Posted by anula13303 on October 17th, 2012
GEORGE TOWN (Oct 18, 2012) : Calls for a 200-year-old Jawi Peranakan house to be turned into a museum may become a reality. Local Government Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said the Penang Island Municipal Council (MPPP) had been asked to review its the decision to sell the land. ?I have asked the council to review the decision to sell the land and the implications involved if the house is sold,? he said yesterday. The decision came about after Chow chaired a meeting between representatives of MPPP, Penang Jawi Peranakan Heritage Society and other heritage NGOs held at Komtar on Tuesday. ?The society and other heritage activists urged us to preserve the building, not only for its artistic architecture, but also to use it as a museum whereby the Jawi Peranakan contribution to the state's development will be acknowledged,? he said, adding that he hoped the matter would be resolved soon. Furthermore, Chow said that since the house is regarded as a Class II heritage building within the World Unesco Heritage Site, it has to be refurbished. Meanwhile, society president Datuk Dr Wazir Jahan Karim said MPPP should reverse its decision to sell off the land. ?We want it for the Penangites ? the younger generation, students, historians, architects, anthropologists and sociologists,? she said, adding that the house is part and parcel of Jawi Peranakan development in the state. Wazir said the building can be transferred to George Town World Heritage Incorporated and converted into a museum for Jawi Peranakan in the state. ?We hope for the best and we want to be optimistic about this,? she added. theSun had highlighted Wazir's call for the building to be turned into a museum as it used to be the home of a prominent Jawi Peranakan family. Dubbed the 'Malay Millionaire's Row' in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Hutton Lane used to be where lived traders and entrepreneurs who made their fortune by constructing mansions.
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MPPP looks into preserving last Jawi Peranakan building
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