Last Sunday, DAP Sarawak leaders and members went to the assistance of an elderly Iban widow as we pulled our team to Sg. Lattaf, 20 minutes drive from Sibu town.
We learnt that she wanted to plant the rice seedlings on a plot of rented land but she had no one 2 assist her as her neighbours were all busy planting their own rice seedling. DAP sarawak state chairman then organised the team from DAP Sibu n DAP Lanang to give her a helping hand.
Many of us have no experience in that but we were of high spirit and helped the elderly woman to finish planting her small rented plot in an hour. Sweat and body ache did no stop us in rendering our service to the people in need.
We also donated some weed killer to her as she can't afford the RM 110 per 4-litre weed killer. She lives along in the simple hut measuring some 10'x8' and she has no one to depend on. Her belongings in the hut is all she has and her hope is simply a good harvest next March so that at least she would not go hungry next year.
The government must do more for the poor and must grant assistance in the form of fertiliser and weed killer and bring in mechanize farming to Sarawak. We have plenty of land being abandoned which should be turned into producing assets. Didn't the BN said they want to turn Sarawak into a rice bowl of M'sia? Where is the RM 50 millions grant from the federal government to achieve the said objective. The state government must answer to these questions and more.
David Wong
13-10-2009
We learnt that she wanted to plant the rice seedlings on a plot of rented land but she had no one 2 assist her as her neighbours were all busy planting their own rice seedling. DAP sarawak state chairman then organised the team from DAP Sibu n DAP Lanang to give her a helping hand.
Many of us have no experience in that but we were of high spirit and helped the elderly woman to finish planting her small rented plot in an hour. Sweat and body ache did no stop us in rendering our service to the people in need.
We also donated some weed killer to her as she can't afford the RM 110 per 4-litre weed killer. She lives along in the simple hut measuring some 10'x8' and she has no one to depend on. Her belongings in the hut is all she has and her hope is simply a good harvest next March so that at least she would not go hungry next year.
The government must do more for the poor and must grant assistance in the form of fertiliser and weed killer and bring in mechanize farming to Sarawak. We have plenty of land being abandoned which should be turned into producing assets. Didn't the BN said they want to turn Sarawak into a rice bowl of M'sia? Where is the RM 50 millions grant from the federal government to achieve the said objective. The state government must answer to these questions and more.
David Wong
13-10-2009
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