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====Other sights==== [[File:DUN Sarawak.JPG|thumb|right|[[New Sarawak State Legislative Assembly Building]].]] [[File:Islamic Heritage Museum - Madrasah Melayu Kuching (Old) 01.jpg|thumb|right|Former [[Madrasah]] Melayu Kuching (which is now as [[Islamic Heritage Museum]]).]] The Kuching Waterfront is a 2 kilometre long riverside [[esplanade]] stretching from the main hotel and commercial heartland of the city to downtown Kuching.<ref name="arts">{{cite book |title=Craft Arts International |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M7BUAAAAMAAJ |year=1994 |publisher=Craft Art Pty. Limited}}</ref> Designed by Sydney architects,<ref name="arts"/> the waterfront landscaped is served with food stalls, restaurants, benches and offers an excellent views of the Astana, Fort Margherita, and the [[New Sarawak State Legislative Assembly Building]].<ref name="Chang1999"/> The waterfront also features an observation tower, an open-air theatre and musical fountains.<ref name="Chang1999"/> The Kuching Orangutan Murals are vital images of a [[wheelbarrow]] filled with eight young [[orangutan]]s and another baby orangutan swinging from a pipe. It was painted by [[Ernest Zacharevic]] along Power Street in the city on 27 April 2014. This latest mural is painted in Zacharevic's usual interactive style, with an actual wheelbarrow sliced into half and secured to the wall to enable the public to take selfies while holding onto the handle. On the other hand, the baby orangutan was painted over a nail on the wall, where people can 'place' items in its hand.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/04/29/zacharevic-moves-on-to-five-more-masterpieces-on-kuching-walls/ |title=Zacharevic moves on to five more masterpieces on Kuching walls |newspaper=The Borneo Post |date=29 April 2014 |access-date=4 August 2015}}</ref>
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