Media Statement by Chiew Chin Sing, Chairman DAP Bintulu Branch , DAP Sarawak Deputy Chairman and Sarawak State Assemblyman for Kidurong on 3rd Aug., 2011
State Assemblyman for Kidurong Chiew Chin Sing said that for the sake of the road users and in the interests and safety of the people in general the government must quickly repair the pot holes on the road before they get too big and dangerous.
Chiew was refering to numerous pot holes on the roads left not repaired both in the Bintulu town and the industrial estates.
He said that pot holes appearing on roads though is really quite a normal thing but if not taken seriously and repair done quickly they could be life threatening.
He also said that road building standards for industrial estates should not be the same as those in the housing estates. The prior should have more stringent standards and that is why the existing roads and standards in the industrial estates should be upgraded. Otherwise these roads would breakup again in no time under heavier loading creating much problems to the road users and smaller vehicles.
He also said that he had noticed that many big trailers are parked along side the road of the industrial estates along the Bintulu/Sibu road and in housing estates else where , causing damages to the road shoulders and road surfaces.
Although these trailers are supposed to be parked according to their liscence condition that is to be parked at their depos, but many are parked at the convinences of the drivers.
I call on BDA and JPJ to look into this matter, to hold dialouge for example, and to come up with win win solutions with the trailer peoples so that their parking problems could be deminished and eventually eliminated. Afterall trailer transport is a vital and important industry in the development and our economy and we should always be concerned and aware of their needs also.
Chiew Chin Sing.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
No Chairman Appointed Yet To The Sarawak State Disaster Relief Committe
Media Statement by Chiew Chin Sing, Chairman DAP Bintulu Branch , DAP Sarawak Deputy Chairman and Sarawak State Assemblyman for Kidurong on 3rd Aug., 2011
No Chairman Appointed Yet To The Sarawak State Disaster Relief Committe
The Sarawak State Assemblyman for Kidurong Chiew Chin Sing said that it is shocking that the post of the chairmanship of the Sarawak State Disaster Relief Committee has up to this day not been filled and it had been like that for many months already!
I call on the Taib government to look into this matter seriouIy and quickly appoint the Chairmanship post as we cannot afford to waste anymore time on this anymore.
Chiew said that the function and responsibility of the State Disaster Relief Committee is exceedingly significant and enormous. And if there is no one in charge at the time when disaster hit, it will be the people who will suffer most.
I am disappointed that though matters of disaster draught relief was brought up in the recently concluded June State Legislature Meeting, it seemed like what had transpired was that they found out that they do not have a chairman. Yet rural folks are running out of water already.
Chiew pointed out that with the arrival of the dry seasons, rainfalls is getting less and less. Many rural folks are running out of drinking water and some may be out of water completely soon. Today they are waiting for the government to do something to help them and sent water for relief.
“ But what I read in the newspaper was that the State Assemblywoman for Meradong (DAP), The Honourable Ting Tze Fui was renting the truck to sent water in water tank to longhouses in her area herself ! What may I know is the government doing then?”
The Government talks a lot about ‘Peoples’ First’ concept, let see that it is not only heard done but seen to be done, so that whatever the government does she does it in the interest of the people.
Chiew Chin Sing.
No Chairman Appointed Yet To The Sarawak State Disaster Relief Committe
The Sarawak State Assemblyman for Kidurong Chiew Chin Sing said that it is shocking that the post of the chairmanship of the Sarawak State Disaster Relief Committee has up to this day not been filled and it had been like that for many months already!
I call on the Taib government to look into this matter seriouIy and quickly appoint the Chairmanship post as we cannot afford to waste anymore time on this anymore.
Chiew said that the function and responsibility of the State Disaster Relief Committee is exceedingly significant and enormous. And if there is no one in charge at the time when disaster hit, it will be the people who will suffer most.
I am disappointed that though matters of disaster draught relief was brought up in the recently concluded June State Legislature Meeting, it seemed like what had transpired was that they found out that they do not have a chairman. Yet rural folks are running out of water already.
Chiew pointed out that with the arrival of the dry seasons, rainfalls is getting less and less. Many rural folks are running out of drinking water and some may be out of water completely soon. Today they are waiting for the government to do something to help them and sent water for relief.
“ But what I read in the newspaper was that the State Assemblywoman for Meradong (DAP), The Honourable Ting Tze Fui was renting the truck to sent water in water tank to longhouses in her area herself ! What may I know is the government doing then?”
The Government talks a lot about ‘Peoples’ First’ concept, let see that it is not only heard done but seen to be done, so that whatever the government does she does it in the interest of the people.
Chiew Chin Sing.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
The Bintulu Hospital CT Scan (English & Chinese Text)
Media Statement by Chiew Chin Sing, Chairman DAP Bintulu Branch , DAP Sarawak Deputy Chairman and Sarawak State Assemblyman for Kidurong on 13th July, 2011
State Assemblyman for Kidurong Chiew Chin Sing said that it is most regrettable that the CT Scan at the Bintulu Divisonal Hospital is still non functional though it had been out of order for about six month already.
I really cannot believe why is it taking such a long time just to fix a problem like this. And what is the authority concerned up to anyway. The way this problem is handled is really of no help to any body but only bring more inconveniences and pain to the people.
So often life and death of a patient depends on the availability and correct information to the doctors and that is why no hospital should be without proper medical equipments , like for example a CT Scan in this case.
Yesterday I was at the hospital visiting a friend who was injured in a road accident. I understood that much time been spent by so many just to get him to the Emergency Ward of the hospital. And as he was in a coma and would need scanning to the head but was told that the CT Scan was not working. That was really shocking, hurting and totally unacceptable.
Although lately two new private medical centers had opened up in Bintulu, and the patients can take their scanning there but that is no reason for not giving priority to fixing the scanner at the hospital.
The authority concerned must remember that many of the patients who had come to the hospital for treatment are poor people who had spend money on transport, food, lodging etc etc already just to get to the hospital. They do not have the extra three to five hundred more ringgit to do scanning out side. Many had come from nearby and the rural areas. Being sick is already painful and there is no need to add on more trouble and burden to them anymore.
The government must empathize with the people, help them, be more caring and give them the best service there is and get the Bintulu Division hospital to be a well equipped hospital complete with the equipments and the personnel, doctors, specialists, nurses and others.
Bintulu had undergone more than 30 years of development but is still short of a fully equipped and fully staffed hospital. And whether the government is waiting for the so called second wave of development to finish before we can have a truly full, complete and well equipped, well staffed hospital.
Chiew Chin Sing.
砂罗越民主行动党署理主席，民主行动党民都鲁支部主席兼吉都隆区州议员周政新13.7.2011文告如下:
吉都隆区州议员周政新对民都鲁政府医院扫描机(CT Scan)坏了半年还未处理好表示遗憾。
我简直不感相信要解决一架扫描机的问题也要花上这么久的时间。有关方面到底是怎样搞的，这样做事情只是给人民带来许多的不便与心痛，一点帮助都没有。
许多时候生命延续就取决於医生们能够得到确实的讯息，所以一些医院的医疗仪器是决对不能没有的，就如一架扫描机。
昨天我到医院去看一名交通意外的朋友，各造都花了许多时间把他送到民省大医院的急诊室。他昏迷了，需要扫描脑部，然而仅被告知，扫描机坏了。真是叫人感到失落，伤心与难以接受。
虽然说最近民都鲁省加了两间私人医院，病人也可到他们那边去做扫描，不过那也不能作为没有把事件做为优先处理的理由。
有关当局千万别忘了许许多多到医院看病的人，很多都是那么的贫穷。一动身去看病，车费，膳食等都要花费许多，那里还有三，五百槐的钱再到外面去做扫描或是其他的。他们许多都是从郊区及乡下来的。生病本来就是痛苦的了，没有必再给他人增加困扰与负担。
政府应该也体恤一下人民的感受，帮助这些人，关心他们，好好的为人民提供最佳的服务。提供一间完整的省医院，不要等下有这个，又没那个。
民都鲁省都已发展了三十多年，然而一间完整的医院也没有辩法做好。感到讽刺的是，政府是否要等到所谓的第二波发展后才能完成。
周政新。
State Assemblyman for Kidurong Chiew Chin Sing said that it is most regrettable that the CT Scan at the Bintulu Divisonal Hospital is still non functional though it had been out of order for about six month already.
I really cannot believe why is it taking such a long time just to fix a problem like this. And what is the authority concerned up to anyway. The way this problem is handled is really of no help to any body but only bring more inconveniences and pain to the people.
So often life and death of a patient depends on the availability and correct information to the doctors and that is why no hospital should be without proper medical equipments , like for example a CT Scan in this case.
Yesterday I was at the hospital visiting a friend who was injured in a road accident. I understood that much time been spent by so many just to get him to the Emergency Ward of the hospital. And as he was in a coma and would need scanning to the head but was told that the CT Scan was not working. That was really shocking, hurting and totally unacceptable.
Although lately two new private medical centers had opened up in Bintulu, and the patients can take their scanning there but that is no reason for not giving priority to fixing the scanner at the hospital.
The authority concerned must remember that many of the patients who had come to the hospital for treatment are poor people who had spend money on transport, food, lodging etc etc already just to get to the hospital. They do not have the extra three to five hundred more ringgit to do scanning out side. Many had come from nearby and the rural areas. Being sick is already painful and there is no need to add on more trouble and burden to them anymore.
The government must empathize with the people, help them, be more caring and give them the best service there is and get the Bintulu Division hospital to be a well equipped hospital complete with the equipments and the personnel, doctors, specialists, nurses and others.
Bintulu had undergone more than 30 years of development but is still short of a fully equipped and fully staffed hospital. And whether the government is waiting for the so called second wave of development to finish before we can have a truly full, complete and well equipped, well staffed hospital.
Chiew Chin Sing.
砂罗越民主行动党署理主席，民主行动党民都鲁支部主席兼吉都隆区州议员周政新13.7.2011文告如下:
吉都隆区州议员周政新对民都鲁政府医院扫描机(CT Scan)坏了半年还未处理好表示遗憾。
我简直不感相信要解决一架扫描机的问题也要花上这么久的时间。有关方面到底是怎样搞的，这样做事情只是给人民带来许多的不便与心痛，一点帮助都没有。
许多时候生命延续就取决於医生们能够得到确实的讯息，所以一些医院的医疗仪器是决对不能没有的，就如一架扫描机。
昨天我到医院去看一名交通意外的朋友，各造都花了许多时间把他送到民省大医院的急诊室。他昏迷了，需要扫描脑部，然而仅被告知，扫描机坏了。真是叫人感到失落，伤心与难以接受。
虽然说最近民都鲁省加了两间私人医院，病人也可到他们那边去做扫描，不过那也不能作为没有把事件做为优先处理的理由。
有关当局千万别忘了许许多多到医院看病的人，很多都是那么的贫穷。一动身去看病，车费，膳食等都要花费许多，那里还有三，五百槐的钱再到外面去做扫描或是其他的。他们许多都是从郊区及乡下来的。生病本来就是痛苦的了，没有必再给他人增加困扰与负担。
政府应该也体恤一下人民的感受，帮助这些人，关心他们，好好的为人民提供最佳的服务。提供一间完整的省医院，不要等下有这个，又没那个。
民都鲁省都已发展了三十多年，然而一间完整的医院也没有辩法做好。感到讽刺的是，政府是否要等到所谓的第二波发展后才能完成。
周政新。
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Freedom of Association is a Constituional Right (English & Chinese Text)
Media Statement by Chiew Chin Sing, Chairman DAP Bintulu Branch , DAP Sarawak Deputy Chairman and Sarawak State Assemblyman for Kidurong on 7th July 2011.
State Assemblyman for Kidurong Chiew Chin Sing said that it is most unreasonable and unecessary for the Bintulu Police to arrest the 18 persons in yellow shirt while drinking tea at a coffee shop at Parkcity commerce square, Bintulu on the 9th of July.
Chiew said that what is wrong with the public pulling a few tables together in coffee shops and drinking tea and what is wrong with wearing yellow shirts ? The police ought to know that freedom of association is a right for all as enshrine in our constitution and all ought to respect that. As for what color shirt to wear, freedom of choice is also a basic right in our constitution.
The police is being over sensitive in this matter and this is indeed very disappointing. So what have been accomplished after spending so much time and energy arresting the 18 and all.
We know that the police are working under orders from the PM and the Home Minister. But the Honourable two had been busy opposing a proposal for clean election last week. I really cannot comprehend how anyone could be opposing proposal for clean election. I mean, do we really want to keep a bad election system only that they can use unfair and dirty tatics to win.
The Honorable two have been hiding behind the police using all the government machinery and resources oppressing and suppressing the Bersih people just so that they can hold on to be the government as long as they wish.
So what is so frightenting of the Bersih people afterall ? aren’t they all peace loving Malaysians working for the greater interest and love for Malaysia?
I am sure that the police is well aware of this also, just like the police in Kuching, they did not arrest any of the twelve DAP State Assemblyman taking breakfast with the supporters at coffee shop and later went around selling Rocket news and registering voters. This is because the police there understoodd and respect these basic rights and that the police must operate independently.
Therefore, I call on the Sarawak Police to cancell all summons issured with regard to the arrest and to immediate ly release all those still detained.
Chiew Chin Sing.
砂罗越民主行动党署理主席，民主行动党民都鲁支部主席兼吉都隆区州议员周政新11。7。2011文告如下:
吉都隆区州议员周政新说，民都鲁警方于709把一批十八名身穿黄衣，在民都鲁，城市商业中心咖啡店喝茶的人士捉走是不合理且完全没有必要的。
周氏说公众人士在咖啡店拉几张桌子一起喝茶有什么错。而且穿黄衣又错在那里。警方应该很清楚，结社是我国宪法给于我国人民的基本权力，所有的人士都应该给予尊重。而且要穿什么颜色的衣服，也是人民选择的自由与权力。
我对警方在这事件过度敏感的做法感到失望，劳民伤财，可是又做到了什么？
我明白警方的工作是受首相与内正部长的指示。但是他们两位於上星期对提倡我国廉洁选举的人士一直的都在反对且给予种种的刁难。我真不明白首相与部长是怎样想的，连人民在提倡选举要廉洁, 他们也要反对。难道是要我国的选举续继的腐败下去，为了是他们能用肮脏的手段来赢的选举？
他们大力的利用了国家的资源，躲在警察的背后，欺负人民，打压民主，无非只是在于巩固他们自己做政府的地位而已。
我不明白政府对洁选人士有什么可怕的？岂不知这些都是爰国的份子，而他们所做的一切都是以和平及广大人民的利益为出发点。
我相信对于这些，警方也都是很清楚的. 就好像古晋的警察，他们对行动党十二名议员与支持者在古晋吃早餐，之后又展开了活动，也都没有抓人，他们只是一直的在观察。因为他们了解及尊重他人的权力，而且他们也知道警方是不遍担任何一方的。
因此，我呼吁砂警方取消提控所有被捕的人士并把那些还在被扣留的人士即该译放。
周政新。
State Assemblyman for Kidurong Chiew Chin Sing said that it is most unreasonable and unecessary for the Bintulu Police to arrest the 18 persons in yellow shirt while drinking tea at a coffee shop at Parkcity commerce square, Bintulu on the 9th of July.
Chiew said that what is wrong with the public pulling a few tables together in coffee shops and drinking tea and what is wrong with wearing yellow shirts ? The police ought to know that freedom of association is a right for all as enshrine in our constitution and all ought to respect that. As for what color shirt to wear, freedom of choice is also a basic right in our constitution.
The police is being over sensitive in this matter and this is indeed very disappointing. So what have been accomplished after spending so much time and energy arresting the 18 and all.
We know that the police are working under orders from the PM and the Home Minister. But the Honourable two had been busy opposing a proposal for clean election last week. I really cannot comprehend how anyone could be opposing proposal for clean election. I mean, do we really want to keep a bad election system only that they can use unfair and dirty tatics to win.
The Honorable two have been hiding behind the police using all the government machinery and resources oppressing and suppressing the Bersih people just so that they can hold on to be the government as long as they wish.
So what is so frightenting of the Bersih people afterall ? aren’t they all peace loving Malaysians working for the greater interest and love for Malaysia?
I am sure that the police is well aware of this also, just like the police in Kuching, they did not arrest any of the twelve DAP State Assemblyman taking breakfast with the supporters at coffee shop and later went around selling Rocket news and registering voters. This is because the police there understoodd and respect these basic rights and that the police must operate independently.
Therefore, I call on the Sarawak Police to cancell all summons issured with regard to the arrest and to immediate ly release all those still detained.
Chiew Chin Sing.
砂罗越民主行动党署理主席，民主行动党民都鲁支部主席兼吉都隆区州议员周政新11。7。2011文告如下:
吉都隆区州议员周政新说，民都鲁警方于709把一批十八名身穿黄衣，在民都鲁，城市商业中心咖啡店喝茶的人士捉走是不合理且完全没有必要的。
周氏说公众人士在咖啡店拉几张桌子一起喝茶有什么错。而且穿黄衣又错在那里。警方应该很清楚，结社是我国宪法给于我国人民的基本权力，所有的人士都应该给予尊重。而且要穿什么颜色的衣服，也是人民选择的自由与权力。
我对警方在这事件过度敏感的做法感到失望，劳民伤财，可是又做到了什么？
我明白警方的工作是受首相与内正部长的指示。但是他们两位於上星期对提倡我国廉洁选举的人士一直的都在反对且给予种种的刁难。我真不明白首相与部长是怎样想的，连人民在提倡选举要廉洁, 他们也要反对。难道是要我国的选举续继的腐败下去，为了是他们能用肮脏的手段来赢的选举？
他们大力的利用了国家的资源，躲在警察的背后，欺负人民，打压民主，无非只是在于巩固他们自己做政府的地位而已。
我不明白政府对洁选人士有什么可怕的？岂不知这些都是爰国的份子，而他们所做的一切都是以和平及广大人民的利益为出发点。
我相信对于这些，警方也都是很清楚的. 就好像古晋的警察，他们对行动党十二名议员与支持者在古晋吃早餐，之后又展开了活动，也都没有抓人，他们只是一直的在观察。因为他们了解及尊重他人的权力，而且他们也知道警方是不遍担任何一方的。
因此，我呼吁砂警方取消提控所有被捕的人士并把那些还在被扣留的人士即该译放。
周政新。
Friday, July 8, 2011
DECLARATION OF SARAWAK DAP LAW-MAKERS for clean free and fair elections
DECLARATION OF SARAWAK DAP LAW-MAKERS for clean free and fair elections
We believe that Malaysia must become a true democracy.
But the “first to pass the post” electoral system in the country has been tainted by and besmirched with electoral fraud and corruption in the form of rampant vote buying practiced by the Barisan Nasional. However, the Election Commission does not have enforcement and prosecutorial powers.
We believe in equal and not disproportionate representation.
But, we have clear imbalance in representation because of unfair constituency delineation, so that some state constituencies are 4 to 5 times bigger than others, and some Parliamentary constituencies are more than 10 times bigger than others. For example, in the Sarawak State Election, N.70 BaKelalan has 6958 voters compared to N.10 Pending which has 29,488 voters. The BN won 25 constituencies with voters less than 10,000 in each constituency. Compare this with 10 seats that were won by the DAP with voters exceeding 20,000 each. Because of disproportionate weightage in the votes, the BN secured 55% of the popular votes in the Sarawak State election but won 77.5% of the seats. At Parliamentary level, Putrajaya has 8840 voters, whereas Kapar has 122011 voters (13 times that of Putrajaya). In 2010 general election Pakatan Rakyat won all 5 constituencies which had more than 100,000 voters each. There are 8 constituencies with less than 20000 voters, all won by the BN. A distorted and unbalanced weightage means unfair representation.
We believe that the Government machinery should not be abused to sway election results.
But we have seen the BN Government handing out projects before and during election times in order to hoodwink voters and fish for their votes, with the Prime Minister setting the most obnoxious example of vote fishing by his “You Help Me, I Help You” utterance at Rejang Park during the eve of Sibu by-election. We have also seen the federal and state government splashing goodies just to win votes for the state BN during the Sarawak state election.
We believe that the media must be left to remain neutral and be an important bastion in upholding democracy.
But the repressive requirement to renew publication licenses annually and BN control means that the media had little choice but to resort to imbalance reporting against the Opposition during the election time. In some newspapers, there had even been a total black-out of news concerning the Pakatan Rakyat during elections.
We believe that the electoral rolls should be clean and free from phantom voters.
But despite the insistence that the electoral roll is constantly being updated, we see in the electoral rolls thousands of centurian voters, and the deceased as eligible and unimpeachable voters, giving rise to suspicion of phantom voters. We should demand that there should be linkage to the data base of the National Registration Department so that all eligible Malaysians should automatically be registered as voters. The Election Commission should use indelible ink to avoid phantom voting.
We believe that the Election Commission, Police and the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commossion must be fair and independent
But we see an Election Commission which has increasingly become the mouthpiece for the BN. It has no power to enforce election laws and is not able to ensure free and fair elections. Political parties should be allowed a longer campaign period than the present 8-10 days. The Police and the MACC must be independent.
We believe that postal votes should be transparent and allowed for all Malaysians working overseas.
But we see postal votes are issued to police and security personnel who have no connection to the State except by virtue of their temporary posting to Sarawak. We see non-Sarawakian army personnel voting to determine the destiny of the BN in Sarawak. We see eligible Malaysians working overseas being denied their voting opportunities. During every election we hear postal votes being the target of vote buying.
Against these flaws in the electoral system, we join Malaysians to demand for electoral reforms.
We believe that it is every citizen’s right to see that elections are free and fair.
We believe that the constitutional right of freedom of assembly and freedom of expression must be upheld by the Government, for a true Democracy entails a government of the people, by the people, for the people. It ensures that the people are the masters of the country.
We insist that all legitimate demands for electoral reforms must be taken cognizance of and not brushed aside as fanciful tricks to topple the Government.
We abhor the thought that the electoral system as practised now is perfect and beyond reproach.
We implore on the Government to cherish the goodwill of 62 NGOs which had demanded for electoral reforms through peaceful means. We believe such demand is for the betterment of the country.
It is the sacrosanct duty of all Malaysians to ensure that the country prosper and not sink to the pit. It is their bounden duty to ensure that Malaysia continues to subscribe and respect human rights.
We condemn the barrage of arbitrary arrests of electoral reform groups and political leaders and supporters in violation of their fundamental rights to freedom of association, expression, and peaceful assembly.
We call for their immediate release.
We urge the Prime Minister to pay regard to his pledge to uphold civil liberties and to pay regard for the fundamental rights of the people of Malaysia when he assumed his office as the prime minister in April 2009.
We condemn all those who pay no respect to the sanctity of the electoral process by drumming tension and orchestrating measures to sink legitimate demands for a clean free and fair election.
We appeal for restoration of public order and security. We believe that no measure can contain the civic mindedness of the Ubah generation of Malaysians to see change.
While we appeal to the electorates to rise to the occasion to express support for a just and legitimate cause and to demand for a clean, free and fair election, we also appeal to the acumen of the Government in this pivotal moment to rise to the occasion to support the call by implementing reform. There should be no procrastination, for electoral reform is vital to propel the nation forward to becoming a better and more vibrant democracy.
9th July 2011 at Stutong, Kuching
Chiew Chin Sing.
We believe that Malaysia must become a true democracy.
But the “first to pass the post” electoral system in the country has been tainted by and besmirched with electoral fraud and corruption in the form of rampant vote buying practiced by the Barisan Nasional. However, the Election Commission does not have enforcement and prosecutorial powers.
We believe in equal and not disproportionate representation.
But, we have clear imbalance in representation because of unfair constituency delineation, so that some state constituencies are 4 to 5 times bigger than others, and some Parliamentary constituencies are more than 10 times bigger than others. For example, in the Sarawak State Election, N.70 BaKelalan has 6958 voters compared to N.10 Pending which has 29,488 voters. The BN won 25 constituencies with voters less than 10,000 in each constituency. Compare this with 10 seats that were won by the DAP with voters exceeding 20,000 each. Because of disproportionate weightage in the votes, the BN secured 55% of the popular votes in the Sarawak State election but won 77.5% of the seats. At Parliamentary level, Putrajaya has 8840 voters, whereas Kapar has 122011 voters (13 times that of Putrajaya). In 2010 general election Pakatan Rakyat won all 5 constituencies which had more than 100,000 voters each. There are 8 constituencies with less than 20000 voters, all won by the BN. A distorted and unbalanced weightage means unfair representation.
We believe that the Government machinery should not be abused to sway election results.
But we have seen the BN Government handing out projects before and during election times in order to hoodwink voters and fish for their votes, with the Prime Minister setting the most obnoxious example of vote fishing by his “You Help Me, I Help You” utterance at Rejang Park during the eve of Sibu by-election. We have also seen the federal and state government splashing goodies just to win votes for the state BN during the Sarawak state election.
We believe that the media must be left to remain neutral and be an important bastion in upholding democracy.
But the repressive requirement to renew publication licenses annually and BN control means that the media had little choice but to resort to imbalance reporting against the Opposition during the election time. In some newspapers, there had even been a total black-out of news concerning the Pakatan Rakyat during elections.
We believe that the electoral rolls should be clean and free from phantom voters.
But despite the insistence that the electoral roll is constantly being updated, we see in the electoral rolls thousands of centurian voters, and the deceased as eligible and unimpeachable voters, giving rise to suspicion of phantom voters. We should demand that there should be linkage to the data base of the National Registration Department so that all eligible Malaysians should automatically be registered as voters. The Election Commission should use indelible ink to avoid phantom voting.
We believe that the Election Commission, Police and the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commossion must be fair and independent
But we see an Election Commission which has increasingly become the mouthpiece for the BN. It has no power to enforce election laws and is not able to ensure free and fair elections. Political parties should be allowed a longer campaign period than the present 8-10 days. The Police and the MACC must be independent.
We believe that postal votes should be transparent and allowed for all Malaysians working overseas.
But we see postal votes are issued to police and security personnel who have no connection to the State except by virtue of their temporary posting to Sarawak. We see non-Sarawakian army personnel voting to determine the destiny of the BN in Sarawak. We see eligible Malaysians working overseas being denied their voting opportunities. During every election we hear postal votes being the target of vote buying.
Against these flaws in the electoral system, we join Malaysians to demand for electoral reforms.
We believe that it is every citizen’s right to see that elections are free and fair.
We believe that the constitutional right of freedom of assembly and freedom of expression must be upheld by the Government, for a true Democracy entails a government of the people, by the people, for the people. It ensures that the people are the masters of the country.
We insist that all legitimate demands for electoral reforms must be taken cognizance of and not brushed aside as fanciful tricks to topple the Government.
We abhor the thought that the electoral system as practised now is perfect and beyond reproach.
We implore on the Government to cherish the goodwill of 62 NGOs which had demanded for electoral reforms through peaceful means. We believe such demand is for the betterment of the country.
It is the sacrosanct duty of all Malaysians to ensure that the country prosper and not sink to the pit. It is their bounden duty to ensure that Malaysia continues to subscribe and respect human rights.
We condemn the barrage of arbitrary arrests of electoral reform groups and political leaders and supporters in violation of their fundamental rights to freedom of association, expression, and peaceful assembly.
We call for their immediate release.
We urge the Prime Minister to pay regard to his pledge to uphold civil liberties and to pay regard for the fundamental rights of the people of Malaysia when he assumed his office as the prime minister in April 2009.
We condemn all those who pay no respect to the sanctity of the electoral process by drumming tension and orchestrating measures to sink legitimate demands for a clean free and fair election.
We appeal for restoration of public order and security. We believe that no measure can contain the civic mindedness of the Ubah generation of Malaysians to see change.
While we appeal to the electorates to rise to the occasion to express support for a just and legitimate cause and to demand for a clean, free and fair election, we also appeal to the acumen of the Government in this pivotal moment to rise to the occasion to support the call by implementing reform. There should be no procrastination, for electoral reform is vital to propel the nation forward to becoming a better and more vibrant democracy.
9th July 2011 at Stutong, Kuching
Chiew Chin Sing.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
TYT Speech DUN June 2011 Sitting (English & Chinese)
Speech by Chiew Chiu Sing ADUN N59 Kidurong on the debate of Motion of Appreciation on Tuan Yang Terutama Yang Di-Pertua Negeri’s Address on 24th of June, 2011 in the Sarawak State Legislative Council, Kuching, Sarawak.
Mr. Speaker,
I rise to take part on the debate of Motion of Appreciation on Tuan Yang Terutama Yang Di-Pertua Negeri’s Address which was so graciously delivered by His Excellency the Tuan Yang Terutama Yang Di-Pertua Negeri in this august House on Tuesday, the 21st of June, 2011
Mr. Speaker,
I stand here today, humbled by the greater support which I obtained during the 10th Sarawak General Election from people of all races in Kidurong. I am grateful for the trust that had been bestowed, and I am mindful of my role to serve the people not just in Kidurong but all the peoples of Sarawak, from this oldest parliamentary institution in the country.
Mr. Speaker,
So many had been elected to serve in this Sarawak Legislative Council in the past 144 years of the history of our Legislative Council. We have been able to carry on, not just because of those before us , but because of the people of Sarawak who have remained faithful to the ideals of our parliamentary democracy, in our strife for freedom, justice, equality and that, all deserve a chance to pursue our full measure of happiness.
As we continue on with our journey today at the start of the second decade of the 21st century, it has become more and more important to me that the government from this oldest parliamentary institution must do better in upholding our parliamentary democracy, to help our young men and women to find job at a decent wage so that they do not have to go so far away just to make a living, helping our businesses to survive and grow, helping us to get ownership that we can have and afford or a retirement that will be dignifying- etc etc because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.
Let us be reminded that the success of our economy is not just on the success of a few big companies or foreign investments, but on the depth of the reach of our prosperity, on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart- not out of charity, because that is the surest route to prosperity for all. A nation cannot prosper long when it favours only the prosperous.
Mr. Speaker,
I mentioned about helping our people to earn a living, extending opportunity to every willing heart. But unfortunately, there had been much neglect especially with our women from the rural, trying to start their own little business to find a decent living here in town.
All what many want to do is to sell some vegetables or food, so that they can earn some money at places where there are people around, in Bintulu they sell near Tamu, at the ABF housing beach, in front of the shops at MLNG Shop House near Fair Choice, Sg. Plan road side, outside the SK Kidurong , the open space in front of Sg Plan Shop Houses or even those at the Junction of the Bakun and Bintulu/Miri road and others.
These women sat for hours under the hot sun each days selling vegetables and sundries just to earn a few dollars. I cannot understand why the government cannot and had not been implementing more decent places, say, with a roof over their heads, or provide some fans for those at the Tamu, to let them do their businesses to make a living.
Life for them is already hard enough, yet they have to face the constant fear of the enforcement officers coming ,chasing and snatching away their goods with no mercy, Or not even giving a bill of goods so taken, how would you feel when the things you try to sell is being taken away like that.
There is a Chinese saying, Women holds up half of the sky. Today in so many parts of the world, evidence has mounted that helping women can be a successful poverty – fighting strategy. Women are indeed a linchpin of development strategy.
Women starting business or working, contribute to the gross national product and when they made the money they help the education of their children, a brother or a sister, or younger relatives and when they have money to spare, they save their money and boost national savings rate. In a nod to the female chromosomes, this is called, ‘The double X solution ‘ in fighting poverty.
In 2001 the World Bank produced an influential study, Engendering Development Through Gender Equality in Right, Resources, and Voice, arguing that promoting gender equality is crucial to combat global poverty. UNICEF issued a major report arguing that gender equality yields, a ‘double dividend’ by elevating not only women but also their children and communities.
Mr. Speaker,
Longhouse folks living at 38 km from the Mukah town, near the Aluminium Smelting plant, in Mukah Division are experiencing health, environment and social problems . Nothing of this sorts of things ever occur to them for all their 20 odd years of stay there.
The longhouse folks there told me that when they go into their farms to find food, it is becoming harder and harder these days, their vegetables are not growing well as compared to the past, and when they try to sell them, people do not want to buy, and so, what can they do, they eat them themselves. Their fruits trees like the coconut, mango, star fruit and others are not fruiting well also like before.
Women staying in these longhouses, complain of dizziness, uneasy breathing, frequent coughing, pain in the bones and just generally not feeling well. The rain water which they are using have a different odour to it, bathing with it makes one’s body itch and drinking it could cause diarrhea to children. At times in the morning, smelly air would come gushing into their rooms not telling what they are breathing in over the night and day as well.
Bathing and washings in the ponds also causes much itching and when scratched, red dots appear over the body. One said that when the plant first started, fish in his fish pond also died. Today, there is hardly any more fish in there.
Longhouse folks there had gone in and out of the hospital about their suffering and medical people had come visiting them also but their problems still persists, nothing happens.
Mr. Speaker,
How can this be ? I mean the people had been staying there happily for so long already, and nothing like the above mentioned, has ever happened, but, when the Aluminium smelting plant is built, all is changed. Farms produce are not growing well, folks are not feeling well, water for use is becoming a bigger problem.
Government have to do something to help these people before things get even worst and whether the problems so faced by the folks there, is actually a direct result of the gas and water emission from the smelting plant. And to what extend is fluoride being leaked into the air.
If the answer is in the positive, like I have talked many times before in this Dewan about the ill effects of the aluminium smelting plant, shouldn’t the plant then be closed down pending further investigation, because we are talking increased production in the near future, from the present 50kt of aluminium ingot per year, to eventually 115kt per year, 2 times of the capacity now. And the greater problems that it will bring to the human lives and lives of the community of people in Mukah, plus also the implications that it is going to have on the people in Nyalau and Bintulu for the proposed few other aluminium smelting plants to be built at the Samalaju Industrial Park, Similajau, Bintulu. I know the eventual capacity of one of the proposed aluminium smelter is 1.5 million tons a year. That is 30 times that of the present Mukah plant capacity. And what about the capacity of the other two ?
Mr. Speaker,
The sweet promise that the the aluminium smelting plant which started about two years ago in the Mukah Division will create good employment for the local and downstream industries there is not true. Most of the works there now are being done by people from other countries. There are no extrusion plants either.
Mr. Speaker,
Folks of Kuala Similajau who had been staying there since time immemorial, precious their way of life, the Similajau river and the sea. They precious their land , their culture and their civilization and they have wanted to stay on. Presently the river is giving them much fish and prawns and the bounty catches of fish and others from the sea. Kuala Similajua is giving them a living and had been giving them life.
They believe that development must benefit the people on the grounds also and we know that developments that harm the environment, land, water and life should not be implemented. There are so many developments projects which one can choose, let’s take the good ones. So the folks asked that the land near the bank of the Similajau river from the mouth of the river going in wards for about one thousand acres be earmarked to be Kampong Kuala Similajau.
Mr. Speaker,
In Sebatu, Suai and along the Bintulu/Miri road, many longhouses are still without pipe water supply. It is urged that, they be quickly connected with it. And I hope that this time there would be enough water trucks on standby to bring water quickly to these longhouse folks when they run low on water during the dry seasons, and this is not just for Bintulu only, but all divisions in Sarawak.
However there are some longhouses along the Bintulu/Miri road which have the pipe water supply, but the water cannot get up to their longhouses, like Rh Robert area, Rh Janting at Mile 15, 16 Bintulu/Miri road and other places also. I therefore urge that the government to look into this matter immediately to resolve the situation.
Grid electricity supply is another thing. Some Kampongs and longhouses in Sebatu and the Bintulu/Miri road areas are still not connected to it.
The Suai road, leading from the junction at coastal highway near Niah going towards the Suai Bridge at the old Bintulu/Miri road needs up grading and tarring. Let us be more caring for our rural folks also and give them a better road tar sealed and all. And let’s repair the holes on the roads, those that come off the main road, leading to the door steps of the long houses.
And what about the bridge over the Kerong stream for the Suai road, when is that going to be done. It is taking so long that even the access road at the side of the bridge is so damaged that smaller car can hardly passed at times.
Mr. Speaker,
During the May 2010 DUN meeting, I had raised concern on the extend to which beach development works at the Tg. Batu beach condominium is affecting the monsoon drain water flowing from the Assykirim area to the sea.
At the end of last year there was quite a heavy rain one time. The situation of the monsoon drain is then tested and it did not carry the water fast enough out to the sea, the water had been supposedly slowed down by the embankment at the condominium beach development. As a result serious flooding occurred at places that had never been flooded before, like the road between Farly and Sing Kong super markets, Kpg Assykirin Ph one and Fortune park housing areas.
And would the Ministry let us know what is the present status of the situation, as we would be approaching the monsoon rain again soon.
Mr. Speaker,
Big earth filling and other trucks, going through residential estates must slow down and make sure that they do not make a mess or damage the road badly. For example, folks at the MLNG Housing living along the inner 4 lane residential road, could actually feel the tremor in their houses, of the trucks passing by, not to mention of the dust and damage done to the road. The tremor had already caused hair line crack in the house at this early stage of the nearby sea filling works which could take many more years !
Similar problem is also true of the road from SMK Baru going down the hill to the Nyigu road.
The U turn after the traffic light near Sibiew Bridge, Bintulu/Tatau road, in the BBC Industrial estate, mile 5 B/M road is also damaged by the earth filling trucks, making it almost inaccessible for smaller cars. This side of the road there is often flooded, damaged and need urgent repair.
Talking about road, folks travelling between Sibu, Bintulu and Miri on the old trunk road had been very unhappy with the road situation for a long time already. Many parts of the road are not only bumpy, of patches of repair and repair, causing much damages to ones cars, especially the smaller cars. The condition of the road is also making driving unsafe on this road.
Being the only road linking the whole state and with so much money being taken by the Federal Government from our oil and gas. The people feel that it is high time that giving us back a proper road or making the road into a 4 lane highway must be given top priority by the Federal Government. They have done some many many good roads in West Malaysia already, why can’t they do one good one here.
Mr. Speaker,
Land Owners of an area of land of over 6000 sq. meter at Kampong Jalan Masjid, Bintulu are very concerned as their kampong land are going to be acquired by the Government for a Kampung Heritage Project.
They are worry because they have seen other private lands in Bintulu said to be acquired for public purposes though compensated, ended up for commercial buildings etc fetching in a lot more of the compensated price for the new owner.
It is therefore urge that whatever compensation to these land owners at Kampung Masjid, it must be reasonably and done with their interests in our heart also.
And with that Mr. Speaker. Thank you.
N. 59吉都隆区砂劳越州立法议员周政新於砂劳越古晋立法议会参与动议感谢州元首2011年6月24日所发表御词之辩论演词
议长先生，
我参与感谢州元首2011年6月21日御词的动议辩论。
议长先生，
今天，我立于此却因为第10届州大选，在吉都隆选区获得各族人民的热烈拥护而益感谦卑。我非常感激他们对我们的信任，我也时刻谨记在这个国家最古老的议会机构为人民服务的身份，不仅仅是为吉都隆人民，而是为全砂劳越的人民服务。
议长先生，
在我们的立法议会过去的144年里，有许多人曾被选中和服务于砂劳越州立法议会。我们能够继续，不仅是前人的高瞻远瞩，也因为砂劳越州的人民仍然相信我们的议会民主、有争取自由、公正、平等及其他追求幸福生活的应有机会。
在我们继续迈入21世纪的第二个十年之始，更显重要的，在这个最古老的议会机构的政府必须做得更好，帮助我们的年青男女寻找一份能赚取足以体面生活的薪酬，让他们不需离乡背井去谋生。帮助我们的生意能生存和成长，帮助我们在能力的范围内获得拥有权，和享有一个有尊严的退休。唯有如此，我们才能重建人民对政府的信任。
我们的经济繁荣不是靠几个大公司或外国投资, 而是在于繁荣的深度，在于我们能给予每一位愿意接受者的能力，而非施舍。因为这是我们最确切的成功之路。如果只优惠几个富人，一个国家不能长久繁荣。
议长先生，
我谈及帮助我们的人民谋生。给予所有愿意接受者机会，但很不幸的，却大大的忽略了尤其是乡区的妇女，她们想在市区过一个得体的生活，她们要自力更生做小生意。
她们的要求只是在民都鲁有人潮的地方卖点蔬菜或食物，如靠近市集的地方，ABF海滨住宅区，在MLNG店屋前靠近Fair Choice，Sg. Plan路傍，吉都隆小学校外，sg plan店屋外的空地，甚至是在巴贡和民美公路路口和其他地点。
这些妇女坐在烈日下数小时，售卖蔬菜和杂货，只为赚取几块钱。我不明白为何政府不能也不曾提供任何适当的地点供她们谋生，比如有片遮阳的屋顶，或者在市集地点装设风扇。
他们的生活已够艰苦，可是还要时刻担忧执法者到来驱赶他们，毫不怜悯地夺去他们的货品，且处之以罚单，即便所售物品不值几个钱。试问当所售之物被如此取去，你的感受会如何。
华语有句话说：女性可撑半边天。今天，在世界各地已证明，协助妇女是有效扑灭贫穷的策略。事实上，女性是发展政策的主轴。
女性做生意或工作，是对国家生产做出贡献。当她们有钱时，能资助子女、弟妹或年轻的亲戚受教育。犹有余钱，她们会储蓄起来。这更提升了国家的储蓄率。在向阴性染色体敬礼之际，这也称为“双X解决方案”。
2001年世界银行做了一个很有贡献的研究。“扶植发展通过性别权利、资源及发言权力平等”，议论说全球与贫穷抗争最重要的是提倡性别平等。
联合国儿童基金会发表一份重要的报告，强调性别平等产生一个“双份红利”，不仅女性获得提升，她们的子女及社群也一样。
议长先生，
在距离沐胶镇38公里处，靠近熔铝厂的长屋居民正面对健康、环境及社会问题。这些事情，在他们定居在该处20年来，从未发生。
该处长屋居民告诉我，当他们到农田里找食物时，近来已越来越困难。他们的蔬菜没有以前长的好，要卖也没人要，没法子只好自己吃。他们的果树，如椰子、芒果，杨桃等的收成也大不如前。
居住在这些长屋的妇女也投诉说，她们感到昏眩、呼吸困难、常咳嗽、骨骼疼痛，总感到不舒服。雨水有异味，用之洗浴後，身体发痒，饮用後，引起孩童腹泻。有时上午时分，带有臭味的空气直冲入屋，更不用说日夜呼吸着的空气。
在水塘洗浴或洗涤衣物会发痒，搔痒後身上现出红斑点。有个说，工厂刚运作时，水塘里的鱼也死了。今天水塘里已难见鱼踪。
长屋居民如今因其遭受，成了医院常客，医务人员也曾到长屋看个究竟，但问题仍是不获解决。
议长先生，
怎能如此？人民在那里长久以来安居乐业，也从未发生上述情形，但建立熔铝厂，一切都变了。农作物收成不好，居民感觉不好，食用水成了大问题。
在情形更恶化之前，政府必须帮助这些人, 无论问题是否与熔铝厂排放的气体或水直接有关。还有到底有多少的氯化物被排放到空气中。
如果答案是肯定的，如我过去多次在议会中提出熔铝厂的害処，是否要先关闭工厂等待调查。因为他们正准备增加产量，从现在每年的5万公吨铝块，到最终每年生产11.5公吨。双倍於现在的产量。它將带给沐胶人民更大的健康问题。这也与住在Nyalau及民都鲁人民有关，因为还有几个熔铝厂将在士米拉爪工业园设立。我知道其中有一间最终的计划是每年生产150万公吨。这是目前沐胶生产量的30倍。如果再增加两个那又会是怎样的呢？
议长先生，
两年多前在沐胶设立熔铝厂，将会给当地人制造好的就业机会及下游工业的甜美诺言是假的。今天大多数的工作都是外国人担任，本地人少之又少。
议长先生，
今天世代居住在士米拉爪河口的居民，因为珍惜他们的生活方式、士米拉爪河、海洋和他们的土地、文化及他们要继续生活下去的文明。当下，这条河流给予他们鱼虾及大海丰富的海产，士米拉爪河口赐给了他们生活和生命。
他们认为，发展必须让在当地生活的居民受益。破害环境、土地、水源和生命的发展不应该推行。有许多可供选择的发展，我们应该选好的。居民要求把从河口向内约一千公顷士米拉爪河岸的土地设立为士米拉爪河口甘榜。
议长先生，
在Sebatu, Suai及沿着民美公路，许多长屋仍然没有自来水供应。我吁请当局尽快接驳给他们。我希望这次有足够的运水车，随时准备运水救济长屋居民的燃眉之急。这不仅是在民都鲁而已，是全砂劳越州。
沿着民美公路，许多长屋有自来水供应，但水压不足不能输送到长屋内去。在15、16里民美公路的Robert地区的长屋， Janting长屋及其他地方。因此，我吁请政府关注此事，即刻解决此问题。
电流供应网是另一问题。有些在Sebatu和民美公路地区的甘榜和长屋还未接驳上电流。
从靠近尼亚海滨公路路口到旧民美公路的Suai桥，需要提升和重新舖过。我们应该更关心他们，给他们造一条舖上沥青的好路。把，並把那些延伸到长屋门口路上的坑坑洞洞填平。
Suai 路Kerong 河的桥何时才能竣工？已经太久了，就连桥边的过道也已破坏不堪，连小车子都难以通过。
在2010年5月底立法议会会议上，我曾提出在Sg. Batu海滩公寓大厦的海滩发展工程，影响Assykirim地区排水道向海里排放雨水的问题.
去年底，有一阵子雨量很大，这对此事是一个考验。结果该大沟不能迅速把雨水排送到海里去，因为海滩发展工程围墙阻缓了它。结果造成严重的泛滥，连从不淹水处，如华利和星光超市之间的道路，甘榜Assykirim第一期和幸福花园的住宅区都变成一片泽国。
有关部长是否能告知目前的情况，因为雨季就快来临？
议长先生，
大型填土车和其他卡车进入住宅区必须减缓速度慢下来，并确保不损坏道路和破坏环境。例如在MLNG住宅区内大路旁居民, 当车辆经过时在屋里能感受到震动，更别谈所引起的沙尘和对道路的破坏。震动已造成屋子出现裂缝，靠海附近的填土工程刚开始，还要许多年才能结束！
同样的问题也发生在从Baru中学到Nyigu路岭下的路。靠近民都鲁/达岛路Sibiew 桥交通灯之后的回转处，在民美公路5里BBC工业区，道路也被大卡车破坏了，小型车辆几乎不能通过。一边的道路已破环更时常淹水，急需速修补。
说及道路，使用诗巫，民都鲁及美里旧路的旅客，对路况多时以来就很不高兴。许多路段都崎岖不平，补丁一块块，对车辆造成破坏，尤其是小型车辆。路况对驾驶也十分危险。
即是唯一联系整个州的道路，而联邦政府又从石油和天然气取去这么多钱。人民认为是时候联邦政府应该优先给回一条真正的路，或者建造一条4道高速公路。在西马，他们已经建造了许许多多的道路，为什么不能在此建条好的路。
议长先生，
在民都鲁的甘榜教堂路拥有6千平方公尺大片土地的地主们非常担心，因为他们的土地将被政府征收做为甘榜传统计划之用。他们担心，因为有鉴于其他民都鲁私人土地，虽然说征收供做公共用途并获得赔偿，最后却成为商业建筑物及其他等，为新地主赚进更多的赔偿金。
在此我吁请无论给这些土地任何赔偿都必须合理，并为他们的利益着想。
即此我结束我的演讲，谢谢议长先生。
Mr. Speaker,
I rise to take part on the debate of Motion of Appreciation on Tuan Yang Terutama Yang Di-Pertua Negeri’s Address which was so graciously delivered by His Excellency the Tuan Yang Terutama Yang Di-Pertua Negeri in this august House on Tuesday, the 21st of June, 2011
Mr. Speaker,
I stand here today, humbled by the greater support which I obtained during the 10th Sarawak General Election from people of all races in Kidurong. I am grateful for the trust that had been bestowed, and I am mindful of my role to serve the people not just in Kidurong but all the peoples of Sarawak, from this oldest parliamentary institution in the country.
Mr. Speaker,
So many had been elected to serve in this Sarawak Legislative Council in the past 144 years of the history of our Legislative Council. We have been able to carry on, not just because of those before us , but because of the people of Sarawak who have remained faithful to the ideals of our parliamentary democracy, in our strife for freedom, justice, equality and that, all deserve a chance to pursue our full measure of happiness.
As we continue on with our journey today at the start of the second decade of the 21st century, it has become more and more important to me that the government from this oldest parliamentary institution must do better in upholding our parliamentary democracy, to help our young men and women to find job at a decent wage so that they do not have to go so far away just to make a living, helping our businesses to survive and grow, helping us to get ownership that we can have and afford or a retirement that will be dignifying- etc etc because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.
Let us be reminded that the success of our economy is not just on the success of a few big companies or foreign investments, but on the depth of the reach of our prosperity, on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart- not out of charity, because that is the surest route to prosperity for all. A nation cannot prosper long when it favours only the prosperous.
Mr. Speaker,
I mentioned about helping our people to earn a living, extending opportunity to every willing heart. But unfortunately, there had been much neglect especially with our women from the rural, trying to start their own little business to find a decent living here in town.
All what many want to do is to sell some vegetables or food, so that they can earn some money at places where there are people around, in Bintulu they sell near Tamu, at the ABF housing beach, in front of the shops at MLNG Shop House near Fair Choice, Sg. Plan road side, outside the SK Kidurong , the open space in front of Sg Plan Shop Houses or even those at the Junction of the Bakun and Bintulu/Miri road and others.
These women sat for hours under the hot sun each days selling vegetables and sundries just to earn a few dollars. I cannot understand why the government cannot and had not been implementing more decent places, say, with a roof over their heads, or provide some fans for those at the Tamu, to let them do their businesses to make a living.
Life for them is already hard enough, yet they have to face the constant fear of the enforcement officers coming ,chasing and snatching away their goods with no mercy, Or not even giving a bill of goods so taken, how would you feel when the things you try to sell is being taken away like that.
There is a Chinese saying, Women holds up half of the sky. Today in so many parts of the world, evidence has mounted that helping women can be a successful poverty – fighting strategy. Women are indeed a linchpin of development strategy.
Women starting business or working, contribute to the gross national product and when they made the money they help the education of their children, a brother or a sister, or younger relatives and when they have money to spare, they save their money and boost national savings rate. In a nod to the female chromosomes, this is called, ‘The double X solution ‘ in fighting poverty.
In 2001 the World Bank produced an influential study, Engendering Development Through Gender Equality in Right, Resources, and Voice, arguing that promoting gender equality is crucial to combat global poverty. UNICEF issued a major report arguing that gender equality yields, a ‘double dividend’ by elevating not only women but also their children and communities.
Mr. Speaker,
Longhouse folks living at 38 km from the Mukah town, near the Aluminium Smelting plant, in Mukah Division are experiencing health, environment and social problems . Nothing of this sorts of things ever occur to them for all their 20 odd years of stay there.
The longhouse folks there told me that when they go into their farms to find food, it is becoming harder and harder these days, their vegetables are not growing well as compared to the past, and when they try to sell them, people do not want to buy, and so, what can they do, they eat them themselves. Their fruits trees like the coconut, mango, star fruit and others are not fruiting well also like before.
Women staying in these longhouses, complain of dizziness, uneasy breathing, frequent coughing, pain in the bones and just generally not feeling well. The rain water which they are using have a different odour to it, bathing with it makes one’s body itch and drinking it could cause diarrhea to children. At times in the morning, smelly air would come gushing into their rooms not telling what they are breathing in over the night and day as well.
Bathing and washings in the ponds also causes much itching and when scratched, red dots appear over the body. One said that when the plant first started, fish in his fish pond also died. Today, there is hardly any more fish in there.
Longhouse folks there had gone in and out of the hospital about their suffering and medical people had come visiting them also but their problems still persists, nothing happens.
Mr. Speaker,
How can this be ? I mean the people had been staying there happily for so long already, and nothing like the above mentioned, has ever happened, but, when the Aluminium smelting plant is built, all is changed. Farms produce are not growing well, folks are not feeling well, water for use is becoming a bigger problem.
Government have to do something to help these people before things get even worst and whether the problems so faced by the folks there, is actually a direct result of the gas and water emission from the smelting plant. And to what extend is fluoride being leaked into the air.
If the answer is in the positive, like I have talked many times before in this Dewan about the ill effects of the aluminium smelting plant, shouldn’t the plant then be closed down pending further investigation, because we are talking increased production in the near future, from the present 50kt of aluminium ingot per year, to eventually 115kt per year, 2 times of the capacity now. And the greater problems that it will bring to the human lives and lives of the community of people in Mukah, plus also the implications that it is going to have on the people in Nyalau and Bintulu for the proposed few other aluminium smelting plants to be built at the Samalaju Industrial Park, Similajau, Bintulu. I know the eventual capacity of one of the proposed aluminium smelter is 1.5 million tons a year. That is 30 times that of the present Mukah plant capacity. And what about the capacity of the other two ?
Mr. Speaker,
The sweet promise that the the aluminium smelting plant which started about two years ago in the Mukah Division will create good employment for the local and downstream industries there is not true. Most of the works there now are being done by people from other countries. There are no extrusion plants either.
Mr. Speaker,
Folks of Kuala Similajau who had been staying there since time immemorial, precious their way of life, the Similajau river and the sea. They precious their land , their culture and their civilization and they have wanted to stay on. Presently the river is giving them much fish and prawns and the bounty catches of fish and others from the sea. Kuala Similajua is giving them a living and had been giving them life.
They believe that development must benefit the people on the grounds also and we know that developments that harm the environment, land, water and life should not be implemented. There are so many developments projects which one can choose, let’s take the good ones. So the folks asked that the land near the bank of the Similajau river from the mouth of the river going in wards for about one thousand acres be earmarked to be Kampong Kuala Similajau.
Mr. Speaker,
In Sebatu, Suai and along the Bintulu/Miri road, many longhouses are still without pipe water supply. It is urged that, they be quickly connected with it. And I hope that this time there would be enough water trucks on standby to bring water quickly to these longhouse folks when they run low on water during the dry seasons, and this is not just for Bintulu only, but all divisions in Sarawak.
However there are some longhouses along the Bintulu/Miri road which have the pipe water supply, but the water cannot get up to their longhouses, like Rh Robert area, Rh Janting at Mile 15, 16 Bintulu/Miri road and other places also. I therefore urge that the government to look into this matter immediately to resolve the situation.
Grid electricity supply is another thing. Some Kampongs and longhouses in Sebatu and the Bintulu/Miri road areas are still not connected to it.
The Suai road, leading from the junction at coastal highway near Niah going towards the Suai Bridge at the old Bintulu/Miri road needs up grading and tarring. Let us be more caring for our rural folks also and give them a better road tar sealed and all. And let’s repair the holes on the roads, those that come off the main road, leading to the door steps of the long houses.
And what about the bridge over the Kerong stream for the Suai road, when is that going to be done. It is taking so long that even the access road at the side of the bridge is so damaged that smaller car can hardly passed at times.
Mr. Speaker,
During the May 2010 DUN meeting, I had raised concern on the extend to which beach development works at the Tg. Batu beach condominium is affecting the monsoon drain water flowing from the Assykirim area to the sea.
At the end of last year there was quite a heavy rain one time. The situation of the monsoon drain is then tested and it did not carry the water fast enough out to the sea, the water had been supposedly slowed down by the embankment at the condominium beach development. As a result serious flooding occurred at places that had never been flooded before, like the road between Farly and Sing Kong super markets, Kpg Assykirin Ph one and Fortune park housing areas.
And would the Ministry let us know what is the present status of the situation, as we would be approaching the monsoon rain again soon.
Mr. Speaker,
Big earth filling and other trucks, going through residential estates must slow down and make sure that they do not make a mess or damage the road badly. For example, folks at the MLNG Housing living along the inner 4 lane residential road, could actually feel the tremor in their houses, of the trucks passing by, not to mention of the dust and damage done to the road. The tremor had already caused hair line crack in the house at this early stage of the nearby sea filling works which could take many more years !
Similar problem is also true of the road from SMK Baru going down the hill to the Nyigu road.
The U turn after the traffic light near Sibiew Bridge, Bintulu/Tatau road, in the BBC Industrial estate, mile 5 B/M road is also damaged by the earth filling trucks, making it almost inaccessible for smaller cars. This side of the road there is often flooded, damaged and need urgent repair.
Talking about road, folks travelling between Sibu, Bintulu and Miri on the old trunk road had been very unhappy with the road situation for a long time already. Many parts of the road are not only bumpy, of patches of repair and repair, causing much damages to ones cars, especially the smaller cars. The condition of the road is also making driving unsafe on this road.
Being the only road linking the whole state and with so much money being taken by the Federal Government from our oil and gas. The people feel that it is high time that giving us back a proper road or making the road into a 4 lane highway must be given top priority by the Federal Government. They have done some many many good roads in West Malaysia already, why can’t they do one good one here.
Mr. Speaker,
Land Owners of an area of land of over 6000 sq. meter at Kampong Jalan Masjid, Bintulu are very concerned as their kampong land are going to be acquired by the Government for a Kampung Heritage Project.
They are worry because they have seen other private lands in Bintulu said to be acquired for public purposes though compensated, ended up for commercial buildings etc fetching in a lot more of the compensated price for the new owner.
It is therefore urge that whatever compensation to these land owners at Kampung Masjid, it must be reasonably and done with their interests in our heart also.
And with that Mr. Speaker. Thank you.
N. 59吉都隆区砂劳越州立法议员周政新於砂劳越古晋立法议会参与动议感谢州元首2011年6月24日所发表御词之辩论演词
议长先生，
我参与感谢州元首2011年6月21日御词的动议辩论。
议长先生，
今天，我立于此却因为第10届州大选，在吉都隆选区获得各族人民的热烈拥护而益感谦卑。我非常感激他们对我们的信任，我也时刻谨记在这个国家最古老的议会机构为人民服务的身份，不仅仅是为吉都隆人民，而是为全砂劳越的人民服务。
议长先生，
在我们的立法议会过去的144年里，有许多人曾被选中和服务于砂劳越州立法议会。我们能够继续，不仅是前人的高瞻远瞩，也因为砂劳越州的人民仍然相信我们的议会民主、有争取自由、公正、平等及其他追求幸福生活的应有机会。
在我们继续迈入21世纪的第二个十年之始，更显重要的，在这个最古老的议会机构的政府必须做得更好，帮助我们的年青男女寻找一份能赚取足以体面生活的薪酬，让他们不需离乡背井去谋生。帮助我们的生意能生存和成长，帮助我们在能力的范围内获得拥有权，和享有一个有尊严的退休。唯有如此，我们才能重建人民对政府的信任。
我们的经济繁荣不是靠几个大公司或外国投资, 而是在于繁荣的深度，在于我们能给予每一位愿意接受者的能力，而非施舍。因为这是我们最确切的成功之路。如果只优惠几个富人，一个国家不能长久繁荣。
议长先生，
我谈及帮助我们的人民谋生。给予所有愿意接受者机会，但很不幸的，却大大的忽略了尤其是乡区的妇女，她们想在市区过一个得体的生活，她们要自力更生做小生意。
她们的要求只是在民都鲁有人潮的地方卖点蔬菜或食物，如靠近市集的地方，ABF海滨住宅区，在MLNG店屋前靠近Fair Choice，Sg. Plan路傍，吉都隆小学校外，sg plan店屋外的空地，甚至是在巴贡和民美公路路口和其他地点。
这些妇女坐在烈日下数小时，售卖蔬菜和杂货，只为赚取几块钱。我不明白为何政府不能也不曾提供任何适当的地点供她们谋生，比如有片遮阳的屋顶，或者在市集地点装设风扇。
他们的生活已够艰苦，可是还要时刻担忧执法者到来驱赶他们，毫不怜悯地夺去他们的货品，且处之以罚单，即便所售物品不值几个钱。试问当所售之物被如此取去，你的感受会如何。
华语有句话说：女性可撑半边天。今天，在世界各地已证明，协助妇女是有效扑灭贫穷的策略。事实上，女性是发展政策的主轴。
女性做生意或工作，是对国家生产做出贡献。当她们有钱时，能资助子女、弟妹或年轻的亲戚受教育。犹有余钱，她们会储蓄起来。这更提升了国家的储蓄率。在向阴性染色体敬礼之际，这也称为“双X解决方案”。
2001年世界银行做了一个很有贡献的研究。“扶植发展通过性别权利、资源及发言权力平等”，议论说全球与贫穷抗争最重要的是提倡性别平等。
联合国儿童基金会发表一份重要的报告，强调性别平等产生一个“双份红利”，不仅女性获得提升，她们的子女及社群也一样。
议长先生，
在距离沐胶镇38公里处，靠近熔铝厂的长屋居民正面对健康、环境及社会问题。这些事情，在他们定居在该处20年来，从未发生。
该处长屋居民告诉我，当他们到农田里找食物时，近来已越来越困难。他们的蔬菜没有以前长的好，要卖也没人要，没法子只好自己吃。他们的果树，如椰子、芒果，杨桃等的收成也大不如前。
居住在这些长屋的妇女也投诉说，她们感到昏眩、呼吸困难、常咳嗽、骨骼疼痛，总感到不舒服。雨水有异味，用之洗浴後，身体发痒，饮用後，引起孩童腹泻。有时上午时分，带有臭味的空气直冲入屋，更不用说日夜呼吸着的空气。
在水塘洗浴或洗涤衣物会发痒，搔痒後身上现出红斑点。有个说，工厂刚运作时，水塘里的鱼也死了。今天水塘里已难见鱼踪。
长屋居民如今因其遭受，成了医院常客，医务人员也曾到长屋看个究竟，但问题仍是不获解决。
议长先生，
怎能如此？人民在那里长久以来安居乐业，也从未发生上述情形，但建立熔铝厂，一切都变了。农作物收成不好，居民感觉不好，食用水成了大问题。
在情形更恶化之前，政府必须帮助这些人, 无论问题是否与熔铝厂排放的气体或水直接有关。还有到底有多少的氯化物被排放到空气中。
如果答案是肯定的，如我过去多次在议会中提出熔铝厂的害処，是否要先关闭工厂等待调查。因为他们正准备增加产量，从现在每年的5万公吨铝块，到最终每年生产11.5公吨。双倍於现在的产量。它將带给沐胶人民更大的健康问题。这也与住在Nyalau及民都鲁人民有关，因为还有几个熔铝厂将在士米拉爪工业园设立。我知道其中有一间最终的计划是每年生产150万公吨。这是目前沐胶生产量的30倍。如果再增加两个那又会是怎样的呢？
议长先生，
两年多前在沐胶设立熔铝厂，将会给当地人制造好的就业机会及下游工业的甜美诺言是假的。今天大多数的工作都是外国人担任，本地人少之又少。
议长先生，
今天世代居住在士米拉爪河口的居民，因为珍惜他们的生活方式、士米拉爪河、海洋和他们的土地、文化及他们要继续生活下去的文明。当下，这条河流给予他们鱼虾及大海丰富的海产，士米拉爪河口赐给了他们生活和生命。
他们认为，发展必须让在当地生活的居民受益。破害环境、土地、水源和生命的发展不应该推行。有许多可供选择的发展，我们应该选好的。居民要求把从河口向内约一千公顷士米拉爪河岸的土地设立为士米拉爪河口甘榜。
议长先生，
在Sebatu, Suai及沿着民美公路，许多长屋仍然没有自来水供应。我吁请当局尽快接驳给他们。我希望这次有足够的运水车，随时准备运水救济长屋居民的燃眉之急。这不仅是在民都鲁而已，是全砂劳越州。
沿着民美公路，许多长屋有自来水供应，但水压不足不能输送到长屋内去。在15、16里民美公路的Robert地区的长屋， Janting长屋及其他地方。因此，我吁请政府关注此事，即刻解决此问题。
电流供应网是另一问题。有些在Sebatu和民美公路地区的甘榜和长屋还未接驳上电流。
从靠近尼亚海滨公路路口到旧民美公路的Suai桥，需要提升和重新舖过。我们应该更关心他们，给他们造一条舖上沥青的好路。把，並把那些延伸到长屋门口路上的坑坑洞洞填平。
Suai 路Kerong 河的桥何时才能竣工？已经太久了，就连桥边的过道也已破坏不堪，连小车子都难以通过。
在2010年5月底立法议会会议上，我曾提出在Sg. Batu海滩公寓大厦的海滩发展工程，影响Assykirim地区排水道向海里排放雨水的问题.
去年底，有一阵子雨量很大，这对此事是一个考验。结果该大沟不能迅速把雨水排送到海里去，因为海滩发展工程围墙阻缓了它。结果造成严重的泛滥，连从不淹水处，如华利和星光超市之间的道路，甘榜Assykirim第一期和幸福花园的住宅区都变成一片泽国。
有关部长是否能告知目前的情况，因为雨季就快来临？
议长先生，
大型填土车和其他卡车进入住宅区必须减缓速度慢下来，并确保不损坏道路和破坏环境。例如在MLNG住宅区内大路旁居民, 当车辆经过时在屋里能感受到震动，更别谈所引起的沙尘和对道路的破坏。震动已造成屋子出现裂缝，靠海附近的填土工程刚开始，还要许多年才能结束！
同样的问题也发生在从Baru中学到Nyigu路岭下的路。靠近民都鲁/达岛路Sibiew 桥交通灯之后的回转处，在民美公路5里BBC工业区，道路也被大卡车破坏了，小型车辆几乎不能通过。一边的道路已破环更时常淹水，急需速修补。
说及道路，使用诗巫，民都鲁及美里旧路的旅客，对路况多时以来就很不高兴。许多路段都崎岖不平，补丁一块块，对车辆造成破坏，尤其是小型车辆。路况对驾驶也十分危险。
即是唯一联系整个州的道路，而联邦政府又从石油和天然气取去这么多钱。人民认为是时候联邦政府应该优先给回一条真正的路，或者建造一条4道高速公路。在西马，他们已经建造了许许多多的道路，为什么不能在此建条好的路。
议长先生，
在民都鲁的甘榜教堂路拥有6千平方公尺大片土地的地主们非常担心，因为他们的土地将被政府征收做为甘榜传统计划之用。他们担心，因为有鉴于其他民都鲁私人土地，虽然说征收供做公共用途并获得赔偿，最后却成为商业建筑物及其他等，为新地主赚进更多的赔偿金。
在此我吁请无论给这些土地任何赔偿都必须合理，并为他们的利益着想。
即此我结束我的演讲，谢谢议长先生。
10 Questions from Me for the Sarawak State Legislative Council Meeting from 20 - 29 June 2011 (English & Chinese)
Ten questions from me for the Sarawak State Legislative Council meeting from 20 - 29 June 2011.
1. To ask the Honourable Minister of Industrial Development to state:-
i) the number of companies which had been approved to set up aluminium smelting plant at the Samalaju Industrial Park, Similajau, Bintulu ,
ii) the names of these companies and their equity structures,
iii) the proposed production capacity of these plants at the start of their operations and by when,
iv) their eventual production capacity and by when,
v) the status of the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) studies for these companies,
vi) how many are still in the process of applying and with due considerations.
(written answer)
2. To ask the Honourable Minister of Industrial Development to state, on the construction of the polycrystalline silicon plant at Samalaju Industrial Park, Similajau, Bintulu,
i) the number, production capacity and schedule for the life of the plant(s)/project(s),
ii) the manufacturing stages of the plant(s) and its technologies,
iii) the effect on the environment and human health from the plant(s) pollutant emission/heavy metal emissions during the manufacturing stages,
iv) whether an EIA had been approved for the project,
v) what is the cost and amount of the electricity which will be sold to the plant,
vi) the down streams industries which can and are being planned to be set up, for the local, to benefit directly from the plant if any, if not why ?
(oral answer)
3. To ask the Honourable Minister of Industrial Development to state with regards to the proposal to build nuclear power plants,
i) whether such plant will be built in Sarawak, if so, where,
ii) the rationale for building such plant in Sarawak,
iii) in view of the huge electricity supply available in Sarawak and the inherently dangerous nuclear plant technology whether the government will reject such proposal out right.
(written answer)
4. To ask the Honourable Minister of Social Development and Urbanisation to state
i) the extent of the rural-urban migration for all age groups, by gender, race and regions in Sarawak,
ii) the reasons for such migration,
iii) the problems arise from such migration for these rural migrants,
iv) the measures taken by the government to help these rural migrants to overcome their problems,
v) the measures taken by the government to tackle the urban situations as a result of the influx of the rural migrants.
(written answer)
5. To ask the Honourable Minister of Social Development and Urbanisation to state with regards to women from China entering Sarawak,
i) the types of visas which they were given for entry and their duration of stay,
ii) a break down by age group and the number of them entering Sarawak for the past five years,
iii) were there any violations found on them with regards to the entry conditions, if so, how many, if not why ?
iv) what measures is the government taking to ensure that their entries match with the conditions of entry.
(oral answer)
6. To ask the Honourable Minister of Social Development and Urbanisation to state the names of all the ongoing programmes implemented in the state that are aimed to help the poor, women and the elderly.
(written answer)
7. To ask the Honourable Minister of Rural Development to state with regards to the post of Tuai Rumah and Tuai Kampongs in the state,
i) the total number of Tuai Rumah and Tuai Kampong in the state,
ii) the total number of them who had been confirmed and the reasons for those who are not confirmed,
iii) the amount of their present monthly allowance as compared to that of other states in the country.
(written answer)
8. To ask the Honourable Chief Minister to state,
i) the students to teacher norm ratio for a secondary school class room so as to enhance maximum learning,
ii) what is the average number of student to teacher ratio for the urban secondary school in Sarawak and what is that for the semi urban secondary schools,
iii) what are the plans of the government to bring the unfavorable students to teachers ration in the over crowded schools, especially like the case of SMK Bintulu in Bintulu, Sarawak.
(written answer)
9. To ask the Honourable Minister of Urban Development and Tourism to state,
i) the total number of drain manhole with no covers for each of the commercial centres in Bintulu,
ii) and for each of those in the housing estates in Bintulu,
iii) the length of time of these drain covers which had been missing in each of the above mentioned area,
iv) the reasons for the drain covers to be missing,
v) the measures that had been carried out to ensure all drain manhole are provided with covers in Bintulu.
(written answer)
10. To ask the Honourable Chief Minister to state,
i) The number and categories of crimes for all divisions of Sarawak in the past five years.
ii) The reasons for the increase for the concerned categories of crimes,
iii) The measures that had been taken by the police to reduce the concerned crimes and by what percentage and time frame,
iv) The percentage increase in police personnel in each of the crime categories in Sarawak for the past five years.
(written answer)
Thank you.
Chiew Chiu Sing.
N59, Kidurong.
吉都隆區立委周政新於20-29.6.2011在州议会所召开的会议向部长提出下列十題询问。
1. 请尊贵的工业发展部长说明：
i) 获批准在民都鲁士米拉爪工业园设立炼铝工厂的公司数目。
ii) 这些公司的名称及股份结构。
iii) 这些工厂拟议中何时开始生产及产量。
iv) 它们最终将生产的产量及时间。
v) 这些工厂的环境影响评估的情况。
vi) 有多少仍在申请的评介考虑程序中。
2. 请尊贵的工业发展部长说明有关在民都鲁士米拉爪工业园建立多晶硅工厂的情形。
i) 工厂/计划的数目，生产量及进度。
ii) 工厂的生产过程及工艺。
iii) 在生产过程放射的污染体/重金属对环境及人体的影响。
iv) 该工程是否已获得环境影响评估的批准。
v) 是以何等价格及数量售卖电流给该工厂。
vi) 是否有设立任何该工厂可让本地人直接受益的下游工业或计划，若无，为何没有？
3. 请尊贵的工业发展部长说明有关设立核电厂的建议：
i) 是否会在砂劳越设立类似工厂，若是，会设置于何处。
ii) 在砂劳越设立这类工厂的理由。
iii) 由于在砂劳越拥有大量的电力供应以及核电工艺所附带的危险性，政府会否直接拒绝这项建议。
4. 请尊贵的社会发展及城市化部长说明：
i) 在砂劳越州，从乡区往城市移居的人口幅度，个别年龄层、性别、种族及地区。
ii) 移居的原因。
iii) 因这些乡区移民到来而引起的问题。
iv) 政府协助乡区移民解决这些问题所采取的措施。
v) 因乡区移民涌入所造成的城市状况，政府的解决办法。
5. 请尊贵的社会发展及城市化部长说明有关进入砂劳越州的中国女性的问题。
i) 批准给予和获准逗留的各种签证。
ii) 列出过去五年，进入砂劳越州个别年龄层的数目的明细表。
iii) 她们有无发生任何对签证违规逾越的事件，若有，有多少件，若无，原因为何？
iv) 为确保她们能遵守入境的条件，政府所采取的措施。
6. 请尊贵的社会发展及城市化部长说明州内所有扶助贫困、妇女及老年人的现行计划。
7. 请尊贵的乡村发展部长说明有关长屋屋长及甘榜头人：
i) 在州内，长屋屋长及甘榜头人的总人数。
ii) 职位已获得确认的总人数及未获确认者的原因为何。
iii) 他们的每月的津贴是多少，以及与国内其他州的津贴比较。
8. 请尊贵的首席部长说明：
i) 为达到最佳的学习效果，中学一般课室的教师和学生人数的比率。
ii) 在砂劳越，城市的中学平均教师和学生的人数比率，以及在城郊中学的比例又如何。
iii) 对教师与学生人数比率不利、过度拥挤的学校，尤其是以民都鲁中学为例，有何改善的计划。
9. 请尊贵的城市发展及旅游部长说明：
i) 在民都鲁，每个商业中心的无盖泄水井的总数。
ii) 在民都鲁住宅区，每个商业中心的无盖泄水井的总数。
iii) 在上述地区，泄水井遗失的时间已有多久了。
iv) 泄水井盖遗失的原因。
v) 在民都鲁，确保所有泄水井都有安装盖的措施。
10. 请尊贵的首席部长说明：
i) 在砂劳越州，过去五年，个别省份的各类犯罪的数目。
ii) 有关犯罪类别已增加的原因。
iii) 为减少有关罪犯，警方所采取的措施其效率如何，及所需时间。
iv) 在砂劳越州，对打击各项罪犯，警力所增加的比率。
周政新。
1. To ask the Honourable Minister of Industrial Development to state:-
i) the number of companies which had been approved to set up aluminium smelting plant at the Samalaju Industrial Park, Similajau, Bintulu ,
ii) the names of these companies and their equity structures,
iii) the proposed production capacity of these plants at the start of their operations and by when,
iv) their eventual production capacity and by when,
v) the status of the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) studies for these companies,
vi) how many are still in the process of applying and with due considerations.
(written answer)
2. To ask the Honourable Minister of Industrial Development to state, on the construction of the polycrystalline silicon plant at Samalaju Industrial Park, Similajau, Bintulu,
i) the number, production capacity and schedule for the life of the plant(s)/project(s),
ii) the manufacturing stages of the plant(s) and its technologies,
iii) the effect on the environment and human health from the plant(s) pollutant emission/heavy metal emissions during the manufacturing stages,
iv) whether an EIA had been approved for the project,
v) what is the cost and amount of the electricity which will be sold to the plant,
vi) the down streams industries which can and are being planned to be set up, for the local, to benefit directly from the plant if any, if not why ?
(oral answer)
3. To ask the Honourable Minister of Industrial Development to state with regards to the proposal to build nuclear power plants,
i) whether such plant will be built in Sarawak, if so, where,
ii) the rationale for building such plant in Sarawak,
iii) in view of the huge electricity supply available in Sarawak and the inherently dangerous nuclear plant technology whether the government will reject such proposal out right.
(written answer)
4. To ask the Honourable Minister of Social Development and Urbanisation to state
i) the extent of the rural-urban migration for all age groups, by gender, race and regions in Sarawak,
ii) the reasons for such migration,
iii) the problems arise from such migration for these rural migrants,
iv) the measures taken by the government to help these rural migrants to overcome their problems,
v) the measures taken by the government to tackle the urban situations as a result of the influx of the rural migrants.
(written answer)
5. To ask the Honourable Minister of Social Development and Urbanisation to state with regards to women from China entering Sarawak,
i) the types of visas which they were given for entry and their duration of stay,
ii) a break down by age group and the number of them entering Sarawak for the past five years,
iii) were there any violations found on them with regards to the entry conditions, if so, how many, if not why ?
iv) what measures is the government taking to ensure that their entries match with the conditions of entry.
(oral answer)
6. To ask the Honourable Minister of Social Development and Urbanisation to state the names of all the ongoing programmes implemented in the state that are aimed to help the poor, women and the elderly.
(written answer)
7. To ask the Honourable Minister of Rural Development to state with regards to the post of Tuai Rumah and Tuai Kampongs in the state,
i) the total number of Tuai Rumah and Tuai Kampong in the state,
ii) the total number of them who had been confirmed and the reasons for those who are not confirmed,
iii) the amount of their present monthly allowance as compared to that of other states in the country.
(written answer)
8. To ask the Honourable Chief Minister to state,
i) the students to teacher norm ratio for a secondary school class room so as to enhance maximum learning,
ii) what is the average number of student to teacher ratio for the urban secondary school in Sarawak and what is that for the semi urban secondary schools,
iii) what are the plans of the government to bring the unfavorable students to teachers ration in the over crowded schools, especially like the case of SMK Bintulu in Bintulu, Sarawak.
(written answer)
9. To ask the Honourable Minister of Urban Development and Tourism to state,
i) the total number of drain manhole with no covers for each of the commercial centres in Bintulu,
ii) and for each of those in the housing estates in Bintulu,
iii) the length of time of these drain covers which had been missing in each of the above mentioned area,
iv) the reasons for the drain covers to be missing,
v) the measures that had been carried out to ensure all drain manhole are provided with covers in Bintulu.
(written answer)
10. To ask the Honourable Chief Minister to state,
i) The number and categories of crimes for all divisions of Sarawak in the past five years.
ii) The reasons for the increase for the concerned categories of crimes,
iii) The measures that had been taken by the police to reduce the concerned crimes and by what percentage and time frame,
iv) The percentage increase in police personnel in each of the crime categories in Sarawak for the past five years.
(written answer)
Thank you.
Chiew Chiu Sing.
N59, Kidurong.
吉都隆區立委周政新於20-29.6.2011在州议会所召开的会议向部长提出下列十題询问。
1. 请尊贵的工业发展部长说明：
i) 获批准在民都鲁士米拉爪工业园设立炼铝工厂的公司数目。
ii) 这些公司的名称及股份结构。
iii) 这些工厂拟议中何时开始生产及产量。
iv) 它们最终将生产的产量及时间。
v) 这些工厂的环境影响评估的情况。
vi) 有多少仍在申请的评介考虑程序中。
2. 请尊贵的工业发展部长说明有关在民都鲁士米拉爪工业园建立多晶硅工厂的情形。
i) 工厂/计划的数目，生产量及进度。
ii) 工厂的生产过程及工艺。
iii) 在生产过程放射的污染体/重金属对环境及人体的影响。
iv) 该工程是否已获得环境影响评估的批准。
v) 是以何等价格及数量售卖电流给该工厂。
vi) 是否有设立任何该工厂可让本地人直接受益的下游工业或计划，若无，为何没有？
3. 请尊贵的工业发展部长说明有关设立核电厂的建议：
i) 是否会在砂劳越设立类似工厂，若是，会设置于何处。
ii) 在砂劳越设立这类工厂的理由。
iii) 由于在砂劳越拥有大量的电力供应以及核电工艺所附带的危险性，政府会否直接拒绝这项建议。
4. 请尊贵的社会发展及城市化部长说明：
i) 在砂劳越州，从乡区往城市移居的人口幅度，个别年龄层、性别、种族及地区。
ii) 移居的原因。
iii) 因这些乡区移民到来而引起的问题。
iv) 政府协助乡区移民解决这些问题所采取的措施。
v) 因乡区移民涌入所造成的城市状况，政府的解决办法。
5. 请尊贵的社会发展及城市化部长说明有关进入砂劳越州的中国女性的问题。
i) 批准给予和获准逗留的各种签证。
ii) 列出过去五年，进入砂劳越州个别年龄层的数目的明细表。
iii) 她们有无发生任何对签证违规逾越的事件，若有，有多少件，若无，原因为何？
iv) 为确保她们能遵守入境的条件，政府所采取的措施。
6. 请尊贵的社会发展及城市化部长说明州内所有扶助贫困、妇女及老年人的现行计划。
7. 请尊贵的乡村发展部长说明有关长屋屋长及甘榜头人：
i) 在州内，长屋屋长及甘榜头人的总人数。
ii) 职位已获得确认的总人数及未获确认者的原因为何。
iii) 他们的每月的津贴是多少，以及与国内其他州的津贴比较。
8. 请尊贵的首席部长说明：
i) 为达到最佳的学习效果，中学一般课室的教师和学生人数的比率。
ii) 在砂劳越，城市的中学平均教师和学生的人数比率，以及在城郊中学的比例又如何。
iii) 对教师与学生人数比率不利、过度拥挤的学校，尤其是以民都鲁中学为例，有何改善的计划。
9. 请尊贵的城市发展及旅游部长说明：
i) 在民都鲁，每个商业中心的无盖泄水井的总数。
ii) 在民都鲁住宅区，每个商业中心的无盖泄水井的总数。
iii) 在上述地区，泄水井遗失的时间已有多久了。
iv) 泄水井盖遗失的原因。
v) 在民都鲁，确保所有泄水井都有安装盖的措施。
10. 请尊贵的首席部长说明：
i) 在砂劳越州，过去五年，个别省份的各类犯罪的数目。
ii) 有关犯罪类别已增加的原因。
iii) 为减少有关罪犯，警方所采取的措施其效率如何，及所需时间。
iv) 在砂劳越州，对打击各项罪犯，警力所增加的比率。
周政新。
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