Ketua Menteri Sarawak merasmikan Pesta Birumuh di Serian

SERIAN: Ketua Menteri Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Ade-nan Satem telah merasmikan Pesta Birumuh 2015 yang diadakan pada 11 hingga 13 April depan di Stadium Mini Serian pada jam 10 pagi hari ini.

Menurut Setiausaha Tetap Kementerian Pelancongan Datu Ik Pahon Joyik, pesta itu diadakan bertujuan memelihara dan mengekalkan budaya serta tradisi masyarakat Bidayuh dan kaum lain seperti Melayu dan Iban yang turut menuai padi.

“Ia merupakan acara tahunan kali ketiga anjuran Persatuan Kebangsaan Dayak Bidayuh (DBNA) dengan kerjasama Pejabat Daerah Serian dan agensi awam terlibat.

“Seperti rutin tahun sebelumnya, perarakan kontinjen dari kampung terlibat dengan memakai pakaian tradisional atau kostum tertentu akan menjadi tarikan utama dan dijangka menarik lebih ba-nyak penyertaan,” katanya pada sidang media selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat bersama AJK Pesta Birumuh 2015 di sini semalam.

Pengisian program turut menyaksikan 200 peserta motosikal berkuasa tinggi dari negara jiran Indonesia dan Brunei yang menyertai Serian Bike Gathering anjuran Kementerian Pembangunan Sosial Bahagian Samarahan.

Ia merupakan kerjasama Kelab Permotoran dan Kelab TEGAR Bikers serta akan mengadakan pameran dan rondaan di sekitar kawasan Serian bermula jam 8 pagi.

Selain itu, Majlis Daerah Serian (MDS) akan meng-adakan International Remote Control (RC) Boat, Car and Helicopter .

Pihak Kuching RC Power-boat Club di Tasik Danu Se-rian telah menerima penyertaan 700 peserta dengan 1,000 bot setakat ini.

Penutupan dan penyampaian hadiah akan diadakan pada 12 April oleh Menteri Pembangunan Infrastruktur dan Perhubungan Sarawak Dato Sri Michael Manyin Jawong.

Sesi karaoke Birumuh Idol dan perasmian Stadium Mini Serian juga akan diadakan pada hari yang sama.

Tebedu Inland Port is to become International port

KUCHING: The Tebedu Inland Port is poised to become an international port with various initiatives being undertaken by the government.

Minister of Infrastructure Development and Communications Dato Sri Michael Manyin said he himself had met with Minister of Transport Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai and two ministers in Jakarta pertaining to the matter. The facility comes under the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Communication.

“We (government) want the port to be of international standard and for that reason I have met with the authorities in Malaysia and Pontianak (Indonesia) to discuss the matter,” Manyin told reporters yesterday, adding that they wanted it done as soon as possible.

He earlier presented Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia (BR1M) at the Tebedu community hall. Some 1,934 people received the assistance totalling more than RM604,300.

Manyin said Indonesian president had also promised to allocate RM500 million (2 trillion rupiah) for construction of the port at the Indonesian border for the benefit of the two countries.

He said the port was previously used under the Border Trade Agreement (BTA) signed in the 70s. Under the agreement each trader could only bring in RM600 worth of trade per month.

“With such practice, we cannot develop the port, and now we want to make it an international standard trade,” he added.

On the Tebedu Industrial Park, Manyin, who is Tebedu assemblyman, said that infrastructure such as dual carriageway road, water and electricity supplies were already there.

He, however, said it was a matter of promotion to attract both local and foreign investors.

He said the government would also promote the industrial estate to lure local workers.

On BR1M, Manyin said the government acknowledged the need to help the lower income group.

He said the financial assistance was only a temporary one provided by the Barisan Nasional (BN) while transforming the people to increase their household income.

“The government sees the need to help the lower income group, but at the same time develop rural areas to enable the people to increase their income,” he said.

He urged the rural people to make full use of the infrastructure like roads provided by the government to develop their land. He also urged the rural farmers to make full use the fertilizer subsidy to plant commodities like pepper, cocoa and oil palm.

A political secretary to chief minister John David Nyaoh, Serian district officer Sindie Muling and Tebedu SAO Udin Dungak were also present at the function.

Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/03/19/manyin-tebedu-inland-port-to-be-an-international-port/#ixzz3VIfcsiSE

Pesta Birumuh 2015 di Serian

SERIAN: Ketua Menteri Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Ade-nan Satem akan merasmikan Pesta Birumuh 2015 yang akan diadakan pada 11 hingga 13 April depan di Stadium Mini Serian sekitar jam 10 pagi.

Menurut Setiausaha Tetap Kementerian Pelancongan Datu Ik Pahon Joyik, pesta itu diadakan bertujuan memelihara dan mengekalkan budaya serta tradisi masyarakat Bidayuh dan kaum lain seperti Melayu dan Iban yang turut menuai padi.

“Ia merupakan acara tahunan kali ketiga anjuran Persatuan Kebangsaan Dayak Bidayuh (DBNA) dengan kerjasama Pejabat Daerah Serian dan agensi awam terlibat.

“Seperti rutin tahun sebe-lumnya, perarakan kontinjen dari kampung terlibat dengan memakai pakaian tradisional atau kostum tertentu akan menjadi tarikan utama dan dijangka menarik lebih ba-nyak penyertaan,” katanya pada sidang media selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat bersama AJK Pesta Birumuh 2015 di sini semalam.

Pengisian program turut menyaksikan 200 peserta motosikal berkuasa tinggi dari negara jiran Indonesia dan Brunei yang menyertai Serian Bike Gathering anjuran Kementerian Pembangunan Sosial Bahagian Samarahan.

Ia merupakan kerjasama Kelab Permotoran dan Kelab TEGAR Bikers serta akan mengadakan pameran dan rondaan di sekitar kawasan Serian bermula jam 8 pagi.

Selain itu, Majlis Daerah Serian (MDS) akan meng-adakan International Remote Control (RC) Boat, Car and Helicopter .

Pihak Kuching RC Power-boat Club di Tasik Danu Se-rian telah menerima penyertaan 700 peserta dengan 1,000 bot setakat ini.

Penutupan dan penyampaian hadiah akan diadakan pada 12 April oleh Menteri Pembangunan Infrastruktur dan Perhubungan Sarawak Dato Sri Michael Manyin Jawong.

Sesi karaoke Birumuh Idol dan perasmian Stadium Mini Serian juga akan diadakan pada hari yang sama.

Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/03/24/adenan-akan-merasmikan-pesta-birumuh-2015/#ixzz3VIf2JF9J

Federal subsidy to benefit 61,000 families in Sarawak and 15,000 in Sabah, says minister

KUCHING: The federal government is allocating RM70 million for the hill padi farm subsidy programme for Sarawak and Sabah.

In disclosing this, Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, said the programme was meant to support hill padi farmers in the two states.

According to him, the subsidy would benefit 61,000 families in Sarawak and 15,000 families in Sabah covering an area of about 71,000 hectares.

“With the subsidy, the ministry (Agriculture and Agro-based) is targeting to increase to three metric tonnes per hectare the hill padi production compared to 743 kg per hectare previously,” he told a press conference here yesterday.

Earlier, he launched a fertilizer and weedicide subsidy scheme for hill padi for Sarawak and Sabah at Kampung Gahat Mawang, near Serian.

Under the scheme, farmers were given 200kg of compound fertilizer per hectare, 100 kg of urea (fertilizer), 8 litres of paraquat (weedicide) and three litres and four litres of other brands of weedicide.

In his speech, he said the ministry was allocated RM2.2 billion this year to develop the padi and rice industry in the country.

With the allocation, the ministry hoped to increase hill padi production, hence increasing the income of the farmers, he said.

At the event, Ismail Sabri also launched a hill padi planting technology manual from research conducted by Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) to increase production.

Minister of Infrastructure Development and Communications Dato Sri Michael Manyin, assistant ministers of agriculture (Research and Marketing) Datuk Mong Dagang and Datuk Sylvester Entri (Farmers Organisations) were also present at the function.

Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/03/07/rm70-million-windfall-for-hill-padi-planters/#ixzz3TeXhlUpM

Serian Town and Farmer's Market

Serian : A small market town about 1 hour from Kuching. The main attraction is an excellent farmers' market selling all manner of fruit, vegetables and forest produce and a thriving fish market. If you are lucky you will also see sago worms, a favorite local delicacy, offered for sale. The Serian District Council has a number of chalets at nearby Ranchan Pools, a local beauty spot. Chalets RM 50-100, Dormitory RM 100 10 beds). Tel: 876681 Fax: 874799.

The town is very famous for its durians, which are popularly believed to be the best in Sarawak. This has prompted the Serian District Council to erect a giant monument to this "king of fruits" right in the middle of the market square. However, other monuments such as the tiger and the buffalo statues seem out of place as there are no tigers or buffalos in this district. 

The town is very well connected to its rich hinterlandboth by road and by water and thus one can find all sorts of jungle produce available in the jungle produce market but lately, most of these produce were brought in from Kalimantan, Indonesia as the price are cheaper.

The district population (year 2010 census) was 90,763.^[1] About 65% of the population are Bidayuh. The other main ethnic groups are Iban, Chinese, and Malay.

SMK Tebakang celebrates double joy

SERIAN: It was a night of double joy for SMK Tebakang last Saturday as the school celebrated its 40th anniversary and the launch of its long-awaited alumni association.

The dinner held at the Serian community hall was attended by former students and graced by several former principals including the first principal Jonas Noeb who headed the school when it was established in 1974.

Even the guest-of-honour Infrastructure Development and Communications Minister Dato Sri Michael Manyin was a former principal having helmed the school for eight years and three months.

Manyin, in his speech, praised the ex-students for initiating and forming the alumni association as a platform to network and to work with other entities.

Noting that the alumni comprised individuals who had excelled despite early hardship, he called on the alumni to assist their alma mater with programmes that can improve the school’s academic achievement.

“In those (early) days, there were not enough food, and we lacked basic facilities. And yet, the students then did well, as they benefited from the ‘blessing of scarcity’.

“It’s now time for the alumni to give back to society, by helping SMK Tebakang to excel. Just because the school can now afford to give six meals a day to the students, we do not want them to suffer from the ‘curse of luxury’, so please assist in building up the standard of the school,” he said.

As the elected representative for the area and a former principal, Manyin said he is always with SMK Tebakang, and feels proud when the school does well but sad when it did otherwise.

He also pledged RM20,000 as grant for SMK Tebakang Alumni Association to organise programmes this year.

Meanwhile, the school principal Carter Ballang and alumni association president Dr Alim Impira pledged to work together to improve the academic performance.

The dinner’s highlight was the singing of the school’s anthem ‘Tebakang Peduli’ in Malay, English and Bidayuh.

Among those who attended the dinner were former Sri Aman MP Jimmy Donald, also a former principal and Serian District Council deputy chairman Dr Simon Sinang Bada.

Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/02/02/smk-tebakang-celebrates-double-joy/#ixzz3QdGKCpf3

Proposal to change Triboh to Bung Sadong

KUCHING: The proposed new seat of Triboh in the Serian parliamentary constituency continues to face objections in terms of name and boundary.

The latest objection came from PKR Serian branch, which came up with a counter proposal for the new seat to incorporate other polling districts and be renamed ‘Bung Sadong’.

They suggested this proposed seat include Bentang and Lanchang polling districts, in addition to the current boundary comprising Selabi, Pasar Serian and Kakai polling districts.

The ‘Bung Sadong’ name proposed by them is the mountain located near Kampung Taee in Bentang polling district.

Under their counter-proposal, which they will submit to the Election Commission (EC), the Sedihan and Serian Ulu polling districts are to be ‘returned’ to the Tebedu state seat, while the Triboh polling district will be proposed to return to Kedup state seat.

“Considering that Serian is going to be elevated as a division, we would like to see a balanced and fair distribution of development taking place in these three seats.

“As such, it is relevant to insist that there should be a balanced distribution of voters in these three seats. This is to ensure the tenet of democracy — the principle of one person one vote works as there will be equal size of surface area of the three seats and a fair representation in the State Legislative Assembly (DUN) is maintained at all times,” said a statement issued by branch deputy chairman Reginald Abel and treasurer Alex Saben Nyipong.

They further emphasised that by dividing equally five polling districts each for Tebedu (11,652 voters), Kedup (12,268 voters) and Bung Sadong (10,322 voters), there will be a fair representation in

the DUN, regardless of whoever got elected.

For the proposed Bung Sadong seat, they said it would be a semi-rural seat comprising 50 per cent Bidayuh, 25 per cent Chinese, 15 per cent Iban, eight per cent Malay, and two per cent others.

On the Triboh seat proposed by EC, PKR Serian said they observed some maneuvering and gerry-meandering of areas involved in creating this seat by carving it out from Tebedu and Kedup.

As such, they hope the EC would make some readjustments to the polling districts and boundaries of the three state seats.

Meanwhile, there have been talks that several groups of voters are unhappy with the name Triboh.

They argued that ‘Triboh’ would give the impression that it is an Iban-majority seat, when in fact the area is predominantly Bidayuh.

Triboh is actually the name of an Iban village, a small locality in the proposed new seat.

 

Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/02/02/change-triboh-to-bung-sadong-urges-pkr-serian/#ixzz3QdFX0Hmc