KUCHING: Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) president Tan Sri William Mawan Ikom and Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) former assistant secretary-general Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh have quit their respective parties to join newly-formed Parti Tenaga Rakyat Sarawak (TERAS).
Joining them are Baram Member of Parliament, Anyie Ngau and eight SPDP assemblymen, among them Datuk Sylvester Entri Muran, Datuk Peter Nansian Ngusie, Rosey Yunus and Paulus Palu Gumbang.
Three assemblymen from SUPP followed Soon Koh's move. They are Dr Jerip Susil, Ranum Mina and Johnicol Rayong.
An opposition assemblyman, George Lagong of the Sarawak Workers Party (SWP) also joined in TERAS.
In a hastily-called press conference here today, Mawan, who is also a senior minister in the State Cabinet and Member of Parliament for Saratok, said he quit because he had been "elbowed out" from SPDP.
Mawan, who had been the SPDP president since its formation in November 2002, said several leaders in the party were against the recent reinstatement of the membership of Entri, Nansian, Rosey and Paulus.
"The reason I brought them back was to strengthen the party with the common desire to serve and consolidate Barisan Nasional," he said.
He said his decision to quit should not be likened to a captain abandoning his ship but more to being a victim of mutiny.
"(As a captain) I have been thrown overboard," he said.
He said several other senior members of SPDP, including Mas Gading Member of Parliament, Anthony Nogeh, were expected to follow suit.
Mawan said they would apply to become a Barisan Nasional (BN) component party and believed Sarawak Chief Minister and State BN chairman, Tan Sri Adenan Satem, would have a formula to accept them even if there was resistance from SPDP or SUPP.
Meanwhile, Soon Koh, who had been at loggerheads with SUPP president Tan Sri Peter Chin, said he decided to quit SUPP after finding out that there was nothing forthcoming from the peace plan for the party proposed by the BN top leadership.
"Because of the breakdown in the peace plan, we don't want to keep quarrelling and are tired of the squabblings, we have to go," he said.
Adenan, meanwhile, told reporters that he would comment on the matter after listening to the views of all those involved.
"I will let them have their say first and I will give my comments at an appropriate time," he said.
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Puyuh Liar di Ladang Sawit
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Berbeza dengan puyuh sebenar terutamanya burung betina polyandrous.[3] Burung betina lebih terang antara keduanya, memulakan memikat dan membina sarang di atas tanah. Ia berlawan dengan burung betina lain bagi mengawal burung jantan, mengeluarrkan bunyi menderam drr-r-r-r-r sebagai cabaran kepada lawannya dan bagi mengumumkan dirinya pada burung jantan. Telur yang dihasilkan diram oleh burung jantan yang turut menjaga anaknya, yang mampu berlari sebaik sahaja menetas.
Burung betina seterusnya mendapatkan pasangan baru, dan kemungkinannya yang lain, dan seterusnya, kelihatannya hanya satu pada sesuatu masa.
- Musim: biasanya sepanjang tahun, berbeza mengikut kawasan.
- Sarang - lompang yang dilapis rumput dalam hutan tebal atau tanaman, sering tersembunyi oleh rumput sekeliling. Telur - 3 atau 4, kelabu putih banyak tompokan perang kemerahan atau ungu gelap.
Friday, May 2, 2014
Bung Bratak Heritage Centre to become pride of Jagoi-Bratak Bidayuhs
BAU: Construction works on the Bung Bratak Heritage Centre on the hill top of Bung Bratak (Mount Bratak) here will start this year.
Bung Bratak Heritage Association (BBHA) chairman Datuk Peter Minos said the Tourism and Culture Ministry had given the association an RM8mil grant to build the centre, which will showcase the history and culture of the Bidayuh community.
The Public Works Department (JKR) is in charge of the construction, which is expected to be completed in 2016.
“The Bung Bratak Heritage Association, the guardian of Bung Bratak, is grateful to the Government for its support, especially the Tourism and Culture Ministry,” said Minos to Bernama.
He said the centre would honour Bung Bratak as the original and ancestral home of the Jagoi-Bratak Bidayuhs, who are from the 33 villages in Bau and Lundu districts.
Reflecting Bidayuh arts, culture and traditions, the centre will consist of two longhouses, one for accommodation for up to 100 persons and another for a seminar hall, mini museum, office and function rooms.
There will also be a big ‘baruk’, a Bidayuh cultural round house, a canteen and two restrooms while the two waterfalls at Bung Bratak will be facelifted for the benefit of tourists and visitors.
“The Bung Bratak Heritage Centre will be a big hit among visitors and tourists, local and foreign, because of its hilltop scenery, jungle tracks, waterfalls, spring water, primary jungles as well as flora and fauna around it,” said Minos.
He pointed out that each year on Bung Bratak Day, which falls on May 1, thousands trekked up the 1,000-foot hill for historical and cultural reasons, particularly for the Jagoi-Bratak Bidayuhs, as their ancestors were there over 750 years ago.
“The history of Bung Bratak was mentioned by both the Dutch and British in the 19th and early 20th centuries’ writers.
“As such, the centre will be a great pride for the Bidayuhs, especially for the Jagoi-Bratak group, as a historical and heritage place as well as a tourist destination of a very unique kind in Borneo,” he added. — Bernama
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