He died on 17 February 1942 in Muntok,
Bangka Island - the only Australian diplomat to be killed during World War II.
74) By the late 1750s, the 'overwhelming majority' of the miners on
Bangka were Chinese.
In
Bangka, the result has been a free-for-all -- both inland and now offshore.
In a three-year spasm of government-originated publicity that included public education programs, diplomatic activities, and international industry and trade exchanges, the Indonesian nuclear establishment promoted the bizarre idea that what it implied to be Slovakia's leading role in the European nuclear industry would lead to a partnership that would build two nuclear power stations on the island of
Bangka, producing more than 4,000 MW of electricity.
Initial engineering and design on Chevron's deep-water fields in Kutai Basin began in 2010 and these include
Bangka with a capacity of 115 MCF/d of gas and 4,000 b/d of condensate.
Indonesia soon set up a center of command for search operations in the Pangkalpinang airport premises to supervise the joint international search for the missing plane, focusing on waters between
Bangka Belitung and West Kalimantan provinces and the Karimata Strait.
He said the search area would be expanded to land areas, with four military helicopters dispatched just after sunrise near Pangkalan Bun on the western part of Borneo island and to smaller islands of
Bangka and Belitung.
They will focus on areas northeast of Indonesia's
Bangka island, which according to Reuters lies roughly halfway between Surabaya and Singapore, in the Java Sea.
The search is focused on waters around the islands of
Bangka and Belitung in the Java Sea, across from Kalimantan on Borneo island, but the army has also been asked to carry out ground searches, including in mountainous areas.
Indonesian Air Force spokesman Hadi Thahjanto said two C-130 Hercules planes were focusing the search for Flight QZ8501 in areas northeast of Indonesia's
Bangka island, which lies roughly halfway between Surabaya and Singapore, in the Java Sea.
Two Indonesian air force planes and a helicopter searched the waters around the islands of
Bangka and Belitung in the Java Sea, across from Kalimantan on Borneo island.
Chevron recently made a final investment decision on the first part of the project - the
Bangka field - after receiving all required government approvals, the company said without providing details.
