In December 1914 he was Assistant District Officer at Semporna, and it was at this time that he compiled a vocabulary of Bajau words.
A sea connection to other parts of the Filipino archipelago as well as an international route to Semporna, Malaysia also available from Bongao.
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Later in 1998, a collaboration, known as the Semporna Islands Project, between the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), Sabah Parks, WWF Malaysia and Nature Link took place.