Cost for preliminary work will reach millions

BROKEN tiles, cracking bricks, flaking paint and bubbling surfaces, mould, mildew and fungus, rusting exposed steel bars and foliage creeping out of roof tops are some of the indicators that the heritage buildings located at the National Heritage Zone in Dataran Merdeka are in trouble.

In a two-hour walkabout with Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (PAM)’s council member and Heritage and Conservation Committee co-chairman, Steven Thang Boon Ann, these signs of decay on the buildings were pointed out to StarMetro.