In 1984 the goverment of the state of Malacca declared that it intended to have the cemetery torn up and the land used for commercial and residential development--another example of "history and culture are important, of course, but urban development is even more so."
一九八四年麻六甲州政府首席部長發表談話，有意剷除三保山作為商業及住宅區開發之用，又是一個「歷史與文化固然重要，都市發展更重要」的例子。