Pelagoose

My aspiration for these new federal cabinet, is to see that more S'wak State leaders, coming out of their shells and make  themselves more visible at the federal level.

However, to make them more optimised, they should  take the initiatives to make a point to have a pool of diversified resource person, closed and associated with them, who can act as their focus group, i.e. by being the 3rd party information provider,  that can provide an independent views, which can be one of their tools in their decision making.

However, it's easier said than done as more often than not, by nature's law of 'pull-factor', those people that are around these leaders are comprised more of the 'lobbyist for projects' group rather than resource person group.

For the rural folks in Sarawak, they, more often than not, they could not visualize the bigger picture, the big disparity between peninsular and Sarawak, with respec to city modernization with the state of art facilities, as their mind are very much preoccupied with their own down to earth thinking, i.e. of their family well-being, to find food for the table, quality education for the kids, the basic needs for their family.

Thus, one way to penetrate and make a  breakthrough in the mindset of the rural folks is to inculcate the buy-in, that there is more to be done, apart from their socio-economic well being, i.e. the betterment of the quality way of life for the future generation.

This can only be materialised, via an agent of change, who will then cascade the 'big picture informations', to the masses.

There should also be a cohesivemess among all, in order to share a common goal, i.e. unity in purpose.

The majority of the areas in the rural, like Kapit are still under developed, thus, they still need to prioritize on their requirement, i.e. to focus more onto the development of the basic needs especially infrastructure, to escalate them almost to the same level as the urban's.

With good infrastructure connectivity, this will open-up to multiplier effects due to better accessibilty, good telecommunication system, close proximity to medical facilities thus  better quality of life through better living environment.

Kapit Wharf- Express boats plying the waterways

Therefore, during the under developed stage, the communities in the rural area should focus more on the needs, rather than the wants.

However, when the probability of the majority of the communities, inclined more towards the rural to urban migration, then thre is a good tendency for the community to unite and go with the flow.

Without unity, the divisiveness will become a disadvantage rather than an advantage. When all the communities unite with one voice, no matter which side they choose, they wiill then have the numbers, thus they will be able to attain the 'people's power'.

The might of the 'people's power' have been proven in the Philippines, when they were able to bring down the might of the  'Marcos military regime" which were describe previously, as an 'invincible force to defeat' because of the backing by the military forces. People's power have thus, proven them to be wrong.

Thus, for these rural communities, being a pro-government is more of a strategic decision, taking onto account more to fulfilling the basic needs of the masses, rather than fulfilling the wants of the masses.

However, the 'wants' of the masses are not totally forgotten, it's just  parking them at the 'backseat' first, while the more urgent requirements, are being implemented and completed.

The rural communities as a whole are very smart,  but what hinders them now from moving forward is that, they are still divided and fragmented instead of united as one group to attain the 'full force'.

All is not a total loss for these rural communities , as, the delay is only a temporary setback,  more of a 'time delay mode' rather than the 'fast forward mode'.

Another word, the current generation will open the path now, whereby, if the rural communities don't achieve their goal now, sooner or later, they will achieved it through the 'strong determination' and the 'will to succeed' of the next generation.

RMK11will be the final phase to bring the country, to achieve the fully develop status. For the Kapit folks, they have missed the boat for too long, it's about time they work smart and put their ego aside and work together towards achieving their socio- economic goal.

Thus, the support of the gov't of the day is utmost importance, to streamline and to expedite the implementation of the development plan of Kapit, so that it will be on par, and the same level as the urban.




  

The CM has open the path and leads the way, in the relentless efforts by the State, to restore it's right over its own territory and natural resources, especially the O&G.

Subsequent to that, the State O&G unit should follow-up and request Petronas Regional Office to update them on the following.

1)  the ongoing project in S'wak water

2) the planned project for the next 3-5 years.

3) the estimated project value

4) the new Standard Work Equipment Category (SWEC).

5) the nos. of active Vendor Dev't Program (VDP), and the nos. of S'wakian vendors.

6) the nos of active Licensed S'wak vendors

7) the nos of active Registered S'wak vendors

8) what are the composition of the projects under the RM2.1b

9) the RM2.1 b , is it for this year or for the next 3-5 years

10) the seismic data for the current and potential fields

11) the 5% royalty calculation .

12) the staff composition ratio for all categories.

If Petronas is genuine in helping the S'wak vendor, then all the major projects in S'wak should be awarded to local vendor. W. M'sian vendor who have the capability and capacity can be the sub-contractor. That way, the local vendor can acquired the job experienced as well as achieveing the human capital dev't .

All fabrication for platforms to be utilized in S'wak should be done in Brooke Dockyard. Even if the project is to be awarded to W. M'sian vendor , they must used the Brooke Dockyard. If space is the constraint, Brooke Dockyard  can always arrange with other local fabricators like KKB as they too have the fab yard facilities .

If Petronas can invest over RM60b in RAPID project, S'wak should also demand for more downstream projects. 

To-date, Sabah is already ahead then S'wak when comes to getting new projects eg. Samur Project and Ammonia Plant Project.

If no affirmative action is being given to S'wak, then we can say that we have failed in the development of O&G industry in the state.

The key buzz word is affirmative action, or else, everything fails.