What’s More Important, Heritage Or Progress?

The Odeon Cinema, one of the few remaining Art Deco-style buildings in Kuala Lumpur, will soon make way for a multi-storey retail and service apartment project. Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has approved in principle for the project to go ahead and that the development order is in the process of being issued. However, Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan said a portion of the building’s facade would be integrated into the development.