Penang clamping down on illegal hotels after tourism boom fuels chic accommodations in pre-war houses

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GEORGE TOWN (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Billed by Unesco as 'a living testimony to the multi-cultural heritage of Asia and Europe', the popular George Town World Heritage Site is unfortunately seeing a resurgence of illegal hotels with questionable fire safety.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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