Indonesia declares Semarang old a national cultural heritage site

A worker cleans a window of an old building in the Old Town area of Semarang, Central Java, on Jan 29, 2018. - Antara

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The Education and Culture Ministry has declared Kota Semarang Lama (Semarang Old Town) in Central Java a national cultural heritage site.

Semarang Deputy Mayor Hevearita Gunaryanti Rahayo, who is also the chairman of the Semarang Old Town Management Board, confirmed the news as reported by kompas.com. She said the declaration was stipulated in an Education and Culture Ministerial Decree signed on Aug 12 by Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim.