The Inferno Aftermath @ Kampung Dato Sibu

The inferno on 19th June 2013 (Wed) at Kampung Dato and Kampung Hilir Sibu had razed around 100 wooden houses.  There are total of 653 people from 107 families had been registered as fire victims in the tragedy which was believed to have started from a vacant house in Kampung Hilir. The inferno then spread towards the direction of Paramount Hotel with the "help" of strong winds.

[Photo taken from Borneo Post Online]

I visited the place on the 3rd day after the destructing event and discovered that Kampung Dato's scenery which I believe all Siburians are so used to see almost entirely erased from the view!

The aftermath from the disaster is really horrible and sad!!

There were still some smoke could be seen even after 3 days of the tragedy.

More photos on the inferno:
1. Inferno razes 100 Sibu houses

The New Permanent Stage @ Sibu Town Square

Sibu Town Square now has a new, grand and permanent center stage that costs almost 2 millions of Ringgit Malaysia.

According to state's Minister of Local Government and Community Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh, the new stage was built to replace the general stage that has no facilities. Over the past years, Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) had to spend over RM100,000 to construct the temporary structure every time if there is any major event held on the place.

According to a report in New Sarawak Tribune website,  the stage is 40m in width and 24m in breadth, covers a total of 900 square meters floor area. The construction started on 1st October last year and completed on 30th May this year.

Facilities being incorporated into the stage are male and female's changing rooms with toilet facilities, audio video control room and distribution panels, utility room, VVIP restroom, the backstage and a large stage floor.

 

The stage will be equipped with the latest state of art lighting technologies with hydraulic operating system as well as excellent acoustics system.

Some said the stage looks like a Swan spreading her wings, what say you? Well... for me... I personally feel if you insist to relate the stage with a swan as Sibu is called "the town of swan", ok... that's accepted.

Anyhow, the new stage will be playing its role for the first time during the upcoming Borneo Cultural Festival which will be held in less than 2 weeks time from now, 28th June - 7th July 2013.

Reference:
1. New Sarawak Tribune: Sibu Town Square will have new stage in May
2. The Borneo Post: Town square’s centre stage 84 pct completed

Sibu Town Square Phase 2 Riverside Park Demolished

The riverside park located at Sibu Town Square Phase 2 had been demolished recently to give way to Sibu Town Square Development project by Fullyard Sdn. Bhd. According to the information, the development project will include two blocks of 25-storey high-end condominium, an eight-storey budget hotel, a six-storey office tower and plenty of shop houses which estimated to be completed in 3 years time.

I bet most of the Siburians are not aware/expecting about this demolition until recently they went to the place that they used to go for recreational activities and only discovered the beautiful park is in the process of clearing.

I believe that before this most people only aware that the mega project will involve the river fillings area in front of the riverside park and never expecting the park to be sacrificed.

In my archive, some of the beautiful scenery of the park (taken in 2009) and it'll soon be a history!

If you are interested to know more about the development, please try your luck with the following links:
1. http://sibutownsquare.com/
2. https://www.facebook.com/fullyardsb