Participants of the Malaysia Day walk at one of the checkpoints during the Kinrara Youth Festival 2025 at Taman Wawasan Recreational Park in Puchong. — Photos: IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star
CURRENT and former interns of an elected representative came together to organise the Kinrara Youth Festival 2025.
Kinrara assemblyman Ng Sze Han said the festival also served as a platform for them to combine their strengths, hobbies and ideas into a single event.
Organising committee chairman Lee Jun Xian said that roughly 20 current and former interns of Ng worked together to make the festival a success.
“We gained a lot of valuable experience from organising this event,” he said of the festival which was held at Taman Wawasan Recreational Park in Puchong, Selangor.
A live band performance carrying the event past midnight.
Ng said the festival had shown that young people are more than capable of organising large-scale events.
He said the programme was designed to give youth the chance to showcase their abilities.
“For too long, we have misunderstood our youth.
“Many assume that youths spend all their time in their rooms playing games, or that they lack the ability to organise programmes like this.
“Even parents who came today may not have realised their children have such capabilities,” he said.
Ng stressed that what mattered most was not just the event itself but the process behind it.
“From planning and discussing different ideas, to quarrelling with each other and eventually learning how to compromise, this has been an invaluable learning experience.
“These are skills that will be very important when they enter the workforce one day,” he said, adding that the festival was almost entirely youth-led.
“This year I wanted it to be special. My involvement was less than 1%.
“I left 99% of the preparation and decision-making to them, and today we can see the results,” he said.
A fire show enthralling the crowd during the event.
“If they are ready, we will hold the Kinrara Youth Festival again next year,” said Ng.
More than 1,000 people attended the event, which started at noon and ended at midnight.
One of the activities was a Malaysia Day walk along a 1.5km route around the venue.
Visitors stopped at six checkpoints and played mini-games such as basketball, rope skipping, pickleball, football, archery and badminton, and received goodie bags.
Two basketball courts were the location of a bazaar with 36 vendors selling handmade crafts, clothing as well as food and beverages.
As night fell, the festival featured a fire dance and campfire, before closing with a live band performance that carried the celebration past midnight.
Also present were Subang Jaya City Council (MBSJ) Zone 16 councillor Lee Jen Uyin, Zone 10 councillor Ng Seow Chen, MBSJ Penggerak Belia Selangor (PeBS) central chairman Melvin Chan Weng Hong and Zone 16 PeBS chairman Venice Ho Yuen Yu.
