Winners Announced for the 2007 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation and the 2007 UNESCO Heritage Award Jury Commendation for Innovation
 
The Maitreya Temples (Ladakh, India) have been honoured with the Award of Excellence in the 2007 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation. 

The three Awards of Distinction went to the Convocation Hall (Mumbai, India), the Altit Settlement (Gilgit, Pakistan) and the Galle Fort Hotel (Galle, Sri Lanka). The four Awards of Merit include Bonython Hall (Adelaide, Australia), Lijiang Ancient Town (Yunnan, China), Little Hong Kong (Hong Kong SAR, China) and the Astana of Syed Yahya (Skardu, Pakistan). Two Honourable Mention prizes were also announced. They are the Liu Family Civil Residence (Shanxi, China) and the Old St. Andrew’s School (Singapore).

A total of 25 entries have been received for the 2007 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation. The conservation project submissions include hotels, offices, cultural institutions, educational institutions, religious sites, memorials, public institutions, residential buildings and urban districts from 10 countries in the region.

The 2007 Heritage Awards Jury Commendation for Innovation was awarded to Whitfield Barracks (Hong Kong SAR, China).

For the press release about the 2007 UNESCO Heritage Awards winners, please click here.