Kuching’s iconic white cat statue at Padungan is a top tourist spot in the city. ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE/The Star
The Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry (Motac), in collaboration with the Sarawak government, is in the process of elevating the city of Kuching to be recognised in the Unesco Creative Cities Network (UCCN) under the gastronomy category.
Its minister, Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said the main objective of UCCN, an initiative introduced by Unesco in 2004, was to foster innovation and creativity as a driver towards sustainable city development.
She said there were seven main categories of creative cities that had been outlined by Unesco, namely knowledge and literature, film, music, design, traditional crafts and arts, gastronomy and media arts.
Published on: Monday, May 10, 2021
By: Bernama
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Kota Kinabalu: Badan Bahasa dan Sastera Sabah (Bahasa), a non-governmental organisation based in the State, is focusing on making Sabah as a literature and cultural hub in the region.
Its Chairman Datuk Jasni Matlani said the efforts are showing positive results from collaborations formed with several writers’ organisations at Southeast Asian (Asean) level, from Indonesia, Brunei, southern Thailand and Singapore.
“The idea to make Sabah as the literature and cultural hub in the region started from the Sabah Writers’ Festival, organised with the cooperation of Dewan Bahasa and Pustaka and the State Government.