Description
A very detailed account of Labuan’s history from its time as a British colony (under various administrations), Japanese occupation, its inclusion in the post-war colony of North Borneo, and its handing over to the Federal Government, which has made in an International Offshore Financial Centre.
Table of Contents
- Labuan 1
- Labuan (Victoria Island) — First British North Colony in Northern Borneo, Sabah 4
- Rajah Brooke, the first Governor of Labuan Island 13
- Labuan Coal Mine 15
- The end of Sir James Brooke’s Governorship 19
- Brooke and The Commercial Adventurers 20
- Brooke resigned as Governor of Labuan 22
- Labuan 1890 24
- Labuan under the Chartered Company 26
- Troubles in Labuan Island 28
- Christianity in Labuan 30
- Pope Hennessy and Hugh Low 31
- American Trading Company 33
- British Traders on the East Coast 37
- William Clarke Cowie 38
- Adventurous historical background of Labuan 40
- Labuan under the Japanese 50
- Labuan became a Federal Territory 65
- Labuan became a political issue 69
- Development in Labuan started to move up 78
- Property boom 86
- Development as an International Offshore Financial Centre 96
- Letter from The Sabah State Government 107
- Acknowledgements 108