Placing right value on our heritage
29 May 2006 (New Straits Times) - I must say it is to Malaysia’s credit that they are planning to set up a heritage register for their country. Oh why are the other countries so slow!
Placing right value on our heritage
Under the Act, sweeping changes will be introduced.
Besides recognising intangible items as having heritage value, it will also see a master list of heritage items and sites created.
A Department of National Heritage has been set up and a commissioner appointed…
She is Prof Datuk Dr Zuraina Majid from Universiti Sains Malaysia. She is an expert in archaeology.
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Tags: conservation, Heritage Registers, Malaysia Archaeology, National Heritage Act Malaysia, preservation, Zuraina Majid
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