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Miri Home for the Aged (Krokop Old Folks' Home)

Miri Home for the Aged provides shelter, food and care for the aging populace.

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Miri Polyclinic

The longest serving and the largest Polyclinic is the one situated close to the city centre about ten to fifteen minutes walk from the Miri District office. It is flanked by a Shell petrol station, and in the vicinity of the Handicraft Center, a shopping mall, and a primary school.
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Sungai Sibuti Bridge

The bridge over Sungai Sibuti, near Bekenu.

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Glowing Blue Waves Along Miri Beaches

Nicknamed "Blue Tears" among the locals, this phenomenon is a sight to behold and has sent many people to the beaches in the evenings.
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Kuala Belait (Brunei)

Kuala Belait is a town in Brunei nearest to Miri. Before the bridges were made across both the Baram River and Belait River, the only way across to and from Miri would be by ferry that operated on the Belait River connecting directly to the town.

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Lutong Flood of 1980-1981

In late December 1980, strong winds, torrential rain, and heavy swells in the seas, constant heavy rains caused water from the Miri River to overflow into Lutong.
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Miri Civic Center

Built in 1991, Miri Civic Center functions as an exhibition foyer and amphitheater on the ground floor, holds the Miri Public Library on the second floor, and is a multi-purpose hall for various social functions such as wedding parties, concerts, large conferences etc.

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Centerpoint Phase 2 Food Center

Within Centerpoint Phase 2 there is a roofed roofed common walkway corridor where one can find many food & drinks stalls and coffeeshops.

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Twin Pioneer Wreck, Bario

The wreck of a Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CC.1 aircraft, located at Bario Airport can still be seen today having sat around for more than 50 years.
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Riam Institute of Technology

Riam Institute of Technology is the largest private technical institute and the best automotive technical institute, and also the largest U.K. Cambridge A-Level License Approved in Sarawak.

    

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Kingwood Boutique Hotel

Kingwood Boutique Hotel is a distinctive hotel located alongside the famous corridor along North Yu Seng Road. Previously known as Rinwood Inn, the hotel underwent extensive renovations and redesigns to bring it up to date in 2014. Features retro-1970s design theme.

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Miri Airport VOR station

The Miri Airport VOR Station can be seen along Miri-Bintulu Road near the end of the Miri Airport Runway.

 

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Rojak

Rojak is a 'salad' of either fruits such as pineapples, and vegetables like cucumber , turnip, tofu, and fried dough, and mixed in shrimp paste and sprinkled with crushed peanuts. The taste is exotic and a fusion these fruits and is a favorite among Mirians.

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Lutong Cinema

The Lutong Cinema was constructed in 1959, and as one of the first post war cinemas is a source of entertainment for Mirians and Lutongites.

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Sungai Tujoh Immigration to open until 12midnight

Starting 1st September 2015, the Sungai Tujoh Immigration at the Brunei-Sarawak border will operate until 12midnight, the Brunei immigration will operate the same hours. The operations in the mornings is unchanged and begin at the same time, which is at 6 o'clock in the mornings.

This applies for all Brunei - Sarawak borders, with similar arrangements at Limbang and Lawas immigrations.

Previously the immigration closes at 10pm.

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Manok Pansoh

Manok Pansoh is an Iban delicacy, which is essentially chicken in bamboo.

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St. Columba's Kindergarten

St. Columba's Kindergarten one of the oldest kindergartens in Miri. Interestingly enough, the building was not built as a kindergarten, it was originally a church - the St. Columba's church - built and completed way back in 3rd September 1922.

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Gunther Holtorf's G-Wagen

Picture of Holtorf's G-Wagen, 'Otto', parked in front of the Bank Islam at Centerpoint, Miri, in mid-2007.
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Sri Gadong Wreck

Sri Gadong was a small steel cargo vessel about 30-meter in length, commissioned to carry sawn timber when it was sunk off the coast of Miri. The wreck is a popular dive site in Miri.

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Bekenu

Bekenu is a small fishing town near Miri, approximately 46 kilometres away from Miri city center. The town has a few very historical rows of shophouses dating back to the 1930s, and a fish market with the usual food centers.

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Atago Maru Wreck

The Atago Maru was originally built as a merchant ship in 1924, at Glasgow by Lithgows & Sons, and is one of the first diesel-engined Japanese registered ships. Sunken off the coast of Lutong in 1944.

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Cathay Cinema (Building)

Located along China Street, Cathay Cinema was one of the three large purpose-built movie theatres in Miri. Like the other cinemas of the time, the building was basically a large hall with rows of seats within and a small stage at the end, with projector screens on the wall.

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Tusan Beach

A place of interest, Tusan Beach is a beautiful beach area near Tusan about an hour's travel time from the city. Along the smooth sandy beach, coral reefs, a waterfall, several cliffsides and a defining feature; a large cliff with a arch eroded through it dubbed the "Drinking Horse".

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Old Folks' Street (Lao Ren Jie 老人街 / Persiaran Kabor)

Located in middle of Beautiful Jade Center, Persiaran Kabor, also known as Old Folks' Street (Lao Ren Jie 老人街) is a roofed area in between shoplots where coffeeshops lay out tables and chairs along where folks congregate there for breakfast or tea, drinks, chatting with one another, and passing their time.

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Kelab Rekreasi Petroliam

Kelab Rekreasi Petroliam is a recreational club located in Lutong originally set up for the oil & gas communities there.

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Curry Rice

Curry Rice is usually a plate of white rice, topped with chopped steamed chicken and chopped pork 'char siew' and finally curry gravy is poured on top of it all.

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