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Formed in 1986, the Penang Heritage Trust is a registered charity and non-govermental Organisation (NGO) dedicated to promoting Penang's cultural and built
heritage. It organises talks and workshops and publishes a monthly newsletter. It also organises fund-raising events such as street festivals and antique fairs.
The Penang Heritage Trust's initiatives and projects include:
- Promoting the George Town Inner City as a zone of heritage protection, and working with the authorities to get George Town, Penang nominated to UNESCO's World Heritage list.
- Promoting the restoration of Suffolk House, Penang's first government house.
- Supervising the restoration of the Carpenter's Guild at Lorong Love, the guild temple of Penang's traditional Cantonese artisans, and promoting the revival of craftsmanship.
- Continuing the restoration and maintenance of the Christian Cemetery, Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah.
- Promoting community participation in the revitalisation of historic Muslim endowment properties.
- Identifying heritage sites and collecting local history.
- Giving advice on various aspects of restoration work to homeowners, developers, and others who wish to restore or renovate their properties.
- Organising public awareness programmes such as talks an tours for Penangites, visitors and schoolchildren.
- Facilitating cultural educational programmes and exchanges fo built environment, history and anthropology students an academics studying Penang's heritage.
- Co-operating with the other organisations in Malaysia involved in conservation work, networking with heritage Organisation in other countries, and serving as the secretariat for the Asia & West Pacific Network for Urban Conservation.
In 1998, the Penang Heritage Trust moved into the premise at 26A Stewart Lane to be in a better position to promote the conservation of the built heritage and traditional urban communities of Inner City George Town, during the transitional period of the Repeal of Rent Control. The office has now been relocated to Church Street, in the heart of George Town.
Contact details
Executive Secretary
Penang Heritage Trust: 26, Church Street, 10200 Penang
Tel: 604-264 2631 Fax: 604-262 8421
E-mail: phtrust@streamyx.com
Homepage: www.pht.org.my
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