A Festival at Your Doorstep

By Emilia Ismail

July 2019 FEATURE
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It’s a bonanza of local and international acts as George Town Festival (GTF) returns for its 10th year on July 13-28.George Town Festival's various shows.The 16-day festival features 150 programmes, including visual arts, theatre, music, dance, comedy, film and photography; some 70% of events at GTF are free to attend; and 60% of the festival is earmarked for local artists to showcase their talents. Over 500 performers from 20 countries are slated to take part in the festival.Yeoh Soon Hin, state Tourism Development, Arts, Culture and Heritage...

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Emilia Ismail

is a freelance writer who has a love-hate relationship with the weighing scale.

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