The REHDA Chairman of the Pg branch, said that Penangites do not know how much it will cost them to have the UNESCO heritage city status.......well I do not know how much it will cost...just as I don't know how much it will cost me to keep my "heart"....but without it I will surely die.....
So will Penang...it will lose its soul, spirit and its character, if we allow the "tear down" crowd have their way....what is heritage to them, a hindrance to them an obstacle to their desire to put in another souless building....what is the use of ole shop house except that they are sitting on a piece of land in which they want to build any high rise....flat and rectagular shapes buildings ...souless...without any spirit...blocks of concrete protruding thru the earth.... If these people have their way....Pg would not Pg anymore....it would just like any other city......just like Mcdonalds, everywhere it tastes the same.....
No Penang should be able to pay the price in keeping our place unique.....and full of its own peculiar vibrant personality.....our old buildings......our priceless possessions...they tell us where we come from who we are...it enriches us...make us who we are people of Penang....
Don't give us a souless city....like the dead PGCC......don't take the heart of Pg.....yes we are prepared to pay any price to keep our heart!!!!
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