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Minister pushes national cultural heritage status for Postal Museum

Culture Minister Fadli Zon has proposed granting national cultural heritage status to the Indonesian Postal Museum in Bandung, highlighting its over-century-old history and significance to Indonesia's cultural legacy. The Dutch colonial-era building is seen as a symbol of the nation's past, and the minister emphasized the need for improvements to better display its extensive collection of postal equipment, stamps, and historical documents to engage younger audiences. He also encouraged PT Pos Indonesia to promote handwritten letter writing among students to maintain creative and personal communication methods. The proposal follows efforts by the ministry to preserve cultural heritage, with PT Pos Indonesia expressing its commitment to supporting the museum's development as an educational site.