Anger, heartache as decades-long Selayang market traders evicted to make way for development (VIDEO) | Malay Mail

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SELAYANG, Oct 3 — In the Selayang Baru Market and its surrounding areas, hundreds of traders who have set up shop — some of them for decades — found themselves forced to move to a new building by the end of this week, with the surrounding land set to be re-developed. But not all are...

Thursday, 03 Oct 2019 06:00 AM MYTA general view of the Selayang Baru Market October 2, 2019. — Picture by Hari Anggara

“I was told this would not be the case. And it is not just me, as I am one of seven food stall owners in the space. All of us did not get the offer to move,” he toldFood stall owners Awie Gudang and Puteri Sabariah Megat Wazir are struggling to relocate as they were not offered a spot in the new market building. — Picture by Hari Anggara

“I told them, how dare you treat us like illegal squatters? You never contacted us to offer help in relocating elsewhere. And had I not seen the notice at the MPS office when Awie and me were there yesterday, informing those who did not qualify for space at the new market to appeal, I would have never known.

It was only in April this year that traders found out the project is back on track, and that they were supposed to vacate their old premises by September 30 and move into the new market by this Saturday, October 5. The daughter of a tailor, she eventually opened up her own business and in the years since has developed a strong network of clients and fellow traders. As with Awie and Puteri Sabariah, Wong said she had heard nothing about the project until the banner informing traders to vacate their premises went up in early August.

“I have been running this place for over 30 years, but it was my late parents who first set it up some 55 years ago when everything around here was quite new. Business is quite stable, and becomes especially brisk around Deepavali time since everyone here knows me,” she said, while manning the counter.

“I can only ask the council and the developer to understand our plight. Someone like me can move elsewhere, but there are many familiar faces around here. Why should I leave when I spent my best years here,” she said, adding that come what may, she will have to accept the reality. Situated along a row of single-storey shops, several metres away from the food court near the parking lot, Samad began working at the market in his late teens, starting in 1985.

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