KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 19 -- The government has yet to receive any applications to propose the Chinese new villages in Selangor as a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) World Heritage Site.

Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming said that the nomination of the Chinese new villages is an initiative by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (Icomos) Malaysia, a professional organisation dedicated to the conservation and protection of cultural heritage sites nationwide.

"At present, the ministry has not received any applications for collaboration or nomination regarding this matter," he said in a written parliamentary reply today.

Nga was responding to Permatang Pauh MP Muhammad Faww...