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Lawas, the Glossary

Lawas (Pekan Lawas) is a small town and the capital of Lawas District, Limbang Division, Sarawak, Malaysia.^[1]

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Brunei–Malaysia border crossings
Lawas District
Towns in Sarawak

Apple

An apple is a round, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus spp.'', among them the domestic or orchard apple; Malus domestica).

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Ba'kelalan is a group of nine villages at Maligan Highlands of Limbang Division, Sarawak, Malaysia about above sea level and 4 km from the border with Indonesian Kalimantan and 150 km from the nearest town of Lawas. Lawas and Ba'kelalan are Lawas District and towns in Sarawak.

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Ba'kelalan (state constituency)

Ba'kelalan is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1996.

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Baru Bian

Baru Bian (born 9 September 1958) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Ba'kelalan since April 2011. He served as the Minister of Works in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Selangau from May 2018 to November 2022.

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Border checkpoint

A border checkpoint is a location on an international border where travelers or goods are inspected and allowed (or denied) passage through.

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Borneo Evangelical Mission

The Borneo Evangelical Mission is a Protestant Evangelical Christian missionary society that worked among the people of Borneo, Malaysia.

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Brunei

Brunei, officially Brunei Darussalam, is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo.

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Brunei Malay

The Brunei Malay language, also called Bruneian Malay language (Jawi: بهاس ملايو بروني), is the most widely spoken language in Brunei and a lingua franca in some parts of Sarawak and Sabah, such as Labuan, Limbang, Lawas, Sipitang and Papar.

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Bruneian Malays

Bruneian MalaysBrunei Malay in its various forms can be identified with a nation, an ethnic group and a region.

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Brunei–Malaysia border

The Brunei–Malaysia border divides the territory of Brunei and Malaysia on the island of Borneo.

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Bukit Mas

Bukit Mas was a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1978 to 2008.

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Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak

Sir Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, GCMG (Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke; 3 June 1829 – 17 May 1917), born Charles Anthoni Johnson, ruled as the head of state of Raj of Sarawak from 3 August 1868 until his death.

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Chinese language

Chinese is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China.

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Divisions of Malaysia

Divisions (bahagian) are the primary subdivisions of Sabah and Sarawak, the states in East Malaysia.

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Elaeis

Elaeis is a genus of palms containing two species, called oil palms.

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Gawai Dayak

Gawai Dayak (previously as known as Dayak Day or Sarawak Day) is an annual festival and a public holiday celebrated by the Dayak people in Sarawak, Malaysia on 1 and 2 June.

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Han Chinese

The Han Chinese or the Han people, or colloquially known as the Chinese are an East Asian ethnic group native to Greater China.

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Henry Sum Agong

Dato Henry Sum Agong (born 18 February 1946) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lawas since March 2008.

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Hokkien

Hokkien is a variety of the Southern Min languages, native to and originating from the Minnan region, in the southeastern part of Fujian in southeastern mainland China.

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Iban people

The Ibans or Sea Dayaks are an Austronesian ethnic group indigenous to northwestern Borneo.

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Javelin

A javelin is a light spear designed primarily to be thrown, historically as a ranged weapon.

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Kedayan

The Kedayan (also known as Kadayan, Kadaian or Kadyan) are an ethnic group residing in Brunei, Federal Territory of Labuan, southwest of Sabah, and north of Sarawak on the island of Borneo.

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Kota Kinabalu

Kota Kinabalu (formerly known as Jesselton), colloquially referred to as KK, is the state capital of Sabah, Malaysia.

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Kuching

Kuching, officially the City of Kuching, is the capital and the most populous city in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia.

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Labuan

Labuan, officially the Federal Territory of Labuan (Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan), is an island federal territory of Malaysia.

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Lawas Airport

Lawas Airport is a Short Take-off and Landing (STOL) airport serving Lawas, a town in Limbang Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. Lawas and Lawas Airport are Lawas District.

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Lawas Bridge

The Lawas Bridge or Batang Lawas Bridge is a bridge near Lawas town in Limbang Division, Sarawak, Malaysia.

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Lawas District

The Lawas District is one of the two districts of Limbang Division, Malaysia. Lawas and Lawas District are Brunei–Malaysia border crossings.

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Limbang

Limbang is a border town and the capital of Limbang District in the Limbang Division of northern Sarawak, East Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. Lawas and Limbang are Brunei–Malaysia border crossings and towns in Sarawak.

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Limbang Division

Limbang Division (Bahagian Limbang) is one of the twelve administrative divisions of Sarawak, Malaysia.

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List of districts in Malaysia

Districts (Malay: Daerah; Jajahan in Kelantan) are a type of administrative division below the state level in Malaysia.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Long Semado

Long Semado (also known as Semado, Long Semadoh or Long Semabo) is a settlement in the Lawas division of Sarawak, Malaysia.

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Lun Bawang

The Lun Bawang (formerly known as Trusan Murut and Mengalong Murut or Southern Murut) is an ethnic group found in Central Northern Borneo.

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Lun Bawang language

Lun Bawang or is the language spoken by the Lun Bawangs.

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Malay language

Malay (Bahasa Melayu, Jawi: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that is also spoken in East Timor and parts of Thailand.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.

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Malaysian Chinese

Malaysian Chinese, Chinese Malaysians, or Sino-Malaysians are Malaysian citizens of Han Chinese ethnicity.

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MARA Junior Science College

This is a list of MARA Junior Science Colleges (MJSC), is a network of boarding schools founded by the People's Trust Council (PTC), a Malaysian governmental organization.

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Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 6th Malaysian Parliament

This is a list of the members of the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) of the 6th Parliament of Malaysia, elected in 1982.

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Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 7th Malaysian Parliament

This is a list of the members of the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) of the 7th Parliament of Malaysia, elected in 1986.

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Ministry of Domestic Trade and Costs of Living

The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Costs of Living (Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Kos Sara Hidup), abbreviated KPDN, is a ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is responsible for domestic trade, living costs, co-operatives, consumerism, franchise and others.

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Ministry of Works (Malaysia)

The Ministry of Works (Kementerian Kerja Raya; Jawi), abbreviated KKR, is a ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is responsible for public works, highway authority, construction industry, engineers, architects and quantity surveyors.

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Miri

Miri (Jawi) is a coastal city in north-eastern Sarawak, Malaysia, located near the border of Brunei, on the island of Borneo.

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Mukim Labu

Mukim Labu is a mukim in Temburong District, Brunei. Lawas and mukim Labu are Brunei–Malaysia border crossings.

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Ninth Malaysia Plan

The Ninth Malaysian Plan (Rancangan Malaysia ke-9), abbreviated as '9MP', is a comprehensive blueprint prepared by the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) of the Prime Minister's Department and the Finance Ministry of Malaysia with approval by the Cabinet of Malaysia.

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North Borneo

North Borneo (usually known as British North Borneo, also known as the State of North Borneo) was a British protectorate in the northern part of the island of Borneo, (present-day Sabah).

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North Borneo Chartered Company

The North Borneo Chartered Company (NBCC), also known as the British North Borneo Company (BNBC) was a British chartered company formed on 1 November 1881 to administer and exploit the resources of North Borneo (present-day Sabah in Malaysia).

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Paddy field

A paddy field is a flooded field of arable land used for growing semiaquatic crops, most notably rice and taro.

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Raj of Sarawak

The Raj of Sarawak, also the Kingdom of Sarawak or State of Sarawak, located in the northwestern part of the island of Borneo, was an independent state founded in 1841, in a treaty of protection with the United Kingdom starting from 1888.

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Sabah

Sabah, or given nickname Sabah Bumi Di Bawah Bayu (means Sabah Land Below The Wind) is a state of Malaysia located on the northern portion of Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia.

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Sarawak

Sarawak is a state of Malaysia.

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Sekolah Berasrama Penuh

Sekolah Berasrama Penuh (SBP) or Fully Residential School is a school system established in Malaysia to nurture outstanding students to excel in academics and extracurricular activities.

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Selangau (federal constituency)

Selangau is a federal constituency in Sibu Division (Selangau District), Mukah Division (Mukah District) and Bintulu Division (Tatau District), Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1990.

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States and federal territories of Malaysia

The states and federal territories of Malaysia are the principal administrative divisions of Malaysia.

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Temburong District

Temburong District (Daerah Temburong; Jawi: دائيره تمبوروڠ), or simply Temburong, is the easternmost district in Brunei.

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The Borneo Post

The Borneo Post, established in 1978, is the largest and widely circulated English-language daily newspaper in East Malaysia and also the alternately circulated newspaper in Brunei (as a strong competitor to the main existing newspapers of Pelita Brunei, Borneo Bulletin and also Media Permata, to a lesser extent, the now-defunct Brunei Times).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawas

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Lawas, the Glossary

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See also

Brunei–Malaysia border crossings

Lawas District

Towns in Sarawak

References