Flooding in Sarawak

Floods wreak havoc in Sarawak – Day 2

Today it’s a much better day although experiencing drizzling weather condition. We were able to travel to & from work in our FORD vehicle and onto a new top up layer of stone and gravel on existing roads as a temporary road base (or rather sub base) spread, leveled, & rolled & well consolidated for residents to go to school and work. I suppose it’s an initiative by local councils and JKR while begging for funds from the federal gov’t. Well, It’s a good election gimmick for some aspiring MPs and future WORKS Minister! Currently, we have a Deputy Minister of Housing in Sibu and would be timely to have a Foochow Works Minister!

Malaysian MPs seems to be singing the same old tune again and again every time a disaster struck. Landslide at Bukit Antarabangsa, Highlands Towers just to name a few. Developers are issued with STOP WORK order by relevant authorities BUT not for long. After a few months, bulldozers & excavators start to roll again. Short memories, Malaysian isn’t it?

Flooding in Sarawak is an old issue esp. in Sibu. Flood mitigation Plan would surface every time an election comes near. It’s again a forum for candidates to lies , lies…lies..an get elected. Can’t blame them. It is all part and parcel of the pathetic attempt to win votes at any cost. Of course, it will lead to that fateful days when the electorate says’ ` Now that you have won, where are the things you promised us?’ It’s axiomatic that they can’t deliver the Flood Mitigation Plan budget even after surveyed & research by so-called Chinese expert. Sign……….Nightmare scenario……..

Well, so much about politics. Yeh Politics! Flooding would be the main political issue in the coming election and give the opposition an advantage and claim political mileage.

It’s time for sarawakian Mps to get it’s act together and insist on the budget from the federal Gov’t to ease the suffering of the people. Ya, they do have the people at heart, don’t they?

In view of the present weather condition, we are skeptical about the road condition from Sibu to Kuching. We are heading home next week to celebrate CNY. Hope the condition would improve and safely home.
Happy Chinese New Year & lots & lots of Angpow