The inaugural Citrawarna Kampung Baru Festival, commemorating the 125th anniversary of Kampung Baru in Kuala Lumpur, showcased the area's rich history and Malay heritage while promoting it as a vibrant tourism destination.
Speaking to reporters after the festival's closing ceremony on Sunday (Dec 29), OMNI Holdings Sdn Bhd Managing Director Omar Abbas highlighted that the initiative aimed to foster stronger ties between local residents, government agencies, and the broader community, while positioning Kampung Baru as a distinctive and culturally significant tourist hotspot.
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Speaking to reporters after the festival's closing ceremony on Sunday (Dec 29), OMNI Holdings Sdn Bhd Managing Director Omar Abbas highlighted that the initiative aimed to foster stronger ties between local residents, government agencies, and the broader community, while positioning Kampung Baru as a distinctive and culturally significant tourist hotspot.
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00:00We have hundreds of tourists who come to Salung Maling every day, especially on weekends.
00:19So we want to make an initiative to bring them down to Kampung Baru, to explore Kampung Baru.
00:24Because this is like a ready market.
00:27Our tourists are already in front of our door.
00:30But how do we take advantage of what we already have here?
00:34So this is a small initiative from our side to sort of lessen the day.
00:40So actually what we want to do is to create more attraction to Kampung Baru.
00:47So we started from a very young age and we try to get the community involved.
00:53Organizations, NGOs, residents, companies.
00:59And we also actively try to find corporate bodies to get involved with our cause.
01:08Now we are still planning with the government, local authorities, local residents and NGOs.
01:18For this year, we will plan a calendar with the support of the government especially.
01:26With the parties involved, God willing, we will have our own calendar.
01:30So everybody will be on the same page.
01:35So we can promote and invite more people to come to Kampung Baru.
01:44This program is a collaboration between JWP, MOTAC, my company, Omni Holdings, Seram Bahat.
01:51And also HMSIB, Majlis Belia Kawasan Titik Bangsa.
02:01And also MPP, Subzone 3, PKB especially from the government.
02:11And if there's anything I missed, I'm sorry.
02:14Why is there a program called Cerita Warna Kampung Baru?
02:16Okay, this program is divided into two levels.
02:19One is at Jalan Saloma, at the foot of Jalan Saloma.
02:22We do an exhibition of 124 years of the history of Kampung Baru.
02:28So what you see there is the history from the year 1900 until today.
02:35So from the history, we get to know more about who is Kampung Baru, what is Kampung Baru,
02:40what can be offered by Kampung Baru.
02:42So it's over there.
02:43Over here, it's on the ANZAC site.
02:46If anyone wants to come, the exhibition is until the 31st of December.
02:52So on this side, at Kampung Baru, it's more to performance.
02:56So the significance of this performance is to bring the people from the top of the bridge down.
03:03So they learn about the Malay culture.
03:07We want to try to promote the Malay culture along with the concept of Kampung Baru.
03:13In Kampung Baru, especially, it's a Malay area.
03:16I mean, in Bukit Bintang, it's more of a Chinese area, in terms of tradition.
03:21So in Kampung Baru, I mean, in terms of Malay identity, we try to retain, we try to promote.
03:31So that's the only thing we have.
03:34In the city of Kuala Lumpur, this is the only Malay city that still exists.
03:39So besides the buildings brought by PKB, we do something on the side, which is tourism.
03:48That's what we promote, which is tourism in Kampung Baru.