Applications open for Food Fair

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BALLOTING: Taufik randomly picks numbers during the balloting for the food fair. Also seen are Sim (centre) and other MBKS councillors.

KUCHING: The Kuching Festival Food Fair is back, this time from July 12 to Aug 4.

Those interested to apply for food stalls there are requested to obtain application forms from Ground Floor, One Stop Service Counter D at the MBKS building.

Completed forms must be submitted by 11am on May 30.

According to the deputy chairman of the food fair section of the festival, Sim Thong Poh, 182 stalls took part in the festival last year.

“This year, we will have 206 participants operating Muslim food, Chinese food and others in two categories; namely ‘premium and international stalls’ and ‘restaurants’,” he told reporters after attending the MBKS food stall balloting yesterday.

He said following the balloting, this year’s food fair will have an additional 63 food stalls.

“The balloting is to give chance to other interested food stall operators,” he explained.

Also present were the festival’s chairman Mohamad Taufik Abdul Ghani.