Kuching’s ‘Banglo Segu’ : more than just a cute heritage building
The Segu bungalow. SHS photo, Nov. 2014. On 22 February 2015, Friends of Sarawak Museum and SHS co-hosted a talk for their members, entitled “Episodes …
Posts tagged Buildings
“What Constitutes a Heritage Building” ?
On the first day of 2015, The Star newspaper recalled, in an article, the criteria used by Malaysia’s National Heritage Department for the listing of …
Community initiative for heritage: Bung Jagoi and its old settlement
“Living alone on a mountaintop in Sarawak” is the title of a recent Straits Times (Singapore) report (12 Jan. 2015) on the history-charged old Jagoi-Bratak …
Fort Alice (Sri Aman) to re-open to public on Sat. 18 Apr. 2015 after major conservation facelift
[updated 17/04/2015] Under a MYR 5 million conservation project, the restoration of the fort building has been completed. The interior has been refitted as a …
It’s a worldwide issue. Common patterns?
Heritage conservation is a global issue. One of our members spotted a recent Sydney Morning Herald opinion column on old, heritage sandstone buildings on Sydney’s …
Take heritage into account in Kuching’s India Street projects
In an interview with the Borneo Post, the Chairman of the India Street Pedestrian Mall Committee, Dato Wee Hong Seng, stressed the need to preserve heritage …