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| City folks throng Chow Kit market for Aidilfitri essentials Posted: 28 Aug 2011 04:50 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: Raja Bot Market or better known as Chow Kit Market remains the focus of city folks buying essential goods to celebrate Aidilfitri in a few days. A Bernama survey found crowds of mostly housewives thronging the market to buy goods like rice, flour, onion and dry chilli because of the lower price. Despite price increases, Chow Kit market still manages to offer better prices to attract customers from other areas like Cheras and Gombak. Civil servant Rogayah Embok, 46, who lives in Cheras said she came to shop at Chow Kit market as she found price of dry goods to be less expensive. "Since I work at Kuala Lumpur Hospital, I get to compare prices and find them to be cheaper. Moreover. I can haggle with sellers at Chow Kit," she told Bernama here Sunday. Zaitun Osman, 48, a teacher from Gombak, said Chow Kit market offers daily essentials that are cheap and of high quality. "I am picky when buying goods, especially beef and will choose the batang pinang section as it is good for rendang cooking," he said. Not far from Jalan Chow Kit is Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, the place where Muslims throng to buy their Aidilfitri clothing and cookies. Most of the dealers are offering last minutes discounts as high as 60-70 percent on clothing. "Very interesting and profitable as the goods are cheaper than those at supermarkets," said Rosli Kamad, 39, who has just bought clothing for his children. Siti Saleha Abdul Ghani, 27, a clerk from Pahang said she and her husband chose to shop here because of the cheaper price and variety of clothing. "Traders even hold auction of Raya clothing at night," she added. Kuih seller Syahrizal Saad, 25, said despite the high price of home made biscuits, buyers could still pay RM55 for three boxes. "The 22 types of biscuits get overwhelming response from buyers as they are made without using artificial colouring," he added - Bernama |
| Dr M: Malaysia has prospered under Barisan Posted: 28 Aug 2011 02:52 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has prospered under the Barisan Nasional system of a coalition government, former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said Sunday. In response to a question posed by a member of the public on whether the current Barisan-led government needed a change, Dr Mahathir said the system was good as it included the participation of all races. "You cannot blame the Barisan or the system, but the policies that is followed by each government," he said at the Q&A held in conjunction with the launch of the Chinese version of his memoir "A Doctor in the House" at the Bookfest@Malaysia 2011. In an indirect response to the Bersih 2.0 rally, Dr Mahathir said: "No one should be entitled to everything that he thinks he is entitled to, because everyone must make some sacrifice." |
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