Delay in rebuilding of razed shophouses due to legal matters


THE Gambier Street Re-Building Committee has said that the delay in reconstruction of the historical shophouses destroyed in the December 22 fire along Gambier Street in Kuching was due to unresolved legal matters.

The authorities were not to be faulted, said its chairman Wee Hong Seng at a press conference in Kuching to comment on reports calling on the state to not delay the rebuilding work.

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