[article updated 15 Jan. 2016] The current saga for the preservation of the 110 years old Vivekananda Ashram, in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, is a good example of the obstacles that can be encountered in gazetting private properties as heritage sites. Just from the above photo, this site is undoubtedly a heritage asset, don’t you think? […]
Category Archives: Food for Thought/Opinions
[last update: 09 Jan. 2016] Below is the Sarawak Heritage Society press release dated 1 December 2015 entitled “Waterfront Hotel is too much“. It expresses concerns over the placing of a sizeable signage for new Waterfront Hotel (Kuching) right in front of the historic Round Tower building and over the access road to the […]
Several of our members have been wondering about the nature of the programme to revamp the kampung (village) area on the left bank of the Sarawak river in Kuching. The Borneo Post published recently a column by Thomas Ong commenting on this programme. Extracts “[…] The numerous Malay kampungs along the north bank of the […]
Partnerships can be valuable elements in heritage management. “Partners” to the public authorities in charge of cultural heritage may provide know-how or financing; through knowledge dissemination and advocacy, they may contribute to awareness creation and policy reform. Local civil society partners can provide precious links between Government institutions and communities. Businesses or academics, and their […]
[article updated 25 Nov. 2015] Also, if you are not an assiduous reader of the Borneo Post, you may not have seen the column published on 18 Oct. 2015 on the ‘Golden Bridge’ project (as illustrated above, a showy pedestrian bridge across the Sarawak river from the Old Court House to the DUN, Kuching’s State Assembly […]
“SARAWAK TOURISM FORUM 2015”: At the end of last May, the Sarawak Tourism Federation (STF, Sarawak’s major association of tourism stakeholders) held, with the support of the Sarawak Government, a brainstorming forum to discuss the state and future of Sarawak’s tourism industry. Members of the Sarawak Heritage Society were invited to join. Working groups were […]