These shopping malls normally open for business from 10 am to 10 pm. Prices are displayed and fixed. However there are mega sales normally held in March, August and December where prices are slashed to more than 50%.Apart from shopping malls, there are shops in the city center where a wide range of merchandise, food and drinks can be found. Such shops are located in Segama (next to Hyatt), Sinsuran, Api-api Center, Gaya Street, Asia City, Kg. Ayer etc.
It is very easy to get around in KK for food, shopping and sight-seeing purposes. If walking is not preferred, taxis, car-for-rental, mini coaches, and buses are always available day and night. It is not advisable to thumb for lifts. As mentioned before English is quite widely spoken especially in the urbanized areas. Other languages frequently used are the national language Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese dialectic languages of Hakka, Mandarin, Cantonese, Teochew, Hainanese, as well as native dialects of Kadazan/Dusun, Bajau, Illanun, etc. There are numerous modern and air-conditioned shopping malls scattered around KK which attract locals and visitors alike. Some of them are listed below and they are worth a visit for window shopping, shopping or mere browsing.
CENTRAL POINT Shopping Mall
| Before 1Borneo Hyper Mall opened in 2008, Centre Point Sabah was by far the biggest air-conditioned shopping mall in Kota Kinabalu. A supermarket is the anchor tenant occupying one section of the basement while a variety of local food stalls make use of the other half. Besides the availability of a wide range of local food, global fast food chains such as KFC, Burger King, Mc Donald, Pizza Hut, Kenny Rogers are also making their presence felt here. These outlets offer broadband internet access for patrons. There are a few levels which are devoted to selling items like Sabah souvenirs, clothes and batik wear, luggage and handbags, sandals, gold and silver items, branded watches (Rolex, Omega), shoes (Reebok, Adidas, Nike) and clothes, gifts, mobile phones and accessories, books and magazines, Chinese herbs and medicines, pharmaceutical products, etc. A favorite place for the local Filipinos and Indonesians There are several money changers, cameras and one-stop photo development centers. There is a bowling arena on the seventh floor with 28 lanes as well as an in-house cinema. Centre Point has almost everything you want. Growball operates the cinema, pool parlor and arcade here and there's always an event going on in both the ground floor event hall and also the 5th floor Palm Square. The local PC Fair is always held in the grand ball room but is much smaller than the ones in KL. |
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