The state flag of Sarawak will now be known as Ibu Pertiwi, which means “motherland” in Bahasa Melayu. Sarawak premier Abang Johari Openg announced the name tonight at the state-level New Year ...

The latter, known as the Kingdom of Sarawak flag, was designed by James Brooke and signified the state as a British colony. It was flown from 1946 to 1973, meaning that it remained in use even 10 ...

KUCHING: Sarawak's state flag has been named Ibu Pertiwi, says Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg. The Premier said while the Malaysian flag was known as Jalur Gemilang, the state flag had no name ...

They then replaced it with the Sabah flag, followed by the Kingdom of Sarawak flag, which was flown from 1946 to 1973. According to Sinar Harian, ...

KUCHING, Dec 31 (Bernama) -- The state flag of Sarawak will now be known as ‘Ibu Pertiwi’ (motherland). Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg announced this at the state-level New Year's Eve ...

KUCHING: Sarawak’s state flag has been named Ibu Pertiwi, which means “Motherland”, says Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg.

The Brookes of Sarawak might have stepped from the pages of a Conrad novel. The first and last English family to occupy an Oriental throne, they fought pirates and hostile sultans, pacified ...

Sarawak’s present Raja is 66-year-old Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, grandnephew of Sir James. A suave, hard, efficient potentate, he has ruled his 500,000 brown-skinned subjects with an iron hand ...

Brooke’s personal standard, the Flag of St George, was first flown over his fort at Belidah in Upper Sarawak when he was first proclaimed the rajah of Sarawak. It was at a time when Sarawak only ...

SIBU (July 18): Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah has likened the flying of the Sarawak colonial flag here for the Sarawak Day celebration this July 22 as an act of ignorance about the state’s ...

KUCHING: Sarawak's state flag has been named Ibu Pertiwi, says Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg. The Premier said while the Malaysian flag was known as Jalur Gemilang, ...