Initiatives to further improve KL as shopping paradise

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KUALA LUMPUR: Improving public transportation and “shoppers’ experience” here will be a priority as the Government attempts to outdo three other cities named as premier shopping destinations.

Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen, who said this, added that Kuala Lumpur had done well to be placed fourth in CNN’s “World’s 10 best shopping cities” survey. She said the consensus was that Kuala Lumpur could do better if certain short-comings were addressed.

“According to CNN’s survey, KL was very strong in terms of providing a variety of brands to shoppers at good prices. In fact, we scored 10 out of 10 in terms of value. “We were the only city in the top 10 to achieve that score,” Dr Ng told a press conference here.

Kuala Lumpur achieved a total score of 30 out of a maximum 40 in CNN’s list which was evaluated according to four categories – getting around, value, variety and shoppers’ experience. The top three cities in the global news network’s survey were New York, Tokyo and London.

She said among the Government’s initiatives to improve connectivity in the city’s shopping districts was constructing air-conditioned pedestrian walkways that linked malls. “We are building more walkways to add to the existing ones to extend the connectivity radius,” said Dr Ng, adding that the city’s notorious taxi service was also being given “extra attention”.

On improving shopper’s experience, Dr Ng said she wanted to see the local performing arts scene improved or better promoted to compete with the other cities. “New York has Broadway, but we do not have much to offer in this field,’’ said Dr Ng, who later launched the Bukit Bintang-KLCC (BBKLCC) year-end celebrations at Suria KLCC shopping mall.

-thestar online.
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