Sungai Wang Plaza!! -- Famous Mall in KL -

dexa

Mall with all the right attributes

Stories by BAVANI M.
Photos by SAMUEL ONG

THIS year, Kuala Lumpur抯 most enduring shopping complex turns 30. Since it opened its doors in 1977, Sungei Wang Plaza has become the centre for urban culture, catering to the needs of the young, the young at heart and the traveller. The mall has become a landmark of sorts and attracts over two million visitors each month. StarMetro speaks to its loyal tenants, staff members and shoppers to find out what makes the complex so popular.

WHAT makes one of the city抯 most enduring malls so popular? Some say it抯 the location? Some believe its good feng shui is the reason while others are lured by the variety of goods that can be found under its roof.  

Whatever the reasons, Sungei Wang Plaza has managed to survive two recessions, floods and even several gang wars. It has come out unscathed and even won the prestigious FIABCI Prix d Excellence 1996 international award under the Retail Properties category

dexa

River of tin wealth

TAN Sri Chong Kok Lim, a Hakka tin miner from Perak, built Sungei Wang Plaza in 1977.  

It is believed that the late Chong made his fortune in the Kinta Valley, Perak, and moved to Kuala Lumpur to build two of the city抯 most enduring landmarks

cz

ramai gak tak tahu yg BB Plaza ni own/manage by UDA Holdings Bhd. HQ UDA holdings based dekat situ, terletak di side yg bertentang dgn mcdonald dan bersebelahan Maybank (kalo bank ni ade lagi la, aku dah lama tak spot tempat tepi tu). Cuma, aku tak sure ape kaitan/beza Sg Wang Plaza dgn BB Plaza dari segi management. Either 2 in 1 dalam satu bangunan or asing2 tapi bangunan attached. Atau sebenarnya sama je cuma saja dicipta dua brand dlm satu bangunan mcm contoh KLCC dgn Parkson dan Midvalley dgn Carrefour.

UDA HOLDINGS BERHAD
BB Plaza, Lot 111
Jalan Bukit Bintang
P.O. Box 10080
50704 Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA

aw76

maybank ade lagik kat situ..last week aku cucuk duit..ni bangunan buruk kat corner tu kan....apsal tak develop ha?

redsentra

tempat paling best untuk cuci mata.... aku keje kat area sana almost 6 yrs .. satu yg aku x suka.. pagi petang malam jam je area ni.. meluat aku.. tu yg pindah cari keje tempat lain

cz

dexa, kalo leh buat la topic mcm 'sungai wang plaza dan bb plaza', sbb aku baru terpikir dia punya perbezaan la iaitu bb plaza kawasan yg ada bangunan tinggi + concourse. Sg wang lak kawasan dari 'penyambung' bb plaza sampai ke hujung. Serupa mcm suria complex di klcc yg berasingan dari klcc tower itself. Dan aku suspect bb plaza dan sg wang mempunyai usia yg sama....any other opinion dan info?

p/s: aku minat psl sg wang ni sbb kat situ lah antara keje terawal aku lepas sekolah (kenangan lama)....promoter hand phone utk digi 1800! huhuh.....waktu time tu berapa kerat jer open table/stall yg jual henpon. Bulan posa pon aku melalak jual henpon kat customer yg lalu lalang..... kau pat pat!!!! (RM 688!!) hehehehe...

darth_vader

Originally posted by aw76 at 6-7-2007 09:57 AM
maybank ade lagik kat situ..last week aku cucuk duit..ni bangunan buruk kat corner tu kan....apsal tak develop ha?

waktu aku keje maybank dulu, cawangan bukit bintang nie adalah GOLD branch, semua staff dier dapat 'special bonus' almost every year.

millennium girl

aku xske sgt g area sg wang plaza/ bkt bintang.. sesak spjg masa..

arnabkiut

tmpat paling jemm di dunia...huhuhu senak otak aku kalo pk kawasan nie..
uuhuhuhuh

dexa

dexa, kalo leh buat la topic mcm 'sungai wang plaza dan bb plaza', sbb aku baru terpikir dia punya perbezaan la iaitu bb plaza kawasan yg ada bangunan tinggi + concourse. Sg wang lak kawasan dari 'penyambung' bb plaza sampai ke hujung. Serupa mcm suria complex di klcc yg berasingan dari klcc tower itself. Dan aku suspect bb plaza dan sg wang mempunyai usia yg sama....any other opinion dan info?

ah good suggestion -- nanti saya edit tajuk
and try to find out regarding bb plaza juga ---

bb plaza came a bit later -
masa mula mula sungai wang built tu -- in 1977
yang kat bawah sekali UG -- sebelah shakeys sana -
ada ice skating rink -
masa tu metro jaya semua tu mana ada --
and bb plaza pun tak ada lagi --
then baru depa sambungkan --  just so u know
it was under different mgmt then
now sure now but i still think it is different -

kalau perhati betul2 - bila you crossed sungai wang
dari bb plaza - ada macam satu 'block' -- yang depa
akan buka only bila mgmt kat bb dah buka --
ishhh not sure how to explain about it --

usia tak sama  sebab kalau tak silap bb plaza
dirasmikan later than sungai wang plaza

ingat tak president???
panggung terbesar di malaysia --
boleh muat more than 500 dalam satu seat -
tak silap saya - ditutup about 10 years ago --

masa saya kecil saya tengok wayang kat president
banyak kali  and mostly  chinese movie
sebab saya minat chinese movie (yang kungfu
style or  yang jenis zaman tok kadok punya flick) --

[ Last edited by  dexa at 6-7-2007 10:16 PM ]

dexa

bersebelahan Maybank (kalo bank ni ade lagi la, aku dah lama tak spot tempat tepi tu)

ada lagi maybank tu ! -

cz

Originally posted by dexa at 6-7-2007 10:13 PM




ah good suggestion -- nanti saya edit tajuk
and try to find out regarding bb plaza juga ---

bb plaza came a bit later -
masa mula mula sungai wang built tu -- in 1977
yang kat bawah ...

ok2...my bad..aku belum cari info betul2 pasal bb plaza ni (on the dob of sg wang and bb plaza)...

cz

Originally posted by dexa at 6-7-2007 10:13 PM
ah good suggestion -- nanti saya edit tajuk
and try to find out regarding bb plaza juga ---

bb plaza came a bit later -
masa mula mula sungai wang built tu -- in 1977
yang kat bawah sekali UG -- sebelah shakeys sana -
ada ice skating rink -
masa tu metro jaya semua tu mana ada --
and bb plaza pun tak ada lagi --
then baru depa sambungkan --  just so u know
it was under different mgmt then
now sure now but i still think it is different

yeah...mcm ada lantai/structure yg bersambung..

kalau perhati betul2 - bila you crossed sungai wang
dari bb plaza - ada macam satu 'block' -- yang depa
akan buka only bila mgmt kat bb dah buka --
ishhh not sure how to explain about it --

usia tak sama  sebab kalau tak silap bb plaza
dirasmikan later than sungai wang plaza

aku tak sure pasal block yg bila bb mgmt buka baru sg wang mgmt buka...tapi kalo boleh nak tahu gak teperinci..coz waktu keje kat sana dulu tu, aku tak pernah notice ttg 'block' nih...

ingat tak president???
panggung terbesar di malaysia --
boleh muat more than 500 dalam satu seat -
tak silap saya - ditutup about 10 years ago --

ingattt wooo......tempat duduk dari left to right melengkung......giler besar....kire mcm duduk kat stadium la tgk bola..cumanya, condition panggung tu cam kotor gak le selalu coz besar sgt kot nak kena sentiasa cuci....last citer yg aku tgk kat sana ialah citer titanic..HAHAHA

lagi satu.....warung kedai makan melayu kat situ (waktu 90an)...now aku tak tahu le ade lagi ke tak.....located dkt paling atas sekali....kire kalo naik escalator yg kat tgh sg wang tu sampai atas...mmg sampai le kat warung2 tu...boleh dikatakan 80% kat situ warung melayu jerr byk....respect lah sbb ramai malays berniaga kat situ dulu (especially tgh2 places mcm ni yg didominant oleh...u know lah)..

awal 90an dulu aku selalu layan dgn ehem lama main rollerskate kat sg wang tu...hehehe..ape ntah nama tpt tu...mmg romantic wooo.....haaa...org panggil tpt tu 'spinning'.....mana ade lagi dah kat KL ni tpt cam gitu...cam matsalleh ice skating dgn gf/bf lak time winter kat lake..heheehe


[ Last edited by  cz at 7-7-2007 07:14 AM ]

dexa

lagi satu.....warung kedai makan melayu kat situ (waktu 90an)...now aku tak tahu le ade lagi ke tak.....located dkt paling atas sekali....kire kalo naik escalator yg kat tgh sg wang tu sampai atas...mmg sampai le kat warung2 tu...boleh dikatakan 80% kat situ warung melayu jerr byk....respect lah sbb ramai malays berniaga kat situ dulu (especially tgh2 places mcm ni yg didominant oleh...u know lah)..

ada kat atas tu --
kedai ahmad yatim kat sana -
dulu sokmo borak2 dengan dia
saya suka ahmad yatim  - lakonan yang berkesan -
dulu saya tanya -
uncle tak nak berlakon lagi ka
sebab uncle berlakon best dalam filem abang
dengan filem pemburu --
dia kata - alaa kita dah tua bagi peluang orang muda
tapi memang dia seorang yang gifted
and very very humble and nice guy ...
suka mee hoon bandung kat situ --

awal 90an dulu aku selalu layan dgn ehem lama main rollerskate kat sg wang tu...hehehe..ape ntah
nama tpt tu...mmg romantic wooo.....haaa...org panggil tpt tu 'spinning'.....mana ade lagi dah kat KL
ni tpt cam gitu...cam matsalleh ice skating dgn gf/bf lak time winter kat lake..heheehe

tak tahu bahagian mana rollerskate kat sana
yang saya tahu zaman tok kadok masa mula2 baru buka dulu in 1977 -
ada ice skating rink kat sebelah shakeys tu -- besar dan popular gak dengarnya --

masa tu kalau tak silap sejarah ice skating ni -
mula2 sekali ada kat asiajaya - yang kat armada hotel pj tu --
pastu  ada kat sungai wang plaza..
and now kat  sunway pyramid ..

saya suka ice skating ni - tapi  skate kat outdoor masa duduk oversea dulu -
kalau pergi ottawa musim winter best - skate kat sepanjang sungai tu
kalau kat tempat kita,  skate kat park - masa summer tempat tu pond for ducks -

cz ice skate tak?? --- ada pergi sunway pyramid?

cz

Originally posted by dexa at 8-7-2007 07:09 PM
cz ice skate tak?? --- ada pergi sunway pyramid?

uish...tak tahu lak kat msia time 70an dulu ada ice skating especially kat sg wang tu...ingatkan kat sunway piramid je yg the one and the first kat msia ni. Ice skating kat pyramid ni tak penah le, tapi penah skali try kat mines (early 90s), waktu tu ade mcm pameran ke ape pasal ice skating ring ni...so try2 je la, itu pun kejap je sbb ice skating ni payah benar dr rollerskate (nak kena balance blade kat tgh tapak kaki rather than rollerskate yg takyah balancekan tapak).

dexa

Originally posted by cz at 8-7-2007 08:33 PM


uish...tak tahu lak kat msia time 70an dulu ada ice skating especially kat sg wang tu...ingatkan kat sunway piramid je yg the one and the first kat msia ni. Ice skating kat pyramid ni tak pen ...

oooooOOOO
pernah gak dengar kat mines
depa ada pameran yang 4 seasons tu
tak tahu masih ada lagi ke tidak
saya masuk mines sekali aje -  sebab tengok pameran apa ntah
lama dah juga - ada macam jambatan kat dalam tu
pelik sikit  tapi saya tak berapa suka gi sana
tak convenience..

saya tak suka rollerskate sebab susah rasanya
rollerblade memang selalu la...

memang ada dulu in 70s  saya ada baca mengenainya
kat asiajaya  macam saya beritahu dulu --
dengarnya macam popular gak...

saya suka ice skating sebab fast.... and senang nak buat turning..
licin aje....

so -- tak ada pergi  sunway pyramid lah ye
pergi sekali  la - mesti awak suka -

cz

hehehe...
anyway..kalo ade sesapa including me yg ade info + gambar sg wang dgn ice skating ring..meh la pastekan....nak gak tgk camne rupa 70s nye ice skating ring especially in msia..

cz

Entrance Sungei Wang Plaza (yg mengadap Lot 10)



Ada jumpa artikel pasal sg wang and ice skating:

It started when in my school days, and in Chinese it is called GoldenRiver. It was boom time in the early 1980s then, and lots of shoppersgo there. At that time Lot 10 did not exist - it was a wet market then!!! which has since then relocated to inner part of Imbi Road. Alsoin the 1980s it has probably our one and only ice skating rink- thanks to Torville and Dean which made ice skating popular then. It is now adeparmental store - Parkson!!!

alphawolf

Ah...SgWang dan BB Plaza...port aku melepak zaman muda-muda dulu!

dexa

Monday October 15, 2007
Sungei Wang Plaza has been around for 30 years

THE Sungei Wang Plaza in the Golden Triangle area is one of the most busiest and oldest malls in the country.

This month, the shopping mall which sees about 2.2 million shoppers monthly, will be celebrating the final series of its year-long 30th anniversary celebration from Oct 30 to Nov 28.

揟he shopping mall opened in 1977 and has been around for some time now. We are very happy that the mall is still a popular spot for locals and tourists,