The Dams in Sarawak 17/1/2018

The Dams in Sarawak   17/1/2018

        The dams we have upstream are the Bakun Dam (about the size of Singapore as claimed and boasted by a political thug), Baram Dam and Murum Dam.  Miri, Bintulu, Mukah, Lawas and those areas in the vicinity of the dams that are or going to be in operations are for sure facing worse and worse flood devastation which will happen more and more frequently and related problems like landslide, mudslide, cave-in, the loosening of the land mass and so on. 

        I saw a case of flood rising up to 12 feet somewhere in Miri or Bintulu not long ago as reported in the Sin Chew Daily News.  Check the newspapers to disprove me if you can. 

        I also saw the report about the experts from the Peninsular Malaya coming to investigate the land in Miri.  That is a futile effort if they do not study the operations of those dams upstream.  If the people are still so foolish and dull to think that it is rain that causes landslides, mudslides and the like, they will have to pay even heavier toll for being so ignorant.  Now they have paid so much already when their houses and farms have to be served as reservoirs to the deluge of the dam water. 

        Let me explain a bit more.  When it rains heavily, that means the water will rise up quickly to the levels that the dam have to release the water.   When three dams nearby release water at more or less the same time, just imagine.   Miri and Bintulu are just not far away from the dams.  They are 200 to 300 km away from these dams.  How long does it take for water to reach these areas?  Do some calculation and see.

        Building 12 dams in Sarawak had been the ambition of Taib Mahumud (the curse and shame of Sarawak) and his cronies.  But now Abang Johari, I believe, will fulfil his ambition to build more dams.  Now, we people should have the awareness that we have enough dams to damn us.  The UMNO-BNised government in Sarawak should stop building anymore dams for the sake of our natural environment.  Or I am afraid that we have to pay more than we earn from these mega projects.

        The frequent floods and other related disasters that the people in Miri and Bintulu face now  is just the beginning of frequent mass devastation or catastrophe to come sooner or later. 

        I hate repeating the same thing thrice.  I have repeated the causes of floods everywhere in Sarawak more than thrice ever since the construction of the Bakun Dam which I always is constructed in favour of those greedy political clowns and mega companies.   The small fries gain nothing but the disasters from the dams.  So, what do we need to do to turn off the tide?  Think!

其实，我是想用华文写这篇文章，可是用华文写很耗时。找对字是费时也费神的。赶时间，只好用英文写。用英文写就没有华文那么好玩和有趣了。 华文这方块字，其实是非常的实际和经济。写着写着就得了。 没有英文那些时态和不同词类不同字形的问题。很直接了当。华语要跟英语平行平坐，在这一块肯定要多下功夫。 怎么下功夫呢?  一个音，就是有那么多个字出现。还好，我对华文的文字认识是有够多。对汉语拼音也有足够认知，不然，别想了。