Tawau Water Front

Here you can watch the daily routine of the Waterfront where boats on standby for passenger to go to the near by Sebatik Island.

The setting up of modern fish landing facilities in Tawau Water Front is among the 13 key projects under Sabah Development Corridor (SDC). Sabah Development Corridor (SDC) encompasses entire Sabah, including the interior regions and the burgeoning west coast.

The Sabah Development Corridor is a three-pronged blueprint designed by the Institute for Development Studies, Sabah, targeted primarily at agriculture, tourism and manufacturing.

One of the most popular hang out places in Tawau is the Water Front. Tawau Water Front is beside a double lane road. There are a few chairs and a children recreation park where local families spent their weekend afternoon. The evenings at Water Front bring beautiful sunsets framed against a timeless horizon.

On the West of Water Front is a fishing port where fishing vessels with the daily catches coming in fresh every day. Here you find boats for hire.

Tawau waterfront may not be as glamorous as Kuching waterfront but you can witness the lives of local fishermen in their sampans and participate in the loading and unloading of goods from neighboring islands onto sampans.

Tawau is one of the best places in Malaysia to eat seafood. Many West Malaysian come to this town just for the seafood.

To the distance south is Pulau Sebatik (Sebatik Island) shared by 2 countries Malaysia and Indonesia. The island was the site of heavy fighting between Malaysian and Indonesian troops during konfrontasi in 1963.

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On the left hand side is the Batu jetty used by passenger boats (Jongkong boats) to and from Sebatik Island.

On the right hand side is the SAFMA jetty used by fishing boats to upload their daily catch. SAFMA - Sabah Fisheries Marketing Sdn. Bhd. is formally the Sabah Fisheries Marketing Authority.

Jongkong boats between Sebatik Island and Tawau Town. The 15 meters in length boat is capable of carrying five tonnes of goods and 10 passengers per trip. The fare is RM5 per passenger and a maximum of RM20 for goods.

Jongkong (long boat) ferry passengers and agricultural produce to Tawau from Pulau Sebatik across Cowie Bay. The journey takes 30 minutes and wentthrough the relevant checks by the marine police,

Here at the Batu jetty in Tawau , workers loading and unloading goods from jongkongs berthed at the jetty.
Tawau is the main centre for the marketing of agricultural produce, including fruits, cocoa, oil palm, coconuts and vegetables, from Pulau Sebatik.

Pulau Sebatik island partly Malaysian and partly Indonesian.

Jongkong is the main mode of tranportation for residents of Pulau Sebatik to ferry their agricultural produce to Tawau.



	Batu, the landing jetty, for Jongkong boats from Pulau Sebatik