KUALA LUMPUR: Members of the Malaysian arts and culture community are calling for the new Pakatan Harapan (PH) government to reinstate a dedicated Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage. In the online statement, the community is seeking for endorsement of their call by fellow arts and culture community members. Arts was added in 1992, and the ministry was renamed as Culture, Arts and Tourism. In 2004, arts and culture were separated from tourism and it was then known as the Culture, Arts and Heritage Ministry. The current ministry handling culture is known as the Ministry of Tourism and Culture.

Source: New Strait Times May 19, 2018 06:00 UTC