[ 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. […]
Tag Archives: Policy
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Sep
Sep
[updated 09/2020] SHS launched its ‘HERITAGE QUEST’ (‘HQ’) campaign in November 2018 as part of its efforts to highlight and preserve Sarawak’s cultural heritage assets and to advocate for additional listing and gazetting of heritage items that are not in the list of cultural heritage items already listed by the Government as historic buildings, monuments […]
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Nov
Nov
[updated 2 Feb. 2019] This phase of our call for submissions is now closed. If you have missed the deadline, follow our announcements and be ready to submit at a later phase that we may launch to complement the inventory. If you have not already submitted your choice of “items of significant heritage interest” or […]
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Aug
Aug
Click here to download pdf version What we spotted of interest on the Sarawak and regional cultural heritage scene in the last six months. NATION WIDE Heritage management did not feature during the political campaigns during the 14th General Elections of 9 May 2018. After the elections, calls were made to reinstate a ministry […]
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Feb
Feb
click here to download pdf version What we spotted on the Sarawak and regional heritage scene in the last 6 months SARAWAK SHS IN THE NEWS: the media reported on the meetings the Sarawak Heritage Society committee had with the Sarawak Chief Minister and the Minister of Tourism, Culture, Arts and Sports in late […]
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Jan
Jan
“The adage “old is gold” [rings] true when it {comes] to preserving historical buildings in the country. ‘Leave the buildings as it is and give them a new coat of paint of the same colour. This is the correct way of preserving them and stop approving high-rise or modern buildings. […] It is not just […]