Saving Malacca: Elusive goal of 2 architects

MALACCA, June 27 — Conservation architect Lim Huck Chin stands in front of a 300-year-old "shophouse" in Malacca city's historic core and points out the telltale signs that this building, on a street zoned as a heritage conservation area, has been turned into an aviary where wild swiftlets' nests are cultivated to make birds' nest soup, a Chinese delicacy. >>> Read More (Painting: Courtesy EdChew)

"The whole issue of authenticity just doesn't seem to matter in Malacca. It's all about history for entertainment." -- Lim Huck Chin