Call to preserve ‘town’ and 100-year-old trees

Under threat: Residents fear that this raintree in Kasigui may have to be chopped down for the expansion of the Donggongon-Tambunan road in Sabah’s Penampang district. — Photo courtesy of Eric Ye

KOTA KINABALU: Kasigui is a tiny colonial “town” in Sabah’s Kadazandusun heartland of Penampang, about 10km from the state capital here.

The little trading post that drew its name from a native kasigui tree has more or less vanished from its colonial glory days as the “town” for the communities living in the district.