Opinion: Is it time for Sarawak to consider Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) regulations?

  Over the years, Sarawak has seen both successes and disappointments in the area of heritage protection and urban development. Looking back, one cannot help wondering whether some of the tensions, regrets and controversies we experienced might have been reduced if we had earlier adopted a process known internationally as Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA). Many people are already familiar with Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA), where the [...]

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Heritage Speakers Series #30: Melanau Cultural Objects in European Museums (Sat 11 April 2026)

[updated 12/04/2026]   On 11 April 2026 SHS hosted its 30th Heritage Speakers Series session, by Dr. Rolf Schlömer, an independent researcher from Germany who has spent years tracing and cataloguing Melanau cultural artefacts held in European museums. Dr. Schlömer, who worked in rural Sarawak in the 1970s under the German Volunteer Service, shared his findings and personal insights on the journeys of Melanau objects from [...]

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Heritage Speakers Series: “Islands of Influence” by Dr. John Ting, Sunday 8th February 2026 2:30 p.m.

All are welcome to this public talk. Please register by scanning the QR Code or clicking on the link https://forms.gle/TTtray62muWFdGvA6 and sending in the form or send an email to <sarawakheritagesociety@gmail.com> or Whatsapp message to 6018 780 2006.

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SHS Heritage Speaker Series – “Inch by Inch”, Sat, 17 May 2025, 2:00 PM

Please be reminded the talk in the SHS Heritage Speakers Series by Inch Lim, renowned landscape architect will take place on Saturday 17 May at 2 p.m. at Swinburne University Lecture Theatre   Join us to see how he integrates nature and heritage into his beautiful award winning designs, while preserving the environment and still achieving development goals. Please refer to our email of 2nd May for more [...]

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Our call for conservation of Kuching’s old Nurses’ Quarters building

UPDATE (18/11/2024)  : As of 18  November 2024, our petition (see below) has garnered 2800 signatures. SHS has been informed that the Sarawak Department of Irrigation and Drainage has issued a Stop Work Order on 7 August on the works of the drainage project in the area of the old Nurses Quarters. Dayak Daily reported that on Nov. 12, in an reply to a question at [...]

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