Disappointing Turnout At UTAR Flea Market
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Thursday, July 11, 2013
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By Ashwin Kumar
The flea market is back again with less exciting voices and limited varieties of goods which took place yesterday at Heritage Hall in Block A.
The turnout was disappointing compared to the
previous installments of the event with less and restricted variety of stalls
and items offered.
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Major Blow: Disappointing turnout
with less crowd
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Visitors were greeted with booths
selling computer accessories, tarot card reading, hair care products, clothes,
and contact lenses booths.
Apart from that, this year event also
provided with plenty of nail art design and mehandi, henna design booths.
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Booths offering a variety of
products for the students to choose from.
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“This event mainly is for students,
as it will be a platform for them to get involved and allow them to do business
in a smaller scale and it will be a good opportunity if they are interested in
becoming businessman/woman in the future,” said Mr Ronnie from Department of
Consultancy and Commercialization (DCC) as one of the organizer of the event.
“The rental fees is only RM10,which
is actually cheap and most of the time students make a lots of money as they
always manage to cover the rental cost for the remaining 3 days. We have also
decided to prohibit students from selling pets and foods in the hall this year due
to hygienic and health reasons,” he further commented.
A student from Faculty of Business
and Finance, Winnie, who set up a booth for the second time providing nail art
designs, was expecting tighter competition and many customers.
“The day has not been great so far
with less people taking part in it. The decreased number of stalls and people
coming to the event is clearly a major blow for this year event,” she said.
Eleng Chong, a final year Business
Administration felt the price of goods and services was reasonable but felt the
transfer of Faculty of Arts and Social Science to the new block might have affected
the turnout of students to this event as many students was not aware that the
event was being held.
“There is no harm in informing and
marketing students about the event and we are all here to give our moral
support to our friends,” she said.
