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| Repairs to Chew Museum after a heavy storm. (Inset) the inside of the museum. |
The heavy
thunder storm which occurred on the afternoon on April 16 damaged over 100 shoplots
in Ipoh and unfortunately Ignatius Chews family museum was one of them.
Ignatius
Chew the curator of the museum said the roof tiles of the two story building roof
was damaged. The museum is located in the compound of Ban Hoe Seng (Auto) .
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| Debri from behind had landed on the roof ... |
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| .. the roof tiles at the back were blown off . |
“The roof
tiles at the back portion of the house were blown off while debris blown over
from the school located behind had landed on the roof and damaged other portions
of the house.
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| Inside at the top floor of the museum ... |
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| Pails to capture rain water. It happened during the Covid-19 pandemic and MCO regulations applied. |
Most of the
major damage was at the top floor. There was damage to the photographs but it
was minimal. Nevertheless it remains to be seen if damp might have affected
more of the photographs”.
The storm
occurred one month into the Covid-19 pandemic when the Movement Control Order (MCO)
was in effect. Any repairs that was required at the time needed Police
approval.
In the
meantime rainwater had seeped through the missing roof tiles and spread to the
other rooms causing several photographs to become damp.
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| ..the exhibits were covered for the duration of repair works |
With
approvals in hand repair work started 2 days after the storm. Due to limited
manpower resources the work took ten days to complete.
At first
glance the repair was anticipated to be minimal but upon inspection damage was far
more extensive.
The
downstairs too was affected as the water seeped down the beams causing a lot of
watermarks. Luckily again there was no major damage to any photos.
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| Water from upstairs ... |
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| ......had seeped down. |
According to
Ignatius a comprehensive cleanup will take place once the MCO has been lifted.
JAG
