The Bishop’s Gate at the end of Carpenter Street once marked the boundary between the Old Bazaar and the grounds of the Anglican mission. In the past, many children who lived in the Old Bazaar would pass through the gate to attend the Anglican school in the small wooden house just beyond it. In the 1990s, construction on the new Jalan Wawasan, connecting Wayang Street with Padang Merdeka, cut through the area. The gate, obsolete, was reduced to a small section of brick wall.
In 1909, Sun Yat-sen’s close associate Wang Ching Wei (汪精卫) came to Kuching to rally support for the Xinhai Revolution. The small wooden house behind the Bishop’s Gate was the site of his speech and where he gave the name Khee Meng Sia (启明社, “Enlightenment Society”) to the Chinese organisation that offered support for the revolution. Wang’s later alliance with Imperial Japan during the Second World War earned him lasting infamy among the Chinese.
主教门
位在亚答街尾端的主教门原本是圣公会园区后山的出口，在1990年代为了开发从花香街通往独立广场的宏愿路，后山部分地段被征用，这个后门也被弃用了。过去，主教门后方有一栋小木屋，是圣公会开办的幼儿园，很多住在老巴刹一带的孩子，都曾经在这里接受启蒙教育。
更早以前，汪精卫曾经在1909年代表孙中山到古晋宣扬革命，据知就在这座小木屋内进行演讲，为支持革命的后援组织命名“启明社”，汪氏也即席挥毫写下这三字作为牌匾。后来，汪精卫在二战时期变节，成为投向日军的大汉奸，留下历史骂名。
