Sarawak Dayak National Union TGA
Written by Dr. John Brian Anthony
I have been very occupied the last few days and therefor has not been able to give an update on the TGA and other new topics of interest. But first let me address some news from SDNU TGA.
The Broken Shield news
I would like to thank my friend Jetty for eloquently reported an incident whereby the Deputy Minister arrived earlier then the President of SDNU. The slip up was not as a result of poor organization. It is attributed to a communication mistake made by a third party to the President. The SDNU president has apologised to his good personal friend, the Deputy Minister and all is well. Some people may like to take this opportunity to bash the SDNU President and we think that is fair feed back because that is what actually happen.
Supreme Executive Council Members
We have EIGHT new faces: Edward Awan, Thony Badak, Rosey, Celia, Stephen Das, Stephen Rom, Maj Moses, Joshua Jabeng except for Maj Moses all are from the private sector and businessmen. Read more
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Borneo Forum Revisits M’sia Agreement Pledges
By Joe Fernandez
Jan 24, 10 (From Malaysiakini)
Borneo Forum (BF), an all-Borneo NGO umbrella body, made the Malaysia Agreement the focus of its deliberations in Kota Kinabalu yesterday.
BF brings together the Borneo Heritage Foundation (BHF), the Sarawak Dayak National Union (SDNU) and observers from Kalimantan.
The ad hoc meeting in KK resolved that the Malaysia Agreement will be raised by a Sabah-Sarawak delegation at a briefing at the House of Commons in London on March 19.
The London meeting was set up by Hindu Rights Action Front (Hindraf) chair P Waythamoorthy (right) who said that Hindraf will also be represented.
“We will prepare a joint memorandum for the London meet,” said BF protem chair Jeffrey Gapari Kitingan. “Two researchers are in London to gather material from the Rhodes Library in Oxford.”
Sarawak environmentalist John Anthony Brian briefed the meet on the progress made by the two Sarawak researchers in London. Read more
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Journey To Sanggau
Taken From: Eastern Times by James Ritchie (Part 1)
Moggie (centre) with some of the Sarawak tour members next to Kapuas River.
To Kalimantan Border
You need to have local knowledge, a sense of humour and a strong constitution for gory tales when you drive across the border into Kalimantan, some 90 minutes away from Kuching.
I discovered this while hitching a ride in a “scout” vehicle commandeered by Salam Chimie, a small but sprightly middle-aged Iban from Selangau during a five-day cultural tour of Kalimantan Barat (KALBAR), the second largest of Indonesian Borneo’s four provinces. Read more
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Entulu under fire
Posted by Jetty
The Borneo Post and SDNU forum
Deputy Minister for rural and regional development Joseph Entulu was severely criticised at a forum today (11 July 2009) for suggesting that the term “Dayak” be dropped as its connotation was uncivilized, uncouth and low class.
The forum, should the term ‘Dayak’ be dropped, was organised by The Borneo Post in collaboration with the Sarawak Dayak National Union (SDNU).
Five panel speakers addressed some 150 participants, the majority of them were professionals, pensioners, businessmen and university students.
Dayak Term
SDNU publicity chief Dr. John Brian Anthony said that the term “Dayak” was used anthropologically to describe the natives of Borneo.
He said: “It is sillier to suggest dropping the term ‘Dayak’. He must be drunk. Otherwise he is playing to the gallery of those who are against the term ‘Dayak’.
“It is our intention to bring all the natives together under the name of Dayak, but there are people who think that the Dayaks are threat. That is why Malaysian Dayak Congress (MDC) cannot be registered because it is considered a security threat to the nation,” he said. Read more
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Gawai ti jauh nyelaie, tang nyulut
Ulih Anya Kedap (The Borneo Post)
SDNU nadai pekit Kumang/Keling tang ngambi raban main asal Dayak Kalimantan
KUCHING: Pengerami mantar Gawai Dayak ti diatur Serakup Bansa Dayak Sarawak (SDNU) taun tu jauh nyelaie, tang nyulut agi ari ke kala diatur ngelamatu.
Amat meh bala sida ke bujang enggau dara nadai gagit pasal pekit Kumang enggau Keling Gawai baka ke ngelamatu, malam hari Enam tu tadi sida bisi pengagit sereta pengandal ke bukai kena sida nganti pengagit nya.
Pengandal ati ka bala Kumang enggau Keling diganti enggau pengandal enggau pengangkunka bantai main asal raban Dayak ari Kalimantan ke berupai ngandalka ati semua bala pengabang mayuh malam nya. Read more
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Does the word “Dayak” give negative connotation
Posted by: Ati Lurus
“The term should be dropped, he said, because it conveyed negative connotations like being uncivilised, uncouth and “low class”. Entulu
Reti leka jako Dayak
Semina urang ke enda nemu reti Dayak serta urang ka bisi agenda Kediri aja ke nyebut utai munyi nya. Reti nya malu lah iya (Entulu) ngelama tu nya nyadi urang Dayak. Nama meh penyadi nggau ketuai kitai Dayak tu. Nti bangsa urang bukai, mati-mati urang ka ngenan ka nama ti deka nyerakup bangsa. Tang nyelai mai ga runding YB Entulu tu,nyau ka dibuai ga term Dayak.
Iya empu Dayak ka muai term Dayak, nama reti nya.
Ba aku, urang ke nyabut term Dayak nya low class, kebendar ia urang nya empu ke Dayak ti low class. Urang ke nyebut word Dayak nya ngelambang ka uncivilised kebendar ia urang nya meh uncivilised ari sukut sense of belonging ngagai bangsa diri. Read more
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Association Should Stay Apolitical – Blogger Dr. John Brian Anthony
KUCHING: All associations should remain apolitical even though they can work closely with the government of the day to achieve their respective objectives.
Sarawak Dayak National Union (SDNU) publicity chief Dr. John Brian Anthony said as associations play useful role in the society, they should not deviate from their objectives.
“If they have no useful objectives, they should not have been registered in the first place,” he said.
However they should remain non-political otherwise their intentions and decisions will be biased and they would eventually deviate from their original objectives, he told The Borneo Post yesterday.
Brian, an active blogger in the style of dayakbaru, said the association-government link should be a two-way process and not a situation where one is dominant over the other. Read more
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Al Jazeera 101 East – The Fight For Power
(Below) From : Al Jazeera 101 East News Webpage
12 new hydro-electric dams
The Malaysian state of Sarawak plans to build 12 new hydro-electric dams along the state’s waterways, saying the projects will create jobs, provide cheap renewable energy and meet the demands of future industrialisation. Read more
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Rumah Dayak Jalan Satok
Written by Dr. John Brian Anthony
Many Dayakbaru members mentioned about the SDNU handling of Rumah Dayak in Satok, and the failure for the building to be completed till today. Many has even “associate” the failure to complete the building with Dayak inability to do anything well. That is the mentality and level of thinking we have to deal with today.
I must say, all are said for good purpose and intention to improve ourselves. But some say it in the spirit that Dayak are not capable of moving forward. So Dayak better surrender their future and live in the hand of other races in Sarawak. To some of us, Dayak are hopeless people. Is it so?
To help better understand the issue Dayakbaru would benefit from the following update. Read more
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Updating SDNU’s Initiative
Posted by Dr. John Brian Anthony
Introduction
on 18th oct night Sarakup Indu Dayak Sarawak (SIDS), the women wing of Sarawak Dayak National Union is having an annual dinner in Sibu Civic Centre. The SIDS Chairpeerson is YB Senator Datuk Empiang Jabu and by virtue of being the Women’s Wing Chairman, she is an automatic Vice President in SDNU. The other automatic Vice President is the Dayak Youth Wing with Dr. Dusit as its Acting Chairman.
It is important to note that all must become SDNU member first before they could joined SIDS or its Youth Wing. SDNU/SIDS and the Youth Wing must work closely together to ensure success in implementing its various initiatives. Read more
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Can we make Dayak’s Non Governmental Organization to work as one?
This is an individual perspective on “Can we make Dayak’s NGO to work as one?”. This idea stemmed out of an earlier challenge, that is “Can Sarawak Dayak National Union be made as the Umbrella body to all Dayak Organization?”.
The ever changing political environment, opportunities and challenges is a fact of life that the Dayak must accept. This idea of getting all Dayak NGO to work as one is to challenge the current paradigm that Dayak ethnic group is pursuing separate and specific goals but is not driving the Dayak to a greater political progress and economic achievement. Read more
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Help longhouse folk too, SDNU urges govt.
SDNU has called on the government to have specific mechanism with which to help lighten the burden of long house dweller following the steep oil price hike.
Cited from Borneo Post 10 June 2008
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SDNU – UMBRELLA BODY FOR DAYAKS ASSOCIATION?
From the
Need for balance in SDNU make-up
BY virtue of its name, the Sarawak Dayak National Union (SDNU) should constitute the biggest single Dayak body in
With so many ethnic associations being formed nowadays, the SDNU’s role has been exponentially downplayed with the union being made to look bereft of a clear objective and direction. Read more
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