The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) announced yesterday that it has launched cultural heritage evaluation procedures for nine properties during which the government will determine whether they will be officially classified as cultural heritage sites.
IC Acting President Leong Wai Man, Wong Iat Cheong, who heads the bureau’s Heritage Department and the bureau’s senior official Choi Cheng Cheng presided over a press conference on the IC premises to announce details about the nine properties.
According to the Cultural Heritage Protection Law which came into force in March 2014, the Cultural Affairs Bureau, other government entities, as well as the owner or owners of the respective property can initiate a cultural heritage evaluation for particular immovable properties.
Cultural Affairs (IC) Acting President Leong Wai Man (centre), Wong Iat Cheong (left), who heads the bureau’s Heritage Department, and senior IC official Choi Cheng Cheng address yesterday’s press conference at the bureau about the “second batch” of nine immovable properties to be evaluated for their possible classification as cultural heritage sites. Photo: IC
This undated handout photo provided by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) yesterday shows the Moosa Family Home at 45-47 Rua Central, one of the nine proposed heritage properties.
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