The fall of the historic flag post of Labuan.

The historic flag post of Labuan at Ramsay Point(the present Tanjung Bendera)
was where the annexation of Labuan from the Brunei Sultanate was commemorated
on the 24 December 1846 by a flag raising ceremony.
It was a bitter handover to the British that Pengiran Shahbandar Pengiran Muhammad Salleh,
an advisor to the sultanate who strongly opposed the move
wrote a very meaningful  poem entitled 'Syair Rakis Dua Belas"

'Pulau Labuan diminta segera
Akan jalan tiang bendera
Di situ tempat berkira-kira
Dari Sarawak ke Singapura

Dagang tercengang mendengar titah
Hati didalam sangat gelabah
Labuan ini bukannya mudah
Alamat negeri dibawah perintah

Berdatang sembah dagang asmara
Ke bawah Duli Seri Bitara
Bukannya mudah dibawah bendera
Jikalau kurang-kurang juhara'

For if it is true that the flag post is the same one
then something ought to be done about it,
ignorance means we are forgetting our past 

and how we came about.

A google earth picture.

Are these part of the fallen flag post?

And these concrete block,is it part of the toppled flag post?

Race to the finish,Menumbuk speedbot and local water taxi.

View Historic flag post of Ramsey Point in a larger map