Penang’s first private museum is now open
via The Star, 16 June 2023: Penang's first private museum, the Straits and Oriental Museum, displays 300 artefacts from Song, ...
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Amid Unesco cultural heritage bid, Malaysian experts worry about dying art of ‘kebaya’ embroidery
via Malay Mail, 23 April 2023: The Nyonya kebaya industry in Malaysia is in decline due to the retirement of ...
Penang museum set to reopen next year
via The Star, 18 April 2023: Penang's State Museum is expected to reopen next year after renovations.
Penang govt committed to retaining Unesco status for George Town
via Free Malaysia Today, 15 April 2023: Presumably, the town hall has been in response to the bad press George ...
Beyond Penang’s world heritage site, activists are fighting to save historic buildings
via Channel NewsAsia, 09 April 2023: Activists are fighting to save historic buildings in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. Authorities have ...
Works in George Town heritage zone alarming
via The Vibes, 20 March 2023: Badan Warisan Malaysia is alarmed over the numerous illegal works being carried out on ...
George Town World Heritage Inc to receive RM50 mil for conservation efforts
via The Vibes, 28 February 2023: The George Town World Heritage Incorporated (GTWHI) will receive RM50 million from the Penang ...
Penang CM: RM20m Fort Cornwallis moat to open in 2025
via Malay Mail, 14 March 2023: Penang's Chief Minister that the RM20 million restoration of Fort Cornwallis’s moats will be ...
Church needs to do more to achieve cathedral status
via The Star, 24 February 2023: St George’s Anglican Church in Penang, Malaysia, which received a heritage excellence award, will ...
Restoration of heritage building goes wrong
via The Star, 15 February 2023: The Fooi Chew Association in Penang stopped all restoration works on the nearly 200-year-old ...
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