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| Abdul Karim visits the `Tamu’ at Sibu Central Market, accompanied by Hii (third left), Tiong (fourth right), Tan (second right) and others. |
SIBU: Sibu Central Market is a good tourism attraction as it depicts the life of the local populace, said Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah after visiting the central market yesterday.
Sibu Central Market houses over 1,000 traders and is touted as the biggest indoor market in Malaysia.
“It is a good tourism attraction as one can see the life of Sibu there….the kind of food they eat, the diverse communities selling their wares,” Abdul Karim said of the market.
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He was also impressed with the sight of chickens wrapped in newspaper at the central market.
“Nowhere else in Malaysia can you find live chickens being sold this way. It is clean and very innovative,” he added.
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| Chickens wrapped in newspapers for sale at Sibu Central Market. |
Abdul Karim was accompanied by the ministry’s permanent secretary Hii Chang Kee, Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) chairman Datuk Tiong Thai King and Sibu Hawkers Welfare Association chairman Captain Tan Hong Kiang. -TheBorneoPost
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