NEW FREE CAR PARKING DAYS ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS

Please be informed that the Melaka Historical City Council has changed the free parking days from Saturday and Sunday to Monday and Tuesday.

So visitors from outside states and Malaccans must pay for street parking on Saturdays and Sundays.

Previously, visitors enjoy free parking on weekends and congestion occurs around the city.

Hopefully, less congestion will happen.

NEW FRIED OYSTER STALL AT KEE ANN ROAD

A new fried oyster stall has sprung up at Kee Ann Road especially after the re-opening of businesses by Covid 19 pandemic.

This is good for Kee Ann road especially at night.

This stall will add some life into the area.

So, Malaccans and visitors to Malacca should come to Kee Ann road and patronise his newly opened stall especially at night.

Plenty of car parking spaces here at Kee Ann road at night.

HISTORY OF KEE ANN ROAD

Down Memory Road Series

 
JALAN KEE ANN, 75100 MELAKA         Some of the existing Pre-War Shophouses along Jalan Kee Ann   History
  Jalan Kee Ann or Kee Ann Road, located in the New Chinatown of Malacca, was named after a well known Malaccan businessman by the name of  Mr. Seet Kee Ann. 

Mr. Seet Kee Ann was born in the year 1863 and died in 1924. 

He donated the land to the Malacca Municipality as a gift to the people of Malacca and Kee Ann Road was built in early 1920.

To honour his generosity, the road was named after him so as to remind future generations of his deeds & generosity to people of Malacca.

As years go by, shop houses were built on Kee Ann Road in the early 1930s. 

Some of these pre-war shophouses which our Malacca office is located, can still be seen here at Kee Ann Road.


 
 
 
Kee Ann Road looking towards Bunga Raya junction  in December 2000
Kee Ann Road prospered especially by the building of the Central Market here in 1930s. 

For about 60 years i.e.from 1930s until early 1991, the Central Market of Malacca attracted crowds of people to the Kee Ann Road and Pasar Baru Road especially in the morning. 

Traffic jams along Kee Ann Road and adjacent Bunga Raya Road were well known. 

However, in 1991, the Malacca Municipality shifted  the Central Market towards Jalan Hang Tuah in an effort to reduce traffic jams around the area. 

The Central Market with her unique steel architectural design was demolished. 

The move temporarily caused business to drop but due to the diverse businesses that have developed around the area over the years, Kee Ann & Bunga Raya Roads remain as vibrant as ever in the New Chinatown of Malacca.

Pasar Malam & Food Fare
During the night, Kee Ann Road bursts into life by having her daily pasar malam or night market. Locals and tourists alike can casually walk by & shop for  tapes, VCDs, handphones and other household items.
Visitors can also dine and eat along the street since a food fare is also opened every night from 6.00pm till 11.00pm. You can enjoy char keow teow, radish cake, duck mee, rojak, sugar cane drink, durian, roti canai, wan tan mee and many more delicacies.
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BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF KEE ANN ROAD AREA

This photo shows the bird's-eye eye view from Swiss Hotel.

 

TAILORS OF KEE ANN ROAD

The Tailors of Kee Ann Road, Malacca

Updated: Nov 28, 2019

Explore this hidden and fading cluster of tailors and sewing shops in the heart of Kampung Jawa, Malacca.

Malacca’s Kee Ann Road, or Jalan Kee Ann, is a road that runs in the heart of Kampung Jawa, Malacca, and is rich in history and culture. While still a busy road today, many businesses along it have flourished and withered over the decades, leaving behind certain traces that hint on past glitz and glory. One such trace is the old cluster of tailors and sewing shops obscured behind bamboo blinds and a plain façade.

No signage to indicate that tailors and sewing shops are available inside this building.

Business signage concealed behind bamboo blinds.

The side door access into the dim alleys.

From the outside, it is easy to miss the dim and narrow alleys that navigate through the tiny shop lots, many of which are now vacant but have once been the venues of unending whirring sewing machines and scissors slicing through fabrics. All that is left now is a handful of shops that will continue to exist for only as long as their ageing occupants remain sewing.

The furnishing and equipment seem to be a reflection of the era during which businesses were at their peak. It is almost as if time has forgotten this place and the people carried on with their daily activities, oblivious to whatever development beyond those collapsible shutters. Here, you will see not only old equipment, but also witness them actually being used to make a living. It is also rather ironic that what we younger folks see as rare and prized vintage items, are common everyday items to these tailors that just happen to still be working, and are thus being milked of their last drops.

It’s a pity that this place has come down to just a few shops remaining in business. Its golden days have gone unrecorded and now exist only in the recollection of the generation who lived through them. It is only a matter of time before this generation leaves us, taking along with them those treasured memories.

To read more on the history of Kee Ann Road, click here.