KOTA KINABALU: Heritage Sabah will be carrying out a documentation exercise of the Atkinson Clock Tower with the permission of Sabah Museum while on-going work to repair the 107-year-old clock tower is in progress.
This is following the decision of the museum to facilitate structural repairs on the oldest historical landmark in KK city after the Heritage Sabah NGO highlighted its poor condition to the public through their Facebook social network page.
This swift response from Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun and Sabah Museum director Joanna Kitingan prompted an investigation on the condition of the clock tower and subsequently confirmed that the clock tower was in timely need for an upgrade.
Heritage Sabah will be documenting the progress of the repair as well as prepare a measured drawing of the clock tower to be compiled as an academic reference.
A report will be handed back to Sabah Museum for safekeeping when the documentation is completed.
The approved society (officially registered in April 2012) will also be conducting a study of resources with the Sabah State Archives and other relevant government departments to trace back the history of the clock tower — which has undergone several facelifts before its current existing facade that was done in 1959 for Jesselton’s silver jubilee anniversary.
Heritage Sabah is currently looking for funding assistance to aid its volunteers in the documentation process of the Atkinson Clock Tower.
Heritage Sabah is a society that is dedicated to the architectural and cultural heritage conservation in Sabah.
Its mission is to organize public awareness, to promote the preservation, restoration and protection of the architectural and cultural heritage, to advocate architectural and cultural heritage policies and guidelines for implementation, to collect and study any relevant information on architectural and cultural heritage for educational and reference use and to identify places with cultural significance in Sabah through heritage significance assessment for protection and conservation.
Sebelum ni ada pihak yang menginginkan clock tower ni dipindahkan.
ReplyDeleteLets protect our architectural and cultural heritage.
ReplyDeleteYes, our cultural heritage should always be protected. This is a very important piece of history for Sabah.
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jam tersebut adalah warisan dan bahan bersejarah. ia harus kita lindungi.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that the Heritage Sabah will be documenting the Atkinson Clock Tower, hope that this will help protect it from harm.
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the Atkinson Tower is an important piece of Sabah history and should be preserved at its original site.
DeleteState Government always stressed on the holistic approach in planning and implementing any development agendas for the benefit and harmonious of the people
ReplyDeleteKudos to Heritage Sabah for their initiative.
ReplyDeleteBaguslah, dapat juga ditatapi oleh generasi akan datang dan tidak hilang ditelan zaman.
ReplyDeleteHarap dokumentasi itu nanti akan memberi fakta dan maklumat yang jelas.
ReplyDeleteTeruskan mengekalkan peninggalan sejarah yang terdapat di Negeri Sabah ini termasuklah jam Atkinson.
ReplyDeletejam itu harus kita kekalkan. ia bahan bersejarah.
ReplyDeletecatatkan isu2 kontroversi berkenaan dengan menara jam ini supaya lebih menarik ceritanya untuk tatapan generasi akan datang..
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