Day: March 6, 2026
BWM Members’ Trip: Immersing in Nature and Built Heritage at Rimbun Dahan
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BWM Members’ Trip: Immersing in Nature and Built Heritage at Rimbun Dahan
Date: Saturday, 18 April 2026
Time : 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Fee per person: RM80 (BWM Member) or RM120 (Non-Member)
Click HERE to register
Programme Description
Badan Warisan Malaysia is pleased to organise a BWM Members’ Trip — Immersing in Nature and Built Heritage at Rimbun Dahan.
Rimbun Dahan is a privately owned arts and cultural centre founded by architect Hijjas Kasturi and his wife, Angela Kasturi. Located just outside Kuala Lumpur, the compound sits within a 14-acre tropical garden in Selangor, thoughtfully designed to integrate art, architecture and nature. The visit will begin with a walk through the front garden, with a talk about the importance of natural heritage, the careful selection of plant species, and the roles they play in cultural development. The walk will continue to Taman Sari, the herb garden featuring plants traditionally used for perfume, cooking and medicine.
This visit will also include the two heritage houses relocated to the site — one from Parit, Perak, and another from Jalan Perak, Georgetown, accompanied by an explanation of the reasons and considerations behind reconstructing these traditional houses at Rimbun Dahan, highlighting the importance of preserving architectural heritage within a living landscape
Itinerary
9.00am: Meet at Rimbun Dahan (Self-Drive)
9.10am: Visit Taman Sari & Heritage Houses
11.30am: Light Refreshment
1.00pm: Depart from Rimbun Dahan
Council 2026
We are pleased to have held our 42nd Annual General Meeting today, 6 December 2025.
We are delighted to have Rob Morris re-elected as our Honorary Treasurer and Datuk TPr. Ismail Ibrahim re-elected as Council Member.
This year, we bid farewell and extend our heartfelt thanks to our retiring Council Members – Ar. Anand Krishnan, Habsah Abang Saufi, Johan Razak, and Datin TPr. Noraida Saludin. We also express our deep appreciation to our long-standing Vice President, Dato’ Zahim Albakri. We thank them for their dedication and support throughout their tenure, which strengthened our organisation and mission.
Thank you to all who attended, we’re happy to enjoy another opportunity to catch up and reconnect.
As we move forward, we remain committed to champion built heritage, fostering awareness, increasing our education efforts and outreach on heritage so that our architectural legacy continues to inspire future generations.
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NOTICE: BADAN WARISAN MALAYSIA: 41st AGM ON 7 DECEMBER 2024, 10AM VIA ZOOM
To All Voting Members of Badan Warisan Malaysia,
Please refer to the Notice of AGM that was also emailed to you on 5 November 2024.
1) NOTICE FOR BWM AGM:
Badan Warisan Malaysia 41st AGM 2024
Date : Saturday, 7 December 2024
Time : 10am
BWM AGM will be held via ZOOM virtual meeting (the link will be provided nearer to AGM date). Those who wish to attend the meeting are advised to download the ZOOM app in advance.
2) Council Members Retiring
In accordance with Article 35, one half of all Council members retire annually. They are:
- Lim Wei-Ling Esme, President
- YM Tengku Nasariah Tengku Syed Ibrahim, Honorary Secretary
- Ar. Anand Krishnan, Council Member
- Caesar Loong, Council Member
- Omar Bin Malek Ali Merican, Council Member
3) Nomination Form for Candidates on Council
If you wish to nominate any candidate to serve on the Council, please use the attached Nomination Form. The candidate can be a member of BWM or a non-member.
Reminder: A Council Member is also a Company Director.
The form must be completed and signed by a proposer & a seconder (both of whom must be BWM members) and also signed by the nominee indicating his/her agreement to stand for election.
In order to be included in the Notice for the Annual General Meeting that will be held at 10.00am on Saturday, 7 December 2024, the completed Nomination Form must be received by the office of Badan Warisan Malaysia at No. 2 Jalan Stonor Kuala Lumpur, or by email to membership@badanwarisan.org.my no later than 5.00pm on Monday, 18 November 2024.
Thank you.
Tengku Nasariah Tengku Syed Ibrahim
Honorary Secretary
Meet The Author: ‘As Equals: The Oei Women of Java’ by Daryl Yeap
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In conjunction with International Women’s Day 2024, Badan Warisan Malaysia is delighted to welcome Daryl Yeap to discuss her newly released book, ‘As Equals: The Oei Women of Java’. As part of BWM’S ongoing Talk Series, the event will consist of a talk by the author on the inspiration behind the book, a Q&A session and a book signing.
Date: Saturday, 9 March 2024
Time: 10.30am
Venue: Badan Warisan Heritage Centre, No. 2 Jalan Stonor, Kuala Lumpur
Price: Free for BWM members, RM30 per pax for non-members.
Payment can be made in cash during registration at the venue or via online transfer. Tickets are non-refundable.
Click HERE to register! Alternatively, email us at heritage@badanwarisan.org.my or call us during office hours (Tuesday – Saturday 9.00am – 5.00pm) at 03-2144 9273.
Programme
10.00am: Registration
10.30am: Introduction and Talk by Daryl Yeap
11.00am: Q&A session
11.30pm: Book signing
12.00pm: End of event
ABOUT THE BOOK
Described as the “Leo Tolstoys’ War & Peace for Straits Chinese” by Prof Lien-Hang Nguyen of Columbia University, As Equals takes readers on a sweeping journey into the lives of Hui-lan, Ida, and Lucy – wives and daughters of Oei Tiong-ham, Asia’s wealthiest man of the early 20th century. From the outpost of the European empire in Southeast Asia, to Belle Epoque Europe, to Nationalist China during the warlord period, and all the way to 20th century America, these three women forged a path that broke free from gender and cultural stereotypes. They flew planes, managed Asia’s most opulent estates, charmed the West with their impeccable sense of style and sophistication, and boldly challenged traditional gender roles while navigating the racial tensions prevalent during the era. In so doing, they paved the way for countless other women to follow in their footsteps.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Daryl Yeap is the author of As Equals: The Oei Women of Java. For most of her career she worked in the finance industry as a banking analyst for various financial institutions, before joining her family company. Her first book, The King’s Chinese, tells the story of the Straits British-Chinese immigrants, told through the life of her great-grandfather Yeap Chor Ee. She is now an independent researcher in her spare time.
Book Binding Workshop by Little Syam
Workshop Details
Date: Saturday, 24 April 2021
Time: 10:00 AM
Venue: BWM Heritage Centre, No. 2 Jalan Stonor, KL
Book Binding Workshop by Little Syam
Fee: RM 180/pax – Exclusive for BWM Members only.
Click HERE to register. Limited slots available – first come, first served basis.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
The Coptic stitch bookbinding method – the stitch with an exposed spine that opens up the book completely flat. Invented by early Christians in Egypt, the Copts, and used from as early as the 2nd Century AD to the 11th Century. This stitch appeared to be a very sleek and distinctive braid or chain pattern. Fee includes equipment, materials, and light refreshments.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Samsiah Jendol, well known as Little Syam, is a graphic designer, a crafter and a book binder with more than 20 years of experience. Each handmade book she has created is limited edition and one of a kind, using only selective material by taking a high consideration of her passion on the choice of paper, fabric and also her personal design touch of hand silkscreen printing. All products by Little Syam are made from a labour of love, inspired by nature around her, her personal experience and self-expression.
Little India of Penang
Organized by Badan Warisan Malaysia in collaboration with Think City Institute.
Live Webinar Details
Date: Saturday, 17 April 2021
Time: 2:00 PM (Kuala Lumpur, GMT+8)
Topic: Little India of Penang
Speaker: Preveena Balakrishnan
Moderator: Anand Krishnan, Council Member, Badan Warisan Malaysia
Free Admission
ABOUT THE TALK
Preveena will be talking about Little India’s living multi-cultural heritage as depicted by various religious and cultural practices of the society, multi-ethnic culture authenticity & originality traditional trades, such as ethnic food & beverage and spices trading. Traditional trades enhancing the traditional concept of urban design would be explored.
Little India is very rich in living their multi-cultural heritage as depicted by various religious and cultural practices of the society. The Little India consists of Market Street, known as the Kadai Teru or the street of shops by early Tamils in Penang. It is known as Ellammuchanthee among the Tamil community and the British called it Chola Place of Little Madras. The vast majority of Indians – mostly Tamil Malayalee, Gujaratis, Punjabis and Telegus – are textile traders, spice merchants, sundry shop owners, otthu kadaai, small/tea or food stall operators, restaurants owners, newspaper vendors and jewellery shop owners along Market Street. On Penang Street, the whole stretch is dominated by restaurants ranging from non-vegetarian to pure vegetarian, tailoring shops and sweets shops. The end of Penang Street is called Cheeti Teeru, where the chettiars kettinggi and Rathum Kothai (chariot) are located at King Street, Padavukara Tharuva Theeru. Oothu Kadai or Peti Kadai and Tea Kadai are unique features of Little India. Chulia Street has a variety of shops and the Nagore Shrine, a replica of the shrine in India. Queen Street is largely dominated by the Tamil Indian Muslims involved in the import -export business, are jewellers, money changers, as well as operators of restaurants, tea and food stalls, newspaper stalls and stevedoring. The Muslim food vendors do not sell beef as a sign of respect to the residing deity of Queen Street in the Maha Mariamman Temple; this respect extends to the Hindu Communities within Little India.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
As a heritage and cultural heritage researcher, Preveena received her first degree in Accounting and was a practicing Accountant before switching her career to the heritage and cultural field. Her MBA thesis focused on the sustainability of traditional trade within George Town, Penang, after the UNESCO World Heritage Listing. She is currently a PhD Research Scholar at University Science Malaysia, conducting research bearing the title “Industry-Academia Collaboration Framework: Towards a Sustainable Corporate” and she contributes to Penang Monthly mainly on Indian Heritage and History. Her works include oral documentation of several aspects of the Indian Malaysian cultural heritage. She has made oral history recordings of World War 2 experiences, traditional food, traditional trades, changes in the transportation system, use of spaces and communities. Through her associations with GTWHI and an extensive network, Preveena has created a whole range of oral history collection in the Tamil language.
Private Movie Screening: Garden of the Evening Mists
We are pleased to announce our collaboration with Astro Shaw and Golden Screen Cinemas, with gratitude for their generous sponsorship and support for an exclusive private screening and presentation of “The Garden of Evening Mists” at the newly opened luxury Aurum Theatre at The Gardens Mall, Kuala Lumpur.
There will only be 80 First Class Seats available; seats are available to BWM members by a minimum donation of RM850 per seat; and a minimum donation of RM1,000 per seat for non-members – which includes a 1 year membership at BWM. All donations to BWM for this event are fully tax exempt.
Kindly RSVP by 12 March 2020. Tickets are available upon confirmation of payment on a first come, first served basis. To book your ticket and for payment of your donation, please complete the attached form and return it to the BWM office either by hardcopy or by email to membership@badanwarisan.org.my.
Please download the Ticket Form and Event Program HERE
UPDATE AS OF 17 MARCH 2020
Please be informed that Badan Warisan Malaysia’s fundraising event, a private screening of the movie, “The Garden of Evening Mists”, sponsored by Astro Shaw and Golden Screen Cinemas, has been postponed from its initial date of 24 March 2020. This is due to the health and safety concerns from COVID-19 and in line with our government’s directives on Restricted Movement Order.
Once a new date is rescheduled for this event, we will inform and update you on the details.
We sincerely regret any inconveniences caused and would like to thank you for your kind understanding and continued support.
The Wet Plate Collodion: A Demonstration of a Historical Photographic Process by Dr. K. Azril Ismail
ABOUT THE TALK
The talk will discuss the historical photographic process before the era of manufactured photographic celluloid films and gelatin silver prints as practised by early pioneers such as Sachtler & Co, Carter & Co, Kleingrothe, Henry Schuren, G.A. Schleesselmann, the famous G.R. Lambert & Co., and various other Europeans who opened studios in Singapore and Penang where they carried out work in Kedah, Malacca, and Borneo. The extraordinary images of “Old Malaya”, which we often regard with a sense of nostalgia, romanticised (or colonialised, depending on one’s political perspective) various aspects of our people and places through this visual representation.
In this talk, Dr. Azril will look at how these extraordinary images were made – from the clear glass coated with a thin layer of collodion salt solution, then immersed in a silver bath solution rendering it light sensitive, to exposing and developing it in-situ, either as a negative, or a positive (ambrotype).
In addition, Dr. Azril will do a brief demonstration replicating this process using an antique camera and an adapted mobile darkroom, with similar chemicals used in the 19th century process, to develop the plate on the spot.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr. K. Azril Ismail is currently the Head of the Postgraduate Research & Development Programme for the Institute of Creative Arts & Design in UCSI, Kuala Lumpur. He holds a Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Plymouth, for his visual studies of the Pudu Jail’s Graffiti (this portfolio is now on display at Badan Warisan Malaysia until 30 March 2019), having also graduated from UiTM (MA, Art & Design), and Columbus College of Art & Design, Ohio (BFA in Media Studies). An accomplished practising photographer and academic, Dr. Azril’s work has been featured in international exhibitions and published widely in art & photography magazines and journals
YOU’RE INVITED- BWM OPEN HOUSE & AN EVENING WITH DATIN SAIDAH RASTAM
Join Badan Warisan Malaysia for our RAYA OPEN HOUSE on SUNDAY, 16 AUGUST 2015. Bring a friend and explore more about the exciting programmes we have lined up for this year. There will be food and music; you can visit the Rumah Penghulu, network with other members and renew your membership!
The evening will begin with a talk at 5.00 pm by DATIN SAIDAH RASTAM on JANGAN PUTIH MATA which is about HEROES and ANTI-HEROES in patriotic music during MALAYSIA’S nation building years. It explores stories, accounts and conspiracies and examines the continuing potency of songs written in that idealistic era.
Datin Saidah Rastam is a well-known composer for theatre, film dance and TV and most recently, she composed and directed Malam Terang Bulan which was staged last September. She is the author of Rosalie and Other Love Songs, a preservation project on Malayan music, recordings, manuscripts and oral history.
BWM MEMBERS: FREE NON MEMBERS: RM25
ABOUT DATIN SAIDAH RASTAM
Saidah Rastam is a composer who has written music for theatre, film dance and TV, for gamelan, martial artists, choral groups, Chinese opera singers, orchestras and electronica. She was the musical director for the launch of the Petronas Twin Towers. A show she created last year, Malam Terang Bulan, for singers and orchestra and featuring Dato’ Zahim Albakri and Chacko Vadaketh, will be restaged at the Dewan Filharmonik Petronas in November 2015.
Her book Rosalie and Other Love Songs was published by Khazanah Nasional Berhad as part of a preservation project on Malayan music, recordings, manuscripts and oral history. She is now working on a documentary on the early years of Sultan Idris Training College and the Malay College Kuala Kangsar: institutions which produced young men with radically different ideals. Saidah trained as a barrister and was in practice for seven years.
WHO DECIDES? TOWN PLANNING IN MALAYA
Badan Warisan Malaysia will be hosting a talk on CHARLES READE: TOWN PLANNING BRITISH MALAYA on MONDAY, 17 AUGUST 2015 from 4.30pm to 6.30pm. The talk will be given by KAMALRUDDIN SHAMSUDIN (A.K.A KL DIN), the author of the book of the same title. His book is the result of over 25 years of research.
The talk will follow with DR. CHRISTINA GARNAUT’S presentation on Reade’s international contribution during the growth of modern town planning in the early 20th century. Dr. Garnaut lectures planning & architectural history at the University of South Australia.
ADMISSION: FREE
ABOUT THE BOOK:
The book reveals the forgotten contributions of Charles Reade, the pioneer Government Town Planner of British Malaya (1921-1929). Reade was responsible for town planning in Kuala Lumpur and other towns of the Federated Malay States through the 1920s. His contributions touched the lives of coolie lines, government worker’s housing, the reservation of public grounds connected with the proclamation of Malaya Independence from British rule and other sites and buildings of national landmark and heritage – all of these contributions are largely unknown amongst the general public. His planning ideas were in advance of their time and consequently Reade faced much opposition to his planning legislation which was meant to guide and regulate building and town extensions. One of his most enduring legacies is the planning and design of Kuala Kubu Bharu township –Malaya’s first Garden City township along similar lines of the Garden Cities and Town Planning Associations of Great Britain. The talk will highlight some of his contributions in Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Kuala Kubu Bharu etc.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Kamalruddin Shamsudin (the past Deputy Director General of the Federal Department of Town and Country Planning) will talk about his latest book (2015), entitled: “Charles Reade: Town Planning British Malaya – A Story of the forgotten contributions of an ardent Garden City enthusiast of early twentieth century Malaya.” The book is based on his 25 years of intermittent research.
Dr. Christine Garnaut, who is the current Vice-President/President-elect of the International Planning History Society, will provide an overview of Charles Reade’s background and his global contributions. She has researched and written about Reade in South Australia and elsewhere. Reade’s work touched the lives of many people from Great Britain, Australia, Malaya, Northern Rhodesia and South Africa.
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