When a building is not just a building


Memories: Norhayati (right), who was a boarder at Convent Bukit Nanas, with her mum Siti Salmah, who swept floors and scrubbed toilets at Norhayati’s dormitory for four years.

Razing our built heritage would wipe out the memory of who we are and what we contributed to the building of a nation.

WHAT do we tell our children is the soul of this nation called Malaysia?

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