::What opposition political party should we use in Sarawak?
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The objective is the same : we want to put up a new gov’t in Sarawak to stop the “rot” which is starting from the head. In order to do that, we need to have a common platform of like minded people working for a common objective. Whichever way a vehicle(s) is needed.
What “Malaysia”?
We have some key questions to answer: What “Malaysia” would you like to see 50 years from today or what are the things that you don’t like Malaysia to be in 50 years time? Secondly, do you make this change or we leave it to fate? Thirdly, how important and urgent is this change required – how many more years do we wait on the sideline and hope that something will happen the way we want it to be.
Political Changed
We have seen many opposition parties in the past, most graduating to join BN after some successes and later went back to opposition. Those that went back to opposition never seem to be able to find it way back to BN. However, this scenario has changed through new approach and new political value system as seen in todays scenario.
In the PRU 12, PKR, PAS, DAP has shown us the new way, by working together these three opposition parties has made the changed, winning 82 parliament seats to BN 86 seats in West Malaysia. The backbone to BN strength has now shifted to Sabah and Sarawak. In Sarawak in particular, DAP made a huge impact in the state election and PKR emerged as a new player in Sarawak politic. SNAP however, won a Dayak seat only to see its elected representative lost his direction, hopefully not for personal gain.
What is it in for Dayak support?
DAP has invited Dayaks to join them and promising Dayak the Chief Minister post albeit on a rotational basis. PKR is silent on this point, even though it seems to have made some progress in attracting some Dayak leaders as evident by still to be registered MDC leaders signing in as members and recruiting members for PKR. The Dayak members are still not saying what they are looking for either.
There are some consul from senior Dayak politicians, not to jump ship too soon to PKR based on initial “political perception” of a “winning” performance in West Malaysia. Their main concern is what is in it for Dayak? For PKR leadership they would be interested to know “what is it that PKR can offer to Dayak, if Dayak wanted to make a change from their current “marginalization” experience and sense.
Dayak in need for a Choice
The elders in Dayak communities advised that it is better for Dayak to have their own Dayak based party and then working as a team with PR. In this way, the Dayak would be able to pursue their Dayak Agenda. There is a fear among Dayak to be “controlled” by Malay with their “ketuanan Melayu” agenda. They associate that joining PKR is the same as joining UMNO – it will not achieve what the Dayak needs and wants.
The Dayak are also associating PKR with “Islam” and are therefor essentially a Malay party – with Annuar as the de facto leader, can Dayak use PKR to correct the wrongs that they feel there are suffering from. Dayak are very weary of Malay, who has not shown political integrity and sincerity with the Dayak. The political and economic abuses by UMNO and BN under “white termite” leadership in Sarawak hurt the new generation of Dayak deeply.
PKR and DAP are national political party. For Dayak, by joining this two parties mean that they will have national platform to launch their agenda. As long as Dayak stick to Sarawak based party, their issues would remain local most of the time. This may further isolate Sarawak Dayak issues from national politics. Will Dayak choose to have a narrow approach in their politic?
Going for DAP is another option. Dayak in Kidurong State seat make 33% of the voters population and they supported DAP. The Dayak in Kidurong is also satisfied with DAP “wakil raayat” services and positive responses to their concerns. But are the Dayak comfortable with DAP with the party focusing in championing Chinese interest, at least in Sarawak. State DAP organization in sarawak also lack Dayak representation, thus no dayak DAP leaders.
PAS is a non starter for Dayak. It is too Islamic in its politic while most Dayak are non- Muslim.
For many Dayak their preference is for a Dayak Party. For reason(s) only known to the Malaysian government, they choose to deny the Dayak the rights to associate to pursue their political agenda. SNAP is an attractive option, but with the President that it has, it is akin to a chicken trying to walk without a head! As long as the headless chicken still treat SNAP as his private property, which should be party members centric, the Dayak would not bother with it.
The Dayak need some critical thinking and find common purpose in order to succeed in the coming state election. The Dayak should ask themselves (1) where are we now? (2) where do we want to go from here (3) how can we go from here to achieving what we want for our future (4) are we ready?
Dayak wants the Chief Minisiter Post.
For most Dayak, we wanted to see the change in the post of Chief Minister to be reverted to Dayak. For Dayak leaders, who has no stomach to challenge for the post, the least they can do is not to put themselves in the way of this Dayak dream.
If PKR can assure Dayak that a Dayak would be made the Chief Minister in the eventuality that PR rule Sarawak, that would be the KEY offer the Dayak is looking for.
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Parti Pembangkang manakah Yang Harus Dipakai Di Sarawak?
Objektifnya sama: kita inginkan kerajaan baru di Sarawak bagi menyingkirkan segala yang “buruk” yang bermula dari atas. Oleh itu, kita memerlukan asas yang sama bagi mereka yang beranggapan begitu.
APAKAH “MALAYSIA”?
Kita ada beberapa soalan penting untuk dijawab: Bagaimanakah wajah “Malaysia” yang anda ingin lihat pada 50 tahun yang dari sekarang dan apakah yang anda tidak inginkan berlaku di Malaysia dalam tempoh yang sama? Kedua, adakah anda inginkan perubahan atau kita menyerahkan segalanya dengan takdir? Ketiga, adakah perubahan itu amat penting dan perlu disegerakan – berapa tahun lagikah kita perlu menunggu di pinggiran dan berharap sesuatu akan datang bergolek mengikut selera kita.
PERUBAHAN POLITIK
Pada masa lampau kita sudah banyak menyaksikan banyak parti pembangkang, telah berjaya dan menyertai Barisan Nasional (BN) dan kembali ke barisan pembangkang. Mereka yang sudah berpatah arah ke barisan pembangkang tidak akan diterima kembali ke BN. Tetapi, keadaan telah berubah melalui pendekatan dan sistem nilai politik yang baru seperti yang kita lihat pada hari ini.
Dalam Pilihan Raya Umum ke-12, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Pan Islamic Party (PAS) dan Democratic Action Party (DAP) telah merintis harapan baru, pakatan di antara tiga parti ini telah membawa perubahan, mereka telah memenangi 82 kerusi perlimen manakala BN hanya menang 86 kerusi di Semenanjung sahaja. Tulang belakang kekuatan BN telah beralih ke Sabah dan Sarawak. Di Sarawak pula, DAP telah memberikan tamparan yang besar pada Pilihanraya Dewan Undangan Negeri yang lalu dan PKR telah muncul sebagai pemain baru dalam arena politik Sarawak. Sarawak National Party (SNAP) yang memenangi satu kerusi hanya mampu mlelihat wakil rakyatnya berubah arah, moga – moga bukan untuk kepentingan peribadi.
APA YANG ADA DENGAN SOKONGAN DAYAK?
DAP mempelawa masyarakat Dayak supaya menyertai mereka dan menjanjikan jawatan Ketua Menteri yang akan digilirkan. PKR masih lagi membisu, namun begitu ia berjaya menarik perhatian beberapa pemimpin Dayak, buktinya beberapa pemimpin dari Parti Malaysian Dayak Congress (MDC) masih belum didaftarkan itu telah mendaftar sebagai ahli dan melatih ahli baru untuk PKR. Belum dapat dipastikan akan tujuan Ahli Dayak dalam PKR.
Sesetengah ahli politik Dayak yang berkedudukan memberi isyarat supaya jangan tergesa – gesa lompat parti ke PKR berdasarkan “anggapan politik” mengenai “kemenangan” mereka di Semenanjung. Mereka ingin tahu apa yang PKR ada untuk masyarakat Dayak? Permimpin PKR harus tahu “Apa yang PKR tawarkan kepada masyarakat Dayak sekiranya mereka inginkan perubahan dari terus mengalami keadaan dan rasa “terpinggir”.
DAYAK PERLU MEMILIH
Demi kebaikkan bersama, golongan berumur dalam masyarakat Dayak menasihatkan supaya mereka mempunyai parti Dayak sendiri dan bekerjasama dengan Pakatan Rakyat (PR). Dengan itu, Agenda Dayak akan dapat diteruskan oleh Dayak. Rasa takut untuk “dikawal” oleh bangsa Melayu beEsama agenda “Ketuanan Melayu” nya memang ada. Mereka mengatakan bahawa menyertai PKR samalah seperti meyertai UMNO – ia tidak akan mencapai keperluan, impian dan harapan masyarakat Dayak.
Masyarakat Dayak juga mengaitkan PKR dengan “Islam” dan sesungguhnya ia adalah parti orang Melayu – dengan adanya Anwar sebagai penasihat parti itu sendiri adalah orang Melayu, bolehkan Dayak mempercayai PKR dalam memperbetulkan keaadan, sedangkan mereka diseksa oleh golongan tersebut. Dayak amat was – was dengan Melayu, mereka tidak pernah menunjukkan jalinan politik yang saksama dan kejujuran dengan Dayak.Generasi baru Dayak tidak berpuas hati dengan penyalahgunaan kuasa dalam bidang politik dan ekonomi oleh UMNO dan BN di bawah pentadbiran “Pak Uban” di Sarawak.
PKR dan DAP adalah parti peringkat kebangsaan. Pernyertaan di dalam dua buah parti ini bermakna Dayak akan mendapat tempat bagi melaksanakan agenda mereka. Selagi Dayak berpegang pada parti yang bertapak di Sarawak, selagi masaalah dan isu mereka menjadi isu tempatan. Ini akan menjauhkan lagi masalah dan isu Dayak Sarawak dari politik kebangsaan. Adakah mungkin Dayak bakal memilih pendekatan yang tipis dalam politik mereka?
Satu lagi pilihan lain adalah dengan menyertai DAP. Sebanyak 33% pengundi di kawasan Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) terdiri dari masyarakat Dayak dan mereka adalah penyokong DAP. Kidurong juga menyaksikan yang penduduknya rata – rata berpuas hati dengan perkhidmatan wakil rakyat DAP dan beliau juga selalu memenuhi permintaan mereka. Tetapi Dayak kurang selesa dengan DAP kerana parti itu memfokuskan keperluan masyarakat Cina, khususnya di Sarawak. DAP Sarawak juga kekurangan wakil dari manyarakat Dayak, oleh itu tiada pemimpin Dayak dikalangan DAP.
PAS bukanlah parti yang sesuai bagi masyarakat Dayak. Pas terlalu mempraktikkan Islam dalam politik, lagipun kebanyakkan Dayak adalah bukan Muslim.
Ramai Dayak inginkan parti Dayak. Hanya kerajaan Malaysia sahaja yang tahu, akan alasan untuk menidakkan hak masyarakat Dayak untuk menggerakkan agenda politik mereka. SNAP mungkin pilihan yang tepat, tetapi preisidennya bagaikan ayam yang berjalan tanpa kepala. Selagi ayam tanpa kepala ini menganggap SNAP sebagai barang peribadinya, selagi itulah Dayak tidak akan memperdulikannnya. Parti seharusnya milik bersama.
Dayak memerlukan buah fikiran yang jitu dan bekerjasama untuk berjaya dalam pilihanraya negeri yang akan dating. Dayak harus bertanya kepada mereka sendiri
(1) Di manakah kita sekarang?
(2) Ke manakah arah tuju dari sini?
(3) Apakah caranya untuk pergi dari sini bagi mencapai impian kita?
(4) Adakah kita bersedia?
DAYAK INGINKAN JAWATAN KETUA MENTERI
Bagi kebanyakkan Dayak, mereka inginkan pertukaran dalam jawatan Ketua Menteri mengembalikannya kepada mereka. Bagi pemimpin Dayak yang pengecut untuk dalam memperjuangkan jawatan itu, diharap mereka tidak meletakkan diri mereka sebagai penghalang bagi Dayak untuk mencapai impian mereka.
Sekiranya PKR memberi jaminan bahawa jawatan Ketua Menteri adalah untuk Dayak dan sekiranya PR memerintah Sarawak, maka inilah tawaran PELUANG bagi apa yang dicari – cari oleh Dayak.
Popularity: 9% [?]
Should Sarawak pull out of Malaysia?
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Giving Sarawak $1 billion is a waste of public money. Why did the PM give it to Sarawak? There is no need to reward them for winning the PRU12 – after all without BN Sarawak is nothing.
The above statement was directed at Sarawak by a 33 year old man living in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. In the first place, what has Sarawak done to help Malaysia he said. Being a Dayak Iban from Sarawak – it gives me a great insight on the thinking of young West Malaysian and their knowledge of Malaysia as a whole.
Where is the oil money from sarawak?
I was thinking – whose money was used to build PETRONAS TWIN tower, the MENARA Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital – PUTRA JAYA. If these projects were built by PETRONAS, then most of the money would have come from Sarawak and Terengganu. Why build such project in Kula Lumpur – it should be built in Bintulu or Miri, so those working for PETRONAS would stay in Bintlu / Miri, spent their income in Sarawak and tourist would come and see the TWIN towers in Sarawak. It would have made Sarawak richer. Now this project is put inside Wilayah – and young west Malaysia took it for granted that it comes from their father’s pocket. For Sarawakian, we were made poor by PETRONAS, and even poorer by our State leader for not fighting hard enough to ask for an increase in oil royalty. Read more
Popularity: 37% [?]
::BN Gov’t Response to price increases and inflation
Parliament voted 129-78 to support inflation, BN support price increases and inflation as realities. The gov’t talk about lifting the poverty line from $800 to $1,500.00. If this is applied to Sarawak / Sabah – 80% would be below the poverty line. Below poverty line means – not able to sent children to tuition and private school, seeking treatment in private clinics or taking meals outside their house (Amirsham).
To help the poor, BN Gov’t proposed GLC to distribute essential goods (Mustapa Mohamed). Cost of living is going to break many family progress – as their income DO NOT increase on a sustainable basis.
Support rural population through micro credit
The BN government move should centered around increasing the rural communities income. Most program is centered around providing financial support: $5,000 per family to improve their longhouse and village, provide roofing materials etc. The gov’t could start a micro loan to farmers, providing $5000 – $10,000 capital for them to start cash crop farming / small holding. We spent too much money in urban areas to upgrade their comfort level, while the rural folks are struggling to stay alive and make sense with their life. The gov’t with all their money got from natural resources kick start many things that benefit a selected few, special interest group, while the poor masses are left with working physically hard to put food on the table. These poor masses are then being misled and lied to by gov’t: evidence in their vote for BN because of BN promise of a better life. The rural communities is valued for their vote – but these are obtained through corruption (project kilat), cheat (buying of vote) and even lies ( not delivering on promise)., triggering a shift from Yang Berhormat to Yang Bohong. After 45 years with Malaysia, what has rural Sarawak and Sabah got to shout for?
Roles of Timber companies / planters in helping communities
Basic amenities is only present in about 20% of the community – despite the timber companies getting very rich from the resources. We have not heard of ONE timber company that help the community to improve their water supply. They supply the longhouses and villages with “water tank”, and it cost $500 to install the tank! Is water tank a long term solution.
Practice Corporate Social Responsibilities
Then came the plantation – the BN gov’t changed the Sarawak land law in order to grab native land. The plantation has also not don’t anything substantial for surrounding communities. More often then not – plantation companies relation with local communities are very poor. Many wakil rakyat could not bridge this gap between planters and communities, as their self interest is with plantation. Who elected them in the first place? Environmental issues and social responsibilities are meaningless to these plantation companies – despite making so much money from increased world prices for their products.
BN create future conflicts
BN vote for price increase and inflation is a vote for “extinguishing” rural communities hope to better themselves. One day – this problem will head toward physical conflicts between the have – and have not, the powerful and the deprived, the elite and the poor.
Our asking!
We want to see a shift in the approach by BN in helping the poor: provide assistance to allow the poor to create increase income to sustain them over long term rather than those cheap and easy to do assistance. When BN gov’t talk of agro-business, it seems only to benefit the already rich – ” make sarawak a rice bowl”, why not provide the communities with machineries and technologies and land title and loans to improve their income and contribute to the nation. Our oil money in Sarawak should be used for development – but not in West Malaysia only. It must be given back to us as an oil producing state. It is hurting to be an oil producer and suffer from hunger in the night and listening to the cry of infants without milk. It is unacceptable to see rural population living in the state of ’survival” while politician flew in helicopters and private jets.
Popularity: 8% [?]
::TRI-PARTY merger: PRS, SPDP + PBB in SARAWAK
Grand ideas from great people with vision!. Taib suggesting possibility of PRS-SPDP merger first and one day could negotiate to join PBB. Masing says ” it needs a lot of RATIONAL and not EMOTIONAL thinking. Mawan says “you have to polish yourself first, you have to get yourself united and a lot of common stands on a lot of things” before the merger could happen. That is already a lot of pre-condition set by Mawan, which make one wonder if the “merger team” are knocking at the correct door. To Taib saying that after all that, they can “negotiate” to join PBB, it sounds like I have something that you are looking for, but at a price. All these talks are about achieving a wider view of strengthening of Muslim bumiputera and non-muslim bumiputera in Sarawak. The difference between these two categories in Sarawak can be a mile wide. Naturally, to cross the divide a “transformational bridge” must be build. To build that bridge using current prevailing condition might be very risky – the material used for building the bridge is definitely not meeting the specification of non-muslim bumiputera.
But then, Taib may be able to see the threat of a new “Bangsa Malaysia” – where the PRU12 shows that a multi-racial political approach is the new trend. PRS and SPDP are Dayak based party, so for example the presence of Larry Sng in PRS and Bintulu Member of Parliament Tiong is not an issue. It would be interesting to see a Wong, Hii, Tiong, Chan in PBB, which is a bumiputera based party as a result of tri-party merger.
It looks like Taib start to recognise that Muslim bumiputera cannot hold on to the post of Sarawak Chief Minister all the time. Eventhough Muslim seats are almost equal to non-muslim bumiputera and the non bumiputera, the combination of the latter two would throw all ideas about perpectuall Muslim bumiputera as Chief Minister in jeopardy. That is, even if Taib is to use all his money to buy support for his son to replace him, it may not hold for too long. In reality, no one can hold to power for too long. It creates a resentment by the people towards the person holding to power. It is simply not worth it holding to power at all cost because that is NOT possible as history have shown very clearly. Leadership should focus on developing the country and now not one family as even dynasty falls.
But then, maybe Taib would wish to save Larry Sng political life through asking PRS-SPDP to merge. It is no secret tha James would play his card – having 6 MPs in the current political scenario to throw Larry and company out of PRS once and for all in thge near future. It would be very difficult for other senior BN members to interfere with that move by Masing without thinking of the possibility of upsetting James who may just rock BN boat.
But Tri- party merger is a nice story to weave, as those who follow the leader blindly would be very impressed and motivated to defend their political leaders fantasy. The reality is James, William and Taib are champion in their own right. The first person to throw the towel would be a highly respected person, as a leader he would be accorded a new prefix to his name: he”was” a leader. That would be a big EGO challenge for any one of the three to accept.
Popularity: 8% [?]
::Fuel Price Hike and Its Impact in Rural Sarawak
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SARAWAK DAYAK NATIONAL UNION (SDNU) organized a workshop to find the impacts of fuel price hike in rural Sarawak on June 21st 2008 in KUCHING. The workshop identified THREE main problems.
There are;
(1) Rising Cost of Rural transport
(2) Rising cost of generating electricity and
(3) Rising food prices.
Here are extracts of the workshop findings and recommendation.
Rising Cost of Rural transport:
In some areas of rural Sarawak, petrol prices are as much as $14.00 to $20.00 per gallon. The main mode of transport is by rivers – there is almost no other alternative except for the presence of logging road and basic gravel road provided by the government. In most cases, there is no road.
The workshop put forward some solution. PETRONAS should operate / subsidize small rural refueling station as its social obligation to alleviate poverty and rural hardship. The river boat engine should also be subsidized by the government by at least 40%. In order to improve the income of rural people, their goods should be able to reach the market at reasonable cost. To do this, the government should buy and provide “vans” to rural operators as poor and bad road condition makes it difficult for a small time entrepreneur to operate and make profit out of providing transport services in rural areas. Many school children are still residing in longhouses and rural villages. High fuel cost make sending children to school very expansive. Many rural school are not able to provide full boarding for its students. The government should provide free boat ride facilities to school by providing such services.
Rising Cost of Generating Electricity:
Sarawak has ample rivers to generate hydro-power and indeed the Batang Ai hydro dam and the construction of Bakun dam are providing expectation of cheap electricity for the rural communities. In the press, we do not hear of government plan of bringing electrical power from the said dams to rural communities. More talk is centred at bringing and supplying West Malaysia with electricity generated from Bakun at the cost of $6 billion for laying deep sea cables to feed industries in West Malaysia. In view of the above, the workshop recommend that the government harness the potential of mini hydro dam to be built throughout rural Sarawak. The Education Minister announced that it cost his ministry about $400 million annually to purchase diesel for rural schools generators. Such money could be used to build such dams to provide cheap energy for schools and the nearby communities. This would greatly improve the hours that is available for the students to do their private studies in rural schools. For students that are staying in longhouses and villages, the rising cost of generating electricity would deprive them of private study hours as the community would reduce the operating hours of rural generators in order to reduce cost of fuel for the community. The Sarawak Energy corporation should take their social responsibility to reduce rural hardship by taking ownership of operating such mini hydro dams. JUST IMAGINE IF THE $6 BILLION FOR LAYING UNDERSEA CABLE IS USED TO UPGRADE RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM – THERE MUST BE SOME BALANCE OF THAT MONEY.
Rising Cost of Foods
The biggest concern in the workshop was the high cost of infant powdered milk formulae. It used to be approximately $25.00 per 1kg and now it is retailed at $50-$60.00 per 1Kg. As a result, rural mothers are going back to breast feeding which is a perfect response. The reality is breast milk is not sufficient for a child in many cases: poor milk supply from mother source etc. It is therefore recommended that the government step in to provide free infant milk to children 24 months and below by using milk coupon that is issued by government Child Clinic, government hospitals and rural medical care provider. The objective is to reduce cases of under nourishment of babies that could affect the overall development of the child physically. Under nourishment could result in mental development delay and may fall sick easily.
The price hike of rice and sugar are also causing serious concern. A 10kg bag of rice has risen from $20.00 per bag to $50.00 per bag. This would result in untold stories of hunger and deprivation of basic needs for a person to be human. Again, Sarawak has been identified as a source of cheap land for rice planting to feed the population in West Malaysia. It is recommended by the workshop that ALL subsidies for agriculture activities should be activated back by the government immediately and put in a central buying system of agricultural products to guarantee prices and higher income of rural farmers.
With the implementation of the recommendation, the possibility of reversing urban migration from rural communities would become a real possibility. Thus, rural agriculture sector would get much needed skilled agriculture labour to produce more food for MALAYSIA.
Kenaikan Harga Minyak Dan Akibatnya Di Pendalaman Sarawak
SARAWAK DAYAK NATIONAL UNION (SDNU) telah menganjur sidang seminar membincangkan impak kenaikan harga minyak terhadap rakyat perdalaman pada
- Kenaikan kos tambang kawasan pendalaman
- Kenaikan kos menjana elektrik
- Kenaikan harga makanan.
Berikut adalah kesimpulan and cadangan daripada seminar tersebut.
Kenaikan kos tambang kawasan pendalaman
Di setengah-tengah kawsan perdalaman
Seminar ini mencadangkan:
§ PETRONAS pengendalikan/memberi subsidi melalui ‘stesen kecil’ sebagai tanggungjawab social untuk mengatasi kemiskinan.
§ Kerajaan membiayai 40% daripada kos enjin bot sungai, untuk meningkatkan pendapatan penduduk pendalaman, hasil jualan mereka seharuslah sampai ke pasaran dengan kos yang berpatutan.
§ Kerajaan juga patut membeli and membekal van kepada operator pendalaman kerana jalan yang teruk menyukarkan perniaga kecil-kecilan untuk mengoperasikan and memperolehi keuntungan mengendalikan pengangkutan di kawasan pendalaman.
§ Kebanyakan kanak-kanak sekolah masih tinggal di rumah panjang dan kampong pendalaman.
Kenaikan kos menjana elektrik
§ Kerajaan membina empangan hidro mini (mini hydro dam) di seluruh kawasan pendalaman
§ Untuk murid yang tinggal di rumah panjang and kampong pendalaman, kos elektrik yang tinggi akan menghadkan waktu pembelajaran mereka kerana komuniti mereka akan mengurangkan waktu operasi generator untuk menghadkan kos minyak yang ditanggung oleh komuniti. Sarawak Energy Corporate seharusnya memikul tanggunjawab social untuk mengurangkan bebanan komuniti pendalaman dengan memikul tanggungjawab mengoperasikan empangn hidro mini tersebut.
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Kenaikan harga makanan
Isu utama seminar adalah kos formula susu bayi (infant powdered milk formulae) yang tinggi. Ia dijual pada harga $50-60 sekilo berbanding $25 sekila sebelumnya. Akibatnya, ibu kawasan pendalaman kembali menyusu dari badan, seperti yang dijangkakan. Realitinya, susu badan tidak mencukupi untuk kebanyakan dari sebab bekalan susu ibu yang tidak mencukupi. Seminar mencadangkan supaya:
§ Kerajaan memberikan susu percuma kepada kanak-kanak bawah 24 bulan, menggunakan kupon susu yang diperuntukkan oleh Klinik Kanak-kanak kerajaan, hospital kerajaan dan pegawai kesihatan kawasan pendalaman. Objektifnya ialah untuk mengurangkan kes kurang pemakanan yang boleh membantutkan perkembangan kanak-kanak. Kanak-kanak kurang pemakanan mudah sakit dan boleh mengalami gangguan perkembangan minda.
Harga gula dan beras yang tinggi juga adalah masalah utama. Harga 10kg beras telah meningkat daripada $20 sebag ke $50 sebag. Ini akan menyebabkan kes kelaparan dan tidak mampu menanggung kos hidup asas manusia. Sekali lagi, Sarawak telah dikenalpasti sebagai sumber tanah yang murah untuk tanaman padi untuk penduduk Semenanjung Malaysia. Seminar mencadangkan supaya:
§ Kerajaan mengaktifkan semula semua subsidi agrikultur/tanaman
§ Kerajaan mengadakan sistem sentral untuk pembelian produk agrikultur (central buying system of agriculture products) untuk menjamin harga dan meningkatkan pendapatan petani pendalaman.
Sekiranya kerajaan dapat melaksanakan cadangan di atas, maka kemungkinan untuk mengubah corak pemindahan penduduk dari kampung ke bandar boleh menjadi kenyataan. Maka, sektor agrikultur/penanaman dapat meningkatkan kecekapan kerja pekerja agrikultur untuk menambahkan sumber makanan untuk Malaysia.
Popularity: 17% [?]
::Create 3 Chief Ministers for Sarawak and 3 for Sabah too
Time and again, Sarawak and Sabah never fail to deliver seats to BN. They did this, in the hope of getting attention and assistance from Federal gov’t. Both state are oil rich, timber and even hydropower – but both states is not progressing well. How do you explain that with that richest from natural resources income, the TWO states are lagging far behind West Malaysia. Maybe the physical area is too big and fund allocation are too small.
Can you imagine, the state of Perlis, Malacca and even Penang is smaller than some “district” in Sarawak and Sabah. They have Chief minister and Menteri Besar – DUN etc, for the same land size we have a District Officer and supported by Administrative Officer. Federal gov’t do not allocate fund according to land size – but population density. Unless, the federal gov’t change their approach in allocating funds – nothing better will happen to Sarawak / Sabah. No wonder many of the population are wondering if it is not better for the two state to be more autonomous, increase our oil royalty and maybe create 3 Chief Ministers in sarawak and 3 for Sabah too. In this way we get more funds and the more resources to carry out implementation. The Chief Minsiter is then not confine to State but a sub-state for these two state.
Non Muslim bumiputera living under poverty line in Sarawak ia slightly more than 50% and 61% for Sabah (Anthea Mulakala) . Where is the timber money and what has the plantation done to improve the rural poor?
The prices of fuel and food in rural Sarawak / Sabah is already double that of West Malaysia before the last price increased. Now, it is going to be much higher. Generally the food and drinks are 15% more expansive, household goods etc. The per capita income are lower than West Malaysia, and now the people will be paying more. Being oil producing state, why not allocate special funds to improve their infra structure, funds to start small business to increase their income.
Investors came to take advantage of cheap land and rich natural resources – what has they given back to the community? These investors even choose to impose their “corporate values” when dealing with the community – legal agreement, follow company’s rule, ignoring Sarawak and Sabah natives. Or has the Sabah and Sarawak politician taken the goodwill from the big investors into their own pocket.
Now BN wanted to develop Sarawak / Sabah better – this has been said many times over before. It is just empty promises. Even if there are being implemented – the contract is mostly given to UMNO related companies or political cronies of ministers. If not – how do you explain that the local companies have so little business to do?
Sarawak / Sabah – wish to progress like the other states in Malaysia. Lip service do not work – ensure it is delivered without the “corruption” elements.
Popularity: 8% [?]
::Why we should NOT buy Petronas petrol/diesel?
Source: unidentified through e-mail
Wahai warga Malaysia sekelian, hebahkanlah cerita benar ini kpd rakan2 anda sekelian mengapa perlu boikot minyak petronas.
Sebenarnya semua warga Malaysia kena tipu dengan dasar kenaikan harga minyak ni..baru2 ni kenaikan harga minyak sebanyak RM0.78.Tinggi tuuuuu. Mengapa kita perlu menaikkan harga minyak setinggi tuuuuuuu….
Aaaaaaa ini lah yang warga Malaysia tak tahu…. Sebenarnya kita ni duduk je Malaysia…tapi minyak yang kita cari gali kat Terengganu dan Sarawak tu, kita tak penah pakai pun…Minyak yang kita gali tu ialah minyak Gred A…Diulangi Minyak Gred A…….semua minyak tersebut dijual keseluruhannya keluar negara…jadi petronas telah beli pulak minyak gred C…Diulang Gred C…..untuk digunakan dimalaysia dan diletak logo Petronas…. . dalam kajian oleh syarikat2 kereta yg bukan keta nasional, bahawa minyak petronas ini adalah minyak paling kotor sekali…maklumlah minyak gred C. Read more
Popularity: 12% [?]
::BN Gov’t is not telling us the truth on oil price increase
This article is taken from unidentified source:
NOTE: nothing to do with Petronas but lots of spinning by Government of Malaysia.
Hassan Merican, the Acting Chairman, President and CEO of Petronas claimed that Malaysia will be net importer of crude oil by 2011. He however was forced to clarify that Malaysia will become net importer because the domestic demand of fuel is more than our supply by 2011 and not that our crude oil has dry up like what being claim by those Pariah in the Government.
Please take note that in Petronas Yearly Report is clearly mention that in 2006 the ‘replacement ratio’ of our crude oil is 1:1.8. Which in layman terms, it means for every litre of petrol we use, Petronas has found 1.8 litres of new source. Which means when the country used 400,000 barrels of crude oil a day, Petronas found 720,000 barrels of crude oil reserve. That is 720,000 x 365 days.
Dear readers, to help us understand how the government can actually reduce the price of petrol and diesel, I have prepared the below essay.
Siapakah Yang Untung Dengan Kenaikan Harga Minyak Global
Jawapannya tentu sekali negara-negara pengeluar minyak, termasuklah Malaysia.
- Malaysia sebagai negara ‘net exporter’ minyak mentah menerima habuan besar daripada kenaikan harga minyak dunia. Data-data yang dikeluarkan oleh Kerajaan menerusi Bank negara Malaysia dan Pembendaharaan Negara serta data-data dari Petronas sendiri menunjukkan semenjak dunia di landa krisis harga minyak mentah yang melambung, Malaysia menikmati pulangan yang semakin tinggi.
- Malaysia mengeluarkan 650 ke 700 ribu tong minyak mentah sehari (Bergantung kepada keluaran semasa).
- Malaysia menggunakan lebih kurang 400 ribu tong minyak mentah sehari.
- Ini bermakna Malaysia mengeksport bersih lebih 250 ribu tong sehari.
- Bagaimanapun minyak mentah keluaran Malaysia diklasifikasikan sebagai “Tapis Blend”, yang didefinisikan oleh Exxonmobil sebagai “Tapis Blend is a high quality, extra light, low sulfur crude. It has high quality clean products and conversion feed.” Iaitu minyak mentah berkualiti tinggi dan disebut oleh Hassan Merican sebagai Sweet and Light.
- Tapis Blend tidak digunakan dipasaran tempatan sebaliknya di eksport untuk pasaran luar negara pada harga yang mencecah 30% lebih tinggi dari harga minyak mentah yang digunakan didalam negara.
Mekanisme Penjualan Minyak Mentah Malaysia
Sebelum 2004, minyak mentah Malaysia di jual pada kadar USD30.00 satu tong. Hari ini harga pasaran bagi minyak mentah global berkisar di paras lebih USD130.00 satu tong. Ini beerti pendapatan negara menerusi segala bentuk cukai juga meningkat.
Telaga minyak di Malaysia dikendalikan oleh Petronas dan beberapa syarikat pengeluar minyak antarabangsa. Syarikat pengeluar ini mendapat keuntungan amat besar pada harga pasaran hari ini.
Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, selaku Penasihat Petronas menulis di blognya, “Hampir tiada peningkatan di dalam kos pengeluaran (Oleh Petronas semenjak 3 tahun lalu) oleh itu lebihan USD100.00 satu tong boleh di anggap untung bersih.”
Oleh yang demikian, memandangkan Malaysia memiliki lebihan sekurang-kurangnya 250 ribu tong sehari setelah ditolak penggunaan tempatan maka bagi setiap 1 tong itu pengeluar mendapat untuk bersih tidak kurang USD100.00.
250 tong x USD100 x 365 hari = Untung Bersih
Ini bererti pengeluar mendapat keuntungan berlipat ganda dan mereka terpaksa membayar cukai yang lebih tinggi kepada kerajaan.
Kesannya, kerajaan memperoleh pendapatan yang lebih tinggi menerusi cukai langsung, cukai tidak langsung, dividen dan royalti dari hasil petroleum dan gas, berbanding 3 tahun yang lalu.
Data Perbedaharaan menunjukkan kenaikan pendapatan hasil kerajaan melonjak semenjak Abdullah Ahmad Badawi menerajui negara dan lonjakan ini adalah disebabkan kenaikan hasil yang diperolehi kerajaan menerusi
- Cukai Langsung dari Cukai Pendapatan Syarikat Petroleum yang meningkat dari RM 11.5 B pada tahun 2004 kepada RM 20.7 B dalam tahun 2006.
- Cukai Tak Langsung dari Duti Eksport Petroleum yang meningkat dari RM 11.5 B pada tahun 2004 kepada RM 2.3 B pada tahun 2006.
- Hasil Bukan Cukai – Dividen Petronas daripada RM9.1 B dalam tahun kewangan 2004 yang melonjak 100% kepada RM18.0 B pada tahun berakhir 2006.
- Hasil Bukan Cukai – Royalti Petroleum dan Gas yang meningkat dari RM2.5 B pada tahun 2004 kepada RM4.2 B pada tahun 2006.
Benarkah Subsidi Petroleum Membebankan Negara
Kerajaan mendakwa bahawa kenaikan harga minyak mentah di pasaran dunia mengakibatkan kerajaan terpaksa menanggung beban subsidi petrol dan diesel yang tinggi.
Sebaliknya, data-data dari sumber rasmi kerajaan membuktikan sebaliknya. Data yang dikeluarkan oleh Bank Negara Malaysia menunjukkan pada tahun 2004, Kerajaan membelanjakan sebanyak RM5.8 B untuk segala subsidi iaitu termasuk subsidi bahan bakar (Petrol, Diesel dan lain-lain), subsidi bahan makanan dan lain-lain.
Pada tahun 2005, perbelanjaan kerajaan bagi tujuan subsidi bagaimanapun meningkat hampir 3 kali ganda kepada RM13.4 B tetapi perbelanjaan untuk subsidi bagaimanapun menurun semula pada tahun 2006 kepada hanya RM10.1 B.
Walaupun kenaikan pendapatan hasil kerajaan dari sumber Petroleum meningkat dengan mendadak yang membuktikan hasil kerajaan turut meningkat setiap kali harga minyak mentah dunia meningkat, tetapi subsidi yang dikeluarkan oleh kerajaan tidak meningkat pada peratusan yang sama.
Ini membuktikan bahawa kerajaan masih mengalami perolehan lebihan jika ia mengekalkan harga Petrol dan Diesel pada harga yang lama.
Pada tahun 2004, kerajaan membelanjakan sebanyak 6.3% dari Perbelanjaan Mengurus Kerajaan Persekutuan untuk subsidi (termasuk segala bentuk subsidi) dan mencatat peningkatan kepada 13.7% pada tahun 2005 tetapi menurun semula kepada 9.4% pada tahun 2006. Subsidi yang dibelanjakan oleh kerajaan hanya mencatat peningkatan pada 0.4% dalam tahun 2007 walaupun kerajaan tidak menaikan harga bahan bakar sepanjang tahun itu.
Oleh yang demikian sebenarnya jelas bahawa subsidi bahan bakar petrol dan diesel sebenarnya tidak membebankan negara.
Mengapa Subsidi Petrol dan Diesel tidak membebankan Negara
Seperti yang dijelaskan, Malaysia mengeluarkan 650 ke 700 tibu tong minyak mentah sehari. Kegunaan dalam negara pula hanyalah 400 ribu tong sehari. Negara mengalami lebihan 250 ke 300 ribu tong sehari untuk dieksport ke luar negara.
Memandangkan kegunaan minyak mentah dalam negara tidak memerlukan minyak mentah berkualiti tinggi, maka 400 ribu tong minyak mentah yang dikhaskan untuk kegunaan dalam negara di tukar di pasaran dengan 400 ribu tong minyak minyak berkualiti rendah. Pertukaran ini juga menguntungkan negara kerana minyak mentah negara dari kelas Tapis Blend yang harga lebih tinggi dari minyak mentah yang diperlukan oleh negara. Ini bermakna negara samada mendapat lebih minyak atau mendapat pulangan kewangan bersama minyak yang ditukar itu.
Ini bererti, sebarang kenaikan harga minyak mentah dalam pasaran global langsung tidak menjejaskan negara.
Oleh yang demikian tiada sebab mengapa kerajaan perlu menaikan harga petrol dan diesel dengan memberi alasan mengurangkan subsidi terhadap bahan bakar tersebut!
Popularity: 10% [?]
::’Save money, change your lifestyle’- for a longhouse family?
The Prime Minister and many “experts” has advised family to save where they could, by changing our lifestyle – easy from the point of view of the PM / political leaders and “expert” who lives in town with 2-3 luxury cars, 2-3 maids, with children studying abroad, wearing branded goods, eating out in expensive restaurant, at least 3 times a week and family overseas vacation at least once a year. Try to sort out the “how” to save from a normal long house family (average income of RM600 per month. Note : Poverty line in Malaysia is RM 700 per month).
- Cost of boat transport to school per day $ 6.00 per child
- Cost of food for a family of 5 pax $ 20.00 per day
- utilities ( generator) of 2 litres diesel consumption $10.00 per day
- clothes / cooking gas / school books $50.00 per month
The long house family needs at least RM 1,070 per month to make ends meet. In ‘normal’ circumstances, in order to meet the basic needs of ‘living with dignity’ instead of ‘living in hunger’, the family will forgo the children’s education, to ’save’ the RM120 boat transport and half-ed the usage of generator, hence back to ‘living in darkness’. DOES SAVING MEANS THE LONG HOUSE CHILDREN HAVE TO FORGO THEIR EDUCATION?
RM1,070 for PM/politician (and experts who are advising the PM), is probably the expenses for ONE meal for a family of 4 in a luxury hotel restaurant.
Long house folks used to be able to get free food (wild meat / jungle vegetables / fish) for their daily meals. But they can no longer get these food due to logging activities, river pollution, and oil palm plantation (that stretches thousands and thousands of hectares that promises ‘good for the nation’). These longhouse folks now need to buy their food from the market, at inflated prices. So, DOES SAVINGS MEANS THEY HAVE TO REDUCE THE INTAKE OF FOOD?
For a long house family or low income family WHAT IS THERE TO SAVE when you are already living in deficit?
The long house family may be able to adhere to our PM and his advisors’ call to “save money, change lifestyle” if the state government and “plantation companies” which has been promising better standard of living and better income when they “acquire” the land from the long house folk for oil palm plantation, fulfill their promises.
So, ’save money, change lifestyle’ … or should it be ’save money, change lifestyle only for the rich’ whilst for the poor ’save your life, yourself’.
Popularity: 8% [?]
::Sarawak Oil Royalty
In the last parliament sitting, there are not many questions from Sarawak MP. KAPIT (YB Alexander Linggi) asked whether the federal gov’t is considering giving 20% oil royalty to Sarawak – the answer is a BIG NO!. Sarawak being an oil producing state is one of the three most backward state in Malaysia – how can that be? Are we spending too much money on project that are not generating profit for the people or are we so corrupted that the government used the money to lay foundation for politically link company to reap rich benefit from the “project”.
Detail Info:
Royalty paid by Petronas from March 2004 to March 2007:
Petronas pay Federal gov’t: $13.4 billion
Petronas pay Trengganu : 7.3 billion
Petronas pay Sarawak : 4.8 billion
Petronas pay Sabah : 1.2 billion
This based on the formula fixed at 5% or half of the royalty enjoyed by the Federal government.
Oil production for each state FOR YEAR ENDING APRIL 2007
Trengganu : 133.7 million barrel
Sarawak : 79. 0 million barrel
Sabah : 28.6 million barrel
Gas production:
Trengganu : 748.2 billion cubic feet
Sarawak : 1,292 billion cubic feet
Sabah : 41.2 billion cubic feet
Total sales of Petronas’ petroleum and gas products as at March 2007
RM $165.3 billion
In my opinion, 5% royalty to Sarawak is simply too small (RM$4.8 billion for 3 years) – at 20% for 3 years =$19.2 billion. Nadai salah bala MP kitai pindah ngagai Pakatan Rakyat – for that kind of money, minus white termite, a lot of development progress especially road, water and electricity could be improved from the current low standard.
How does the Sarawak government used this money. In Bintulu, the road leading to the MLNG plant, ABF, Bintulu Port and Shell BCOT has not being resurface since 20 years ago. There are many fatal accidents caused by poor road surface. The condition of other road ( Ulu Sebauh Road etc), electricity supply to longhouses that are close to electricity distribution station, poor school condition – all of these seems to be the function of other ministries – so where is the oil royalty used?
Has our Sarawak oil money being used to ensure ketuan Melayu – financing so many fail UMNO related business. Are sarawak oil money the “prize” of UMNO politician.
We felt that the Sarawak natives has been left behind in economic term. The timber sales has not given the natives much benefit – Chinese companies – Samling, Shin Yang, KTS. WTK, Rimbunan Hijau etc reap most of the money – how do Dayaks loose such riches – if not for the self interest of those in power. All these must change!
Popularity: 9% [?]
::Continue to pursue the formation of Dayak Party
With the result of PRU12, the Dayak should be encourage to work together with Pakatan Rakyat. Recently, some promoters of Malaysian Dayak Congress Party has joined PKR. This is more out of needs rather than choice. The choice is to continue to pursue the formation of a Dayak party. This should not be mistaken with DAYAK BASED PARTY.
The current Dayak Based Party in BN are at most a well fed, living a comfortable life elected representatives who doesn’t seem to say anything on behalf of the Dayak except for YB Alexander Linggi Nanta. Other YBs are really happy and grateful for their good life – otherwise, many of them would still be struggling to find a decent living. Why they are NOT able to contribute ideas constructively and present their argument for Dayak interest to the BN government is any body guess. Therefore, many sum them up as representative who lacks political direction, no self respect for self integrity and a real political coward with self interest paramount in their mind. Also the political parties that claim to represent the Dayak – are too mindful of hurting other races feeling, while this is not true for other political parties that champion their racial agenda. With such backdrop, we must continue to pursue the formation of a Dayak party until the following happens!
When these so call Dayak parties starts to find their voices to speak on behalf of Dayaks ( land issues / education/ business ), when these elected YB found back their BRAIN ( they seem to lost most of it to their good life) and when elected YBs come down to earth and be humble, maybe the, we should consider not putting up a new Dayak party.Otherwise, this new Dayak party is form to provide an alternative choice for the people to vote their leadership and also the new party will provide new direction and agenda.
The fact is now known that Barisan Nasional is NOT UNBEATABLE. They are beaten and only holds 40% of Malaysia’s economy. BN is walking on shaky ground – more so as anchor party UMNO is still not reading the ground sentiment well. For the Dayak based party they may have to go ahead and engage the Dayak voters actively to think of some of this topic for a start
- mechanism and opportunities to help Dayak improve their monthly income
- build better roads and other infra structure to improve their rural life ( eg. road from SIBU to KAPIT) – tarmac the LAPOK road etc.
- the provide more funds to develop our language and culture
- restructure our community leadership from political stooges to those who respect Dayak community and individual rights
- increase Dayak participation in civil service / occupy certain top position
- have an equal chance to be Chief Minister
- represented more in the Federal cabinet and not used a mere window dressing
- ( many more)
Without the above, a Dayak Party in the like of MDC should and must be pursued.
Popularity: 4% [?]
::Fuel Price for rural Sarawak should not increase
BN government under Abdullah did not do their homework properly before raising the price of fuel. It was a half cook reaction to global pressure on fuel prices.
- Fuel prices should be raised gradually instead of a giant step, to allow systematic adjustment of household expenses.
- These giving back of MONEY to motorist is not a wise move – it is not based on facts, even though the intention was good – the government politicize the price increase instead of focusing on managing the economy and house hold economy properly. – we should have salary increase, NOT two pay day per month ( which is difficult to manage ).
For rural Sarawak / Sabah – how much fuel consumption do they take compared to urban dwellers. Have these rural dwellers seen any MONEY in rebate yet – despite the promised fleet card for outboard motors? If rural area fuel consumption is say less than 5% of the total national consumption, can the rural folk be treated to “NO fuel increase” – allowing the richer urban neighbour to assist them by cutting less eating out in restaurant, drive smaller cars, lessen holidays etc. For rural folk, they are living on minimum, how do you minimize from your minimum.Eating less food ( from 2 time to one time), pulling out one child out of two from school, etc.
The gap between the have and the have not will get wider – and the Sarawak gov’t continue to deny the high numbers of rural poverty. Taking away NCR land, temuda, pemakai menoa bring down their option to gather jungle foods to substitute of lacking in “cash in hand – spending power”. The “rice planting” land has also disappear to the plantation “provisional lease” as it was farm after 1958.
Similar to this price increase, the government of the day really think that rural Sarawak can eat palm oil fruits instead of rice, and becoming a daily wage earner instead of focusing on building a long term better future. Every thought is put to make the rich richer – the poor people poorer. The price increase do not only touch the rural folk pocket, it touches their immediate well being and their societal progress in the future. The government should find a better way of not managing the impact of fuel increase but to put in place blue print plan, programmes, resources ( people and money) to focus on improving the income of the rural people. PLANTATION is not the answer to poverty – because the wages they received from plantation will generate income that is below poverty line.
On the 21st June,Dayak NGOs are going into a workshop to work out the mechanism to help the rural poor folks and would recommend it to the government to improve the government plan that is at best ad hoc today. The workshop would be held at Penview Hotel – starting at 9.00am. All participant will be charge $50.00 to cover the venue rental and food / breaks for the day.
Popularity: 4% [?]
::NCR Land Development Mechanism – is UNFAIR
The mechanism
- do not give land owners direct management participation. Actually the land owners have “no say” despite having 30% share.
- 30% share is not defined : when the JV company sell their plantation – the landowners do not seem to benefit from the upward revised price.
- The 30% investment does not include “mill” business – which is the most profitable.
- The ROI for the 30% is “laughable” in one case $35.00 per acre per year.
- The landowners are paid wages – without increment at all – in one instance, the daily wage drop from18.00 per day to a mere $7.00 a day ( after 2 years of working ).
In Golden Hope estate in Bintulu – the company refuse to pay anything to the landowner. Do you want to know the landowner response?
- Go harvest the oil palm themselves – creating a welcome conflict that will need to go to court.
Other options:
- Destroy the oil palm crop by burning and chopping the palm tree down.
I don’t think we should allow the land owner to be bullied – they have lost too much in the first place, it is like rubbing salt in wounds. Land owners should destablise plantation owners that choose not to respect their agreement and share holding.
Who is laughing to the bank – without doing much to help the landowners – it is the gov’t agency that is involved – (eg LCDA).
Why is the gov’t so adamant to encroach into NCR land – even changing the land code with the BN two third majority, to facilitate a legal way to get into natives land. The politic of self enriching by individual elected representatives in cohort with appointed community leaders and “corruption” is detroying the future of landowners in the name of progress.
Dayak do not like to progress – by making Dayak plantation wprkers. The JV has not produce substantial benefits to landowners, it makes “self enriching” elected politician rich very quick. Is this objectives of the BN gov’t when they introduce land development or has the YBs change the scheme to their advantage?
Popularity: 4% [?]
::Dayak vegetable sellers – Tabuan Jaya Wet Market
For between 5 to 13 years, the 49 Dayak has been selling vegetables and jungle produce at Tabuan Jaya temporary wet market. By 15/6, they are told to stop selling vegetable at the wet market by MBKS. The other traders in the Tabuan Jaya wet market has been given license and are asked to move to the new “Stutong Wet Market”. All of those issued with license and a new lot in Stutong Wet Market are non bumiputera.
It is difficult to understand MBKS decision not to issue license to Dayak/ bumiputera even after they have paid a daily 0.50Cents fee to MBKS for so many years, while non bumiputera are given license. What is happening to our system and government policy implementation? Why does it smell something “racialist” – when we try to form an integrated and united Malaysian society, this ugly episode happened? Has this got to do with “politic” that is racial base, trying only to promote the well being on its own community only. This is a dangerous road to follow as it leads to extreme response sometime in the near future.
The Dayak in Tabuan Jaya Wet Market deserve to participate actively in commerce – and they work hard to succeed but only to be given the “short” end of the stick by MBKS. I have 2 suggestion:
- continue to allow the Dayak vegetable sellers to sell from the Tabuan Jaya wet market until this problem is resolved
- open up new spaces in “Stutong Market” to accommodate these Dayak vegetable sellers.
It is the given rights of every Malaysian to be able to earn a decent living in Malaysia. Continued politic of racial divide through political parties is not what we want. We want a truly united Malaysian society – working and helping each other. We must care for each other – we might be a young nation – but we must start to get things right quick.
Popularity: 4% [?]
::Demo terbesar bantah harga minyak.
About 2,000 people marched from Kampung Baru mosque after Friday prayers to the iconic Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur to protest against last week’s sharp rise in petrol prices. See video here in youtube.
Original news at malaysiakini.com
Popularity: 4% [?]
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