Friday, May 07, 2010

Proposal to turn Brooke Dockyard in Kuching into museum

SARAWAK Tourism Federation’s Heritage Development Committee proposes to transform the historical Brooke Dockyard in Kuching into the State Maritime Heritage Museum.

The Brooke Dockyard was established in 1912 during the reign of the second White Rajah of Sarawak, Charles Brooke.

It has undergone a few organisation restructuring since then, and in 1977, Brooke Dockyard became a fully-owned government statutory body under the BDEWC Ordinance (Cap. 100).

Brooke Dockyard has now firmly established itself as a leading marine engineering entity in Sarawak with active involvement in the oil and gas, shipbuilding, ship repair, bridges infrastructure and onshore manufacturing sectors.

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