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Henry Butcher Malaysia (Miri) Sdn Bhd is a
registered estate agency located at Miri, Sarawak. The
agency has a strong presence in Miri area with a
team of professionally qualified and licensed negotiators, each
having an extensive knowledge of the major residential and
commercial areas of Miri and surrounding districts.
Miri
Miri is a
coastal city in northeastern Sarawak, Malaysia, located near the
border of Brunei, on the island of Borneo. The city covers an area
of 997.43 square kilometres (385.11 sq mi), located 798 kilometres
(496 mi) northeast of Kuching and 329 kilometres (204 mi) southwest
of Kota Kinabalu. Miri is the second largest city in Sarawak, with a
population of 234,541. The city is also the capital of Miri District
of the Miri Division.
Before Miri was founded, Marudi was the administrative centre of the
northern region of Sarawak. Miri was founded in 1910 when the first
oil well was drilled by Royal Dutch Shell. The discovery of an oil
field in Miri has led to rapid development of Miri town. Miri became
the administrative centre of the northern region of Sarawak by 1929.
During
World War II, the Miri oil fields were destroyed by the Brooke
government to sabotage Japanese operations in Southeast Asia but to
no avail; Miri town was the first landing point of Japanese troops
in Borneo. The subsequent Japanese occupation led Miri to become a
target of Allied air raids which caused the destruction of oil
refinery facilities in Miri.
The
petroleum industry continued to be a major player in the city's
economy after the war. Oil exploration has moved offshore since the
1950s, but subsequently new inland oil fields were found in 1989 and
2011. In 1974, the formation of Malaysian oil and gas company
Petronas led to co-operation between Petronas and Shell on oil
exploration in the Miri region. In 2005, Miri became the 10th city
in Malaysia to be granted official city status, the first non-state
capital city to be bestowed such status.
Miri is the main tourist gateway to
Gunung Mulu National
Park, Loagan Bunut National Park, Lambir Hills National Park,
Niah National Park and Miri-Sibuti Coral Reef National Park. The
Gunung Mulu National Park with its Sarawak Chamber is one of the
favourite ecotourism destinations. Miri is also the birthplace of
the Malaysian petroleum industry. Other major industries in the city
include timber, oil palm and tourism.
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