{"id":26665,"date":"2020-08-10T09:06:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T01:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=26665"},"modified":"2020-08-11T01:08:34","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T17:08:34","slug":"smk-st-joseph-undergo-extensive-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=26665","title":{"rendered":"SMK St Joseph undergo extensive restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Mill Hill Block at SMK St. Joseph, Kuching will undergo an extensive\u00a0restoration over a period of 7\u00bd months to restore the buildings to its former glory.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YB Dato\u2019 Sri Professor Dr. Sim Kui Hian, the Sarawak Minister of Local\u00a0Government & Housing (the current president of the Old Josephians\u2019 Association)\u00a0was at the school to witness the hand-over of the site to the appointed contractor,\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fook Seng Construction, by the Acting Chairman of the St Joseph\u2019s School Board\u00a0of Management, Mr. Christopher Chua on 7th August 2020. Also present at the handing-over\u00a0ceremony was the Archbishop of the Kuching Archdiocese, His Grace Archbishop Simon Poh, who\u00a0later led a prayer for the safe execution and smooth completion of the project. Upon completion, the\u00a0school will have 9 classrooms restored for use by its students, upgraded school office and staff\u00a0rooms for its staff and teachers, and new facilities like exhibition hall and lecture room where the\u00a0teachers and students can organise events as part of their school learning experiences.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mill Hill Block, iconic not only to St. Joseph\u2019s School but also to the history of Sarawak, is of such\u00a0historical importance that, in 2010, the Sarawak Government gazetted the main building as a\u00a0Heritage Building under the Sarawak Cultural Heritage Ordinance 1993. This main building used to\u00a0house the De La Salle Brothers. The Mill Hill Block is made up of three buildings \u2013 the main building in the centre and its two wings. The main building was declared opened in 1894 by Rajah Charles\u00a0Brooke, the Second White Rajah of Sarawak. Standing at three-storey high, the January 1895 issue\u00a0of the Sarawak Gazette described the new St Joseph\u2019s building as \u201cthe largest private work carried\u00a0out in 1894 and indeed the largest building in Kuching\u201d. This main building has stood the test of time and is still standing strong. It is a durable symbol of the proud history of the school. In 1927, two\u00a0wings, each also three storeys high, were added to the main building. All three buildings are in need\u00a0of repair. Both of its wings have suffered significant deterioration and have been certified by Jabatan\u00a0Kerja Raya as unsafe for occupation. The closure of the two wings had resulted in 12 classrooms\u00a0becoming unavailable for use by SMK St. Joseph resulting in a shortage of classrooms.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The restoration will cost RM5,500,000. The School\u2019s Board of Management has to-date raised\u00a0RM2,500,000 through fund raising activities together with its Old Josephians\u2019 Association, including a\u00a0RM1,500,000 grant given to the School by the Sarawak Government. There is a need to raise\u00a0another RM3,000,000 in a short span of about 7\u00bd months to meet its commitment towards the\u00a0Project. The School\u2019s Board of Management is making an earnest and urgent appeal to all ex-Josephians to help meet this RM3,000,000 fund raising target. Donations can be made into the\u00a0following bank account with Maybank:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Acct Name : SJS Mill Hill Block Restoration <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Acct No : 511113526004 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those requiring a receipt for their contribution, kindly email your donation deposit slip to\u00a0sjsmillhillblock1894@gmail.com<\/a>. With your help, St Joseph\u2019s School will be able to continue\u00a0providing premier education to the youth of Kuching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Mill Hill Block at SMK St. Joseph, Kuching will undergo an extensive\u00a0restoration over a period of 7\u00bd months to restore the buildings to its former glory.\u00a0 YB Dato\u2019 Sri Professor Dr. Sim Kui Hian, the Sarawak Minister of Local\u00a0Government & Housing (the current president of the Old Josephians\u2019 Association)\u00a0was at the school to witness the hand-over of the site to the appointed contractor,\u00a0 Fook Seng Construction, by the Acting Chairman of the St Joseph\u2019s School Board\u00a0of Management, Mr. Christopher Chua on 7th August 2020. Also present at the handing-over\u00a0ceremonyRead More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26665"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26667,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26665\/revisions\/26667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}