Electra House 電星大廈

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Electra House 電星大廈

Electra House opened for in August 1965 as the first shopping in Kuching.

Opposite Electra House was once public bus station which was the centre of town before.

This Kuching's first modern shopping mall was designed by two Singapore architects Swan and Maclaren.

The mall, located at Jalan Power, was the first shopping mall in Kuching. In its glory days, people from all over Kuching and outside the city would flock to the mall to buy supplies, clothing, get a haircut and also to hang out.

The mall got its name Electra from the idea of building Kuching’s first and also tallest electrical power station in Kuching 1922.

Beside the bus station in front Electra House is Open Air market.