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unusual facts about Bau, Sarawak



Alexander Nanta Linggi

He is the Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development and currently the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Kapit constituency in Sarawak, representing the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) in the governing Barisan Nasional coalition.

Altobridge

The first Altobridge lite-site was commissioned on the Maxis network in Sarawak, Malaysia in 2007.

Arnold Safroni-Middleton

He played the violin in the Orchestra of "Her Majesty's Theatre" in Sydney, the Orchestra of the Opera House in Auckland, the Providence Opera House in Providence (Rhode Island), the Tokyo Orchestra, the Government House (Sarawak) Orchestra and the Government House (Hayti) Mexico Orchestra.

Baru Bian

He gained prominence as a campaigner for native customary rights in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia.

Bau-Bau

The city is divided into seven districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their 2010 Census population.

Borneo Company Limited

Its first manager in Sarawak was a Dane, Ludvig Verner Helms, who had been trading there on his own account since 1852.

Buri Wolio

Buri Wolio is an Arabic/Jawi script which is modified to write Wolio language, a language that is spoken in Bau-Bau city, Buton island, Southeast Sulawesi.

Cats FM

The radio covers areas of Sarawak and certain parts of Sabah, Labuan, West Kalimantan and Brunei.

Dorchester Abbey

In 1993 a Union Jack that had been draped over the coffins of prisoners of war at Batu Lintang camp, Sarawak, Borneo was placed in the abbey together with two wooden memorial plaques; they had formerly been housed at All Saints Church, Oxford.

Dulit Frogmouth

The type specimen was collected by Charles Hose in 1891 on Mount Dulit in northern Sarawak, at an altitude of about 600 m, with the bird being taken “in a small jungle hut into which it had flown in the dusk evidently attracted by the light”.

Emily Prentiss

Prentiss later mentions to Hotchner that while she was away from the BAU and work, she played a lot of online Scrabble with someone with the online moniker "cheetobreath", implying it was JJ keeping her company.

Genzan Air Group

At the end of February, the unit was transferred to Bangkok and assigned to patrols over the Indian Ocean; however, facilities at Bangkok were not satisfactory and the unit was soon reassigned to Palembang in Sumatra in the Netherlands East Indies, with some aircraft dispersed to Kuching in Sarawak.

Governor

In Malaysia, each of four non-monarchical states (Penang, Malacca, Sabah and Sarawak) has a ceremonial Governor styled Yang di-Pertua Negeri, appointed to renewable four-year terms by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the federal King of Malaysia on the advice of the Prime Minister after consulting the state governments.

History of the Iban people

During that time, the Ibans were also engaged in conflict with the Orang Ulu of northern Sarawak, the Bidayuh of southern Sarawak, the Kantu and other Indonesian ethnic tribes from eastern Sarawak; the Iban successfully controlled the western coastline of Sarawak.

Julian Tan Kok Ping

He is the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Stampin constituency in Sarawak, representing the Democratic Action Party (DAP) after winning the seat for the opposition party for the first time after the Malaysian general election, 2013, wresting the seat from long time MP Datuk Yong Khoon Seng.

Kapit Division

Kapit Division consists of three districts (Kapit, Song and Belaga) and two sub-districts (Nanga Merit and Sungai Asap).

Kelabit

Kelabit people, an indigenous tribe in the interior of Sarawak, Malaysia

Kelabit Highlands, the mountainous interior region of Sarawak where the Kelabit people live

Kingdom of Sarawak

After the World War II, Vyner Brooke ceded Sarawak to the Colonial Office for a sizeable pension for him and his three daughters.

Kneissl

In February 1989, BREG Gesellschaft für Bau und Revitalisierung, belonging to Hans Peter Haselsteiner and Erhard Grossnigg and Reinfried Spazier, took a majority stake.

Kuala Belait, Belait

Sungai Tujoh - the location of the customs/immigration point at the border with Sarawak, Malaysia

Leo Michael Toyad

He is currently the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Mukah constituency in Sarawak, representing the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) in the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition.

Ludvig Verner Helms

Ludvig Verner Helms (1825 - 1918) was a trader and merchant associated with the Far East, especially the Borneo Company in Sarawak.

Luwu

Narrative of events in Borneo and Celebes down to the occupation of Labuan. From the Journals of James Brooke, Esq. Rajah of Sarawak and Governor of Labuan . . . by Captain Rodney Mundy. London: John Murray.

Monarchy of Fiji

In the late 1840s, the Vunivalu or ruler of Bau, Tanoa Visawaqa (died 1852) declared himself Tui Viti, which translates as "King of Fiji" or "paramount chief of Fiji".

Moro Pirates

Also in the 1840s, James Brooke became the White Rajah of Sarawak and he led a small navy in a series of campaigns against the Moro pirates.

Mount Santubong

A year later, Wallace left Sarawak and wrote another article on evolution based on his years of observation in the Far East, that was sent to Charles Darwin and was presented together with his theory at the Linnean Society of London.

Murut people

They can also be found inhabiting the border areas of Sarawak, (especially around the Lawas and Limbang areas, where they are also referred to as Tagal people), East Kalimantan (in Malinau and Nunukan) and Brunei.

Nancy Shukri

She is currently the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department under the cabinet of Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak and Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Batang Sadong constituency in Sarawak, representing the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) in the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition.

Nikolaus Gromann

As late work he built masterful Renaissance building, which are considered his masterpieces : the Town Hall in Altenburg and the so-called New buildings in Weimar, the Grünes Schloß (now the “Duchess Anna Amalia Library” ) and the Französischen Bau of the Veste Heldburg ( today : German Castle Museum under construction) .

Niumataiwalu

This latter attribute would eventually attract the attention of one of the noble ladies of Bau, causing an illicit affair and leading to his eventual demise, for the lady was the Radini Levuka, wife of the Vunivalu or Paramount Chief of the Kubuna Confederacy.

Paedocypris

Paedocypris micromegethes lives in the peat swamps of Sarawak (Borneo).

Paul Spencer Sochaczewski

His books have exposed the cultural genocide of the Penan peopleof Sarawak, Malaysia, helped to generate a renaissance of appreciation for British naturalist and explorer Alfred Russel Wallaceand identified Eco-Cultural Revolutions which have had major impacts on our relationship with nature.

Peter John Jaban

He worked in the Land and Survey Office in Sarawak's capital Kuching but resigned in 2006.

He said that he had been "arrested and then photographed, his documents copied, before being escorted on to the airplane" and flown to Miri, Sarawak.

Pingat Perkhidmatan Setia

After the cession of Sarawak to Britain in 1946, the medal was renamed as 'Long Service Badge'; however the purpose of the presentation of the badge remained the same.

Premier of the Kingdom of Viti

In 1871, Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau, the Vunivalu (Warlord/Paramount Chief) of Bau, succeeded in unifying the previously warring tribes throughout the Fiji Islands by establishing the Kingdom of Viti, with the support of foreigners.

Ramon Tikaram

Born in Singapore, Tikaram is the son of Fijian-Indian British Army soldier Pramod Tikaram and Sarawakian mother Fatimah Rohani.

Rukun 13

After the second Governor of Sarawak, Duncan Stewart was killed by Rosli Dhobi and later died in Singapore General Hospital, the British caught all Rukun 13 members in March 1950.

Sandokan

In subsequent novels they battle against James Brooke, the Raja of Sarawak and also travel to India to measure themselves against the Thugs, a notorious band of stranglers devoted to the goddess Kali.

Sarawak state election, 2011

Prime minister Najib Razak celebrated the victory as an indication that BN's support in Sarawak was still strong and noted that Pakatan Rakyat had failed to make major inroads into the state.

Sir Walter Palmer, 1st Baronet

Their daughter, Gladys, married Bertram Willes Dayrell Brooke, of the family of the White Rajas of Sarawak, titled "His Highness The Tuan Muda of Sarawak" in 1904 and converted to Islam in the 1930s.

Tailless fruit bat

Individuals have been found in the lowland primary forest at Poring in Sabah and Taleban in Thailand, Bario highland and secondary forest of Balui, both in Sarawak.

Taliai Tupou

As he did not have the reserves of manpower like the Tui Cakau or Vunivalu of Bau he could never risk confrontation with his adversaries and the alternative was to maintain friendly relations over as wide a field as possible.

Taukei ni Waluvu

The Taukei ni Waluvu and his subject hill tribes are warriors (bati balavu) foremost to the ancient tribal state of Verata and later also to the pre-colonial states of Waimaro, Namosi and Bau.

Truslove and Hanson

Other notable publications include Henry Ling Roth's, The Natives of Sarawak and British North Borneo (1896) and Oriental Silverwork (1910); John Henry Cardwell's, Men and Women of Soho: Famous and Infamous (1904); and Joseph Shaylor's The Pleasures of Bookland (1914).

World Business

World Business was cancelled after it was revealed that the show's production company was doubling as a public relations firm for Malaysian politicians, including Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud.


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