Sunday, November 20, 2011

Pakatan Rakyat 2012 Alternative Budget-Specific Programs for the Dayak Community PR

Pakatan Rakyat 2012 Alternative Budget-Specific Programs for the Dayak Community PR

Sarawak proposes the following allocations for programs which are targeted at the Dayak community:

(i) The establishment of a Dayak Welfare Fund to the tune of RM50 million. This fund will be utilised for medical assistance to poor Dayaks, to rebuild homes destroyed by fire and other natural disasters, to care for abandoned Dayak senior citizens, for the supply of water tanks, pumps and pipes for longhouses and to repair dilapidated homes.

(ii) RM20 million will be allocated to the Ministry of Tourism and Heritage to preserve Dayak cultural heritage and traditions including the building of a Dayak Cultural Centre, collection and publication of oral traditions and histories, development grants for academic research into Dayak cultural practices and traditions and incentives for the publication of Dayak literature.

(iii) RM80 million will be allocated to the Ministry of Planning and Resource Management to carry out the perimeter survey, to issue land titles to these landowners and for legal assistance in legal disputes with plantation groups and other companies which may also want to stake claims to this land.

(iv) An additional allocation of RM250 million will be provided to the Ministry of Modernization of Agriculture to provide financial and technical support to the Dayak community for crop planting activities on NCR land.

(v) RM80 million is proposed to establish a SADA Entrepreneur Development Unit under the Chief Minister's Department with the expressed objective to develop the entrepreneur skills of the Dayaks in the marketing and sales of agriculture produce and retail goods.

(vi) To uplift the education level of Dayak students and to ensure Dayaks are competent in various professional and technical fields, a SADA Education Fund of RM100 million is proposed. This includes a special scholarship for Dayaks from poor families to enjoy tertiary education.

A total of RM580 million is therefore identified under these initiatives which will benefit the Dayak community.

Chiew Chin Sing.

Friday, November 18, 2011

Budget Speech DUN November 2011 Sitting (Chinese Version)

民主行动党砂劳越署理主席暨N59吉都弄区州立法议员周政新参与2011年供应(2012年)法案及有关发展开销预算案动议辩论.

议长先生,

在这庄严的议会里,过去多年我曾多次提出给吉都隆路增添第三车道的重要。这项课题在现在越形重要。每个上班日,无论是晨昏,这条路都是塞车的。过去向来是塞成半公里长的车龙,现在已经发展成一公里长了。如果这情况不马上获得改善,将後会越来越长,可能将破坏甚至瘫痪我国的经济。

吉都隆路是民都鲁两条交通要道之一,几乎是每个人每天必经之路。它是 民都鲁 及我国经济命脉。没有这条路,将没有液化天然气生产,也意味着将断了联邦主要财政收入,甚至会致使我国经济破产。没有了它,SCORE将停步不前,因为已没有其他可取代之通路,除非是走水路或空路,但这将耗费不菲,既然如此为何不干脆建第三车道。这就是我再三呼吁把吉都隆路提升至三车道甚至四车道公路的原因。

再来就是,民都鲁和丹绒吉都隆之间我们不能只依赖单一的通路,万一发生情况我们都会被困住,我相信大家都明白我说的是什么。除了吉都隆路以外,另建一条从市区到丹绒吉都隆的替代道路是重要的。有关部门能否就此事让议会知道,优先开拓和拨款建造此重要工程一事的进展。

议长先生,

刚刚我提及两条在民都鲁每天人人必经的重要道路。另一条是苏丹伊士干达路到敦胡先翁路,连接市区到民美大道六里的道路,大约有60%的住宅区都沿着这条路。我们也需要即刻给这条路添建第三车道,工程已不能再拖延,必须尽快做出一些减缓该处每天交通阻塞的措施。

还有连接所有住宅区的内部道路呢?我认为这是重要的,至少在这之间还有其他另外的通道,而不是仅有敦胡先路一条通道。有关部门是否能告诉本议会这些内部的道路网及衔接Tun Hussein 路两旁住宅区的道路情形。而且该部门能否关注修补和重铺丹绒巴都,Durin Tembaga路,Gorent花园门牌556P屋旁的一小段路。

议长先生,

在2009年5月的立法会议,我提起在民都鲁Parkcity商业中心第二期和第三期之间的双重及三重十字路口一事。这些路口都非常难于使用和让道路使用者无所适从,造成意外频频发生。道路上的白线早已褪色,而且在此附近也少有交通指示牌。

尊敬的环境及公共卫生部长曾说,建议已获批准仅待实行。但直到今天,情况仍无改变,对道路使用者造成混乱和危险依旧,工程一点也没进行!

议长先生,这路口不仅是交通部困难和混乱一事,而是交通意外的发生,意外是会要人命的。我要呼吁有关部长急速对此采取行动,以确保进行改善工程,让人安全使用这些路口,无意外发生。

在美丹再也商业中心,华利超市和蚬标汽油站前的路口也是如此。那些从长途巴士总站下来,想直往或转右到华利超市,及那些从吉都隆路欲直走或右转到新祥乐园酒家一带和从新祥乐园酒家一带要转右、转左或直走,及同样要从华利超市出来,全都集聚在蚬标油站的入口处!这种情形已存在多年,也常显眼的登在报上,可是什么行动也没有。

目前,路上没有白线,也没有交通指示牌,对道路使用者造成困扰,会否是个意外陷阱。尊敬的部长能否也马上关注此事。

议长先生,

在6月10日,大约是5个月前,我曾向公共服务热线登记了有关民都鲁吉都隆路10里的支路,从Daikin工厂到CMS工厂的路灯照明投诉,但路灯至今仍然不亮。入夜没有路灯,许多人投诉在夜里驾车是真的危险,尤其是对值夜班者。到今天,情况仍然一样,夜里漆黑一片。

在7月,我接到美里电力局职员的来电!说他在美里找不到吉都隆支路的Daikin 工厂。他当然找不着,我告诉他,这是在民都鲁而且他是否能把事项转到民都鲁。

不久后,我接到另一通电力局的来电,说是这不在他们的权限下,应该找民都鲁发展局。议长先生,许多人,一般上都不能明白复杂的权限运作方式!我们所要的仅是报告问题和问题获得解决。我吁请有关当局自己进行协调,当有问题报上来时,能急速有效的解决,真正的做到公共服务热线服务的座右铭“你的电话会有所作为”,我也如此相信!

可能正是这混淆仍然存在,今天在民都鲁仍然有许多整排的路灯不亮,就如在上述地点、飞机场路、民美公路5里处、近医院的Nyabau路、靠近吉都隆中学教师宿舍前和附近的道路,苏丹伊士干达路靠近卫理教堂地区、市区回教堂路大伯公庙一边的路和其他地区等。这些路灯入夜都整排不亮,是烧了还是其他等等。

有关部门是否也能关注这些,而不需等到热线服务投诉才采取行动,而应该主动的巡回检查和纠正问题,而非等待问题投诉。

当然,电公司人员的工作不仅仅是更换烧毁的灯泡或调整不亮的路灯,同时也需要注意何处需要路灯或增加照明。例如连接Sg. Plan徙置区地段到Sg. Plan店屋和公寓的90度弯的道路。这段300公尺长的路,是数千居住在Sg. Plan第2期到第5期排屋居民和数千居住在公寓居民的必经之路,然而这段路却全路无路灯!该处居民热切希望能马上装置路灯。有关部门能否也关注在格盟那工业区近木炭厂的一枝电灯柱,柱号码为KIE46,它是否被拉得太紧到要倒了,而其支撑的电线也已经松垮了!

议长先生,

今天,越来越多的大型卡车和拖斗车上路,这是生机勃勃的好现象,商业繁荣,人民有工作做。但随之而来的一些问题也需要解决,让各方的利益都能获得照顾。

除了超载,这是生意上载费和成本的考量,我吁请有关部会关注停泊在路傍或附近商店休息、怠工或什么的这些车辆。

这给出入商店地区的其他人造成不便,有些停的太近路口,阻挡了进出商店区驾驶人的视线,如民美公路5里处。另外,这些路肩也不能承受卡车的重量,造成路肩损坏留下坑洞。再来另一辆车,坑洞更大,在主要的路上我们都习以常见,不是吗。

在其他国家我常见,他们都为大卡车预留卡车停泊站,休息处等等。我们难道不能也设立类似特别、容易适用的地方,让他们能吃顿好饭、好好休息、工作愉快和过赚好薪水的日子吗。

尊敬的部长能否重视比事,让我们的大型卡车运输业更安全和更蓬勃。

另一项是大型载泥车和其他卡车进入住宅区。我必须感谢民都鲁发展局有要求载泥土承包商经过MLNG住宅区减速驾驶,竖立减速 道路告示牌。我吁请经营这行业者认真看待此事,我仍然见到一些回程的空车,高速驾驶过这些住宅区。

不过,自从上次会议至今,连接BARU中学到Nyigu路的情况仍然如此。

穿过Jade Garden经过Bandar Jaya花园及其他地区的大型载泥车,情况也复如此。那里的居民申诉,这些卡车车速太快。在好天气是造成尘土飞扬,雨天则因落下的泥土而污污浊不堪。住宅区的道路也被破坏了。

议长先生,越来越多车辆在同一地点停泊多年,在许多的小购物区的商店停车位,如Berjaya商业中心、Desadamai商业中心、Taman Ria 商业中心及其他等地方。有许多车辆就此被遗弃,这不仅是占据所需的停车空间,更是不卫生和碍眼。我呼吁有关部会对此采取行动。

议长先生,

自上次会议我提起民都鲁回教堂路甘榜的地,被征收做甘榜遗产计划之后,那里的人民对所得的赔偿非常不高兴,尤其是以做为公共用途所征用的地,最终落入私人拥有的商用地。

很讽刺的是,就在一石之遥处的旧飞机场处有两大槐政府地却在没有公开投标下给了私人公司。州的优质土地拨给私人公司,而甘榜人民的优质土地却征来做公共用途。

今天政府又征用另外的302.9公顷,Nyalau甘榜人民的习俗地做为Samalaju工业园及市镇之用。再次以作为公共用途之名取走甘榜人民的土地,很可能最后又落入一些私人的囊袋中。

政府是否再次如同发展民都鲁市镇一样, 以每亩地很底的赔偿,取去甘榜人民的土地,然后把地给予私人发展商建立整座市镇,今天每个商业店位卖一百万令吉?为何政府不能把原地主招揽进来,让他们成为城市发展的一份子,并且与他们共享发展带来的利润。这难道不是让甘榜人民富起来的机会吗。

再说,为何政府只取瓜拉士米拉扎人民的土地, 而不给予人民一些土地。就如申请在瓜拉的甘榜土地的那些一样。159人在2007年呈上申请,这本就是,但部长说没有记录。不仅是Samalaju工业或市镇发展需要土地,人民同样的也需要土地。

当在征收 没有地契的土地时,特别是乡区土地,政府却发出有关土地临时地契给一些公司,如乡村土地,然后要公司驱逐居住在那些土地上人民,说他们已经非法入侵土地。就如民都鲁Padan,Sg.Binyo, Sengok长屋的习俗地,那里的人民在他们的习俗地,种了4.8公顷的油棕树,土地局在2011年8月17日发函要他们空出和搬离该片土地,说该土地已分配并做为Sg. Binyo, Kawasan EID的森林种植计划之用。

马来西亚地球之友(SAM)一个独立的国际性组织,宣扬反破坏马来西亚环境及破坏我们珍贵无价的资源,其主席S.M.Mohamed Idris在2011年8月23日致给土地局的国文信说,

Pertamanya Penduduk Rumah Sengok adalah dari kaum Iban yang mempunyai hak Native Customary Rights (NCR) keatas Wilayah Sempadan Tanah Pemakai Menoa mereka secara sah. Mereka telah sekian lama mempunyai kebebasan untuk mempratikkan cara tradisi hidup mereka dalam kawasan Sg. Satai, Pandan, sebelum kedatangan Rajah Brooke dahulu. Kami difahamkan bahawa mereka mempunyai rekod dan dokumentasi sejarah yang jelas sebagai bukti untuk menyokong hak NCR mereka di kawansan pemakai menoa mereka.

为何政府继续不断的敲着这些乡区人民的门,或冲破他们的门,想方设法尝试要夺去他们的土地。人民也需要土地,甚至1958年後,他们仍然需要土地,我们必须让人民拥有土地使其能生存,建家园,耕种或种植油棕。

又例如,民都鲁Sg.Plan, Similajau路10公里处,甘榜Sg.Melaban的居民,他们也需要土地。他们从2005年至今,都在申请甘榜土地,可是今天他们却接到砂劳越纸浆工业有限公司的信,要他们空出土地。显然的有人的申请比人民的份量更重。为什么说公司而不是人民获分得土地?

又或者那些住在吉都隆民都鲁发展局pasir putih木屋区的.内地人民,以及对面路Sg.. Plan木屋区,共约500户的家庭。这些木屋区民从新民都鲁诞生就存在至今。他们申请土地,以便有栖身之所,以建立自己的家园。但到今天,政府仍然没有给他们回音,除了公司说这些土地已是他们的,人民必须离开。但要他们去哪里?

议长先生,正如政府需要土地建立城市,人民同样的也需要土地建立甘榜以建筑居屋。有一瓦栖身以养家是基本人权!难道国阵政府办不到吗?我呼吁政府即刻开放甘榜土地,以安顿居住在沿吉都隆路木屋区居民。他们毕竟是我们的弟兄和姐妹,不是吗?

除了有土地居住之外,人民也需要耕种的土地。许多勤劳的乡村人民,从他们所有的储蓄去种植油棕。他们因为申请土地无门,或者他们的申请都必将被拒绝,所以他们就在任何的空地上种植。我呼吁政府拨地给这些小农民,而不是砍倒他们辛苦种植的油棕树。

议长先生,

Assykirim商业中心,美丹再也的人民以及甘榜Assykirim和Fortune Park 花园的民众都非常担心他们地区在这雨季,即将到来的水患。这事情我在2010年5月和2011年的立法会议都提及,但到今天什么都还没有做。

尊敬的部长在上次议会说他将关切这课题,但居住在那里的居民却知道,如果明天下场大雨,他们将会再次遭水淹。这是非常严重的事情,因为生意和家庭遭到的困难和损失是巨大和不需要的,而且如果有未雨绸缪这些都是可以预防。

我呼吁有关部门分担那边做生意人和住户的担忧和呐喊,让他们免除水患的折磨和苦难。

议长先生,

Ambau Anak Uding先生的屋子离Sg. Sebemban桥大约是一百码。这个桥是,靠达岛边於民都鲁/达岛公路30公里处。他要求工务局在他家入口处的桥下安置涵洞。因为,较早时工务局拓宽他家入口路傍的沟渠时报,把他旧的涵洞移走了,并说他们过后会安置更大的涵洞,但至今还不见有任动静。拓宽工程不仅弄坏了他的桥,更在他的土地上造成土崩及道路随时会塌陷。我呼吁工务局急速采取行动,以免发生不幸事件。

谢谢。

Budget Speech DUN November 2011 Sitting (English Version)

Speech by Chiew Chin Sing, DAP Sarawak Deputy Chairman and Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Council for N59 Kidurong on the Debate of the Supply (2012) Bill 2011 and the Motion to refer the Estimates of Development Expenditure, 2011, on 18th November 2011 in the Sarawak State Legislative Council, Kuching, Sarawak.

Mr. Speaker,

Over the past years and for several times in this August House, I have raised the issue of the importance of adding a third lane to the Kidurong Road. This issue is getting to be more important now than ever. Every working day whether it is early morning or in the evening the road is jammed packed. What used to be a half a kilometer of jam, is now a kilo meter long and if the situation is not dealt with immediately it will get longer and longer and could jeopardize or even paralyses our country’s economy.

Kidurong road is one of the two most important roads in Bintulu and almost everybody there use this road every day. It is the main artery of the economy of Bintulu if not the country’s. Without which there would be no LNG production which means cutting off the major single income artery of the Federal coffer and could even bleed bankrupt our nation’s economy in no time. Without which, SCORE will come to a stand still as there are just no better ways of getting there, unless one go by boat or helicopter, but if with all that much trouble and costs, why not just build the third lanes then. That is why I urge again and again that the Kidurong road be up graded with a third lane, or even better a fourth lane as well.

Then again, we cannot just rely on a single route travelling between Bintulu and Tg. Kidurong, just in case something happens, you know what I mean, we could all get trapped. So apart from the Kidurong road, the need for building an alternative road for one to go from town to Tg. Kidurong is vital. And could the Ministry please enlighten the House on the progress of this, the priority of the works for this alternate route and the allocation for this important works.

Mr. Speaker,

Just now I mentioned about the two most important roads in Bintulu which almost everybody uses everyday. The name of the other road is Jalan Sultan Iskandar to Tun Hussein Onn Road, connecting the town to Mile six of the Bintulu /Miri road which has about 60 percent of the housing estates along the road. We need to build a third lane to this road immediately as well, and the works must not wait any longer anymore, something has to be done quickly to alleviate the traffic jam there each day.

And how about the inter connecting inside roads, between all the housing estates in this area ? I believe this is important, so that at least there are other routes to get around, instead of using the just one main road, the Tun Hussein Road. And could the Minister enlighten the House also on the progress of these inner road networks and its connectivity within this whole housing estates area. Also could the Ministry see to the repair and tar seal the short stretch of road beside house No. 556P Taman Gorent, Jalan Durian Tembaga, Tg. Batu.Bintulu.

Mr. Speaker,

During the 2009 May sitting, I have brought up the issue of the double and triple junction situations for roads between Phase II and III of the Parkcity Commerce Square in Bintulu. The junctions are very difficult to use and confusing to road users and accidents often occur. The road lines had all faded for so long already and there are hardly any road signs around either.

The Honourable Minister of Environment and Public Health then said that a proposal had been approved and awaiting implementation. But up to this day the situation there is still the same, confusing and dangerous to road users as ever while not one bit of works has begun !

Mr. Speaker, this is not just about difficulty and confusion at the junction, it is about accidents and accidents cause lives. I wish to urge that the Minister to look into this matter quickly and to make sure that improvement works is done so that the junctions are safe to use and hopefully, accidents free.

The situation at the junction in front of Farley Super market and Shell Gas Station at Medan Jaya commercial centre is about the same also. There are those coming down from the Long Distance Bus station wishing to go straight or turn right to go to Farley Super Market, and those coming in from the Kidruong road wanting to go straight or make a right turn to the Happy Garden Restaurant area, and those coming out from the Happy Garden Restaurant area wanting to make a left or right turn or going straight, and the same for those coming out from the Farley Super market, all converging at one point, at the entrance of the Shell Gas Station. The situations had been like that for many years already and had been often high lighted in the news, yet nothing is done either.

Presently there are no road lines there nor any sign boards and it really is a big headache for road users there if not an accident trap, could the Honourable Minister look into this matter urgently also.

Mr. Speaker,

On June 10 and that is about five months ago, I have filed in a case with Talikhidmat, the Public Service Help Line about the street lightings from the Daikin factory to CMS factory, off Jalan Kidurong at the 10th KM of the Kidurong Road, Bintulu, the street lightings there are still not working. No lights at nights and many have complained that it is really dangerous driving there at nights especially for those who are on night shifts. But up to this day the situation is still the same, no lights at night.

I have in July received a call from SESCO staff in Miri! saying that he could not find Daiken Factory off the Kidurong road in Miri. Of course not, I told him that it is in Bintulu and if he could please help to re-route it there.

Not too long after that, I got another call from SESCO saying that it is not under them, it is BDA’s. Mr. Speaker, many of us, as layman cannot get into that details of the jurisdictions of works! all we want is, to report the problem and have the problem solved, and I urge that the authorities to work out among themselves so that a matter reported can be sorted out and solved quickly such that we can really live up to the motto of the Public Service Help Line, ‘Your call could make a difference’ and I believe that too !

May be it is still this confusion, that today, so many street lights by the stretch are not working in Bintulu like that at the above mentioned area, airport road, mile 5 area Bintulu/Miri road, Nyabau road near the Hospital, road in front of, besides and in the Teacher’s Quarters, near SMK Kidurong , Jalan Sultan Iskandar near the church area, Tua Pek Kong side of the Jalan Masjid in town and other areas. These are lights not working at night by the stretch not to mention those that are burnt out or what, here and there.

Could the Ministry concerned please look into this also, and there is no need to wait till a complain is brought up to Talikhmat and only then action taken, but to be proactive and to go around and check for one self and rectify the problem even before a complain is made.

Of course the job of the electrical people is not just in replacing burnt out bulbs or fixing streets lights that are not working, but also to see where streets lightings or additional streets lightings are needed, like for example the right angled road connecting the Sg. Plan Resettlement Lots to the Sg. Plan Shop House and Flat , the stretch of about 300 meters of right angled road, used by thousands of people of Sg. Plan Terrace Housing from Phase 2 to Ph 5 and the thousands living in flats but are all without street lighting at that road! It is the fervent hope of the people there that the road there be installed with street lightings immediately. And would the ministry also look into the over stressed Belian electric post at the Kemena Industrial Estate, near the charcoal factory, post no KIE 46, the stay wire is hanging loose too !

Mr. Speaker,

More and more big trucks and trailers are on the road these days and it is a good signs that things are moving, business is running and people have work. But coming along with that are some issues which need to be addressed so that the interests of all is guarded.

Apart from overloading which is always a factor of fare structure and cost for business, I urge that the Ministry concerned to look into the trucks park on road side for stops to rest, to catch a bit or whatever at wherever there are shops nearby, for them to do so.

This is causing problems for others going in and out of the shop house areas as some are parked too close to the junction at the road side blocking off the view of the drivers going in and out of the shops area, like that at mile 5, Bintulu/Miri Road. Another thing is that often these road side shoulder cannot take the weight of the trucks and as a result the shoulder get dented leaving behind big holes on the road sides. Comes another truck the holes is made even bigger. We see that along the major roads all the time don’t we.

I have seen in other countries and there were always provisions for big trucks like these, truck stops, rest areas and what not. Couldn’t we have for them also some special place like these, easy to use and functional, so that they can get good food, rest well, work happily and earn good money.

Could the Honourable Minister look into this also so that we can make our big trucks transport industry safer and even more prosperous.

Another thing is the big earth filling trucks going through the housing estates. I must thank BDA for asking the contractor to slow down while driving through these areas, including erecting road signs on the road side at MLNG residential estate. I urge that those involved to take this matter seriously, as I am still seeing those returning empty trucks zooming through the Housing estate. However the road linking the SMK Baru to the Nyigu road still remains pretty much the same, since I brought it up the last time in this Dewan.

This is also the case now, of the big earth filling trucks going through Jade Garden, en routing Taman Bandar Jaya and others, residents there all complained that the trucks are moving too fast, It is dusty on sunny days and dirty from the dropping soil on rainy days. The housing estates roads are being damaged also.

Mr. Speaker, there are more and more cars parked for years at a same spot, at many of the parking lots of shops in minor shopping areas like that at Berjaya Commercial Centre, Desadamai Commercial Centre, Taman Ria Commercial centre and others. Many of these cars had been discarded there just like that. It is not only occupying up the much needed parking space but also unhealthy and an eyesore. I urge that the Ministry to do something about this also.

Mr. Speaker,

Since the last DUN sitting after I have brought up the land at Kampong Jalan Masjid, Bintulu Town, to be acquired for a Kampung Heritage Project, the people there are most unhappy about the compensation and more still their land which is under the name of being acquired for public purpose would probably end up being used commercially in the name of some private entity.

The irony of this is, as just a stone throw away, there is the old airport state land, 2 big lots had been given to private company without open tender. State prime land given to private company while kampong peoples’ prime land taken away for public purposes.

Today the government is acquiring yet another 302.9 hectar of the NCR land of the people of Kampong Nyalau for the Samalaju Industrial Park and Township, again taking away the land of the kampong people in the name of using it for public purposes but eventually probably ending up in the name of some private entity again.

Is the government doing the same thing again like in the development of the Bintulu town, taking away the kampongs peoples’ land , with such minimal compensation and then give the land to a private developer to build a whole township, selling one million ringgit for a shop lot unit today. Why can’t the government take in the landowners themselves and let them be a part of the township development and share the profits from the development. Isn’t this the opportunity that we can make the kampong people rich also. No wonder 50 of them from Kpg Nyalau had signed a petition 16.8.2011 addressed to BDA and copy to Land & Survey and the Ministry, asking that they be excluded from the acquired land.

Then again, why does the government only take the land from the people of Kuala Similajau, why can’t she gives some land to the people there as well. Like those who applied for a kampong land at Kuala Similajau. 159 them had submitted name to apply in the year 2007, here it is, yet the Minister said he has no record ! It is not just the Samalaju industries or township that need land, people need land also.
And when there is no land title involved in land acquisition, the government simply give provisional liscense to some companies over the land, like those rural land, and then ask the company to chase the people staying on that land out, saying that they have trespassed the land. Like the NCR land of Rumah Sengok, Sg. Binyo, Pandan, Bintulu, folks there had planted 4.8 hectre of palm oil on their own NCR land, but Land and Survey had issued them a letter on 17th of August 2011asking them to vacate and leave the land as the said land had been allocated for Planted Forest Project at Kawasan EID Sg. Binyo.

President S.M. Mohamed Idris of Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) –Friends of Earth Malaysia, an independent national environmental organization which campaign against the deterioration of the Malaysian environment and the destruction of our invaluable resources, in a letter to Land and Survey on the 23 of August 2011, said that and it is in BM,

Pertamanya, Penduduk Rumah Sengok adalah dari kaum Iban yang mempunyai hak Native Customary Rights (NCR) keatas Wilayah Sempadan Tanah Pemakai Menoa mereka secara sah . Mereka telah sekian lama mempunyai kebebasan untuk mempratikkan cara tradisi hidup mereka dalam kawasan Sg. Satai, Pandan, sebelum kedatangan Rajah Brooke dahulu. Kami difahamkan bahawa mereka mempunyai rekod dan dokumentasi sejarh yang jelas sebagai bukti untuk menyokong hak NCR mereka di kawasan pemakai menoa mereka.

Why does the government have to keep on and on knocking on the doors, or breaking in the doors, of the rural people try to take away their lands one way or another. People need land also, even after 1958, they still need land and lands should be made available for them to live on, to build home and to farm or plant some palm oil.
Take for example , Folks of Kampong Sg. Melaban at KM 10 Jalan Similajau Sg Plan, Bintulu they need land also. They have applied for the kampong land since 2005 and today they receieved a letter from Sarawawk Pulp Industries Sdn. Bhd., asking them to vacate the land. Apparently someone else’s application has more weight than the peoples’. Why the company and not the people been given the land?

Or, the folks staying in shack housing at BDA Pasir Putih, and on the opposite side, Sg. Plan Shack Housing, Kidurong Road, about 500 hundred families in all. These shack housing kampongs had been there since the birth of the new Bintulu. They have applied for land lot so that they can have a roof over their heads, to build their own houses to stay in, but up to this day there is still no reply from the government, except that from the company saying that the land is theirs now and the people must leave. But where to go? They have too written a letter of appeal on the 10.8.2011 to BDA and the Ministries to help them.

Mr. Speaker, just as the government need land to build township, people need land to build kampong to build houses to live in. A roof over one’s head to raise a family is a basic human right ! Can’t the BN government do just that ? I urge that government to open up kampong land immediate to accommodate these shack housing people along the Kidurong road. They are our brothers and sisters after all, aren’t they?

Apart from land to live on, the people also need land to do some farming. Many of the industrious rural folks from whatever saving they have, want to plant palm oil, they have no channel to apply for land, or if they apply it will be rejected anyway, so they plant on what ever land that are vacant. I urge that the government allocate land for these small time farmers instead of taking action to chop down the palm oil which they have planted.

Mr. Speaker,

Folks of Medan Jaya, Assykirim commercial centres together with Kampong Assykirim and Taman Fortune Park are very concerned about flood in their areas again this rainny season. Just as I have brought the matter up in the May 2010 and 2011 Dun Sitting but up to this day still nothing had been done yet.

The Honourable Minister in the last sitting said that his ministry will look into this, folks living there know that if tomorrow a heavy rainfall come they will be flooded again. This is a very serious matter as the hardships and losses to be faced by the businesses and homes are great and unnecessary and can be prevented if something is done.

I urge the ministry to share the worries and cries of the people doing business or staying there so that they will not suffer anymore the horror of being flooded again.

Mr. Speaker,

Mr. Ambau Anak Uding whose house is just about 100 yards pass the Sg. Sebemban Bridge, going towards Tatau side, at KM 30 Jalan Bintulu/ Tatau, asked that JKR to put in the culvert under the bridge at the entrance of his house. This is because JKR had earlier widen the road side drain at the entrance and removed his old culverts, saying that they would put in some bigger ones. The widening works not only jepordise his bridge but also cause land side on his land and on the road which could cave in any time. I urge JKR to take action on this quickly before any thing bad happen.

Thank You.