KK Heritage Walk can be another tourism lure: Yee

KOTA KINABALU, August 20 (Daily Express) -- The Kota Kinabalu City Heritage Walk showcasing harmony among its multi-racial people can become another tourism attraction in the State.

Resource Development and IT Minister, Datuk Dr Yee Moh Chai, said such community event in conjunction with the 50th National Day was most welcome as it would further strengthen unity of the people in the State.

"Apart from the Heritage Walk, it also provides an opportunity to the younger generation to know the original areas in the city that had already been developed since independence," he said.

"An example is Lintasan Deasoka located in the heart of the city which actually was adapted from the Bajau language meaning underneath the coconut tree that was originally located close to the beach," he said.

Towards this end, he hoped tourism bodies like Sabah Tourism Board, hotel associations, among others, could play an important role to promote the event next year.

The second programme, organised by the Council of Churches Sabah and City Hall, involved a mass 2.2km walkabout around the city, from Padang Merdeka and ending at Seri Selera in Kampung Air.

Apart from that, the programme also saw funds being collected for welfare bodies as well as cleanliness campaign.

Also on hand were Organising Chairman Lifred Wong and Sabah Council of Churches Deputy President Jerry Dusing.