Vow to safeguard all old buildings

Chow (in green) looking at a 3D model of the George Town World Heritage Site during the opening of the Town Hall building at the Esplanade. ― Photos by CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

GUIDELINES to control the development of buildings outside the Unesco heritage site will be adhered to at all times, said Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow.

He said there was a perception that old buildings, outside the Unesco heritage site, shared the same status as the ones within the site.