Businesses like Madam Tang’s Muah Chee and Seong Ying Chai Bakery, both over 50 years old, are the heartbeat of Chinatown. Few locations capture the spirit of Chinese New Year like Petaling Street.

If you’ve ever been here, you would have heard the spirited shout of Madam Tang, or Tang Kwok Wang, famously known as the “muah chee queen”. Now, her signature call echoes only from a radio ...