Lunar Peaks – A Treasure Gone Forever
By Ooi Kok Chuen
August 2016 PENANG PALETTE
Late National Artist Laureate Datuk Syed Ahmad Jamal's (1929-2011) heritage sculpture monument, Puncak Purnama (Lunar Peaks), was demolished by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) in early July in what some would call the worst pre- Raya monument carnage in living memory.bubur sudah jadi najis! Shout or do what you like, the Class-1 important monument was reduced to rubble at its site, once dubbed Taman Wawasan in Jalan Sulaiman, KL. It was summarily cleared purportedly for new landscaping work. It...
Ooi Kok Chuen
is an art-writer and journalist, and the author of MAHSURI: A Legend Reborn (Ooi Peeps Publishing), an adult contemporary fantasy “movel” (a novel conceived as a mock movie) spun from a local legend.
