MARKETGOERS at the Pulau Tikus market in Penang were all smiles when they received mandarin oranges, red packets and groundnuts from the God of Prosperity.
The other attraction at the newly upgraded market was a lion dance performance held to mark the opening of the market.
Busy scene: A crowd of shoppers patronising the newly upgraded Pulau Tikus market. Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the market was the fourth on the island to be upgraded after the Batu Maung, Air Itam and Cecil Street markets.
“The Penang Municipal Council (MPPP) spent RM877,754 to upgrade the Pulau Tikus market which had not undergone any renovations since 1955,” he said in his speech at the opening of the market recently.
New look: The retiled floor of the market. He said the surplus of RM61.23mil in the council’s bud-get last year was being used to benefit Penangites.
The upgrading works at the Pulau Tikus market included retiling and rewiring.
“Besides that, the traders’ display shelves were also tiled and new gutters installed to prevent water leakage,” Lim said.
Nicer facility: The hand washing compartment in front of the toilets at Pulau Tikus market. Five toilets for men and five for women were also built as well as a toilet specially for the disabled.
The Pulau Tikus market was among five markets which were earmarked for upgrading works under the council’s 2010 Budget.
Also present at the opening ceremony were MPPP pre-sident Patahiyah Ismail, state Local Government and Traffic Management Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow and Pulau Tikus assemblyman Koay Teng Hai.
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