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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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Notice of de-registration of Kuala Lumpur listed heritage creates stir
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Feb
Feb
[updated 07 March 2017] The ‘MaTiC’ complex, on Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, is centered on a colonial architecture house built in 1935 as the home of a business tycoon, the “Eu Tong Sen house” and the “Dewan Tunku Abdul Rahman”, the hall where Tunku Abdul Rahman was installed as Malaysia’s first Agong in 1957 and […]