Few people know that a lone Kuching-born Chinese Foochow was part of the 600-member Australian Allied Force that Liberated Sarawak from the Japanese on September 11, 1945. The colourful story of how Sgt Chua Gin Teck from the Z Force played a role in the repatriation of Borneo takes us
Lying buried and forgotten in the Sungei Apong, a small tributary of the Sarawak River, is a forlorn ship — named after a Malay lady called “Maimuna”. Built for the third Rajah Charles Vyner Brooke in 1926, it was one of two vessels, Maimuna and Lipis, which is constructed for
It’s not often that you are able to catch Member of Parliament Baru Bian at play. I have been looking high and low for the Lun Bawang Member of Parliament for Selangau since my last interview with him at the New Sarawak Tribune office just before the May 9, 2018 general
Sarawak’s Bidayuh and Malay communities owe much to Tondong and Buso, two Chinese bazaars who over the last 100 years has played a key role developing the Bidayuh hinterland in upper Sarawak. History shows that both these bazaars, which are about four miles apart, provided food, amenities, employment and income
I’ve been invited to visit “Lubuk Antu” or the Devil’s Cesspool this weekend, where I will join a group of visitors to make a border crossing into the remote Batang Kanyau region of West Kalimantan (Kalbar). Almost 30 years ago, the only way to get to the administrative centre of
Sarawak is not only the land of longhouses, but it is also a place rich with remote Chinese communities responsible for developing the economy of the rural hinterland. This is the story of the rise and fall of three Chinese bazaars, Bau, Siniawan and Buso who were famous riverine villages
Two years ago on January 11, 2017, Sarawak lost their beloved chief minister Pehin Sri Tan Sri Adenan Satem who passed away unexpectedly. On this day, ‘Tok Nan’ as he is fondly known, would have celebrated his 75th birthday if fate had not struck a cruel blow depriving Sarawak of
SPECIAL WRITE-UP IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OPENING OF THE FIRST STRETCH OF PAN BORNEO HIGHWAY, SEMATAN KUCHING: For decades, the Cape of Tanjung Datu was a forgotten pristine corner of Sarawak bordering Indonesia where only a handful of Malay villagers lived. If the Malay community wanted to visit relatives at
Fate has a strange way of choosing politicians for exaltation. So when a humble Abang Johari Tun Openg suddenly found himself anointed as head of the Sarawak government, many were surprised. In fact many asked if this quiet and humble politician would be able to take on the herculean task
Sarawak may be the Land of the Hornbills, but there is more than meets the eye when you look into its colourful yet turbulent past. Did you know that Sarawak had a Chinese Rajah for a day on February 19, 1857? He was the leader of a Chinese Insurrection Liu
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