Mustafa Centre is the
shopping mall
A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually Anchor tenant, anchored by department stores. The term "mall" originally meant pedestrian zone, a pedestrian promenade with shops along it (that ...
on Syed Alwi Road in the cultural district of
Little India, within the
planning area
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of
Kallang
Kallang is a planning area and residential town located in the Central Region of Singapore.
Development of the town is centered around the Kallang River, the longest river in Singapore. Kallang Planning Area is bounded by Toa Payoh in the ...
.
Within a walking distance from
Farrer Park station on the
North East line
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, Mustafa Centre is a retail hub attracting many shoppers with its wide variety of products and services.
History
In 1971, Mustaq Ahmad; his father, Haji Mohamed Mustafa (1916-2001); and his uncle, Samsuddin, founded Mohamed Mustafa and Samsudin Co Pte Ltd (MMSC), and opened a retail store on Campbell Lane in Singapore.
It mainly sold ready-made clothing and later expanded to sale of electronic items. In 1985, Mustaq moved his business to the ground floor of Serangoon Plaza.
As his business expanded, Mustaq bought a shophouse on Syed Alwi Road. Subsequently, he bought the neighboring units and decided to build a new shopping mall to house his business.
The business expanded internationally, to
Chennai
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, in 2000.
On 2 April 2020, Mustafa Centre was identified as one of the many
COVID-19
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clusters, with over 100 cases among the foreign workers' dormitories being attributed to it. It closed and underwent a disinfection thereafter, and was reopened partially
on 6 May 2020, after Singapore authorities eased its
preventive measures to contain the spread of the virus. Since the reopening, operating hours were adjusted to 9.30am - 11.30pm daily due to high electricity costs and rental costs, previously it was operated 24 hours.
On 27 August 2020, Mustaq announced cost-cutting measures which affected the salaries of some workers, and non-renewal of
work permits of its foreign workers. The company had also worked with various unions and government entities to help redeploy its excess workers resulting from the pandemic to other companies, avoiding the necessity of a retrenchment exercise.
Facilities
Mustafa Centre houses the Mustafa department store, which caters mainly to the budget market. The department store consists of two shopping centres: one retailing
jewelry
Jewellery ( UK) or jewelry ( U.S.) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks. Jewellery may be attached to the body or the clothes. From a w ...
and
household appliance
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Appliances are divided into three ...
s and functioning as a
supermarket
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, and the other selling a variety of other products such as
book
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s,
DVDs,
watch
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es,
electronic goods,
footwear
Footwear refers to garments worn on the feet, which typically serves the purpose of protection against adversities of the environment such as wear from ground textures and temperature. Footwear in the manner of shoes therefore primarily serves ...
,
toys
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and
clothing
Clothing (also known as clothes, apparel, and attire) are items worn on the body. Typically, clothing is made of fabrics or textiles, but over time it has included garments made from animal skin and other thin sheets of materials and natura ...
.
Mustafa Centre sells more than 300,000 items and provides many services such as
foreign exchange and
travel
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arrangements.
In late 2011, Mustafa Centre opened a new rooftop restaurant named ''Kebabs ‘n Curries'' in its new wing.
The restaurant serves a range of Asian dishes from 5 pm till 2 am daily.
See also
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List of shopping malls in Singapore
This is a list of shopping malls in Singapore, sorted along their districts. As of August 2020, there are 171 malls on this list.
Some listed shopping malls here are also inclusive as a mixed-use development and or part of an neighbourhood plaza ...
Notes
References
External links
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{{Singapore malls
Shopping malls in Singapore
Buildings and structures completed in 1995
Retail companies established in 1971
Kallang
Shopping malls established in 1995
1971 establishments in Singapore
Retail companies of Singapore