SIBU -- The Borneo Cultural Festival, an annual event of the Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) to promote the town's tourism industry, will make a comeback from July 6 to 15 next year.
This was announced by council chairman Datuk Tiong Thai King at its monthly meeting, here, Friday.
The popular annual event was scrapped this year after the dismal performance by the town's Barisan Nasional (BN) candidates in the three seats here in the April 16 state polls.
BN through the Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) lost the Pelawan, Bukit Assek and Dudong seats to the opposition and earlier on, the Sibu parliamentary seat in a by-election on May 16, 2010.
When the festival was scrapped, there was a public outcry and even the opposition DAP volunteered to organise it on behalf of SMC.
The council which had been organising it for the past nine years, had said it had to come to that decision as some people failed to appreciate the services of the town's BN representatives, but later said it had insufficient time to organise it.
Tiong in his speech hoped organisations representing the Chinese, Malay-Melanau and Dayak/Orang Ulu communities would be more committed in organising the festival to take it to greater heights.
He disclosed that the SMC would also host another popular event, the Borneo Talent Award, in November next year.
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.This was announced by council chairman Datuk Tiong Thai King at its monthly meeting, here, Friday.
The popular annual event was scrapped this year after the dismal performance by the town's Barisan Nasional (BN) candidates in the three seats here in the April 16 state polls.
BN through the Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) lost the Pelawan, Bukit Assek and Dudong seats to the opposition and earlier on, the Sibu parliamentary seat in a by-election on May 16, 2010.
When the festival was scrapped, there was a public outcry and even the opposition DAP volunteered to organise it on behalf of SMC.
The council which had been organising it for the past nine years, had said it had to come to that decision as some people failed to appreciate the services of the town's BN representatives, but later said it had insufficient time to organise it.
Tiong in his speech hoped organisations representing the Chinese, Malay-Melanau and Dayak/Orang Ulu communities would be more committed in organising the festival to take it to greater heights.
He disclosed that the SMC would also host another popular event, the Borneo Talent Award, in November next year.
Continue reading at: Borneo Cultural Festival To Make Comeback In July, 2012
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