PM assures Bidayuhs will be rewardedBy Samuel Aubrey, The Borneo Post Press ( Wednesday, 11th June 2008)TEBEDU: The people in Serian are assured that their strong support for the Barisan Nasional in the last parliamentary election will be rewarded.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi gave this assurance yesterday, saying that rural projects in Serian would be given priority under the redistribution of projects under the Ninth Malaysia Plan.
“The great support rendered to BN will not be futile, as this will be responded by more developments for Serian. Problems relating to funds that are still ‘hanging’ will also be looked into and solved.
“For this, officers from the agencies under the Prime Minister’s Department and Economic Planning Unit (EPU) will be sent to Serian and also Tebedu to study the situation faced here,” he said at a meet-the-people session at Bandar Mutiara here.
Among the pledges the prime minister made was for the RM60 million SMK Tebedu, expected to be completed in 2010, to have hostel facilities although this was not included in earlier approved plan, and to extend electricity, treated water supply and tarsealed roads to villages in Serian.
“This will be solved as soon as possible. Good schools are vital in stimulating higher academic achievements. (But) in Sarawak, the many schools in the state’s rural areas are in need of electricity, treated water and other supporting facilities,” he said.
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Soldiers die and awarded a medal of honor by the King. After that the government pays outstanding compensation, insurance and gives the family of the decease a national flag. The soldier died with honor in a battlefield and the family is awarded with so many things. After a while, the family is forgettable to the army and fellow friend.
The Aborigines have been “bought” by Barisan Nasional for many years. It started with award from Parti Perikatan by Tunku Abdul Rahman for joining The Federation of Malaysia. The awards were security and “equal” economic distribution among those states under Malaysia. The late Tunku Abdul Rahman was then awarded Sabah with aborigines’ minister who lived for short. In fact, these two “parentless” states are always being lullaby whenever they are crying for milk.
Tun Jugah was awarded hectares of timber concession and that is why he never works with SNAP but with PBB. The “award” must have it own return to the giver. Stephen Kalong Ningkan has been awarded by the Malay to give way to Rahman Yakub to capture power. The RM 1 billion of award will never benefit the aborigines but those individuals and cronies.
What do we really wanted from Pak Lah? It is not about money at all. Money will vanish but dignity and status never ever vanish. RM 1 billion has never equaled to the oil and timber royalty that have been steal for centuries. This is just a bottle of milk to be given to the “baby” politician to strengthen Barisan Nasional. It is a must to give both Sarawak and Sabah a full revenue of oil and timber. Pak Lah should include aborigines into his cabinet line and not someone like Pandikar Amin, Bung Moktar, Muhammad Taib, Sulaiman Taib and those primay one ministers. He should award the aborigines by including the aborigines in the parliament. Therefore the aborigines are well recognizing for their royalty and not to buy it.
The Native Customary Land title must be given to the aborigines since every inch of land are belong to the “state government”. We need the land to plant crops to supply our needs and to sell our agriculture’s products. We are planting on an illegal “state” land and the worst case was our longhouse was demolished though it is on our ancestor’s land. The lands are awarded to those politicians for timber and plantation. We are always between the two fighting elephants for protecting our right. I saw many villages are struggling with SALCRA farm since they are no more working in there but the hired illegal immigrants. We lost our land because it is claimed as “government” land and was promised to be remunerated.
The aborigines also must enjoy same privileges with the other bumiputera as there must be no special right to the Malay bumiputera. The government contracts must be distributed equally and should not through Chief Minister and his cronies. RM 1 billion has nothing to do with the aborigines since we are struggling under Parti Bersatu Bumiputera which is headed by a greedy and ruthless old man. Why should we share a cup of black of coffee when there must be a jug should be given to us? Pak Lah keeps the national wealth and give a small piece of cake to Taib to share with the aborigines, Malay and Chinese in Sarawak. Will Taib share the small piece of the cake? He will swallow it and burp the smell to the rest. Or worst give his stool to the Dayak.
Sarawak has plenty of money but somehow, it is not distributed equally since thee are many families and fiends need to be satisfied. Would it be the RM 1 billion is laundering money from Pak Lah and family business? Or Pak Lah raises the oil price and gives that money to begging for support from the aborigines? Cunning man does cunning thing to feed those ignorance and greed.
6 comments:
Since you post this in your blog, are you against such development? Why just "cut and phase" only without analysis?
Cut and phase is worse than primary one minister which you mentioned in your blog. Bloggers must be respect for their views and not "cut and phase" Don't you know that it is legally and morally wrong to copy others work without acknowledging?
I read with amusement you lame duck analysis about the past political scenario. Apparently you must have read only one book that is the broken shield that you have recommended your father and also your mother to read.
Your are also bad mouthing past leaders such as Tun Jugah and also Stephen Kalong Ningkan. These leaders have died and their legacy have gone into our history book. But let me ask you, would Sarawak be what it is today without those leaders far sightedness? Would you ever go to school had the government not build schools in your areas? Would you enjoy better quality of life had it not been the government efforts to develop the state?
Another question I would like to ask you is also about what you alleged in your posting, how sure are you that all the 1 billion allocation will be given to CMS? Have you done any search whether Bidayuh businessmen have not gained anything from the allocations? Do you know of any Bidayuh Class A contractors, Bidayuh in Class B Contractors or Bidayuh in the Class F contractors? Or are you too anti establishment by presuming that everything goes to CMS. But don't you know that CMS also employs a lot of employees and some of them are also Bidayuhs. There are Bidayuh engineers employes by CMS, there are Bidayuh social sciences graduates employed by CMS, there are also some Bidayuh IT graduates employed by CMS. Don't you know that 60 million ringgit school in Tebedu is alos constructed and built by a Bidayuh engineer from Serian and the supervision was also done by another Bidayuh engineer. The consultant was also a Bidayuh architect. In addition to that, a Bidayuh contractor was also involved in building road in Balingian in the CM territory. On top of that Bidayuh class contractor was given a negotiated tender to build a federal government project in Miri which is worth 140 million ringgits. Don't you know that the toll system at the Salehuddin Bridge was also commissioned to a Bidayuh? Even a Bidayuh millionaire with PKR too was awarded government contracts. But now he did not get it and that is why he turns his back, but as a Bidayuh we wish him well.
That is why I told you to mix around with our fellow Bidayuh to know this. Otherwise we will start saying that we are being marginalised here and marginalised there. What is important here is prove your worth and that you are capable to handle the job. It is no point obtaining tenders worth hundered of millions and Ali-Babaed it to the Chinese. No you must do it. Anyway if you support PKR, that be it, I will be glad if Anwar Ibrahim could give your millions of contract(s) if he becomes the Prime Minister of Malaysia on 16.9.2008. If you are a serious blogger, go and do some research and do not write anything which tantamount to be slanderous or seditious.
If you are a serious blogger, go and do some research and do not write anything which tantamount to be slanderous or seditious.
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Time will tell you the truth. You can defend a fortress but you cannot strengthen a wet thread. "menegakkan benang basah". I am not a blind blogger and I am improving my posting.
Dear Anonymous,
After reading your long rant, i would like to quote this from Raja Petra(www.malaysia-today.net)
Malaysia’s problem is corruption. We spend double what we should because of corruption. Corruption, not subsidies, is what is killing this country’s economy. Corruption, not subsidies, is what is bankrupting Malaysia. Hundreds of billions has been wasted over the last 51 years since Merdeka. These hundreds of billions, if it had been put to good use, could have done a lot for this country. Today, we talk about ending the subsidies because we no longer have any money. But we no longer have any money not because of the subsidies but because of the corruption.
Bidayuh in CMS?? Bidayuh gets contract??
Dont fool us with the wayang Kulit. Development is for all, not for the lucky few. And to those Bidayuh who work in CMS and awarded government contract.. i like to quote a Sabah MP..
"If we sleep next to the toilet in a big banglo own by BN, we might as well move to a terrace house."
Can't change the government, lets change the lousy, lazy Bidayuh leaders!
Regards.
only kaki bodek can get the projects can reflects the problems face by dayak community?
60million got by bidayuh..compare with how many the taib/families/cronies/chinese got for all these years
melanau & cina makan daging, melayu makan tulang, dayaks? dayaks dapat sisa tulang!
To this 2nd Anonymous:
So, try to make Bidayuhs grateful to Taib? Bidayuhs aren't fool as you may thought. That RM60m tebedu school is no candy, as if that is the biggest university for Bidayuhs. Taib will never let Bidayuh get all the candies knowing that Bidayuhs are really damn smart ass if given all the wealth and opportunities. Taib will not live long and die very soon with the melanau supremacy but Bidayuhs and all Dayaks will not die. We will claim what is all rightly ours. Bak samak Taib.
You can only choose one:
Either you with Taib or with us all Bidayuhs.
Remember Morpheus saying:
Either you take the red pill or the blue pill.
Take the blue pill and when you wake up you believe what you wanted to believe.
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