KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 (Bernama) — Malaysia’s National Archives is collaborating with several archival institutions in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Portugal and other countries to collect and preserve archival materials related to the country.
Its director-general Jaafar Sidek Abdul Rahman said the materials, estimated to be worth millions of ringgit, are only available abroad in digital form as the original documents are still the property of the countries concerned.
“They will not make the originals available because these archival materials are treasures for them too. However, we have had discussions with several countries, such as the UK, and they have agreed to make the documents available to us.
“Nevertheless, we will obtain digitised copies from the respective countries at an estimated cost of millions of ringgit as some of their archives have already been commercialised,” he said after appearing as a guest on a programme on Bernama Radio, today.
— BERNAMA
