Send Flowers to Sandakan, Malaysia

Sandakan looks out over the Sulu Sea from the east coast of Sabah. It was once the capital of British North Borneo and a wealthy timber port, and it was nicknamed Little Hong Kong for its Cantonese and Hakka traders. Today visitors come mainly for wildlife, including the orangutan rehabilitation centre at nearby Sepilok.

Addresses here have a local quirk: areas along the main road out of town are known by their distance from the centre, such as Mile 4 or Mile 8, and many homes and shops are found that way. Include the mile, the housing estate or "Taman", and a phone number. Bandar Indah at Mile 4 is one of the main commercial areas, and the Duchess of Kent Hospital serves the district.

Many families in Sandakan have children working in Kota Kinabalu, Peninsular Malaysia or abroad. To send flowers to Sandakan, order before midnight local time for next-day delivery, Monday to Saturday, never on Sundays or main public holidays.

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