Protecting Penang Heritage

Penang is a great place for tourism. With delicious food, beautiful place to visit, what else can you ask for?

My trip to Penang gave me wonderful and lovely memories. Yes, I am in love with Penang. Penang's George Town has been awarded Unesco status for its heritage building and treasure that you cannot find elsewhere.

How can we preserve it?

There are some suggestions that monorail or LRT being build in Penang. In the mean time, the construction of second bridge connecting Penang is starting soon.

On having Lrt/monorail, I do not know whether is it feasible or not. Look at the building structure in Penang. Most of it are over 50 years or more. We do not know how strong is the building and to start any construction near by the heritage building, it may affect the building during the construction period. The vibration of the machine pumping along the roadside and stumping here and there.

Can you guarantee that it will not affect the heritage building? It is better that Penang state government hire professional building surveyor or any one who is experience to check on the heritage building, on whether it can withstand the vibration cause by any construction if they plan to build it.

Penang still has wooden door that are now hardly seen around KL.

Perak might have. May be along the old road going to Ipoh.

Some one should buy over this house and protect it.
If the owner is willing, put it as one of the MUST PRESERVE list!

Antique lover here!!

As I know, Penang has unearthed tram rail track around the city. I do not know the reason behind the shutting down of the service, but it is indeed a big loss for Penang.

With the Unesco status, it would be better to fit George Town with classic tram.

That would match it :)

I shall leave it to the authority to finalize with it. Love Penang!

Read below for more views:
Anil Netto
Anil on Rail track unearthed
SSQuah
Youtube on the discovery of Penang former Tram Track
Ric Francis View

List of bloggers supported Penang having the Tram back!

How to maintain Unesco standard?

As I read that former Penang Council had approved some building which has exceeded the standard set by the Unesco, may I ask that CM Lim Guan Eng have a chat with the developer. What he can do is to check with them whether do they want Penang to prosper or not. If they keen on just protecting the profit without thinking much, it would not be of good to them as well. With Unesco standard, their property will be worthy. If one day Penang lost the status, believe me, the price will surely drop.

So Developer that had the Penang land, please consider Penang future and also your property. I am sure you want to multiply your profit. Make some changes that will protect Penang heritage. Of course, it also benefit you :)

I love Penang! Maintain Penang UNESCO Heritage.

Read on Anil's point of view.