GEORGE TOWN, June 21 -- Pulau Jerejak should be jointly listed as a Unesco World Heritage site together with the Sungai Buloh Leprosarium, Penang Heritage Trust (PHT) said today.

The heritage watchdog said putting the island together with the Sungai Buloh settlement in an application for the listing should take precedence.

"If the heritage of Pulau Jerejak is not preserved, it is a disservice to Malaysians as Sungai Buloh's chances for World Heritage listing might be adversely affected," the group said in a statement issued today.

It said the proposed joint listing of the Pulau Jerejak and Sungai Buloh Leprosarium will be unique as these were leprosarium colonies that had managed to support the livelihood of lepers while preventing an ...