10 powerful quotes about native land rights from Bruno Manser’s Voices from The Rainforest

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by Patricia Hului - January 23, 2019January 23, 2019

“Everyone of us has an inner voice. If you are a girl, you have the picture of a princess inside of you. If you are boy, you have the picture of a prince inside

How the story of SS Vyner Brooke will break your heart

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by Patricia Hului - January 18, 2019January 18, 2019

SS Vyner Brooke started her service as the royal yacht of Sarawak. The Scottish-built steamship also worked as a merchant ship used between Singapore and Kuching. However at the beginning of World War II,

7 Sarawak firsts in transportation history

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by Patricia Hului - January 17, 2019January 17, 2019

‘Sarawak First’ may have become the main theme for newly registered Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS), but when it comes to other firsts in Sarawak, here are some notable milestones in the region's transportation history: 1.The

Tracing back the history of St Anthony’s Church in Bintulu

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by Patricia Hului - January 15, 2019January 15, 2019

St Anthony's Church in Bintulu is hard to miss; it has a 7-meter tall statue of Christ the Universal King in front. The church is also hard to miss due to the heavy traffic which

5 traditional uses for tajau among Malaysian Borneo communities

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by Patricia Hului - January 11, 2019January 11, 2019

Expensive cars, designers bags and huge mansions might be the modern-day symbol of wealth but in the olden days - particularly among some Malaysian Borneo communities - a jar of clay called the 'tajau'

Looking back at Lubok Antu-Nanga Badau border during Brooke time

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by Patricia Hului - January 9, 2019January 9, 2019

In March 1824, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands signed a treaty called the Anglo-Dutch treaty. The treaty divided the strait of Melaka and assign each side of strait to the Dutch and British

The meanings behind Dum Spiro Spero and Pergo et Perago

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by Patricia Hului - January 1, 2019January 3, 2019

Long before there were Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, there were North Borneo and the Kingdom of Sarawak. Like many European administrations of the 19th century, these two regions adopted Latin phrases as

From Batang Lupar river in Sarawak to Batang Lupar district in Kalimantan

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by Patricia Hului - December 24, 2018December 26, 2018

In Sarawak, Batang Lupar is famously known for its tidal bore phenomenon where waves of water goes against the direction of the current. It is also one of the federal constituencies in Malaysia. Meanwhile

What you should know about Operation Hammer 1965

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by Patricia Hului - December 14, 2018

Despite reports that Sarawakians and Sabahans were generally agreeable to becoming part of the Malaysian federation, then Indonesian president Sukarno was not happy. He accused the federation of being a neo-colonial attempt by the British

A Sarawakian love story of a pirate and a slave

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by Patricia Hului - December 13, 2018December 12, 2018

Owen Rutter (1889-1944) was one of the most celebrated English travel writers in the early 20th century. He was also an English historian and novelist who travelled through Borneo, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Canada and