Malaysian Post: There goes the neighbourhood

Giant@Kinrara opens today.

The usually quiet neighbourhood was immediately transformed into a buzzing commercial hotspot with a never-ending stream of vehicles to and fro the newly opened Hypermarket. Cars were parked indiscriminately with some of them double-parking.

Only 2 floors were completely opened with the renovation still going on in the uppermost floor. Things were relatively cheap as there were a lot of promotions going on. Maybank has a branch there and the staff were seen wearing masks and cleaning their workplace when the bank opened for business!

There were bays for ATMs from other banks like RHB Bank, CIMB Bank and Ambank but the machines were NOT installed yet. The bank of machines from Maybank located just outside their branch (ATMs, Cash Deposit Machines, Cheque Deposit Terminals) were however in full operation.

As for the traffic, if the authorities do not do something about the increased traffic volume now, this place is going to be one heck of a congested area.

Of course, the plus side is that the residents now have a Hypermarket within walking distance from their home. However, I’ll bet many of them will still be DRIVING there.