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Nur Hotel

Hotel Nur is a hotel located at the Miri Waterfront area. The hotel provides Wi-Fi, conference facilities, dining restaurant, and has a built-in elevator for quick access to floors.

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Unique Harvest Multi-Story Car Park

One of two multistory car parks in Miri, the Unique Harvest Multi Story Car Park is a six floor parking complex that is run by a private company and caters to a much-needed vehicular parking demand at the Miri Waterfront area.

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Kingsley Hotel

With forty three rooms and situated at the center of Miri, with major shopping malls like Permaisuri Mall, Imperial Mall and Bintang Mall all within a walking distance of 5 to 7 minutes, plus major food outlets and entertainment centers, and handicraft center for souvenirs.

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Comparison: Then & Now : GCM

A comparison of Gymkhanna Club Miri then & now
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Sri Tanjung - Government Rest House (Rumah Kerajaan)

Built in 1925, near Tanjung Lobang, this historic hilltop mansion used to be the Residency of Miri. It is now a VVIP Rest House. Dignitaries that have used this Rest House in the past ranged from White Rajahs, British Governors, Yang Dipertuan Agong, and many more.

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Tomb of Dato Permaisuri (Makam Dato Permaisuri)

The Tomb of Dato Permaisuri that of a legend of a beautiful princess who has settled down in Miri after a shipwreck. In recognition of her unselfish services to the local muslim community, her tomb was gazetted by the Sarawak Government to be part of the Miri heritage.

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Tourist Arrival Through Miri Airport by Month 2011 - 2014

No specific definition of "Tourist". Different data from here.
2011 2012 2013 2014
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Giant Fancy Kite Carnival 2015

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Giant Fancy Kite Carnival 2015

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"Seahorse Island"

Seahorse Island (not its official name) is planned to be a man-made island, in the shape of Miri's mascot - the seahorse - for the 3rd phase of the Brighton Beach's redevelopment master plan. Once completed this island will be about 800 metres off the coast from Brighton Beach, and planned to feature recreational, commercial and residential areas.

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Giant Fancy Kite Carnival 2015

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Kites, Jets and Contrails
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Road Closure at Pujut-Bulatan "Flyover"

According to JKR, there will half road closure at Pujut-Bulatan "Flyover" adjacent to Boulevard Shopping Complex from 1st of August to 7th August, 8.30 am to 4.30pm for some repair work on the expansion joint.

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Miri Council Multistory Car Park

The Miri Council Multistory Car Park (Bangunan Letak Kereta M.B.M.), built in the early 1990s alongside Miri's first Pedestrian Bridge at Kingsway.

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Well No.1, "Grand Old Lady" - 1990s

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The surroundings of Well No.1, "Grand Old Lady" - in the later part of the 1990s.

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Giant Fancy Kite Carnival Weekend of 2015

Some pictures from the Kite Festival Weekend of July 24th-26th 2015 at the Senadin Water Theme Park

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Then & Now : 1983 and 2015

Someone sent me this image and interesting how some things never change... :).

I would like to know who took these pictures.

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Bendahara Road - Late 50s.

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River Road (now Bendahara Road) - Late 50s.

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Kingsway Road - Late 50s.

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Kingsway Road - Late 50s.

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Shell Houses On the Peninsular - 1975

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Shell Houses On the Peninsular - 1975. Contributed by Dougal

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Miri Rivermouth - 1993

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Miri Rivermouth in 1993, view taken from Holiday Inn of the time (now ParkCity Everly). Photo courtesy of Dougal

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Site is Live!

The new site is live! And far from done.

Content of the old site will be updated over time to the new site. The old site (from 10 years ago) was a starting point and learning curve, but it hit a roadblock in terms of upgrading the site internals because it was immediately outdated since it started out.. and the new site was meant to replace this years ago but distractions and life kept coming in between.

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Shrimp Harvest (Bubuk)

The catching of bubuk is an annual cycle in Miri. During this phenomenon these shrimps arrive in the millions in the shallow waters of the sea off the beaches of Miri, and the fisherfolks using their fishing tool, known as the 'paka', scoop them up from the waters by wading into the sea.

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High Street Chinese New Year Market (Gong Xi Bazaar)

Highstreet Chinese New Year Market (also known as Gong Xi Bazaar) is an annual event that takes place about a week before the celebration of the Chinese New Year eve. Highstreet Roads are closed off during this week to set up stalls during day, with a section of Kingsway closed at night for the event.

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Railways

Sarawak had never been particularly rich in railways but it was little known that there was an actual railway laid down in an area called Ensalai, near inland of the Baram River, in 1960.

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Miri Airport Traffic Statistics 2011 - 2013

The Miri Airport total number of passengers for 2011-2013

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Miri Bankrupts : Second in Sarawak, Fifteenth in Country 2007-2014

Up till January this year, Malaysian Department of Insolvency (MDI)statistics revealed a total of 255,385 bankruptcy cases throughout the country. 13,872 of these cases are in Sarawak, Miri being with second most bankruptcies in Sarawak, and ranking 15th in the country.

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Miri Airport Visitor Traffic (2006 - July 2010)

Miri Airport Visitor Traffic (2006 - July 2010)

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Oil & Gas Heavy

Some will realize that stories - and history - on this site is biased to Oil & Gas Industries. They're right, and there's a good reason for this - because most records exist about these industries it was much easier to research and gather information from them.

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Superstitious Well No.23

In the early days of oil extraction, there are many superstitions and stories supernatural entities. One such story is of Well No.23.

Well No.23 is an oil well that was drilled into, of all places next to the Krokop cemetery. Not surprisingly there there was much uneasiness to be drilling at the site of No.23. So famous were the many stories told of that working at that well, that if an oil worker was infuriated by a colleague, he might well tell him angrily (and euphemistically) "Go to 23!!".

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