Sandakan , post-war

“There is still a certain enforced simplicity about life in North Borneo. There is no newspaper , the Government printing press was destroyed in the war. There are very few telephones and they are seldom in order . There is a mail once in ten days , if the aeroplane manages to call . The radio is little used , for the electricity supply is so weak and the transmitting stations so far away that few sets produce anything audible . North Borneo can , in fact , be recommended for those who wish to retire from the world . But there are drawbacks . There is a very poor water supply and medical services are primitive.”

A brief description of North Borneo by UNESCO visiting the west coast from Jesselton , both north and south , and fly across the island to Sandakan on the 11^th march 1948.

[ Sandakan airport in the 1950's ]