A cyclist nearby to Cekor market

 A cyclist Passing by Kuching Fish Market & Vegetables Market In Gambier Street on morning time,nearby to Cekor Market.Circa on 2007

Penambang boat deliver their passengers behind the Cekor Market

 Penambang boat deliver their passengers behind the Cekor Market ,Circa 1990's

Construction of Dewan Undangan Negeri

 Construction of Dewan Undangan Negeri,seen from Jalan Gambier,in front of Ceko Market.This time Ceko Market has closed because it's so quite .Usually this market always open at night.

Whole Cekor Market in 2007

 Whole Cekor market seen from waterfront tower,circa 2007.The Cekor market totally closed down in 2008 and this tower also demolished later because this tower located at current Jambatan Darul Hana area.

Today,this area are vacated and become part of Kuching waterfront.

Cekor Market - On process of close

 Cekor Market - On process of close - (Year 2009)

Cekor market at Gambier Street in 1960's

 Cekor market at Gambier Street in 1960's

Old Cekor Market

 The earliest building before Cekor market in 1935.This photo taken in 1910.This is the earliest building before cekor market can be found. 

Flood in Kuching circa 2009

 Flood in Kuching circa 2009 and not long after that, Cekor market fully demolished.

View of Pasar Cekor in 1980,s

View of Pasar Cekor and the surrounding area back in the old days ( Circa 1980's)
 

Traders at cekor Market

 Traders from Sampan transfering item by throwing it to another person, the fastest way to move it. Location : At cekor market. Circa 1970,s

Old Pasar Ceko

View of Old Pasar Ceko.Once hustle and bustle area during day and nights ,but  then demolished to make way for a new development.

Day 59/365 2019

Pangkalan Batu view From Astana

Pemandangan dari Astana Kuching.Kelihatan jelas di seberang adalah Pangkalan Batu,Jetty lama tempat pemunggahan barang-barang dan bangunan Pasar Ceko.90% bangunan yang ada di situ telah dirobohkan serta kawasan berkenaan telah dibina Tebingan Sungai Kuching ( Kuching Waterfront).Sekitar 30 tahun lepas,pemandangan di kawasn ini adalah amat berbeza dengan sekarang.Kapal-kapal besar masih lagi belayar di Sungai Sarawak dan singgah di Jetty berhampiran untuk memunggah barangan.

Ada juga yang memunggah barangan terus ke Pasar Ceko ( Cekor ) terutama barangan mentah seperti sayur-sayuran,buah-buahan ,kelapa tua bahkan hingga kepada  hasil laut dan ternakan.Bahkan sehingga sekitar 10 tahun yang lepas,sebelum kawasan Pasar Cekor ditutup dan dirobohkan,suasana di sekitar kawasan tersebut meriah dan hidup walaupun pada waktu tengah malam hingga ke awal pagi.Ini kerana aktivii penjualan sayur-sayuran dan hasil tangkapan laut pada awal pagi adalah dilakukan secara borong.Peniaga terutama pengusaha restoran banyak yang mengambil stok dari sini  oleh kerana harga yang agak murah pada waktu tersebut.

Dalam masa yang sama juga ada peniaga kecil-kecilan yang berniaga makanan dan minuman berhampiran,mengambil kesempatan di atas kehadiran ramai orang di sekitar pada waktu tersebut.Pendek kata suasana tengah malam sehingga waktu pagi di kawasan tersebut amat meriah dan tidak pernah sunyi.Namun perubahan untuk pembangunan adalah perlu,walaupun terpaksa mengorbankan beberapa elemen terutama yang melibatkan kenangan.Kawasan Pasar Ceko yang agak usang dan persekitaran yang semakin pesat menyebabkan,Pasar Cekor lama dirobohkan dan pembangunan lain yang melibatkan tarikan pelancongan dilaksanakan.

Once Upon a time In Kuching

Once Upon a time In Kuching : Cekor

Once was a one stop centre for people of different background , now demolished to the ground. Photo shows one part of Ceko , a cafe known with it's satey and Roti Bakar.  No traced just a blur memory remains.

Once Upon a Time - Cekor

Another piece of lost History in Kuching area,part of Cekor /Ceko market.Demolish sometime in 2007 (or maybe 2008) for development of expansion of Kuching waterfront.Now,there is no single trace of CekorMarket here,only waterfront and parking spaces.Only old photos and stories from the old people can explain the scenery here for the next generation.

Once Upon a time : Ceko

I blog about ceko before.This view taken few years back.Ceko is centre and heart of Kuching City.People around Kuching flock here to buy fresh produce,tourist came here to take photo of wet market that difference from their place.This place alive 24 hours.But now,it replaced by waterfront..just waterfront..Future generation will know about ceko from their parent and grandparent and hear about its glory day...

What's left ?

Somewhere,sometime in Kuching,trap in time and demolish for development.Nothing left here ..only new waterfront..

A year after ceko closed 2

A year after Cekor closed

All this photo set showing cekor /ceko area in the middle of old Kuching city centre or some people might say 0 miles.Yealah because there is Batu 2(2 miles),batu 3(3rd miles) and batu 7(7th miles) of course there is 0 miles .Once here is centre for trader and hawkers met selling produce,fresh vegetables,eggs,chicken,red meat,spices and all other related stuff.People came from all over Kuching to buy items here.Even here is centre for tourist where as lot of tourist ecspecially from the western world like to visit,seeing with their own eyes the Borneo style market which of course none at their own place.For past few years tourist came to this area and shoot lot of photo.Photo of the old style building there and the market situation there and the item sold there.
Now what we can see only rubble and emptyness.Nothing left,only stone,empty building.some people loafing there with nothing to do and just nothing.Few months back i read a tourist blog from England,he was in Kuching around 2004 and amazed with Cekor market and he want to bring friend and show to his friend the Cekor market.Apparently what he can see now is empty Market.Kuching have lost one main attraction of the city. For sure the things will not be the same again,eventhough in future project this place will be repalced with modern infrastucture(based on the information: waterfront ,hotel and shopping complexes).This things we have everywhere else.like big shopping complex,hotel.But cekor market is the only one and will never be again replaced.
Closing cekor is like stabbing the heart of kuching..wahh so sarcastic..but its true..if you're kuchingites and know what is life in Kuching during day and night for past few years or decade,things seem so different now.
Different like what? Cekor area always busy during day and night.During daylight people buy fresh produce there,housewives,retailers and lot more,and during night too..teher's lot of activities here..almost 24 hours..

For past few years,Cekor became one of main attraction for tourist when came to Kuching,the lifestle and market style here attract tourist ecspecially from western country ,where some produce in cekor will never be found in their country of origin.Furthermore the colour of life,farmers and people in cekor makes tourist like visiting the area.The things is,people or toutrist came to Kuching or other place,there are looking something different or what they dont have at their own place.

Like in KK,we can visit Philipine Market,or when we go to Penang we can go to Pasar karat.Or to kl we can go to central market(eventhough they dont sell fish anymore there)it is because the place is unique and one place have their own attraction which other place dont.

Chain reaction happened when cekor closed(with along Gambir street market).Night in Kuching nowadays seem quite,during the cekor day,people already start their trading about 11p.m onward.Farmers or middleman bring produce in bulk from farm and trading with retailers or others during this time.In mean time,there is other business here also like selling nasi lemak,burger,drink and others..So people come and go here,buying things and trading or mayb e just pass by here,buying nothing but just walking around with nothing to do ..huhu.We dont need lot of big supermarket or hypermarket here,maybe one or two is enough..we are not living in Mega cities area like Kuala Lumpur or Jakarta,paris or Nwe York hehe..tourist come here looking for something different from their place have.Supermarket and shopping complexes bigger from they came from.

I have a friend from south america whose work in Kuala Lumpur for a while,she worked in Paris and New York before.When she work in Kuala Lumpur she told me,she dont know where to go during weekend..She prefer relaxing place and more to nature..She told me Malaysian are crazy for shopping complexes and and she wonder why malaysians like to go to shopping complexes without buying anything..

i must agreed what she says..there is lot of shopping complexes in Kuala Lumpur and other part of malaysia..developer are building more and more shopping complexes..the bigger and more bigger..the wider and more wider..

there is other development they can do,more park where people can relax nd enjoy,more recreations park for extreme sports for teenagers where they can spend their time hanging with friends doing better things.But the developer and local government authority still making new shopping complexes,food court etc etc without thinking other development.

It happened to kampung Boyan area,opposite grand magherita hotel.After houses of Sarawak Riverine demolished..reason is the government want to make waterfront and recreation area.and time pass by,the area which beutified then became mini waterfront where durin evening times,kids playing kites,hide and seek and some teenagers playing football..

But now,there are making food court,the green area no more and replaced by government rent stall..only a little green place left for kids playground.The development then make teenagers have no place to go for their recreational time and the answer what is happened now in big city area like Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru etc etc..

I work in Kuala Lumpur for a few years and i live in flat and apartment area..via Sunway mentari and Vista Angkasa.Living in that area make me sick and dull because here in Kuching ,i used to stay in a house that have a window and tree around me.But living in the apartment,the only window is towards the verandah and living at 10th floor...erkk..and most of social problem came from this type of area..

I cannot blame the teenage and people around,its their life living on that arae make life become so boring and have nothing to do because no place to go..no playground,no open area for sport..only house and development around them..few yeras back,sarawak state government start building flats and apartment via matang and demak jaya area.Phuhh..thre is lot of empty land here in sarawak lo,why must the government build apartment and flathouse.Luckily sometimes around june 2009,Abang Johari did announced the government will stop building apartment and flat.He himself admit the house in apartment is so small and social problem may start from there..hahah ..people should understand this..Like in Kuching i agreed we need more development but during the development process somethings must be retained and hold too..not just demolish the old things and replaced with new one..huhu...

Last day of ceko market

Eventough cekor martket now is closed and waiting for demolished, i think its not to late to post about the old ceko market(sometimes its sound like cekor/cekur) so now the ceko market will become part of hidden history,future generation will know it from what they heard and what they see from internet and pics.

Its the final day from ceko market ,even now(november 2008)this old building wait to be demolished in any time and in near future, government will built the extension of Kuching Waterfront and maybe another so called five star hotel for rich and famous people..

So ceko name will only become history and nostalgia for all of us....

notice to shut down the cekor market which is from 15 June 2008.










a few hours before the closed of cekor market..









this is a protest by one of the hawkers at cekor market that dont want ceko hawkers pull out from that area.Some of the hawkers there have been in business there for more than 40 years and mostly have a strong relationship between them.





this combo pics showing protest by some hawkers against the government/DBKU action moved them to new stutong wet market.According to the hawkers,the location of new wet market is so far from town area,stating that the surrounding of Stutong Area are mainly high and ich people which considered by the hawkers are rarely buy the item from wet market and prefer to buy item from the modern supermarket.

Compare to the old wet market which is Ceko market aresurounded by middle life people from town area and nearby kampung.Furthermore for all this years,ceko is becoming centre attraction for tourists ecspecially from the west.They took pictires and buy some fresh goods and produce there.So.after ceko removed,they will be no tourist attraction there..and of course the tourist dont go to stutong area because the location is far from Kuching City Centre..