Pahang wants Pekan Sehari Temerloh gazetted as heritage site

 

Trader Safri Mohamed with ‘siput gondang’ or golden apple snails at the market at Pekan Sehari Temerloh. (Bernama pic)

TEMERLOH: Pahang will apply to have Pekan Sehari Temerloh, estimated to be over 100 years old, gazetted as a heritage site.

Menteri besar Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail said this would preserve the uniqueness and history of the morning market, which operates every Sunday at Lurah Semantan on the banks of Sungai Pahang.

“This one-day market is not found anywhere else and has been inducted into the Malaysia Book of Records (MBOR) for being the longest morning market at 2.1km, and having the largest number of traders, totalling 607,” he told reporters after launching the Cashless Pekan Sehari Temerloh programme and the MBOR certificate presentation ceremony at the market today.

“Barter trading is still practised at the market and, in line with current development, half of the traders also receive cashless payments.”

The market has been operating at the present site since the 1940s, having previously been at another site for more than 40 years.

Wan Rosdy said the market is not only popular among local people, but also those from outside Pahang, for its variety of goods, including river fish, vegetables and ulam, traditional cakes and fruits.

“I was informed that as many as 5,000 to 7,000 people come to the market,” he said. - FMT