Heritage Building In Malaysia

CHAPTER 1:

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY

Malaysia is a country that has been built by combination of 13 states, eleven states in peninsular Malaysia with two federal territories and two states at Sabah and Sarawak. With reference to S.Johar et al, 2011, Malaysia is one of the richest countries in term of architectural cultural and historical building variations. Even though Malaysia is one of the countries that have gone through rapid development with many achievements, yet it’s still keep preserving the heritage building as it is significant asset and even national identity to the country itself. As found in Nur Fadhilah (2008), Malaysia even has its own style of architectural heritage

The statement was then been elaborated by Kamal and Harun in 2002 where they defined that buildings that built in the past are more expected to have a long life span that indicated that the old building should be keep preserved for as long as possible.

The incredible of heritage building in Malaysia are because of many influences of the unique architectural styles that still could be seen todays. Many of these styles were left behind by the colonial powers that had entered Malaysia before the independence such as Portuguese, Dutch and British. Malaysia also has been influences by others style of architecture such as from India, China and others Asian country. Common examples of building with these influences are including railway stations, old mosque, prisons, school, palaces, Indian temples, Chinese shop houses, institutional buildings and others.

2.2.1 Heritage Buildings as Tourism

From all the definition given, these are the basic of management that can be listed such as Planning, Controlling, Coordinating and Motivating.

Planning would including organizing the department of firm, ensuring that all the necessary items such as equipment , tools, materials, work instructions and enough labour that are available in the time required. Other aspect would be the setting of targets for the expected outcome and performance to ensure the viability or profitability.

Controlling is a continuous process of checking the actual performance against planned performance and making any necessary alterations or changes to ensure a satisfactory performance and outcome will be achieved. It should also include the recording and feeding back of information that gained by the experience for the future planning benefit.

Coordinating is the balancing and keeping of the team together as a harmonious unit by giving suitable and fair in allocation of work.

Motivating is a management role of a leadership that involving inspiring loyalty, effectiveness, pride and even a sense of moral responsibility to the tasks that has been set within a team or group so that an effective and economic outcome can be