A kind of salty ocean scent waft through the air, mingled with all sorts of dried seafood. Upon setting foot in Kwang Yeow Heng, the classical 60’s/70’s seafood shop design and furnishing, the wide range of dried seafood neatly arranged from the inside to the outside of the shop, reminding people of old times. This dried marine goods store located near the Central Market has...
Category: Traditional Trades
Original field stories about Malaysian craftspeople, family businesses, workshops, and traditional skills that continue across generations.
Knife Sharpening
“Lotuses are good!” (Cantonese direct translation: Every year is good), describing this pair of sisters in the Yap family: Good Sister and Lotus Sister. Beneath the carpark of an ancient building located in an alley behind Jalan Sultan, a big sunshade umbrella, two wooden benches, two pails, several pieces of sharpening stones, one sitting in front and the other at the back, the two sisters...
Wah Sang Brothers Watch & Clock Shop
Upon walking into the backstreet of Klang railway station, the pre-war shophouses standing on both sides of the street have been in existence for almost a hundred years. This area has once been the most bustling area in Klang. The distinctive characteristic of these shophouses located in the old street is that businesses are operated downstairs, meanwhile setting up living quarters upstairs. As times change,...