MADAM KING'S DEPARTMENT STORE

 

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

MADAM KING'S DEPARTMENT STORE

Madam King's Department Store

ADDRESS

126 Jalan Bunga Raya, 75100 Malacca Town, Malacca, Malaysia

PHONE NUMBER

283 4353

Madam Kong's Department Store located at Jalan Bunga Raya of Kampung Jawa was founded in 1970s.

She is the grand old department store in Malacca. Everyone in Malacca has visited this store and bought items here. 

During her promotional events,  numerous items at reasonable prices are sold. 

MELAKA RIVER WALK

 k. GPS: 2°11'58"N 102°15'02"E

TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2023

MELAKA RIVER WALK

 See this video on Melaka River.

Melaka River Walk 

HAPPY PONGGAL

Today is an auspicious day to people of the Indian origins.

They celebrate Ponggal, the festival of plentiful.

May we take this opportunity to wish Happy Ponggal to everyone who celebrates this fesrival.

HAPPY PONGGAL

WORLD LARGEST LANTERN FOR CNY

 

World's biggest Peranakan lanterns 

to usher in CNY on Melaka's Jonker Walk

MELAKA: A pair of giant Peranakan lanterns exude an ambience of festivity in the historic city as 

the Year of the Rabbit approaches.

Jonker Walk management committee deputy chairman Datuk Gan Tian Loo said the lanterns are said to be the largest in the world, each measuring 3.6m in height and 2.4m in width.

"We are happy to celebrate the Chinese New Year like the good old days and these lanterns symbolise power, wisdom and good fortune for Melakans.

"The last two years have been challenging for us and we hope this year we are able to attract health, wealth and prosperity by drumming up the festive mood," he said after unveiling the lanterns on Friday night (Jan 13).

The lanterns, sponsored by Himalaya Sport Candy, also received recognition from the Malaysia Book of Records, with Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing expected to hand over the certificate to Gan on Saturday (Jan 14).

Earlier, a dragon dance troupe accompanied the lantern procession from the Stadhuys building to the entrance of the Jonker Walk.

Malaysia Baba and Nyonya Association chairman Datuk Ronald Gan said that there was only one traditional Peranakan lantern maker left in the country.

He said the unveiling of the giant lanterns would also keep a dying art alive as well as showcase the cultural nuances of the community.

"This traditional lantern cost more than RM20,000 and features intricate workmanship," he said.

BEST WISHES FOR CNY OF THE RABBIT

 The webmaster wants to express Qong Xi  Fa Chai to all Chinese around the world for celebrating the Year of the Rabbit on 22.1.2023.

RETAIL LOTS FOR RENTAL AT VEDROMALL

Since the opening of Vedromall on the River in mid November 2022, the management of Vedromall has some retail lots for rental at reasonable price. 

With the closing of Kampung Jawa stalls,  they are keen to offer rental packages to these stall owners to relocate to Vedromall. 

Interested entrepreneurs can contact them here. 

100 YEARS OLD KAMPUNG JAWA TO CLOSE

MELAKA: Kampung Jawa, which has been a popular shopping destination for locals and tourists for more than 100 years, will be closed on May 31 to make way for the development of new projects.

Despite operating in a narrow lane, the business site which has more than 10 traders is not only famous among the people of Melaka but also outside the state to buy essential goods.

The closure of the business site, which is on a private land, will not only affect the traders, but also regular customers, especially the B40 group.

A trader, Sulaiman Omar, 61, said he has been selling clothes and items for haj and umrah in Kampung Jawa for almost 46 years and has regular customers from various ages and races.

“I have been doing business here since I was 15 years old. The traders here have been informed that they have to vacate their respective shops on May 31.

“We are very worried about our fate...if I don’t find a rental shop at a reasonable price, I will have to stop doing business,“ he told reporters when met here today.

Sulaiman said he and other traders had to comply with the landowner's instructions but hoped the state government could help find a new place for them to continue their business.

School uniforms trader, Salamah Mohamed, 63, who took over her late husband's business since 2002, also hopes that the government can establish a new business site in Kampung Jawa near the existing location.

Clothes trader, Koh Lian Neo, 70, who took over her mother-in-law's business for the past 40 years said that Kampung Jawa is not only a place to shop for necessities but is a historical and heritage site for the state of Melaka.

“Most people know Kampung Jawa. Not only Melaka people but also people from other states because we sell essential goods at cheap prices. Please keep Kampung Jawa, not for me or the traders here but for the poor and underprivileged,“ she said.

Another clothes trader Ng Kien Chiew, 55, said he was grateful that the land owner still gave them time to do business until May but was sad that he had to move from the business site that he had inherited from his father more than 30 years ago.-Bernama