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Hong Kong tourist questions Malaysians’ love affair with sugar

Malaysia Times desk Original: Focus Malaysia↗ 10/23 18:21 X
Hong Kong tourist questions Malaysians’ love affair with sugar
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A tourist’s cheeky observation about Malaysia’s sugar consumption sparks online banter, with netizens offering everything from health warnings to dark humour.

From the original report

MALAYSIANS may disagree over politics, football and the best place for nasi lemak.

But one thing that unites many of us is the belief that a meal is incomplete without a sweet drink.

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Focus Malaysia
Originally published
Oct 23, 2026
Updated here
Oct 24, 2026
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Malaysia Times desk (brief) — reporting by the source
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