The Cat City - KUCHING V 4.0.1.1

[kiko]

taxi radio call servce 24 hrs

[triplex]

Question from a 'foreigner'
How is accessibility of these mall places (Boulevard, Spring, etc) ?
Say if I'm to stay in the touristy part (Hilton, Crowne PLaza, etc) - getting a taxi to those places should be no problem I think
But getting back to square one ? How then ?
Thanks !

make sure you take note of the taxi service telephone number.

if u use bus however, its really convenient nowadays since the bus service have been improved a lot.hop on the bus with label "thespring". i don't know about boulevard.

[Yohanes]

Komplex Islam Sarawak update on 26/5/10, construction doing very well..

[Yohanes]

Giant?

[Yohanes]

Few more update...

Kuching Sentral as at 27/05/10




New at 7th Mile


Song Plaza




New apartment

[kuchingbite]

Wow, great job yohanes, thx for the pic...

btw, how's the outcome of City One Shopping Mall? i heard the construction is very smooth and fast.

[kiko]

thks for the pic..so no need to upload mine anymore since others have upload it..cityone mall construction is quite fast..we can see the structure up oredy..could complete earlier than expected

[kuchingbite]

ic... any pic refer to city one?
how about the tax college at jln tabuan, i recall last time was built the roof ady...

[C.P Tan]

PWP sets more take ups for Kuching City Mall

May 27, 2010, Thursday

KUCHING: Property marketeer PWP Properties (S) Sdn Bhd (PWP) is gearing up for high take up rates for commercial and residential units within the Kuching City Mall project near 4th Mile here.



BUSTLING: Kuching City Mall’s shophouses are envisaged to become the pulse of a new enterprising commercial hub in the city.

The project was spearheaded by Kuching City Mall Developments Sdn Bhd (Kuching City Mall), of which PWP Properties is its marketing arm.
According to project manager Victor Wong, the commercial development involved 89 units of three-storey shophouses while residential estate comprised a total of 659 units of modern semi-detached and terrace houses.
“For the shophouses, it’s 75 per cent near completion, with some portions of the lots having already reached advanced finishing stages. For the residential portion, works for phase one and two will commence this July, with expected completion date within two years’ time.
“The project sits on a 103 acre piece of land and consists of 15 phases of development. Phases five, six, seven and 15 are slated for commercial use while the rest will all be residential.
“Total GDV (gross development value) for the project would be close to RM500 million,” he told reporters during a media briefing yesterday.
Wong added that Kuching City Mall represented its largest project yet, pointing out that it was inspired by the highly successful Kota Kinabalu City Mall (KK City Mall) which was fully-completed a year ago.
“KK City Mall was our biggest undertaking in Sabah, with construction costs of around RM100 million. But Kuching will be even bigger,” he continued.
At the same time, Wong also announced that there would be an official launch of its residential units at its 4th Mile site tomorrow by Kuching City Mall’s chairman Datuk Wong Hee Toh.
“Post-launch, we’ll be pushing our efforts towards the sales of these residential units, which I believe represent a premium investment for buyers given its strategic location and access, upcoming nearby commercial developments as well as other services that cater for good living.
“For our commercial shophouse units, we’ve already achieved about 75 per cent take up rate,” he concluded.

Source: The Borneo Post Online

[C.P Tan]

Kuching City Mall blueprint

[tbc]

Originally Posted by dinimilanista

There are many taxis parked in front of the Spring at any time during the day..However for Boulevard...

Originally Posted by kiko

taxi radio call servce 24 hrs

Originally Posted by triplex

make sure you take note of the taxi service telephone number.

if u use bus however, its really convenient nowadays since the bus service have been improved a lot.hop on the bus with label "thespring". i don't know about boulevard.

Thank you everyone
Safe to conclude Spring is accessible readily, Boulevard do not attempt if not driving then

[dwinz]

Kuching




Wisma Satok


Secret Recipe @ Satok


First Drive-Thru in Sarawak, KFC Demak Jaya








More photos to come

[kiko]

good tat kuching progress is very fast now..bet we can once again lead borneo in city development..2012 i bet will be the best year for us..more malls & entertainment outlet

[TWK90]

I think time for Kuching to have good public transport.

Starting with Kuching Sentral, plan BRT.

It is good to see Kuching growing like this, i mean...shopping centres have to be built according to demand.

[triplex]

yes.kuching's development is the fastest ever now. never been the progress like this. it used to be literally stagnant for some time a few years back. the bus system is quite good right now. with completion of kuching central, hopefully it would be more efficient.

kuching does need o few more shopping malls. lets recall how many malls are there now being in construction?
1)onecitymall
2)boulevard phase 2
3)kuching central
4)merdeka plaza
5)st3
6)pusat islam

what else?

[kuchingbite]

Here are the list that i recall which the mall is currently being construction:
1.) City One Shopping Mall - construction at basement
2.) Plaza Merdeka - construction at basement
3.) Boulevard Phase 2 - construction at first floor
4.) ST3 - construction at ground floor
5.) Kuching Sentral - construction at second floor
6.) OneJaya Shopping Mall - almost complete
7.) Islamic Complex - construction at second floor
8.) Giant Mall at Kota Padawan - still under pilling

[C.P Tan]

Nam Leong Departmental Store opens first Kuching branch

May 28, 2010, Friday

KUCHING: Nam Leong Departmental Store’s first branch in Kuching is set for its soft opening today.



SET FOR OPENING: Nam Leong Departmental Store at Tabuan Plaza offers affordable quality products.

Located at the newly opened Tabuan Plaza, this will be the 13th outlet statewide thus far.
It hosts various departments such as the men’s and lady’s, children, men’s inner wear and lady’s lingerie and accessories, costume jewellery, stationery, and toys & gifts.
Among the brands available are Snail, John Master, Crocodile, Elle, Soda, Polo, and Montagut while the cosmetic department serves several popular brands such as Silky Girl, Maybeline and Revlon.
According to retail manager Raymond YY Chung, more than 40 brands were made available throughout the store entire 28,000 square feet retail
area.
“With the wide range of choices available to the customer, Nam Leong promises quality products and we assure affordable prices,” said Chung.
“We choose Tabuan Jaya because it is a mature consumer area with a good population. Our priority is to cater to all the needs of the people here,” he said.
He also said that the target market for Nam Leong was medium-range consumer who put affordable prices foremost.
Chung later revealed that a free gift would be rewarded to customers who spent more than RM150 in a single receipt today while stock lasted.
Open everyday including public holidays, the store operating hours are from 10am to 9.30pm except on Friday, Saturday and public holiday operating hours are from 10am to 10pm.

Source: Borneo Post Online

[C.P Tan]

Award is seal of our quality, says Swinburne Sarawak’s Pro Vice-Chancellor
21 May 2010



KUCHING – The recent awarding of the self-accreditation status by the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) to Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus is proof that the high quality of education the university offers is internationally recognised.

Professor Helmut Lueckenhausen, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Swinburne Sarawak, said this after receiving the award recently. Lueckenhausen was this week presented with the award by Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin, Minister of Higher Education, at a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur.

“With the support of the Sarawak government and the government of Malaysia, Swinburne Sarawak is now recognized as one of the eight universities in Malaysia that have the program and operational quality mechanisms in place to provide quality degrees that are recognized not only by the international community but by all the key authorities within Malaysia – JPA (Public Services Department) and MQA (Malaysian Qualifications Agency),” Lueckenhausen said.

The award also means that the deployment of Swinburne Sarawak as a foreign branch campus university in Kuching has been proven to be successful, he said, and that it is worth investing more intellectual property and continuing to invest income derived from student fees into more, highly qualified, staff and a greater number of undergraduate, Masters and doctoral/PhD degree programs and in further research and development.

Lueckenhausen said the campus will now add more undergraduate degrees, more masters and doctoral/PhD programs and continue to grow its human and physical resources to continue its trajectory of becoming a world-class university of choice in Sarawak and the region.

“Countries sending their students to Swinburne Sarawak can now be assured that all government instrumentalities in Malaysia recognize the high quality of Swinburne programs,” he added.

Saying that “the lever is now on full speed ahead to grow the capacity of Swinburne Sarawak,” he added that Swinburne’s mission is to deliver undifferentiated programs so that all graduates, from the Sarawak campus as well as from other Swinburne campus and/or program in any part of the world, graduate with the same degree, understanding and knowledge, skills, opportunity to have their qualification recognized internationally, and the capacity to find high quality employment.

Lueckenhausen said that although Swinburne Sarawak is registered as a private university in Malaysia unlike many private colleges, it has not been set up to make profit.

“The partners in the Swinburne Sarawak endeavour - the government of Sarawak and Swinburne Melbourne, an Australian public university and therefore a not-for-profit institution - have undertaken this project as a continuation of their public service and in pursuit of their key performance indicators,” he said.

On a personal note Lueckenhausen said, “Being awarded self-accrediting status means that my work, as is the work of all of my associates at Swinburne Sarawak, is succeeding. We are all doing it right, we are all doing it well, we are succeeding on every important level.”

He also thanked and congratulated the MQA. “This organization (MQA), born out of its predecessor LAN, has the carriage of managing the thrust of Malaysian government policy for the development of its higher education sector into a world-class regional hub. The quality of the process so far and the collaborative, positive attitude of MQA staff and the audit panels is a great complement to them and gives us at Swinburne increased confidence in the future of tertiary education in Malaysia,” he said.

The awarding of self-accrediting status, Lueckenhausen said, requires increasing number of staff with doctoral qualifications, solid data supporting the high employability of graduates, growing levels of research and development, the active involvement of all stakeholders and high quality systems throughout the organization.

He said that in the 10 years since Swinburne Sarawak first began operations in Kuching the staff has grown to more than 260. “Creating the portfolio required as part of the MQA submission, dealing directly with our counterparts at MQA, managing the logistics and information exchange for the audit, required a team of highly skilled, highly dedicated Swinburne staff. To them I extend my congratulations and heartfelt thanks - they make my work here worthwhile,” he said.

Swinburne Sarawak was one of eight universities in the country to be granted self-accreditation status following an audit by the MQA, carried out based on the Code of Practice in Institutional Audit which comprised requirements and guidelines with regard to quality at the respective institutions.



Lueckenhausen receiving the certificate from Khaled. Looking on at right is Tan Sri Dato Dr Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Yassin, chairman of MQA.

Source: http://www.swinburne.edu.my/media/me..._details100524

This further enhances the status of Kuching as an education hub in the region, especially East Malaysia.

[dwinz]

Nam Leong is from where?

Originally Posted by C.P Tan

Nam Leong Departmental Store opens first Kuching branch

May 28, 2010, Friday

KUCHING: Nam Leong Departmental Store’s first branch in Kuching is set for its soft opening today.



SET FOR OPENING: Nam Leong Departmental Store at Tabuan Plaza offers affordable quality products.

Located at the newly opened Tabuan Plaza, this will be the 13th outlet statewide thus far.
It hosts various departments such as the men’s and lady’s, children, men’s inner wear and lady’s lingerie and accessories, costume jewellery, stationery, and toys & gifts.
Among the brands available are Snail, John Master, Crocodile, Elle, Soda, Polo, and Montagut while the cosmetic department serves several popular brands such as Silky Girl, Maybeline and Revlon.
According to retail manager Raymond YY Chung, more than 40 brands were made available throughout the store entire 28,000 square feet retail
area.
“With the wide range of choices available to the customer, Nam Leong promises quality products and we assure affordable prices,” said Chung.
“We choose Tabuan Jaya because it is a mature consumer area with a good population. Our priority is to cater to all the needs of the people here,” he said.
He also said that the target market for Nam Leong was medium-range consumer who put affordable prices foremost.
Chung later revealed that a free gift would be rewarded to customers who spent more than RM150 in a single receipt today while stock lasted.
Open everyday including public holidays, the store operating hours are from 10am to 9.30pm except on Friday, Saturday and public holiday operating hours are from 10am to 10pm.

Source: Borneo Post Online

[CARJON]

Originally Posted by dwinz

Nam Leong is from where?

Nam Leong from Miri