Sabah has a Humpty Dumpty too!

Today's Inter:Lude is a logical conclusion of the past two days' imcomplete rumination, so please try to chew on the starters before joining Desi for today's CON BF, will you? And that's a rhetorical question -- no need to answer Desi-lah, I'm not even your CM yet.

Lewis Carrol is his fabled Alice In Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass has entertained many of us, including desi, through happy hours in the Library. Frankly our acquaintance started at primary school (hardly any kindie then) when kids used to sing

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall...
But we did not realise the implications of those rhymes...

So the fantasy escapades continued at secondary school, later transmiited via the TV medium so that thge memories became more vivid.

The past two days I saw some glimpses of local, modern versions of Humpty Dumpty and I wonder if the subjects had read Lewis Carrol's works.
Does one Musa Aman ring a belle?
Or one ZAM guy?


When UMNO entered Sabah, it smartly introduced the conecpt of ROTATING THE CHIEF MINISTER'S POST.
After some time, the two-yearly terms were stopped, when conveniently UMNO fielded the CM and the term, was extended to a FULL TERM for the whole duration of te newly elected State Assembly.

See the ingenuity of great minds -- UMNO must have updated George Orwell's ANIMAL FARM -- certain BN species are more equal than others, of course, in due course.

Then the CM engages in private language, speaking for himself and UMBO breed, and a "very angry" Prime Minister over Sipadan island development was "pacified" within 48 hours or less.

Wow, how eficient is the Sabah (UMNO) government under Musa Aman. All peace, all calm waters.

But does he speak the same language as the rest of the State's citizens, humbly called Sabahans? (Sounds close to Sabar-hans, full of patience.

But I urge Sabar-hans to drop the sound of "r", follow the example of the Sarawak script and tell Musa Aman and his UMNO cronies they not only have to "explain" to the PM, but also to the people.

And I spied this item via malaysia-today.net, there is hope yet for Sabahans without the "r"!

Saturday, July 29, 2006

PM also urged to stop the Malua-Ulu Segama logging

Daily Express

Kota Kinabalu: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) hopes Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will act to halt the planned logging of the Malua and Ulu Segama forest reserves just as he had expressed concern for Pulau Sipadan.

Its Sabah Deputy Chairperson, Christina Liew, feels Sabah stands to lose even more in tourism from the planned logging in the two forest reserves between now and mid-2007 than from the patch of corals that a barge had scraped at Sipadan earlier.

She said the potential losses in terms of extinction of many species of Bornean wildlife such as orang-utans, sumatran rhinocerous, sun bear, pygmy elephants, tembadau, sambar deer, bearded pigs, muntjacks, clouded leopards and civets, among others, would be colossal compared with the coral damage, even though what happened at Sipadan was regrettable.

In this context, she said it was ridiculous for State Forestry Director, Sam Mannan, to claim that wildlife thrived very well in logged areas.

"Don't take Sabah people for fools. If he still insists on this theory, I can show him a copy of the findings of a study conducted by environmentalists in the world.

"Don't bully the orang-utans just because they can't speak up and are defenceless," she said, adding that the decision-makers involved must be made accountable for their actions, even after they have left the scene. The Malua and Ulu Segama forest reserves are seen as the last strongholds for about 5,000 wild orang-utans on Borneo.

The Forestry Deaprtment had earlier assured that the logging would be according to sustainable methods.

Liew was commenting on Abdullah's concern for Sabah's environment, particularly the construction activities on Sipadan. Welcoming Abdullah's call to Malaysians to learn to appreciate the environment "as it was a gift from God", Liew said it was time for Malaysians to develop greater respect and reverence for the natural legacy that God had bestowed on us.

"And this respect should not only remain in words alone but translated into action," she said in a statement.

While acknowledging that preservation and eco-tourism are popular catchphrases these days, she said it is, however, useless when efforts at conservation are compromised by arbitrary decisions "that would result in the destruction of the very elements we seek to preserve."

Liew stressed that it is time for the relevant Sabah departments and agencies to take concrete steps towards conserving the environment "if we are truly serious about preserving our environment for the future generations."

She said Sipadan, Mt Kinabalu, the Maliau Basin and Danum Valley, to name a few, are all Sabah treasures beyond price.

"However, these treasures cannot survive any mistakes made through unwise decisions on the part of the administration involved. What has happened to Sipadan and Mt Kinabalu where the construction of another RM5 million resthouse project had been abandoned at 9,000ft are not only tragic mistakes but crimes against nature."

To prevent further tragedy, she said, the Government should call off the logging in the Malua and Ulu Segama forest reserves.

"When the areas are ravaged, there will be nothing left for the orang-utans."

On July 16, the Star daily broke the news when it reported that the State-owned Yayasan Sabah Group had contracted companies for new logging operations to start in a month or two.

DESIDERATA:

When Humpty Dumpty engaged in private speak only he himself understod,nobody could help him.

When Musa enages in gobbedy-talkcock, nobody will understand him for his nonsense. The people will finally have to dump the Humpty Dumpty.

All the king's soldiers,
All the king's men,
Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again

It was only in upper secondary school after greater acquaintance with Orwellian poiltical education that Desiderata understands that Politicians are a special breed. Malaysian politicians, especailly from the OLIGARCHY rulers within UMNO since the 1980s, coinciding with the birth of Big Money Politics, have graduated to being masters in their own right. Yes, there are many local Politikus who outshine even the Americans in double- and triple-speak.
We may yet get to Developed Nation status yet -- because you can alays follow Selangor's example to adopt your own parameters of what Developed Nation status are.
Just like what the Sabah CM defines what he rules are in the "best interests" of the state. No need to listen to the likes of Christina Liew. What is Keadilan?
George Orwell's Napoleon and Snowball must be mighty proud, eh? You pigs! Stop dancing in the grave.