Retired teacher Nelson of Limbang find the ethnic bias in land matter stink!
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Question to land & Survey Dept which remain unanswered 5 years on
September 27, 2010 by democracy4now
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I try to stay informed and may not know languages spoken or written but it seems to me what is being spoken is timely indeed because right now transfer of ownership of the big dam project just completed is in the process of what amounts to silent bidding by Sarawak State against corporate conglomerates on transfer of ownership of those assets.. The people of Sarawak obviously still have unsettled issues on title of land and compensation from the building of that project yet Federal Government is in the process of auctions without the people of Sarawak or perhaps any others entering into the discussion.. Transfer of ownership is a big deal when it involves foreign investors and moves potential assets to offshore interests. I’m wondering why proper compensation and land rights are not inserted in any disposition taken and things like sunset clauses and points of review are not circulated in the light of day for the public to see and comment on. Certainly this affects the people of Sarawak.
It appears aluminum mining interests are to be a major user of developed electric generation capacity and that those negotiations on land use are going on at the same time. A spiral of land use and continued development of dams is underway which will necessitate the clearing of forests and lock the State of Sarawak into industrial development from which it won’t be able to retreat. The world’s need for aluminum smelting stands in stark contrast to its need for the environmental services forests provide. Something’s likely to short out soon if Earth’s capacity to rebound is taken for granted much longer because industrial development is going on all around the world at the expense of the natural environment and often the people who live in those places. I wish the world would pause to reflect on what’s happening and consider what’s truly of value and at stake.
Eight years in a row now financial accounting in Sarawak has been given a clean bill of health by auditors. Potential investors in things like the SCORE plan to build out the series of dams use financial accounting assessments in determining long term strategy. The Conference on Biodiversity just concluded in Nagoya, Japan appears to have had no influence on governance of Sarawak.. The cost analysis of The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (Teeb) seems to have had no effect on Chief Minister (Taub) decision to assure investors of the long term merits of investing in hydro electric industrialization not least because of political stability within the region.. When I look at pictures of forests being flooded and rivers gone I think of the disparity between the world of man and that of Nature and how parallel systems of control are at odds. I think of the voices of all the people and all the rare creatures that rely on the land and the great work of creation so hard won being destroyed.. Please reassess.