Pasar Malam Belia Metrocity transforms into Sarawak’s first cashless night market

KUCHING: The Pasar Malam Belia Metrocity in Kuching has achieved a milestone by becoming Sarawak’s first and largest cashless night market, with over 85 percent of its merchants adopting cashless transactions. The cashless initiative is a collaborative effort between Payments Network Malaysia (PayNet) and Persatuan Penjaja Petra Jaya (PPPI), aligned with Bank Negara (BNM)’s ‘e-Duit! […]

Coffee business inspired by father’s love for ‘Kopi O’

By Medeena Syed Zahir KUCHING: Starting with just three jars of water, Monaliza Drahman now has 10 jars with various flavours. The business was started by Monaliza in 2016 and she came up with ‘Wak Man Station’ – Wak being her father’s name. “I started out first at the Jalan Haji Taha Art Market before […]

Patrons making beeline to Ramadan Bazaar

BY JASMINE BADUN and GABRIEL LIHAN KUCHING: Business particularly at the Metrocity N6 Youth Night Market here is slowly picking up with the onset of the fasting month of Ramadan and the country transitioning into the endemic phase. Huge crowds have started patronising the night market located at Jalan Matang here particularly during the recent […]

Market’s reopening delights residents

KUCHING: Regular clients and visitors to Uptown Night Market here have voiced their delight at the market’s reopening, noting that they can now eat the food that they have been craving. Maselia Saee, a 33-year-old production operator, said she was looking forward to the reopening as she has been craving for Yong Tau Foo (stuffed […]

Night market traders welcome reopening

KUCHING: Many vendors, including those at Uptown night market here are delighted by the reopening of eateries and businesses during phase two of the National Recovery Plan (NRP). Amy Farahana Arbi, 21, owner of Amy Beauty, expressed her excitement at the reopening of Uptown after over two months of closure, despite admitting that business is […]

Metrocity uptown closes amid surge in cases

BY NUR ASHIKIN LOUIS & MOHD ALIF NONI KUCHING: Metrocity N6 Youth Night Market here was instructed to close beginning today until further notice as the district recorded a surge in number of Covid-19 positive cases. The Petra Jaya Hawkers Association president Mohamad Khairuzie Bolhassan said after that, the association which is in-charge of the […]

Fulfilling craving for curry puff

KUCHING: Karipap Nyaman Mak Kamek has no shortage of regular visitors at the Metrocity Youth Night Market in Jalan Matang here. With its crispy skin and generous filling, customers will definitely come back to buy the curry puffs again and again. However, since the implementation of the movement control order (MCO) following the Covid-19 pandemic […]

Metrocity night market is back

BY NUR ASHIKIN LOUIS, MOHD ALIF NONI & RAMIDI SUBARI KUCHING: In the last couple of months, Metrocity’s usually packed night market was left deserted amid the Covid-19 pandemic. On July 1, the Metroctiy N6 Youth Night Market was officially reopened, giving traders the fulfilment of getting back into business and the Kunchingites satisfaction of […]

Good turnout at Metrocity Night Market

KUCHING: The Metrocity N6 Youth Night Market is no doubt a crowd-puller and a popular night market in this part of the city. Hundreds of people started to show up as early as 6pm yesterday when it reopened business for the first night after more than three months’ break due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, […]

Night market traders in high spirits

KUCHING: Has the Bazaar Ramadan Online Sarawakku Sayang (BROSS) cost traders and hawkers from the Metrocity Night Market the opportunity to make a living during the movement control order (MCO) period? That is not the case as the initiative received encouraging feedback. Head of the Metrocity N6 Youth Night Market management team, Mohamad Khairuzie Bolhassan, […]