By Churchill Edward, The Borneo Post Press ( Wednesday, 25th June 2008)
KUCHING: The Dayak Bidayuh National Association (DBNA) has been unfairly blamed for not being strong enough in getting Mas Gading MP Datuk Dr Tiki to remain in the federal cabinet, an official of the association said yesterday.
Its vice-president Jameson Ahip Nawie told The Borneo Post this when asked to elaborate on a certain statement contained in a DBNA press release issued here yesterday.
“The community has blamed us (DBNA) for not being strong enough to support Dr Tiki. But how can we say much on the appointment when we are just volunteers (NGO)?” he said when contacted.
(Appointment of members of the federal cabinet is the prerogative of the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi following recommendations by political parties forming the government.)
Ahip clarified that the press statement did not suggest what he personally thought of Dr Tiki but disclosed what the Bidayuh community had thought about DBNA over the community’s non-representation in the federal cabinet.
He also rejected the suggestion that Abdullah was annoyed with DBNA to the extent that he dropped Dr Tiki from his cabinet.
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DBNA should work fully as non-political and non-government organization. Mawan must have a very right and reasonable answers of Tiki’s dismiss since Tiki blindly joined this “party”. I may say that Tiki’s action to join SPDP as a stupid political career as he should know that SPDP has noting to do with the Bidayuh future. Baya, the State Secretary is just one of the Barisan Nasiional Political gimmick to draw the Bidayuh attention.
Why must DBNA to be blamed on this issue? Well, as we may know, DBNA has lost it vision to be the non-political movement. In fact, DBNA has been made to be the proxy for PBB and other “parties” since many years. I believe that Bidayuh could ever accept DBNA because they are helpless economically and politically. Most of the MP’s had risen up from the DBNA maybe was a secretary or president. They are many examples and the readers should know it better.
DBNA should work as the Bidayuh hope and dream and not as the political supporters. If DBNA wishes to be a political entity, it must be the only political party for the Bidayuh as what UMNO, MCA and MIC did. Now, I am ready to get blasted by the DBNA members.
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Comes TGM, make sure NO KIRIENG be voted in or else Bidayuh be exterminated from the surface of the earth.
Project: Bengoh Dam
Main Contractor: Naim Cendera
Contract cost: RM310.65m
Naim Cendera website release:
http://www.naimcendera.com/future2.asp
CONSTRUCTION OF BENGOH DAM, KUCHING
Once completed, this 63 metre high by 267 metre long dam will have a capacity of 144 million cubic metres (1m3=1,000kg or 1 tonne) and will produce a lake with a surface area of approximately 10km square. Designed to secure Kuching's water supply for the foreseeable future, the dam will be only the second in Malaysia to be constructed using Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) technology, which offers a projected service life of 100 years. The package also includes ancillary buildings, infrastructure and associated works, and resettlement of the affected communities.
Press release:
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/7/24/business/18386034&sec=business
Tuesday July 24, 2007
Naim gets new project
KUALA LUMPUR: Naim Cendera Holdings Bhd told Bursa Malaysia that it has won a RM310.65mil contract for the construction of the Bengoh Dam in Kuching. – AFX-Asia
Sub-Contractor: Sino Hydro Corp. (China)
Sub-Contract cost: RM145m
Press release:
http://www.sinohydro.com/servlet/Report?node=56780&language=1
Sinohydro Corporation Won the Bidding of Malaysia Bengoh Water Supply Project
Malaysia Item Department2008-02-20
In February 2nd the Eighth Bureau of Sinohydro Corporation received the letter officially issued by the owner of Malaysia Bengoh water supply project, the total price is 145,000,000 Malaysia Ringgit (approximately 45,000,000 US dollars), which lays a solid foundation for the develpoment of Sinohydro Corporation in the Southeast Asia market.
Bengoh water supply project is the municipal administration public facility invested by Malaysia Federal State, which belongs to the international market non-water and electricity project. This project is located in the Kuching administrative area under the government of Malaysian Sarawak State, which is 42 kilometers away from Kuching urban district and the exterior transportation condition is good. The project is the inpounding and intake water project, mainly provides clean water source for downstream 30 kilometer place Batu Water Treatment Factory to solves the clean water source problem of Sarawak State capital Kuching city. The project includes a roller compacted concrete dam, intake water tank structure, upstream boat slope constructure and operating control office. The total excavation amount is approximately 305,000 cubic meters, the roller compaction concrete is 150,000 cubic meters and habit concrete 20,000 is cubic meters. The project is conducted by the way of primary contractor project, the total time limit is to plan to complete in 30 months.
Contract cost difference:
RM310.65m - RM145m = RM165.65m
So the difference go to where?
Piling jobs? Access road bridges jobs?
Wake up Bidayuhs, the leaders Bidayuh YBs MPs basically killed, robbed own Bidayuhs in broad daylight.
My friend, you are actually politicising the DBNA when you put them in the bad limelight when you publish them in the blog. DBNA has just hold its TGM today, where were you, I thought that you would seek election and pave the way for the association the way you want it to be.
You claimed that PBB and DBNA is one entity. You are dead wrong. Who is the President of PBB and who is the President of DBNA? Can you differentiate them? Again my friend, you are dead wrong, you interest is just wanting to gun down volunteers in DBNA who wants to do their small bit to help the community. Why are you not brave enough and come either as a delegate or as as observer, as I did and spoke at the delegate conference. If you care for the Bidayuh, you should not tarnish the name of DBNA but support the association. If you blame DBNA you are also blaming the community. I see you don't have any gut to face the reality. If you care for the association, why don't you use the blog to seek for donation from the public for DBNA use, but you use your blog to get donation and destroy the community and DBNA. DBNA represents the Bidayuh community and if you condem DBNA you are actually condemning the community. To me you have no right at all to comment on DBNA. Why, my answer is simple, you are actually destroying DBNA. Look at all the baseless allegations that you have wrote regarding DBNA in your blog and the DBNA EXCO do not have the space to answer you allegations.
Most of the EXCO in DBNA are Civil Servants, some of them are senior civil servant. Can you name any of the EXCO who hold office in PBB? Datuk Michael, is the Minister from the BIdayuh community and the advisor of DBNA but he does not hold any post in DBNA. What you wrote are baseless accusation and very ungentlemen of a Bidayuh. I am ashamed to be associated my self with you. Being an educated Bidayuh, you are up to no good by wanting t destroy the association.
I will make my membership application soon after the State Election. Donation to DBNA is always welcome here. This is what The Lost Aborigine for.
I am not that dead wrong because you did not give us a constructive reason on the "rising up" politicians from DBNA. You name it here for a good reading material.
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