Saturday, 11 April 2020

Bangunan Jong Chi Ju

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Bangunan Jong Chi Ju,develop by Dr .Paul Yong Min Hian and his brothers,the building name is his father name who used to run a small cinema there. The cinema was known as Syn Syn Cinema. The photo can be seen here https://www.facebook.com/Sarawakdotcom/photos/a.485828265398687/486374002010780/?type=3&theater...

Brooke Dockyard Hawker Lane

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A woman walk nearby old building nearby Market and Old Brooke Dockyard building,this road was known earlier as Kuching Hawker lane that connected Lebuh Java and Market street.The name givenas Hawker Lane because this lane was known for street hawkers selling various items from shirt,household items...

A grandmother winnowing rice

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A grandmother winnowing rice.A process extracting non rice particle from rice. In those days,people got raw rice from the farm,this process is really need from extracting the non eaten part.Nowadays machine do most of this job,this process still in practice in some area where people got their...

Miri Gateway Arch at Tamu Muhibbah

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Miri Gateway Arch at Tamu Muhibbah,this arch has long demolished and now part of a new flyover - Circa 8th March 1987. There are two gateway arch in Miri including this one,the other was at nearby Miri airport.Also got demolished few years back for the cause of widening the ro...

Hydrogen Bus in Kuching

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Hydrogen bus, a new method of public transportation in Kuching,a clean and renewable energy and make Kuching the first city in South East Asia using it.There a few routes becoming the starter route and will expand to all part of Kuching in near fut...

A Jalan Datu Postcard

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A postcard showing a sketch at " The Datu's Road, Kuching ". Jalan Datu's now known as jalan Datuk Ajibah Abol or known as "Kampung Nombor" whereas Kampung along their road known from Kampung No 2 to Kampung No 6. Beside their numerical Kampung,other name for kampung at Jalan Dauk Ajibah Abo...

Friday, 10 April 2020

Postcard of Kampung Goebilt

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A postcard showing Kampung Goebilt in 1922 ( Based on mark on the stamp ) This village was open in 1890's and was known as Tanjung Batu , near to Moro Tebas ( Muara Tebas ). The village name then change to Goebilt based on name of 2 American man,name Goelets and Vanderbilts.When those 2...

Fish trawler on a jetty at Sungai Sarawak

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Fish trawler on a jetty at Sungai Sarawak,in year 2000 and before,Sarawak River is merrier with many type of boat including various size of Fish trawler.Usually they park at the nearby jetty or wharf and upload fish they caught from the sea direct to local market or through the middleman.Recent years,the...