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Lahad Datu

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Biography Archeology study shown that the earlier human(paleolithic) community stay in Tinkayu and Madai Cave.It was the time when early humans gained increasing control over their surroundings and later saw the emergence of modern humans around 20,000 years ago. Stone tool manufacturing developed a more sophisticated tool making technique which permitted the creation of more controlled and consistent flakes. Hunting provided the primary food source but people also began to exploit shellfish and may have begun smoking and drying meat to preserve it. This would have required a mastery of fire and some sites indicate that plant resources were managed through selective burning of wide areas. There is also some evidence of purposeful burial of the dead which may indicate religious and ritual behaviors. History of Sabah shown that Idahan's is the earlier community stay in Madai Cave 10 000yrs ago. LAHAD DATU NAME COME FROM?   History show...
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Kuala Kubu Bharu

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KUALA KUBU BHARU This just a simple stories of my single journey to the Greenery of KKB; After a few hours of walking...i finally found a place where i can sit and relax myself for a couple of minutes..or shall we say..just take a breath of a fresh air before my journey continues. As you can see the two big stone next to me is the Trade Mark of the Bukit Kutu, located in small town of  Kampung Pertak, Kuala Kubu Bharu. I believed every journey have their own stories and histories.My walk start with a smile in a stranger place and my journey just begun...Kuala Kubu Bharu very relaxing town surrounding with a beautiful greenery, the small town looks like in the 60's,70's era during British time. The architecture of the old buildings still standing strong among the new buildings in town.Tye people in Kuala Kubu Bharu @KKB, enjoy a moderate lifestyle, most of the villagers work in government agencies some in private sectors as running their own businesses.And the best among all...
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Old Tobacca Factory

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Towards the end of the 19th Century settled in the New Darvel Bay Tobacco Company in Lahad Datu . The Licensed by the North Borneo Chartered Company began business in a big way with tobacco farming.  HISTORY Von Donop's primary task was to introduce the right type of crops for Sabah. He decided to experiment with tobacco. Sanders, a tobacco planter from Deli in Sumatra, was enlisted to explore the area south of the Marudu Bay at Bandau, Bongon and Bengkoka River in order to determine their suitability for the planting of tobacco. The first experiment was carried out by Sanders in 1883 at the Suanlamba River near Sandakan as a project of the China Sabah Land Farming Company, a Chinese-European joint venture company that was floated in Shanghai. The company had acquired a land concession of 40,000 acres (16,000ha) in 1882 to plant sugar cane, but decided to shift to tobacco after sugar prices experienced a shar...
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