, “is the kiss of death. Once the label is affixed, the city’s life is snuffed out; it is ready for taxidermy.”I understand the concern to preserve the “identity” of George Town. But can we say that today’s collective identity is the progeny of George Town’s past? This is iffy, is there such identity in the first place, not least a collective one?
Like most trades, traditional trades in George Town have no guaranteed immortality. The Chinese medical hall that my family frequented had shut before the Unesco appellation came. As Dr Ang Ming Chee, general manager of George Town World Heritage Incorporated,“[If] the craftsmen don’t want to produce and the locals do not take these products as a part of their identity, then you’re stuck as well. For it to be sustainable you have to look at it in the long term.
They work hard to send their children for higher education so that they don’t have to do physical work; it’s an achievement for them, whereas we want continuity – we are selfish.Is the pain of rattan weavers a characteristic of George Town’s heritage and must therefore persist?
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