Multi purpose Sungai Merah market ready soon

SIBU: The new Sungai Merah market is expected to open for business next month. The Deputy Minister for Public Health, Housing, and Local Government, Datuk Michael Tiang Ming Tee, said the project was at 95.81 percent completed, with only minor touch up needed. “Only a slight delay of 0.56 per cent,” he said in a […]

Market reconstruction to retain old elements

SIBU: Some of the structures in the old Sungai Merah Market will be retained in the building which is being rebuilt at a cost of RM4.58 million. Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) Market and Petty Traders Standing Committee chairman Albert Tiang who gave the assurance said the belian wooden structure found in the old market would […]

Sungai Merah hawkers want signboards at temporary market

SIBU: Hawkers at the Sungai Merah temporary market have requested that signboards be put up to inform customers of their location. This was revealed by Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) chairman Clarence Ting Ing Horh in a Facebook post yesterday. According to Ting, the request was made when he visited the temporary market. “One of the […]

New Sungai Merah market centre soon

SIBU: The old Sungai Merah market centre here will be demolished to pave way for more modern and contemporary double-storey market building costing RM4.55 million. It is expected to be completed in 18 months’ time. According to Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) Market and Petty Traders Standing Committee chairman Cr. Albert Tiang, it would be a […]