City Of Kuching - Episode 2

Helo, to those who first time visiting this web site, I would like to say welcome to "TripleM's Here". Like I said in the City Of Kuching - Episode 1, I will tell you all about Kuching.



Introduction

Kuching is the capital of East Malaysian state of Sarawak. Being the most populous city in Sarawak, Kuching emerged as one of the most vibrant cities in the region and it is the largest city on the island of Borneo and the fourth largest city in Malaysia. Kuching was elevated city status on 1 August 1988 and carries the nick name of Cat City.

Administration
The city of Kuching is located in the district of Kuching. The district covers an area of 1,863 square kilometres (719 sq m), and is one of the three district within Kuching Division. The district of Kuching is administred and divided into three local governments, which are namely DBKU (Kuching North City Hall), MBKS (Kuching South City Council) and MPP (Padawan Municipal Council).

The area north of the Sarawak River, parts of Old Kuching, Satok and western Central Business District (CDB) is within the jurisdiction of Dewan Bandaraya Kuching Utara (Kuching North City Hall) covering an area of 369.48 square kilometres (142.66 sq m). Kuching North City Hall is directly under the supervision of the Chief Minister of Sarawak. The area south of the Sarawak River, eastern CBD and towards the South China Sea is within the jurisdiction of Majlis Bandaraya Kuching Selatan (Kuching South City Council), covering a smaller but more densely populated area of 61.53 square kilometres (23.76 sq m).

There are those who believe that the divisions in power of Northern (primarily Malay and Bumiputra residents) and Southern (primarily Chinese residents) districts came about due to ethnic reasons in the 1980s. There are also those who believe the administration is divided due to geographical reasons, as the Northern and Southern district are linked by only two bridges spanning the Sarawak River.

The third local government is Majlis Perbandaran Padawan or Padawan Municipal Council, formerly known as Kuching Rural District Council, which administers rural areas within Kuching district, Batu Kawah, Kota Sentosa and Third Mile. It covers a large portion of Kuching District with an area of 1, 431.82 square kilometres (552.83 sq m).

List Of Areas In Kuching

Kuching North City Hall area

-Bako
-Matang
-CBD West
-Petra Jaya
-Satok
-Santubong

Kuching South City Council area

-CBD East
-Padungan
-Pending
-Stampin

History
Sarawak was a part of the Sultanate of Brunei 200 years ago but as a reward for help in putting down a rebellion, it was ceded to British adventurer James Brooke who ruled it as his personal kingdom. Kuching was made his capital and headquarters. The Brooke Administrartion was given the status of Protectorate under Rajah Charles Brooke's rule and was place behind the Indian Rajs and Princes. The Brooke family ruled Sarawak until the Japanese occupation in December 1941.

Kuching was surrended to the Japanese forces on 24 December 1941, and Sarawak was part of the Japanese Imperial Empire, for three years and eight months, until the official Japanese surrender on 11 September 1945 on board HMAS Kapunda at Kuching. From March 1942 the Japanese operated a POW and civilian internee camp at Batu Lintang, three miles (5km) outside Kuching.

After the end of World War II the third and last Raja, Sir Charles Vyner Brooke ceded Sarawak to the British Crown in 1946. Sarawak and the British Commonwealth fought an "Undeclared War" with Indonesia to keep Sarawak from being absorbed into Sukarno's Indonesia. The British gave Sarawak independence in 1963 and together with North Borneo, Sabah and Singapore, helped from Malaysia on 16 September 1963. Singapore became an independent nation in 1965.

That's all for today. Well, just wait for the next episode. Remember, wait.....

Source: Wikipedia - Kuching