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MALAYSIA DESTINATION GUIDE
Atkinson Clock Tower, Sabah
Building a British colonial empire in faraway Borneo had its share of difficulties and challenges. One of these was tropical diseases. The first District Officer of Jesselton, Francis George Atkinson, died of malaria at the young age of 28. His mother, Mary Edith Atkinson of England, built the Atkinson Clock Tower on Bukit Brace (Brace Hill) in 1905, in memory of her son. While the original Mirabau wood ... more
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