I thought coming back for a holiday in West Malaysia I could enjoy the Malaysia Day celebration with joy. Unfortunately, to my surprise there was no activity at all over in Penang or Butterworth! It was all silent.
Disappointed with such atmosphere, I could not imagine it was just a day not as good as normal Sunday week end etc. Perhaps everybody was busy attending the celebration in Sabah. With the PM, Ministers and the Opposition parties all centered there.
Finding the day dull and called up friends in Sarawak in Sibu, it was just the same and very quiet. Perhaps the Federal Government needs to focus more of Malaysia Day next year and make it more than than the Merdeka day as the whole nation celebrates the day instead of West celebrates Merdeka while the East celebrates Malaysia Day!
Friday 17 September 2010
Wednesday 2 June 2010
Sibu - The wake up call for Change
The Rejang River, the longest river in the country, meanders like a dragon descending from the heaven with its four legs carrying messages to the people of Sibu with significant inspirational call for change. The waters from Ulu Rejang passing through the Sibu town that empties the umpteen years of murky water into the south China Sea This was due to the greedy cronies in search of the incessant foraging timber in the once rich timber haven.
The Change is for the improvement of the people of Sibu and the betterment for the people of the country. Sibu - The Fuchow of China - has a highest Fuchow population in the country. Dogged by the constant flooding even with a few drops rain. The people have got used to its phenomenon, but when talk about this subject the Siburen can only sigh and take a long breath.
For 48 years after joining Malaya with Sabah as the Federation of Malaysia, there has not been much changes in the Swan city whose population is touching 280000 made up of different ethnic groups, except a few extra high rise buildings and some new shopping outlets where the citizens of Sibu can pass their free time.
The great changes that can be seen are the jungle where vast lands of jungle forests have dwindled into the barren land of negligence in the native own lands. The change from the dicotyledon trees into the monoctyledon palms! The bustling sound of palm oil mills fill the air rather than the chirping sounds of morning birds sing to their favourite tunes to wake you up.
Politically the change has emerged with the recent tsunami of by election where the recent alibi of infamous call of 'you help me, I help you' that put the leadership into a laughing stock and citizens of Sibu are in the vacuum uncertainty! But this was short lived and the whole scenario was changed when the result of the by-election was announced at 2230 on 16 May 2010. The Opposition party has won with a meagre 389 votes majority.
With a marginal loss by the ruling party it was seen as a greatest blow to the present government plagued by a varieties of statutory mismanagement such as cronyism, corruption, prejudice, political vandalism etc. 'You name it Sarawak has it' as mentioned by an elderly man of Sibu.
1。Does this act as a wake up call for the ruling party to reconsider its strategy and revamp its policy of nepotism and totalitarian?
2. Does it allow further erosion of democracy in the hands of a few greedy leaders?
3. Does it remind the citizens of this country to emulate the decisions made by the Siburen to get the change in the next general election?
4. Does the present government Central or State think of fair play and justice to all?
5. Does it remind the Peninsula moron heads who harp on racial supremacy is out of date and primitive?
6. Does it make sense after nearly half a century these nincompoops still have to live on crutches?
7. Does the peninsula leaders realise that the petroleum siphoned from Sarawak to build the highways and their suckers stting on the toll booths to suck on the citizens hard earned money while the children of the oil producing state is suffreing in agony and cry for development?
8. Doe the government in KL understand the simple measure of give and take?
9. Does it remind us to think as a whole big family in this multi racial country as the Opposition leader says 'wo men too shi yi jia ren'? 我们都是一家人。
Sibu has awaken and do the brothers and sisters in Peninsula?
The Change is for the improvement of the people of Sibu and the betterment for the people of the country. Sibu - The Fuchow of China - has a highest Fuchow population in the country. Dogged by the constant flooding even with a few drops rain. The people have got used to its phenomenon, but when talk about this subject the Siburen can only sigh and take a long breath.
For 48 years after joining Malaya with Sabah as the Federation of Malaysia, there has not been much changes in the Swan city whose population is touching 280000 made up of different ethnic groups, except a few extra high rise buildings and some new shopping outlets where the citizens of Sibu can pass their free time.
The great changes that can be seen are the jungle where vast lands of jungle forests have dwindled into the barren land of negligence in the native own lands. The change from the dicotyledon trees into the monoctyledon palms! The bustling sound of palm oil mills fill the air rather than the chirping sounds of morning birds sing to their favourite tunes to wake you up.
Politically the change has emerged with the recent tsunami of by election where the recent alibi of infamous call of 'you help me, I help you' that put the leadership into a laughing stock and citizens of Sibu are in the vacuum uncertainty! But this was short lived and the whole scenario was changed when the result of the by-election was announced at 2230 on 16 May 2010. The Opposition party has won with a meagre 389 votes majority.
With a marginal loss by the ruling party it was seen as a greatest blow to the present government plagued by a varieties of statutory mismanagement such as cronyism, corruption, prejudice, political vandalism etc. 'You name it Sarawak has it' as mentioned by an elderly man of Sibu.
1。Does this act as a wake up call for the ruling party to reconsider its strategy and revamp its policy of nepotism and totalitarian?
2. Does it allow further erosion of democracy in the hands of a few greedy leaders?
3. Does it remind the citizens of this country to emulate the decisions made by the Siburen to get the change in the next general election?
4. Does the present government Central or State think of fair play and justice to all?
5. Does it remind the Peninsula moron heads who harp on racial supremacy is out of date and primitive?
6. Does it make sense after nearly half a century these nincompoops still have to live on crutches?
7. Does the peninsula leaders realise that the petroleum siphoned from Sarawak to build the highways and their suckers stting on the toll booths to suck on the citizens hard earned money while the children of the oil producing state is suffreing in agony and cry for development?
8. Doe the government in KL understand the simple measure of give and take?
9. Does it remind us to think as a whole big family in this multi racial country as the Opposition leader says 'wo men too shi yi jia ren'? 我们都是一家人。
Sibu has awaken and do the brothers and sisters in Peninsula?
Tuesday 1 June 2010
Flowers & Tiger
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This is the descending Tiger from Malaysia
Both these hand sewn framed pictures are up for grab from the hihest bidder. They are more than 5o years now.
Taman Tungku SJ Penang
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The main entrance of the Friendship garden between Malaysia & Japan.
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The valcanic stone of 1914 earthquake from Japan
The Japan Garden in Seberang Jaya - Taman Tunku, a place to visit the valcanic stone from Japan during the 1914 earthquake.
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Friendly Arch of Japanese architecture
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The valcanic stones weighing more than 1 ton presented by Japan to Malaysia.
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This is a site where Japan and Penang harnessed the cordial friendly relationship.
The memorial stone depicting the cordial relationship between the two countries.
A Rural Land
A kampong (village) just about 500 feet above the oil palm & rubber cultivation in Keroh kelantan. A scenic beauty of the rural area with fresh air and atmosphere, a place without sound pollution etc.
Sri Aman Sarawak
When visiting Sarawak do not forget to drop at Sri Aman, a town of serenity and people with hospitality.
Peat Land development
Sand digging along the river with approved permit for the road formation in the peat land.
The field drains under construction in every 4 palm rows.
This is the oil palm plantation main road under construction in the nearby area. Only the road track formation is done. On both sides of the main road is still a dense forest with timber available for local uses such as the plantation's infra structure and buildings etc.
The Bird's eye view of Pulau Bruit in Sibu Sarawak Malaysia. The Public coastal road under construction and this will link up with Tanjung Manis.
Though the peat land is quite a hostile piece of nature where hardly any crop can be cultivated. However, with the R & D being intensively studied, it has indeed brought to our civilisation a new lease of life where it helps generating the economy of the country into a viable lot that improves the country' s wealth while the nature is preserved under control of the government bodies.
The field drains under construction in every 4 palm rows.
This is the oil palm plantation main road under construction in the nearby area. Only the road track formation is done. On both sides of the main road is still a dense forest with timber available for local uses such as the plantation's infra structure and buildings etc.
The Bird's eye view of Pulau Bruit in Sibu Sarawak Malaysia. The Public coastal road under construction and this will link up with Tanjung Manis.
Though the peat land is quite a hostile piece of nature where hardly any crop can be cultivated. However, with the R & D being intensively studied, it has indeed brought to our civilisation a new lease of life where it helps generating the economy of the country into a viable lot that improves the country' s wealth while the nature is preserved under control of the government bodies.
Saviour of oil shortage
The beauty of this land of multiracial is that it has a multicrop potential to give the best to the country and the world as the slogan goes - Malaysia - Truly Asia and genuinely universal.
From the unproductive peat land into the world's best cooking oil - Palm Oil
An unproductive peat land was converted to an economically viable land with oil palm planting. The complaint by the naive conservationists cannot be avoided until these pictures are revealed!
The rapid development of oil palm plantation along the river has caused severe soil erosion and the company is quick to contain further soil wash by implementation of soil conservation with the planting of leguminous cover plants. One of them is Mucona Bracteata which is a fast growing legume plant.
Monday 31 May 2010
Sungei Pertama Seberang Jaya
We would appeal to the related authority taking charge of the irrigation system to start planting with trees in line with the government aspiration to have millions of trees in the country. If that becomes a financial obstacle the authority could just allow those stumps that are now regenerating with new branches to grow and bring back the greenery of this river to its former look, of course, this must be followed by a monthly maintenance work of grass cutting operation which is being done now.
Sungei Pertama in Seberang Jaya where the whole stretch of the walking track from the jln Tenggiri to the weir, water gate in Jln Todak near the Penang Bird park that empties its water into the Penang Channel was once flourished with wild Acassia mangium is now baren. This has been two years past since the trees were removed but nothing was done to improve or revitalise it to something that people would benefit and admire. It is hardly having trees that allow for cooling and shade to the ardent joggers to walk along after a hard day's work. It was also a ground for fishing fans to pass their time to catch some of their favourites like ikan Haruan and cat fish.
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It was then undeniably a spot as the dumping ground by the malicious thieves of their burgled goods as well as the haven for the drug addicts. With the complete cutting down of these trees the place has been shunned away by the joggers and fishing fans and anglers from 9.00 am till evening. We would love this spot to be rekindled with lives without time limit.
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At 6 PM the heat of the sun is still felt when the joggers can hardly be seen.With the rise of global temperature, we would hope that with this little bit of nature conservation it can help to bring down even invisible one over a millionth degree of the temperature to the well being of our human kind.
Let us start from here to bring Penang into a healty and an inhabitable place.
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