 In the 1950s , major economic activities in <unk> were the timber extraction industry , fishing , and <unk> processing . In the 1960s , <unk> was still a small fishing village , with a population of 5 @,@ 000 . No roads were constructed in <unk> until 1969 when the first <unk> road was built to connect <unk> to <unk> . The first bus that serviced the <unk> – <unk> route was owned by <unk> <unk> <unk> ( <unk> ) . The <unk> bus line was an initiative by the Malaysian federal government to provide public transportation for the people . The <unk> villagers paid the bus driver with " vegetables , chickens , bamboo shoots , and other items " . Before 1960 , <unk> was connected to <unk> by sea through a ship named " <unk> <unk> " . After 1960 , the ship " <unk> <unk> " was added to the route . It took around 36 to 48 hours to reach <unk> from <unk> , depending on the sea conditions . Due to lack of food supplies from <unk> , the villagers had to make do with limited food , and several villagers resorted to hunting in the <unk> to supplement the food supply . 
