Borneo Jazz is one of the longest running Jazz festival in the region. There will be two nights of four performances each by regionally and internationally recognized jazz musicians, held on 12th to 13th May for the year 2017.
5th May 2017 - 7th May 2017
The Miri Bike Week is a yearly event that brings bike enthusiasts throughout Sarawak, Sabah, Brunei and Kalimantan together to celebrate their shared 'culture, friendship, brotherhood and love' through bikes. Bike shows and competitions will be held, including a Battle of the Bands, a women beauty contest, and a "Mr. Fitness" contest for men, as well as a small market with food and other goods to be sold.
The Sunflower Center was established in March of 1982, located at the headquarters of the Red Crescent with the objective to aid affected families & to educate the public to appreciate and understand children and young adults who are mentally and/or physically handicapped and with special needs. The Sunflower Center is a charitable non-governmental organisation (NGO) under the umbrella of Red Crescent, Miri Chapter.
Baram River is a large river that origins hundreds of kilometers inland from the mountains at the border of Sarawak in the heart of Borneo. Baram River is the second longest river in Sarawak.
Piasau Camp was a residential area built in the 1950s for Sarawak Shell for its employees, located on a stretch of the Miri peninsula adjacent to Lutong south from the Lutong airfield.
Shinonome (東雲 ”Daybreak”) was the sixth of twenty-four Fubuki-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. It had exploded and sank with all hands off the coast of Miri.
River Road was the name of the road that stretches from the Tua Pek Kong Temple, past the fish market, old bus station (now a roundabout), the old Miri Port Authority Building (now Arcadia Square), ending at the old shop houses of what is now known as the Harbour View Inn building.
The Piasau Nature Reserve, situated at what was formerly Piasau Camp at the Miri Peninsula, was officially gazetted on 21st June 2014 as a result of public petitioning.
Contrary to a particularly popular inaccurate online map's insistence on it being the main river along Miri Peninsular, the Baong River is NOT Miri's main river.
Literally, Sungai Tujoh is translated as the Seventh River or Seventh Stream spelled in the form of Bruneian Malay language. An immigration post was built in the 1960s to control the movement of goods and people between Miri and points west in Sarawak with Brunei, at this "7th river".