The Wishes of Balingian Folk 13Mar2014
“The top 7 wishes of Balingian folk”
(9Mar2014 The Borneo Post)
1 A secondary
school in Balingian
2. SK Kpg
Tellian
3. Kpg Baru
Bridge
4. Airport
5. An
additional petrol station in Mukah
6. Bringing
development to Balingian town
7. Cean wter
supply
Ya, Balingian is situated about 286.1km east-north-east
away from the capital city, Kuching. Well
………. Mukah is about 60km away. It is
far if you commute daily. It is near if
there is a rush/gush of water from Mukah just in case.
The
aluminium factory is 25km which may look far yet so near if you have to bear
the dust and problems like water
pollution as a result of the discharge. It
is near if the wind carries the aluminium dust particles blowing to the
place. Are there any such discharges?
Balingian
is said to be in the zone of the Sarawak Corridor of Renewal Energy. Ng ………
The offshore oil and gas and the
development nearby are said also a booster to the town. Goodlah.
I wonder what development plan had the ex-CM, Taib Mahmud told them to dream about and made
them forget to pester, cry, scream, shrill and shout for, express fury and even threaten
to ask for the urgent and immediate needs like a bridge, a primary school and a
lower secondary school as well as water supply.
Ng………..what had ex-CM promised them to majority win the seat there? This ex-CM for 33years, no doubt, had all
the skills and tricks to win the hearts and minds of the people as they were so
passive in thoughts and let him lead them by the nose/ears/hair.
It is
incredible to see that Balingian represented by ex-CM Taib Mahmud being so
deprived of such basic facilities like clean water supply, a bridge,
schools, an additional petrol
station in Mukah.
For water
supply, the folk there living in the town
area face dirty water supply all the time.
However, the people on the other
side across the Balingian river have to depend on river and rain for water
supply after the burst of the pipe years ago. Alamak!
What a curse! What a shame! What a pity!
About 10
years ago, there was a primary school called SK Kpg Tellian at a walking
distance for the children. But the school
was too run-down for occupation and the pupils are forced to go to SK. Mukah
which is about 3 Km away. So they have to go there by bicycle, motorcycle,
car or van (mostly illegal) .
After
primary six, if the pupils want to continue schooling, they have to go to the
Mukah town to live in school boarding houses as young as 13 years old as nobody
can afford in time, energy and expenses to commute 60km daily.Who can? Is it too much to request for a lower secondary school to be set up there to cater the needs of 3 Melanau villages?
Ya, they also wish for a proper bridge to replace
Kpg Baru Bridge which is too old, risky and run-down /dilapidated for the users there. As
reported “Kpg Baru Bridge, a small bridge
in balingian linking Kpg Baru to Kpg Lintang
has been faithfully serving the villager for more than 30 years.”
Ng……..this bridge “is used by Melanau villagers of Kpg
Masjid, Kpg Pular, Kpg Linang, Kpg Baru and Kpg Suyong” This bridge has been too old
and has not been given proper maintenance.
As reported “………..most drivers refuse to use it fearing that it might
collapse under the weight of their vehicles.“
Luckily, the Balingian by-election
offer the folk there [ the chance of half a century]. Ng ……..now they have the choice to choose
BN/PR.
I hope these people have learnt their lessons
and know what to do in the coming by election on 29Mar2014 to break the spell
of vain promises. I hope they are willing to wait for 2 more years for the
change of the state government for good and better. I hope
they have started exercising their faculty of thoughts to study, analyse and understand
how to resolve their years/age-old problems of being fooled by the BN government.
Ng…….I hope…………………………………………………………
References:
1
Wikipedia.org/wiki/balingian
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