ʻO ka wā e hiki mai ana ʻo Penang ma ke ʻano he UNESCO World Heritage Site ke hoʻouka ʻia e nā mea hoʻomohala waiwai e ʻike nei i ke kūʻai ʻana aku i nā lumi hōkele ʻoi aku ka wā e hiki mai ana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi. Ua manaʻo ʻia aia ʻehā mau hōkele hotel i loko o ka ʻāina hoʻoilina a me ka buffer zone i kēia manawa ma lalo o ka nānā ʻana a UNESCO no ka pale ʻana i nā palena kiʻekiʻe.
Ua hōʻoia ʻo UNESCO e hoʻouna ana ʻo ia i kahi misionari ʻike ʻoiaʻiʻo "i ka mahina aʻe aʻe" e hālāwai me nā luna ma Malaysia e hoʻoholo i ka hihia inā e hoʻoholo ʻo ia e kāpae i ka papa inoa o George Town ma ke ʻano he World Heritage Site.
ʻO nā mea hoʻomohala waiwai ʻehā nona nā kahua kūkulu i loko o ke kaona ʻo George Town i ʻāpono ʻia ma ke ʻano he UNESCO World Heritage Site he kuleana ko lākou i kēia manawa e uku ʻia e nā mana no ka mea ua hāʻawi ʻia nā ʻae ma mua o kāna papa inoa pūnaewele ma Iulai 7, 2008.
Eia naʻe, ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana e UNESCO, ua hoʻokō ʻia nā palena kiʻekiʻe o 18m/ ʻelima mau papa.
Me Malaka, ua hoʻolaha ʻo UNESCO iā George Town he kahua mōʻaukala o The Straits of Malacca no ka mea "he hale kūkulu hale kūʻokoʻa a me ka moʻomeheu kūloko me ka like ʻole ma nā wahi āpau ma Asia Hikina a me ka Hikina Hema. E hōʻike ana i nā hale noho a me nā hale kalepa, hōʻike ʻo George Town i ka wā Pelekane mai ka hopena o ke kenekulia 18.
Ua manaʻo ʻia aia nā ʻōlelo "kūʻē a kū'ē" i hāʻawi ʻia iā UNESCO ma ke ʻano o ka papa inoa o Penang, e like me ka ʻōlelo a Ooi Chun Aun, he mea kōkua i ke kuhina nui o Penang. Ua manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻopaʻa i kahi "ʻimi noiʻi kūloko" e hoʻokuʻu iā ia iho mai ka pau ʻana o ka hoʻopiʻi kānāwai e nā mea hoʻomohala waiwai ʻehā e ʻōlelo nei ua kāohi ʻia lākou mai ka hoʻomau ʻana i kā lākou mau hale hōkele no ka palena kiʻekiʻe, ma lalo o nā ʻōlelo o kāna World. ʻO ka hoʻoholo ʻana o ke kahua hoʻoilina.
"E kōkua ia i nā ʻaoʻao āpau e loaʻa i kā lākou ʻoiaʻiʻo ma mua o ka huakaʻi aʻe a nā loiloi UNESCO," wahi a Ooi. "E maʻalahi ka noiʻi i ka lawe ʻana i nā faila kahiko a me nā hōʻike mai ke aupuni mua i ʻae i ʻekolu o nā papahana."
Paʻa (1V) o ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo a UNESCO ma nā kahua hoʻoilina: "ua mālama nā waiwai i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e like me nā alakaʻi a me nā loina mālama mālama."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Richard Engelhardt, ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kūloko o UNESCO no Asia Pacific, pono ʻo Penang e hoʻokō i ka palena o ke kiʻekiʻe o nā hale i loko o ke kumu a me ka buffer zone i loko o ka dossier i waiho ʻia iā UNESCO.
“Ua ʻae ʻo Penang i kekahi mau palena ma ka moʻolelo hoʻoilina o nā hale a pono e kau inoa i nā alakaʻi i kuhikuhi ʻia no nā ʻāpana. Hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia ka papa inoa hui pū ʻana o Penang me Malaka ma ka hoʻokō ʻole ʻana i ka mea i waiho ʻia ma ka dossier.
Inā hāʻule nā luna i kāna pale ʻana, pono nā "uku uku" e lawe i nā koina āpau i manaʻo ʻia e uku ʻia e nā ʻaha, wahi a Ooi.
Ma ke kū paʻa ʻana i ka pilikia, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lim Guan Eng i kahi hoʻoholo "hope" i ka hopena o nā papahana ʻehā e hana ʻia i Iune. "Inā e hele kekahi o nā papahana, pēlā nō ke koena."
