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 | | Jesselton (now Sabah's capital Kota Kinabalu) was founded in conjunction with the constreuction of the Trans Borneo railroad, and developed into a flourishing trading post until the Japanese occupied the whole of Borneo during the Second World War. |
 | | Jesselton and Sandakan were, like many towns, destroyed in Allied air raids targeted at the Japanese. |
 | | The town of Jesselton, named after the Vice Chairman of the BNBCC, Sir Charles Jessel, was first established as a trading post at Gaya Island, in a bay directly opposite the present marine jetty. |
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