MISC. HERITAGE NEWS – March to July 2017
download pdf version SARAWAK Land clearing observed early March just uphill from the Bongkissam archaeological site, Santubong, raised alarm in the heritage-sensitive community, because of …
Misc. Heritage News – Nov. 2016 to Feb. 2017
download pdf version SARAWAK What did we hear, see and learn on the Sarawak heritage scene in the last four months? Statements by the now …
More Borneo WW2 shipwrecks plundered, this time in Sabah
In January, three Japanese WW2 shipwrecks lying off Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, were reported to have been extensively stripped for metal salvaging. Coming after similar occurrences …
Notice of de-registration of Kuala Lumpur listed heritage creates stir
[updated 07 March 2017] The ‘MaTiC’ complex, on Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, is centered on a colonial architecture house built in 1935 as the home …
“A passion for conserving historical buildings”
“A passion for conserving historical buildings“, Borneo Post online, 11 Dec. 2016 A page-long Borneo Post article on architect Mike Boon (former Sarawak Heritage Society …
Heritage conservation is not intellectual gimmick, nor rich world luxury
Let us face it: some still see conservation and management of cultural heritage as rich countries’ luxuries, beyond bread-and-butter development needs; or as vehicles to …