Agricultural Policies and Land Development Schemes
Taken from Article by: Assoc Prof and Deputy Dean of Faculty of Law UM (Ramy Bulan)
Dayakbaru:
Let us try to understand better what the government is trying to do to help Dayak. Has the government delivered according to their plan or has they deviated from their plan and abuse the plan for their own profit.
Why is it impossible for NCR land order to apply and develop their land on their own? Is this the government policies or is this one of the way the government is putting NCR land owners down and stay in poverty.
Small Holdings
To encourage native smallholders to participate in commercial land development, a series of land development schemes were undertaken from the 1960s to the 1980s. These have been documented by many writers such as Hong (1987), King (1988), Cleary and Eaton (1996), Ngidang (1998) and Majid Cooke (2002).
Various model of land development
From 1964 to 1974, land resettlement schemes modeled after the integrated style of development adopted by the Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) of Peninsular Malaysia were introduced and implemented — initially through the Agriculture Department and later (1972–80) through the Sarawak Land Development Board (SLDB). This involved clearing of new land and relocation of natives into resettlement schemes dedicated to the planting of cash crops (Ngidang 1997). Unlike the FELDA schemes, where landless workers were settled on state land, participants in Sarawak were relocated to areas where the local communities were established traditional landowners. The farmers were given loans that they had to repay out of incomes which were crucially dependent on the fluctuations of world commodity prices, and as a result, most were unable to make the repayments. The schemes also lacked the pool of workers and expertise required for their successful implementation (King 1988: 280) and all were eventually abandoned due to management problems (Ngidang 2001).
Salcra established in 1976
In 1976, the Sarawak Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority (SALCRA) was established with the object of developing agricultural land in situ (Hong 1987; King 1988: 283). This was a joint venture between the SALCRA and native farmers in which the participating households retained their ownership (Munan 1980; Humen 1981: 95–106). Subject to payment of costs by the owner, large consolidated blocks of land have been planted with cash crops.
SALCRA’s Function
The SALCRA’s function includes consolidation and rehabilitation of land, and provision of advisers and training facilities in various aspects of farming and land management. When it appears that the participants have acquired the know-how to manage the schemes, the estate should be divided among the households, thus enabling them to obtain a demarcated piece of land to which they will be given a grant in perpetuity.
Although there has not been any rationalisation and distribution exercise yet,[10] the eventual obtaining of titles for landowners through their participation appears to be an ideal solution to the problem of modernising agriculture in many native areas. Substantial alienation of land to non-native private companies with commercial interests has been avoided. To some extent, rural–urban migration has also been arrested.
However, the success of the scheme is dependent on continued government funding.
LCDA – paving the way for large scale JV
Parallel to the SALCRA, the Land Consolidation and Development Authority (LCDA) was set up in 1981 to promote the development of both agricultural and non-agricultural projects. The LCDA has powers to acquire both state-controlled land and Native Customary Land for private estate development. It has powers to act as an intermediary between landowners and corporations so that private investors can be invited to participate in land development subject to allocation of shares in the relevant companies.
The Land Code was amended in 1988 and 1990 to allow corporations, including foreign companies, to purchase land, including Native Customary Land, for this kind of development.
The formation of the LCDA was a further step in government involvement in large-scale land development as it became an agency and a conduit to ‘harness private capital for developing the land as estates’ (Sarawak Government 1997). This paved the way for the introduction of the joint venture company (JVC).
Dayakbaru:
- What is LCDA contribution for getting 10% from the JV?
- Has LCDA done anything positive to help NCR land owner with any dispute with their JV partner.
- Can the Dayak NCR landowner take their JV partner to court because they have not delivered what they promised – no dividend for up to 10 years after planting.
- Is SALCRA doing their job to the best of their ability
- In SALCRA – is there high incidences of power abuse that lead to corrupt practices among its employees?
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Inspirational word from gkm2020
The positive thing about the new NCR land devt concept is that it shows that the govt is taking its step to listen to serbana rakyat. But, the negative thing is that, the new concept is just in name…but implementation wise, it remain in the same old ways. It’s just like product rebranding with no improvement in product quality and features. How is it going to bring more benefits in terms of JVC earnings to the land owners if the equity of 60:30:10 is still being imposed and participation of land owners in decision making is not taken into consideration?
The govt should review the concept for the benefit of the people.
Cheers,
John Hock
My sincere opinion:
BN NEW NCR LAND DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT IS A BOGUS DEVELOPMENT SCHEME!!! IT JUST A ‘CONCEPT’???
***SKIM KONSEP NCR BARU NIPU, NGUPAS, NGELENGIH SERETA NGERAMPAS TANAH ADAT DAYAK/RAYAT ENGGAU MUPUS KA ASAL USUL PENATAI BANSA DAYAK!!!
NOTES: This is a systematic and modern way of new “KETUANAN COLONIALIZATION” (also referred to as PENJAJAHAN), and the Land Code is used to indirectly eliminate/erase Dayak entity and/or erase the historical facts of Dayak including submerging their heritage longhouse sites and burial grounds, via systematic ethnic cleansing policy so the future Dayak generation would ultimately lost their “Native Rights” (indigenous rights).
WE must learn from our history how the “KINGDOM OF ULU AI” (herein referred to as the ‘Dayak Kingdom’ in the 16th Century) had lost its historical evidences/facts!!!!! Later these Dayaks became ‘ulung’ to some of the Malay Sultans!!!!!
Today Iban/Dayak are ‘ulung’ too as their only employed as “workforce” and/or “Bansa Orang Setinggan Sarawak” or “Underpaid Kuli”.
IF IT IS A GOOD, EQUITABLE AND PROFITABLE SCHEME THEN IT SHOULD BE “WIN-WIN AND WIN”!!!!
Nya aja kaban……
Agi Idup – Agi Ngelaban…..Hooo….Haaa…..!!!!!
The whole policy,it seems is aimed to GRAB the DAYAK NCR/NCL which ultimately will create a lot of Dayak squatters in their ancestral lands inherited from their forefathers.
Economic returns are not of top priorities.As long as they are deprived of NCR/NCL lands seems to be the main objective.
Why not encourage private individual small estates development where the Dayak lands are not
going to be mortgaged to anybody.
Nanam kediri empu kena ngetan ke tanah asal.
Enti baka nya, nyau enda ulih nambahka ladang sawit diri semakin besai sebesai ga sida Awang nya lagi. Ba Awang, sigi amat jai ga polisi nanamka diri nya. Nyau nadai meri iya peluang deka ngemesai ke ladang iya.
Ba runding aku, sigi manah nanam sawit ka diri empu. Kena ngetan ka tanah diri empu. Maioh tanah kami menua udah di kerja sida company tabung Haji, laban tanah nya semina bc di tanam ka getah & buah sepun dua.
Hmmm….aku ke udah tuai tu nyau enda kering ngangkat ke setandan buah sawit. Ka ngaji sida igat indon, tusah amai ga laban menua ke jauh ari sida indon nya. Urang ba rumah panjai enggai ngumpul sawit aku laban ke bisi runding kepapas ga. Sepi asai iya ngembuah sawit kadiri empu. Kumbai iya nya kereja sawit nya…ku jaku. Enti baka nya, manah agi nupi jani hutan aja enggau buah sawit nya.
Bala Kaban DBs.
Apai indai aku bisi enggau Salcra ngereja kepala sawit unggal, tang lalu nadai ga ngasai ke penyenang.
Nama kebuah kitai Iban Dayak diansak asoh kereja kepala sawit? Ari kelia munya kitai tu kereja betanam betupi,udah ngasai nangkal,bumai tu unggal. Ba penemu aku umbas meh kitai ngereja pengawa nya.
Nama kebuah kitai Iban Dayak enda disedia ke ruang kedai,ajar kitai ngedai, meri penemu ngagai kitai Iban ngedai? kitai meda kaban kitai Cina, sida iya ke nyamai ukai nanam kepala sawit kaban.
Beri, ajar meh kitai enggau Cina ngedai,ngambi enda jauh tinggal ari orang bukai.
Mupok dulu kaban. Idup Iban Idup Dayak. ooohhhaaaa….
Peda iban nya maju bekedai belaban enggau china, huh, sigi amat kah amat meh nya, kada enda ukai tulin darah iban iya deh. Mayuh iban ke tulin darah china bisi maju bekedai peda aku. Nyamai agi kitai enda iboh belaban enggau china ngiga pemakai. China ba menua tu enda bumai,nya alai kitai tau bumai ke sida china ga. Sida laut nangkap ikan alu kita nyual bauh empasa agai sida iya ga. Soda Melanau nanam sago alu kitai nyual alu kitai meli sago ari sida iya.
Anang sesekali kitai nanam tauka ngereja utai sebaka enggau bansa bukai. Enti china nyual baju, kitai tau nanam kapas ga. Amat nya>
gkm2020, PUP and he rest of Dayakbaru….
Keep on barking…don’t ever think of slowing down ….yes agree with you gkm2020, in reality, it is the latest strategy in colonialization.
Owner of land in KL, Kuching and many cities in Malaysia become super rich by their lands after being developed while the dayaks being cursed to become super poor because of their lands.
DB…let us continue to speak it out. Change we must and can….satu, dua, tiga Hooooo…Haaaaa!!!
Merakat Piun and DBs should read the book of ” Children of the monkey God “. It was the chinese Hakka from southern China were the first town settlers, doing gold mining and starting the selling and buying or known as commerce nowadays. More and more people are attracted to live near the town where goods can easily be obtained and the town grew bigger and bigger. The chinese never had land rights and they only acquire lands by buying them. When more peoples migrate to towns and cities the demand of lands become higher and so as the price.
We traditionally refuse the crowd in the town and prefer to stay ulu sungai. The gomen never chase us to go interior, so why put the blame on the gomen?
If you want your NCR to sell like the price of lands nearby the bigger cities, the gomen never stop you to bring your land over.
Salam 1Malaysia
Dayak lama…
As usual you come up with your deceptive arguement which aim to deceive and cover the wrong deeds of your Master. Can’t blame you as you are paid to do that…cari makan
Your analogy above is totally out of context from the issues we discussed here…but as you are devil in disguish powling for dayak victim, it is always a law of nature that ths very devil will eat you up one day and it will be too late for you to regret. Believe that.
It’s so unfortunate that my great grandparents had not chose to move to Kuching during the Brooke time but rather migrated deeper into the ulu coz there were lots of ikan semah, empurau, wild boar, deers, barking deer, wild cats, hornbills etc that were their main food easily available. Now, all these were gone and a mere fairytale to the younger generation coz development had taken over the jungles and lubok empurau that were once rich in natural wild resources. The chinese immigrants chose to stay near town and some had acquired lands from the natives and the natives moved further inland. It’s so fortunate that the development of Kuching also expands into the outskirt and such development benefits some lucky natives too. Yes….can’t blame my aki so much that I have to struggle in order to be at par with those who stay near town.
Now, the development is encroaching deeper into the ulu but not as much as the one near town areas where compensation is no match to the mighty development near town except in Bakun or Murum. Price of land can be up to 10,000 times much valuable than in the ulu. Well, in the SCORE area, hopefully it can produce many rich natives who dwell in the area. Want to rely on OP JV, one hardly receives a hundred ringgit a month in dividen and the rural folks are easily drowned by that amount of dividen and they still praise the gomen for such a little contribution. This prove that they are a loyal gomen supporter for a little in return, I gues, perhaps still hoping for a bigger one coming but hardly coming. There’s always so much trick in order to get the most from them. At the end of the day, it’s the man behind the curtain who gain so much.
Kaban ME….I share your view
Back to what I say again “Owner of land in KL, Kuching and many cities in Malaysia become super rich by their lands after being developed while the dayaks being cursed to become super poor because of their lands”
I got very disappoined with DL view simply because, he intention is to decieve the dayak with his idea in order to protectr his master.
Look at this very good examples.
Is it not dayak being super poor by their land that our bala kaban in Rh Nor are without roof to cover them????
Is it not the dayak being super poor when they even bring their grouses to court????
Is it not the dayak being super poor when they have to move out from their longhouses and kampungs because of the dams. How much will the gomen compensate them? Can that cash received able to compensate the bigger land area with the kebun,farm land and the hardships or non productive time and whatnots???? Any honest economist will say a BIG NO (except for BN ECONOMIST).
So it is better to leave the Dayak land as it is if the dayak is going to be super poor after the development of their land. Let’s learn how Malaya become super rich by its PETRONAS Sharing Contracts with foreign investors
MT…continue with your highlights/articles. I only learn from your article how serious the impacts on the amendment on those land laws. DL is always there to deviate and decieve for his master….what to do….cari makan.
Keep it DB, satu dua and tiga…Hooooo…..Haaaa!!
I think it’s still not too late for the dayaks to have good income from oil palm scheme but not through JV. tHEY MUST BE ENCOURAGEd TO DEVELOP THEir OWN OP SCHEMEs. Their lands whatever title it has must not be governed by the opportunists for 60 years. Once governed, one will be poorer for 60 years or so.
Anang ka mending ke penemu Igat DL nya laban nya endang penemu urang ke udah menyana pendiau. Sapa ke enda kepapas nya patut mantai hunding ke manah. Of course ba igat DL nya, penemu perintah ke megai kitai sigi chukup manah tang mesti pandai milih ni iya ke manah ga. Arap ke sida ke udah menyana nya nemu meri penemu ke manah ga agai sida dayak dulu din. Kekadang kitai ba bandar tu semina landik nulis penemu tang enda practical ba sida dulu din. I guess, penemu igat DL nya angka manah ba sida dulu din laban nyau puas kereja berat, nangkal nyau ambis kena balut, bau chinat ai getah. Urang dulu din sigi ka ngulihka penyenang enggau chara makai tinduk aja, enda pedulika tanah sida kena perintah 60 taun. RM50 sebulan nya pen dikenyadika sida iya ga, ipak pemiskin sida iya nya.
dayak Lama.
Ingat aya, aya bala ke diau di pasar ukai nya nyamai magang, maioh agi ke” kais pagi makan pagi & kais petang makan petang” aya, aya lembau nyebut lembau meda aya, ia ke nyamai siko dua aya, majority tusah.
Enti iban pindah magang ke pasar,merinsa agi perintah ngadu ke aya, aya.Nah ke maya tu mimit aja iban di pasar enda ulih adu ke kita perintah aya,aya.
Maya nuan ke bejako, perati-perati ke aya, kami ke diau di menoa ulu tu tak enda kala minta makai ba orang bukai, nadai kala digiga along aya, nadai utang kin-kia ba bank kami aya’,aya’.
Maioh ga kami menoa ulu tu, enti maya kita ke datai ari pasar nemuai, maioh ke ngenong meda pengidup kami di ulu ditu aya’.
Bala kaban DBs anang ninggal ke menoa kitai di ulu, ulu unggal, enggai ke abis tanah kitai ila diambi sida dayaklama.
idup iban idup dayak.ooohhhaaaa…
MT….
agree with you. We should try to encourage our NCR owners to develop their lands.
However on the other hand, there is nothing wrong to develop our NCR land through JV. What really wrong now with the existing JV, is the NCR land owners bear the total financial risk of the JV. If JV business operation fails, their land would be held back by the investors.
How and why that happen, maybe due to ignorance of NCR landowners or simply being decieved by our fellow Dayak lama and the goons to trick the NCR land owners to enter into the JV’s agreement
In many other international JVs practices(which I am very familar with) where land or land concessionaire are involved, JV business operation and land matters are separated. e.g if JV fails due to the fault of the JV management or whatnots, the land owner can get back their land or land cncessionaire without restriction. The land owner even has a right to look for another JV partners, not the investor/scheme operators as practised in Sarawak.
In Sarawak, the JV investors or land scheme operator has a free hand to do what they want within the agreed period(60 years) even it creates NEGATIVE value to the poor land owners……so that’s why dayaks are being cursed to become super poor when their land are being developed. Is this rediculous? Why develop our NCR land if that is what NCR land owner get at the end of the day????????
For now…we DB continue to highlight this issues. Whether DL like to hear it or not, Change we must and Can…Hooooo…Haaaa
JV benefits the govt; OP smalholding also benefits the govt. At the end of the day, the govt sells the OP product. The landowners can’t get so much from the JV but JV sounds so good. OP Smallholding needs capable farmers/landowners involving high investment but the return is much better than JV; the return is probably 10 to 20 time or more much better.
Diatu nyau ka semua YB dayak, laut, Melanau deka bekebun sawit. Sida YB china nya semina nulong nyungkol tanah ga. Diatu sida nyau ka berebutka tanah NCR ke mansang mit semit nya nya, baka menua kitai tu ke udah kusi kayu balak diatu. Bisi ari ga sida ke kerja batang nya nyerarai agai menua ke sepiak kin. Jalai muntang nya, undang undang tanah deka diubah awakka nyamai agi ngemansangka tanah NCR nya enggau enda disekat sida ke diau ba tanah nya. Angka nya meh atur pemansang deka di maju ke sida perintah…politik pemansang nanam sawit ba tanah NCR melalui JV, alu kayu-kayu nyengkaum sida kayu rian, engkabang, angkong, tapang disapu dulu ga ke modal nanam sawit.
guys,
dont talk about race or party or politician…
ask yourself, why the Dayak race, as the real land owner becomes the poorest in own state?? and why Dayak race, the most population in Sarawak got no real power and being control by yg d kasihi?
kindly see the BIGGER picture & do sumthing for your grandchildrens sake..
as for me, even if you put lembu to stand againts any bn candidate i’ll still vote for the lembu…
lu fikir la sendiri…
cheers!
rindu ga ninga buah penemu bala kaban tu ditu senentang tanah NCR. Uji enti ari suba udah bisi alai ngenatai ke berita bakatu udah lama kitai bulih pala tanah, tanah kitai enda dirampas orang.
Tang nya meh gaya laban kitai ngarap ke pagar ti makai padi…
Ba penemu aku ngebun sawit cara komersial sigi bisi untung, lebih agi ti ngebun kediri. Tang nama kebuah kitai pedis ka nubuh ke kebun kelapa sawit?
Kesatu laban ketegal modal, kedua laban ketegal tanah kitai nadai permit mina ke ngait ke tanah NCR.Ketiga laban sigi sengaja sida ke merintah kitai enggai meri permit tanah.
Ti sida meri kitai permit tanah sida pedis ka bulih tanah ngemudah enggi kitai dayak. Betul enda?? Uji ga meda tanah cina tanah laut.. setempap enda tau dikereja, setempap enda tau enda disewa… Nama kebuah?? Laban tegal nadai pemesai ba perintah ngering kebangsa kitai…Nadai orang bejako ke kitai lebuh maia ti bisi meeting ba parlimen tauka maia bisi meeting besara ke penemu…
Kebuah iya ti kitai dayak bulih pala tanah, tanah kitai niki harga. Ari nya ti kitai ka ngepun ke pengawa betanam ke kelapa sawit kediri empu, kitai ulih mencagar ke tanah kitai ba bank kena ke modal serta bayar ansur-ansur. Tentu ga kitai ulih idup kada enda jauh senang ari bangsa bukai laban tulang kitai dayak sigi bagas sigi regas.
Dini alai sida ke pemesai bulih kantau deh?? Ka sida ngachau tanah kitai sida takut disaman!!Enda mampu mayar besai…Enda ulih meri kelulusan ngagai ni-ni company ngereja tanah kitai enggau nadai pemendar…Enda ulih ngerubuh rumah panjai peneka ati…
Uji kitai berati ari ni sida BLD, sida sime darby, sida Titanium,sida Nadi Pelita ulih ngereja tanah ngereja menua kitai enti nadai pemendar ari sida pemesai?? Bakani sida tau bulih permit gawa diak?? Serta nama kebuah tua ke ngempu tanah perumpang aki ini kelia sampai kediatu bedau bulih pala tanah??
Peda sekeda bala pemesai kitai? Perunding ke gaji sida iya. Lalu uji perati ke utai dikemisi, bisness dikemisi sida iya. Ari ni utai nya datai?? Kadang-kadang enda logik langsung..laban asset ke dipeda nelan belanja bejuta, bisness anak2 sida iya… Tau kumbai bula ti sida nadai sangkut paut…Enda salah ti bangat enda alah tat ke ka makai belalai..tang meh b agi-bagi meh enggau rakyat…
Lebu ga orang meri sokong..tang meh lalu nadai kala ga nyau ke tulung…
Nya alai kingat ke kitai kerebak dudi…anang mudah mangkah undi sengapa maia election. Think before we do, what will going to happen, is’t right or not and should we do it??
Igat benny,
Why do the dayaks the poorest according to you? Some of them are simply lazy or no modal or complacent or too dependant or lack of planning or no vision or no mission etc etc. However, many them are much better than myself and many of us here.
Nya aja kaban.