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What did the recent 2017 (federal) budget speech say on Heritage?

The Prime Minister mentioned the word Heritage only once in his 2017 budget speech, reveals our search for the word in the text of the speech. Heritage was mentioned as part of new measures aimed at stimulating the tourism industry : [item 197 of the speech]: ” (…) The Government will further emphasise on promoting […]

“Wishlist” for 2017 Govt budget

In a recent statement, the President of the Sarawak Heritage Society Dato Sri Robert Jacob Ridu outlined following wishlist for measures to enhance heritage management in the forthcoming 2017 Government budget: To budget funds in the Sarawak Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture for the setting up and  operation of a small, competent staffed unit/bureau […]