—————————————————————————————————————————- 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 […]
Tag Archives: Urban heritage
Friends of Sarawak Museum (FoSM) and SHS joined hands in organizing recently pilot runs of a new heritage walk through Kuching’s Chinese History, for members of the two societies. The tour is conducted by Paul Gerarts, a member of both Friends of Sarawak Museum and SHS. After a guided tour of the Chinese History Museum […]
Heritage conservation is a global issue. One of our members spotted a recent Sydney Morning Herald opinion column on old, heritage sandstone buildings on Sydney’s Bridge Street. The author, Elizabeth Farrelly, fumes on news that the Government proposes to sell them to a global hotel chain and reflects on the place of heritage in our […]
“I realised that kids this generation know nothing about old Kuching buildings. So, if we don’t start being conscious about our culture and heritage, soon, our history and heritage will be just stuffs of myths and legends.” This moving comment was made in 2008 by ‘Pegs’, a Sarawakian who was involved in a measured drawing and documentation exercise of the […]
In an interview with the Borneo Post, the Chairman of the India Street Pedestrian Mall Committee, Dato Wee Hong Seng, stressed the need to preserve heritage in the initiatives to modernize India Street. As an immediate action, the Committee proposes to have the illegal awnings at some of the shophouses pulled down to expose the heritage […]
Upon a recent visit to George Town in which she was impressed by Penang’s commitment to protecting and enhancing the town’s physical and cultural assets, Violet Yong, Sarawak State Assembly member, suggested that the Sarawak Government set up a Government-linked corporate body entrusted with heritage conservation, along the lines of George Town World Heritage Incorporated […]