[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 […]
Category Archives: Heritage News/Info
18
Apr
Apr
SHS President’s message at the occasion of World Heritage Day 2022 April 18 is this year’s WORLD HERITAGE DAY or – to use its original name – ‘the International Day for Monuments and Sites’, which was first declared by UNESCO in 1983. The idea for hosting the day as a world event was recognised at […]
31
Oct
Oct
[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 […]
14
Feb
Feb
Today marks the 15th anniversary of the creation of the Sarawak Heritage Society: SHS was set up and registered on 14th February 2006. This is the first of a three-part story of SHS. This part focuses on the origins of the Society. Part 2 will dwell on SHS projects in the early years and Part […]
Food for Thought/Opinions, Heritage News/Info, SHS News
SHS POSITION ON THE EXTENSIONS TO KUCHING’s GAZETTED HERITAGE BUILDING, THE ROUND TOWER
09
Jan
Jan
Some of you may have noticed this if you recently passed by the Round Tower – extension works on the outside of this gazetted heritage building. Many members of SHS and the broader Kuching community have brought it to our attention, expressing their shock and displeasure over what they consider an unwelcome and insensitive addition […]
Food for Thought/Opinions, Heritage News/Info
SHS view: THE NEW SARAWAK HERITAGE ORDINANCE – WILL IT BE A GAME CHANGER?
08
Oct
Oct
click here to download pdf version Background The new Sarawak Heritage Ordinance (Cap. 77) (SHO) was voted in October 2019 and gazetted in December 2019. As of early October 2020 it remains to be put in force through a decision by the Sarawak Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture. It replaces the 1993 Sarawak […]