SHS POSITION ON THE EXTENSIONS TO KUCHING’s GAZETTED HERITAGE BUILDING, THE ROUND TOWER
Some of you may have noticed this if you recently passed by the Round Tower – extension works on the outside of this gazetted heritage …
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TAKING STOCK AND REFLECTING ON SHS’s POSITION
A flash-back and reflexion on the past journey of SHS, its achievements, challenges faced and convictions forged, presented by Dato Sri Robert RIDU, SHS President …
SHS view: THE NEW SARAWAK HERITAGE ORDINANCE – WILL IT BE A GAME CHANGER?
click here to download pdf version Background The new Sarawak Heritage Ordinance (Cap. 77) (SHO) was voted in October 2019 and gazetted in December …
SHS view: Works at Reservoir Park – ?adequate focus on nature and heritage preservation?
[ click here to download pdf version ] Several members of the public have approached the SHS Committee with questions on the current works at …
book review: The History of Architecture in Sarawak before Malaysia – Dr John H.S. Ting
The History of Architecture in Sarawak before Malaysia John H.S. Ting 2018 (ISBN 978 967 16003 0 6) This is the first comprehensive description and …
Colouring heritage buildings?
“The adage “old is gold” [rings] true when it {comes] to preserving historical buildings in the country. ‘Leave the buildings as it is and give …