Malacca heritage buildings will be repainted
Quality paint worth RM2.5mil will be used to spruce up heritage buildings located within the historic city’s Unesco World Heritage Site core zone.
The project is a collaboration between paint manufacturer Akzonobel and the Malacca Museums Corporation (Perzim) to repaint part of the old city and several well known historical monuments.
Perzim chairman Datuk Hamdin Abdollah said RM250,000 worth of paint a year will be used to repaint 26 buildings located in the city’s core heritage zone.
Painting it red: Staff of the Malacca Museums Corporation are busy painting the Stadthuys – By CINDY TAN / THE STAR
“The project will start with the repainting of the 17th Century Dutch Complex or Stadthuys,” he said, during of the launching of the repainting project here recently.
He said the project would also cover several places of worship located in the heritage zone.
“We are very happy Akzonobel has stepped forward to help preserve the heritage buildings in Malacca by giving them a new coat of paint.
Besides paint, they gave free consultation on the type of paints and how to carry out the painting job,” he said.
New coat: The Stadthuys is one of the 26 buildings that will be repainted.
He assured due care would be given to heritage concerns and the repainting would take into account appropriate colours and safe use for the old building.
“Akzonobel has pledged to donate the paints for the next 10 years,” he said, adding that the buildings would be repainted twice over the next decade.
Malacca City was listed as a heritage city under Unesco’s World Heritage Sites on July 7 in 2008.
Last year, the Jonker Walk Committee initiated a RM400,000 project to repaint some 139 18th century Dutch-styled homes located along Jalan Hang Jebat or more popularly known as Jonker Street.
-News courtesy of The Star-
