Tekka Market

We walked by the Tekka Market and colourful and bright fruits attracted our attention.

Information on the Tekka Market

The Tekka market was first built in 1915. In Hokkien, Tekka means bamboo clumps which once grew abundantly on the banks of Rochor Canal. Then, the market was also known as the Kandang Kerbau market especially among the Malays. The Kandang Kerbau Woman’s and Children’s hospital now known as KK, started in 1850’s. The term Kandang Kerbau, which means buffalo pens was given to the hospital when it was built in 1860 on land which was occupied by buffalos.