I was checking my fb account yesterday,and received a msg frm someone concerning The Gambier Street Esplanade.Even reading the title annoyed me. I was(wait.I still am)so friggin disappointed to find out that Kuching goverment is gonna demolish Gambier Street Market.wth..!!??
Demolish the market and make it into an explanade? I do admit having that market there does cause traffic problems,but I reli disagree in demolishing it.It is after all one of the oldest buildings there!It shud b preserved as one of Kuching's historical buildings. The government really shud have come up with other solutions if it's because of the traffic problem and the cleanliness.But not replace it wif an esplanade! Certain rules on the "loading and unloading" as well as the traffic could be enforced. One of the problem was Kuchingites parking their vehicles haphazardly whrever they want,even to the extend of having 2or3 lanes in the so-called narrow road,causing massive traffic jams. That's not the market's fault!It's the drivers' faults.Well,enforced some laws on that then!Not demolish the market! And if it's bout cleanliness,hire cleaners for that area!Rather than spending RM7 million for the esplanade project,might as well use it to clean the area!Use competent traffic police to help the traffic flow so that drivers wont double,no I mean,triple-parked their vehicles!
Demolish the market and make it into an explanade? I do admit having that market there does cause traffic problems,but I reli disagree in demolishing it.It is after all one of the oldest buildings there!It shud b preserved as one of Kuching's historical buildings. The government really shud have come up with other solutions if it's because of the traffic problem and the cleanliness.But not replace it wif an esplanade! Certain rules on the "loading and unloading" as well as the traffic could be enforced. One of the problem was Kuchingites parking their vehicles haphazardly whrever they want,even to the extend of having 2or3 lanes in the so-called narrow road,causing massive traffic jams. That's not the market's fault!It's the drivers' faults.Well,enforced some laws on that then!Not demolish the market! And if it's bout cleanliness,hire cleaners for that area!Rather than spending RM7 million for the esplanade project,might as well use it to clean the area!Use competent traffic police to help the traffic flow so that drivers wont double,no I mean,triple-parked their vehicles!
I read this article a few minutes ago:
mysarawak.wordpress.com-"KUCHING: The transformation of the former wet market at Gambier Street into an esplanade, an extension of the existing waterfront, will begin this month.Kuching City North Commission Datuk Bandar Mohamad Atei Abang Medaan said the tender for the RM7 million beautification project has already been given out.“Hopefully (it will be) completed by the end of the year. The beautification process is quite slow, but what we need to put up first are the facilities,” he told reporters here yesterday."
Yes.Beautification.So they're gonna "beautify "the place by extending Waterfront area and planting TREES.Like as if Waterfront isn't long enough for people stroll along.wait,more like teens to date around.And ooooo...Beautify them wif trees.How pretty. (=.=)''' Fine maybe it's a good way for tourists to enjoy strolling along Waterfront.But come on!Is the experience of walking along the new extended waterfront pathwayany different frm the walks in the paths before that??
There are many others besides me who are really unsatisfied with this motion of demolishing Gambier St. Market. Actions to so-call "pujuk" our beloved government were done before the decision were officially finalised.Yet the gov didn't even bother.Petitions were going around through the net, Photography competitions of the area were done organized by many parties including the Architectural society, and so forth. These were done so that Gambier St. Market would be one of the historical landmarks in Kuching.Well,for starters,it's been thr for a very very very VERY long time. Places like this should be PRESERVED!Not demolished and b replaced by trees!!I'm not denying that modernisation is great and I'm all up for it,but tearing down one of the oldest areas in Kuching and replacing it with trees is officially an insult!Definitely could be one of Kuching tourists spots to walked ard. Westerners haf never seen wild veges and othr produce frm Sarawak rite?Those could be used as promotions,just need to make them more interesting and "out-there"Anyway...the people has spoken!!!But sadly,NOT HEARD!!!
So the hawker stalls and those who works at the market are now relocated to Stutong Market.Plain "newer" boring market.Not in town,not in areas where there's tourist walking about.Nothing.
Hmm......I'm so disappointed bout this.I never thought I'd be so hyped up bout things in Kuching.Let alone about a market I rarely go to.Heck,I suck big time at History lessons in school yet I think it should be a historical landmark.
Y'all think its one of those projects so that "certain parties" could gain extra income and use it for personal reasons??I do.Very much think so.Very.
It's sad to see historical "antique" buildings you've seen your whole life but never really appreciate it ,destroyed.It's gonna be gone...forever.
As of June 15,demolition project has started.
Imagine,bricks and pillars,roofs and floors,"saw" years and years of lives/lifestyles/incidences/wars...heck,maybe even James Brooke passing by the building itself. And if they could speak,they would tell us wonderful stories of how people lived before.And if they could speak,right now....they''re shouting "NO!DONT DESTROY US!",while crying.
Yes.Beautification.So they're gonna "beautify "the place by extending Waterfront area and planting TREES.Like as if Waterfront isn't long enough for people stroll along.wait,more like teens to date around.And ooooo...Beautify them wif trees.How pretty. (=.=)''' Fine maybe it's a good way for tourists to enjoy strolling along Waterfront.But come on!Is the experience of walking along the new extended waterfront pathwayany different frm the walks in the paths before that??
There are many others besides me who are really unsatisfied with this motion of demolishing Gambier St. Market. Actions to so-call "pujuk" our beloved government were done before the decision were officially finalised.Yet the gov didn't even bother.Petitions were going around through the net, Photography competitions of the area were done organized by many parties including the Architectural society, and so forth. These were done so that Gambier St. Market would be one of the historical landmarks in Kuching.Well,for starters,it's been thr for a very very very VERY long time. Places like this should be PRESERVED!Not demolished and b replaced by trees!!I'm not denying that modernisation is great and I'm all up for it,but tearing down one of the oldest areas in Kuching and replacing it with trees is officially an insult!Definitely could be one of Kuching tourists spots to walked ard. Westerners haf never seen wild veges and othr produce frm Sarawak rite?Those could be used as promotions,just need to make them more interesting and "out-there"Anyway...the people has spoken!!!But sadly,NOT HEARD!!!So the hawker stalls and those who works at the market are now relocated to Stutong Market.Plain "newer" boring market.Not in town,not in areas where there's tourist walking about.Nothing.
Hmm......I'm so disappointed bout this.I never thought I'd be so hyped up bout things in Kuching.Let alone about a market I rarely go to.Heck,I suck big time at History lessons in school yet I think it should be a historical landmark.
Y'all think its one of those projects so that "certain parties" could gain extra income and use it for personal reasons??I do.Very much think so.Very.
It's sad to see historical "antique" buildings you've seen your whole life but never really appreciate it ,destroyed.It's gonna be gone...forever.
As of June 15,demolition project has started.Imagine,bricks and pillars,roofs and floors,"saw" years and years of lives/lifestyles/incidences/wars...heck,maybe even James Brooke passing by the building itself. And if they could speak,they would tell us wonderful stories of how people lived before.And if they could speak,right now....they''re shouting "NO!DONT DESTROY US!",while crying.
"This is destroying "living" proof of history.Murdering evidences of parcels of Kuching's historical area."
2 comments:
totally agree with you. I would not been able to express better! seems personal gains erase "commensense" for these ppl.
what a shame! "white hairs" rules.
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