Keningau Town historical old wooden shop

2015-11-05 THU 08:04

Tua Pek Kong Temple, Keningau of the Chinese Taoist

大伯公廟, 根地咬

Keningau's population is only 200,000 but they are represented in the major religions in Malaysia.

Ar-Rahim-Mosque

St Francis Xavier Cathedral of the Roman Catholic

Basel Church of the Christian

All these places of worship are within walking distance to each other.

Further to the country side is this new Hindu VINAYAGAR TEMPLE...

... and this new Buddhist Temple on a hill over looking the town.

Hotels in Keningau

1) Kristal Hotel - 087-338888

Kristal Hotel, Keningau  RM60.00 - RM65.00
6087 338888 / 013 8844888
 

2) Hotel Juta Keningau  http://www.sabah.com.my

Juta Hotel lies in the centre of Keningau Shopping Centers, Banks, Government Offices and Entertainment areas and is just 5 minutes drive from the Sports Complex, 10 minutes from Keningau Golf Club and 30 minutes from the Murut Cultural Centre in Tenom.
Hotel Juta is located in the heart of the Keningau as the tallest building landmark of the town.
The hotel offers 105 rooms including a suite stylishly decorated with clean and modern lines accentuated by Keningau's tropical elements and intimate all-wood interior that exude warm and charm. Experience the charm of Hotel Juta, Keningau.

Jalan Milimewa Lama, Keningau, Sabah

 

3) Queen Hotel
Lot 1-6, Suria Shopping Centre, Jalan Masak, P.O.Box 363, 89008 Keningau, Sabah
https://www.facebook.com/queenhotelkeningau

Superior Queen Rm 85.00
Delux Twin Rm 100.00
Family Rm 110.00
Lot 1-6, Suria Shopping Centre (Jalan Masak), Keningau, Sabah

4) Tai Wah Hotel
Jalan Besar, P.O.Box 37, Keningau, Sabah, Malaysia, 89007, Malaysia
Telephone: +60 87-332 092

5) Crown Hotel
Address: Lorong Toyong, 89000 Keningau, Sabah, Malaysia
Phone: +60 87-338 555

Hotel Area Keningau

1. Perkasa Hotel5.7
pekan keningau, Keningau, Sabah


2. Hotel Kristal
Pegalan Shopping Complex (Jln Pegalan Shopping Complex), Keningau, Sabah


3. Sabindo Hotel5.1
Yee Shing Commercial Centre, Lrg Selangan (Lot 45 & 46), Keningau, Sabah


4. Central Hotel I Keningau
Lot 57 58 59, Adika Commercial Complex, Keningau, Sabah


5. Royal Hotel










9. Grand Hotel 2


10. Grand Hotel
Keningau, Sabah

11. Paramount Hotel
Keningau, Sabah
 

Keningau, the largest interior town of Sabah.

The town is gateway to Sabah's Interior which has thriving timber, agriculture and tourism industries.

The Sabah Agriculture Park is a popular tourist destinations accessible from Keningau.

TheTown Field often served as football field.

Annual CROCKER RANGE FESTIVAL is held in Keningau.

Ar-Rahim-Mosque is at the Southern side of the field

Across the this KK-Tenom highway is SMK ST. FRANCIS XAVIER secondary school

and St Francis Xavier Cathedral Keningau

Keningau is situated along Kota Kinabalu-Tenom highway.

Travel Northward from here you will reach Kota Kinabalu City or Ranau Town

... after crossing the Crocker Range you can see from here covered by morning cloud

Public transport to Keningau is convenient and economic.

The long-distance bus is a considerable economic, safe and convenient

TZU CHI Recycling Centre.
TZU CHI   慈濟 is a well know international Buddhist organization.

A volunteer-based, spiritual as well as welfare organization.

, Tzu Chi’s missions focus on giving material aid and inspiring love and humanity in both the givers and receivers.

慈濟基金會根地咬

With the money from sales of recycling..... ...TZU CHI Keningau has helped

...hundreds of poor families children are helped by Study Grants of TZU CHI Keningau.

Behind the rubos agriculture economy of Sabah is a workforce of the laborers....

These laborers' well being are often neglected by the mainstream society.

Keningau street art

Work of anonymous artists on our streets.
Street art begun to appear all over Sabah in recent decade.
In Sarawak this is not obvious yet.
This indicate Sabah has a pool of talented artist.
And the Sabah public has great appreciation... including the large population tourists to Sabah.

The old original wooden shop houses...

and the new modern supermarket

This Orchid Round about is an important junction on the highway.
Vehicles from Sarawak, Ranau Town, KK City or Tawau Town all meet here.

Video in November 2015
Keningau Town, Sabah, Malaysia

From this Orchid Roundabout, we continue our journey North to Kota Kinabalu City via Tambunan Town.

This Keningau-Tambunan section of the road is straight and flat with occasion up and down slops.

and with beautiful scenery, this section of the road is of the 10 best routes for a scenic drive in Sabah.

just wanted to wish you a happy journey

根地咬

3.[2] Of this, 90% are Dusuns and Muruts, 8% are Chinese (of whom most are Hakka Chinese) and

Keningau is situated along the following highways:

1- Kota Kinabalu-Papar-Kimanis-Keningau (Kimanis-Keningau Highway)
2- Kota Kinabalu-Tambunan-Keningau-Tenom) (Malaysia Federal Route 500)
3- Keningau-Kalabakan-Tawau (Keningau-Tawau Highway)
4- Keningau-Telupid-Sandakan (Keningau-Sandakan Highway)

about 1 hour and 30 minutes drive from Kota Kinabalu via the Kinarut highway, and 2 hours and 30 minutes drive via the Tambunan Road.

It is also 30 minutes away from the Murut Cultural Centre in Tenom. Keningau is also known as the gateway town to Tenom, Tawau, Sandakan, Lahad Datu and other smaller towns south of Sabah.


 

Keningau District covers an area of 3532.82 km² (1364 sq mi). It is situated in a valley bordered by the Crocker Range to the west and the Trus Madi Range to the east and south. The district consists of 43 mukims and 245 villages.[1]

View of Keningau Town Center from the 20 meters high observatory tower of Crocker Range Park

G*Mart
Hotel Juta
Queen Hotel

Nearby the Crocker Nature Center (CNC) is a 65 feet (20 m) high observatory tower for you to get a good view of the surrounding forest area and of Keningau town.

G*Mart
Supermarket, Convenience Store, and Grocery Store
Keningau Mall, Jalan Masak Spur, Keningau Town, Sabah, Malaysia

G-mart has 13 retail supermarket outlets in 2014.

Shops at this area :
Kedai Runcit Lim Eng Teck
Restoran Banana Leaf
EVA Collection

Kimanis–Keningau Highway

Kimanis–Keningau Highway is a Sabah state highway connecting  Kimanis Town to Keningau Town.

It also acts as an alternative for Federal Route 500 from Kota Kinabalu to Tenom which is longer.

The 53-kilometre (33 mi) highway was initially started as a main logging road before being upgraded to a full two-lane highway. The highway was opened to traffic in 2006.

 

Keningau Oath Stone
Batu Sumpah Keningau

The oath covered the promises of the Government on religion, land and culture in Sabah.

A monument erected and officiated on 16 September 1963 granted to the state of Sabah during the formation of the Federation of Malaysia. The monument is currently located in the compound of the Keningau District Office.

Oath Stone tampered with : http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/09/19/Oath-Stone-tampered-with-Recent-discovery-finds-three-vital-words-no-longer-on-inscription/

Make Keningau Oath Stone a national heritage – Kurup
Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/09/16/make-keningau-oath-stone-a-national-heritage-kurup/#ixzz3NxHH90hd

The story behind Keningau’s oath stone  http://www.theborneopost.com/2010/11/30/the-story-behind-keningau%E2%80%99s-oath-stone/

Eco-Tourists attracion : Maliau Basin, Batu Punggul, Mount Trusmadi

According to Dr Jeffrey, the Barisan Nasional (BN) has been in power for more than 50 years but all timber in Sabah are sold to overseas and that there are no furniture-making factories in the State.

"The Government about 20 years ago announced that Keningau will have a furniture-making factory but until now, it has not materialised," he said.

KENINGAU -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today launched the Keningau Integrated Livestock Centre (KILC), the first livestock centre on a large scale in the country.


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Najib said the RM763 million, 2,084-acre project under the Sabah Development Corridor (SDC) is part of the Sabah Interior Food Valley initiative.
He added that the KILC Nucleus Breeding Farm is expected to have 2,000 cows to produce six million litres of milk a year to supply the whole country and for export to neighbouring countries including Brunei.
Brunei has a 40 percent equity through its RM120 million initial investment in the pioneer centre in Sook, Sabah about 50 kilometres from Keningau town, said Najib.
"We can be proud of this achievement (Brunei's investment) as we chose a Pensiangan district in the interior of Sook and not a location in Kuala Lumpur," he said at the KILC's ground breaking ceremony and gathering with the residents of Sook, here today.
Najib also witnessed the signing of the Heads of Agreement between Sabah Economic Development and Investment Authority, represented by deputy chief minister Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan and Annam Corporation's representative, Brunei Investment Agency chief executive officer Hartini Abdullah.
He described the project as one of the successes in SDC's development and part of the strategy to transform the rural areas.
"What we've done and are doing will become a reality, not just an empty dream which we cannot achieve.
"Since a long time ago we have achieved successes upon successes but we should not be complacent as the rural development agenda would not be completed for the next few decades," he said.
Najib said the Barisan Nasional government would be able to implement its rural development agenda through the Government Transformation programme and Economic Transformation Programme in eight years to develop the nation's citizens.
Najib, who is also Finance Minister, said the nation's achievements are based on comprehensive and holistic planning and its ability to manage the economy well.
"We have a clear road map, and know all our people's hardships and needs because we have a sufficient data base," he said.
He cited Keningau dairy millionaire Datuk Yap Yun Fook as an example, who started with only two cows and RM1,000 in the 80s and now has a 110 hectare high-tech farm placing him as the largest breeder and dairy farmer in the country, and urged the audience to emulate him.
Also present at the event were Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman, Brunei Education Minister Datuk Seri Awang Abu Bakar, and Natural Resources and Environment Deputy Minister Tan Sri Joseph Kurup. - BERNAMA
 

Keningau

This timber and agricultural town is situated in a valley surrounded by the Crocker Range to the west and the Trus Madi Range to the east and south sides.

Kenungau district has 245 villages.

KENINGAU is  easily accessible from Kota Kinabalu City-via a two-and-half-hour scenic drive on the Kota Kinabalu-Tenom Highway.

Keningau is the gateway town to Tenom, Tawau, Sandakan, Lahad Datu and other smaller towns of the South.

Keningau stretches across the southern expanse of the last virgin tropical rainforest of the Crocker range.

Directions:'
Distances To / From Keningau
- Kota Kinabalu - 2 hours & 30 minuttes
- Kimanis - 2 hours
- Tambunan - 45 minutes
- Tenom - 30 minutes
- Ranau -2 hours & 40 minutes