We will know by July whether George Town, together with Malacca, will be successful in making it to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (Unesco) list of world heritage sites. If successful, George Town and malacca will join Mount Kinabalu and the Mulu National Park as the country’s only world heritage sites.
According to Heritage commissioner Prof Emeritus Datuk Zuraina Majid, Unesco had evaluated the findings submitted by the Heritage Department and would announce the results at the World Heritage Meeting in Quebec, Canada.
“We have a few streets and areas in George Town, Penang, and areas in Kota Melaka, identified as the core sites that will be able to depict the history and heritage unique to the states and the country at large,” she said.