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Overland from Asia to Europe By Jimmy Leong
ABOUT THE TALK
In December 2016, Jimmy Leong was part of an overland expedition from Malaysia to London which crossed the borders of 13 countries. His talk will be in two parts, starting at 10.30am and ending at 1.00pm. He will give us an insight into over 2,000 years of history and culture which he encountered on this journey, covering over 18,000 kilometers and taking 60 days, as he followed the trade routes between Asia and Europe.
Jimmy Leong is President of the Malaysian Tourist Guides’ Council. He is licensed as a tourist guide in both Malaysia and Singapore and is accredited as a UNESCO Cultural Heritage Specialist Guide for the World Heritage Site of Malacca and George Town.
A Jewel in the Crown: Masjid Diraja Sultan Suleiman
ABOUT THE TALK
Located in Kampung Jawa, Masjid Diraja Sultan Suleiman was built in 1932-33 in the Royal Town of Klang, Selangor and has been gazetted as National Heritage under the National Heritage Act 2005 (Act 645). In November 2017, the mosque was reopened to the public following its restoration and refurbishment. This talk will cover the history of the building, the conservation and restoration work and the construction of new amenities to respond to the present day needs of the qariah.
Speakers will include members of the conservation team, architects Ar. Dr. Helena Aman Hashim and Mariana Isa from Badan Warisan Heritage Services Sdn Bhd, the consultant architect, Ar. Hafizi Tan Sri Mohamed from Linea Architect Sdn Bhd and Musrizal Mat Isa from Balai Seni Negara who was involved in the restoration of the bas-relief features in the mosque.
VISIT TO GENTING TEA ESTATE
SUNDAY 8 APRIL 2018
10.00 a.m – 3.00 p.m
[Limited to 50 pax]
Join us for a day in the hills – courtesy of founding member, Dato’ Henry Barlow. Pack a picnic, round up your family and friends and take time out for a short escape from the madding crowd!
New members are encouraged to sign up and let us get to know you better. We also look forward to meeting old friends and those who have not yet been able to join us on previous GTE events. Hurry now – only 50 places available!
Members: FREE
Non-Members: RM30 per person (Free for kids below 8)
Download your form HERE and RSVP to
membership@badanwarisan.org.my
Tentative programme:
10.00 a.m. Assemble at Meeting Point: Genting Sempah Rest and Recreation area – public parking in the front. We may have to carpool from this point up as there are very limited parking spaces available. SUVs will be best suited for the access road into GTE.
10.30 a.m. Brief introduction to the background of the house and estate
Walk in the estate (approximately 1 hour)
Picnic Lunch
Introduction to one of the largest private collections of moths and butterflies
2.30 p.m. Pack up and preparation for departure
Access to the restrooms will be indicated when we arrive at the house.
Reminder:
1) Please bring your own mats, picnic lunch & drinks. No food or drinks will be provided.
2) Due to the current weather, a change of clothes is recommended.
3) Please come prepared with proper walking shoes, sun protection and insect repellent.
4) The walk into the estate is on an inclined walkway.
Summary of the Year 2017 at Badan Warisan Malaysia
Badan Warisan Malaysia wishes all members & friends a great 2018!
We held our 34th AGM on Wednesday, 20 December 2017. We welcome Justine Chew to Council and thank Abd Razak Abd Bakar who regretfully had to stand down due to work commitments.
Council 2018
Vice President: Ar. Dr. Helena Hashim
Honorary Secretary: Lim Ee Lin
Honorary Treasurer: Ishak Ariffin
Council Members
Justine Chew
Ar. Lim Take Bane
Liz Tajuddin
Maganjeet Kaur
Mariana Isa
Dato’ Zahim Albakri
Honorary Council Members
Johan Razak
Lee Jia Ping
2017 has ended on a really positive note. On Monday, 18 December, Badan Warisan received a generous donation of RM100,000 from YTL. This donation was in memory of the late Tan Sri Yeoh Tiong Lay and in total, RM10 million was distributed to the 103 organisations. We are grateful for the continued support of Royal Selangor from the sale of their limited edition Mia series of pendants and we’d encourage you to support us by buying these especially if you are looking for gifts! In addition to this, the Chen Voon Fee Trust continues to support our work on research and documentation of Malaysia’s architectural resources. And although we had originally planned to hold a fundraising event in 2017, that was not possible and we decided to push this event to the second half of 2018. We will need a lot of help with this event, so please, do let me know, or inform the Secretariat, that you are available and interested. All help, no matter how small, is always much appreciated.
We have continued this year to grow especially in activities related to the RumahPenghulu Abu Seman. Our visitor numbers now exceed 2000 (compared with 1,600 last year), mainly due to support from three tour companies as well as our curated programmes for schools and other organisations. On an average, we host over 1 school or university per month with students ranging from pre-school through to primary and secondary schools and mainly undergraduate university programmes, from both local and foreign institutions. In addition, every other month we host three-hour long interactive visits for various private organisations and companies.
This year our talks and events programme has also expanded. We not only organise our own talks programme every other month, but we also co-organise talks by other organisations including ICOMOS Malaysia and MBRAS which means we are running these public awareness raising programmes on an average once or twice a month. MHHC (Malaysian Heritage and History Facebook Club) continue to hold their exhibitions and talks here and there have been some months when almost every weekend we are hosting an event. This brings in a lot of people who would not normally otherwise come to Badan Warisan. No.8 Heeren Street continues to attract a wide range of visitors all of whom without exception have excellent comments about the project and the tour of the project by both Colin Goh, Manager, and Raymond Fredricks, Assistant Manager.
In the coming year, we will be working on expanding our activities and adding on some site visits as well as developing trails for our heritage gardens (we have three distinctive gardens) and looking at how to enhance our visitor experience in our Malacca centre at No.8 Heeren Street. We are also hoping to help PNB develop a more regular visitor programme to Stadium Merdeka, and we started this just recently by bringing over 200 LHDN staff members to learn about the history of the stadium and its architecture. We intend to arrange a visit for Badan Warisan members to the stadium, as well as to the Masjid DiRaja Sultan Sulaiman in Klang where we were part of the team involved in its restoration. We also plan visits to other buildings which have been restored in the past couple of years in the Klang Valley and we’ll keep you appraised of the details of the visit programme. On this note, I would like to encourage those members who are interested in participating in programmes for members – talks, visits, exhibitions, etc – to please volunteer your time and expertise in giving us ideas and contacts and helping organise the activities!
Our Chen Voon Fee Resource Centre is in the process of digitising our various collections – we have been at this intermittently over the past three or four years, and we are finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Our image collection is for most part available in digital format, as are our newpaper cuttings collection. We are working on our maps and measured drawings collections. While we will not be digitizing the printed books and journals, the catalogue of these collections are already available on-line at the Chen Voon Fee Resource Centre website.
We are planning in the new year to start a regular training programme to enhance the knowledge and practice of matters related to cultural heritage. We will be collaborating with like-minded organisations including the Malaysian Institute of Planners in rolling out some courses related to heritage planning and cultural mapping, as well as conducting more technical workshops and seminars on cultural and architectural heritage. Watch this space!
In our role as a heritage advocacy organization, we have continued to be a main point of reference by members of the media – radio, online and print – for issues and questions on Malaysia’s cultural and built heritage. We started off in January by commenting on the de-gazettal of the heritage status of the MATIC building and we have ended the year on commenting on the issues related to getting places protected by gazettal under the National Heritage Act 2005. Our website savemyheritage.org is now live! It has taken us some time to get to this place, and we are continuing our work on developing the content for this website. We definitely welcome all help on this – do come forward if you are web-savvy and keen on helping out with this project! In the meantime, our social media presence – Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter – together with our e-bulletin Warisan continues to gain traction and followers. Comments on how to improve them, or content suggestions, as well as bouquets, and shares are always appreciated!
Before I end, it would be remiss of me not to thank the staff at the KL and Malacca heritage centers for their dedication and perseverance in promoting BadanWarisan’s mission forward. I wish to thank Melanie who left us in October for her 7 years working with Badan Warisan, four of which were in Penang at Suffolk House, and to welcome Rosmiza who joined us in November. To our volunteers and members who tirelessly support our activities, a heartfelt thank you. Your continued presence will always motivate us to carry on! To my colleagues on the Council, thank you all! We strive on!
To all members of Badan Warisan Malaysia, we are depending on you to continue promoting the message that our past matters and that heritage conservation is not about keeping things wrapped up “under glass” so to speak, as in a museum. Rather, and I quote John Sawhill who was the President of the Nature Conservancy in the US, “In the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create but by what we refuse to destroy.”
I’d really appreciate your sharing your thoughts and ideas or if you just want to let me know how you can help! I’m contactable on elizabeth@badanwarisan.org.my. If you prefer, send a private message via our Facebook!
Elizabeth Cardosa, President
20 December 2017
#DearMalaysiaAt60 twitter story
In conjunction with Merdeka Day on 31 August 2017, we would like to invite all Malaysians to share your stories and memories of living and growing up in Malaysia!!
NEED IDEAS? CHECK OUT THESE EXAMPLES!
Get those creative writing ideas out and be sure to send in your entries by 28 August 2017!
International Heritage Conference: Call for Papers
The Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage at the University of Birmingham, UK are currently organising an international heritage conference which will take place at the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site in July 2017.
BRIDGE: The Heritage of Connecting Places and Cultures
Dates: 6-10 July 2017
Location: Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site, Shropshire, UK
Second Call for Papers Deadline: 16 January 2017
About: Bridges physically and symbolically connect places, communities and cultures; they remind us of division while at the same time providing the means for unification. This conference seeks to explore heritage of bridges –not only as remarkable physical structures connecting places and cultures but also as symbolic and metaphorical markers in the landscape.
Indicative themes of interest to the conference include:
- The materials and technologies of bridges – the heritage of form and function
- National and local iconographies of bridges
- Narratives of bridge construction and destruction
- Communities united and communities divided by bridges
- Poetics of the bridge – representing the bridge in art, literature and film
- Love and death on the bridge
- The language of the bridge – metaphors and meanings in social life
- Touring bridges – travel narratives and tourism economies
- Alternative bridge crossings – tunnels and ferries
Please see the website for full details and call for papers.
Web Link: https://bridgeconference.wordpress.com/call-for-papers/
Organisers: Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage (University of Birmingham), Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
Contact: Hannah Stretton, Ironbridge@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Transfer of Development Rights by Iskandar Razak
TDR allows for the transaction of development potential from one plot to another.
This talk surveys the evolution and current utility of what began at the turn of last century as unlegislated private transactions in New York City to a prescribed public city-planning tool for various aims including the preservation of heritage around the globe.
Both private and public application have evolved along separate trajectories; the former, aided by building technology, was concerned with end development gain whist the latter sought to harness the former in achieving broader city preservation remits or else environmental and habitability goals.
Recent private TDR application in New York has seen the creation of new building forms 
that have proven highly contentious whilst public application has evolved into Special Transfer Districts such as the one that contains the New York High Line driven towards the preservation of a cultural/heritage area yet unable to create the conditions for variable built form as the latter. This research looks to potentials for merging concepts in pursuit of preservation in cities whilst allowing variability of age, density and of built form.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Iskandar Razak is an architect who has lived and worked in Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai and London. He received his architectural education in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) and the Architectural Association in London. This talk is based upon observations in practice in Mumbai and subsequent research performed in Auckland for a Masters paper on the subject.
SAVE MY HERITAGE INITIATIVE #SMHI by BADAN WARISAN MALAYSIA
Save My Heritage Initiative (#SMHI) is a platform created by Badan Warisan Malaysia to extend our message of heritage appreciation and conservation and to promote the significance and value the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of Malaysia.
Working with cultural practitioners, heritage professionals and educators, #SMHI will introduce a varied programme with opportunities for people of all ages from school children, students, academics, professionals and the general public to participate in, and enhance their understanding and knowledge of our heritage. Activities will include talks and lectures, walks and visits to heritage places, training workshops, seminars and events for a wide audience to better understand and be involved in caring for their heritage.
Badan Warisan Malaysia has been championing our nation’s built and cultural heritage since 1982. Our role has been that of a civic trust, building preservation advocate, heritage consultancy and charitable institution with the mission to Educate, Engage and Empower our fellow Malaysians.
To complement and amplify our objectives we will soon launch a new website called SAVEMYHERITAGE.ORG which is an informative and interactive platform where the public can identify heritage assets under threat and generate support for them.
The series of talks and live presentations around the theme Save My Heritage will kick off on 30 July 2016 with Restoring Fort Alice by Ar. Mike Boon.
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