Merdeka Mall
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Opened in 2010, Merdeka Mall Shopping complex is located in front of Morsjaya Township area, featuring both underground and upper deck car parks. The mall is accessible from Morsjaya via the Morsjaya pedestrian bridge in front of it. Anchor tenant being Tai Kiong Supermarket featuring imported goods. The mall upper floors featured a cineplex, Star Cineplex for a movie-going experience.
2017 Trouble
Only seven years after initial operation, the mall did not bring as much visitor traffic as expected and also due to competition from other malls in more favorable locations,the tenants within eventually dwindled, leading the owners to default and the property was handed back to banks. The remaining anchor, Ta Kiong Supermarket still operated for a while within the mall and is the number one source of traffic for the entire mall, along with other vendors like Sugarbun, Mr.DIY and Watsons, but mall became pretty much deserted.
In 2019, the supermarket announced that it will be moving out, while Mr. DIY stayed within for a few more months before also moving out, and today the mall is now abandoned and empty.
The first air conditioned shopping complex building in Miri, built up to more than 10 stories high, also a first.
Highstreet Chinese New Year Market (also known as Gong Xi Bazaar) is an annual event that takes place about a week before the celebration of the Chinese New Year eve. Highstreet Roads are closed off during this week to set up stalls during day, with a section of Kingsway closed at night for the event.
In the 1920s, these were the years when the Miri field began to decline. Exploration was carried out further and further afield. In 1926 an exploratory team had gone as far as Padang Barawa between the Sungai Seria and Sungai Barawa. Not much attention was paid to their findings then, but now with the Miri field declining the old maps and charts were taken out and studied again.