[updated 2 Feb. 2019] This phase of our call for submissions is now closed. If you have missed the deadline, follow our announcements and be ready to submit at a later phase that we may launch to complement the inventory. If you have not already submitted your choice of “items of significant heritage interest” or […]
Category Archives: SHS News
20
May
May
SHS is launching “SHS COMMUNITY”, a WhatsApp chat group set up as a real-time, interactive online conversation channel with other members and the SHS committee, and as a complement to this website and to the SHS Facebook page. SHS COMMUNITY will converse on and discuss topics related to Sarawak’s cultural heritage, tangible or intangible. It […]
Food for Thought/Opinions, SHS News
Cultural heritage management in Sarawak: how we see things and how we can contribute
30
Nov
Nov
At our recent meeting with the Sarawak Chief Minister we recalled SHS’s views on Sarawak’s cultural heritage and on the ways we can contribute to enhance its management. Our key suggestions to the Government are summarized in the tables below. We presented specifically two key short term proposals : – A candid assessment of Sarawak’s […]
In a recent statement, the President of the Sarawak Heritage Society Dato Sri Robert Jacob Ridu outlined following wishlist for measures to enhance heritage management in the forthcoming 2017 Government budget: To budget funds in the Sarawak Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture for the setting up and operation of a small, competent staffed unit/bureau […]
09
Mar
Mar
[updated Sat. 09/04/16 20:43] 50 SHS members attended the AGM held on 26 March 2106. A new executive committee was elected for the next 2 years. REMINDER: OUTSTANDING SUBSCRIPTION FEES If you have outstanding annual subscription fees you may settle them by banking to Sarawak Heritage Society Account (see Bank account details on the and […]
Food for Thought/Opinions, Heritage News/Info, SHS News
Deserving protection: the old Hokkien School building, Kuching
18
Jan
Jan
The imposing, colonial mansion style old Hokkien school is located on Jalan Tabuan. Its backside borders Kuching’s Reservoir Park. It is garnered by old Saga trees (Adenanthera pavonina, which produces the ‘buah saga’, bright red lentil-shaped fruits). Adjacent are the present Chung Hua Primary School No. 1 ‘SJK(C)’ buildings. The site visit that took […]