Badan Warisan Malaysia

Badan Warisan Malaysia (Malaysian Heritage Trust) is a non-government organisation formed in 1983, concerned with the conservation and preservation of Malaysia's built heritage. It is a voluntary organisation with tax-exempt status.[1]

Badan Warisan Malaysia
Malaysian Heritage Trust
Badan Warisan Malaysia at No. 2 Jalan Stonor, Kuala Lumpur
MottoEducate Engage Empower
Formation1983[1]
Headquarters2 Jalan Stonor, 50450 Kuala Lumpur
Location
Membership
Voluntary
President
Esme Lim Wei-Ling
Vice President
Dato’ Zahim Albakri
Honorary Secretary
YM Tengku Nasariah YM Tengku Syed Ibrahim
Honorary Treasurer
Dato’ Dr Zaha Rina Zahari
Websitebadanwarisanmalaysia.org

Since its founding in 1985, Badan Warisan Malaysia have been involved in building conservation projects throughout Malaysia including Suffolk House in Penang, Stadium Merdeka, Gedung Raja Abdullah and Masjid DiRaja Sultan Suleiman in Klang, Bangunan Sulaiman and Rumah Penghulu Abu Seman in Kuala Lumpur, No. 8 Heeren Street in Melaka's UNESCO World Heritage Site,[2] Rumah Kutai in Kuala Kangsar, Istana Tunku Long in Kuala Terengganu and Istana Jahar in Kota Bahru.

The secretariat for Badan Warisan Malaysia is located at No.2, Jalan Stonor in Kuala Lumpur, in a colonial bungalow which was restored and adapted in 1995 as a Heritage Centre with exhibition, seminar, and meeting facilities.[1]

Also located at No. 2 Jalan Stonor is the Chen Voon Fee Resource Centre (CVFRC).[3] This is a closed-access specialised library and information centre which houses a collection of documents, books, periodicals, articles, measured drawings, slides, newspaper cuttings and photographs covering a range of topics from architecture, heritage sites, history and culture and legislation related to heritage in Malaysia and the region. The CVFRC is open to the public and supported by the Chen Voon Fee Charitable Trust Fund.

Badan Warisan Malaysia 2020 Council[4] consists of President: Esme Lim Wei-Ling, Vice President: Dato’ Zahim Albakri, Honorary Secretary: YM Tengku Nasariah YM Tengku Syed Ibrahim, Honorary Treasurer: Dato’ Dr Zaha Rina Zahari, and Council Members; Anand Krishnan, Ar. Lim Take Bane, Caesar Loong, Omar bin Malek Ali Merican, Suridah Jalaluddin, Nisha Dobberstein , Pascale Sutherland & Viji Krishnamoorthy. Honorary Council Members; Lee Jia Ping, TPr Afzal Azhari and Prof. Dr. Ong Puay Liu

References
  1. "Badan Warisan Malaysia-SIGHTS/ARCHITECTURE". Lonely Planet. 26 June 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  2. Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  3. "Chen Voon Fee Resource Center". BADAN WARISAN MALAYSIA. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  4. "Our Team". BADAN WARISAN MALAYSIA. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2020.


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