Official Sape Tour poster OUT!

Malaysia Day Sape Tour's official poster OUT!

halo friends,

The Malaysia Day Sape Tour official poster is out! Thanks to Eleen Foo for her effort!

We only printed 500 copies(100 in clour, 400 b&w) due to budget constraint-not enough to post them up everywhere in Penang & KL. But if you can lend a hand to forward this poster to all your friends, in facebooks, blogs, forum etc it will be visible everywhere and give everyone a chance to do something meaningful on this Malaysia Day! You can also help to print more copies for your areas/office/school/colleges etc.

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An Ex-Sarawakian MP’s impression of Penans

2 articles below are by the same MP Sim Kwang Yang:

A flower for the Penan

By Sim Kwang Yang(Hornbill Unleashed)

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Samling flex its muscle on Penans

Reprinted from Hornbill Unleashed:

BRUNO MANSER FUND, BASEL / SWITZERLAND

30 August 2010

Logging giant threatens to suspend all transport services for locals unless Penan retract sexual abuse allegations

LONG AJENG,Malaysian logging giant Samling has threatened the indigenous Penan communities of Sarawak’s Upper Baram region with the suspension of all transport services provided for locals unless they retract sexual abuse and rape allegations against the timber companies active in the region.

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Distance that kill incentive to collect welfare payments

If the travel to collect welfare payment make the collection of welfare payment a loss-making effort-why can’t the government make better arrangement when they approve such welfare payment?

Penerima di pedalaman tidak mampu ambil elaun kerana kos tinggi

August 27, 2010, Friday(Utusan Borneo)

MIRI: Walaupun mendapat bantuan elaun daripada Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (JKM) namun bagi 200 penerima di kawasan Baram, Bario dan Mulu, ia masih tidak berbaloi kerana mereka terpaksa berbelanja besar setiap kali mengeluarkan wang tersebut berikutan ketiadaan mesin pengeluar wang automatik (ATM) yang terdekat.

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Masing want Penans to settle down -but destroying their home is the way?

Penans in Murum want their say in Murum’s development-see statement after news:

Govt to alienate 24,000 hectares for Penans

August 20, 2010, Friday(Borneo post)

KUCHING: The government will alienate some 24,000 hectares of land in upper Murum for the Penans, revealed Land Development Minister Dato Sri Dr James Jemut Masing.

He said the land would be alienated for the Penans even after the Murum hydroelectric power (HEP) Dam is completed.

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Volunteer doctor see the point on transport obstacles for Penans

Go into the interior to help Penans – Doctor

August 24, 2010, Tuesday(Borneo Post)

KUCHING: There are no better ways to provide is health care to the Penans than go into the interior to give them as much medical treatment as possible.The old-fashioned method of going to the interior only to give standard medical check-up and then give the Penans appointment dates at hospitals and clinics down town for follow ups is not effective.

A medical doctor, who only wished to be identified as ‘Dr Lim’ said the Penans were not rich and getting to town was a difficult undertaking.

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Timber companies criticised for paltry donations towards Penan fire victims

Longhouses of 500 Penans razed, two timber giants donate RM900
Tuesday, 10 August 2010 17:38(Malaysian Mirror)
MIRI – Some 500 Penans lost everything when fire razed their two longhouses last week and two timber giants operating in the area came forward to give the fire victims a donation – the total amount: RM900.

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Penans need their rights or philantrophy?

Private sector urged to adopt Penan pupils

August 7, 2010, Saturday

KAPIT: Deputy Education Minister Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi appealed to the private sector to adopt Penan pupils to motivate them in their studies.“Private sector, corporate firms and the community can play a significant role to help the Penan pupils,” he said, adding that children adoption programmes at urban centres could be extended to remote areas to benefit the rural community.

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Penans denied a say about Murum Dam thus far

Penans speak for themselves here:

Penans in the dark about Murum dam project

by Lucas Jalong Bato
August 7, 2010, Saturday

MIRI: The Pelieran-Murum Penan Affairs Committee and residents of Penan villages affected by the proposed Murum Hydroelectric Dam project want to have a say in the ‘Social and Environmental Impact Assessment’ report.As such, they are urging the state government not to approve the report until they and members of the public had scrutinised it.

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Impression from a participant of the Batu Bunga survey by Women Minister by an NGO rep: `cheated!’

体制并不能保护她们？

作者／王妤娴专栏 Aug 06, 2010 12:11:29 pm(Merdekareview)

【错不在你/王妤娴专栏】本南 支援组织 （Penan Support Group）、亚洲论坛（FORUM-ASIA）及亚洲原住民女性网络（Asian Indigenous Women’s Network，简称AIWN）于国会推介砂拉越州本南族女性遭性侵害事件的独立调查报告后，本南族被压迫议题再度浮上台面，即使平时不太关注原住民课题 的朋友及媒体，纷纷开始对本南课题感兴趣。

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