There are many excuses used to coax the villagers in Baram to leave them home so that the government can build more dams in the state and sell to the energy guzzling industries. Among them is the excuse that taking the villagers out of a `poverty area’ will be good to improve their life!They forget to tell the villagers that once they are taken out of their land their original cashless poverty will turn into everything-less poverty! The Long Naah village here has been a village visited by Meo-Net before where there are 20 over villagers without personal documents. They had been to Long San to catch the JPN’s mobile registration units. However twice they failed to go to the front of the queues. They were then asked to wait for the mobile unit to arrive at their door step. Then the deadline at end of last year came and gone. The mobile units never came. No explanation thus far as to the failure of the mobile units to arrive there. Would the villagers be happy with the government’s promises again???
Help ensure dam’s success, Orang Ulu told
by Norni Mahadi, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on April 22, 2012, Sunday
MEMENTO FOR YOU: Liwan (fifth right) receives a souvenir from a representative of Kampung Na’ah while Dennis (left), Torstein (second right), Lihan (third right), Ose (fourth right) and Wan Saging (right) look on.
MIRI: The state government needs total cooperation from the Orang Ulu community and its constructive input towards the proposed implementation of Baram hydroelectric dam project.
Assistant Minister of Culture and Heritage Liwan Lagang said such contributions in the form of ideas and suggestions were vital to help the government to tackle the community’s issue effectively.
“Criticism from the positive perspective is good. However, the criticism would be meaningless without suggestion for improvement,” he stated in his address when officiating at a briefing on the proposed Baram hydroelectric dam at Kampung Na’ah, Baram, some five hours land journey via logging roads from Miri city, last Friday.
Liwan, who is also Belaga assemblyman, shared the success story of Bakun hydroelectric dam.
He said further cooperation from the affected people at Bakun dam has made the project possible.
The most important thing, he pointed out, was discussion, which had made the implementation of the project a real success.
In view of that, he welcomed ideas from the Orang Ulu community on how to address the dam related community issues comprehensively.
The government needs a pool of brilliant ideals and suggestions from members of the community especially those with professional backgrounds.
Chairman of Baram Hydroelectric Dam Development and Consultation Committee Senator Lihan Jok had also called the people in Baram to open up their mind with visionary thinking.
He had wanted them to look at the implementation of the proposed dam from a positive point of view, particularly in terms of development.
The proposed dam, he said, would further serve as a nucleus to the development of Baram, which would help to spur and accelerate fast development in the area.
He also said that Kedaya Telang Usan had been identified as one of the areas with high poverty rate in Baram.
Thus, he had called the people there to be far-sighted and to give the government a chance, to take them out from the poverty circle.
Also present were Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis Ngau, Deputy State Secretary Datuk Ose Murang, chief executive officer (CEO) of Sarawak Energy Berhad Torstein Dale Sjotveit and Kampung Na’ah chief Wan Saging.
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It seems ‘communication’, continuation of discussion in itself is the goal of ‘development’ not what’s necessarily best for the native peoples who’s lands are getting taken. Because as long as discussion is going on the land conversion scheme mapped out by the powers-that-be can keep marching..
As long as this happens the people, native peoples will get shafted.
This is a world wide conclusion to the effect contact with money has had on native peoples clear around the world. Or rather the placing of monetary value on everything, just about, which has eroded or had negative effect on native customs in place.
However a situation has surfaced which is known about concerning what are called greenhouse gases. A situation on track to force extinction level temperature increases by perhaps century’s end but even if not then certainly by the lingering effects of continued heat increase two fold beyond that. A situation which will cause scramble for assets and food to eat..
This is a situation the world as a whole needs to address and stop.
It now affects, as a verb, the life of all living things on Earth and capacity too.
The expansionist thinking of industry and of fractional reserve banking is at odds with Nature and continuation of life on the planet.. Earth can’t take it..
Earth atmosphere is at 392 parts per million, 1/3 of 1/10th of 1% of carbon dioxide’s ability to trap heat and hold or rather force temperature rise..
That is accelerating and normal to be established should people so decide to keep Earth’s temperature relatively steady and within bounds to keep life ranges needs to be returned to below 350ppm approx in order for the planet to keep from total extinction.
It is very important for native peoples to defend the land of their ancestor.
Carbon Dioxide was measured at 396 part per million of atmosphere on top of volcanic peak of Hawaii for first time.. A 3 part per million rise of total in a one year period. Global warming is accelerating and the force behind it is starting to dig into natural deposits of Methane and CO2 sources vulnerable to heat rise for self sustaining and increasing feedback effect. This affects all life too..
PS – What happened to this site on the internet – Why are articles not coming..
Isn’t Something like Indigenous Land Rights and world development schemes something of importance in order for people to be able to vote with clear head.
What of Sequential events trying to get fair elections so things can get better.
Or do the dams keep coming without a word in edgewise by the people there?
Do I shift to write in futility on internet sites to be blocked by Powers-that- Be?
Or do people world wide come to their senses and try to keep Earth live and at peace.. Because what happens to the least of us can and likely will happen.
WOULD YOU WANT TO BELIEVE THESE CON MEN AGAIN AFTER BAKUN???