Ikamva likaPenang njengeNdawo yeLifa leMveli le-UNESCO lihlaselwa ngabaphuhlisi bezakhiwo ababona ukuthengisa amagumbi amaninzi ehotele njengekamva kwishishini lezokhenketho. Kukholelwa ukuba iiprojekthi ezine zehotele ngaphakathi kwendawo yelifa lemveli kunye nendawo ye-buffer ngoku ziphantsi kovavanyo lwe-UNESCO ukophula izithintelo zokuphakama.
I-UNESCO iqinisekisile ukuba iza kuthumela iphulo lokukhangela ubunyani “ekuqaleni kwenyanga ezayo” ukuya kudibana nabasemagunyeni eMalaysia ukuze basombulule lo mba xa inokuthi ithathe isigqibo sokulurhoxisa udweliso lweGeorge Town njengeNdawo yeLifa leHlabathi.
Abaphuhlisi bezindlu abane abaneziza zophuhliso ezingaphakathi kwendawo evalelweyo yedolophu yaseGeorge evunyiweyo njengeNdawo yeLifa leMveli ye-UNESCO yeHlabathi bathi ngoku banelungelo lokubuyekezwa ngabasemagunyeni njengoko ulwamkelo lwanikwa phambi kokuba ludweliswe ngomhla we-7 kaJulayi, ka-2008.
Nangona kunjalo, emva kokudweliswa kwe-UNESCO izithintelo zokuphakama kwe-18m/XNUMX ezinemigangatho emihlanu zaqala ukusebenza.
Ikunye neMalacca, i-UNESCO ibhengeze iGeorge Town indawo eyimbali yeStraits of Malacca njengoko “isenza indawo ekhethekileyo yolwakhiwo kunye nenkcubeko yedolophu ngaphandle kokudibana naphi na eMpuma nakuMzantsi-mpuma Asia. Inezakhiwo zokuhlala kunye nezorhwebo, iGeorge Town imele ixesha laseBritane ukusuka ekupheleni kwenkulungwane ye-18.
Kukholelwa ukuba kukho "iingxelo ezingahambelaniyo kunye neziphikisanayo" ezinikwe i-UNESCO njengenxalenye yenkqubo yoluhlu lwePenang, ngokutsho kuka-Ooi Chun Aun, umncedisi kumphathiswa oyintloko wasePenang. Ngoku ucebise ukubamba "uphando lwasekhaya olusemthethweni" ukuba luzikhuphe ekubeni luphele ekumangaleleni ngokusemthethweni ngabaphuhlisi bezindlu abane abathi bathintelwe ukuba baqhubeke neeprojekthi zabo zokwakha iihotele ngenxa yezithintelo zokuphakama, phantsi kwemiqathango yeHlabathi layo. Ulawulo lweNdawo yeLifa leMveli.
"Iya kunceda onke amaqela ukuba afumane iinyani zawo ngaphambi kotyelelo olulandelayo lwabavavanyi be-UNESCO," utshilo u-Ooi. "Uphando luya kunceda ukufunyanwa kweefayile ezindala kunye nobungqina obuvela kurhulumente wangaphambili owamkele ezintathu zeeprojekthi."
Umgaqo (1V) womthetho weUNESCO malunga neendawo ezililifa lemveli uthi: “ezi zakhiwo ziye zahlala ziyinyaniso ngokuvisisana nezikhokelo nemigaqo yolondolozo.”
URichard Engelhardt, umcebisi we-UNESCO wengingqi ye-Asia Pacific, uthe iPenang kufuneka ihambelane nomda wokuphakama kwezakhiwo ngaphakathi kwendawo engundoqo kunye ne-buffer equlethwe kwi-dossier efakwe kwi-UNESCO.
"I-Penang yayivumile imimiselo ethile kwiprofayili yelifa lezakhiwo kwaye kufuneka ibhalisele izikhokelo ezichazwe kwiizowuni. Uluhlu oludibeneyo lukaPenang kunye neMalacca lunokurhoxiswa ngokungahambelani noko kungeniswe kwidossier”
Ukuba abasemagunyeni bayasilela ekuzikhuseleni, “abahlawuli berhafu” kuya kufuneka bathwale zonke iindleko ezibonwa zihlawulwe ziinkundla, wongeze watsho u-Ooi.
Ukuthatha ukuma okunzima kulo mbandela, uLim Guan Eng uthe isigqibo "sokugqibela" malunga nekamva leeprojekthi ezine siya kwenziwa ngoJuni. "Ukuba enye yeeprojekthi kufuneka ihambe, kuya kuba njalo nezinye."
