Budget 2023: heritage gets a boost, dismay for arts & culture industry


Budget 2023 includes an RM30mil allocation for urban rejuvenation efforts and RM50mil for Unesco world heritage sites in Penang and Melaka. In pic: The Sultan Abdul Samad Building in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: The Star/Kamarul Ariffin

Kuala Lumpur is all set to spruce up its image as a contemporary cultural capital, with an RM30mil allocation for urban rejuvenation efforts as announced in today's national Budget 2023.

This collaboration between Think City and DBKL will also include the upgrading of public housing in the city.

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