[updated 21/06/2015] Sarawak Heritage Society and PAMSC (Malaysian Institute of Architects Sarawak Chapter) are pledging their support for Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Adenan Satem in his decision to conserve the surviving 14 forts of Sarawak during the opening of the newly restored Fort Alice on Saturday 18 April 2015 in Sri Aman. His […]
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—————————————————————————————————————————- Also in the News: Sat. 18 April 2015 – Fort Alice, Sri Aman, re-opens. For day programme, see Sarawak Museum webpage. For more on the Fort, see our articles of 02/02-17/05/2015, 09 March 2015 & 12 March 2015 —————————————————————————————————————————– The Sarawak Cultural Heritage Ordinance 1993 puts forward the following criteria for the registration/listing of […]
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 from the History of Banglo Segu” (‘Segu’ bungalow) by Dr. John Walker, Sarawak historian, lecturer in political science at University of New South Wales and Australian Defence Force Academy. It […]
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 heritage buildings, in application of the Malaysia National Heritage Act 2005. These are : 1) the historical importance, association with or relationship to Malaysian history; 2) the good design or […]
“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 Bidayu longhouse perched on Bung (Mount) Jagoi, not far from Kuching. The wooden longhouse, its baruk (the round ceremonial house) and the relics it contains are kept alive by Ms […]
[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 heritage museum. The site will re-open on Sat. 18 April 2015 under the management of the Sarawak Museum Department. The massive iron wood structure, dating from 1864, is one of […]