PADANG BESAR, June 18 (Bernama) --The local community here is urging the state government to open the Wang Kelian shopping arcade soon in an effort to revive economic activities in the border town after the free-flow zone between Malaysia and Thailand was abolished in 2015. A resident, Zul Zalina Othman, 40, said he hoped the state government could expedite the process to allow shops to operate at the arcade which has already been completed for quite some time. "Earlier we were told that the arcade would be opening in March but nothing has happened since and we have not received any news after that," the former day market trader told Bernama recently.

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