CHIEF Minister Lim Guan Eng was at Lebuh Victoria on Oct 27 to launch the heritage restoration and re-adaptive use of heritage buildings that involve two godowns and a shop lot.
The three buildings, which are numbered 161, 163 and 165 respectively along Lebuh Victoria, are located within the George Town Unesco World Heritage Site and their restoration and re-adaptive use, according to the chief minister, is very much in line with the heritage policies of the state government.
“The state government’s aspiration is not only to conserve heritage buildings in the George Town Unesco World Heritage Site but also to re-adapt them for future use. The conceptual design proposal is to physically and spiritually revitalise a complex of badly dilapidated godowns and shop lot built around 1900s into a modern MSC status office,” he said in his speech.
“This decision by the state government and the Penang Development Corporation (PDC) to rehabilitate and conserve these old buildings is testimony to the concerted effort to preserve the living heritage and historical traditions of Penang,” added Lim.
This restoration and re-adaptive use project is spearheaded by PDC and supported by the Penang Island City Council (MBPP) and George Town World Heritage Incorporated (GTWHI).
to MSC compliance status, they would have all the state-of-the-art
facilities of a modern office.
The whole concept rests upon the idea of marrying technology with heritage for the advancement of Penang towards an intelligent and information city and towards Industry 4.0 with a focus on Big Data Analytics, Cloud Computing and the Internet of Things (IOT).
The project commenced on March 27 this year and is expected to be completed on Sept 26, 2018.
At the time of writing, work progress at the site is at 13%.
Also present were Deputy Chief Minister I Datuk Mohd Rashid Hasnon, Pengkalan Kota assemblymember Lau Keng Ee, Penang Island mayor Datuk Maimunah Mohd Sharif and PDC general manager Datuk Rosli Jaafar.