Street entertainers (buskers) were today told to apply for permits if they want to perform in Kuala Lumpur.

Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) Socio-Economic Development deputy director-general Mohd Amin Nordin Ab Aziz said they could do so through DBKL’s Culture and Sport Division.

He said several discussions had been carried out with the Information, Communications and Culture Ministry to identify guidelines with which the entertainers had to abide.

“We do not want just about anybody to perform and foreign nationals are not allowed to do so.

“And the buskers must be above 18 years old," he told reporters in Kuala Lumpur today.

Information, Communication and Culture Minister Dr Rais Yatim on Friday said a location at the Sultan Abdul Samad Building in Kuala Lumpur had been provided to enable street entertainers to carry out their practice.

- Bernama