Kampung Cina River Frontage

Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
late 19th--early 20th century
Kampung Cina is the waterfront entry to the historic district of the modernizing city of Kuala Terengganu. This district is a unique confluence of Kampung Cina, a street of traditional Chinese shop houses which follows the curve of the river mouth, the adjacent Malay villages with vernacular timber structures, and the old palace of the Terengganu sultanate. Some of the shop houses date from the turn of the twentieth century and feature decorative ceramic cut-and-paste shard-work and Art Deco elements. The physical fabric continues to deteriorate and refuse trapped by pylons in the river is increasing. Recent repeal of rent control may jeopardize these buildings, which would destroy the character of the community. Since the 1998 Watch listing, a facade and structural upgrading proposal has been prepared for a shop house as a model and a phased area conservation and revitalisation study is nearing completion.

Listed in 1998