Thursday, July 27, 2006

The Sarawak Club - Burnt Down This Morning

I don't normally drive through the area but I did this morning and there was a traffic jam as the police had blocked the roads leading to the Civic Center and I wondered what happened. On the way back from the other side, I then noticed from the distance that tragically, The Sarawak Club has been burnt down. The roofs are all gone leaving only the walls ...
It was not in the papers this morning but we would no doubt read about it in the papers tomorrow morning. Just thought I'll share this with our classmates who are not in Kuching. So a historical 130-year old institution is now nothing but charcoal and ashes ...

Here are some photos from numerous sources of the before and aftermath of the fire.



2 comments:

thedtan said...

Hi Francis, not sure if some of the others have the same problem as me. I can get the photos of Sarawak Club before the fire. Those you posted after the fire do not get displayed on my IE. I was so eager to see them!

Francis Ho said...

Re-posted liaow Ed!

The source decided not to share the photos anymore - but no problems as I'd re-posted from another source. Saves me the trouble to have to go and take the photos myself.