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We're still in ~{purplepost~=1316~;text~=low-profile mode~;target~=lowprofile~}, in preparation for travelling in just over two weeks. But our routine walks have thrown up a couple of interesting stories recently.

First, a couple of things on ~{link~= https://www.thestar.com.my/news/community/2011/03/01/the-story-behind-the-states-streets-and-roads/ ~;text~=Jalan Ban Hock~;target~=banhock~} (named after a firm of building contractors that belonged to one Yeo Guan Chow, in recognition of its work in constructing government offices and the like).

This rather fine building is the ~{link~= https://webmanager.salvationarmy.org/malaysia/kuchingboyshome ~;text~=Salvation Army Boys' Home~;target~=boyshome1~}:

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This was established in the ~{link~= https://www.facebook.com/Salvation-Army-Boys-Home-Kuching-136436716372096/ ~;text~=mid-1950s~;target~=boyshome2~}, but I've not found any further information on the structure.

A little further down the road is the Sarawak Boi Sun Kong Soh. According to the ~{link~= https://books.google.com.my/books?id=HDU3vTSR4UYC&pg=PA211&lpg=PA211&dq=%22boi+sun+kong+soh%22+ban+hock+road+kuching&source=bl&ots=4OVYUorybx&sig=ACfU3U1VrBfYSJPGaP0ub4GGfkKGoSzDIw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi4wvHwxdXzAhWkyzgGHXtDBs8Q6AF6BAgMEAM#v=onepage&q=%22boi%20sun%20kong%20soh%22%20ban%20hock%20road%20kuching&f=false ~;text~=Sarawak Government Gazette of 1940~;target~=1940gazette~}, this organization, founded for the purpose of "social and mutual assistance", was registered at this address in July 1932.

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In a heritage post ~{purplepost~=1164~;text~=last December~;target~=railway&dockyard~}, I mentioned the railway and the Brooke Dockyard. We've never seen the actual railway lines before, so I guess they've been made visible by the removal of some works fencing or other:

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Meanwhile, the Dockyard renovations look nowhere near complete, but you can, at the moment, get a good view of the rafters and the internal construction.

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Still on the waterfront, the ~{link~= https://www.oldkuchingsmartheritage.my/2021/02/05/frozen-in-history-the-story-of-kuching-waterfront/ ~;text~=Go Down Amphitheatre~;target~=amphitheatre~} has endowed itself with some new signage. Its frame was originally part of a dockside warehouse, or godown, built in 1929.

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