Sticking it out with handmade songkok
BY ZARINA ABDULLAH KUCHING: It is a tradition for many Malay boys and men to wear songkok (traditional headgear) as complementary accessories for the celebration of Hari Raya. Not many people know that songkok was once produced through traditional methods and has its own value and aesthetics. However, today most of the songkok sold in […]
From a land surveyor to a satay seller
KUCHING: Aman Haji Umar, 52, was a land surveyor seventeen years ago when he decided to follow his dreams of continuing the family business tradition with his wife Mayang Khan, 50. Starting his business at a bus stop under a canopy, now One Stop Satay has been standing until these days near Jalan Astana in […]
Farmer’s daughter makes name for herself
BY ROBERT KENNETH First Dayak woman to obtain a licence to sell and export Sarawak pepper As a child, she and her siblings would toil under the hot sun tending their parents’ black pepper plants. Today, Awaeang Kwasin, 44, has made it big as an entrepreneur dealing in black pepper through her company Syarikat Nang […]
A cobbler, just like his father
If you want to repair your shoes or handbag, where do you go? In Kuching City, you can go to a cobbler on the five-foot way or a cobbler shop. Leo-cobbler Shoes and Handbags Repair Service, located at an old shophouse at Jalan Ang Cheng Ho, is a cobbler shop which repairs not only shoes […]
Red Bundle — family business with a humble beginning
KUCHING: With only RM240, a family-run bundle shop famously known as Red Bundle now has a sixth branch in Sarawak. Its new branch is located at the MetroCity Matang New Township and is said to be one of the largest bundle shops in Malaysia — with three floors and seven lots of shop houses, and […]
SPICES vs COVID – NO, TRADERS AIN’T QUITTING!!
He who controls the spice controls the universe, so wrote American author Frank Herbert in Dune, a novel series of soft science fiction. Spices have played a major role in the development and sustenance of civilisations. Those who had a firm grip of the spice trade in ancient times truly controlled, “the universe” as it […]
Stall offers eight types of bubur
KOTA SAMARAHAN: A bubur (porridge) stall, located at Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) hawker centre here, is hogging the public’s attention every evening. The stall is unlike any other stall because it sells eight types of bubur. The stall owner, Mohamad Syafiq Iylia Jamadi, said he started the business with his mother back in late […]
A century of spices
When it comes to making curry, one should not skimp the spices — in fact, the more the merrier. Carrying on the ‘spicy’ business started by his grandmother almost a century ago, curry paste seller Mahendrean Sockalingam have been in the business since the 1970s, and is still going strong. Different spices for different meat […]
Deaf farmer finds ways to overcome
Learning a new skill can get you far. Throughout his life, Lee Cho Seng acquired numerous agriculture skills and despite his disability, he worked hard and never depended on anyone. He believes that a positive attitude and the desire to learn can change one’s lifestyle. Disability is not inability Give a man a fish and […]
Big plans for family’s business
Have you ever heard that a person’s career is not necessarily related to his or her Bachelor’s degree? This is further supported by a study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which showed that only 27 percent of college graduates work in a field related to their majors. And yes, this is what […]
