tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667098065358596449.post4924176468082147951..comments2024-02-20T14:45:58.202+08:00Comments on Something2Share: SANDAKAN: UNFORGETTABLE "LITTLE HONG KONG"Maxlohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11729606614990939542noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667098065358596449.post-12897698245894460622010-11-25T11:05:26.727+08:002010-11-25T11:05:26.727+08:00Thank you for sharing this. I find this article ve...Thank you for sharing this. I find this article very interesting. I am a Hakka Sabahan and I am very glad to know that you seem to feel at home in Sabah. I just would like to comment a bit. I think 50 years back, Sandakan was the only place in Sabah where Cantonese was more commonly spoken. That is why it has the nicked name the Little Hong Kong. I think there are more Cantonese origin people there. But today, whether you are a Cantonese or Hakka or any origin in Sandakan, Hakka language has taken over Cantonese. This makes the whole of Sabah's common Chinese language being Hakka. Just to let you that this is one of the most unique thing in the whole world. Sabah is the only place in the world where Hakka is the dominant language among the Chinese, that people of other dialects often end up speaking Hakka than their own dialects. Please come back to Sabah!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667098065358596449.post-79486865381350360772009-10-21T18:28:13.384+08:002009-10-21T18:28:13.384+08:00pak Loh, pls do come again to sandakan, there are ...pak Loh, pls do come again to sandakan, there are few new additional tourist attraction spots in sandakan, this time I will make sure to disclose to you the special ingredient of the pancake for feeding the proboscis monkey :)))))lee min khinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12151110355088513172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667098065358596449.post-6471066360107958192009-10-21T18:27:30.578+08:002009-10-21T18:27:30.578+08:00pak Loh, Pls do come to visit sandakan again, ther...pak Loh, Pls do come to visit sandakan again, there are few new additional tourist attraction spot available in sandakan now. this time i will make sure to disclose the secretive ingredient of the pancake which for feeding the probocis monkeys :)))))<br /><br />ah lee cai, sandakanlee min khinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12151110355088513172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667098065358596449.post-1998379797833834672009-10-13T08:44:34.152+08:002009-10-13T08:44:34.152+08:002 hakka sisters later married 2 male tenants when ...2 hakka sisters later married 2 male tenants when their hakka father wanted them out of his house in Sandakan ASAP so he could remarry again. The 2 tenants were orphans abandoned by Chinese laborers who ditched their mothers from Sarawak primitive tribe. Looking for contacts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667098065358596449.post-51486600213636368242009-09-27T22:09:14.939+08:002009-09-27T22:09:14.939+08:00You are absolutely right. They are Hakka speaking ...You are absolutely right. They are Hakka speaking Cantonese and I presume they speak Hakka more often then speaking Cantonese nowaday in Sandakan. Correct me if I am wrong. That's why Sandakan has been well known as "Little Hong Kong."KP LOHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06882208479618363983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667098065358596449.post-37826927365419131432009-09-24T18:05:43.229+08:002009-09-24T18:05:43.229+08:00Nice writeups. anyway i would like to correct some...Nice writeups. anyway i would like to correct some remarks.<br />actually sandakan hav more cantonese than hakka. reason being because of they migrated from hongkong to sandakan due to british occupation and order. i met one hongkong friend whom already migrated to sandakan since 1950 explain this.Stephany Channoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667098065358596449.post-72068839951022116952009-03-17T10:48:00.000+08:002009-03-17T10:48:00.000+08:00Congrats for a well written and informative articl...Congrats for a well written and informative article on your experiences in Sandakan.<BR/><BR/>May I suggest if you could put in some nice photos of the animals you've encountered at the right paragraphs of your article, it would greatly enhance any readers' enjoyment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667098065358596449.post-40785648214381190022009-03-16T10:38:00.000+08:002009-03-16T10:38:00.000+08:00Very interesting to read of the adventures of a x...Very interesting to read of the adventures of a xifu planter, my old friend Ah Peng (your late parents used to call u) aka Pak Loh (in Indonesia.) Do write some more for people like me (a former teacher)who has never even seen a real rubber tapping activity or the harvesting of the golden crop. By reading your blog, I learnt a lot on the life of a planter and the hardships u have gone thru. Your experiences and adventures should be complied into a book for young planters to read b4 they venture into the world of trees and more trees. Maybe your old buddy(me) can make a docu film out of it. Planters have a lot of stories to tell. A non planter like me like to read stories from planters (the Sunday Times used to carry stories of retired planters, usually by Mat Sallehs of yesteryears). So u had encountered many wild animals in Sabah. Did u get to meet Tarzan and Jane who were the masters of the orangutans in the jungles of Sabah?<BR/>Sorry, I got carry away, they are only found in the jungle studios of Hollywood. Been watching too much old movies lately.<BR/>I got a chance to visit Sabah in 1998 when the Hainan Association Malaysia had its AGM there, but regretabilly I didn't go. I went to Kuching, S'wak in 1990 for the HAM AGM as a representative from the Lipis Sukee Ass. I missed many opportunties of visiting a lot of places which I now regret. So make hay while the sun shines.I'm telling this to myself and those who fall into the category of prograstinationists. Not u, KP, u are already a seasoned world traveller and an adventurous planter who has eaten more salt than rice, so to speak.jmtan2007.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06971151760319657637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667098065358596449.post-82699232484062528752009-03-15T20:13:00.000+08:002009-03-15T20:13:00.000+08:00Thank you for this short article which had reminde...Thank you for this short article which had reminded me of the good old days at Morisem. I do miss some of the names and places you mentioned and again thank you for these recollections and photos of Sandakan/Sukau.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667098065358596449.post-21782859399739841642009-03-13T18:52:00.000+08:002009-03-13T18:52:00.000+08:00Very nice to read your article of UNFORGOTTABLE "L...Very nice to read your article of UNFORGOTTABLE "LITTLE HONG KONG" SANDAKAN<BR/><BR/>I started my planting career back 1980 ,the first Estate I joined is in Batu Puteh near the Kinabatangan River Sekong River Kemayan Group THE first day when I went to the estate there was no current supply we used to use the pressure lamp '' TAI KONG TAN ".<BR/>Guys you just imagine a youngster come back from the modern urban such as TAIPEI,really we almost want to abscond from the estate.<BR/><BR/>After listened to our uncle's advice, "any tall and big building every thing must have a good foundation then only can go higher and further", so I stayed back and started learning the management through people. Up to now I NEVER FORGET MY DEAR FRIEND AND MY SENIOR LOH KONG PENG ,WHEN I MET YOU IN TAWAU BACK 1989 OR 1988 IN OUR TAIWAN ALLUMINI ANNIVESARY CARNIVAL IN TAWAU.<BR/><BR/>Time passing very fast almost 20 years we did not meet I think ONE DAY we should visit you . <BR/><BR/>FYI My late father also come from DA PU Kwangtong Province and I had visited China DA PU. IS good to know where is our roots.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com