Republic of Sabah North Borneo

Peristiwa Kalabakan (Konfrontasi Indonesia) in Tawau Sabah

July 08, 2023 North Borneo History

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Kudat, Jesselton & Sandakan North Borneo (Sabah) Weeks After WWII (1945)

July 08, 2023 North Borneo History

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Views of Damaged Jesselton in British North Borneo after WWII (1945)

July 08, 2023 North Borneo History

More photos of Jesselton destroyed during WWII
General scenes of damaged town of Jesselton and views inside Japanese internment camp.

World's First Hovercraft SR.N5 Tested in Tawau British North Borneo

July 08, 2023 North Borneo History

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The SR.N5 (Saunders Roe Nautical-5) was powered by a single Rolls Royce turbine. It provided forward propulsion (via a large propeller mounted on the back of the craft) and downward air pressure which caused the machine to rise above the surface on its rubber skirts.
The technology was tested in the creeks and rivers of Tawau in North Borneo (Sabah).

Trip through British North Borneo (Sabah) in 1906

July 08, 2023 North Borneo History

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A Trip through British North Borneo serves both as an example of the early film travelogue -- featuring familiar types of shots, such as the 'phantom rides' shot from a train -- and also of the sponsored, industrial documentary.
In representational terms, the film is a rare and valuable record of the development, industries, and customs of the local communities, showing local sites (such as the Padas River and the Darvel Bay tobacco estates) and in particular, the relationship between the local -- as workers, convicts and at leisure -- and the colonial administrators.
As a film sponsored by the British North Borneo Company, it promotes the company's administration and seeks to encourage further investment. This is achieved first through the film's emphasis on travel -- following the expedition by train, and across the river -- which affirms an ideology of colonial exploration, adventure and discovery and encourages the viewer to identify with those developing the country.
Secondly, the film shows the social work of the company -- reports noted its role in bringing peace and order and it is shown, for example, providing food to convicts -- and thirdly, it emphasises the commercial possibilities and ongoing development within the area. The varied industries of the region are shown, including rubber, tobacco and manganese, and this chimes with both the company's own emphasis on increasing the export trade, and with the broader imperial rhetoric of increased productivity within the colonies.
The British North Borneo Company evidently recognised the pedagogical and commercial value of film in promoting the company's development plans and in generating further investment. Indeed the company's engagement with film is an early example of a colonial administration using film, not only as a tool for imperial governance, but effectively as advertising, as a means of encouraging direct investment from the viewer.
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Police call in PBK secretary-general over TikTok videos

January 03, 2022 News

By William Isau

SIBU, Jan 3: Parti Bumi Kenyalang’s (PBK) Priscilla Lau today showed up at the Sibu Central Police Station (CPS) concerning several TikTok videos she uploaded on Sarawak’s right to independence.

She was accompanied by her lawyer, Roger Lau, who is also her brother.

She said she is being investigated under Section 505 (b) of the Penal Code for publishing or circulating any statement, rumour, or report with intent to cause, or which is likely to cause fear or alarm to the public, or any section of the public.

The offence carries a prison term of up to 2 years, a fine, or both.

“During the lead-up to the recently concluded 12th Sarawak Election, I uploaded numerous videos to TikTok on Sarawak’s right to independence. Today, I went to the Central Police Station to answer multiple reports against me concerning those videos.

“My videos were educational as all the information was obtained through the Internet,” she said in a statement.

Priscilla, who was PBK’s candidate for Bukit Assek, claimed no incitement of any kind in her TikTok videos.

“I spoke on Sarawak’s right to independence through the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI). I also spoke on Malaya’s independence in 1957 from Great Britain and Singapore’s separation from Malaysia in 1965. All this information and facts are written in history books. Students study these in schools,” she asserted.

The secretary-general of PBK said she believes in freedom of speech for all as provided in the constitution.

“Facts, history, and the law cannot and must not be twisted. The people have a right to know of their rights. I will continue to stand on the side of Sarawak and speak on her right to Merdeka (independence),” she said.

Source: DayakDaily