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ONETJ ICT to open October

KUCHING: ONETJ ICT shopping complex, Sarawak’s newest mall, specially dedicated to Information and Communication Technology products and services will open its door in October.

The construction of the mall has been completed, and renovation and stocking up of individual shop units have begun.

The grey-white colour theme on ONETJ’s exterior wall works well in portraying a neat modern image.

The white louvres on the upper exterior wall of the main entrance plus the glass-steel combo entrance roof exude modern classiness.

The generous use of glass on the building exterior wall projects spaciousness in the building.

However, it is really the green full glass facade that pulls together the building design to deliver a clean, yet sophisticated design, befitting the Mall ICT theme.

ONETJ is situated within the vicinity of the exclusive Tabuan Jaya Baru, Height Drives, Woodlands and BDC residential enclaves.

At the outer ring of the area, there is University Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) campus, Universiti Institut Teknologi Mara (UiTM) campus, Sarawak International Medical Centre (SIMC), Samajaya Free Trade Zone and several other institutions.

The areas have a high density ICT-savvy population, and it is only natural that the mall is banking on them to form the crowd to the mall.

In another effort to build the crowd to the mall, there will be subsidised bus service to transport shoppers from Unimas, UiTM, polytechnics and surrounding areas to the Mall.

The four-storey mall has 60,000 sq ft of retail space with concourse area on the ground floor for special events. There will be a WiFi equipped food court on the top floor called the SaMBa Zone.

Samba, in computer term, refers to a software that hosts file sharing across different operating systems. This is therefore an appropriate name for the food court, which is essentially a place to have food of different varieties.

The food court operator reveals that a large screen would be put up in SaMBa Zone for infotainment as well.

On the second and third floor, there are retail areas dedicated for stall businesses. Here, small stalls will be set up, akin to those stalls in a PC Fair, to provide even more variety of products to shoppers.

Expect mobile phones, accessories, DVDs, silver jewellery, electronics toys and hosts of other interesting products to be on sale here.

According to ONETJ developer, Kenbest Sdn Bhd, these stalls are set up for those who want easy entry to the business where they need not to worry about renovation, utility bills, maintenance and huge start-up capital. In return, shoppers can expect a diverse range of products at competitive pricing in a PC Fair-like shopping environment.

These stalls are located in the middle of the mall, right next to the busy escalator traffic. This is definitely a new business concept previously exclusive for perfume and make-up stalls like those at Riverside Parkson.

Another notable feature of ONETJ is its nine-panel advertising space on the main wall of the building. The panels can be combined to make a larger advertisement, for example three panels in a row to create a huge landscape advertisement.

These panels face the main road, Jalan Stutong, which is linked to the new Kuching International Airport road.

A conservative estimate by the developer shows that the advertisement could generate potentially 6000 views per hour with houseowners in the surrounding area and travellers make up most of the number.

The mall has recently started its online blog, www.areuone.net/blog which chronicles the Mall construction progress and informs the public about activities in the mall.

Visitors to the blog and the mall official website, www.onetj.com.my, can also expect online activities to be held soon.

From ONETJ official website, there are over 20 computer and mobile phones retailers who have confirmed operating at the mall.

Interestingly from the tenant list, apart from the local retailers, there are new retailers with some from Kuala Lumpur. Competition between retailers always promises more competitive bargains for shoppers.

Kenbest reveals that many more retailers had registered their interest and now that the mall is almost ready, firm bookings are pouring in.

At the time of writing, ONETJ is over 80 per cent ‘occupied’. Presently, ONETJ is still actively gathering both local and national retailers from all levels to join the mall in providing Kuching with a new ICT shopping alternative.

More information about the mall, renting possibilities and advertising space can be found on www.onetj.com.my, its blog at www.areuone.net/blog or contact the Kenbest office at 082-362226.

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Great news for all the bloggers in Kuching! As to follow up on previous entry! Sorry for the wait! OneTJ is pleased to announce the all-new Bloggers’ Station in ONETJ Shopping Complex. Yes, YOU! Blogger, you heard it right. It is a special gathering area for all the bloggers to hangout and enjoys the time together. This area is not like any ordinary gathering place or any rendezvous point like what you’ve had, but OneTJ has all your NEEDS for your bloggin’! With the wireless solution implemented in SaMBa Zone, you will be able to access to your own blogs and start bloggin’ anytime.

Not only that, the location of the Bloggers’ Station is just within SaMBa Zone itself at Level 4 as stated in previous entry. You’d be able to order your own foods and beverages while hanging out together with your own buddies, like home! How cool is that? Though the bloggers’ station has limited space, depending on the crowds’ demands. It’s better for you to make booking before the gathering to check if it’s available. First come, first served basis! illustration of Bloggers’ Station is as seen on top.

In the meanwhile, an update for the overall development of OneTJ. It is currently coming to an completion. Our tenants will start their renovation on respective units at OneTJ very soon.

So, stay tune for more updates!

Yes, you saw the topic RIGHT!

All right, I bet it’s what you all have been waiting for! A sneak peek view of the food court! For those who didn’t know there’s a food court even. Yes, we do have one food court on Level 4 of ONETJ – Shopping Complex, and it’s known as SaMBa Zone. SaMBa Zone consists of 16 food stalls which offer different choices of foods for the customers including Malay, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, you name it! Man, am just getting hungry when I think of it!

Time for the sneak peek, how’d you think the SaMBa Zone would look like? Wait no more. Here’s the illustration below based on artist impressions.

Seating areas and stalls:

The Bloggers’ Station:

How’s that look like now to you? Looking for more information about bloggers’ station? Wait till’ the next post!

Have you been busy and have not check out ONETJ’s construction? Well, look what we have here for you! It’s the latest photo shots taken. Take your time, and enjoy the shots!

Side walkways:

ONETJ - vertical shot!

That’s all for this post! We will be keeping you updated from time to time with new camera shots! So, visit this blog often!

Till then!

Sarawak’s premier one-stop ICT hub - OneTJ ICT Shopping Complex

You have heard of specialty shopping centres in big cities where exclusive range of merchandises are sold; now there is OneTJ, Sarawak’s premier one-stop ICT hub located at Heights Drive Commercial Centre along Jalan Stutong in Kuching. Just about all your ICT components and accessories are found here and this unique ICT shopping complex will also other electrical and electronic gadgets feature other electrical and electronic gadgets as well as fashion shops to food court. In short, it is a complete shopping centre by itself and a haven for those heavily into ICT related fields.

The building is a four-storey shopping complex with 20 units of shoplots per level. Level 4 is reserved exclusively for an international and local food court affectionately called ‘Samba Zone‘. In addition, there is also a bloggers station which caters exclusively to those into the art and passion of blogging! You can be sure that this will be one interesting station for those into all sorts of techno stuff and opinions on the state of our world. Also on level 4 are bookstores, lifestyle shops and other fashion houses. Level 3 and Level 2 will be the main ICT product areas, as well as telecommunication and other ICT related outlets. The ground floor will comprise restaurants and eateries and will also feature shops in telecommunication related products.

For further information, please call:

Kenbest Sdn. Bhd.
1st Floor, Lot 10503, Taman Stutong Indah, Jalan Setia Raja, 93350 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Tel: (6) 082 362226, 362726
H/P: (6) 012 8893226
Fax: (6) 082 360170
Website: www.kenbest.com.my
Email: kenbest@streamyx.com

When areuone.net site was launched during PIKOM PC Fair 2008 at beginning of April 2008, a set of questionnaires was asked to identify which category of tech user you fall in. Hundreds sign up – THANK YOU!

ONETJ Mall will aim at satisfying each group by having events dedicated for them/you. Invitation, newsletter and VIP passes for events will be sent out to the related categories. Those who have registered with areuone.net will receives priority at any mall events so please sign up. FYI, we shall be inviting some of you for a sneak preview of the Mall soon!

In the next couple of weeks, we shall also be sending out invitation to our first online event to those who has registered. So, you know who you are. Check out your mailbox soon!

The construction of ONETJ started in April 2007. Two weeks ago, the scaldfolding surrounding the building was removed after the installation of the glass façade was completed. On the other side of the ONETJ frontage, structural provision for a large advertising panel consisting of 9 pieces of 11” x 6” smaller panels has been made. This will surely make it one of the largest advertising spaces in Kuching.

The interior is pretty much completed but we will leave that for next post. Currently, the renovation work on some of the shops has also begun.

The final touch on the building is the metal-like panel behind the glass façade. This feature was not in the original plan but the developer decided to put them on to project a more ‘modern image’. That was easily another RM150k added to the cost we heard. You know for the glass facade, it was rumored to cost > RM350k! There were another surprise addition to the building but that itself deserves another post in future.

Each shoplot unit has independent air-conditioning points, so operators can start and finish their business outside ONETJ operating hours. The ground floor units are assessable from the side of the building, making them assessable from the outside.

The picture of latest development of the Mall appears in Catscity.com.my forum early June. So thank you to the one who posted it up. We shall put up more photos (especially the interiors and done-up shops) soon.

Welcome to ONETJ’s ICT Mall official blog! The purpose of this blog is to let shoppers - that’s YOU - know of the happenings at ONETJ, starting from building construction to its day-to-day operations when ONETJ opens later this year. Rather than the usual corporate website, ONETJ has decided to use this blog to reach you in a more informal and relax manner. Information about the events/special offers at ONETJ, review of latest hardware, latest pricing and so on will be put up here.

You are welcome to comment on the postings, but the usual blogging rules still applies - so no inflammatory stuff ok?

ONETJ aims to become what many local refer to as the “Kuching’s Low Yat”. So far, ONETJ has attracted over 20 computer and phones operators to the Mall. Some of them are new operators from KL but their names can not be revealed now – at their request. Honest. Yes, there will be other non-related businesses at ONETJ - Bookstore, fashion boutiques, restaurants, hair saloon etc. These businesses are necessary so that you, or your partner, can do things other than ICT at the Mall. For example, it saves you from having to go to another Mall to get your hair done.

Location. Hmm… The location of the Mall has been a hotly debated topic as it is nowhere near the town area. The developer of the Mall figures that Stutong is at the vicinity of many housing estates and universities and thus can bring in big crowd. Plus, the town area is really congested. The price of land here is cheaper too which translates to cheaper rental and therefore cheaper hardware price for shopper. Really, Kuching is not that big and one need to drive anyway to go anywhere outside one’s neighbourhood so what it is to drive an extra kilometer to reach the mall, right?, argue the developer. ONETJ believes that the developer is right. Do you?