1Borneo, the largest probably, certainly not the best
Jun 29, 2009 General
Visited Kota Kinabalu briefly last week. A lot have changed since my last visit there. 1Borneo – the shopping complex – touted itself as the “largest lifestyle hyper mall” was the most visible addition.
Note – it says ‘largest hyper mall”. However it didn’t say where – but I bet – they are referring to island of Borneo. No doubt it was ‘big’ but not huge – probably two third of Times Square, Kuala Lumpur.
1Borneo is celebrating it first year anniversary promising to give shopper cash rewards. I was expecting the mall to be packed with shoppers as it was a Saturday afternoon. Surprised. I asked a friend why the mall look rather ’shopper-less’. He said it an expensive place to shop. Most people still prefer the good, familiar place to shop – the Center Point.
“Who wants to buy the same good, same brand name at double the price of Center Point,” he remarked.
I was also told that the 1Borneo GSC (Golden Screen Cinema) roof located at the top floor collapsed barely month after it was opened. Asked if it was ever reported in the media – he said “no one dare as it involved the most powerful man in Sabah”.
A typical ‘Bolehland’ way of doing businesses. There were cracks everywhere on the floor and larger ones were concealed with carpets.
“Opening Soon” signage like this one were everywhere.
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