CHUKAI, Nov 7 (Bernama) -- The former Kemasik Courthouse building in Kemasik town, believed to have been built around the 1860s, holds historical significance and has the potential to be developed into a new heritage-based tourism destination in Terengganu.
Former Kemasik Courthouse Has Potential To Become Tourism Destination
Kemasik courthouse, Malaysian Historical Society,
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The former Kemasik Courthouse, built in the 1860s and covering about 223 square metres, is abandoned and overgrown but could become a heritage tourism site. Its remaining structures include a vault, foundation, pillars and steps.
- The courthouse was built in the 1860s and once served minor civil and criminal cases in Kemasik, Kertih and Paka.
- Only the vault, foundation, pillars and a flight of steps remain; the site is on government land and overgrown.
- Che Mat Nor noted Kemasik was a district in 1921–1935 with its own court, customs office and police station.
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