Others are facing demolition in the name of urban development, such as the Chinese cemetery on Sam Po Mountain in Malacca, which has lee to mass action by the Chinese community, And yet others, in line with urban beautification, have been given a new look and a new life, such as Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur.
有些在都市發展的呼聲下，面臨拆遷的命運，釀成華社群起力爭，如「三保山事件」；有些則在都市景觀的考量下，改換新裝重新出擊，如吉隆坡的「唐人街」。身在異鄉不是客。