Mohamed Mwinzagu, 22-year-old from Kenya said he learned about various Cultures from the forum. "I also learn the various languages here like Iban, Melayu and Bidayuh from friends of those races whom I met during the forum. "The forum also gives me an opportunity to leam the traditional games the ethnic races here in Sarawak," he said when interviewed by The Borneo Post yesterday. Mwinzagu, an electrical engineering student of lnti College, said all the activities organised during the forum were very interesting and that it was a good experience learning new things of the different cultures. Ling Sie Leong, 25, said that the forum was very important in developing the knowledge of the youths with regard to cultures of the different races. "Most of today's younger generation lack knowledge in many issues related to culture. This forum will give them the opportunity to share their ideas about cultures,"said the Political and Local Government student from Unimas. Through this forum, he said the youths would be able to understand the concept of IMalaysia. "Forums like this should be organised more often in the future to expose the younger people to Intercultural relation," Ling. Miera Apriani, 23, said that the forum had been really educational especially to intemational students like her. "This forum would be able to enlighten many people like me on the multi-culture and multi-racial state of Sarawak," she said. Miera, a Business Administration student at Inti College, said forums like this should be held more often in the future in locations outside the urban area. "This is because participants would be able to know more and in-depth the culture and heritage of locals,"she added. Various activities were organised during the forum like ice-breaking, paper presentations, cultural games and tree planting. Also organised was a talk on Sarawak Corridor on Renewable Energy (SCORE), by State Planning Unit's Principal Assistant Director, Mr. Buckland Bangik. On the last day of the forum (May 10), participants presented their group discussion findings in a presentation based on group subjects. In the late afternoon after checking out of the camp, participants were exposed to the lifestyle of a local Selakau longhouse by visiting the Pueh Longhouse here to see and experience the culture and lifestyle of the locals there. Various activities were held including traditional dance performances by the locals, traditional rice milling and tasting of the local food. The forum was officially closed by Permanent Secretary for the Social and Urbanisation Ministry, Ik Pahon Joyik earlier that afternoon at Camp Pueh.