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.
To picture Miri when the township came to know oil, we have to project ourselves into a very different past. When the original Shell men arrived, it consisted of 20 scattered houses and a few shops. These included a bazaar, a gambling farm, a pawn shop and an Arab shop. The trade of Miri consisted chiefly of jelutong, brassware, belachan and budu.