Marudi air strip

Marudi air strip, the only plane can landed here is twin otter that can accommodate 20 people inside.And the runway also short,and not suitable for bigger plane to land here.

Miri Central Police Station building

Central Police Station Miri, just nearby to Majlis Bandaraya Miri Building and across Yu Lan Plaza. 

Miri Town in 1939

Miri town in 1939 (based on handwriting on the photo), the building is Government office which is District and Resident office. We can see line of derrick behind at Canada Hill, before 1950's,Miri still produce oil onshore and only after 1950's, oil exploration at sea started. 

Wisma Bapa Malaysia at Petra Jaya

Wisma Bapa Malaysia, Petra Jaya. Office for Chief Minister and several ministries and government department.

Padungan war memorial. tower

A march parade at War Memorial clock tower. at Padungan. The clock tower still there today, nearby Padungan gateway and great White Cat statue.

A landmark at Taman awam Miri

A tower for sight seeing from the hill, and also a landmark at taman awam Miri. 

A selakau girl

A Selakau girl with her traditional attire. Selakau people can be found mostly consentrated at Lundu and Sematan area.

Watching Sarawak Regatta from hill

People watching Sarawak regatta at hill nearby Sarawak river. The hill probably place where Borneo Company building was and currently Kuching Hilton. Circa 1950's.

Old Odeon Cinema at Kuching

Odeon cinema, behind the Oriental Emporium and Supermarket. The building was demolished and replace with Tun Jugah Building. This Cinema known for showing chinese movies and sometime showing live performance, either Chinese Opera or Singing/Music concert.

Old Tanah Putih Port authority

The Tanah Puteh Port built in 1961 was to remove shipping down river from the Sarawak Steamship Wharf and Ban Hock Wharf which had become inadequate for increased shiipping tonnage by that time. The Tanah Puteh Port with longer wharf space allowed up to 4 ships to berth at the same time and bigger godowns to store more cargoes and weigh-bridges to weigh lorries going in and out.

When Pending Port opened in the 1980's it was used simultaneously with Tanah Puteh Port so there was no waiting time for ships to berth. The bigger ships berthed at Pending and the smaller ones went to Tanah Puteh via the winding Sarawak river further away. The Senari Port was built to handle container ships especially (and cruise ships) and Pending could at last replace Tanah Puteh as its handling operation was quite similar.

This port totally demolished sometimes in 1998 to give way a new bridge which known as Tun Salahuddin Bridge today.. Only two jetty from this port can be seen until today ( November 2020). The jetty mostly use by angler, try their luck there.

Kapit town area

Kapit town area

Oriental Emporium and Supermarket

Oriental Emporium and Supermarket also known as Oriental Plaza, a shopping mall in 1980's.Located at current McDonald Padungan building which across Grand Margherita. This supermarket close down in early 1990's.

Limbang town in1970's

Limbang town in1970's

Night View of Lawas Waterfront

SMK Binatang Logo

Sekolah Menengah Kerajaan Binatang logo. Binatang district then was rename sometimes in1984.

Meradong District was initially named as Binatang district and the town as Binatang town. In Malay language, Binatang literally translated as "animal". It was said that this area was once a fertile land with various wild fruits; attracting animals to gather here and search for food. Therefore, the early settlers named it Binatang. However, the local people later felt that the name was indecent and it was changed to Bintang (meaning "stars" in Malay). After a few years, the local authorities decided that the place name should not be changed so easily; and they reverted the name back to Binatang.

Finally, in 1984,after a discussion with district council members, Sarawak chief minister Abdul Taib Mahmud decided to change "Binatang" district into "Meradong" district and the town name to "Bintangor".The name Meradong is derived from the river of the same name, which passes through the town before merging into the larger Rajang River. The name Bintangor is derived from the name of a tree which is found on the hills.The Calanolide A compound extracted from the Bintangor tree (Calophyllum lanigerum) is believed to be a vital component to treat HIV infection.

The town is widely known for its gastronomy, including the "Limau Bintangor" or Bintangor lime, "Bintangor Kampua" and Rojak Bintangor, a dish of fruit and vegetable dish mixed together by special sauce dressing. The nearest city from the town is Sibu, 45 minutes drive via the Pan Borneo Highway

Market Street in 1990's

Khoo Hun Yang Road and Market Street  and Kuching Mosque in the background. Photo taken in the early 1990's

A family photo at grand old lady

A family taking photo at the Grand Old Lady, Miri No 1,Canada Hill. The Oil derrick is still belian which is the original derrick. The structure destroy in bushfire sometimes in 1973.