| |
J & L Housing Agency is a registered estate agency located at
Tawau,
Sabah. The agency has a strong presence in Tawau area with a team of professionally qualified and
licensed negotiators, each having an extensive knowledge of the
major residential and commercial areas of Tawau and
surrounding districts.
Tawau
Tawau
formerly known as Tawao, is a town and administrative centre of
Tawau Division, Sabah, Malaysia. It is the third-largest town in
Sabah, after Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan. It is bordered by the Sulu
Sea to the east, the Celebes Sea to the south at Cowie Bay and
shares a border with North Kalimantan. The town had an estimated
population as of 2010 of 113,809, while the whole municipality area
had a population of 397,673.
Before
the founding of Tawau, the region around it was the subject of
dispute between the British and Dutch spheres of influence. In 1893,
the first British merchant vessel sailed into Tawau, marking the
opening of the town's sea port. In 1898, the British set up a
settlement in Tawau. The British North Borneo Chartered Company (BNBC)
accelerated growth of the settlement's population by encouraging the
immigration of Chinese. Consequent to the Japanese occupation of
North Borneo, the Allied forces bombed the town, in mid-1944, razing
it to the ground. After the Japanese surrender in 1945, 2,900
Japanese soldiers in Tawau became prisoners of war and were
transferred to Jesselton.
Tawau
was rebuilt after the war and by the end of 1947 the economy was
restored back into its pre-war status. Tawau was also the main point
of conflict during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation from 1963 to
1966. During that time, it was garrisoned by the British Special
Boat Section, and guarded by Australian Destroyers and combat
aircraft. In December 1963, Tawau was bombed twice by Indonesia and
shootings occurred across the Tawau-Sebatik Island international
border. Indonesians were found trying to poison the town's water
supply. In January 1965, a curfew was imposed to prevent Indonesian
attackers from making contact with Indonesians living in the town.
While in June 1965, another attempted invasion by the Indonesian
forces was repelled by bombardment by an Australian Destroyer.
Military conflict finally ended in December 1966.
Among the tourist attractions in Tawau are: The Tawau International
Cultural Festival, Tawau Bell Tower, Japanese War Cemetery,
Confrontation Memorial, Teck Guan Cocoa Museum, Tawau Hills National
Park, Bukit Gemok, and Tawau Tanjung Markets. The main economic
activities of the town are: timber, cocoa, oil palm plantations, and
prawn farming.
|
|
