Remembering an Early Step Towards Unesco Listing

By Goh Ban Lee

January 2013 VOICE IN THE CROWD
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Anything worth achieving tends to come only after a lot of hard work has been laid on it. The same thing goes for the Unesco Heritage status that was gained by George Town in 2008. Here, we remember an important event in 1986 that helped things along.Part of George Town, together with part of Malacca town, is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS). The inscription in July 2008 has excited many and has certainly stimulated serious efforts to make...

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Goh Ban Lee

is a senior research fellow in the Penang Institute.

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