Interesting historical places to visit when you set your foot in Sabah.
Sam Sing Kung Temple
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The Sam Sing Kung temple (also pronounced ‘Sam Sing Gong’) dates from 1887, making it the oldest building in Sandakan. The temple itself is a smallish, if attractive affair – a lovely example of a house of worship dedicated to the traditional Chinese Taoist pantheon.
Location: Singapore Road, Pusat Bandar Sandakan, 90000 Sandakan, Sabah
Kundasang War Memorial
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Established in 1962, this was one of the first memorials to commemorate the brave Australian and British Prisoners of War who died in Sandakan and during the infamous death marches to Ranau during World War II. The memorial also remembers the people of North Borneo who risked their lives to help the POWs.
The Memorial is made up of four beautiful gardens – the Australian Garden, the English Garden, the Borneo Garden and the Contemplation Garden and Pool – to represent the different nationalities. With its towering pine trees and blooming roses, a walk in the gardens is reminiscent to that of a stroll in a quaint English garden. The scent of roses lingers in the air and the serene atmosphere makes the Kundasang War Memorial an ideal place to contemplate and remember the heroes of the war. Visitors can also opt to view a brief video on the history of the Sandakan Death March.
Location: Jalan Kundasang Kauluan, Kundasang, 89300 Ranau, Sabah
Teck Guan Cocoa Museum
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Trace the delicious history of cocoa with a ticket to the Teck Guan Cocoa Museum in Tawau. Begins your tour by watching a 15 minutes’ video to introduce the cocoa development of Tawau. Discover how cocoa beans have been cultivated and enjoyed for centuries. Learn the steps of transforming raw cocoa bean into cocoa mass, cocoa butter and cocoa powder. Sample our in-house cocoa refreshments such as cocoa marble ball, cocoa popcorn, cocoa batang buruk, pure handmade chocolate and signature cocoa drink. If you are looking for some local products, our ‘Hoko’ product is ideal for your shopping alternatives.
Location: TB6853, Batu 2, Jalan Tanjung Batu Laut, 91000 Tawau, Sabah
Atkinson Clock Tower
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The Atkinson Clock Tower is the oldest standing structure in Kota Kinabalu. It was originally known as the Atkinson Memorial Clock Tower and sits in solitary on the bluff along Signal Hill Road overlooking this seaside city and capital of Sabah, Malaysia.
Location: Kota Kinabalu, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Agnes Keith House
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Agnes Keith House is a historic house museum in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. The museum is named after Agnes Newton Keith, an American author known for her three autobiographical accounts of life in British North Borneo. She is also the sole reason why Sabah is called Land Below The Wind (Sabah : Negeri di Bawah Bayu). Just like her book.
This house is the epitome of Colonial House in the 1940’s. With all the antiquities that are still well preserved.
Location: 296, Jalan Utara, 90000 Sandakan, Sabah
Petagas War Memorial
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The Petagas War Memorial or Petagas War Memorial Garden (Malay: Taman Peringatan Petagas/Perang Petagas) is a memorial park dedicated to the Second World War victims in Sabah particularly to 324 resistance movement members, who were executed on 21 January 1944 at the site by the Japanese occupying force of North Borneo for their involvement in the Jesselton Revolt. The park memorial plate lists the names of men of various ethnic groups in North Borneo and from various islands in the Sulu Archipelago including the main resistance leader Albert Kwok and those who assisted or died in Labuan Military Prison. The park was built exactly on the site where the massacre took place and where the victims were initially buried. It is located in Kg. Peringatan Petagas in the district of Putatan in Sabah, Malaysia.
Location: No.1, Jalan Bandaran, 88675, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 88675, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 88000
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