2003 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards

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The 2003 UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation were announced recently. A total of 22 entries were submitted from nine countries in Asia Pacific. The entries included five religious buildings, five institutions, two residential buildings, four commercial projects, three urban conservation programs, one memorial, one bridge and one botanical garden.The ‘Award of Excellence’ was given to the Guangyu Ancestral Hall (Conghua Province, Guangdong Province, China).

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Two ‘Awards of Distinction’ went to the Water Towns of the Yangtze River (Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces, China) and the Astana of Syed Mir Muhammad (Ghanche District, Baltisan, Pakistan).

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Three ‘Awards of Merit’ were given to: Cangqiao Historical Street (Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, China); The Medina Grand, Adelaide Treasury (Adelaide, Australia); and Virtuous Bridge (Medan, Indonesia).

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For more information about these projects, visit the Awards website at www.unescobkk.org/culture/heritageawards.

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Campus Heritage Initiative
The Getty Grant Program recently awarded more than $1.5 million in grants to support the preservation needs of historic buildings, sites, and landscapes on college and university campuses across the United States as part of its Campus Heritage initiative. The next Campus Heritage application deadline is April 10, 2003.
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Margaret Birtley leaves Deakin for the Collections Council of Australia

[from the Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific, Deakin University]
Margaret Birtley leaves Deakin University in February 2005 to take up the role of Chief Executive Officer for the new Collections Council of Australia (CCA). This new position grew out of collections research work for the Cultural Ministers Council completed by the Cultural Heritage Centre at Deakin University in 2001. The research identified a need for a national coordinating body for heritage collections.