Wednesday, 19 May 2021

Field Force Brigade of Kuching









 Berek Polis berdekatan Astana Kuching yang juga dikenali sebagai Brigade oleh penduduk tempatan,menempatkan Pasukan Polis Hutan atau sekarang dikenali sebagai PGA(Pasukan Gerakan Am).Kawasan brigade ini mempunyai sejarah yang panjang di mana tempat ini dahulunya adalah markas untuk Sarawak rangers,kemudiannya Sarawak Constabulary.


Seluruh kawsaan ini telah dirobohkan lebih sepuluh tahun yang lepas untuk pembangunan Dewan Undangan Negeri yang baru,turut dirobohkan adalah Muzium Polis yang berada di kawasan yang sama.Brigade telah dipindahkan ke Batu Kawah yang menempatkan kem Batalion ke 11 PGA di sana.

View of Sungai Sarawak from Kuching Hilton

View of Sungai Sarawak from Kuching Hilton,also can be seen here is three Building which is icon of Kuching City,the Dewan Undangan Negeri Building,Fort Magherita and Wisma Bapa Malaysia.
 

Old shophouses at Market Street


 Old shophouses at Jalan Market,Kuching.Located across the open air and nearby to India Street Kuching.Row of shophouses  build since late 1800 and still intact today.The business around the area also related to old style of business and some business have been there for more 50 years.

Miri City in middle of 2000's


 Miri City in middle of 2000's.The geography of Miri start changing in early 2000's and so on,started from the new Miri Estuary and then the reclamation of Sea and Miri river for the Marina Bay project.Halves of Miri River nearby the Tua Pek Kong and the Fish market are closed forever.

Sarawak Barrage


 Bird eye view of Sarawak Barrage, the first in South East Asia. The main function is controlling the flow and current of Sarawak River, since middle of 1990's.


The construction of the barrage consisting of three phase.
1. Bako causeway ( Tambak bako )
2. The Barrage ( The land connecting from demak to isthmus dug and divided to make a short canal, barrage and a bridge )
3. Pending Causeway ( Connecting pending mainland to Isthmus )

Jambatan Sungai Arang


 Jambatan Sungai Arang located on the way to Marudi,the river is not too big.Before the bridge,the only way acrossing the river is by a ferry.Not a big ferry like we used to see at Sibu,Pusak,or Samarahan,but just a small ferry that can commute car,lorry and related vehicles.

Kuching wharf in 1980's



 Marine Department wharf nearby Kuching riverfront, most of the building nearby the wharf are demolished to give way to the Waterfront.Only several building are left as we can see today.Seen far behind is secretariat building and electra house. - Circa 1980's

Tuesday, 18 May 2021

The new Jambatan Gantung Satok















 The new Jambatan Gantung Satok finally ready after some problem delaying the Construction last year.The new Jambatan Gantung Satok difference a little bit from the old version of it.During early years of the Jambatan Gantung Satok in 1940's until 1970's,The old bridge can carried a car and small bus (the mosquito bus).This new bridge slightly only for people walk on it,no heavy vehicle can pass through it,furthermore the entry from both side of river are stairs thus this prevent Car even Motorcycle using it.