這是美里旅遊城？水溝變池塘？Is this Miri – the travelling city? The Drain became the pond?

這就是美里“ City ”！
這就是國陣政府所說的發展？BN Boleh!
This is exactly what we call Miri "City"!
Is this what BN government call the development? BN Boleh!

這就是人聯領袖為民服務的精神？Is this the party supp spirit in “serving for the people"?

“Do not impose what you don’t want to others”, this statement definitely cannot be found from the dictionary of some of the SUPP local leaders. On the other hand, we only can see the situation “what we don’t want…. impose to others” from them.

After receiving a complaint from Sg. Rait locals, DAP Miri branch chairman cum assistant-secretary of DAP Sarawak state committee Fong Pau Teck went to the location to look at the problem personally and discovered the following situation.

The drainage along both sides of the road should maintain unobstructedly, but the drainage of the one side of the road, “very coincidentally” when it reaches the area of the houses of some SUPP local leaders, it found that being "obstructed". Moreover, they can even mobilize the local authority, of course to use our tax payers' money, to dig an under-ground drainage that led the water to the other side of the road. One household, on the downstream, who has actually suffered a lot whenever heavy rain as the water can hardly be drained away. The concerned person expressed if letting the water from the opposite road to lead over again, the consequence really cannot be imagined, if heavy rain happens again, the road might be also collapsed. Again, needed to use our tax payers' money to repair the road. Just because the areas of Supp local leaders will not get flooded under heavy rain, and don’t care about others alive or not.

PT Fong unavoidably wants to question Supp. Is this the party spirit in “serving people"?

Mr Fong even wonders very much about the management ability of the local council. We can see from many signs where the local council is not elected by the people has caused all sort of abuse of power. Mr Fong has called upon the concerned authority to look at this case seriously to avoid making it an election issue.

「己所不欲勿施於人」這句話決對不在人聯黨一些地方領袖的字典裡，相反的另人看到的是「己所不欲強施於人」的情況！

民主行動黨美里支部主席兼砂州委員會副秘書房保德接到Sg. Rait居民投訴後到當地了解情況後發現以下的情況。

大路兩邊的水溝應該要保持通暢，但其中一邊的水溝非常“巧合”的到某些人聯黨地方黨領袖住家范圍時就“不通”了。更厲害的是，他們竟然有權力動用當地的地方政府相關單位(也就是用老百姓的納稅錢)，來開一條暗溝把水通到馬路對面(另一邊)的水溝。水溝的下游的一戶家人本來就己經受到下大雨時排水不及的苦了，事主表示如再把馬路對面的水也放過來的話，後果真不敢想像，到時下大雨可能馬路也會崩塌掉，又要花人民大把的納稅錢修路，完全只為一些人聯黨的地方領袖“怕”他們的地在下大雨時會掩水，別人死活沒關係！

房保德不免要問，難道這就是人聯黨"為民服務"的精神？

房保德更質疑當地地方議會的辦事能力，種種的跡象讓人看到地方議會不民選導致各種濫權弊端叢生的現象。房保德呼籲有關當局重視這事件，(他也好心先通知人聯)免得到時這個成為大選的課題！

國陣議員只會講不會做

國陣議員今年3月30日的承諾，半年過去了，卑爾騷3號路口任然是封閉的！

校長問：難道身為人聯黨黨員很可耻？小學生回答：身為黨員並不可耻，最可耻的是身為黨員竟不敢表明！

Miri people say: Miri City Mayor and Miri SUPP leaders. Don’t fall back!

So many times, many Miri residents complain lots of livelihood problems to Miri City Council. Miri city council often declines them with all sorts of excuses. Then, the people have no choice and finally look for DAP Miri Branch Chairman Fong Pau Teck. However, very often, after Mr. Fong exposed the problem in the newspaper, the concerned authority tries very hard to deny their responsibilities.

Now even they even use the party members to pretend the general public to attack PT Fong, the only purpose is to let the city council getting out from the responsibility.

SUPP leaders please do not fall back. To be the government servants should be able to accept all criticisms from the tax payers. Tax has been collected by the government, the general public is the boss, and government servants should listen to what the people say. But not again and again using the party members to pretend the general public to deny the responsibility!

美里人民說：美里市長，美里人聯的各個領袖請不要再惰落了！

美里市民常常向市政局投訴很多民生問題時，美里市政局往往都推三推四，最後在沒辦法之下只好去找行動黨的房保德。但是往往房保德在報章揭發之後有關單位却在拼命的推卸責任。現在更動用黨員冒充市民來攻擊房保德，最終目的就是替市政局推卸責任。

人聯領袖們請你們別再惰落了，身為政府的一員，稅收已收了，要能夠接納稅納人的批評。而不是一味的，一而再的利用黨員來冒充市民在推卸責任！

官商勾結導致洋灰缺貨

Collusion between the politician and the businessmen is the main reason to cause the shortage of the cement

Fong Pau Teck received complaint from the construction workers said that, they wanted to work, but due to the lack of cement, caused a stoppage at their work, the boss ordered them to stop working. The family's livelihood becomes the problem immediately. Moreover, PT Fong pointed out that because the construction industry is the locomotive of the economy, if this locomotive has stopped, many things will be stopping down too! Such as the hardware industry, shipping industry, dining industry, even the retail trade and so on!

There are two cement manufacturing factories in Sarawak, supply the entire market in Sarawak. One is located in Kuching, another is located in Bintulu.

The news has pointed out that, the cement shortage problem appeared at present, caused by two main reasons, the cement factory in Bintulu is still under repair, expected to restore supply at the end of the month; In addition, the cement suppliers put the blame on the big storm, the sailing shipment is unable to meet the arrangement is the main cause.

Some constructors believed that, big storm appears every end of the year, the person-in-charge of the cement factory should do the preparatory work well, for instance, arrange for the consignment earlier, store in the warehouses in different places.

The cement factory in Bintulu actually should plan early before its renovation, pay some hard work, ensure that there will be sufficient supply of the cement.

From the news, CMSB is the only cement manufacturer in Sarawak, and the company has a deal with Maybach investment company and the son of former PM Tun Dr. M.

Moreover, the chairman of the Malaysian construction union pointed out that, at present, the construction industry is facing the globalization cement and steel bar's pricing upsurge problem. He said, one of the cement factory in our country make guarantee to the trade union, the cement supply in the coming 10 years should not be a problem. Therefore, he thought that the cement problem as well as the shortage of the steel and iron should not occur originally, only because of some merchants stock the source privately with the aim of making high profit.

The cement shortage problem which appeared in Miri recent months, make many construction sites therefore lock-out, the construction workers have no work, and the livelihoods are affected. PT Fong pointed out that, this is the cause of the collusion between the politician and the businessmen.

If the two cement factories in Sarawak are unable to supply sufficient source of cement, the government should allow the cement suppliers to import cement from the neighbouring country in order to solve the pressing needs. Why can’t our government open up cement import? There is a very big question mark behind the story!

房保德日前接到建築工人的訴苦說，他們想要開工，但因洋灰缺貨的問題，導致他們的工作停工，老板叫他們暫時停工。一家好幾口的生計頓成問題，真是有苦自己知。不止如此，因為建築業為經濟的火車頭，這火車頭停了，很多東西都跟著停了下來！如五金業，運輸業，餐飲業，甚至零售業等！

在砂拉越有二間洋灰廠生產洋灰，供應整個砂拉越市場。其中一間是設在古晉，另一間則設在民都魯。

消息指出，目前出現洋灰短缺問題，源自兩大原因，即民都魯洋灰廠尚在維修中，料在月尾才能恢復供應；此外，洋灰供應商將問題歸咎為風浪大，船期安排不妥所致。

有建築商認為，每年年抄都會出現大風浪問題，洋灰廠負責人應該及早做足準備工作，比如提早托運貨源，儲藏在各地的貨倉。

民都魯洋灰廠在裝修之前就應該提早策劃，下些功夫,確保洋灰供應充足。

資料顯示,砂州日光是砂州唯一的洋灰生產商。砂州日光(CMSB, 2852)通過子公司CMS洋灰私人有限公司，和Maybach投資公司和敦馬哈迪的公子米爾佔馬哈迪簽署附帶條件的股權買賣協議。

另外，大馬建築業工會主席指出，目前建築業面對全球化洋灰及鋼條價格高漲問題。他說，我國一家洋灰廠向該公會保證，洋灰供應在未來10年都沒問題。因此，他認為洋灰或鋼鐵短缺問題本來就不該發生，只是一些商家私囤貨源牟利。

美里近月來出現的洋灰短缺問題，令許多建築工程因此而停頓，建築工友沒工開，生計受影響。房保德指出，這都跟集團控制和官商勾結有關。

如果目前砂州的2間洋灰廠無法提供足夠的貨源，政府應準許洋灰供應商從鄰國進口洋灰以解燃眉之急。為何我國的政府不開放洋灰進口？問題的背後發人深省！

地方議會要民選

民主行動黨美里支部委員楊如奎認為，地方議會必須要民選，以杜絕貪污、濫權和沒效率。照片中可看到默斯再也不翼而飛的水溝蓋，見報一個多星期後有關當局還是沒有來處理，水溝裡則是垃圾一堆。人民繳納稅務絕對不可怠慢，過期就要罰錢，但市政局收稅却可以不做事。

楊如奎呼籲市民在來屆的國會選舉用手中的選票來好好的教訓一下國陣貪污腐敗的地方政府。

The DAP Miri branch committee member Mr Yong believed that, the local council must be elected by the people, in order to eradicate corruption, abuse of power and inefficiency.

From the photo we can see that Moist Jaya's drainage covers have been disappeared long time ago, however, after published in the newspaper for more than weeks but the concerned authority still does not take any action to handle it, there are piles of rubbish in the drainage.

The people who pay the tax are impossible to delay the payment, will be fined after the due date. However, the local council collects taxes but can do nothing.

Mr. Yong calls upon all the Miri people to use their votes to teach BN's corrupted local council a good lesson in the coming parliament election.