Public Holiday On 7th July

Something caught my eye when I was surfing for the news on the web past few days. Now this news will certainly put a smile to every Penangite faces. You can't deny that the current government are doing all their best to promote and announce this to the public for being listed as the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Penang declares July 7 a public holiday from 2010

Published: Tuesday July 7, 2009 MYT 5:47:00 PM
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Government will declare July 7 as a state public holiday beginning next year in commemoration of the date George Town received the Unesco World Heritage Site status.

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng announced this Tuesday when launching the month-long anniversary celebrations at the century-old Town Hall here.

“George Town and Malacca’s joint listing as a Unesco World Heritage Site not only brings honour to the state but also makes our city the heritage of all mankind."

I've done some research myself over at UNESCO world heritage sites webbie and found out that Georgetown and Melaka are listed as heritage site #1223, go look it up if you are interested. The sites were marked as cultural criteria ii (to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design), iii (to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared) and iv (to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history). That's something!

Now I need sometime to let this news to sink in. Phew! I can't wait for July 7th to come next year and I am a very proud Penangite, that's for sure!