A member of a George Town heritage advocacy group, the Heritage Action group (GTHA) who intended to comment on the enforcement of heritage related regulations and guidelines in George Town, was asked to leave and was escorted out of a consultation session gathering UNESCO and heritage management stakeholders hold last week. He had been invited, […]
Category Archives: Heritage News/Info
[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? […]
[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 […]
[updated 03 Dec.2015] SARAWAK 30 July – Bario, Borneo Highlands. At the occasion of the Bario Food and Cultural Festival, Puan Sri Jamilah Anu, wife of Sarawak Chief Minister, launched the book “Highland Tales in the Heart of Borneo” documenting the heritage of the highlands of Ba’ Kelalan, Bario, Long Semadoh in Sarawak and Long […]
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 […]
[article updated 17 Nov. 2015] A view of the current works on India Street, Kuching The writing on the board at the entrance of the street may be too small for you to read on the photo. It says: “Pardon our appearance, we are building a better shopping area for you” It is no secret […]