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Tag Archives: Policy
Food for Thought/Opinions
Opinion: Is it time for Sarawak to consider Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) regulations?
26
May
May
Over the years, Sarawak has seen both successes and disappointments in the area of heritage protection and urban development. Looking back, one cannot help wondering whether some of the tensions, regrets and controversies we experienced might have been reduced if we had earlier adopted a process known internationally as Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA). Many […]
02
Dec
Dec
At this first SHS event in Miri, Dr. Azmi Hassan (Geostrategist/Research Fellow at Nusantara Academy for Strategic Research (NASR), Geoffrey Lee (scuba diver and underwater photographer) and Jimmy Yong (founder of Miri Divers) broached the topic of protection of underwater heritage, under both angles of cultural heritage (shipwrecks and other historical underwater heritage…) and natural […]
12
Mar
Mar
[updated 05/08/2024 on status of project] The Santubong peninsula, which lies in the Sarawak River Delta, became a focus of Sarawak archaeology from the end of the 1940’s to the mid 1960’s principally by teams under Tom Harrisson, then Curator of the Sarawak Museum. Several sites which had revealed hints of archaeological interest since the […]
In this SHS HERITAGE SPEAKERS SERIES event three speakers will share their work in transforming iconic old buildings in Kuala Lumpur and Kuching for contemporary use without destroying their unique characters: – Shin Tseng and Shin Chang are the co-founders of REXKL and run their designs firm in Kuala Lumpur, Urban Agenda Design and Mentah […]
Heritage News/Info, SHS News
An Inspiring session on Adaptive Re-use and on the Penang and Malaka experience
03
Jan
Jan
‘Heritage Conservation and Adaptive Reuse’ was the topic of our special year-end session of our Heritage Speakers Series that took place on 18 December 2022. Though efforts have been ramping up in recent years, heritage conservation in Sarawak seems to suffer from scant heritage management and limited personal interest; a far cry from states such […]