Minister of Tourism and Culture is going all out to gazette the century-old building as a national heritage site.
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KUALA LUMPUR: The wishes of thousands who want the Vivekananda Ashram in Brickfields declared a national heritage site may very likely come true now that Minister of Tourism and Culture Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz has announced plans to save the 110-year-old building from redevelopment.
Saying he plans to make a formal submission to list the site as a national heritage in December, Nazri explained, “And if there are no objections from any party, we will be able to announce the Vivekananda Ashram as a national heritage site by February 2015.”
Nazri however warned that the process must strictly be followed according to the law.
Cautioning that it could be a long, drawn-out battle, Nazri explained, “The process to gazette the site might prolong until October 2015 if objections are raised along the way, but otherwise by March 2015 it will be solved.”
Meanwhile Ipoh Barat MP M Kulasegaran was all praises for Nazri, calling his initiative “brave” and “revolutionary” as the ashram was symbolic of the presence for the Indian community in Malaysia.
Humbly brushing aside all praises, Nazri said, “I am colourblind and to me, this establishment is a Malaysian heritage.”
Nazri also pledged to pursue the matter “with the same amount of tenacity and enthusiasm” that he would any other site that warranted national heritage status regardless of whether the site was important to the Muslims, Hindus or Chinese because “once these sites are gone they’re gone forever”.
On November 6, Nazri visited the Vivekananda Ashram and submitted a notice requesting the site be gazetted a national heritage. Later on November 12, Nazri submitted the same request to the Federal Territories Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.
KUALA LUMPUR: The wishes of thousands who want the Vivekananda Ashram in Brickfields declared a national heritage site may very likely come true now that Minister of Tourism and Culture Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz has announced plans to save the 110-year-old building from redevelopment.
Saying he plans to make a formal submission to list the site as a national heritage in December, Nazri explained, “And if there are no objections from any party, we will be able to announce the Vivekananda Ashram as a national heritage site by February 2015.”
Nazri however warned that the process must strictly be followed according to the law.
Cautioning that it could be a long, drawn-out battle, Nazri explained, “The process to gazette the site might prolong until October 2015 if objections are raised along the way, but otherwise by March 2015 it will be solved.”
Meanwhile Ipoh Barat MP M Kulasegaran was all praises for Nazri, calling his initiative “brave” and “revolutionary” as the ashram was symbolic of the presence for the Indian community in Malaysia.
Humbly brushing aside all praises, Nazri said, “I am colourblind and to me, this establishment is a Malaysian heritage.”
Nazri also pledged to pursue the matter “with the same amount of tenacity and enthusiasm” that he would any other site that warranted national heritage status regardless of whether the site was important to the Muslims, Hindus or Chinese because “once these sites are gone they’re gone forever”.
On November 6, Nazri visited the Vivekananda Ashram and submitted a notice requesting the site be gazetted a national heritage. Later on November 12, Nazri submitted the same request to the Federal Territories Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.
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