Partial collapse of heritage building a wake-up call 


IN JALAN Padungan, the heart of Kuching’s Chinatown lined with historical shophouses, the facade wall on the first floor of a corner lot collapsed in the early morning of April 6.

Firefighters from the Padungan station were dispatched to the scene after a call was received at 6.23am.

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