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Don’t racialise issue of Chinese new villages as Unesco sites, says Amirudin  | Scoop

Don’t racialise issue of Chinese new villages as Unesco sites, says Amirudin 

Selangor MB responds to statement from Perikatan’s Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal

9:37 AM MYT

 

KUALA LUMPUR – The proposal to nominate Chinese new villages in Selangor as Unesco World Heritage Sites should not be turned into a racial issue, said Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari.

He has said this matter, which is still in the proposal stage, is not ‘healthy’ to be played up as an issue because doing so is seen to not provide any benefit to the harmony of society in a multiracial country.

“… We will look at not all (proposals for gazetting) but if there are villages that are hundreds of years old, we will definitely gazette (them) as we had gazetted the Hulu Langat Geopark and part of the Gombak-Hulu Langat Geopark area including the Malay villages.

“If we look at the Geopark, included is Kg Kuang, Kg Kundang, the Selayang area, Batu Caves, and several other areas, including Kg Kemensah, which are all gazetted under the national Geopark and the next step is to become a Unesco heritage (site).

“… All that has been done long before but it is not seen as a useful thing because in their minds what issues they can spin for short-term political interests do not bring benefits to racial harmony and stability in the country,” he said.

Amirudin said this at a press conference yesterday when commenting on a statement by Perikatan Nasional MP Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal, who questioned the proposal.

Previously the media reported Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming as saying that plans were being drawn up to nominate Chinese new villages in Selangor as Unesco World Heritage Sites to recognise the cultural and historical significance of these settlements.

Meanwhile, commenting on Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah’s statement that 50% of the members of Royal Klang City Council should be professionals who are experts in urban development, Amirudin said his team would work hard to ensure that this could be achieved.

“We will work hard on that to fulfil the hope expressed by Tuanku and now we are trying to reach 50% of the representation comprising diploma graduates and above,” he said.

At yesterday’s event, he witnessed the signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding between Celcom-Digi Bhd and Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ), in addition to launching the MPAJ Convention Centre and MPAJ traffic wardens. – February 7, 2024

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