An event to preview heritage buildings sketches from Kuching and Siniawan by five talented sketchers helped to raise awareness on heritage conservation issues. The event was co-organzed by the local Urban Sketchers network, the Ranee Hotel, and the Sarawak Heritage Society. In an interview with the Borneo Post at this occasion, Sarawak Heritage Society Committee […]
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_______________________________________________ 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 […]
Borneo Post Article, October 28, 2014 “Universiti Teknologi Malaysia’s (UTM) Faculty of Built Environment aims to be a pioneer in recording and documenting heritage buildings in Southeast Asia. Its Centre for the Study of Built Environment in the Malay World (Kalam) mentions to have over 400 collections of building documentation such as houses, palaces, mosques, […]