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==Places of interest== [[File:Labuan-Chimney.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Chimney Museum|Chimney]] at the Colliery Fields]] There are several attractions and places of interest in Labuan. The [[Labuan War Cemetery]] contains various war graves and memorials to the fallen of World War II. This includes British, Australian, Indian, Sarawakian, Bruneian, North Bornean, and Empire troops, with a total of 3,908 graves of fallen soldiers. A memorial service is held on Remembrance Day once every four years. The territory also has a memorial celebrating the surrender of the Japanese to the Australian Forces in 1945. Remnants of Labuan's history as a [[Royal Navy]] [[coaling station]] include [[Chimney Museum|the chimney]], a well known local landmark. Labuan also contains a [[Labuan Maritime Museum]]. Labuan is also the base for diving on four popular wreck dives: the Cement wreck, the American wreck (the first [[USS Salute (AM-294)|USS ''Salute'']]), the Australian wreck and the Blue Water wreck.<ref>[http://www.panagadivers.com/Wrecks/Labuan.htm Panagadivers.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203032527/http://panagadivers.com/Wrecks/Labuan.htm |date= 3 February 2009 }}</ref> Labuan has many schools. However, it has only one international school, Labuan International School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.labuantourism.com.my/aboutlabuan/school.htm |title=School |publisher=Labuantourism.com.my |access-date=21 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222073638/http://www.labuantourism.com.my/aboutlabuan/school.htm |archive-date=22 February 2012 }}</ref> Other places of interest include the Labuan International Sea Sport Complex. Newly proposed is the Marina Centre and Labuan Square project which were completed in 2010. Labuan's own institution of higher education is Universiti Malaysia Sabah Labuan International Campus,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwwkal.ums.edu.my/ |title=Laman Web Rasmi Universiti Malaysia Sabah Kampus Antarabangsa Labuan |publisher=Al.ums.edu.my |access-date=21 February 2012}}</ref> a branch of Universiti Malaysia Sabah in Sepanggar Bay, [[Kota Kinabalu]]. Labuan also has [[Kolej Matrikulasi Labuan]], the only matriculation college in East Malaysia. All pre-university students from [[Sabah]], [[Sarawak]], and Labuan take their courses at this institution. <gallery widths="200px" heights="150px"> Labuan-war-cemetery.jpg|[[Labuan War Cemetery]] Labuan Malaysia Clock-Tower-01.jpg|Replica Clock Tower of 1906{{refn|[[File:Labuan Malaysia Clock-Tower-08.jpg|none|thumb|150px|An inscription about the new clock tower.]]|group=note}} Labuan MuziumLabuan.jpg|[[Labuan Museum]] </gallery>
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