KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 – The preparations for the National Day celebrations at Dataran Merdeka this year goes smoothly and is nearing completion. A Bernama survey found that the technical work looks almost ready with the installation of multi-storey terrace seats and stage performances.
Assistant Engineer Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), which is responsible for the preparation, Hendra Hizad Abd Hamid said that 80 per cent of the technical aspects of the installation has been successfully completed more than 3,000 seat multi-storey terrace and LED screen measuring 108 meters long and nine meters high.
He said that it is the longest and largest ever LED screens which are used in any celebration in the country. He said that there were twenty percent is only involve final preparations such as canvas and carpet installation will be done the day before the National Day began.
In the same time, the setup of the sacred event to celebrate the country in the result of cooperation of the Prime Minister, the City Hall, the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), and also the Department of the Arts and Culture (JKKN).
Meanwhile, Director of Cultural Development JKKN, Jim Osman said there are more interesting varieties will be featured in the National Day celebrations on August 31. He said that the disorder is the formation of a more powerful performance and will attract spectators.
Rosli said, for the first time, the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) will entertain the audience by performing pitch in the band named “The beat of the Joint thus ATM ‘featuring about 900 members. He said the celebration will also be enlivened by more than 8,000 participants from various government and private agencies involved in events such as a parade, marching rhythm and anti-terrorist demonstration.
According to Rosli, training offerings for the celebration has already begun as early as six in the morning yesterday and a full dress rehearsal will be held on Saturday. In the meantime, the students of SMK Bandar Baru Seri Petaling, Kelly Lim, 16, said he woke up as early as 5 am just to the success of the show at the historic day later.
“I and colleagues had made preparations for a month and felt very excited to be playing in front of people as well as to celebrate the National Day together with other Malaysians. Meanwhile, I was among 2,640 students from around the Federal Territory and Selangor to be involved in the show field,” she said. Lastly, the National Day celebration for this year was also featuring the theme of ‘#sehatisejiwa’.
