JAKARTA: The plan to relocate the country’s capital to the Nusantara Capital City (IKN) in East Kalimantan has once again come into question amid slow construction progress and missed deadlines.
A street view of the white colonial-style Ipoh Town Hall building, which served as a British administrative centre in the early 1910s. Photo: Bernama
The old post office in the rear of the town hall building is also being restored and will be turned into an art gallery. "This project is a continuation of IHT Package 1A, which involved development at Ipoh Padang and Package 1B involving Kinta Riverwalk, which were completed on March 8, 2022. Once the Centre of Performing Arts, housed in the restored Ipoh Town Hall building, is ready, artistes can look forward to holding their concerts and cultural or theatre performances there.
The art gallery, he said, will function as a hub for collecting and displaying visual art collections such as paintings and sculptures, including works from abroad. He added an allocation of RM149,000 was provided by the Perak State Economic Planning Unit for restoration work involving 17 terraced houses that had been inhabited since 1908. The work started on Jan 11, 2016, and was fully completed on Feb 29, 2016.
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