Shopping allure in the north


All kinds of titbits and snacks are sold at Arked Niaga in Padang Besar, Perlis. — Photos: FARID WAHAB/The Star

VISITORS looking for traditional delicacies, handicraft and apparel should steer their wheels to Pekan Rabu in Alor Setar, Kedah.

Literally translated as “Wednesday Market”, it opened in Tanjung Chali, in the early 1920s to encourage entrepreneurship among the Malays.

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