Debak

Debak is a small district that will soon be upgraded to a full district. This is because Debak District is a rapidly developing urbanization area where it is located on a very strategic route in the middle of a busy trade route that can directly connect Betong Town and Spaoh Town with Saratok Town and Pusa Town through the access road connecting directly to the Pan Borneo Highway. Not only that, with the availability of Petrol Station facilities near the same route accelerates the process of urbanization and internal and external migration in Debak District, which at the same time has increased the population in Debak District.

Debak
Debak
Coordinates: 1.56667°N 111.41667°E / 1.56667; 111.41667
Country Malaysia
State Sarawak
Administrative divisionBetong
Elevation
102 m (335 ft)

In addition, the area in the direction of Sarikei, Sibu can also shorten the travel distance to Betong with the "Shortcut" through the Debak District. Facilities This logistical reach has attracted many offers of socio-economic activities in Debak and the surrounding areas also benefit together.

Sungai Rimbas Besides that, the socio-economic vibrancy in Debak is not only influenced by the road factor, the positive impact of income growth in the Debak District is also due to the existence of water connections, especially the Rimbas River that flows through the center of Debak Town and Di Tebingan. Waterfront" Debak as a catalytic element of Debak's economy. This is because, in addition to trade activities, and professional economic activities, Debak's progress is also driven by factors of conventional economic activities such as agriculture that involve some of the residents of Debak and the surrounding areas. Conventional agricultural activities previously labeled as the Main Pillar of income in Debak are now increasingly shifting to a much more modern agricultural paradigm, in fact, according to the times, almost 75% of the people in Debak District are now players in the professional sector such as in the Government sector, the Private sector and many in among them are big businessmen in major cities in Sarawak.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Equipped with basic facilities, Debak is also a focus for residents around the neighborhood and an attraction in Debak, including:

  1. [[Debak District Community Development Center / Digital Community Center (DCC) with an area of (21 meters x 9 meters) which cost RM 500 Thousand which was built in August 2020 and completed in April 2021 which functions as:

- Room (multi-purpose) to do Official or Informal activities

- Will be Equipped with Bank Simpanan Nasional Automatic Cash Dispensing Machine (BSN ATM)

- Office of the Assemblyman N 35. SARIBAS, YB Mohamad Razi Bin Sitam, Deputy Minister of Women, Children and Community Welfare Development

- Meeting room

- Mini Market (Mini Mart)

- Rest House

2. Debak Badminton Court (Dewan Millenia), which is worth RM550 Thousand to upgrade sports facilities and also be used to boost cultural activities in Debak

3. Petron Gas Station, Debak

4. Debak Town

5. ABX Courier Facility, Debak

6. JNT Courier Facility, Debak

7. Debak District Sports Complex Facility (Next to Heng Ann Housing Park)

8. Soccer Field, Mini Stadium, Debak (Next to Debak Market)

9. Poslaju Debak Facility

10. Saribas National High School, Debak

11. Playground And Leisure Recreation, Debak

12. Darul Solihin Mosque, Debak

13. Darul Iman Mosque, Debak

14. Tokong, Debak (Near Bukit Tarang Housing Park and Opposite Debak Police Station)

15. Kemas,Debak

16. Health Clinic, Debak

17. Dialysis Center, Debak

18. Public Library, Debak

19. District Office, Debak

20. Police Station, Debak District

21. Multipurpose Market, Debak

22. Internet Center, Debak

23. Health Clinic, Debak

24. Department of Agriculture, Debak

25. Court Futsal (Riveria), Debak

The composition of the population that includes Malays, Ibans and Chinese is enough to make Debak a friendly and lively area.

History

It is not known when the Debak town was established.[1] In the early 1980s a fire razed the main bazaar. The present bazaar was built in 1989.[1]

Settlement in DEBAK DISTRICT

Debak District is one of several administrative districts in Sarawak. Debak district includes several settlements that consist of several villages in it as follows :-

  1. Kampung Lalang, Debak
  2. Tuie Village, Debak
  3. Debak Laut Village
  4. Debak Town (cation)
  5. Babu Village, Debak
  6. Bungey Village, Debak
  7. Long Houses in Ulu Rimbas
  8. Muton Area
  9. Kampung Dit
  10. Dit Long Houses
  11. Serabang Village
  12. Bungin Village, Debak
  13. Suri Area

In addition, Debak District also has 4 Housing Parks and several government residences namely:

- Bukit Tarang Housing Park

-Heng Ann Housing Park

- Rimbas Housing Park

-Mission Road Housing Park

- Government Residence Health Clinic

- Government Staff Residence, Debak (next to Debak Library)

References
  1. "Spaoh, Debak: Tales of 2 less-travelled towns". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  2. M. Mohizah, S. Julia and W. K. Soh (2006). A Sarawak Gazetteer (PDF). Kuala Lumpur: Sarawak Forestry Department Malaysia and Forest Research Institute Malaysia. ISBN 983-2181-86-0. OCLC 85818866. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  3. "Debak, Malaysia". Geonames. 10 February 1994. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
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