Why not ban all "pasar malams" (night markets) through out the country ? I think pasar malams frustrate motorists everywhere in the country. These pasar malam traders who are actually part of a bigger syndicate think they have an absolute right to set up shop anywhere they please.
Imagine a poor bugger who buys an expensive shop-lot in some "taman" ( housing estate) to start a business or a mini-market and with bank loans to pay. He'd need all the business he can get to stay afloat and he'd try and keep prices low to lure customers from his competitors. Then all of a sudden on a certain day of the week he sees some damn idiots setting up stalls right in front of his shop and in parking lots he'd thought was specially there for his customers' convenience. All of a sudden the place is crawling with all kinds of traders. From smut VCD sellers, cheap footware and attire, crazy music blasting from huge speakers, food-stalls, knick-knack flea marketeers to even sea-food catch from the wet market bought yesterday but well refrigerated and half dried green vegetables. All the stuff that he'd been are selling in his mini market but at a lower price than him. How'd he feel then ?
Pissed off, right ? If all this has been tolerated by our middle and lower class society for years, ( funny you'll never find these "pasar malans" in fashionable Kenny Hills or Damansara Height or Bangsar where the elitists and ultras live ) why do we now suddenly have the urge to be rid of them now ? Is it because they are all manned by foreigners such as Banglas or Indons ? But heck, they have always been run by Indons and until recently the Myanmars. So why the fuss now ?
And coming back to the closure of Jonker Street on Fridays to Sundays in Melaka. Are these 3 days not the busiest days for business when tourists from as far away as Singapore and Europe come to spend their weekends and tourist dollars in historical Melaka ?
As the newly appointed Minister of Tourism, Nazri stands by and allow such closure from taking place. Jonker Street IS the main attraction in the state of Melaka no ? Surely he can over-ride the state officials to retract that law, no ? It would be his first mistake as Tourism Minister if Nazri allowed the closure of Jonker Street unless he will also decree henceforth the closure of all pasar malams and also the notoriously infamous Petaling Street in Kuala Lumpur too !
Would he have the guts to do that ?
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Try it and this government is confirmed gone at the next election.
Salam,
I openly support your call to terminate all "Night Market" or "Pasar Malam" throughout the entire country.
I wish to add two other annoying points,
1) terminate all ILLEGAL stalls irrespective of owner's race,
2) terminate all license of legal food operators that places extra tables across their premise.
Salam,
I support your call to abolish all "Night Market" or "Pasar Malam" throughout the entire country.
I do wish to add another two points, abolish, terminate or destroy :
1) illegal operators,
2) revoke license of legal food operators that abuse the system by placing more tables, outside of their operating premise.
Salutation,
I support your call to ban all "Pasar Malam" across the country, but would like to suggest a step further,
Demolish all ILLEGAL STALLS that has been operating in this country for years, I reported plenty to the government but no actions have been taken by the past and present administration, as of yet.
Another point, I highly dislike all selfish humans that take advantage to place extra tables, especially during the night time, across their legal operating premise! I have been reporting on these for years but no action as of yet..........again.
As a pedestrian, I highly enjoy the atmosphere around these Night Market but as a motorist, I detest these inconveniences of road closures!
~CHAM
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