Jul 8, 2008

Georgetown Heritage Perserved?


"KUALA LUMPUR: The Government will have foreign assistance in its efforts to preserve George Town and Malacca as World Heritage Sites.
According to Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage Ministry Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal, besides foreign help, there are also plans to cooperate with Penang and Malacca chief ministers to work on the preservation efforts.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) accorded the two cities the status Monday when the Paris-based World Heritage Council met in Quebec, Canada.
He said that the international recognition would boost the tourism industry and help the West know Malaysian culture better.
To a question, he said that the Government would do everything to ensure that George Town and Malacca would not lose the prestigious title.
George Town and Malacca were among the eight sites chosen by Unesco as the latest World Heritage Sites. The other sites are in Croatia, France, Papua New Guinea, San Marino, Slovakia and Germany."

I was a bit sad and wondering what did the government really do. Do they put effort in preserving the old heritage? I grew up in Georgetown, Penang. Before the election, the ex-government just approved a construction to build a super condominium along the busiest and crowdest street by compensating an over 100years old-British Coloniel era, international school for the tower. How can the ex-government approved this? And then now they are saying they'll try to protect after the UNESCO anounced Georgetown as heritage city. If the UNESCO never mention it, then they do not need to protect the heritage? Is this the correct way of doing? After all the building has already levelled...

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Does this announcement mean that they wont be doing the PORR and LRT anymore? No more plans of upgrading Penang, so gonna hand it over as a heritage site?

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