Heritage building needs upgrading

The Panglima Kinta Mosque needs to undergo restoration work which will cost some RM5.3mil. — Photos: RONNIE CHIN/The Star

BUILT in 1898 with British, Moghul and neo-classical (Greek and Roman) architectural elements, the Panglima Kinta Mosque in Ipoh needs to undergo restoration work.

The mosque committee chairman Toh Muda Panglima Kinta Datuk Ab Wahab Azizul Hassan said the conservation project is expected to cost RM5.3mil.