Background Of Lubok Antu
Township:
Lubok Antu Township “the sleepy cowboy
town”,was established way back in the colonial era in the early 1800s.
According to the elders, the first 2-3 shops were erected at a location
adjacent to our present KK Lubok Antu which was later moved to the present
location. The present old shop lots were erected approximately 20 meters from
Batang Ai river bank. These are predominantly owned by typical China Men. Since
then, these shops cater for the surrounding minor local Malay, Chinese
communities and the majority of Iban communities residing along the Batang Ai River,
as well as those residing along its major tributaries, such as Engkarie and Lemanak
River.
The geographical coordinate for Lubok
Antu is lat;104.1780 long:111.836100, an area predominantly dominated by Iban ethnic and as
such Iban language is very much the lingua franca in the area. Majority of the
Iban communities are practicing shifting rice cultivation, rubber tapping, oil
palm planting and small scale enterprising on local produce such as the popular
red Talipia and Tengadak fish as well as local agricultural produce.
Since the resettlement programme in
conjunction with the damming up of the Batang Ai River for first Sarawak’s hydro-electric station in the 80s, it was not
uncommon to see streams of visitors as well as the local communities comprising
of various ethnics frequenting and packed the township for daily necessities or
other activities. Lubok Antu Township is adjacent to the Sarawak-Kalimantan
border that takes about 20 minutes drive to reach the Badau border post, as
such this township is a common transit point for both illegal and legal
Indonesians planning to go to other places in this country, as well as carrying
out small scale enterprising for local agricultural produce and handicrafts
with wide varieties of choice.
Location Of Present District Health Office:
The geographical coordinate for District
Health Office Lubok Antu is at Lat.1.041780 Longitude: 111.836100. To reach the
District Health Office Lubok Antu one has to travel with land transport (land
cruiser or private car) for 1.5 hours along a course of 82 km from Sri Aman
town, through multiple “s” pattern “tidal wave” tar-sealed road that is
gradually improved over years.
We are responsible to our main
administrative office that is Divisional Health Office Sri Aman, which is
reachable through the above mentioned mean. The base Hospital that deals
directly with all cases needing professional investigation and management, be
it cases referred from outstation clinics under Lubok Antu district or klinik
kesihatan Lubok Antu itself, is the present General Hospital Sri Aman, which is
also of the same distance away.
