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01:50Kuala Lumpur Grants Programme is one of our initiatives supporting the broader agenda as part of the Warisan KL Initiative,
01:56which is a national campaign driven through the government as well, to look into how we can contribute towards revitalising
02:04the historic core of the city itself.
02:07So this program has been around for quite a few years now and you see here Badangwarisan representative as well
02:13as Puan Fiza from Mozaik.
02:15They are our grantees from the past cycles as well so they'll give you a little snippet and tell you
02:20a little bit more about their work and how they've also managed to sort of benefit from the grants program
02:24itself.
02:25All right, so we have Mr. Johan and also Puan Fiza over here. Mr. Johan is from Badangwarisan Malaysia and
02:30also Puan Fiza is from Mozaik. Maybe we want to know, we really want to know what do you guys
02:36do, what is the genre of your businesses and maybe we can start with Mr. Johan first.
02:40Okay, so Badangwarisan Malaysia is an NGO which was established in 1983 by the late Tan Sri Mubin Shepard and
02:50several other individuals. So primarily we are an NGO for the advocacy of heritage conservation. So it's not just architectural
03:00heritage but also cultural heritage conservation in Malaysia.
03:05And how about Puan Fiza?
03:07Well, Mozaik stands for Museum of Science, Arts and Innovation for Children. It's one of the, I guess, earliest children's
03:18museum located in downtown Kuala Lumpur. It's a space designed exclusively for children from the age of 1 year old
03:26to 12 years old. However, we do engagement program for children between 13 to 17 years old through our workshops.
03:33How long have you guys been grantees for ThinkCity?
03:37For Badangwarisan, we are a first-time grantees last year. So we hope to be continuously grantees.
03:43Yes, and as for me, we were grantees in 2023.
03:48Ah, and maybe for now, because we want to know, like, when you become a grantees for ThinkCity, you must
03:55have, you know, some things that you want to achieve and ThinkCity must have the standard that you guys must
04:00complete in order to, you know, to have that return of investment.
04:03Maybe, Joan, can you share what have these two people brought to life at downtown KL?
04:09So I'll just share a little bit. So with downtown Kuala Lumpur Grants Program, it is actually a program that
04:16provides a platform to collaborate with the local communities.
04:19because I think working together collaboratively takes a collective effort towards contributing towards the regeneration efforts for the city as
04:30well.
04:30Think about when you come into a city and you're a visitor, whether you're local or tourist alike, you want
04:36to be able to get a grasp of what the city and the pulse of what it is as well.
04:40So what do you look, see, feel, eat, and sort of be able to have enough to stay a little
04:46longer, to contribute back towards the local economy.
04:48So those are in terms of some of the broader sort of objectives of what we're trying to do here.
04:53And through this grants program, we have various focus areas, thematics as we call them.
04:59So, for example, we have supported projects, initiatives and ideas that support placemaking efforts,
05:06and the active reuse of old spaces to bring new businesses in as well,
05:12piloting new innovative digitalization and new ideas as well,
05:16as well as sort of creative activation, knowledge sharing and built community capacities.
05:21So, for example, like Puan Fiza's effort and for Badang Wari-san,
05:25they have each of their sort of focus areas as well.
05:29But ultimately, it is about how they also play a role in contributing towards what the city has to offer
05:36in terms of content, experience, as well as knowledge sharing,
05:40helping them sort of be able to build capacity of their own organisation as well.
05:45So those are part and partials of what the grant actually helps support towards in terms of resources,
05:51setting those infra, being able to pilot new events and activities that they want to be able to do
05:57and then be able to run on their own as well.
05:59So just those are some examples of what the grant has enabled them to do.
06:04But if we're talking about what kind of impact,
06:07it's also about how many people have come through their doors over time
06:11because they have goals that they want to set as well,
06:14sort of through the efforts that they want to build in terms of advocacy
06:18and be able to share sort of stories of old parts of KL as well
06:23because I think KL has a lot of hidden gems, right?
06:25And people are always attracted to stories and sort of the cultural heritage is preserved in that manner.
06:31And so for example, Badang Warisan has been able to sort of continue in this series of talks
06:37that they worked through earlier this year.
06:39And Puan Fiza, through the children's activities,
06:41it's important to sort of develop new audience development and it starts from young as well.
06:46So the workshops and activities they're able to do is very key to some of this work
06:51and through the grants that we're able to track as well.
06:54I believe with the grants that ThinkCity provided,
06:57I think it serves as a platform for the people to help and revive your goals in Dota KL.
07:04Maybe to Mr. Johan and Puan Fiza,
07:06how did the grant become a changemaker for the niche that you guys are going into?
07:12like how did it help?
07:13Yeah, sure.
07:14For us, when we pitched the idea to ThinkCity,
07:20we wanted to involve children in the redesigning of the city.
07:25Children redesigning the city?
07:26I think, you know, we want to talk about culture,
07:30we want to talk about redevelopment and rejuvenating the city.
07:33So I think it's very important that we involve children in the process.
07:38But what can I do as a normal rakyat, right?
07:41So I have this idea.
07:43I thought that what if children has a space designed exclusively for them,
07:48a safe space where they could freely share their ideas and show their creativity?
07:55You know, how would they feel if they could see their work
07:58and their thoughts are being shared in an open space?
08:02So that was the intention of designing Mosaic in the first place.
08:06So when we spoke to ThinkCity,
08:09we also emphasised that we wanted to play a role
08:11in bringing family and children back to downtown KL,
08:17you know, to make it more vibrant, more creative,
08:19but for little people.
08:21Yeah, so that's the initial idea.
08:23I mean, I'm curious, what do you guys,
08:25what do the kids do at, you know, the Museum of Science and Art and Innovation?
08:29Yes, so Mosaic is an inclusive space
08:34where we bring knowledge on cultural experiences
08:38as well as learning through joyful approach, you know.
08:43So we use play-based approach in our exhibition.
08:46We're not like a normal museum.
08:49It's a museum where you can touch, you know.
08:52If you come, you can touch this, touch that, you know.
08:55So there are activities, yes.
08:58But how we work with ThinkCity is that we needed the space
09:03and that is where they come in and they consulted us.
09:06So it is beyond just funding,
09:08but it is also the expert advice
09:10as well as the experiences that they have.
09:13They link us to people that I would have known
09:16or would not have access to before, you know,
09:19like the museology team, you know.
09:21So those are very important,
09:24especially we being a community-based initiative.
09:28I will be my children over there.
09:30Yes, please.
09:31This is a very fun concept, I think.
09:33How about Mr. Johan?
09:34What is the nature?
09:35I would like to echo what Puan Fiza said.
09:37but we're not just doing this for the tourists,
09:40not primarily for the tourists,
09:42in terms of from Baden-Werisan's perspective.
09:45So just like Puan Fiza's mozak, right,
09:48we're doing it for Malaysians
09:50because these children will be the decision makers
09:53and the policy makers of tomorrow.
09:55Yes, true.
09:55So they are a very important stakeholder.
09:58And for Baden-Werisan, the grant has enabled us to,
10:02well, we have on our premises
10:04an over 100-year-old Malay kampung house
10:07which has been preserved and transported from Kedah,
10:11the rumah Perhulu Abu Seman.
10:12Transported from Kedah?
10:13From Kedah in 1995, about 30 years ago.
10:16How was it transported?
10:17Sorry?
10:18How was it transported?
10:19Piece by piece.
10:19Piece by piece?
10:20Yes, piece by piece and reconstructed.
10:23So it was reconstructed in 1995
10:25and in the year 2000,
10:26the restoration of the house actually won
10:28a UNESCO Cultural Heritage Award.
10:31So the building has been standing for over 30 years
10:35so there's lots of repairs that's needed
10:38to the roof and the structure.
10:39So the grant has been very helpful
10:41but it's not just merely restoring
10:45a very historical house
10:47but we use the house for our engagement activities
10:51and our outreach activities.
10:53So this is where we have our tours and workshops
10:56and we have lots of visitors
10:58and the grant has also enabled us
11:01to participate in the KL Festival recently.
11:04So with the festival,
11:05we saw the number of Malaysian visitors
11:07actually double.
11:09That was really amazing
11:11and this was the power of collaboration
11:13with ThinkCity.
11:15So rather than doing things on our own as a silo,
11:18so we found that 90% of the members
11:22were first-timers or non-members.
11:24and this was really amazing
11:26and we had traditionally, you know,
11:31talks about history and heritage
11:32invite the older generation
11:34but for the first time,
11:35we saw youngsters.
11:37Really?
11:37Youngsters and it was a full house
11:39and they were sprawled on the floor.
11:41There was no spirit.
11:41They were sitting on the floor.
11:43So that was a wonderful experience really.
11:45Wow.
11:46And this was really the power of collaboration.
11:48You know, we as an NGO
11:49could do things on our own
11:50but when we collaborate with others
11:53and with ThinkCity,
11:54with the government,
11:55you can achieve so much more
11:56in terms of, you know,
11:59revitalising KL
12:00and bring visitors to KL.
12:03Yeah.
12:03Making KL really happening.
12:04Yeah.
12:05That's an interesting topic to get into
12:07because you talk about reviving KL itself.
12:11You have to have that impact.
12:12So you guys told us
12:14how you guys go through
12:16the nature of your businesses.
12:17how did it impact?
12:19Like, what was the feedback
12:20from people, the community?
12:22How was it from them?
12:23Right.
12:23Yeah, if I may share first.
12:26So in the beginning,
12:27it was not easy.
12:28You know,
12:30when we mentioned
12:31Museum for Children,
12:32what is that?
12:32You know, why is that?
12:33Is that that you show children
12:35in the museum?
12:36You know, sometimes
12:37all the...
12:38And then why isn't there
12:41proper posters
12:42or exhibits, material here?
12:44You know,
12:44because we use
12:45a different approach here.
12:46You know, we like
12:47it's more of
12:48a hands-on experience.
12:50And then parking.
12:52There's a lot of
12:52complaining about parking.
12:53Parking and whatnot.
12:54Parking and no parking.
12:55Yeah.
12:55So, but then again,
12:56through time,
12:57we created awareness
13:00that there are
13:01the public transportation.
13:02This is where we work
13:02a lot with the city.
13:03So the issues
13:04that we otherwise
13:05would not be able
13:06to handle it
13:07by ourselves
13:07as a small organisation,
13:10you know,
13:10so we seek advice
13:11and then
13:12they showed us
13:15the way
13:15who to approach
13:16in the city council
13:17to talk about
13:19all these challenges.
13:20and we're proud
13:22that we see
13:24families coming
13:25to our place now
13:26taking the train.
13:28So in a way,
13:28we are contributing
13:29to reducing
13:31carbon footprint.
13:32So I would like
13:35also to echo
13:35Johan just now
13:36that we,
13:38during the KL Festival,
13:40we also saw
13:41an increased number
13:43of local visitors
13:44to our space,
13:45which is great
13:46because before this,
13:48only tourists
13:48would be aware
13:49of who we are.
13:50But that sort of
13:52initiative
13:53brought more
13:54small businesses
13:55like us
13:55to be known
13:56to the local
13:57audiences as well.
13:58Yeah.
13:59I like the philosophy
14:01that the kids
14:02can do anything,
14:03can touch anything.
14:04You should give
14:05the kids
14:06the leeway
14:06to do that.
14:08No rules
14:09and do whatever
14:10you like.
14:10Yeah,
14:11just don't
14:12hurt themselves.
14:13With supervision.
14:15Yeah,
14:15with supervision.
14:17But we take
14:18the advantage
14:18to tell as much
14:20story about
14:20the history
14:21of Kuala Lumpur
14:22at Mosaic.
14:23And we do that
14:24through play
14:25and through sharing
14:25from people
14:27of subject
14:28metasperts.
14:28But they repackage it
14:30in a child-friendly
14:30way.
14:32I think
14:33the impact
14:34is very
14:34significant.
14:35You can know
14:35that Mr.
14:36Juan said
14:37even young
14:37people started
14:38coming to
14:39listen to
14:39history.
14:40Yes,
14:40yes.
14:41I'm not a fan
14:42of history
14:42talk myself.
14:43I love history
14:43but history
14:44talk is quite,
14:45you know,
14:46you have to
14:46have that
14:46patience to
14:47listen.
14:48And then that,
14:48you know,
14:49you need to
14:49make yourself
14:50wake up
14:51because you
14:52don't want
14:52to be so sleepy.
14:53But by
14:54having young
14:54people come
14:55to your talks
14:56that shows
14:56the magnitude
14:57of the impact
14:58of this
14:59program.
14:59and that
15:00is a very,
15:00I would say,
15:01a generational
15:02achievement,
15:03I would say.
15:04So,
15:04I think there's
15:05a lot more
15:05that we are
15:06going to talk
15:06about.
15:06We have to
15:07take a short
15:08break and we
15:08will be back
15:09after this.
15:28Alright,
15:28we are back
15:29and if you just
15:29tuned in,
15:30we are talking
15:31about the
15:32revitalization
15:32or reviving
15:33of downtown
15:34Kuala Lumpur
15:35and we are
15:35with three
15:36people who
15:37are behind
15:37that program
15:38which is
15:39Jon Tan,
15:39the head of
15:40Creative Economy
15:40ThinkCity.
15:42We have
15:42Puan Fiza Zain,
15:43the founder
15:43and chief
15:44executive officer
15:44of Museum of
15:46Science, Arts
15:46and Innovation
15:47for Children.
15:48And also,
15:48we have
15:48Mr. Johanna
15:49Berraza,
15:49the project
15:50director for
15:50Badan Warisan
15:52Malaysia.
15:52So,
15:52we've talked
15:53about the
15:53context of
15:54what is
15:55the essence
15:56of the
15:56program
15:57and how
15:57did you guys
15:58with your
15:59business and
16:00nature,
16:00how did you
16:01guys put
16:01impact into
16:02the community.
16:02Now,
16:03I would like
16:04to talk
16:04about how
16:05is this
16:06program
16:06very important
16:08in terms
16:08of,
16:09you know,
16:09reviving KL
16:10is not
16:10just about,
16:11I think
16:11we talk
16:11off-record,
16:12it's not
16:12just about
16:12reviving
16:13the buildings,
16:14it's not
16:14about reviving
16:15the infrastructure,
16:16but it's
16:16about reviving
16:16the feeling,
16:18the vibe
16:18of KL
16:19itself to
16:19the people
16:20who are
16:21KL people.
16:22You know,
16:22KL people are
16:22very sentimental
16:23with their
16:23place.
16:24KL is a
16:24very big
16:26place for
16:27them,
16:27for Malaysia
16:28as well.
16:28So,
16:29maybe you
16:30guys can
16:30share,
16:31why is
16:31it so
16:32important for
16:32you guys
16:33to play
16:34a role
16:34in reviving
16:36not just
16:36the heritage
16:37buildings,
16:38but also
16:38the culture
16:39and the
16:39feeling,
16:39emotions of
16:40the people.
16:41Maybe Mr.
16:42Johan can
16:42start first.
16:43Okay,
16:43maybe I can
16:44start this
16:44way.
16:45When we
16:45organise our,
16:47when I used
16:47to organise
16:48talks,
16:48right,
16:49I found
16:49that the
16:50talks which
16:51people attended
16:52the most was
16:53actually history.
16:54It's not even
16:55environment,
16:56it's not even
16:57arts,
16:58you know,
16:58surprisingly.
16:59we found
17:00that people
17:01have an
17:01attachment
17:02with history,
17:03right?
17:03They take
17:04it very
17:04personally
17:05and they
17:05intrigue
17:06and especially
17:08the young
17:08people,
17:09they're searching
17:10for identity,
17:12they want to
17:12learn and I
17:14think we
17:15accept that
17:15school is
17:16for learning,
17:17school is for
17:17you to pass
17:18your, you
17:19know,
17:19get your
17:19certificate,
17:20right?
17:20But history
17:21is alive,
17:22history is
17:22actually alive,
17:23there's always
17:23new discoveries.
17:24Ongoing.
17:25Ongoing.
17:25So like
17:26Baden Warisan,
17:27we provide a
17:28platform,
17:28we don't
17:29propagate a
17:29single line
17:30of official
17:31line of
17:31history but
17:32we provide
17:33a platform
17:33for diverse
17:34communities to
17:35come together
17:36and give
17:37their narrative,
17:38right?
17:39For people to
17:39learn and we
17:40found that
17:40that really
17:41works actually,
17:42yeah.
17:42Because I
17:43think when it
17:44comes to
17:44history,
17:45what makes
17:45history very,
17:47I would say
17:48quite boring
17:48for me because
17:49you have that
17:50sort of linear
17:51syllabus that
17:52you have to
17:52learn,
17:53you have to
17:53memorize and
17:54then that is
17:55what you have
17:55to remember
17:56for the rest
17:57of your life.
17:57but history
17:58is dynamic,
17:59history is
18:00more about
18:00emotion,
18:01why did
18:02the event
18:03happen,
18:04what's the
18:04purpose and
18:05then how
18:05did it
18:06affect until
18:06this modern
18:08day.
18:08So I
18:08think the
18:09approach that
18:10history should
18:11take is
18:11actually to
18:13revive emotions
18:14that happen
18:15on that
18:15certain part
18:16of time and
18:17then let the
18:18people over
18:18here experience
18:19why it
18:20happened and
18:20then how it
18:21happened.
18:21I think
18:22that's a
18:23caveat on
18:24how people
18:25should take
18:25history for
18:26me.
18:26I think
18:26that's how
18:27you conducted
18:28your talks.
18:29Am I right?
18:30Yes.
18:31So now
18:32we're talking
18:32about children
18:33because children
18:34are very hard
18:36to handle,
18:36I presume,
18:37especially in
18:38a museum where
18:39you say you
18:39can touch
18:40everything,
18:41but with
18:41supervision.
18:42But why
18:43is it important
18:44for children
18:45to be able
18:46to learn
18:47these sort
18:48of science,
18:49arts and
18:50innovation
18:50outside of
18:51school?
18:51Because in
18:52school you
18:52have science,
18:53you have
18:53kemahiran hidup,
18:54I think if
18:54it's still there,
18:55you have
18:55mathematics,
18:56you have
18:56the STEM
18:57syllabus,
18:58they will
18:58learn all
18:59that in
18:59school.
18:59But why
19:00outside of
19:00school it's
19:01important for
19:01them to
19:02have that
19:02hands-on
19:02experience in
19:03Mosaic?
19:04Okay,
19:05I would like
19:06to say
19:07that whatever
19:09they learn
19:10theoretically,
19:11they come
19:12to Mosaic,
19:13it is more
19:14like an informal
19:15way of
19:16learning.
19:16and we
19:17are not
19:17even trying
19:18to teach
19:18them.
19:20What I
19:20would say
19:21we would
19:21like to
19:21invite them
19:22to explore.
19:24So we
19:24will put
19:25material,
19:26what we
19:26would call
19:27exhibits,
19:27right?
19:28So we
19:28put material,
19:29we have
19:29four layers,
19:31four floors,
19:32and each
19:32floor has
19:33its own
19:33theme.
19:34At the
19:35moment,
19:36we're running
19:36an exhibition
19:37called
19:37Bayangkala KL,
19:38which talks
19:39about we
19:40would like
19:40to expose
19:41the children
19:41to the
19:42arts and
19:43crafts and
19:43culture of
19:44wayang kulit.
19:45it is a
19:49complex and
19:50dry subject
19:51matter.
19:52So how
19:53do you
19:53want to
19:54relay this
19:54to the
19:55children?
19:55And so
19:56we simplify
19:57it, we
19:58work with
19:58educators,
19:59we collaborate
20:00with
20:01academicians
20:02and also
20:04teachers
20:05and young
20:07people
20:07themselves,
20:07and we
20:08repackage
20:09the
20:09information
20:10to become
20:10more
20:11playable,
20:12so more
20:12playful,
20:13so the
20:14process is
20:15playful and
20:16we let
20:17the
20:18children
20:19make
20:19puppets and
20:20after they
20:21have
20:21performed the
20:21puppets,
20:22so we
20:22built a
20:23rumah Tok Dalang.
20:24So
20:24Tok Dalang
20:25itu siapa?
20:29so
20:30you know,
20:31so they
20:32discovered
20:32themselves and
20:33then they
20:33get to
20:33perform the
20:34puppets that
20:35they made
20:35in a
20:36setting called
20:37Kampung Bayang
20:38which is
20:38Kuala Lumpur
20:39in the
20:3960s.
20:4060s?
20:41so we
20:42work with
20:42artists,
20:43young
20:43artists to
20:44design the
20:45space,
20:45so there's
20:45Kopitiam,
20:47there's
20:48Kedai
20:48Runcit,
20:49and then
20:50there's a
20:50huge mural
20:51Glow in
20:51the Dark
20:52Dambak Aina
20:53Mardia
20:53where it
20:55depicts the
20:56surrounding
20:56area of
20:57where we
20:57are located,
20:58there's
20:59Bagna
20:59Stop
20:59the
20:59Samad,
21:00Masjid
21:00Jamek,
21:01and the
21:01history of
21:02the
21:02places,
21:03the
21:03landmarks,
21:04so when
21:05children look
21:06like it,
21:06it's just
21:07not merely
21:07a painting,
21:09but there's
21:09a story,
21:10and they
21:11get to
21:11play with
21:12the painting,
21:13with the
21:13mural,
21:14we gamify
21:14it,
21:15so that
21:16is the
21:17approach that
21:17we take
21:18in teaching
21:18children,
21:18so it
21:19won't be a
21:19boring
21:19history lesson,
21:21and where
21:22the science
21:22and arts
21:23come in,
21:24or innovation,
21:24it is when
21:25they were
21:25making the
21:26puppet,
21:26they were
21:27talking about
21:27shadows and
21:28lights,
21:28but you
21:29don't realise
21:29it,
21:30it's very
21:30natural,
21:32so that's
21:33how we
21:33approach
21:34things there.
21:34I think,
21:35you know,
21:36having Mr.
21:37Johanna
21:37also in
21:38Puanfiza,
21:39you guys
21:40need a
21:40business,
21:41it's like,
21:41you know,
21:41because right
21:42now you
21:42can see the
21:43trend of
21:43people trying
21:44to get
21:44back to
21:45classical
21:45vibes,
21:46you know,
21:47cafe's are
21:47trying to
21:47be more
21:48classic,
21:49be more
21:49heritage
21:50vibe,
21:51I would
21:51say,
21:52and I
21:52think by
21:53having
21:53children
21:54explore
21:55history,
21:56explore
21:56their
21:56culture
21:57through
21:57hands-on,
21:58it somehow
21:59will help
22:00revive it
22:00more,
22:01I think
22:01for now
22:02people only
22:02reviving it
22:03through
22:03vibes,
22:04you know,
22:04they see
22:05videos on
22:05TikTok,
22:05and they
22:06would have
22:06interest on
22:07it,
22:07but now
22:07if kids
22:08are being
22:10taught about
22:10this,
22:11since they
22:11were little
22:12hands-on,
22:13it will
22:13help more
22:14and I
22:14think it
22:14will preserve,
22:15it will help
22:16more preserve
22:16our cultural
22:17heritage rather
22:18than,
22:18you know,
22:19just using
22:19TikTok or
22:20Instagram to
22:21promote these
22:21things on
22:22social media.
22:23Maybe,
22:24Joan,
22:24can you also
22:25tell us,
22:26because I
22:26think having
22:27Mr.
22:27Johanna
22:27and Puanfiza
22:28are just
22:28the tip of
22:29the iceberg
22:29of the people
22:30that are
22:30collaborating
22:30with
22:31ThinkCity,
22:32how does
22:33partnerships
22:34and collaborating
22:35with a lot
22:36of grantees
22:36help ThinkCity's
22:38goal and
22:38purpose in
22:39your company?
22:40so exactly,
22:40I think we
22:41heard a lot
22:41from Johanna
22:42and Puanfiza
22:42who are
22:43examples and
22:44we talked
22:44about new
22:45ideas,
22:45new approaches,
22:46innovative,
22:46new things
22:47that we're
22:47testing and
22:48piloting out.
22:49So actually
22:49part of the
22:49grants program
22:50is to enable
22:51things like
22:51that,
22:52right,
22:53that sort of
22:53bring people
22:54back into
22:55the city.
22:56So our
22:57grants program
22:58supports these
22:59aspects,
23:00right,
23:00piloting new
23:01things,
23:01innovative ideas
23:02that we
23:03support communities
23:04to play a
23:05role in
23:06sort of the
23:06broader
23:07regeneration
23:07effort is
23:08one,
23:08but also
23:09apart from
23:10bringing people
23:11back into
23:11town,
23:12that's very
23:12important,
23:13and apart
23:13from also
23:14a lot of
23:15the skill
23:15sets that
23:15we also
23:16work in,
23:16which is
23:17conservation
23:17efforts and
23:18preserving
23:18cultural
23:18heritage in
23:19that aspect,
23:20it's also
23:20about sort
23:22of promoting
23:24innovative and
23:25digital aspects
23:26that maybe
23:27new businesses
23:28want to
23:28also embody
23:29and sort of
23:30embrace as
23:31as part of
23:31coming up with
23:32new solutions
23:33into the city.
23:34For example,
23:34it includes
23:35people who
23:36want to
23:37sort of
23:38test new
23:39things out,
23:39whether it's
23:40to support
23:40climate change
23:41efforts and
23:42sort of bring
23:43the thermal
23:43sort of,
23:44because we're
23:45walking around
23:45KL and it's
23:46so hot all the
23:46time,
23:47what ways can
23:47we bring
23:48thermal sort of
23:49warmness down
23:50as well,
23:50for example,
23:51is it through
23:51nature-based
23:52solutions that
23:53we can,
23:53people want to
23:54pilot more
23:55greening efforts
23:56around the city,
23:57for example,
23:57so that it
23:58supports
23:59visitorship
23:59as you are
24:00visiting and
24:00exploring around
24:01the city.
24:02Those are
24:02some examples
24:03of what the
24:04program actually
24:04helps enable,
24:06right,
24:06as a catalyst.
24:07But also,
24:08I think the
24:08broader grants
24:09program also
24:10helps address
24:10some of these
24:11gaps and
24:12actually helps
24:13us,
24:13what does the
24:14city need?
24:15So in our
24:15terms of reference
24:16also,
24:17it encourages
24:17the potential
24:18applicant to
24:19also consider,
24:20look,
24:20these are just
24:21some problem
24:22statements or
24:23gaps and
24:23issues that the
24:25city is now
24:25going through.
24:26how can your
24:27idea or what
24:28you want to
24:29do actually
24:29help address
24:30that?
24:30Maybe it's
24:31something you've
24:32been preparing
24:34in terms of
24:34post-studying or
24:35there's a study
24:35and baseline and
24:36you want to be
24:37able to roll
24:37that out,
24:38that's where,
24:38for example,
24:39the grant actually
24:40helps you test
24:41that out by
24:41bringing other
24:42partners involved
24:43and all you
24:44need is just a
24:44bit of push to
24:45bring that
24:45project to life,
24:46for example,
24:47that's where
24:48actually the
24:48grants also
24:49helps serve
24:49that as well.
24:50I think this
24:51reminds me of,
24:52you know,
24:52research,
24:53this is a
24:53viva for
24:54research.
24:55People give
24:56you the
24:56proposal and
24:57then you
24:57guys will
24:57help in
24:58terms of
24:58evaluating,
25:00gathering
25:00experts to
25:02also evaluate
25:03and then help
25:03them to
25:04maybe guide
25:04and build
25:05the proposal
25:06to a
25:06complete
25:06product and
25:07then they
25:07can help
25:08to preserve
25:09KL all
25:10together.
25:11Maybe in
25:12the last two
25:12minutes that we
25:13have together,
25:13how can
25:15people try and
25:16contribute to
25:17Revive KL
25:18through ThinkCity?
25:19For sure,
25:20I think there
25:20are many ways
25:20basically to
25:21collaborate with
25:22us and even
25:23to partner with
25:23us.
25:24but today
25:25we're talking
25:25about the
25:26grants program.
25:26The Downtown
25:27Kuala Lumpur
25:27grants program
25:28is now open
25:29and for the
25:29next six
25:30weeks we'll
25:30still be
25:30calling for
25:31application.
25:32If you
25:32visit the
25:32thinkcity.com.my
25:34website you
25:34will be able
25:35to join our
25:35open day
25:36sessions and
25:37also book a
25:38one-on-one
25:38session and
25:38come and speak
25:39to the team
25:39if you have
25:40a great idea
25:40we'll want to
25:41hear the
25:41proposal.
25:42But beyond
25:43that there
25:43are also
25:43many different
25:44initiatives,
25:45platforms and
25:46opportunities to
25:47partner and
25:48collaborate with
25:48ThinkCity so
25:49come and speak
25:49to us and
25:50play a role in
25:51the broader
25:52regeneration of
25:53Downtown Kuala Lumpur.
25:53And they all
25:54can contact
25:54Joan as well
25:56and the team.
25:57So let's all
25:58come together and
25:59collaborate and
26:00partner together
26:01in order to
26:01revive and
26:03regenerate
26:04KRL, Downtown
26:05KRL so that
26:06the community
26:06will foster
26:07better and
26:08create a
26:08better culture
26:09for us as
26:09Malaysians.
26:10So I think
26:11that's all for
26:11today.
26:12I will say
26:12thank you to
26:12Joan Tan,
26:13Puan Fizazin
26:14also Mr. Johan
26:15for coming
26:16with us on
26:16the studio for
26:17today.
26:17That is all
26:18from me.
26:18I'm Khabar Aziz.
26:19I'll see you
26:20again.
26:24UPS
26:24I'm Khabar Aziz.
26:31soon.
26:31Bye.
26:32Bye.
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