BUSO

General View of Buso Bazaar


During the boom period of antimony in the early 19th century, Buso was an important trading port in Bau district. Most of the antimony was exported from Buso to Kuching, and most of the imported goods were shipped from Kuching to Bau through Buso especially during the dry weather when the water level was too low for bigger ships to pass through.

Now the golden period was over and when the Kuching/Bau Road was completed in 1955, Buso Bazaar was being by-passed and the business has dropped to the lowest point. Buso Bazaar, like Siniawan Bazaar, is another classic example of the early Sarawak town where time seems to stand still. There are ten shop-houses in Buso Bazaar and most of the shopkeepers have to go to the farms in order to make up the difference which they cannot get from the poor business.