By Nur Ashikin Louis
KUCHING, May 20: Kuching Hockien Association (KHA) is hoping to have the winning photos from the “Harmonious Sarawak” photography competition in conjunction with this year’s Seng Ong Kong deity’s birthday celebration hosted by Hong San Si Temple, exhibited in the museum.
According to KHA president Dato Richard Wee, his team will engage with the Sarawak Museum Department in due course, hoping to set up an exhibition dedicated to the winning photographs and promote the unique celebration and Sarawak’s multiracial harmony and cultural heritage.
“I hope that all these photographs will find their way that maybe we can work with the Sarawak Museum Department to secure a space for an exhibition,” he said when officiating an awards ceremony for the ‘Harmonious Sarawak’ photography competition held at Barong Tinuk Restaurant in Jalan Merdeka here today.
He also mentioned that the inaugural photography competition recorded 350 entries with some contributed by photographers from outside Sarawak.
Thus, he expressed his wish to see more local and international photographers participating in the competition next year.
Additionally, he invited the Persatuan Seni Foto Quebah Clicks (QBC) Kuching to organise the next photography competition for Seng Ong Kong deity’s birthday celebration together.
The event saw Wee presenting the awards to the winners.
For the record, the ‘Harmonious Sarawak’ photography competition was organised by KHA and Sarawak Photographic Society (SPS) in collaboration with Sin Chew Daily as the media partner.
Also present were SPS Chan Hua Chiang and Persatuan Seni Foto Quebah Clicks (QBC) Kuching chairman Bakir Bujang. — DayakDaily
