Over 25,000 expected at World Urban Forum 9
Published on: Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Putra Jaya: The number of participants to the world-class meeting on urban issues, World Urban Forum 9 (WUF9), in Kuala Lumpur next month will exceed the 25,000 targeted earlier.Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Mohammad Mentek said to date, a total of 18,000 participants from all over the world had registered online to secure their places in the WUF9 to be held from Feb 7 to 13. "The number of participants in WUF9 maybe higher than the earlier expectation as Malaysia receives strong support from the Asean countries," he told a media briefing on WUF9 at the Ministry here Monday.
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Mohammad said a total of 500 programmes including assemblies, high-level roundtables, dialogues, special sessions and stakeholders roundtables had been listed throughout the seven-day forum, which would be the second time being held in Asia. Among the highlights of WUF9 would be the gala dinner featuring Malaysian style feast concept known as 'Kenduri in the Park' at Perdana Botanical Garden Kuala Lumpur.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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