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Emails and telephone numbers to contact the authorities:

 

YAB Mr Lim Guan Eng

Chief Minister of Penang

Tingkat 28, Menara KOMTAR

10503 Pulau Pinang

Fax: 04-2645854

Email: limguaneng@penang.gov.my

 

YB Mr Chow Kon Yeow

Chairman Local Government, Traffic Management & Environment

Tingkat 52, KOMTAR, 10503 PENANG

Fax: 04-2618706

BOOKS

1. Street of George Town by Khoo Salma Nasution, RM35.00

2. Suffolk House by Laurence Loh, RM60.00

3. PHT's Bag, RM18.00 (available in Blue and Red colour)

4. Heritage Tree, RM100.00

5. Pinang Peranakan Mansion, RM80.00

6. Strait Muslim, RM90.00

7. Penang Potraits, RM100.00

 

 

 

To purchase:

We are still updating the Heritage Clinic/ Library. 

Sorry for the inconvenince caused.

Protection of Heritage? To find out more, please click on the Heritage Legislation to download relevant documents.  

You may download the following documents from this website: 

  • Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention
  • Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage 
  • Dossier for Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca: Melaka and George Town 
  • Local Legislation:-

1. National Heritage Bill 2005

Learn about Penang Shophouses. 

Visit the following blog to obtain more information about the architecture, materials used for the shophouses. 

On 7 July 2008, Melaka and George Town were declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites.