SIBU, May 30 ― Travelling by boat is no longer the main option for those going back home for Gawai Dayak, judging from the quiet scene at Sibu Express Boat Terminal just a few...
SIBU, May 30 ― Travelling by boat is no longer the main option for those going back home for Gawai Dayak, judging from the quiet scene at Sibu Express Boat Terminal just a few days before the celebration this Thursday .yesterday showed only a handful of passengers at the terminal, waiting for speedboats bound for Daro and Dalat.
It is learned that the Sibu-Kapit express boat service was discontinued after January 14 this year. Back in its heyday, the sector would record an average of 500 passengers at the terminal daily, and the number would shoot up days before the Gawai Dayak celebration. “There were also extra trips approved by SRB ahead of Gawai Dayak celebration back then, to accommodate high number of passengers wanting to go back to their longhouses for the holidays.
“Now, the porters are nowhere to be seen,” said one of the few passengers met at the terminal yesterday, who requested anonymity.Just a stone’s throw away from Sibu Express Boat Terminal, the wharf accommodates boats that cover the more-rural Sibu-Passin and Sibu-Mupong sectors.
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