Life in the 60's in Sibu was simple. Most people road bicycles. Vehicles were few on the road and no one had heard of traffic jams. People walked to most places and even the rich also walked.
Students went to school on foot and most schools were within walking distance. Rubber tappers went early in the morning to tap rubber on foot. There was no other way.
The umbrella was an important personal item. We carried it everywhere we went , whatever the weather was. It was almost unthinkable to go out without an umbrella. Perhaps only the very poor could not afford an umbrella.
Sibu was largely known as a town of bicycles in the 1960's.
Drivers from other towns were scared of the Sibu cyclists who did not really follow the highway code.
What was even worst, many of the cyclists carried umbrellas when they cycled. That was really hazaduous. One girl was actually killed by a bus, when her umbrella was caught by the moving bus. She was dragged by the bus and she was thrown into a drain by the force of the bus when the bus driver knew what was happening.
It was a horrible and tragic accident.
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