Simpang tiga area in Kuching

 Simpang tiga area in Kuching.This place was known as Federal Government area where most of the Office are from Federal Government and half are from State Government (Land Survey).Few years later Office are mostly move to Petra Jaya area and then it was replaced with Swinburne University,plus the new Shopping Complex which is the Spring was build nearby.

Bird Eye View of Simpang Tiga Interchange

Kuching,a city well known have many roundabout on their road.More than two decade ago,Kuching have more than 10 roundabout.Most of them big like a soccer field.Most of them so enormous that make you feel exhausted run from one side to the other side.Simpang 3 roundabout is one of them,but the roundabout is like yesteryear stories.Road need to be extend and widen because of more and more vehicles on the road.Government had made flyover here (Or can be call as interchange as interchange road is more complicated compare to flyover).As we can see here,the shape of roundabout still there.

People flock here to Simpang tiga area because of few excuses,yesteryear they only goes to Government Department here and other places surrounding i.e

1.Bangunan Sultan Iskandar
2.Bangunan Tuanku Haji Bujang
3.Land and Survey Department (HQ)
3.Employers Provident Fund / Kumpulan wang Simpanan Pekerja
4.Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan ( For table test,on the road test and renew license)
5.Kenyalang (nearby)
6.King Centre

But now,mostly people not only goes to Government Building ,because some of department have moved to new building nearby Petra Jaya,UTC Padungan and New JPJ at Jalan Kuching-Serian .In recent years,there are new attraction here  including shopping complexes build in this area i.e

1.Spring Shopping Mall
2.St3 (Mall,Cittadell Hotel)
3.Swinburne University
4.Borneo Medical Centre

Hence,other development arise nearby including new shop houses and new business such as restaurant (nearby EPF Building - Across Swinburne and across Spring Mall) including 24 hours restaurant (Atmosferah)  and room for rent (for Swinburne and Other College student)

SIDMA College to build new campus at MetroCity

SIGNING CEREMONY: (From left) SIDMA College Sarawak chief executive pfficer Marzuki Umi, chief financial officer Hanizah Mohidin, Kambrie, UNITAR International University vice chancellor Prof Dr Abdul Razak Habib, Chong, UITM lecturer Prof Madya Dr Fatimah Bujang and CKH Realty Group executive director David Chong during the signing ceremony.

KUCHING: SIDMA College Sarawak (SIDMA College) has signed a sales and purchase agreement with Chong Kia Hoi Realty Sdn Bhd (CKH Realty) for a piece of land situated at MetroCity in Matang.

“As the biggest Unitar Regional Centre for Unitar International University, this signing ceremony marks another important step in our progress,” highlighted Prof Dr Morni bin Kambrie, chairman of SIDMA College Sarawak during the signing ceremony between the two groupd.

This land will be used for the construction of a new campus for SIDMA College, to accommodate the 1,300 plus students at the current Kuching campus located at Jalan Haji Taha.

The new campus will be a six-storey building consisting of three blocks, which should be able to accommodate a total of 4,000 plus students over time.

There will be an examination hall on campus which will also be converted into a source of revenue for the college, whereby it can be rented out on Saturdays or Sundays for events or functions such as weddings.

Kambrie also reiterated that MetroCity is a well-planned satellite town by itself as there is a mosque, church, apartments, condominium and more than sufficient housing for SIDMA College’s students.

Overall, he foresees better intakes once the new campus is opened as they will be able to accommodate more students.

Similarly, the chairman and managing director of CKH Realty, Chong Kia Hoi noted that setting up a university campus on its development is a milestone event for the company.

“Today, I’m so pleased that our vision to promote the intellectual development of the society has been achieved by setting up a university inside our development,” Chong said.

He added that next to the campus there will be a four-storey urban bus transit terminal built, while in other areas of the development, there will also be a six-storey private hospital, a hypermarket, a petrol station (Petronas), a 24-hours KFC drive-through restaurant, a Mcdonalds fast food restaurant and others.