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Law Gek Soon Road - view towards the Kemena River, 1970's
Note the old fish market at the center far background. |
This is the general view of Bintulu in the early 70's. It was a small and sleepy town. It's status was a mere sub-district of Miri Division. It has started to have a bus service and a few cars, including a jeep as seen in the picture above. The shophouses on both sides of Law Gek Soon Road were built using posts and beams of belian timber and roofing of belian shingles. The road was named after Law Gek Soon who was the first government Chief Clerk of Bintulu. The shopkeepers lived on the first floor of the shophouses. The shop at the extreme left corner of the row belonged to Tai Hua Hardware. It was from this shop that I ordered my 'scrambler', and was the first 'scrambler' (Yamaha Trail 125cc) to be seen in Bintulu. The early 70's were pre- economic boom period. The picture below shows the place during the fourth boom.
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Law Gek Soon Road - view towards the Kemena River,27 June'14
Period : Bintulu during Fourth economic boom.
Note the blue coloured building at far center of the picture. It replaced the old fish market (partly seen in the very top picture)
The blue building is named 'Pasar Utama' which houses a wet and dry market on the ground floor and a food court at the first floor. |
