The designs will be used to produce official merchandise items at both upcoming music festivals.  The event was officiated by CEO of Sarawak Tourism Board (STB), Dato’ Rashid Khan. The competition was open to undergraduates in Kuching and UiTM Samarahan (UiTM) submitted a total of 45 entries. This year’s competition marked the first time that the public were invited to vote for the winning design and the votes from today’s event will be collat...

KUCHING: Yuichiro Tokuda, an emerging star in the Japanese music scene will be making his debut in Malaysia at the Borneo Jazz 2011. He studied at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston and returned to Japan to form the Yuichiro Tokuda Quintet whose first album was acclaimed as "the cutting edge of the present progressive form of jazz" in Jazz Life magazine. In 2008, Tokuda received an award as the “New Face of the Year in Art & ...

KUCHING: Promotional tickets to the Rainforest World Music Festival 2011 are now available online commencing March 1, 2011. Limited tickets for the festival on each Friday and Sunday go as low as RM85 only during this promotional period whilst a 3 day pass are going at only RM260. After this promotional period, all daily ticket will be priced at RM110 each and 3 day pass will be offered as on the normal price at RM300. RWMF fans are encouraged t...

A GRAMMY AWARD WINNER, A GRAMMY NOMINEE,  bossa nova and sambas, gypsy jazz, Jazz from the Orient, a Dutch sextet, a Japanese quintet, peaceful sounds blending jazz, contemporary Indian roots and rock, Miri born international performer, are among the stunning line-up of artists heading to Miri from every corner of the globe for Borneo Jazz 2011. Borneo Jazz 2011 is the best yet. The upcoming festival’s line-up is sensational. And as announced by...

KUCHING: Rainforest World Music Festival is here once again and the organisers are now inviting interested parties to take up stalls at the Food and Village Mart located at the Sarawak Cultural Village in Santubong, Kuching during the Rainforest World Music Festival 2011. The festival organizer STB Leisure & Property, a subsidiary of Sarawak Tourism Board is giving interested vendors until February 25 to book the stalls. The stalls are price...

Sibu: Visitors who wish to visit Sibu and Central Region of Sarawak are not to worry as the Sibu Tourist Map or Sibu and Central Region Visitors’ Guide Book are available at Sarawak Tourism Board’s Visitor’s Information Centre, Sibu and also at the brochure rack at Sibu Airport. Recently, STB management team headed by its CEO Dato Rashid Khan had a successful engagement session with representatives from Sibu Municipal Council, Sibu DTTG (Divisio...