In 1975 Bintulu was just a fishing village however local authority had put education as priority and set up a library in a wooden house near to air port as shown below.
Bintulu's popularity as a business and tourist centre has led to the mushrooming of affordable and comfortable accomodation from the luxury of a three star hotel to the fundamentals.
Uniquely enough, nowhere in the country could you step out of the plane and walk right into the main street. But that's Bintulu, the airport was only a doorstep away from town and this fact was listed in the Guiness Book of World Records as the town sited nearest to an airport. But that is history now as the new airport is quite a distance from town now.
