According to Ooi Bok-kim of an architectural firm, the state government has already provided legal protection for old buildings. Citizen groups, such as the Penang Heritage Trust and the Heritage of Malaysia Trust have been founded one after another and are expending great effort to protect every kind of old architecture.
其實檳城對此已有自覺，在建築師事務所工作的黃木錦說，州政府已立法保護古蹟，民間團體如檳城古蹟協會、大馬歷史遺物機構相繼成立，致力保護各族舊式建築物。