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Morning Star Properties 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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