* Thai PM pledges rice stock for struggling Philippines May 24, 2008
Samak and Yap toured a Manila wet market early yesterday, surprising vendors and residents at the sight of a Thai prime minister X a celebrity chef back home X picking through tomatoes, onions and mushrooms. He ended up buying groceries X including tiger prawns and pork X for lunch hes cooking for the Thai embassy staff. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Look Beyond The Bikini May 14, 2008
" But the leggy actress is getting help from two language coaches and she's not about to give up yet. "It just means I have to work a lot harder than everyone else," she said, adding that she would take on a role in another Chinese drama in a heartbeat. Then of course, there's the infamous scene in which Jesseca and her teammates have the humiliating task of having to go "shopping" at the Tiong Bahru wet market in their bikinis as a forfeit after losing a bet against the rival team. Naturally,... (Channelnewsasia.com)
Malaysian in a coma in Shenzhen; two others said to have died Apr 21, 2008
Then, a specialist at the hospital asked Hui Fong whether her husband had eaten star fruits and she replied he had eaten some which he bought from a wet market there. The specialist then told her there were more than 10 people in the hospital, who also fell into a coma after eating the star fruits bought in Shenzhen. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Dish of acclaim Apr 2, 2008
When I was serving in London, I chanced upon a stall selling salmon fish heads very cheaply at a wet market. They were fresh and meaty. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
New generationFour Chinese entrepreneurs on their hope for the future Mar 6, 2008
"I moved back to Shanghai when I was a child, because my mother's family lived in Shanghai. They could support us after my father died. At that time life was hard. If you went to the wet market to buy fish, you needed to get there at 5am in the morning. I would queue with my mum - we needed a coupon and had to wait in line for two hours to get the fish. I am so lucky because my generation is in the middle of the young generation and old generation. So I see the old Shanghai and old China and the... (BBC News)
Mayhem reigns at free-for-all museums Feb 16, 2008
"The art hall was just like a wet market during the Spring Festival," said Li Wei, a student who visited the museum on Sunday. "Many children were running and playing in the halls and people were shouting loudly. "I could not enjoy the masterpieces of art. (Xinhuanet, China)
‘Wet market’ slaughters fresh poultry on the spot Jan 28, 2008
HELEN ALTONN / Irena Ho works with her mother, Yan Heung Wong, owner of a "wet market" in Hong Kong that slaughters live chickens selected by customers. Wet market slaughters fresh poultry on the spot ... Irena Ho was busy slaughtering a chicken for a customer at a so-called "wet market" owned by her mother, but paused to talk to visitors. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Single mum conned of RM82,000 Jan 28, 2008
She also paid RM3,740 for an outlet at a wet market in Taman Tun Dr Ismail. The man not only failed to deliver the car but also reneged on his promise to return her money. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Slow going for Mandarin oranges Jan 12, 2008
During StarMetros recent visit to a wet market in Kepong, Kuala Lumpur, many traders were found to have very small stocks of Mandarin oranges or Lokam as it is known among the Chinese ... Not much choice: Cheong Wai Quan looking at the Mandarin oranges at the Kepong wet market while holding on to her 10-month-old daughter Suyi Crenshaw ... Another trader, who declined to be named, said one reason the demand for the fruit was low at the wet market was that many people preferred to buy the... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Food prices increase due to high demand Dec 19, 2007
At Grogol wet market, the prices of some vegetables as well as meats have also increased. Latif M, a butcher at the market, said that the prices went up due to the high demand for cow and goat meat before the Day of Sacrifice. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City)
Winter among soybean growers visiting Far East Dec 8, 2007
The slides showed a Chinese restaurant (where patrons pick out the fish they want to eat, and are then served as little as 20 minutes later) and a "wet market," where the people buy their fish daily. The Americans also took a five-hour bus trip into the interior, where they toured some operations where fish are raised in ponds. (Carmi Times, IL)
Wet market finale Nov 18, 2007
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Instant makeovers Nov 18, 2007
Sharon Chung of Chop Soon Long, which is housed within the Chow Kit Road wet market, stresses that buying good quality plastic tablecloths is a worthwhile investment ... So, do head for the inner building of the wet market using the entrance beside the police beat and this is the third shop after the row of shops selling plastic ware. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
SMS Senders Pick For Best Chee Cheong Fun Nov 4, 2007
Delicious n cheap Keong curry chee cheong fun inside Pudu Jln Pasar wet market. RM2 reasonable portion. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Man stabbed to death in Kuantan Oct 26, 2007
KUANTAN: A man died after he was stabbed and assaulted by a group of five people while leaving a restaurant near a wet market here Friday morning. Chin Chun Ong, 24, who was stabbed on the left armpit, died while on the way to the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital (HTAA). (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Vendors return to find kiosks gone Oct 18, 2007
"A day before Idul Fitri business was still running as usual here. There was no sign that the Cikokol wet market would be bulldozed immediately after Idul Fitri," said a fruit vendor, Hargan, 40, who was shocked to find the ruins of his kiosk. Memed and Hargan are just two of the some 1,300 traders who lost the merchandise they had left in their kiosks, which were demolished Monday. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City)
Massive fire guts Ang Mo Kio wet market, hawker centre Oct 17, 2007
It turned out that a big fire had broken out one that would raze the entire wet market and food centre at Block 628A, Ang Mo Kio St 61. Witnesses said that the fire started at about 9pm. (Channel NewsAsia, Singapore)
RM92,500 worth of compounds issued to wholesalers, traders Oct 16, 2007
On Tuesday, ministry officials inspected prices at several wet markets to ensure that post-Hari Raya prices did not escalate above the ceiling price. Enforcement officer R. Sankaran who led the Jalan Othman wet market inspection, said they were pleased that vegetables and chicken were being sold below the ceiling price. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Traditional markets offer what supermarkets can't Oct 16, 2007
Rita, in her 50s, continues to choose the wet market because it offers customer service which she doesn't find with the modern retailers that have mushroomed in the city over the past decade. "It is the sense of intimacy I feel every time I go shopping in the traditional market, "The kind of feeling you wouldn't get while shopping at a hypermarket or any other modern retailer. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City)
Naning Adiwoso: Dreaming of clean toilets in Indonesia Oct 11, 2007
"I used a toilet in Beringharjo market in Yogyakarta. It was surprisingly clean, considering it was in the middle of a packed wet market. It was not smelly and you could get fresh water from the tap," she said, adding that in some toilets the only water that could be used for washing was stagnant or had developed an odor from sitting in the bucket for too long.. Naning said that although she was campaigning for Western-type toilets she had nothing against squat toilets: "Using squat toilets is... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Another round of bird flu as `opor ayam' in sight Oct 11, 2007
At our traditional markets, or wet markets, sick or not, people are buying up chickens as fast as they can ... Now many people prefer to buy live chickens, to be slaughtered at home or at the wet market, so they know they aren't getting any formaldehyde with their chicken ... Unlike backyard poultry, which have become a focus in the country's battle to prevent the spread of bird flu, wet markets remain largely ignored and untouched. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
GCH Retail to open three new outlets by year-end Sep 12, 2007
Puchong is a fast-growing area and we are pleased to serve the residents here with Giants trademark concept of wet market shopping in a clean, attractive and vibrant shopping environment, he added. The occasion also witnessed the graduation of 60 trainees in retailing under the Train and Work programme, conducted by Giant in partnership with the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Hong Kong Piggeries Head for China as City Says Hogs and Homes Don't Mix Aug 16, 2007
The meat dangles, unrefrigerated, from hooks in street stalls and so-called wet markets ... I go to the wet market or supermarket for fresh vegetables, fish and pork four days a week after work,'' said Mandy Tsui, 24, a researcher who cooks at home. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Bernies branching out Aug 11, 2007
On her days off, she takes her 79-year-old mum to the wet market because shes petrified shell fall down. . (The Star Online, Malaysia)
U.S. officials talk food safety in China Jul 31, 2007
A Chinese vendor sells shrimps and prawns at a wet market in Beijing. President Bush is sending top aides to review the safety of imports into the USA amid public outrage over a series of health scares centered on Chinese goods including toxic seafood, virus-plagued pigs, lethal pet food and chemical-laden toothpaste. (USA Today -- News)
Chicken price war between supermarts hurting smaller stallholders Jul 27, 2007
Consumers are naturally not complaining, but the huge reduction in prices has hurt stallholders at wet markets ... With such rock-bottom prices, consumers are ignoring the stalls at the wet markets, where a whole chicken, weighing 1 to 1 ... Chen Kim Soon, a chicken seller at a wet market, said: "Currently, our business has decreased by about 10 to 20 percent. If the business gets worse and we suffer losses, I may consider giving up my stall.". (Channel NewsAsia, Singapore)
Chicken Price War Jul 27, 2007
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Mixed housing project for Pusat Subang Utama Jul 21, 2007
95 acres, the project boasts five blocks of shop and apartment complexes, a four-storey car park with a wet market on the ground floor, and a sewerage treatment plant. The project will be carried out in collaboration with the Selangor government to modernise and hasten development in the Pekan Subang area. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Finding a voiceHow protesters are shaping Hong Kong's democracy Jun 26, 2007
Around the corner from the Tai Yuen Street stallholders, Wanchai's wet market begins and the stallholders compete with one another to sell vegetables, meat and fish at rock-bottom prices. "When rents are high and income is low, what time do I have to dedicate to thinking or doing anything about the voting system?" said vegetable vendor Wu Sau Ling. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Food operators still using banned cancer-causing dye May 30, 2007
We discovered traces of the dye in five samples of belacan bought from a famous wet market in Kuala Lumpur and in eight samples of Mi Ku, Siew Ku and Huat Kuih bought from several wet markets in Penang, he said, adding that the tests were conducted in the past two months. I am shocked that these errant traders and food manufacturers are getting away with it so easily. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Fruitful venture for Jia Fu May 7, 2007
He said the fruits were sold at the farm and sometimes he would sell to the wet market and fruit stalls when there was a surplus. On future plans, he said: We plan to lease a 23-acre land at an oil palm estate in Broga, which is 3km away from Happy Fruitland, within two or three years. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Penangs best-kept secret revealed May 6, 2007
It does not help that there is a small wet market nearby. Ah Wai Kor is a Penangite. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Complex to be ready in August May 3, 2007
The wet market on the ground floor will comprise 112 stalls while the dry market upstairs will have 62 lots. This month, we will be processing new licence applications and interviewing those interested in taking up stalls at the complex, he said, adding that the existing pasar tani in Jalan Pondok Upeh nearby would also be relocated to the complex grounds. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Its no joke in Ijok Apr 25, 2007
At Pekan Ijok, where the wet market is located, the road is often jammed these days as it has become the favourite area for the candidates and campaigners to meet voters. Parti Keadilan Rakyat has set up a table with laptops to help voters check the voting stations, where they will cast their votes this Saturday while just a few steps away, Barisan Nasional parties have their operation centres. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
At wet markets, poor planning makes composting projects a waste of time Apr 11, 2007
In the Senen wet market, a composting machine which has been installed for several months only operates weekly, local vendors said ... A different example of how composting could work can be found in three wet markets in North Jakarta. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City)
Wet markets can help community bonding: HDB residents Apr 8, 2007
Build more wet markets if you want better community bonding: residents in the eastern part of Singapore made this call at a feedback session in Tampines on Saturday ... About half of the people at the Forum called for the return of wet markets ... Bernard, Student, says: "I love the wet market. It creates a sense of neighbourliness that the government wants to cultivate amongst the young and the old.". (Channel NewsAsia, Singapore)
* Realtor says Taipei boom has limits Apr 7, 2007
Close to the Yongchun MRT station, the trendy Xinyi district and a wet market, Futai complex remains cheaper than private projects in the neighborhood, which can sell for up to NT$700,000 per ping. In addition, having reputable schools nearby also contributes to the attractiveness of these public housing complexes, Wu said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* The revenge of the fishes Apr 3, 2007
Filipino fish vendors wait for customers at the Villa Arevalo public market, the same wet market that sold a Barracuda fish that sickened 32 people last August in Iloilo city in central Philippines. PHOTO: AP. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Hypermarkets threat to wet market? Mar 28, 2007
The Jakarta Post - Hypermarkets threat to wet market ... Hypermarkets threat to wet market ... Hypermarkets seem to be growing rapidly, at the expense of traditional wet markets. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Business)
Health alert over Tamiflu, bird flu spreads in Myanmar Mar 21, 2007
The grandmother of the nine-month-old girl had taken her to a neighbourhood wet market every day in the week before she fell ill, and a senior health official said on Tuesday the baby had probably contracted the H9N2 virus during these visits. "The only gap in our defence against bird flu is the wet market. This shows humans can get infected in such a setting. Something must be done to the poultry stalls in our markets," Lo Wing-lok, an infectious disease expert, said. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Months-old girl sick with H9N2 Mar 21, 2007
Thomas Tsang Ho-fai, controller at the center, said it is believed the girl caught the virus at a wet market at King Lam Shopping Centre in Tseung Kwan O after visiting the market with her mother almost every day during the week before she was taken ill ... Infectious disease expert Lo Wing- lok said all wet markets are likely to harbor the H9N2 virus, and children below 12 years of age should avoid visiting markets with live poultry because they have lower immunity than adults. (The Standard)
Eat, cook and be merry Mar 20, 2007
and looking at fresh tuna at a wet market in Japan. All my family members are foodies. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Commemorating 21 years of art at Central Market Mar 16, 2007
Central Market has been home to quite a few Malaysian artists since it was converted from a wet market into a cultural centre in 1986. Tourists and locals arriving at Central Market have often been captivated by the artists as they transform a piece of blank canvas into vivid life. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Melaka Sentral under council management Mar 1, 2007
The company claimed it had used part of the rental to carry out renovation work on the wet market ... Zaini, speaking to reporters after chairing the council meeting on Tuesday, said the council would look into the parking lot at the wet market as it also belonged to the council ... Melaka Sentral Sdn Bhd had been given a five-year contract to manage the bus terminal, which was opened in May 2004, and wet market, since it was relocated from Jalan Tun Ali to the existing location in 2. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Shopping -- the name of the game for Latifa, and Latif Feb 20, 2007
Though there are twice as many women visiting the pasar (wet market), one in five men are out there grocery shopping as well. Though they may be following instructions, 19 percent of grocery buyers are indeed men. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Business)
* Chinese undeterred by wildlife bans Feb 14, 2007
The illegal trade in wild animals and plants is booming in China, and Shenzhen wet markets are a prime source of forbidden foods ... Sister Ho, at a wet market in Shenzhen ... At Shenzhen's wet market, more unidentifiable furry animals were seen locked in cages but their sellers either refused to say what they were or simply ignored a visitor's questions. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Weights & Measures Office increases checks on vendors Feb 10, 2007
Officers from SPRING Singapore's Weights and Measures Office, posing as customers, have been conducting spot checks on stall holders in Tiong Bahru Wet Market to nab errant vendors who do not give customers what they are paying for. They check that weighing scales are accurate. (Channel NewsAsia, Singapore)
Malaysia going all out to attract tourists Feb 8, 2007
KUALA LUMPUR: This multiracial nation's tourism tagline is "Malaysia Truly Asia,'' and true to its slogan, it is home to a unique potpourri of Asian cultures - Malay, Chinese, Indian - along with many indigenous groups on Borneo island. Malaysia is one of the most pleasant, hassle-free countries to visit in Southeast Asia. Aside from its gleaming 21st century glass towers, it boasts some of the most superb beaches, mountains and national parks in the region. Malaysia is also launching its... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Malaysia launches tourism campaign Feb 7, 2007
Also worth visiting is the Central Market, a pre-war building that was the main wet market for the city, and has now been transformed into an arts and cultural center. The limestone temple Batu Caves, located 9 miles north of the city, have a 328-foot-high ceiling and feature ornate Hindu shrines, including a 141-foot-tall gold-painted statue of a Hindu deity. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Fight broke out between three butchers early Saturday morning Feb 4, 2007
The incident happened at a wet market at Block 209 of Hougang Street 21. Police received the call at 5. (Channel NewsAsia, Singapore)
ROUNDUP: Bombs Explode In Bangkok On New Year's Eve, 25 Injured Jan 1, 2007
Bombs went off early evening about 6 p.m. (1100 GMT) at busy Victory Monument, near the popular Weekend Market, at the sprawling Klong Toey wet market, a police traffic box at Sukhumwit Soi 62, behind the Seacon Square shopping mall in Eastern Bangkok and at a Tesco supermarket. Two bombs went off at Victory Monument, a busy bus stop in the capital, injuring 17 people, one of whom was listed in serious condition. (Playfuls.com)
