Kuching’s Fort Margherita is reopened to the public after an extensive 14 months restoration, which was supported by the SHS. It will host a gallery on the Sarawak’s Brooke and British colonial era. The Brooke Gallery is being set up by the Sarawak Museum Department with support of the Brooke Heritage Trust, the Friends of […]
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The idea of a covered arcade for India Street emerged in 2010. A RM4.3 million budget from the State Government has been set aside and an India Street Pedestrian Mall Committee set up for this project aiming at giving India Street a ‘modern shopping-arcade outlook’. The Committee chairman mentioned in early September 2014 that an […]
_______________________________________________ Borneo Post, September 1, 2014 “8 lighted arches to enhance city’s beautification” “Eight lighted arches will be erected along the Main Bazaar. (…) They will (…) compliment the ‘Golden Bridge’ to be completed by 2016 to link Petra Jaya and Kuching. Under the 11th Malaysia Plan, Brooke Dockyard will be restored and renovated into […]