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River Road

River Road was the name of the road that stretches from the Tua Pek Kong Temple, past the fish market, old bus station (now a roundabout), the old Miri Port Authority Building (now Arcadia Square), ending at the old shop houses of what is now known as the Harbour View Inn building.

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Shinonome Wreck

Shinonome (東雲 ”Daybreak”) was the sixth of twenty-four Fubuki-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. It had exploded and sank with all hands off the coast of Miri.

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Map of Lutong in 1994

The map of Lutong, in 1994.

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Piasau Camp

Piasau Camp was a residential area built in the 1950s for Sarawak Shell for its employees, located on a stretch of the Miri peninsula adjacent to Lutong south from the Lutong airfield.

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Miri City 'Tram'

The City 'Tram' was introduced in March 2008 in Miri as a free, non-profit service that the Sarawak Tourism Board implemented for tourists and hotel guests to enjoy free public transportation services.

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Merdeka Mall

Located in front of Morsjaya Commercial Center, the mall was built and completed in 2010.

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Sikh Temple

The Sikh Temple in Miri has stood on the very same location since the times of Brooke. One of only two in Sarawak.

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US Navy Patrol Torpedo Boats Operations at Miri During WW2

A video US Navy Patrol Torpedo Boats Attack Coastal Oil Installations at Miri, Sarawak during WW2 to disrupt oil supplies to Japan at the time.

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Footage of U.S. B24s bombing Miri, Sarawak, Borneo.

Miri was bombed by U.S. B24 Bombers during World War II. Some video footage of the bombing.
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Dreaming Towards a Resort City and its Future

On the Sunday of 21st, May, 1994, the "Miri Resort City" Publicity Launch Campaign was launched. The very grand occassion featured lots of shows, grand exhibitions with impressive publicity on what the future of Miri would hold.
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Map of Miri in 1976

Map of Miri, 1976.
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Grave of the Light House Keeper, Awang Metali

Considered a lone hero of World War II, the story of Lighthouse Keeper Awang Metali is a grim reminder of the horrors of World War that Miri went through.

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Miri City Parade 2005 Archive Video

The archive video collection of the historic moments of a once-in-a-lifetime Miri City Parade taken in 2005.
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Discovery in Miri Coined "Japanese Waterfall" - But Could it be The Forgotten "Salome Dam"?

A curious water feature structure deep in the thick jungles of Canada Hill, which people coined "Japanese Waterfall", but could it actually be a much older Colonial times dam structure?

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