Category Archives: Heritage News/Info

A selection of press articles on Sarawak heritage (2010 to early Sept. 2014)

_______________________________________________ Borneo Post, September 1, 2014 “8 lighted arches to enhance city’s beautification” “Eight lighted arches will be erected along the Main Bazaar. (…) They will (…) compliment the ‘Golden Bridge’ to be completed by 2016 to link Petra Jaya and Kuching. Under the 11th Malaysia Plan, Brooke Dockyard will be restored and renovated into […]

Traditional textiles exhibition @ Sarawak Textile Museum – until April 2015

The “Pameram Wastra Borneo” shows traditional textiles from the region. It is a joint initiative by 8 museums from the region : Sarawak Museum, Sabah Museum, Brunei Museum, West Kalimantan Museum, Kapuas Raya Sintang Museum (West Kalimantan), East Kalimantan Museum, South Kalimantan Museum and Central Kalimantan Museum. From 21 October 2012 to 21 April 2015 […]

“UTM to document heritage buildings in Southeast Asia”

Borneo Post Article, October 28, 2014 “Universiti Teknologi Malaysia’s (UTM) Faculty of Built Environment aims to be a pioneer in recording and documenting heritage buildings in Southeast Asia. Its Centre for the Study of Built Environment in the Malay World (Kalam) mentions to have over 400 collections of building documentation such as houses, palaces, mosques, […]