‘Spotlight on Sarawak’ web talks by Badan Warisan Malaysia now available for upload on YouTube
Earlier this year Badan Warisan Malaysia (BWM) ran a series of six web talks entitled ‘Spotlight on Sarawak’, curated by YBhg. Tan Sri Leo Moggie …
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“Sarawak’s Endangered Heritage”: a panorama by SHS President James Yong
[Article updated 05/08/2022 to, in particular, add the link to the video of the talk, kindly produced and put on YouTube by Badan Warisan Malaysia] …
SHS view: The Values of 1950’s/60’s Buildings
[download pdf version here] A few months ago we witnessed the demolition of Kuching’s former Information Department building on Jalan Masjid. “Another building of historical …
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 …
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 …
book review: The History of Architecture in Sarawak before Malaysia – Dr John H.S. Ting
The History of Architecture in Sarawak before Malaysia John H.S. Ting 2018 (ISBN 978 967 16003 0 6) This is the first comprehensive description and …