Mustafa Centre
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Main store along Syed Alwi Road | |
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Location | Syed Alwi Road, Little India, Singapore |
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Coordinates | 1°18′35″N 103°51′21″E / 1.30972°N 103.85583°ECoordinates: 1°18′35″N 103°51′21″E / 1.30972°N 103.85583°E |
Address | 145 Syed Alwi Road, Singapore 207704 |
Opening date | April 1995 |
Owner | Mr. Mustaq Ahmad |
No. of stores and services | 1 main store and 3 wings |
No. of anchor tenants | None |
Total retail floor area | 400,000 sq ft (37,000 m2) |
No. of floors | 8 |
Parking | 0 (roadside parking) |
Public transit access | NE8 Farrer Park |
Website | www.mustafa.com.sg |
Mustafa Centre is one of Singapore's 24-hour[a] shopping malls on Syed Alwi Road in the cultural district of Little India, within the planning area of Kallang.[1] Within a walking distance from Farrer Park station on the North East line, Mustafa Centre is a retail hub attracting many shoppers with its wide variety of products and services.
History[]
In 1971, Mustaq Ahmad; his father, Haji Mohamed Mustafa (1916-2001); and his uncle, Samsuddin, founded Mohamed Mustafa and Samsudin Co Pte Ltd (MMSC), and opened a retail store on Campbell Lane in Singapore.[2] It mainly sold ready-made clothing and later expanded to sale of electronic items. In 1985, Mustaq moved his business to the ground floor of Serangoon Plaza.
As his business expanded, Mustaq bought a shophouse on Syed Alwi Road. Subsequently, he bought the neighboring units and decided to build a new shopping mall to house his business.[2] The business expanded internationally, to Chennai, in 2000.[2]
Mustafa Centre sold parallel imported cars in 2005 but has since stopped.[citation needed]
On 2 April 2020, Mustafa Centre was identified as one of the many COVID-19 clusters, with over 100 cases among the foreign workers' dormitories being attributed to it.[3][4] It closed and underwent a disinfection thereafter,[5] and was reopened partially[6] on 6 May 2020, after Singapore authorities eased its preventive measures to contain the spread of the virus.[7] Since the reopening, it had temporarily reduced its opening hours, as it did not expect many people to be up late at night during the pandemic.[6][8][9] On 27 August 2020, Mustaq announced cost-cutting measures which affected the salaries of some workers, and non-renewal of work permits of its foreign workers.[10] The company had also worked with various unions and government entities to help redeploy its excess workers resulting from the pandemic to other companies, avoiding the necessity of a retrenchment exercise.[8][11]
Facilities[]
Mustafa Centre houses the Mustafa department store, which caters mainly to the budget market. The department store consists of two shopping centres: one retailing jewelry and household appliances and functioning as a supermarket, and the other selling a variety of other products such as books, DVDs, watches, electronic goods, footwear, toys and clothing.
Mustafa Centre sells more than 300,000 items and provides many services such as foreign exchange and travel arrangements.[1] In late 2011, Mustafa Centre opened a new rooftop restaurant named Kebabs ‘n Curries in its new wing. [12] The restaurant serves a range of Asian dishes from 5 pm till 2 am daily. [13]
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ Normal operation hours of the mall is 24 hours. However, due to COVID-19 pandemic, it is currently reduced.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "About Mustafa". Mustafa Centre. Archived from the original on 2015-02-07. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Mohamed Mustafa and Samsudin Co Pte Ltd". Singapore Infopedia. February 3, 2005. Archived from the original on April 17, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
- ^ "49 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore; Mustafa Centre among 3 new clusters identified". CNA. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
- ^ hermes (2020-04-10). "Coronavirus: Mustafa Centre believed to be starting point for hundreds of cases". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
- ^ "Mustafa Centre to close for at least two weeks; will undergo disinfection". CNA. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Mustafa Centre Has Reopened Its Supermarket, But There Are A Few Things You Should Know Before You Go". TODAYonline. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
- ^ "COVID-19: Mustafa Centre reopens supermarket after month-long closure". CNA. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
- ^ Jump up to: a b hermesauto (2020-09-09). "Mustafa Centre's cost-cutting measures are fair: MOM". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
- ^ hermes (2020-06-26). "Shoppers cautious as Mustafa reopens fully". Tamil Murasu. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
- ^ "Mustafa Centre struggles to retain staff amid COVID-19". www.hcamag.com. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
- ^ "Hit by Covid-19, Mustafa Centre to send home foreign workers with expired work passes, stop 'allowance' for some staff". TODAYonline. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
- ^ "Mustafa rooftop restaurant opens". HungryGoWhere Singapore. October 13, 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
- ^ "Kebabs & Curries, Jalan Besar Reviews". HungryGoWhere Singapore. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
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