Illegal renovations pose risk to George Town’s heritage listing, activist warns FMTNews
The illegal renovations to the Fooi Chew association building and the reconstruction of Wisma Kastam have caused alarm among Penang’s heritage activists.
The reconstruction of Wisma Kastam near the Campbell Street market has also met with opposition from heritage activists. In its planning application submitted in February 2022, MBPP proposed to “restore and retain” the front portion of the market. The delisting followed the Liverpool city council’s failure to heed warnings on illegal renovations and inappropriate projects being carried out on the fringe of its heritage site.
Should Unesco decide that the project approval violated the spirit of George Town’s heritage listing, the city might find itself issued with a warning in the form of a “yellow card”, representing phase one of a potential delisting.If the government then continues to merely pay lip service to its responsibilities despite the “yellow card”, Unesco may move George Town onto its “heritage site in danger” list.
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