A three-day festival featuring food stalls, homemade crafts, and live music has started at Bukit Gombak Neighbourhood Centre. The event aims to help heartland enterprises innovate and seize new opportunities. Organised by Enterprise Singapore, the festival showcases the history and heritage of the neighbourhood centre.
SINGAPORE – A three-day festival featuring food stalls , homemade crafts and live music kicked off at Bukit Gombak Neighbourhood Centre on April 5, as part of wider efforts to help heartland enterprises innovate and seize new opportunities.
The festival, which runs until April 7, is among the first activities organised by the Modern Heritage Heartland Hub,announced during the debate on the Ministry of Trade and Industry’s budget on March 1.Minister of State for Trade and Industry Low Yen Ling, who was guest of honour at the festival on April 5, noted that the global retail industry has changed rapidly due to the growth of technology, the rise of e-commerce as well as fast-changing consumer preferences.
Ms Shiny Phua, who has taken up a stall at the festival, said events like Rasa Gombak Day Out can help build brand awareness for her business – AhMah’s Legacy, a kueh shop in Sin Ming Road. “I’m here because I’m an online business, and I need to go offline to meet people and direct them to my website.”
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