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| Abdul Karim (seventh right) with senior management staff of the ministry, Sarawak Museum Department and relevant agencies in a photocall. |
KUCHING: The Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports visited London and Amsterdam from Jan 14 to 18 to study the planning and management of museums and historical monuments in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
Led by Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah who heads the ministry, the delegation included the ministry’s permanent secretary Hii Chang Kee and its senior management staff as well as staff from Sarawak Museum Department and relevant agencies.
“The working visit is also serving as good benchmarks in our preparation for the proposed amendments to the Sarawak Cultural Heritage Ordinance 1993. The proposed amendments are necessary to enhance the legal provisions for the preservation of antiques, monuments and sites of cultural, archaeological, architectural, artistic, religious or traditional interest or value for the benefit of the State(sic),” said Abdul Karim in a press release.
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Besides the new Sarawak Museum campus, Abdul Karim revealed that the state government is also actively developing Santubong Archaeological Park, the Maritime Museum and Darul Hana Museum.
Among places visited by the delegation in the Netherlands were Tropen Museum, Rijksmuseum and Mauritshuis Museum, its Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and Cultural Heritage Agency.
In the United Kingdom, the delegation visited Historical England, English Heritage Trust, Horniman Museum besides other related museums and historical monuments.
The minister had the opportunity to attend a briefing conducted by Historical England chief executive Duncan Wilson which Brooke Trust Heritage director Jason Brooke also attended. -TheBorneoPost
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