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Riam Road

Riam Road is one of the oldest roads in Miri. Originally just a dirt and stone path road, today the road is tar sealed, and connects from Miri-Bintulu Roadway intersection at King Commercial Center to Alpine Road.

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Back alley of oldest shophouses (2007)

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Back alley of oldest shophouses (2007)
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Yew Hotel

Located in the center of the city, Yew Hotel is just a stone's throw away from the nightlife, restaurants, shopping hub of Miri. It is walking distance from from nearby popular malls and historical & tourism landmarks.

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Taman Tunku Miri Branch Library

The Taman Tunku Miri Branch Library is a community public library located within Taman Tunku.

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Old Miri Airport Tower & Terminal (Decommissioned)

The Old Miri Airport was planned and built in the 1970s, where a demand for a more modern and longer runway was needed to accommodate Fokker 50s and the Boeing 737s for a booming commercial aviation as commercial flying became a more affordable way to travel.

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Miri Peninsula

The Miri Peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland Miri, split in between by Miri River.

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That Island at the Baram Delta

At the Baram river delta, there exists an island formed from river silt with an identity problem. Its name changes just as many times as it physically changes forms and shape.

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Mukah

Mukah is a coastal town in the Mukah District in the Mukah Division of Sarawak by the South China Sea. Mukah is also accessible by air by MASwings from Miri.

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Miri May Fest

Miri May Fest is held at the start May of the year, throughout the month with many festivities and activities going on.

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Welcome to the Miri City Web Site

Welcome to the Miri City web site, by Mirians, for Mirians, tourists & travelers. Located in Northern Sarawak, majestic Borneo, it is the gateway to exotic cave systems and natural rain forest reserves and is also adjacent to the neighboring country of Brunei.
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Tzu Chi 3R Center at Taman Tunku Community Hall

Tzu Chi 3R Center at Taman Tunku is a recycling center that makes use of the Taman Tunku Community Hall to collect, redistribute, and resell recyclable items as part of an initiative to promote recycling.
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Miri Country Music Fest

The Miri Country Music Festival is a country music festival in Miri held once a year that showcases international country music bands that feature their rendition of rock, pop, contemporary, bluegrass and folk country tunes.

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Chan Chak Road

Chan Chak Road (Jalan Chan Chak) is a small residential lane named after a wise man in Miri in the early 1900s.

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Map of Miri - OpenStreetMap

The OpenStreetMap is a constant work in progress, a map that is built by a community of mappers that contribute and maintain data from all over the world.
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Map of Miri in 2015

Map of Miri in 2015
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Popular & Friendly Japanese Dentist Secret Agents

Stories from the times of Operation Denial, a mysterious disappearing oil tank cover, and the Dental Agent Spies, at a time when the Miri was at the brink of war.

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Miri Methodist Children's Home

Miri Methodist Children's Home is an orphanage in Miri. The orphanage is a non-profit body and depends greatly on public support and donations made possible by contributions of members of the public.

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Hamidah Orphanage Complex

Hamidah Orphanage Complex (Kompleks Kebajikan Hamidah) is an orphanage center primarily for Muslim children located at Taman Desa Indah 3, Permyjaya, Miri, Sarawak. As 2009, there are 92 children in the orphanage with the 16 staff providing assistance and guidance.

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THE Haunted House of Krokop

Most local-born Mirians from the 1970s to the 1980s would have heard of this story of this haunted house. The house, located near the main road at Krokop 10, next to the Krokop 10 Bazaar, was a typical wooden house on stilts of the colonial times, painted in a baby blue hue with some reddish accents along the windows, with a wooden staircase leading up to the second floor, where the actual living space is.

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Luak Bay Food Court

Luak Bay Food Court is a food court that opened in 2015 alongside Luak Bay Road just off the Miri-Airport Road 'Seahorse' roundabout. The food court is located in between two shop houses and features muslim & other local foods and drinks.

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Permy Mall Weekend Flea Market

The Weekend Flea Market is a weekend event at Permy Mall, a marketplace where a selection of used and new items can be found. The market starts at 10am in the weekend mornings and ends at 9.30pm. The Weekend Flea Market is held every Saturday and Sunday.

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Paragon Food Court Lutong

Paragon Food Court, located at the Paragon Hotel opposite of MYY Mall at Lutong is a food stall center establishment selling and a variety of seafood as well as the usual 'Kolo Mee' noodles, Sarawak Laksa and other local foods.

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Miri Central Park

Miri Central Park is a proposed 15.7-acre urban conceptual park costing RM40 million at the corner of Marina ParkCity at the seafront.

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Miri Central

Miri Central is (as of 2016) a proposed commercial area located at the junction of Jalan Cahaya and Miri Bypass Road, in the vicinity of Miri General Hospital, Eastwood Valley Golf and Country Club.

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HMS Viscount Melbourne Wreck

The HMS Viscount Melbourne was a three-mast, 800-ton sailing wooden ship about 150 feet long and 45 feet wide with brass sheathing that was journeying from Singapore to Macau in 1842 when she blown off course by a heavy storm and ultimately struck a reef in the Laconia Shoals, a large reef complex in South China Sea.

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The Great Epidemic

According to local legends, in the early 1900s, as Miri was seeing a boom in population as the result of the discovery of oil, a mysterious epidemic spread, wiping out a large number of the population in what was then a very small fishing village.

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Tua Pek Kong Temple

Built in 1913, and (then) located next to the Miri River and alongside the old fish market, the temple was built and dedicated to the beloved deity by overseas Chinese. Not just a place of worship, but a historical site and a place of interest worth visiting for the architecture and culture.

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Beach Republic

Beach Republic is a beach side club located along Jalan Bakam at Luak, facing the South China Sea.
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Bat Exodus / Swarm

Millions of bat swarms out out of the Deer Cave in order to hunt for insects at dusk, usually about 5pm to 7pm. On some occasions they have been known to fly out at 4pm, usually on darker, cloudy days.

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