Reactions Still Mixed Over Shift To New Trading Location
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

Bandar Seri Begawan - The 72 fish vendors who have been relocated to the Gadong fish market a month ago are still having mixed feelings over their new trading venue.

They were relocated after their old trading location at Pasar Tambing in the capital was demolished to make way for a new development project.

Some of the fish traders said they did not have good business since they moved to the new location as they have to compete with the existing vendors who have been operating at the Gadong fish market for many years. Others said they are having better luck in the new trading area.

"Our customers are mainly people from the water villages. Some of them do not want to come here, maybe because it costs more for them to take boatrides to Gadong," the relocated vendors said.

However, some fish sellers who are occupying strategic locations at the Gadong fish market said they are enjoying better business in the new trading area.

"However, we have to lower our prices as we need to compete with other fish traders," they said.

The relocated fish vendors were placed at a location at the fish market which was formerly occupied by chicken and meat vendors who have been moved to another place which was once used as a fish storage area next to the fish market.

Some dwellers of water villages said they now have to drive their cars to Gadong fish market to get their daily needs after the closure of Pasar Tambing. However, some old folks said they still buy fish from vendors who sell their products from boats at Sungai Kianggeh.

"It costs us more to go to Gadong by boat. So we still go to the capital by boat and get our fish from vendors who sell them on boats," they said. Other dwellers said they are so used to shop for their kitchen needs in the capital that they will not go to Gadong to get their daily necessities.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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