Exercise 1: Research_Chong Jun Kit 0138491

1. What is Badan Warisan Malaysia?
   Badan Warisan Malaysia is the leading national heritage NGO.
   
   
2. When was Badan Warisan Malaysia established?
   Badan Warisan Malaysia was established in 1983.
   
   
3. Who established Badan Warisan Malaysia?
   Badan Warisan Malaysia was established by the late Tan Sri Dato Harun M. Hashim, the late Tan Sri Mubin Sheppard, the late Ar. Chen Voon Fee and Prof. Dr. Ar. Jimmy Cheok-Siang Lim.
   
   
4. What does Badan Warisan Malaysia do?
   Badan Warisan Malaysia works to raise awareness of heritage issues. Other than that, Badan Warisan Malaysia also works to educate the people of Malaysia on the important of preserving Malaysia's built heritage.
   
   
5. Where is the headquarter of Badan Warisan Malaysia located?
   The headquarter of Badan Warisan Malaysia is located at No. 2 Jalan Stonor, Kuala Lumpur.
   
   
6. What other building is located at Badan Warisan Malaysia headquarter?
   The Chen Voo Fee Resource Centre and Rumah Penghulu Abu Seman is located on the ground of the Badan Warisan Malaysia headquarter.
   
   
7. What is the Chen Voo Fee Resource Centre?
   The Chen Voo Fee Resource Centre is a specialized library and information centre, located in the ground of the Badan Warisan Malaysia headquarter, which houses a collection of documents, books, periodicals, articles, measured drawings as well as slides and photographs covering a range of topics from architecture, world heritage sites, history and culture.
   
   
8. What is the mission of Badan Warisan Malaysia?
   Badan Warisan Malaysia aims to create awareness and public support for conservation so as to ensure the survival of Malaysia’s built heritage.
   
   
9. What is the vision of Badan Warisan Malaysia?
   Badan Warisan Malaysia hopes that the people of Malaysia would be aware of the built heritage left by their ancestors.
   
   
10. Why Badan Warisan Malaysia think that preserving Malaysia’s built heritage is important?
    Badan Warisan Malaysia think that in preserving Malaysia’s heritage, both tangible and intangible, we are preserving Malaysia’s culture and history.
    
    
11. What has Badan Warisan Malaysia achieved throughout the years?
    Badan Warisan Malaysia’s advocacy has resulted in the 2003 Amendment to the Town and Country Planning Act which was ultimately recast as the National Heritage Act 2005.
    
    
12. What restoration did Badan Warisan Malaysia play an active part in?
    Badan Warisan Malaysia played an active part in the restoration of numerous Malay timber houses like the Rumah Kutai in Kuala Kangsar, Rumah Bomoh in Changkat Jering, and Rumah Penghulu Abu Seman. Other than that, Badan Warisan Malaysia has also played an active part in the restoration of numerous religious buildings such as mosques, churches and temples.
    
    
13. What services does Badan Warisan Malaysia provide?
    Badan Warisan Malaysia provides a guided tour of the Rumah Penghulu Abu Seman located on the ground of their headquarter.
    
    
14. What is the Rumah Penghulu Abu Seman?
    The Rumah Penghulu Abu Seman is one of the oldest surviving traditional Malay houses, which is built in stages between 1910 and the early 1930s.
    
    
15. What is the latest campaign of Badan Warisan Malaysia?
    Badan Warisan Malaysia hosted a talk called ‘Melaka’s UNESCO listing at risk?’ on the 24^th of May 2025, which was part of their BWM Talk Series. The talk was about the occupational typology of Jonker Walk from 1994 to 2025 and an analysis of public information boards designed for tourists.
    
    
16. What Sustainable Development Goals does Badan Warisan Malaysia represent?
    Badan Warisan Malaysia represents the 11^th Sustainable Development Goal, make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. More specifically, Badan Warisan Malaysia represents goal 11.4, strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage.
    
    
17. What is the strength of Badan Warisan Malaysia?
    The strength of Badan Warisan Malaysia is that they are one of the largest heritage NGO in Malaysia.
    
    
18. What is the weakness of Badan Warisan Malaysia?
    The weakness of Badan Warisan Malaysia is that they, as a non-governmental organisation, lacks funding.
    
    
19. What is the opportunity of Badan Warisan Malaysia?
    The opportunity of Badan Warisan Malaysia is that there is not a lot of non-governmental organisation in Malaysia that focus on Malaysia’s built heritage.
    
    
20. What is the threat of Badan Warisan Malaysia?
    The threat of Badan Warisan Malaysia is the ever-evolving built environment of modern-day Malaysia and the unawareness of the younger generations towards the old and historically significant buildings.

Conclusion:

Badan Warisan Malaysia is the leading national heritage NGO that is established in 1983. Badan Warisan Malaysia aims to help restore the old built heritage left by our ancestors and educate the future generations on the importance of preserving Malaysia’s built heritage. They have achieved multiple successful restoration of traditional Malay timber houses and various religious building.

Reflection:

Through writing this, I have learnt a lot about Badan Warisan Malaysia and the state that our traditional buildings are in. I have also realised that there are not many non-governmental organisations in Malaysia that focuses on preserving and restoring these historical heritages. I hope that the efforts of Badan Warisan Malaysia and other organisations like them can keep preserving the built heritage left by our ancestors as these buildings are a symbol of Malaysia’s identity and culture.

 

Citations:

Badan Warisan Malaysia. (n.d.). Retrieved from hhttps://badanwarisanmalaysia.org