PENANG, Nov 23 –The Penang government will not back down from its decision to use multilingual road signs in the heritage enclave of George Town despite attempts to sabotage the effort, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said today.
“Two signs at Lebuh Acheh were splashed with red paint by irresponsible persons this morning,” he told reporters.
He said the multilingual road signs, in English, Tamil, Mandarin, Arabic and Jawi besides Bahasa Malaysia, could assist many foreign tourists to explore George Town as a multi-racial, multi-cultural and multi-religious city.
The move to put up the road signs on Friday had created a controversy as certain quarters have opposed it.
On George Town’s status as a World Heritage Site, he said the status would be unaffected by the upcoming high-rise hotel projects in the area.
He said that if the explanation given by Teng Chang Yeow, chairman of the State Heritage Steering Committee for the Unesco World Heritage Listing of George Town, was anything to go by, the development was approved with Unesco’s knowledge.
“As Unesco is aware of it, it means we have not contravened the conditions,” he said. – Bernama
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