KOB Heritage

In the late 19th century, there were trading ships that sailed between Kuching and Singapore. From the 1920s onwards,...

  Wooden clogs were very popular footwear in the early days. The Hokkiens called these versatile footwear...

  Sundry shops were the main business model during the early days at the Old Bazaar. Apart from food and daily...

【Temple Street】 The original Kuching river (Sungai Kuching) (古晋河) used to flow from what is now the Reservoir Park,...

Wayang Street, also known as “Hua Xiang Street” (花香街), used to be an area dominated by the Hokkien. The Hokkien’s...

Ong Ewe Hai was a leader of Sarawak’s earliest Hokkien immigrants and the patriarch of an influential family – one of...

Hong San Si Temple stands at the intersection of Wayang and Ewe Hai Streets. The old temple, managed by the Kuching...

The son of Ong Ewe Hai, Ong Tiang Swee was born in Kuching in 1864 and studied in Singapore. From the age of 18 years,...

The shophouses along this street were built by Ong Ewe Hai (王友海) in 1886. He was one of Sarawak’s Hokkien pioneers and...