The Spring Mall - Largest shopping Mall in SARAWAK

Owned and built by PSB Realty Development Sdn Bhd.
Mr. James Ling - director of The Spring developer PSB Realty Development Sdn Bhd

Contemporary art exhibition at The Spring 2011

Some unique contemporary art drawn, painted and made by local artists on some of the best paintings, sculptures, textiles and graphic designs.

The Spring contemporary art exhibition is on the first floor of the shopping complex.

With more than 50 paintings up for show done by various students and lecturers from :
1) Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
2) Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
3) Limkokwing University of Creative Technology
4) Sarawak Artists Society

The exhibition is in conjunction with the 1Malaysia Mega Sales 2011 theme, Contemporary Art and Culture, is held from 18 July 2011 onwards.
The exhibition is in line with the 1Malaysia Mega Sale Carnival, to promote arts and give the public a chance to appreciate the talent of our local artists.

tHe SPring Food Bazaar

The Spring has a "tHe SPring Food Bazaar" at 1st Floor for 500 seats with 40 food stalls

The food court (food bazaar) is a must visit! It is luxurious and classy in Kuching. Food Bazaar has many choice there, you can have Indian food, Indonesian food, Korean food, Japanese food, Muslim food, Chinese food, Western food and more.

There are many choice there : Indian food, Indonesian food, Korean food, Japanese food, Muslim food, Chinese food, Western food....

Food such as Roasted Duck Rice is Rm 6.80 per plate.

Chicken Mushroom Boodle is Rm 5.00 per bowl

Pearl Milk Tea is Rm 3.80 per cup

ABC Mango Ice Kachang Rm 4.50 plate

Rice with deep fried fish is Rm 7.50 plate

MBO Cinemas Kuching

MBO Cinemas opened its eight-screen Cineplex in June 2009. This Cineplex kuching is first in East Malaysia.

The MBO Cineplex Cinema, located on the top floor of The Spring shopping mall have a total seating capacity of 1,584 with the largest hall accommodating 426 patrons.

MBO Cinema Kuching cost RM 8 millions.

The Cineplex has a 3D projector and “couple seats” for pairs. One hall designated for couple seats which can accommodate about 50 couples.

The 3D projector will be MBO’s first and placed in the largest hall.

MBO Kuching schedule
MBO Kuching showtime
MBO showtime

In the Spring, one can feel it is a magnificent large shopping mall without knowing that it is really the largest in East Malaysia. New and fresh, and most of the retailers are not yet opened this moment.
The Mall is not yet eaten up by tiny stalls at every single corner and walkway like those malls in Kuala Lumpur and elsewhere. A good shopping mall should be spacey, lots and lots of open spaces.

Space is what The Spring is. The Mall is still new and fresh with half of the retailers yet to be opened.

The new Spring shopping mall, different, exciting and vibrant and based on the design of shopping malls popular in Australia and New Zealand, took pride of place on a 12-acre site in Kuching City of Sarawak.

This retail mall marks the Kuching city’s coming of age. Kuching, with a population of 600,000 but a retail environment far behind that of similar-sized cities other part of Malaysia. This new Spring brings a bounce into the City of Cats.

Situated along a main thoroughfare in a high profile neighborhood of South Kuching, the two-storey mall will have 350,000sq ft of space and 1,500 car-parking bays, with entrances/exits from all four directions.

The RM150 million project was designed by a New Zealand-based architectural firm, Warren & Mahoney, which has a strong influence on retail outlet concepts and the built environment in that country.

The Spring give Sarawakians as well as visitors to the Sarawak a rewarding shopping experience, with a wide range of retail choice. This would also make the city “more

Perbena Emas, builder of The Spring, is a construction company incorporated in 1977 and the shopping mall is its maiden venture into property development, on a site it purchased 12 years ago.

Both Perbena Emas and PSB Realty come under Pan-Sarawak Co Sdn Bhd, which started off in the timber trade and then moved on to building and construction materials and air-conditioning supplies.

The group has carried out major building and infrastructure work in Sarawak, including civil structure work for the Malaysia Liquefied Natural Gas plant in Bintulu, the Sarawak General Hospital in Kuching as well as the Hock Lee Centre and Wisma STA in Kuching.

“The Spring Shopping Mall” in Kuching is the biggest shopping mall in Sarawak opened to public on the 10th January 2008. The first large-scale lifestyle shopping centre in this city.

With this gigantic shopping mall, tourists enjoy their time in Kuching, Sarawak in this 2-storey mall. With 150 retail outlets, a gourmet supermarket, an excellent food court here you find Parkson, Ta Khiong gourmet supermarket, MPH, HSL, Factory Outlet, Padini, Bonia, Bata, Hush Puppies, K2Factor, Mango, Esprit, Guess and other established brands.

The Spring Shopping Mall, Kuching

The opening of The Spring (and Boulevard also recently) helped in attracting outstation tourists from Sibu, Miri, Sabah and even Brunei to come to Kuching City.

Big and spacious the mall is, for now “The Spring Shopping Mall” this Rm150 millions project is the largest shopping mall in Sarawak but Boulevard Shopping mall has a plan to take the crown once again in two years time. Plans are in the pipe line to make Boulevard Kuching Shopping Mall as gigantic as possible and promise great families hang out place with all in one roof theme park, shopping and movies.

The Spring Mall

2nd Floor

MPH Bookstores opened its new first in East Malaysia outlet in The Spring Mall and 28th February 2008.

This new outlet occupies over 7,000 square feet and offers a wide selection of books ranging from fiction to professional and children’s titles as well as complementary products including stationery, gifts and greeting cards.

Facilities available include a self-search terminal, customer service counter and reading area with seats.

MPH deputy chief operating officer Donald Kee said the decision to open the outlet here was due to overwhelming requests from East Malaysian customers who travel to MPH stores in Peninsular Malaysia to buy books.

MPH was not just a bookstore but also aimed to promote local writing books by Malaysian authors prominently displayed at the front of the store.

MPH The Spring is open daily from 10am to 10pm. Telephone : 082-244800

Parkson Corporation Sdn Bhd’s second outlet in Kuching, The Spring was declared open by Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud in January 2008

The outlet, Parkson’s largest in East Malaysia, boasts a floor space of 102,500 square feet over three floors and is the anchor tenant of The Spring. Total investment for the outlet amounted to RM12-15mil, with more than 50% supported by suppliers.

The new outlet housed a beauty hall offering international brands, a floor dedicated to men’s and women’s fashions, and a floor for children’s apparel and home accessories. Shoppers have a choice of almost 300 brands of merchandise, many of which are being featured for the first time in Kuching,

Parkson also have outlets in Miri and Sibu.

The Spring Mall

Ground Floor

Starbucks recently opened its second outlet in Kuching. Located at The Spring, Kuching’s latest shopping mall, the new outlet occupies 1,484 square feet indoors and 274 square feet outdoors.

Starbucks offers a variety of pastries, cakes and salads on top of its espresso, frappuccino and coffee beverages.

Starbucks The Spring open daily from 9am to 11pm and offers free Wi-Fi service to customers. When you feel painful using a dial-up at home, come here and connect to the broadband Wi-Fi for your email.

Starbucks’ first outlet here opened at Kuching International Airport in 2007.

Axxezz - The Spring

A potpourri of beautiful, intricate accessories grace the colorful interiors of Axxezz, the Malaysian -grown brand known for its contemporary jeweler collection befitting for all occasions.

Located at the first floor of Kuching's latest shopping mall, The Spring, this is the first outlet in Sarawak for Axxezz (pronounced Ak-cess) having established several other outlets in countries such as UAE, Pakistan, the Philippines and of course, Malaysia, since 1998.

Born out of its creator, Gina Frias-Himpe's passion for fashion jewelleries and inspired by her travels to the east and west, its designs go beyond seasonal trends to please every personal style.

At Axxezz, one's journey there is like an everlasting fairytale where each chapter happily ends with the one's finding of the perfect accessories while the next chapter begins with the anticipation of this blossom's new exciting collection.

Their color-coordinated collection each feature all-season pieces that come in playful yet classy styles ranging from chunky beaded chain necklaces to feathery dangling earrings, thus enabling customers to shop for a particular jeweler piece with ease.

Fashionable one-of-a-kind pieces from the outlet here include a variety of sparkly accents that spice up bohemian fantasy pieces to romantic rosettes in demure classics. Mother of pearls sit artfully clustered in brass settings, while Swarovski crystals grace slinky velvet chokers reminiscent of bygone romance. And, as if in choreographed mismatch, chunky jewel-bright gemstones on retro gold brooches present a petal play amidst dyed beads that trickle down fringed pieces in tribal charm.

The brand, which is denoted by a single lime-green and turquoise blossom, also presents the young ones with the Axxezz Kidz Klek Kleh Collection which was inspired by little girls with hair scraped back in braids and ponytails. The collection is a charming and colorful confection of adorable fashion accessories comprising sweet candy-pink party pouches to tactile lace hair bands and fun trinkets. Each pretty piece is richly detailed with bright, playful accents that celebrate the flower fairy in children.

Apart from that, Axxezz has also made a head start with hats that feature all the brand's signature , details. Beribboned, bowed or beaded, the Axxezz hat is versatile and adaptable whether it is to lend volume and structure to the attire, to mix and match an outfit, or to accent an entire get-up.

There are other large scale shopping malls and hotels under/completed construction recently in Kuching City :

Boulevard Shopping Mall, Kuching - (4 1/2 Mile Penrissen Road) [Completion Date: 10th Oct 2007] With Boulevard Hypermarket & Department Store

Green Heights Mall, Kuching - Under Construction (BDC@Green Heights) [Completion Date: 2008] With Giant Supermarket

Novotel Shopping Mall, Kuching - Under Construction (Golden Triangle) [Completion Date: 2008]

Samajaya Shopping Mall, Kuching - Under Construction (Muara Tabuan) [Completion Date: 2009] With Ngiu Kee Hypermarket & Department Store

The Spring Shopping Mall, Kuching - (Simpang Tiga) [Completion Date: 2008] With Parkson Grand Department Store & HSL Electronic Store

Proposed Commercial centers to be constructed :
Plaza Merdeka, Kuching - Construction Commencing Soon (Golden Triangle)
Giant Hypermarket, Kuching - Proposed
Grand Centro, Kuching - Proposed (Replace King's Centre)
Isthmus Mall, Kuching - Proposed (Isthmus)
Makro Hypermarket, Kuching - Proposed
Megamall, Kuching - Proposed (Petra Jaya)
MJC Shopping Centre, Kuching - Proposed (Mudajaya City New Township)
Vista Tunku Shopping Mall, Kuching - Proposed (Petra Indah)

Boulevard Mall, located at Mile 4 Kuching-Serian Road (not far from Regional Bus Terminal). Opened in late December 2007. It offers a Boulevard Hypermarket and Department Store plus a variety of shopping outlets and fast foods such as Sushi King and Kenny Rogers Roasters. The Spring [http://www.thespring.com.my], located at Jalan Simpang Tiga (between the city centre and airport). Opened to the public in January 2008, The Spring is Kuching's largest and 1st true lifestyle shopping mall. Shiny and new, it offers many international brands like Esprit, Charles & Keith, Starbucks, Quiksilver etc. spread over two stories and a basement. It also has a Parkson Department Store and a supermarket offering many imported goods. Sarawak Plaza, Jln. Tunku Abdul Rahman (next to Holiday Inn). One of Kuching's older malls. Tun Jugah, Jln. Tunku Abdul Rahman (opposite Sarawak Plaza). Stands majestically twelve storey tall at the commercial and financial hub of Kuching City. It comprises of three levels of retail stores, nine levels of office space, and two levels of basement car park. Wisma Saberkas, located at the junction of Jln. Tun Abang Haji Openg and Jln. Rock, is a round tower on the outskirts (approximately 15 minutes from the Waterfront) that offers a feast of hi-tech products based around mobile telephones and computers. Crowne Plaza - Parkson Grand, Jln. Tunku Abdul Rahman (opposite Sarawak Plaza). Standard Parkson fare, with Times Bookstore, shoe shops, jeweler and the likes. Also Giant Supermarket under the same roof.

Crown Square, Towards Pending, opposite Hock Lee Centre. A small but newly refurbished shopping mall. Its tenanted by Mr. Ho's Fine Foods & Restaurant as well as a Japanese, Indonesian and Chinese restaurant - on top of several standard fashion outlets. Also, the biggest baby and kids outlet in Kuching, Mummycare and Kiddycare are located on the 2nd and 3rd floor with a total area of 6000sq ft and 5000 sq ft. Hock Lee Centre, Jln. Abang Abdul Rahim. The place to find and buy cheap clothes and fashion accessories for the young females. There are electronics and a supermarket in the basement and Home & Living on the ground and 1st floor. Wisma Satok, off Jln Satok, just a pedestrian bridge away from the location of the Sunday Market. One of the older malls in Kuching. Cheap items can be found here. There's a departmental store and supermarket. A high concentration of mediocre cyber cafe is at the fourth floor. Wisma Hopoh, Jalan P. Ramlee, near Syaria Court. Just a walk away from Sarawak Museum. A small and old shoping centre yet still frequented by shoppers.

The Manhattan FISH MARKET at The Spring

The Manhattan FISH MARKET - The Spring Lot G40A, The Spring Mall, Jalan Simpang Tiga, Kuching, Sarawak. Tel: (6) 082 231 488

The Manhattan FISH MARKET - Boulevard G-B-17 Ground Floor, Boulevard Shopping Mall Lot 9143 Jalan Datuk Tawi Sli, Kuching, Sarawak Tel: (6) 082 462393

The Manhattan FISH MARKET, dedicated to serving the best and freshest seafood, is located at the Spring Shopping Mall and Boulevard Mall. These 2 restaurants of the famous American seafood restaurant, are distinctive and exquisitely true to serve the best and freshest seafood imported from Australia, Vietnam, Indonesia while the salmon are specially flown in from Norway with local varieties

Signature steel skillets that come with the food is a well-known aspect of The Manhattan FISH MARKET style The Garlic Butter Mussels is one dish that just has to be experienced to savor the tasty mussels served with warm baguette slices while the Manhattan Seafood Platter for two comes with generous portions of dory fish fillet, calamari rings, oysters and flaming prawns with chips and garlic butter rice. Other interesting and lavishing dishes available at The Manhattan FISH MARKET are the Fish & Chips, Red Hot Whole Fish, Giant Flaming Lobster Platter and Crispy Shrimps all served, either poached, fried or baked to one's choice.

Every Manhattan FISH MARKET outlet is tastefully set up to provide the soothing ambience of fine dining and coupled with the service, each is a special place in itself. At the Spring Shopping Mall, the outlet has a floor area of 2240 sq feet, capable of accommodating 102 customers at any one time while the Boulevard Mall outlet with 1820 sq feet can comfortably sit a smaller crowd. The original Manhattan FISH MARKET was first set up 108 years ago, under the Brooklyn Bridge in Manhattan, New York, USA and since then, the restaurant has spread to all corners of the world, with 21 outlets in Malaysia alone apart from neighboring countries like Singapore and Thailand.

SUSHI KING in The Spring

In Kuching City there are only a few restaurants serving authentic Japanese food, especially sushi dishes. Just recently, two new Sushi King outlets have started operating here at Boulevard Shopping Complex and The Spring Shopping Mall respectively.

In Malaysia 46 similar outlets are currently operating throughout the country and are part of the largest Japanese 'Kaiten' restaurants in the country. Kaiten Sushi or revolving sushi are quick revolving sushi restaurants where guests pick sushi at leisure from a revolving conveyor belt. Inclusive of the meals are green tea served at no charge to customers and quality service to compliment your patronage at the restaurants.

With the aim of becoming the leading Sushi and Japanese Eatery in the region, these Sushi King restaurants continually serve safe, high quality and affordable Sushi and Japanese dishes to all its valued customers through service excellence in a safe environment.

The ala carte menu consists of sushi, Yakimono (grilled dishes), Agemono (fried dishes), noodles, Donburi (rice bowl dishes), Japanese curry dishes, sashimi and specially imported Japanese desserts and beverages. Sushi King change its ala carte and set meal menus twice every year, continuously adding interesting new dishes, specially created by their Japanese chef.

SUSHI KING SDN. BHD. www.sushi-king.com

The Spring Mall, Jalan Simpang Tiga, Kuching (6) 082 245355
Boulevard Shopping Mall, Jalan Datuk Tawi Sli, Kuching, Sarawak. Tel: (6) 082 463182

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