DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI OFFICIAL REPORTS ON PRESTASI INDUSTRI PERKAYUAN DI SARAWAK.
Pernyataan Yang di beri oleh Datuk Amar Haji Awang Tengah bin Ali Hasaan.
Kata beliau..industri Perkayuan memainkan peranan yang penting sebagai salah satu penyumbang utama kepada ekonomi Negeri Sarawak. Dalam enam bulan pertama nialai eksport barangan kayu Sarawak telah meningkat sebanyak 1% kepada RM3.71 billion pada tahun 2011.Ini merangkumi 8% dari keseluruhan nilai eksport komoditi utama negeri Sarawak.
Eksport papan lapis telah mencatat kenaikan sebanyak 7% kepada 2.10 billion dalam eman bulan pertama tahun 2011, tempoh yang sama dalam 2010 dengan 1.95 billion.Kenaikan pada tingkat harga papan lapis pasaran antarabangsa.
Pasaran utama papan lapis Sarawak adalah :
Jepun 796,597 meter padu atau 61% dari jumlah eksport.
Korea Selatan 130,672 meter padu 10% dari jumlah eksport.
Taiwan 112,912 meter padu atau 9% dari jumlah eksport.
Negara lain termasuk Timur Tengah ( 8.6%), USA (2.5%), China (2.2%), Philippines (2%), dan Hongkong (1.8%).
Prestasi industri perkayuan meningkat di pasaran gobal dan memberi keuntungan kepada Sarawak, hanya untuk pengetahuan rakyat rakyat Sarawak saja. Soalannya sekarang Sarawak kaya dengan hasil perhutanan akan tetapi Sarawak dikotagrikan sebuah negeri yang paling miskin di Malaysia.Pendapatan Sarawak yang lumayan, ke mana perginya wang tersebut dan pendapatan tersebut harus digunakan untuk pembangunan di Sarawak. Negeri Sarawak kaya tapi Rakyat Sarawak Miskin.
Wednesday 30 November 2011
PEOPLE, NOT LEADERS, MAKE A NATION.
Every country has its own human assets, namely the people and their leaders. The fate of a country then depends very much on the quality of these human assets.The two can either make or break a nation, the power of the people and the role of leaders. The people and their leaders who posses the right qualities can together make a nation great. A point to note is that while together, the two can make a great nation, alone a leader is nothing. But the people on the other hand can still make a great nation.Well, without a leader the people can on their own deploy their internal mechanism by organising among themselves to collectively manage a nation.
If the people themselves are capable of building a great nation, then they should not be too dependent on a leader.Many nations suffer when they are too dependent on one leader.Malaysia suffered from this leadership dependence syndrome during 1981- 003 period when the people were led to believe that one man had turned Malaysia into a developed nation.Similarly in Sarawak from 1981 until today, the Bumiputera races ( not the Chinese ) can development be implemented successfully. But true democracy lies not on our dependence on a leader, it lies in the ultimate power in the country which is vested in the people. It is not vested in an elected government.The people have the power to elect or reject a government.
A crucial issue takes centre-stage when a leader starts to deviate from the national agenda and pursue his own personal agenda.This is what I call the leadership drift where he starts to detach himself from the common people and national interests to pursue his own personal interests.A leader is granted certain powers and rights as long as he not deviate from the national agenda.If the people put too much trust in him, there is a big possibility that he may start to abandon the national agenda to pursue his own personal interests.He will make his own independent choice either to be the nation's good leader or a bad one.
If the people themselves are capable of building a great nation, then they should not be too dependent on a leader.Many nations suffer when they are too dependent on one leader.Malaysia suffered from this leadership dependence syndrome during 1981- 003 period when the people were led to believe that one man had turned Malaysia into a developed nation.Similarly in Sarawak from 1981 until today, the Bumiputera races ( not the Chinese ) can development be implemented successfully. But true democracy lies not on our dependence on a leader, it lies in the ultimate power in the country which is vested in the people. It is not vested in an elected government.The people have the power to elect or reject a government.
A crucial issue takes centre-stage when a leader starts to deviate from the national agenda and pursue his own personal agenda.This is what I call the leadership drift where he starts to detach himself from the common people and national interests to pursue his own personal interests.A leader is granted certain powers and rights as long as he not deviate from the national agenda.If the people put too much trust in him, there is a big possibility that he may start to abandon the national agenda to pursue his own personal interests.He will make his own independent choice either to be the nation's good leader or a bad one.
Tuesday 29 November 2011
Sarawak tribes struggle with modern problems.
Alcoholism, drug use and crime among the indigenous people in Sarawak on the increase and anger is rising over continuing encroachment on native Lands.
By expanding dams, oil-palm plantations and other development force thousands off ancestral lands in the state of Sarawak, a host of modern new problems threaten to break down once tight-knit tribal communities.Village elders and activists say alchoholism, drug use and crime are on the increase and anger is rising over continuing encroachment on native lands.There have been a lot of social changes. Some teens who go to school learn to rebel against their parents and boys and girls now mingle freely as they see it on the television.By mingling freely, some teen ages girls got pregnan and this something unheard-of in the old days.
The state government is pushing to develop the economy of Sarawak which is blessed by rich natural resources yet remains one of Malaysia's poorest states.Tribal lands make up about 80 percent of Sarawak and nearly all has been taken for logging and plantations. At a forum on native concerns in the town Bintulu in October organised by the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia, about 150 Iban tribespeople alleged a palm oil company illegally seized their land for a plantation and disturbed ancestral graves .
About four million of Malaysia's 28 million people belong to indigenous tribes most of which are native to Malaysian Borneo where some retain diminishing traditional rainforest hunting and farming.ways.
By expanding dams, oil-palm plantations and other development force thousands off ancestral lands in the state of Sarawak, a host of modern new problems threaten to break down once tight-knit tribal communities.Village elders and activists say alchoholism, drug use and crime are on the increase and anger is rising over continuing encroachment on native lands.There have been a lot of social changes. Some teens who go to school learn to rebel against their parents and boys and girls now mingle freely as they see it on the television.By mingling freely, some teen ages girls got pregnan and this something unheard-of in the old days.
The state government is pushing to develop the economy of Sarawak which is blessed by rich natural resources yet remains one of Malaysia's poorest states.Tribal lands make up about 80 percent of Sarawak and nearly all has been taken for logging and plantations. At a forum on native concerns in the town Bintulu in October organised by the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia, about 150 Iban tribespeople alleged a palm oil company illegally seized their land for a plantation and disturbed ancestral graves .
About four million of Malaysia's 28 million people belong to indigenous tribes most of which are native to Malaysian Borneo where some retain diminishing traditional rainforest hunting and farming.ways.
50 activists protest against Peaceful Assembly Act
November 30, 2011, Wednesday
The activists gather in front of the Peter Mojuntin Monument in protest against the Peaceful Assembly Act.PENAMPANG: About 50 activists from 13 organisations staged a peaceful gathering in protest against the Peaceful Assembly Act in front of the Peter Mojuntin Monument in Donggongon here yesterday.The gathering, which included political leaders, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and social activists, was to protest against a couple of issues, namely the Peaceful Assembly Act (PAA), issues on illegal immigrants (PTI) and NCR land.According to the organizing chairman, Kanul Gindol, yesterday’s peaceful gathering was to coincide with the National Public Protest and PAA Bill that is currently being discussed in the Parliament.“We have received many complaints from the people of Sabah on issues such as land grabs and illegal immigrants as well as phantom voters.“We therefore hope, through such peaceful gathering, the government would listen and respect our native customary right (NCR) and to call on the federal government to reconsider its stand of not setting up the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to investigate the presence of phantom voters, ‘IC palsu’ (fake IC) and illegal immigrants,” he said yesterday.
Asked if the organiser had obtained a police permit to stage the peaceful gathering, Gindol said they had received a verbal permission from the authority on condition that the gathering would only be for 15 minutes.Among those present at the gathering were Luyang assemblywoman and SAPP Wanita chief Melani Chai, social activist Patric Sindu, leaders of political parties. Monday 28 November 2011
Giving and taken away alots of our rights.
The act is revolutionary for it gives us the right to assemble. Wow that is quite something for us huh? But I thought to do precisely that was already ours to begin with. We already have it.You see for one thing, to assemble is human and for another thing, our constitution quite sensibly recongnises that right.He really has nothing to give in terms of the right to assemble.But strangely by the same revolutionary Act which he thought he had given to us that right to assemble, he actually chipped away large chunks of our existing right. He does it with loads of undefined and discretionary powers granted to umno and the umno to controlled police force to prevent assembly and he also banned assembly from certain places. He is gave what is already ours and in the process of giving took away lots of our rights. He also expect us to clap and leap and cry in joy.
OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN AS SACRIFICIAL LAMBS.
For the past year, there have been three controversies arising from regressive policy decisions of the Education Ministry which have set our educational system backward.The three controversies around are; The teaching of Science and Mathematics for Fourth Form students in Bahasa Malaysia instead of English. The use of the Interlok book as a compulsory text in the school and the decision to make history a compulsory subject as well as a pass requirement for Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM).
All three, though simmering for some years now are rapidly coming to a head during the tenure of the Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin as the Education Minister.The controversies are not over minor insignificant issues in the national education system. They are not sparked off by politicians with an axe to grind or by groups wanting to score points against the minister. They do not relate to narrow communal interest nor are they espoused by extremist organizations having their own agendas.
Rather they are the concern of parents and educators from all communities at grassroots as well as at mainstream society level. They involve important pedagogical principles and ultimately, they raise the key question of whether the future of our younger generation is being made the sacrificial lamb for narrow political and bureaucratic interests.
Upon their wise resolution will rest the ability of our school children to compete with the rest of the world as well as the knowledge that they receive at school which will shape their adult mindset and values. In the case of the campaign led by Parents Action Group for Education (PAGE) the minister has not refused to meet with PAGE leaders but has also stated that providing parents and students the choice to use English will result in chaos in our educational system.There ia an unfair attempt to beat the campaigners and the over 100,000 online supporters by wild claims about the potential negative impact of a policy reversal. In fact, it is the ministry's policy decision to insist on Bahasa only that is causing chaos and even worst, condemning students especially Malay students to a bleak future in undermining their capacity and ability to progress in an English language dominated global system.;
The clear danger that Interlok book poses in heightening crude racial ( cultural ) stereotyping bias and prejudice and its threat to a harmonious communal understanding among our young has been ignored with the decision to proceed with the book as a text for the literature component in the SPM compulsory Bahasa Malaysia language paper. The book's biased understanding and unmitigated prejudice against minority races has already legitimized the name- calling of ' Keling pariah' and ' cina babi' in our secondary schools with several cases of bullying ending up not at the discipline master's door but in the police as well. The stubborn and unreasonable position of the ministry has left the organizers, NIAT now joined by 60 other multiracial civil society organizations no choice but to take their appeal directly to the rulers and to intensify and make national the campaign to remove Interlok from the school texts.
All three, though simmering for some years now are rapidly coming to a head during the tenure of the Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin as the Education Minister.The controversies are not over minor insignificant issues in the national education system. They are not sparked off by politicians with an axe to grind or by groups wanting to score points against the minister. They do not relate to narrow communal interest nor are they espoused by extremist organizations having their own agendas.
Rather they are the concern of parents and educators from all communities at grassroots as well as at mainstream society level. They involve important pedagogical principles and ultimately, they raise the key question of whether the future of our younger generation is being made the sacrificial lamb for narrow political and bureaucratic interests.
Upon their wise resolution will rest the ability of our school children to compete with the rest of the world as well as the knowledge that they receive at school which will shape their adult mindset and values. In the case of the campaign led by Parents Action Group for Education (PAGE) the minister has not refused to meet with PAGE leaders but has also stated that providing parents and students the choice to use English will result in chaos in our educational system.There ia an unfair attempt to beat the campaigners and the over 100,000 online supporters by wild claims about the potential negative impact of a policy reversal. In fact, it is the ministry's policy decision to insist on Bahasa only that is causing chaos and even worst, condemning students especially Malay students to a bleak future in undermining their capacity and ability to progress in an English language dominated global system.;
The clear danger that Interlok book poses in heightening crude racial ( cultural ) stereotyping bias and prejudice and its threat to a harmonious communal understanding among our young has been ignored with the decision to proceed with the book as a text for the literature component in the SPM compulsory Bahasa Malaysia language paper. The book's biased understanding and unmitigated prejudice against minority races has already legitimized the name- calling of ' Keling pariah' and ' cina babi' in our secondary schools with several cases of bullying ending up not at the discipline master's door but in the police as well. The stubborn and unreasonable position of the ministry has left the organizers, NIAT now joined by 60 other multiracial civil society organizations no choice but to take their appeal directly to the rulers and to intensify and make national the campaign to remove Interlok from the school texts.
Apa akan terjadi pada penduduk Baram.
Apa akan terjadi pada penduduk Baram.
Rancangan dan Hasrat kerajaan untuk menwujudkan peluang pekerajaan kepada penduduk luar Bandar sangat dialu- alukan tetapi apakah feadah yang dapat kepada penduduk setempat sekiranya hanya segelintir saja yang dapat pekerajaan disitu.
Pada ADUN yang lalu BN Sarawak telah mencadangkan bahawa kerajaan ngeri akan membina sebuah padang golf di kawasan Baram demi untuk meningkatkan peluang pekerajaan untuk komuniti kaum kenyah, kayan dan penen di kawasan Telang Usan. Adun Telang Usan ( Dennis ) berkata bahawa padang golf di Baram yang didominasi oleh kaum bukan sahaja mewujudkan peluang pekerajaan tetapi juga meningkatkan infrastruktur dan pembangunan pelancongan.
Saya sebagai seorang penduduk Baram menolak cadangan Dennis Ngau Adun Telang untuk membina padang golf di Baram kerna kami penduduk di Baram memerlukan infrastruktur serta kemudahan asas di kampung kami bukannya padang permainan yang hanya untuk golongan elit saja. Kami mahu wakil Rakyat kami untuk menuaikan janiji mereka untuk membangunan kampung kami dengan kemudahan asas bukan hanya beri janji- janji kosong apabila mereka bersidang di Dewan negeri.
Masalah yang pertama yang dihadapi dan ditakuti oleh semua penduduk Baram belum lagi diselesaikan( Baram Dam ). Penduduk Baram menentang keras tentang pembinaan Empangan Baram sepenuhnya. Mantan Yb Telang Usan Lihan Jok telah menyatakan Empangan Baram dikurniakan oleh Tuhan kepada penduduk Baram. Dalam Adun yang lepas Dennis ( wakil Rakyat Baram ) telah menyatakan padang golf memberi pekerajaan untuk orang Ulu. Penduduk Baram harus ingat pelancong dari luar datang ke Sarawak bukan untuk bermain golf akan tetapi lebih kepada menikmati alam sekitar yang hijau dan keindahan alam semulajadi yang indah di Sarawak khasnya di kawasan Baram.
Ada beberapa sebab mengapa kami penduduk Baram tidak memerlukan padang golf di Baram.Sebab yang pertama ialah Tanah NCR dirampas oleh pihak kerajaan BN, pokok- pokok, tanah perkuburan akan dimusnahkan akibat pembinaan padang golf yang memerlukan kawasan yang agak luas.Seterusnya Ia akan memberi keuntungan kepada orang kaya BN mahupun kepada yang berkuasa. Para korporat akan mengeksloitasi tenaga orang tempatan kerna ramai di antara mereka tidak mempunyai pendidikkan dan bersekolah tinggi. Hanya segelintir saja yang akan menikmati hasil padang golf dan Empangan Baram ini sedangkan ramai penduduk tempatan hanya menjadi kuli pihak yang mengusahkannya.
Padang golf tersebut tidak memberi banyak manafaat serta keuntungan kepada peduduk tempatan selain menjadi bahan pamaran untuk para pelancong asing yang melawat kawasan kami. Perubahan tingkah laku serta budaya asing yang di bawa oleh pelancong dari luar akan mempengaruhi anak muda orang ulu seterusnya budaya dan adat resam orang tempatan akan hilang akibat terpengaruh dengan budaya asing yang tidak sesuai dengan adat resam budaya tempatan.( Keruntuhan aklak). Kerajaan harus memikirkan masa depan penduduk tempatan bukannya memberi projek kampung kami kepada syarikat swasta atau kroni BN saja. Walaupun kita sering kali mendengar pihak kerajaan mengatakan mereka telah memperuntukkan berjuta- juta ringgit untuk penduduk luar Bandar tapi hasilnya hanya dinikmati oleh golongan yang tertentu saja bukan kepada mereka yang memerlukannya. Kerajaan hendaklah berlaku adil untuk kesejahteraan semua rakyat tanpa mengira bangsa, agama dan fahaman politik.Rakyat harus didahulukan.
Rancangan dan Hasrat kerajaan untuk menwujudkan peluang pekerajaan kepada penduduk luar Bandar sangat dialu- alukan tetapi apakah feadah yang dapat kepada penduduk setempat sekiranya hanya segelintir saja yang dapat pekerajaan disitu.
Pada ADUN yang lalu BN Sarawak telah mencadangkan bahawa kerajaan ngeri akan membina sebuah padang golf di kawasan Baram demi untuk meningkatkan peluang pekerajaan untuk komuniti kaum kenyah, kayan dan penen di kawasan Telang Usan. Adun Telang Usan ( Dennis ) berkata bahawa padang golf di Baram yang didominasi oleh kaum bukan sahaja mewujudkan peluang pekerajaan tetapi juga meningkatkan infrastruktur dan pembangunan pelancongan.
Saya sebagai seorang penduduk Baram menolak cadangan Dennis Ngau Adun Telang untuk membina padang golf di Baram kerna kami penduduk di Baram memerlukan infrastruktur serta kemudahan asas di kampung kami bukannya padang permainan yang hanya untuk golongan elit saja. Kami mahu wakil Rakyat kami untuk menuaikan janiji mereka untuk membangunan kampung kami dengan kemudahan asas bukan hanya beri janji- janji kosong apabila mereka bersidang di Dewan negeri.
Masalah yang pertama yang dihadapi dan ditakuti oleh semua penduduk Baram belum lagi diselesaikan( Baram Dam ). Penduduk Baram menentang keras tentang pembinaan Empangan Baram sepenuhnya. Mantan Yb Telang Usan Lihan Jok telah menyatakan Empangan Baram dikurniakan oleh Tuhan kepada penduduk Baram. Dalam Adun yang lepas Dennis ( wakil Rakyat Baram ) telah menyatakan padang golf memberi pekerajaan untuk orang Ulu. Penduduk Baram harus ingat pelancong dari luar datang ke Sarawak bukan untuk bermain golf akan tetapi lebih kepada menikmati alam sekitar yang hijau dan keindahan alam semulajadi yang indah di Sarawak khasnya di kawasan Baram.
Ada beberapa sebab mengapa kami penduduk Baram tidak memerlukan padang golf di Baram.Sebab yang pertama ialah Tanah NCR dirampas oleh pihak kerajaan BN, pokok- pokok, tanah perkuburan akan dimusnahkan akibat pembinaan padang golf yang memerlukan kawasan yang agak luas.Seterusnya Ia akan memberi keuntungan kepada orang kaya BN mahupun kepada yang berkuasa. Para korporat akan mengeksloitasi tenaga orang tempatan kerna ramai di antara mereka tidak mempunyai pendidikkan dan bersekolah tinggi. Hanya segelintir saja yang akan menikmati hasil padang golf dan Empangan Baram ini sedangkan ramai penduduk tempatan hanya menjadi kuli pihak yang mengusahkannya.
Padang golf tersebut tidak memberi banyak manafaat serta keuntungan kepada peduduk tempatan selain menjadi bahan pamaran untuk para pelancong asing yang melawat kawasan kami. Perubahan tingkah laku serta budaya asing yang di bawa oleh pelancong dari luar akan mempengaruhi anak muda orang ulu seterusnya budaya dan adat resam orang tempatan akan hilang akibat terpengaruh dengan budaya asing yang tidak sesuai dengan adat resam budaya tempatan.( Keruntuhan aklak). Kerajaan harus memikirkan masa depan penduduk tempatan bukannya memberi projek kampung kami kepada syarikat swasta atau kroni BN saja. Walaupun kita sering kali mendengar pihak kerajaan mengatakan mereka telah memperuntukkan berjuta- juta ringgit untuk penduduk luar Bandar tapi hasilnya hanya dinikmati oleh golongan yang tertentu saja bukan kepada mereka yang memerlukannya. Kerajaan hendaklah berlaku adil untuk kesejahteraan semua rakyat tanpa mengira bangsa, agama dan fahaman politik.Rakyat harus didahulukan.
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