Sixty years Contract

10 Responses to “Sixty years Contract”

1. dayaklama on September 16th, 2009 11:30 pm

   You don’t have to compare Sarawak to Kelantan. Sarawak has massive land still unexplore. What you should agree with the BN gomen is to open all this vast uncultivated land and plant with palm trees, the return will be bigger. If all this land is develop then only you can expect the infrastructures will reach every corners of Sarawak. This is the only practical way to bring development as you requested, or else where you can get the fund? To link roads to all areas even scarcely populated is not economical and practical.
   This is how DL sees it or you can still wait but it would be rather slow without developing the land.To run the country economy is the same is running the family daily affairs, you cannot lavishly spending.. afterall nothing to spend anyway if you don’t have the source.
   Everything got to come with price to pay. Don’t get too emotional with this, just treat this as to whet the appetite of DB readers.

2. Akiq Hawong on September 17th, 2009 7:07 am

   I hope the oil palm will not squeeze the land for some ambitious rural folks to explore another kind of cultivation/development. Once the area is taken over by oil palm scheme planted by companies, their scheme will occupy much bigger space and leave little room for another development by any hardworking Dayaks/Iban. No government wants to construct roads to link to no man’s land if they don’t have a prawn behind the stone. In my personal opinion, the government can still be sincere building road and encourage individual farmers to cultivate their land. The objective of the goverment is to provide infrastructure for the people but it must be done not to bring all the ‘eagles’ into the areas. These eagles are simply opportunist companies.
   I have with people in my village clearing land for their paddy each year and at the end of the harvest is converted in oil palm scheme. Over many years or ten of years, an individual has succeeded in planting 10 hills of oil palm. No sweat. Enda berasai, peda nyau besai meh dandang sawit unggal nya.

   Idea unggal DL nya nyau baka ke penemu burong menaul ga diperatika aku. Jejimatka unggal ngaga sengapa jalai agai menua Iban. Kitai menua Sarawak tu sigi mayuh pengasu beburu babi kampung, rusa, kijang. Enti udah datai jalai, sigi peneka urang luar meh ke datai ari menua sengapa, peneka rembang ngasu beburu, belampatka sida babi rusa ba damun temuda, berika semah empurau ba ai sungai sida Iban dulu din. Kitai mesti ka jejimat ngena penemu lama unggal DL nya, kaban.

3. Iban Abroad on September 17th, 2009 9:43 am

   DL,

   Its make sense, Oil Palm Plantation and Hydro Dam can provides some infrastructure, multiple the income of rural people especially Dayak and at the same time safe guard our future and put our state in steady income.

   But provided that the present gomen make a PROPER MoU, Policy and regulation. To get this proper MoU is always hardess part of BN. Cos the MoU is usually siding the investor, gomen and leave the rural fork behind.

   Look at Wong Irup. It is good if the project develop base on the promises when it started. Road should be tarred, housing Free, Telephone line provide, Electricity Free, 12 acres Land provide with tittle, compensation base on present market land value, share base on agreement, Technical School provide, Hospital provide, job opportunity give priority to local, business opportunity give priority to local, Service Centre Construct, Bank provide, Fund for Local, Watch Committee for the Local, Cottage Industry and etc.

   We can’t imagine that how developed Lubok Antu is if this promises are utilized. But 30 years passed all of these are just a sad story.

   To get the proper MoU and Regulation on any mega project affecting the Dayak, the gomen cannot leave out SDNU, SDGA, NGO even opposition in policy maker, MoU regulator and project coordinator, even in hard nego or take much time. Only than win-win situation can be prevail.

4. dayaklama on September 18th, 2009 4:14 am

   Iban Abroad,

   Udah enda ringat agi nuan? Bakanya meh enti ka main politik mesti tebal pending baru olih ba atas dia.

   Your prosposal is indeed good but not practical. In business who has the money is always at the upper hand, that’s reality. When you loan a car through the bank and after let say seven years, you lost a considerably high amount in paying the interest rate. Why nobody make a noise about it? or that is fair agreement because the reason is you cannot live without the car. The bank can always say you take it or you leave it, isn’t it? It’s indeed an embarassing situation where you get to be interviewed to get into trouble to convince the bank officer in willingness to pay more.

   In this JV we are talking about billions with considering times of waiting these trees to bear fruits and other expenditures as well.There are no such things as really fair and square in business. Remember you cannot put them into the situation where we want a dream car. They can always go and venture into other profitable business nature.

   Anang baka unggal Hawong enggai dipansa jalai alun enggai ka jani kampung di menua ia pupus. Bakani ka maju enti ngembuan Hj Adi mentaliti. Siang malam betajung.

5. Akiq Hawong on September 18th, 2009 12:46 pm

   Enda iboh bisi jalai alun ba menua aku unggal DL laban sungai pen nyamai alai merau ga. Lembau ka madahka nuan. Nyau beteruwik sida ngot kampong, nyau beteruwap sida kijang balut, sida jugam ba kampong menua aku. Peneka milih peneka nangkap nya dia. Nyau redundant ga enti bisi jalai alun nya alu ai sungai pen ka keruh ga. Dini sida semah, adong ka terang mata dalam ai deh. Sigi nyamai nangkap laban enda ulih meda tampak dalam ai keroh. Laban ke apin bisi jalai, nyau keruh tebing kena lengang sida semah, sida juak, adong ke lari. Ukai alah beli moto pantai nya diatu. Lagi nyau senang amat ga sida Taib ka matau ke menua kami. Naka ulih meh ka ngena injin lama, penemu lam baka enggi nuan nya, besuar kulukili, ngaga sengal buah lengan.
   Kengka sida ke ka jointventure enggau urang bukai nanam sawit, sida nyau kena ulam ga. Nadai tetuju apak apak. Nama utai ke ka RM50 sebulan dividen deh? Ngah rega ikan semah. adong ke ulih bubu akiq Ungkok pen mayuh agi rega ari dividen sawit sebulan nya.

6. dayaklama on September 18th, 2009 5:22 pm

   Enti bakanya unggal Hawong, anang raoh2 minta jalai, jambatan, letrik. Laban nyamai agi ga bakanya semua utai enda tentu ngena duit.

   Lak ka aja, ka pen enda pia laban nya utai ka dikedeka kita. Ila anang madah perintah besiping adat. Madah menua tu mansang, menua nyin mansang, nama kabuah menua aku enda mansang?

   Bisi ga aku setuju mimit enggau penemu nuan, menua enti enda diperimba agi chelap, bisi meda embun pagi hari. Tang tu semina manah kena lebuh endur penchen tauka holiday. Pilih diri empu nya unggal, kitai ke nentu ka nama utai ke dikedeka deh.

7. Iban Abroad on September 18th, 2009 6:15 pm

   Unggal DL,

   Pengeringat bala DB sigi enda nemu putus. Mati orang kediatu, diganti orang ke dudi enda meh nemu putus, enti polisi perintah agi baka enggi BN kediatu.

   Ngelaban terus ngelaban, nyadi orang politik tebal pending ba blog tu mantah utai ke enda betul ba perintah. Pengawa baka tu nadai siko oleh nagang, laban nya ati siko-siko.

   Your prosposal is indeed good but not practical. I think you refer to: (To get the proper MoU and Regulation on any mega project affecting the Dayak, the gomen cannot leave out SDNU, SDGA, NGO even opposition in policy maker, MoU regulator and project coordinator, even in hard nego or take much time. Only than win-win situation can be prevail.)

   Angka, amat enda praktikal jalai business ke dipadah ka aku datas nya, laban enda meri maioh peluang ngagai perintah enggau investor. Kebuah pia, laban sinu ke kitai di rumah panjai enggai ke empapa nerima pemensang. Maioh udah nyadi contoh.

   Main pejal ngagai orang rumah panjai ngasuh sida nerima MoU ke ena temu sida ulu-ili tauka MoU ke dikenggai ka sida baka projek Wong Irup, ladang kelapa sawit, sigi utai dikerindu ka sida Investor enggau Gomen (BN). Nyadi tu meh utai ke selalu dibantah bala ari DB.

   Menyadi, pengawa ke bakatu; nyau kasar mimit jako aku, tu meh pengawa ngerumpak reta orang ngena chara gangster tauka chara alus.

   Ditu menyadi nadai maioh jako aku, lain ari jako; sinu meh ngagai kitai rumah panjai. Enti nitih ka ati, orang baka kitai tu, lebih agi bala kitai Dayak ari perintah BN, meh patut sinu ka orang rumah panjai lalu ngetan ka reta sida iyanya tanah. But its up to us, we make the choice, nobody force you.

8. Akiq Hawong on September 18th, 2009 10:27 pm

   Unggal DL,

   Bala aku ba dulu din senag ngidup kadiri, semua utai dempa fresh memagang. Ikan semah, ikan empurau,ikan tengadak enda iboh simpan dalam aisbok, enda iboh gulai enggau boric acid, ubat bangkai. Semina nangkap ba lubok ba pendai dia. Enti ka ngulihka duit, bala aku alu nangkap siku dua ikan empurau putih ke berat enda alah 10kg siku alu jual agai Aya KetingPuki enggau rega ke manah RM300/kg.

   Enti ka makai dagin babi fresh, semina nangkap ba ujong bilik, enda iboh dikek ngena ubat bangkai. Kitai ke ba nengeri sigi ka gi ga makai but jukut sida jelu sida ikan ari ulu nyin.

   Bala anak aku ari negeri sigi suah datai ke menua ulu laban ka makai dagin babi kampung, ikan semah, empurau ke fresh ga. Ni nya alah nyau puas makai but ikan tasik ke dijual ba Satok Market belama.

9. Akiq Hawong on September 19th, 2009 7:09 am

   Unggal DL,
   Sigi enda beguna ke jalai menua aku unggal. Aku enda mampu meli moto pantai. Aku semina nemu ngaga perau, bekayuh baka manang Bilong. Aku enggai ke urang luar nyamai datai ngasu, metik sida ngot hutan, manjok sempidan sengayan, ruai, ngerawai ikan semah, mukat empurau, nginti empelasi alu deka nyadi setinggan ba menua aku dulu din. Iya sigi pama tujah sida ari bandar laban ke ka ngiga utai enggau mudar, jampat. Ukai nya lma kitai nguan menua tu. Barang utai ke bisi sigi ditembu ambis lengis ga.

10. MERAMAT TAJAK on September 19th, 2009 10:19 am

    The Flawed Infrastructure Argument in NCR Land Development Scheme

    I have heard the arguments many times before that oil palm schemes are means to provide infrastructure – roads, electricity, clinics, schools – to an otherwise inaccessible area.
    Sounds reasonable at face value, since infrastructure are cost-intensive, with delayed returns on investment, except until one examine this in detail:

    1. The scope and cost of the infrastructure that the JV will construct for itself in order to gain access to the land area were never scoped/costed as part of a public bidding process. The fundamental flaw in the argument is to assign intent, without evidence. In fact, there is no bidding – period.

    2. Provision of Infrastructure in every countries is the duty of the government, without sacrificing millions of hectares, of public land asset. If there is any evidence, that any of the State-built road were paid for by the oil palm companies, in exchange for a huge tract of land, that does not count as smart partnership, or Malaysia Inc. Such arrangements, if it exist,is an abuse of power on the part of the state government – a corrupt practice.

    3. If infrastructure development are deliberately withheld until the people in the area agree to implement govt-sponsored land development scheme that do not benefit the people in the area itself, then that would be called coercive policies on the part of the government, and is a sure evidence of predatory practise i.e opportunist work in cahoot behind the scenes to enrich themselves.

    4. Many gravel roads built around the perimeter of, and running the gamut of an oil palm plantation, does not provide access to agriculture land adjacent to the plantation. In all cases, these roads would be blocked – and effectively reduce the ability of people in the area to gain access to their own land.

    5. Basic country roads made of gravel seems to be everywhere in Peninsular Malaysia. I doubt if a typical 10 KM ring road that can serve a few thousand agri-base population in a sub-district would cost anywhere near an overhead bypass that city planners are happily competing with each other to build. If these gravel roads were to be built in Sarawak, imagine the benefit to small holders such as those Akiq Hawong mention.

    First, it was dividend. Now – infrastructure ? Both does not convinced me. I hope no one else will be fooled – ever again.

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