Rubber, along with tin, was one of the prized resources that made Malaysia a special place within the British Empire. Now palm oil dominates. Bukit Kiara, or Kiara Hill, was an old rubber plantation that turned into a wonderful park near where Iris and I live in KL. There are still patches of rubber trees throughout so I decided to use that as a jumping off point for a brief discussion on the history of rubber here in Malaysia
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