About Miri ( Oil City )…

Miri is a small city in northern Sarawak on the Malaysian island of Borneo. It has a population of about 300,000.

 

 



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By itself, Miri city has much to offer to travellers with spectacular diving paradises, breathtaking national parks, frequent festivals and international events, multiracial and multicultural festive seasons, and plenty of delicious food. It also plays an important role as a transport hub for northern Sarawak, where interconnecting flights to the rural hinterlands of Borneo is crucial and available mainly from Miri. The city is the gateway to the Loagan Bunut National Park, Gunung Mulu National Park, which is a World Heritage Site, and the Kelabit Highlands of the interior of Sarawak. The Niah Cave, where it contains one of the oldest human remains in South East Asia, is located about 100km away. One may also use Miri as a transit point whether coming from or going to Brunei.

 

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Facts:
Malaysia's first oil well was drilled here in 1910, and petroleum has continued to drive the city's economy and development ever since. The Sarawak Shell Berhad and Petronas Carigali are headquartered here. The last onshore oil field was shutdown in early 1970s as oil production from offshore Miri started. Miri started developing very fast ever since the Parliament enacted the Petroleum Act which force Shell and Exxon to share their oil revenues with the people of Malaysia. It is by this time that Miri began developing its tourism and service industry. As a result, Miri has a cosmopolitan atmosphere as it hosts many expatriates from all over the world. These expats work in many of the multinational oil and gas giants that are headquartered in Miri.

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Miri Airports.


Visitors are able to stop for transit here to change planes heading onward to Gunung Mulu National Park or the famous Kelabit Highlands.

Miri boasts of a very diversified population, which consists of Chinese, Malay, Iban, Bidayuh, Melanau, Kelabit, Lun Bawang and many other ethnic groups.

International students from a foreign university campus based here and expatriates from international corporations add much spice to Miri as well.

Language is certainly not a problem here, as almost all locals are able to speak English and Mandarin.

The main language is the Bahasa Sarawak which is a local Sarawakian language; it is similiar to Malay but with local slangs.

The people are quite helpful when it comes to direction or any help needed. A visitor's information centre located near the public bus stand is available for any further enquiries needed by visitors.

Miri celebrated its third city status anniversary from 21st-23rd May 2008 or MayFest Miri.

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Shock News!! Senadin’s Big Phyton

Big Phyton found at Curtin's area, Senadin during the bush fire in Miri‏ earlier this month…Guys this is really Big…

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Pls guys…be patience!! this site will be totally up once i’ve prepare all the neccessary info and preparations…Meantime wait for the constant update from Facebook…the main Social networking site for this project…

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