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 he...
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.&nb...
People watching Sarawak regatta at hill nearby Sarawak river. The hill probably place where Borneo Company building was and currently Kuching Hilton. Circa 1950...
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 conce...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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