Minister of Finance (II) & Minister of Local Government and Community Development YB Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh (third right) with Commission Of The City Of Kuching North Mayor YBhg Datuk Haji Abang Abdul Wahap Haji Abang Julai (second right), Assistant Minister of Infrastructure Development & Communications – Infrastructure Development and Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Office (Islamic Affairs) YB Datuk Ir. Haji Daud bin Abdul Rahman (centre) and other distinguished guests at the launch of the 2nd International Conference on City with a Soul in Hilton Hotel, Kuching on 7 September 2015.
Themed ‘Together, We Make a Clean, Beautiful and Safe City’, the two-day conference is organised by Kuching North City Hall (DBKU), as a platform, space and opportunity for mayors, administrators, city managers or planners, city councils, landscape architects and engineers from all over the country to share and exchange thoughts and knowledge on urban planning and development.
It features sessions by speakers experienced in the field from the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, South Korea, Singapore and Malaysia, including two keynote addresses by former Sheffield City councillor Lord Paul Scriven and Head of School, director of the CitiesLAB and Research Professor of Architecture at Curtin University’s School of Built Environment (Perth) Prof Steffen Lehmann.
The conference is in line with DBKU’s efforts to realise its objective of implementing the Clean, Beautiful and Safe (CBS) Enhancement Plan (2013-2017) in transforming Kuching into the cleanest, safest, most beautiful and most popular city in Asia within five years.
