Malaysia attempts to repatriate Gua Cha skeletons

Friday, January 18th, 2008 Posted in Malaysia | 1 Comment »

Malaysia, through the Minister for Culture Dr Rais Yatim, will go to Cambridge this month in an attempt to repatriate the prehistoric skeletons from Gua Cha in Kelantan. Rais to get ... Read more..

China backs Malaysia’s call for Asian Heritage chapter

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 Posted in Malaysia, UNESCO World Heritage | 1 Comment »

26 June 07 (New Straits Times) - Malaysia has previously pushed for an Asian version of UNESCO, and this call for an Asian chapter of UNESCO is now bolstered by ... Read more..

Malaysian Heritage minister talks about restoration of Malacca fort

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007 Posted in Malaysia | No Comments »

03 June 2007 (New Straits Times) - Dr Rais Yatim, the Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister of Malaysia in an interview with the New Straits Times about the restoration of ... Read more..

Kinabatangan Valley, The Resting Place Of Timber Coffins

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 Posted in Malaysia | No Comments »

4 April 2007 (Bernama) - 700-year-old timber coffins found in Sabah, a whole lot of them, from a period where little is known about Sabah and Borneo. The coffins are ... Read more..

Govt allocates RM12.8m to reconstruct A’Famosa fort

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007 Posted in Malaysia | 1 Comment »

18 February 2007 (The Star) - Govt allocates RM12.8m to reconstruct A'Famosa fort The federal government has approved a RM12.8 million allocation for the reconstruction of Fortaleza D'Malacca or the mighty A'Famosa ... Read more..

Cabinet to get report on conservation of caves in Sabah

Monday, February 5th, 2007 Posted in Borneo, Malaysia | 1 Comment »

5 February 2007 (Borneo Bulletin) - I'm sure Liz Price would be pretty interested in this bit of news... Cabinet to get report on conservation of caves in Sabah The Culture, Arts ... Read more..

Ancient wall stays, tower goes

Thursday, December 7th, 2006 Posted in Malaysia | No Comments »

4 December 2006 (The Star) - Ancient wall stays, tower goes The ancient wall discovered in the middle of the town will not be demolished. Instead, it is the 110m revolving tower ... Read more..



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