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Bata is the Malaysian national shoe brand - never realised it was originally Czech, assumed it was Malaysian.
Edit. Having read the article, Bata was a massive brand in Malaysia back in 1995 when I first visited. Massive as in, dedicated shops all over, probably 70% of people wearing Bata or their sports brand “Power”.
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Thanks. You also pass the former Bata factory, which is yet another site of interest in n otherwise rather maligned area.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/sep/08/essex-architecture-weekend-east-tilbury-bata-shoe-factory
Further watching for those interested:
(20:30 onwards if you're too lazy to watch the whole thing)
https://vimeo.com/95187288