click here to download pdf version What we spotted on the Sarawak and regional heritage scene in the last 6 months SARAWAK SHS IN THE NEWS: the media reported on the meetings the Sarawak Heritage Society committee had with the Sarawak Chief Minister and the Minister of Tourism, Culture, Arts and Sports in late […]
Category Archives: Heritage News/Info
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Aug
Aug
download pdf version SARAWAK Land clearing observed early March just uphill from the Bongkissam archaeological site, Santubong, raised alarm in the heritage-sensitive community, because of the known archaeological potential of the area (for example, uphill from the shrine, partial excavations undertaken in the 1950s-60s at Bukit Maras revealed items related to the Indian Gupta tradition, […]
Heritage News/Info
Restoration of Fort Alice (Sri Aman) wins Malaysian Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal
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Jun
Jun
A few weeks ago, PAM (Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia, the Malaysian Institute of Architects) held its 2017 Awards ceremony. The winner, Gold Medalist, in the “Conservation” category was… the restoration of Fort Alice, Sri Aman. The architect of the project was none other than Arkitek JFN Sdn Bhd, directed by Mike Boon. The jury citation was […]
Food for Thought/Opinions, Heritage News/Info
Santubong village extension and archaeological sites: the need to reconcile development needs and heritage conservation
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Apr
Apr
[updated 14 Aug. 2017 (added photo)] Sarawak Heritage Society Statement download pdf version On 22 March 2017, the immediate past president of the Sarawak Heritage Society draw attention to earthworks on the land immediately facing site of the Bongkissam shrine in Santubong. It was then learnt that these works related to a project to extend […]
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Mar
Mar
download pdf version SARAWAK What did we hear, see and learn on the Sarawak heritage scene in the last four months? Statements by the now Chief Minister and Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg, on several occasions provided an updated picture of the Government pipeline of projects touching on […]
Food for Thought/Opinions, Heritage News/Info
More Borneo WW2 shipwrecks plundered, this time in Sabah
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Feb
Feb
In January, three Japanese WW2 shipwrecks lying off Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, were reported to have been extensively stripped for metal salvaging. Coming after similar occurrences on military shipwrecks in the Java and South China Sea, the divers’ community and the fishermen (who benefit from the wrecks, which act as artificial reefs) once again showed outrage. […]