THE Kwong Tong Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur may lose its heritage status if the proposed city centre boundary is redrawn according to the 2040 Kuala Lumpur Structure Plan, reported Sin Chew Daily.
In the exclusive report, the daily quoted an expert in transportation planning Wu Muyan, who said the plan had proposed an expansion of 861ha south of the present boundary, which will then include the land in which the cemetery sits on.
When contacted, the chairman of Kwong Tong Cemetary Li Zhengguang said they will be voicing out against the proposed redrawing of the city centre’s boundary.The century-old cemetery is the final resting place of historical Chinese kapitans including Yap Ah Loy and Yap Kwan Seng, and was gazetted as a national heritage zone in June 2019.
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