Category Archives: Food for Thought/Opinions

‘Spotlight on Sarawak’ web talks by Badan Warisan Malaysia now available for upload on YouTube

Earlier this year Badan Warisan Malaysia (BWM) ran a series of six web talks entitled ‘Spotlight on Sarawak’, curated by YBhg. Tan Sri Leo Moggie and Puan Sri Elizabeth Moggie. BWM has now produced and uploaded the video recordings of these talks on its YouTube channel. Below are the links to these recordings: DATE SPOTLIGHT […]

“Sarawak’s Endangered Heritage”: a panorama by SHS President James Yong

[Article updated 05/08/2022 to, in particular, add the link to the video of the talk, kindly produced and put on YouTube by Badan Warisan Malaysia] In 1983, Lucas Chin, then Director of the Sarawak Museum, wrote: “Our heritage is not only being increasingly threatened by the natural causes of decay, but also  by economic and […]

Happy 15th Birthday SHS ! (Part 3 of 3): the recent years

In the third and final part of this series, we look at SHS activities during the presidencies of Karen Shepherd (2014-2016) and Dato Sri Robert Jacob Ridu (2016-2020). The year 2014 marked a point of inflexion in SHS’s approaches to its mandate. The Exco team led by Karen Shepherd decided to engage in a proactive […]

SHS view: The Values of 1950’s/60’s Buildings

[download pdf version here] A few months ago we witnessed the demolition of Kuching’s former Information Department building on Jalan Masjid. “Another building of historical value has turned to dust” wrote Sidi Munan in a Borneo Post column. He drew a parallel with the demolition some years ago, of the Audit / Old Secretariat building […]

An Ode to the ’60s-’70s Sarawak Museum

Talents… here is a poem by an eminent SHS member: Schoolboy Memories of the old Sarawak Museum In the 1960s and 70s, many years ago when I was still a young lad at school A visit to the Sarawak Museum was so memorable, exciting and very cool The building sat atop a grassy slope Classic […]

Happy 15th Birthday SHS ! (Part 3 of 3): the recent years

In the third and final part of this series, we look at SHS activities during the presidencies of Karen Shepherd (2014-2016) and Dato Sri Robert Jacob Ridu (2016-2020). The year 2014 marked a point of inflexion in SHS’s approaches to its mandate. The Exco team led by Karen Shepherd decided to engage in a proactive […]