbar Anthony of Maldives..that is Jameel,Shaheed n Hassan Saeed

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  18. Anonymous18/2/09 23:20

    i saw boney m tonite.... guess who... bubbo shareef..ma vota

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  19. Anonymous19/2/09 00:55

    kon china town eh hadhaakah..bangaalhee town eh hadhaashey kiyanveenun dhen dhow..eh meehunna thaneh vakin hedhiyya maa rangalhu vaane.... mulhi male' furaifi viyya...
    By the way, mavota shareef made a foool out of himself..again n again... raaaaaaaasputin or raaaaasberry eh kiyaigen... Rasputin kiyan ves neyngay haaluga adhi lava kee eh nnu.. hus moyain drp ga!!!!

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  20. Anonymous19/2/09 00:57

    this blog has become very vai now.. what happened to u Bushry??? why so uncreative :S

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  21. Anonymous19/2/09 02:32

    May be most of you missed the point here. China towns or even Bangaalhu towns would help to break the monotonous routines we go through. Different ethnic groups living side by side is essential for a richer culture. We have more choice of food, women (at least there would be some thing of variety there) and even bars.. different music..

    Dubai has has many cultural groups like Indians, Pakistanis, Africans, lebanese and of-course Russian girls.. That how Dubai booms.. guess we should have similar set up...

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  22. Anonymous19/2/09 12:48

    We don't have land for all this. Duh!

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  23. Anonymous19/2/09 14:00

    I don't see a single person agreeing you HONEY!

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  24. Anonymous19/2/09 18:25

    tell me one country in the world with scattered islands (each island measuring less than a km in length) with very strict regulations on citizen ship, religion, with superiority complexity, having a china town or little india. Or even a town of their own for that matter:P

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  25. Anonymous19/2/09 20:03

    to make a town mulhi rajjey ge kankolhuthakun wud b a better idea.atholhu thakuge keun ,thayyaaru kuraa echchethi,etc..touristunnahvves eyrun e town ah dhiyaima mulhi rajje ah dhevuneekahala gotheh vaane

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  26. Anonymous22/2/09 18:50

    It sounds great!

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  27. Anonymous14/3/09 20:18

    bush ama ey kiyaa bala...

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  28. Anonymous20/5/09 11:30

    drp rudin vara fuck wane.bushry u are good.drp wagun muli gaumu dowelaafa.yameen kalye bafa ge mudagade nun mi raaje aki

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