Tourism Ministry to promote Lau King Howe Hospital Memorial Museum
SIBU: Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said his ministry is prepared to assist in whatever capacity to make Lau King Howe Hospital Memorial Museum a tourist attraction in Sibu.
Abd Karim said that the museum which is unique in the nation is very much a part of the people’s life here as many were born in that hospital before it ceased operation in 1994.
He believed most people here would feel nostalgic visiting the hospital museum and it is proper that this place should be preserved and developed, he told reporters during this visit to the museum yesterday.
Although the place is wellkept, Abd Karim noted that there are certain things that needed to be improved such as write-ups for each item.
Abdul Karim who visited the museum for the first time said that he was amazed by the things that had been kept inside the museum.
It was like a walk down memory lane of the history of medical care and services in the olden days.
“When I came down here just now and to see the kind of machines being used in the 30s, 40s, 50s or 60s; those things, you do not use anymore.
“It is something new that I have learned down here. I am very thankful for giving me very informative briefing in my visit down here,” he said.
Also present during the visit were permanent secretary of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Sarawak Hii Chang Kee, senator Robert Lau Hui Yew, chairman of the Lau King Howe Hospital Memorial Museum Association Sibu Temenggong Dato Vincent Lau Lee Ming, and the manager of the museum John Ting.