Prai Market

The now disused Prai Market arcade (15 August 2015)


Prai Market is a now demolished market building in Perai, on the Penang Mainland. The market, which was built in the Art Deco style in 1938, was loacted along Jalan Besar (Prai Main Road), which is now beneath the piers of the Prai River Bridge of the Butterworth Outer Ring Road. The market serves the largely Indian community living in the villages nearby such as Kampung Selut and Kampung Dock. It was one of the biggest Art Deco-style market buildings in Penang.

Prai Market on Google Street View

When it was first built, the Prai Market is one of the biggest market in Penang. However, by the turn of the 21st century, it has become someone run down.

On 18 May, 2015, The Star reported that a developer had demolished the market building despite a stop-work order placed against it. According to Deputy Chief Minister (II) Dr P. Ramasamy, who is the Prai state assemblyman, the company obtained vacant possession of the market from the court in June 2014, but had yet to receive approval to carry out the demolition work.

The president of the Seberang Perai Municipal Council, Datuk Maimunah Mohd Sharif, said that the council is preparing the documents to charge the landowner-cum-developer for having town down the market building.

Location of Prai Market on map

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