War zone country Vs Space programme

To many people in the developed world, the photos shown here would project images of war-torn and poverty-stricken countries such as Iraq, Lebanon, Sri Lanka or Burma. Hell no, these photos could not be taken in a rich and prosperous country that has just launched its own space programme and sent an astronaut into space like Malaysia!

If the first Malaysian astronaut was lucky enough to see these images from space, would he believe that these are the images of Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia? Would he wonder that how could these be the images in our country that boasted "Malaysia Boleh" and with the tallest buildings(Petronas twin towers) and F1 circuit (Sepang) and space programme (undisclosed amount)that sent him into space.

Our astronaut would think that the people who live here must be living on the trees and without education and bare-footed. It might even crossed his brilliant mind that maybe only illegals live in a place like this as the BN spent lavishly in development programmes every year. The auditor-general report 2006 revealed that we are actually the richest in the world where the government departments spent without limits and could afford to pay RM 5741 on a car-jack worth RM 50. Our finance ministry could pay-off bills worth 900 million ringgit and could not accounted for the physical bills.

Then, what went wrong when the realities of the day are shown in front of our eyes with longhouses burnt (quite a norm in Sarawak) to the ground in minutes and homeless children and old folks begging for the basic like food and shelters that might elude them after all, and roads (few kilometers away from Sibu town center) that could only be found in war-torn countries.

The BN leaders would say"Who say we are backward? They must be the supporters and leaders of the DAP who are against development! These people ought to be punished for tarnishing the good reputation of the country by publishing these kind of photos on the blog to show the whole world. Without them, the world would not have known the truth and reality ".The Chief Minister of Sarawak was reported by the press that the opposition who is against space programme would like the people to live in the "Era of the Dinosaurs".

The BN government promised development and fairness for all Malaysian. BN boasted its administration as the "model" for the developing countries and showed the world how well we have done and how mush we have achieved within a short period of 50 years (44 actually) of Merdeka. The leaders of the BN always compare Malaysia with the African countries and those countries with natural disaster such as Volcano and typhoon activities and tell the rakyat how "fortunate" we are living in Malaysia. Some BN and SUPP leaders went onto the stage and tell the people to be thankful to the BN and lecture the people if the poll results were not to their satisfaction.

Welcome to Sarawak, Malaysia!
Malaysia Boleh!
God bless our country!

David Wong
DAP Sarawak publicity sec.,
23-10-2007