Category Archives: SHS News

Happy 15th Birthday SHS ! (Part 3 of 3): the recent years

In the third and final part of this series, we look at SHS activities during the presidencies of Karen Shepherd (2014-2016) and Dato Sri Robert Jacob Ridu (2016-2020). The year 2014 marked a point of inflexion in SHS’s approaches to its mandate. The Exco team led by Karen Shepherd decided to engage in a proactive […]

Happy 15th Birthday SHS ! (Part 3 of 3): the recent years

In the third and final part of this series, we look at SHS activities during the presidencies of Karen Shepherd (2014-2016) and Dato Sri Robert Jacob Ridu (2016-2020). The year 2014 marked a point of inflexion in SHS’s approaches to its mandate. The Exco team led by Karen Shepherd decided to engage in a proactive […]

Happy 15th Birthday SHS ! (Part 2 of 3)

After the inaugural term of 2006-2008 under President Datu Aloysius Dris, SHS’ second, third and fourth Presidents were Mike Boon (2008-2010), Joseph Ingai Gasing (2010-2012) and Hong Boon Kheng (2012-2014) respectively. Each had a different leadership style but a common vision to protect and preserve Sarawak’s unique heritage.In this second part, we look briefly at […]

SHS POSITION ON THE EXTENSIONS TO KUCHING’s GAZETTED HERITAGE BUILDING, THE ROUND TOWER

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 […]

TAKING STOCK AND REFLECTING ON SHS’s POSITION

A flash-back and reflexion on the past journey of SHS, its achievements, challenges faced and convictions forged, presented by Dato Sri Robert RIDU, SHS President of the last 4 years, on behalf of the outgoing Committee, at the occasion of the November 2019 AGM. Advocacy for a strengthened cultural heritage governance in Sarawak has remained […]

Update on our ‘Heritage Quest’ Campaign

[updated 09/2020] SHS launched its ‘HERITAGE QUEST’ (‘HQ’) campaign in November 2018 as part of its efforts to highlight and preserve Sarawak’s cultural heritage assets and to advocate for additional listing and gazetting of heritage items that are not in the list of cultural heritage items already listed by the Government as historic buildings, monuments […]