The Penang Heritage Trust (PHT) has started an online petition for the preservation of the Soonstead mansion in Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah here which it claims is threatened by the development of a proposed 13-storey tower block.
PHT president Khoo Salma Nasution said the petition would be sent to the Penang Municipal Council (MPPP) before councillors in its One Stop Centre meet and discuss the proposed development which she claimed would necessitate the demolition of the 103-year-old house’s dining room wing and annexe buildings.
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