The Kong Ngie Tong Sang Sunday Market is a marketplace in Paramaribo, Suriname, located on the corner between Grote Combéweg and Van Sommelsdijckstraat, close to Wakapasi and the Garden of Palms.SuriVision, Chinese Markt – Kong Njie Tong Sang. Archived 7 June 2023.
The market is open on Sunday mornings. It sells fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, fish and herbs, as well as spring water, dim sum and warm dishes. Sellers and most visitors are Chinese Surinamese. The market is owned by the Chinese society Kong Ngie Tong Sang.Starnieuws, Oudste Chinese vereniging kondigt school aan, 9 August 2015. Archived 15 april 2023.
The project is a copy of a wet market found on an Asian slum.Dagblad Suriname, Koeien melken in Paramaribo, 22 November 2020. Archived 14 April 2023. It was intended to be established in 2008 at Kankantriestraat; however work was halted because of protests from sellers at the South Market.De Ware Tijd, De Chinese vereniging Kong Ngie Tong Sang, 22 November 2014. Archived 14 April 2023. For a brief period, it operated at the Bun Dyari of Pertjajah Luhur, also at Grote Combéweg. In 2011, it moved to its present location.Starnieuws, Chinese markt toch op hoek Van Sommelsdijckstraat en Grote Combéweg, 29 July 2011. Archived 22 January 2023. Despite objection notifications from district commissioner Mohamad Kasto and two members of the National Assembly, Kasto decided to tolerate the market.Starnieuws, Chinese markt Sommeldijkstraat wordt voorlopig gehandhaafd, 2 January 2012. Archived 15 April 2023.
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