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If your idea of fun is running through humid jungle, Useful Telephone Numbers
geing covered in mud, sweat, bites and scratches Central Police Staion ( Jln Kampung Nyabor Opp.
(and recovering over a few drinks aterwards), the Sibu Sarawak House) 322222
Hash House Harriers would love to hear from you. An Immigraion, Federal Complex, Jln Awang Ramli Amit
excellent way to make new friends, the Sibu Hash runs 336991
every Sunday at 4pm. Contact Mr Ham at Kheng Hock
Café (Tel: 324391).
UP THE REJANG RIVER
The 18 hole, par 72 Sibu Golf Club is open to non-
members on weekdays. Visitors must have an ailiaion The Rejang, Malaysia’s longest river at over 530km, is
with a recognised club and/or a veriiable handicap. a unique travel experience. The river and its tributaries
Contact Kelab Golf Sibu, Mile 10½ , Oya Road, 96008 are lined by hundreds of villages and wooden
Sibu. Tel: 339890 . longhouses, home to a kaleidoscope of ethnic groups,
each with their own disinct culture. A journey up the
Sibu Superbowl is located at 1 Lorong 2, Jln Perpai, of Rejang introduces the visitor a diferent side of Sarawak
Jln Wong King Huo, Tel: 333111. - a glimpse of raw Borneo, of a rugged landscape and a
river that is constantly alive with boats and people. For
USEFUL INFORMATION adventurous travellers, this is what Borneo is all about.
Most travellers begin
Banks & Money Changers: The following is a list of their journey in Sibu,
centrally located banks and money changers. Banks using express boats (see
open Mon-Fri 9.30 am-3.30 pm. page 64) to travel upriver
AmBank, Jln Tunku Osman & next to Tanahmas Hotel. to Kapit or other small
towns along the way.
CIMB Bank, 10 Lorong Kampung Datu 5. These unique torpedo
Hong Leong Bank, 133-137 Jln Kampung Nyabor. shaped crat thunder upriver at quire remarkable
HSBC Bank, Bangunan Grand Merdin, 131 Jln Kampung speeds of 30 knots (55km/h) or more. From the window
Nyabor. you can see the wide variety of traic on river - from
Maybank, 35-39 Jln Kampung Nyabor. small dugout canoes to barges weighing hundreds
Public Bank, 3 Jln Central. of tons - as well as dozens of modern and tradiional
RHB Bank, 31 Jln Tuanku Osman. longhouses, surrounded by spectacular jungle scenery.
Standard Chartered Bank, 25 Jln Tukang Besi.
Yewon Money Changer, 8 Jln Tukang Besi.
PEOPLE OF THE REJANG
Doctors, Denists & Hospitals: There are a number of
clinics around the centre of town. Consultaion and Chinese people of various dialect groups (mostly
simple medicaion is usually around RM 30-50. Hu’s Foochow and Hokkien) are found in all the towns and
Dental Surgery (1B Jln Persiaran Brooke, Tel: 332226) riverine setlements of the Rejang. However once
and Ling Wang Hong Dental Surgery (13 Jln Bengkel, you leave the major towns, the bulk of the Rejang’s
Tel: 325482) are conveniently located for visitors. populaion are indigenous.
Sibu Hospital is at 51/2 Mile, Jln Ulu Oya (take a taxi), The lower Rejang (Sibu to Kapit) and its tributaries are
Tel: 276666) A cash deposit, insurance card or credit Iban territory. The Iban, formerly known as Sea Dayaks,
card will be required for in-paient treatment. Sibu’s are famous for their head-huning past, their massive
two private hospitals, Rejang Medical Centre (29 Jln ironwood longhouses, their ornate body tatooing, their
Pedada, Tel: 330733) and Sibu Specialist Medical wonderful weaving skills, and of course their potent rice
Centre (52A-52F Jln Persiaran Brooke, Tel:218800) are wine, tuak, which is always ofered to visitors.
both modern, well equipped and centrally located.
Above Kapit and the Pelagus Rapids, the people
Laundry and Dry Cleaning : Mr Dobi, 5 Jln Bindang, are mostly Orang Ulu (literally “upriver people”),
Tel: 324820 for collecion/delivery. Sky Laundry, 4 Jln the collecive name for a number of smaller groups
Kampung Datu 2, Tel: 332099. Speed Queen Laundry, including the Kayan , Kenyah, Kajang, Lahanan, Ukit
53 Jln Pedada (Pusat Tanahwang), Tel: 345053. and Punan. Also former-head-hunters, they live in even
more imposing longhouses than the Iban. However
The main post oice is at the corner of Jln Kampung their arts and crats are very diferent; they are famous
Nyabor and Jln Wong Nai Siong. Open Mon-Sat, 8 am for woodcarving and beadwork, spectacular keliring or
- 6 pm. Most hotels ofer Internet access, and many totem poles, and the music of a hauning, mandolin-
restaurants and pubs have Wii for customers. Charges like instrument - the sape. Tatooing and body
may apply. ornamentaion are prominent; older orang ulu ladies
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geing covered in mud, sweat, bites and scratches Central Police Staion ( Jln Kampung Nyabor Opp.
(and recovering over a few drinks aterwards), the Sibu Sarawak House) 322222
Hash House Harriers would love to hear from you. An Immigraion, Federal Complex, Jln Awang Ramli Amit
excellent way to make new friends, the Sibu Hash runs 336991
every Sunday at 4pm. Contact Mr Ham at Kheng Hock
Café (Tel: 324391).
UP THE REJANG RIVER
The 18 hole, par 72 Sibu Golf Club is open to non-
members on weekdays. Visitors must have an ailiaion The Rejang, Malaysia’s longest river at over 530km, is
with a recognised club and/or a veriiable handicap. a unique travel experience. The river and its tributaries
Contact Kelab Golf Sibu, Mile 10½ , Oya Road, 96008 are lined by hundreds of villages and wooden
Sibu. Tel: 339890 . longhouses, home to a kaleidoscope of ethnic groups,
each with their own disinct culture. A journey up the
Sibu Superbowl is located at 1 Lorong 2, Jln Perpai, of Rejang introduces the visitor a diferent side of Sarawak
Jln Wong King Huo, Tel: 333111. - a glimpse of raw Borneo, of a rugged landscape and a
river that is constantly alive with boats and people. For
USEFUL INFORMATION adventurous travellers, this is what Borneo is all about.
Most travellers begin
Banks & Money Changers: The following is a list of their journey in Sibu,
centrally located banks and money changers. Banks using express boats (see
open Mon-Fri 9.30 am-3.30 pm. page 64) to travel upriver
AmBank, Jln Tunku Osman & next to Tanahmas Hotel. to Kapit or other small
towns along the way.
CIMB Bank, 10 Lorong Kampung Datu 5. These unique torpedo
Hong Leong Bank, 133-137 Jln Kampung Nyabor. shaped crat thunder upriver at quire remarkable
HSBC Bank, Bangunan Grand Merdin, 131 Jln Kampung speeds of 30 knots (55km/h) or more. From the window
Nyabor. you can see the wide variety of traic on river - from
Maybank, 35-39 Jln Kampung Nyabor. small dugout canoes to barges weighing hundreds
Public Bank, 3 Jln Central. of tons - as well as dozens of modern and tradiional
RHB Bank, 31 Jln Tuanku Osman. longhouses, surrounded by spectacular jungle scenery.
Standard Chartered Bank, 25 Jln Tukang Besi.
Yewon Money Changer, 8 Jln Tukang Besi.
PEOPLE OF THE REJANG
Doctors, Denists & Hospitals: There are a number of
clinics around the centre of town. Consultaion and Chinese people of various dialect groups (mostly
simple medicaion is usually around RM 30-50. Hu’s Foochow and Hokkien) are found in all the towns and
Dental Surgery (1B Jln Persiaran Brooke, Tel: 332226) riverine setlements of the Rejang. However once
and Ling Wang Hong Dental Surgery (13 Jln Bengkel, you leave the major towns, the bulk of the Rejang’s
Tel: 325482) are conveniently located for visitors. populaion are indigenous.
Sibu Hospital is at 51/2 Mile, Jln Ulu Oya (take a taxi), The lower Rejang (Sibu to Kapit) and its tributaries are
Tel: 276666) A cash deposit, insurance card or credit Iban territory. The Iban, formerly known as Sea Dayaks,
card will be required for in-paient treatment. Sibu’s are famous for their head-huning past, their massive
two private hospitals, Rejang Medical Centre (29 Jln ironwood longhouses, their ornate body tatooing, their
Pedada, Tel: 330733) and Sibu Specialist Medical wonderful weaving skills, and of course their potent rice
Centre (52A-52F Jln Persiaran Brooke, Tel:218800) are wine, tuak, which is always ofered to visitors.
both modern, well equipped and centrally located.
Above Kapit and the Pelagus Rapids, the people
Laundry and Dry Cleaning : Mr Dobi, 5 Jln Bindang, are mostly Orang Ulu (literally “upriver people”),
Tel: 324820 for collecion/delivery. Sky Laundry, 4 Jln the collecive name for a number of smaller groups
Kampung Datu 2, Tel: 332099. Speed Queen Laundry, including the Kayan , Kenyah, Kajang, Lahanan, Ukit
53 Jln Pedada (Pusat Tanahwang), Tel: 345053. and Punan. Also former-head-hunters, they live in even
more imposing longhouses than the Iban. However
The main post oice is at the corner of Jln Kampung their arts and crats are very diferent; they are famous
Nyabor and Jln Wong Nai Siong. Open Mon-Sat, 8 am for woodcarving and beadwork, spectacular keliring or
- 6 pm. Most hotels ofer Internet access, and many totem poles, and the music of a hauning, mandolin-
restaurants and pubs have Wii for customers. Charges like instrument - the sape. Tatooing and body
may apply. ornamentaion are prominent; older orang ulu ladies
57
