Kuching Waterfront Jazz Festival 2.0 returns on Sept 28-29

June 26, 2018

Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth & Sports Datuk Abdul Karim Hamzah (second from left) unveils the event poster featuring the performing artist. With him are (from left) SEDC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Husain, SEDC general manager Soedirman Aini, and Festival advisor Gracie Geikie.

KUCHING, June 26: Following the astounding success of its inaugural edition last year, Kuching Waterfront Jazz Festival (KWJF) will be returning on Sept 28-29 this year at The Waterfront, Grand Margherita Hotel.

The jazz festival will feature artistes and bands from Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, United Kingdom, Australia, USA and Portugal.

Sarawakian-born international concert pianist Jolynn Chin will be making a return to this year’s festival. Other performing artists include Sarawakian songstress Dayang Nurfaizah, Blues Gang (Malaysia), Tompi (Indonesia) and Carmen Souza (UK/Portugal).

Stadium, stars on track for Celcom Axiata Malaysia Open — Karim

March 31, 2017

Karim (squatting at second left) with Aziz (second right) checking out the floor while (from left, standing) Wahap and Kameri and others look on at Sarawak Indoor Stadium in Petra Jaya yesterday.

KUCHING: Sarawak is all set to welcome top players in the world like Datuk Lee Chong Wei, China’s Lin Dan and Chen Long to the Celcom Axiata Malaysia Open badminton championships to be held at the Sarawak Indoor Stadium in Petra Jaya from April 4-9.

“All preparations have gone smoothly except for a few finishing touches,” Assistant Minister of Youth, Sports and Solidarity Datuk Rahman Hamzah said after inspecting the facilities and venue at Sarawak Indoor Stadium yesterday.

Accompanying him were permanent secretary to the ministry Kameri Affandi, Kuching City North Commission mayor Datuk Abdul Wahap Abang Julai and Sarawak BA president Tan Sri Datuk Amar Abdul Aziz Husain. 

According to Karim, both Lee and Lin Dan have skipped the Indian Open to prepare for the Malaysian Open so fans can expect a showdown here.

“All top 10 seeded players (men’s and women’s) are coming to this prestigious event.