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A popular seafood restaurant in Labuan suffered extensive damage after it was hit by three-metre waves during a high tide phenomenon on Jan 14. - Bernama
LABUAN (Bernama): A rare high tide phenomenon which hit coastal villages here also destroyed the popular Anjung Ketam Nagalang floating seafood restaurant.
Its 62-year-old owner Ali Buah said three-metre high waves crashed against the restaurant building and its wooden walkway at 8pm on Tuesday (Jan 14), causing damage estimated at RM100,000. It happened in the blink of an eye. We had never experienced such massive waves before. We could only watch and do nothing when waves struck the extended restaurant structure and washed away pieces of the wooden walkway, he told Bernama when met at the scene Friday (Jan 15).
Published on: Saturday, December 19, 2020
By: Bernama
Dr Fary with others at Pulau Larai-Larai.
LABUAN: Labuan will soon have its very own Sky Mirror as a tourist attraction - the newly-discovered Larai-Larai Island off Kg Bebuloh waters.
The floating island, which is about 15 minutes away by boat from Kg Bebuloh Laut jetty, was found to be unexplored and offers unique scenery.
During low tide and with the sea water receding, the island will appear as a sprawling beauty spanning two football fields.
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Labuan Corporation chief executive officer Dr Fary Akmal Osman said the unexplored island could be a competitor to Selangor’s eco-tourism product Sky Mirror in Kuala Selangor.
Published on: Monday, December 14, 2020
By: Bernama
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The newly-discovered Pulau Batu Rumput also known as Pulau Layar near the Kg Bebuloh Laut open sea and Kina Benuwa Mangrove Park
LABUAN: Labuan’s oldest gazetted Kina Benuwa Mangrove Park is set to undergo a major facelift with an initial allocation of RM1.5 million, as part of the island’s tourism development plan.
The proposed project, which has been submitted to the Federal Territories Ministry for approval, is to be implemented early next year.
Labuan Corporation (LC) Chief Executive Officer Dr Fary Akmal Osman said the agency wanted the mangrove forest to be a natural tourism area but should be upgraded to make it ecologically sustainable and tourist-friendly.