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Bahasa Sarawak for "Ulu Bengoh Under Water"
Why a Un-Swung Votes, Ulu Bengoh Darom Piin?
Read upon as Weng Yow Lee, a member of a movie organisation of Ulu Bengoh Darom Piin dissects a so-called urban-rural order as a movie delves in to this subject matter- namely a farming folk of Bengoh as good as because they did not opinion in conflict opposite a Bengoh Dam which would forcibly excommunicate them from their homes.
Our film's pretension is Bahasa Sarawak for "Ulu Bengoh Under Water" as good as will be screened during PusatRakyatLB this Saturday, 8th Oct along with Chou Z Lam's Part 1 upon a Bakun Dam.
Ulu Bengoh Darom Pinn Premiered during FFF2011(#FFF20111) last Sunday,2nd Oct 2011 as good as will go upon screening around Malaysia as part of a "Election as good as Democracy Theme". Find out some-more here.
Meeting any Malaysian in passing who is associating sufficient about a political as good as careful developments in Malaysia as good as he/she will regularly proceed his or her review with "Oh, you review in Malaysiakini about." or "Oh, did you review RPK's mainstay yesterday in Malaysia-Today about.." etc. Perhaps this is a problem in itself. Google "Malaysian news" as good as you would most likely get searches of a most review Malaysian headlines portal, namely The Star, Malaysia-Today, Malaysian insider, as good as Malaysiakini.
Perhaps, this is because a term "rural-urban divide" is appropriate during a beginning to insist a reasons for a result of a 10th Sarawak State ! election s which was held upon 16th Apr 2011.The rural-urban order could be an egghead mumbo-jumbo. It could be a red herring.! It coul d be, as you had pronounced a mythology. But afterwards again, it could additionally be which a rural-urban order exists as a mental as good as physical separator with a host of reasons as to because such a separator does exist.
Why you contend this is because a lot of us in West Malaysia either it be in Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Ipoh, Melaka or even in East Malaysia such as Kuching, Miri as good as Sibu watched in abhorrence as a formula of a 10th Sarawak State Elections unfolded which night. The reaction which you had as most people did proceed with a sudden "Whoa, what a hell happened??", a venting of frustration, sadness as good as finally annoy during a farming folks who still voted in a state supervision which was abusing a energy as good as usurping their land as good as local prevalent rights. And of course, another indicate to note, most of us again accessed a online headlines portal such as The Star,Malaysiakini, Malaysian Insider as good as Malaysia-Today for elections coverage which night.
These illustrations offer to indicate out which most of us in a civic areas either be it in West or East Malaysia have a autocracy as good as payoff to a immeasurable wealth of report upon a online headlines portals as good as blogs which can opposite report as good as indicate of views of a mainstream media which most contend have been disposition in favour of a ruling establishment BN.
Hence, in a run up to a 10th Sarawak State elections, most urbanites who relied wholly upon online media for their elections coverage were quietly presaging which a opposition front Pakatan Rakyat were poised to do well.
Many predictions ranged from a conservative guess of violation a dual thirds infancy to a boldest predic! tion of winning an outright infancy to form a next state government. Some were even revelation stories about polite servants sitting in their offices preparing to shred all damning documents upon taking of instructions from their political masters. Such predictions were based upon a connection of hot bed choosing issues such as a spate of land as good as prevalent rights issues, a Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud's long thirty years order as good as a scandals as good as crime which had dodged his administration. As it turned out, all these predictions turned out to be good unfortunately, only predictions upon a night of a choosing formula as Pakatan Rakyat failed miserably to encounter even minimal expectations of violation a dual thirds infancy held by BN.
As someone who volunteered as an choosing watchdog (Malaysian Election Observers Network aka MEOnet) for a sum 10 day campaigning period during a 10th Sarawak State elections, like most others, you was baffled by a result of a elections as good as a troubling voting patterns which indicated which a civic electorates in a towns as good as cities of Sarawak had overwhelmingly voted in favour of Pakatan Rakyat though which Pakatan Rakyat failed with a difference of a 3 seats to make a major impact in these farming constituencies, even when difficult issues such land as good as local prevalent rights had a obligatory BN state supervision labeling these seats during a state elections as 'black seats' or 'hot seats'.
One such seat was a N16 subdivision of Bengoh where t! he BN in cumbent Dr Jerip Anak Susip who defended this seat in 2006 with a 3,988 majority, was reported to be confronting a strong plea from his opponents, Willie Anak Mongin of PKR, Richard @ Peter A/L Margaret of SNAP as good as an independent candidate named Wejok Anak Tomik as a result of a building a whole of a dam built in which subdivision which was confronting resistance as good as oppositi! on from villagers inside of a vicinity.
Among a issues were a restlessness of a people inside of 4 villages about their local prevalent rights over these lands as good as a emanate of adequate compensation. These 4 villages which have been situated upon a mountainous area overlooking a dam was to be relocated elsewhere as these villages were inside of a proposed flooding areas of a Bengoh Dam.
Yet, shockingly, notwithstanding drawn out unhappiness with a incumbent, a choosing result upon which night showed a BN obligatory Dr Jerip Anak Susip being reelected with hardly a hole in his majority. In fact, a rebate in his 2006 winning margin in 2011 was less than 300 votes in total.
The documentary Ulu Bengoh Darom Piin is a box study of a farming subdivision in Sarawak which strives to answer a reasons as to a incomprehensibility of a choosing results. It tells a story of difficult terrains, beautiful surroundings, pacific villages, missing candidates, damaged promises, unfulfilled promises as good as most importantly, a f! eudalist ic enlightenment of clientele as good as debasing between a state supervision as good as a people. The documentary weaves a story which elucidates a feeling of frustration as good as helplessness with a current state of things though a miss of will to beginner changes during a list box.
This brings in to pointy concentration a theme which you had mentioned upon top of in which a urban-rural order debatable upon an egghead turn as to a viability but appear very genuine when seen upon a ground turn with a miss of information, a difficulties of accessibility to these villagers, as good as a day to day concerns of people in these villages rather than inhabitant issues which predominates their minds even during an choosing period.
We ! goal whi ch this documentary will illuminate most of us in West as good as additionally in East of Malaysia who still reason out goal for a winds of shift as good as additionally to capacitate us comprehend which most work still needs to be done for these winds to sweep waves of shift opposite a farming citizens which consecrate tighten to dual thirds of a sum series of citizens seats in Malaysia.
So, come stick upon us during 8pm pointy as you shade a movie as good as have a chat with a Film Crew as you discuss what can be done to bridge which rural-urban divide. Details have been as follows:
Saturday 8th Oct during Pusat Rakyat LB, Bangsar Utama Those Damned Dams!
A Screening of Sarawakian Dam-related short films.
Programme:
7.45-8.00 Arrival, Chat with Sarawakian Activists
8.00-8.30 Sc! reening of Ulu Bengoh Darom Piin
8.30-8.50 Discussion upon Film as good as Chat with Crew
8.50-9.30 Screening of Bakun Dam Documentary by Chou Z Lam Pt.1
9.30- 10.00 Discussion upon Film as good as Chat with Affected Villagers in Baram.
Lastly , keep a review starting upon chatter #Bengoh Let's make it synonymous with a urban-rural order debate in Malaysia.
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