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0 A developer is threatening to sue the Penang state government for tens of millions of ringgit. The developer is one of four that was compelled to scale down its project to abide by Unesco guidelines for the preservation of George Town’s world heritage site listing. Instead of timidly conceding the possibility of paying compensation (as it has [...] 0 Is this what a heritage city is about – derelict land, decaying buildings and a high-rise construction site? Photo by a Penangite The sign just about sums it up. 2 Himanshu Bhatt, writing in theSun, worries that George Town’s traditional residents are being forced out by boutique hotels, pubs and restaurants. Whatever happened to the Heritage Master Plan, which stresses the importance of preserving the living culture and traditional trades of the historical city, he wonders. All brick and no soul by Himanshu Bhatt IN NOVEMBER 1999, I [...] |
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