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Sarikei is
a town, and the capital of the Sarikei District (985 square kilometres) in
Sarikei Division, Sarawak, east
Malaysia. It is located on the Rajang River, near where the river empties
into the South China Sea.
The most distinctive feature of the bustling waterfront is a 3.6 m high
pineapple statue and also the tallest building in Sarikei - Wisma Jubli
Mutiara.
The town itself consists of a main road, Repok Road which is bisected by
another road leading to the new development in Kampung Seberang.
Sarikei has
been known as The Fruit Basket of Sarawak.
The economy of the town is primarily agricultural, and Sarikei is famed
for its pineapples and its pepper. Besides that, the center of town also
has many old Chinese shophouses from the 1930s.
Sarikei
also a major transportation hub for traffic on both the Pan Borneo Highway
and the Rajang river. Anybody travelling by road or express boat from
Kuching to Sibu must pass
through Sarikei.
There have
two terminals provided water transport (boat express) in Sarikei. Terminal
1 is next to the clock tower and the pineapple statue. Meanwhile, Terminal
2 serves the bigger boats to Kuching.
Sources:
Wikipedia
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