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MKK Associates is a registered estate
agency located at Sibu, Sarawak. The agency has a strong presence
in Sibu area with a team of professionally qualified and
licensed negotiators, each having an extensive knowledge of the
major residential and commercial areas of Sibu and surrounding districts.
Sibu
Sibu is an inland town at the central region of Sarawak and the
capital of Sibu District in Sibu Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. The
town is located on the island of Borneo. The town covers an area of
129.5 square kilometres (50.0 sq mi). It is located at the
confluence of the Rajang and Igan Rivers, some 60 kilometres from
the South China Sea and approximately 191.5 kilometres (119 mi)
north-east of the state capital Kuching. The population is mainly
dominated by Chinese especially the Fuzhou people. Other ethnic
groups such as indigenous Melanau, Malay, and Iban are also present
in this region. The town population as of the year 2010 is 162,676.
Sibu was settled by James Brooke in 1862 when he built a fort in the
town to fend off attacks by indigenous Dayak people. Following this,
a small group of Chinese Hokkien people settled around the fort to
carry out business activities safely in the town. In 1901, Wong Nai
Siong led a large scale migration numbering 1,118 Foochow Chinese
from Fujian province of China into Sibu. This made Sibu being
referred popularly as "New Fuzhou". Sibu bazaar and the first
hospital in Sibu was built by the Brooke government. Lau King Howe
Hospital and a number of Methodist schools and churches were built
in the 1930s. However, the town of Sibu was burnt to the ground
twice in 1889 and in 1928 but it was rebuilt after that. There was
no fierce fighting in Sibu during the Japanese occupation of Sarawak
in 1941.
The Japanese installed a new Resident at Sibu in June 1942 and Sibu
was renamed to "Sibu-shu" in August 1942. After the Japanese
surrender in 1945, Sarawak was ceded to the British as Crown Colony.
This has caused a dissatisfaction amongst a group of young Melanau
people in Sibu who were pro-independence. As a result, the second
British Governor of Sarawak, Sir Duncan George Stewart was
assassinated by Rosli Dhobi when he visited Sibu in December 1949.
Rosli was later hanged to death at Kuching Central Prison in 1950.
Sibu and the Rajang basin also became the centre of communist
activities from 1950 and it continued even after the Sarawak
independence in 1963.
A Rajang Security Command (RASCOM) was then
established to curb Communist activities in the area. Communist
insurgency in Sarawak was significantly impaired in 1973 and later
ended in 1990. Sibu was upgraded to the municipality status in 1981.
The town received a royal visit in September 2001. The town is also
a gateway to Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE) since
2008. In 2011, 110th anniversary of Foochow settlement was
celebrated in Sibu.
Sibu is the main tourist gateway to the Upper Rajang River, with its
small riverine towns and its many Iban and Orang Ulu longhouses.
Among the notable landmarks in Sibu are Wisma Sanyan, the tallest
building in Sarawak, Lanang Bridge (one of the longest river bridge
in Sarawak) and the biggest town square in Malaysia near the Wisma
Sanyan. Lau King Howe Hospital Memorial Museum is the first and the
only medical museum in Malaysia.
Sibu Central Market is the biggest
indoor market in Sarawak. Among the tourists attractions in Sibu are
Sibu Heritage Centre, Tua Pek Kong Temple, Bawang Assan longhouses,
Sibu Old Mosque, Jade Dragon Temple, Bukit Aup Jubilee Park, Bukit
Lima Forest Park, Sibu Night Market, Borneo Cultural Festival (BCF),
and Sibu International Dance Festival (SIDF). Timber and
shipbuilding industries are the two major economic activities in
Sibu.
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