Sarawak won’t bulldoze heritage law on private building owners


Desmond Davidson

Most of the city's historical buildings are within “Rajah's Kuching” – the Main Bazaar, Carpenter Street, India Street and the surrounding Malay villages. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, October 1, 2020.

SARAWAK would not force the state’s heritage law on traditional shop owners in the historical parts of Kuching city to preserve the old buildings, said state tourism, arts and culture minister.

Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said though the state government would love to see the old shophouses converted into heritage buildings, the government would, however, not gazette any private property as heritage buildings without consulting them.


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  • If planning laws do not forbid redevelopment, the heritage buildings will disappear.

    Posted 3 years ago by Malaysia New hope