UPDATE (18/11/2024) : As of 18 November 2024, our petition (see below) has garnered 2800 signatures. SHS has been informed that the Sarawak Department of Irrigation and Drainage has issued a Stop Work Order on 7 August on the works of the drainage project in the area of the old Nurses Quarters. Dayak Daily reported […]
Tag Archives: Kuching
Food for Thought/Opinions, Heritage News/Info, SHS News
“Sarawak’s Endangered Heritage”: a panorama by SHS President James Yong
11
Jul
Jul
[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] In 1983, Lucas Chin, then Director of the Sarawak Museum, wrote: “Our heritage is not only being increasingly threatened by the natural causes of decay, but also by economic and […]
31
Oct
Oct
[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 value has turned to dust” wrote Sidi Munan in a Borneo Post column. He drew a parallel with the demolition some years ago, of the Audit / Old Secretariat building […]
11
Jul
Jul
Talents… here is a poem by an eminent SHS member: Schoolboy Memories of the old Sarawak Museum In the 1960s and 70s, many years ago when I was still a young lad at school A visit to the Sarawak Museum was so memorable, exciting and very cool The building sat atop a grassy slope Classic […]
Food for Thought/Opinions, Heritage News/Info, SHS News
SHS POSITION ON THE EXTENSIONS TO KUCHING’s GAZETTED HERITAGE BUILDING, THE ROUND TOWER
09
Jan
Jan
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 […]
Food for Thought/Opinions, Heritage News/Info
SHS view: Works at Reservoir Park – ?adequate focus on nature and heritage preservation?
25
Jul
Jul
[ click here to download pdf version ] Several members of the public have approached the SHS Committee with questions on the current works at Kuching’s Reservoir Park (Taman Budaya) and concerns that the site becomes overly built-up and that its quality be affected. Indeed, there are on-going concrete and steel works at the site. […]