DOWN MEMORY LANE: 2012 - BINTULU, SARAWAK

BY: HJ ZULHEIMY MAAMOR

12 JUNE 2024

Bintulu is a coastal town on the island of Borneo in the central region of Sarawak. Located 610 km northeast of Kuching, 216 km northeast of Sibu and 200 km northeast of Miri. 

I have been to Bintulu in the 80s and 90s when I served onboard a Royal Malaysian Navy ship.

KD Lekir alongside Bintulu Port in 1990

On 18-20 May 2012, I participated in the Heart Screening Program, which was jointly organized by Yayasan Jantung Malaysia and Sarawak Heart Foundation at the Park City Mall Shopping Complex in Bintulu, Sarawak.

Throughout the program my colleagues and I stayed at the Glory Inn Hotel which is located 270 meters from Park City Mall.

Bintulu Heart Week starts from May 18 to May 20 at Park City Mall, Bintulu Sarawak. A total of 593 people underwent the Health Screening test during our 3 days here.

Park City Mall Bintulu opened in 2007 and is located at Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi, Bintulu, Sarawak. Is the largest shopping complex in Bintulu district, Sarawak at that time (2012).

Bintulu Heart Week 2012 was officially launched by YB Datuk Hj Talib bin Zulpilip, Deputy Minister of Tourism Sarawak.

Puan Hjh Ainon bt Kuntom, Member of the Board of Directors of Yayasan Jantung Malaysia delivering a speech at the Launching Ceremony of Bintulu Heart Week 2012.

My niece, Cikgu Intan Ernany (left) who teaches at S.K. St. Anthony in Bintulu, was also present for a health check.

Photo memories with Sarawak Heart Foundation staff.

Before the start of the Health Program at Park City Mall, my niece took me to explore the city of Bintulu and in the evening, she treated me to dinner at the renowned Seribu Bintang Restaurant in Bintulu.

Suria Cafe - this is where we have breakfast before starting the day's work.

Federal Agricultural Marketing Authoriry (FAMA) Bintulu Branch, located at Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi, Parkcity Commerce Square, Bintulu. 

Inland Revenue Board Bintulu Branch located at Jalan Tanjung, Kidurong Height, Bintulu.

Bintulu Airport is an airport serving Bintulu, a town in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia. Located 23 km by road, southwest of the city, and although small is able to handle plane as large as Boeing 747. 
Bintulu Airport was officially inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad on December 19, 2002. 

Bintulu Port in an International Port that has a strategic position in Northeast Sarawak, which in on the route between the Far East and Europe. It is also the main route for the export of the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from Malaysia. 

Around the 80s and 90s, when I served with RMN ships, there were several times that my ships were alongside at this port.

My niece, a teacher at S.K. St. Anthony, Bintulu.

Bintulu Old Airport

Sekolah Kebangsaan St. Anthony Bintulu, located at Jalan Sultan Iskandar, Bintulu, where my niece, Intan Ernany bt Md Sarkam, teaches. I had the opportunity to meet my niece while I was in Bintulu.

SK St Anthony was established as early as the 1950s, when the school was temporarily housed in Father John Van De Laar's residence, which is located next to Bintulu Airport (Old Airport). The current location of the school was built in 1958 and is still in use.

Bintulu, a central gateway to tourist spots like Bakun Resort, Niah Caves, Similajau National Park, Mulu National Park, Longan Bunut National Park, Lambir National Park, Sibuti Wildlife Santuary, Rejang Pelagus, Belaga and the Bario Highlands.

Bintulu is a wonderful place, Good food, good drinks. Once you go in, you don't want to go home....😂😂

Hj Zulheimy Maamor

Lembah Keramat, K.L

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