Modern look is a defaced facade

The unique architecture with embossed words on the wall of this century-old shophouse in Kajang town is covered by billboards. — Photos: LOW LAY PHON/The Star

MANY shophouses in older townships of Selangor are already 100 years old, but the authorities appear oblivious to their high heritage value.

These buildings are in various stages of decay as both the public and private sectors focused on modernisation in the country’s most developed state.