IPOH, Jan 15 (Bernama) — The Ipoh City Council will focus on the preservation of heritage arts in developing Ipoh Old Town into a tourism product in Perak.
Ipoh Mayor Datuk Rumaizi Baharin said the development of the town was being carried out in stages and would be completed in 2025.
“The Ipoh Old Town has been gazetted as a heritage area and as such any development carried out must focus on preserving the heritage,” he told a press conference after the opening of the Chinese New Year (CNY) Bazaar at Lorong Seni@Lorong Panglima by State Tourism, Industry, Investment and Corridor Development Committee chairman Loh Sze Yee here today.
Rumaizi said most of the allocation for developing the location was obtained through the Private Financing Initiative (PFI), apart from the RM20 million from the North Corridor Implementation Authority (NCIA).
Source: BERNAMA News Agency