Nov 4, 1899 (North Borneo Herald)
Mr Henry Walker, the Commissioner of Lands, recommended a narrow strip of coastal land between Tanjung Lipat and Tanjung Aru, to be the site for a deep water port on the mainland and a terminus for a railway line.
Walker was convinced it was a good place to start a town and the present proves him right – the strip of land became Jesselton, named after Sir Charles Jessel Bart, a vice chairman of the Chartered Company. Jesselton (now Kota Kinabalu) was directly opposite Gaya, an island on which a settlement was started in 1881 and by January 1884, had a population of 400.
Gaya was the Chartered Company’s administrative centre for the west coast but the island was abandoned for Jesselton. Rebel leader Mat Salleh looted and burnt Gaya to the ground in 1897.
Malaysian Scouts were
placed under one umbrella
Nov 3, 1964 (Daily Express)
The Malaysian Boy Scouts Federation (the term “Boy”
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