tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24459275531811943942011-11-27T15:15:35.278-08:00My old home town at Wallace Bay Sebatik Island 1950bestari739noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445927553181194394.post-1651262377661094182008-11-05T04:42:00.000-08:002008-11-05T04:45:41.832-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4wW9qPFJYOc/SRGU4I2BlZI/AAAAAAAAAKI/rQ6aYwj3JWY/s1600-h/IMG_4157.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265153131540485522" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4wW9qPFJYOc/SRGU4I2BlZI/AAAAAAAAAKI/rQ6aYwj3JWY/s320/IMG_4157.JPG" border="0" /></a> The two little cousins holding hands.<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2445927553181194394-165126237766109418?l=bestari739.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>bestari739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445927553181194394.post-4392411819617899422008-11-05T04:31:00.001-08:002008-11-05T04:41:47.899-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4wW9qPFJYOc/SRGTnxIotVI/AAAAAAAAAKA/Dvz3baa3jh0/s1600-h/DSC02632.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265151750786561362" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4wW9qPFJYOc/SRGTnxIotVI/AAAAAAAAAKA/Dvz3baa3jh0/s320/DSC02632.JPG" border="0" /></a> Ryan kau and Chloe the little sister is playing computer.Ryan kau and Chloe kau are the grandchildren of Bryan Paul Lai.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2445927553181194394-439241181961789942?l=bestari739.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>bestari739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445927553181194394.post-90468408371161191882008-10-30T22:06:00.000-07:002008-10-30T22:26:08.851-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4wW9qPFJYOc/SQqWDimHQbI/AAAAAAAAAHk/XLZOw_TGTEM/s1600-h/umslamag20001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263184102106284466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 206px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4wW9qPFJYOc/SQqWDimHQbI/AAAAAAAAAHk/XLZOw_TGTEM/s320/umslamag20001.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Lamag district office at Kinabatangan hamlet</div><div>Mr Yap Man Siu was the ADO and Simon Lai one of the officer.Photo taken in 1946</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2445927553181194394-9046840837116119188?l=bestari739.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>bestari739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445927553181194394.post-27354099909525128212008-10-30T21:59:00.000-07:002008-10-30T22:05:32.645-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4wW9qPFJYOc/SQqQ6YQvRbI/AAAAAAAAAHc/-yDpqQw20ss/s1600-h/MAR16_01.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263178447155316146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 241px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4wW9qPFJYOc/SQqQ6YQvRbI/AAAAAAAAAHc/-yDpqQw20ss/s320/MAR16_01.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Mr Peter Raymond Lai who was involved in the underground movement in Sandakan during the second world war in 1942 was presented the King's Medal by the Governor General of North Borneo representing the British Goverment and the Commonwealth of Nation in </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2445927553181194394-2735409990952512821?l=bestari739.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>bestari739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445927553181194394.post-73673733849000461792008-10-29T23:44:00.000-07:002008-10-29T23:49:09.708-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4wW9qPFJYOc/SQlX88NNjNI/AAAAAAAAAGg/MQ796PMEwTc/s1600-h/JAN25_01.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262834344024444114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 227px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4wW9qPFJYOc/SQlX88NNjNI/AAAAAAAAAGg/MQ796PMEwTc/s320/JAN25_01.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Those were the days.The dispensary at Tongod,Kinabatangan </div><div>hamlet of Sandakan Town North Borneo</div><div>Photo taken in 1947.The writer was that little boy at No. 4</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2445927553181194394-7367373384900046179?l=bestari739.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>bestari739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445927553181194394.post-28360391112404984182007-11-05T04:39:00.000-08:002008-10-27T02:43:34.539-07:00<strong>My Home Town at Wallace Bay Sebatik Island</strong>.<br /><br />Wallace Bay is a small hamlet situated at Sebatik island.Bombay Burma Trading Corporation started the camp for the sole purpose of extracting timber from Kalabakan,Salimponpon and its vicinity.Most of the workforce came from Indonesia,the Philippine,'Burmese and Local inhabitants.My father Peter Raymond Lai resigned from civil service and worked for the company.He was the chief dresser in charge of the Wallace Bay dispensary.There were many locals such as the Primus,Sikayun,Wong,Domingoes,Napolean Kee and others.Many of the age going children had to travel to Tawau for their education.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2445927553181194394-2836039111240498418?l=bestari739.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>bestari739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445927553181194394.post-39475672116196105782007-11-04T05:59:00.001-08:002007-11-04T05:59:25.703-08:00My Home Town at Wallace Bay Sebatik Island<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2445927553181194394-3947567211619610578?l=bestari739.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>bestari739noreply@blogger.com0