I went on Thursday (22 April) to meet with someone at the Khidmat Arcade. Khidmat is the Civil Service Cooperative. I was never a member and so do not know fully of the history and stories! There is very little on the internet on this organisation.This Khidmat Supermarket is pretty run-down. I tried to go in, but the security guard at the door said "No bags allowed". Since I didn't want to leave my camera in their hands (are they responsible to pay for any losses?), I went to a different supermarket (CKS), where having the customers are more important than having their bags.
The Coop was given a big piece of land (surrounding the Arcade) and individual lots were purchased by the members (some were then resold at much higher prices). So the area has big bungalows and also some standard housing estates.
The Coop had a piece of land close to Kota Kinabalu City center, where they put up a 2-storey block (Khidmat Supermarket was on the Ground Floor) and a high-rise office block. Both are currently empty. All the cars are enjoying free parking!
Some financial difficulties had caused them to sell off these 2 buildings to the Sabah Credit Corporation (a small state government owned financial institution). There were various talks and proposals of using these buildings for a school or medical center. Whatever it is, they better build a multi-story carpark or else there will be "parking hell" in this area. The Petronas Building is next door.
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