9 November 2023

09/11/2023 49 min
9 November 2023

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Episode Synopsis

Topik Pada Hari Ini
> Baru Bian - Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Bakelalan Sarawak - Impak Empangan Mega Sarawak
> Barnie Lasimbang, aktivis sosial dari Sabah - Meningkatkan Penyertaan Orang Asal dalam Inisiatif Tindakan Iklim
> Encik Nicholas Mujah, Setiausaha Agung SADIA - Menghormati Hak Komuniti: Pendapat Nicholas Mujah mengenai Empangan Baram

On Today Show
> Baru Bian- Member of the Bakelalan State Legislative AssemblySarawak – The Impact of Sarawak's Mega Dams
> Barnie Lasimbang, social activist from Sabah – Enhancing Indigenous Participation in Climate Action Initiatives
> Mr. Nicholas Mujah, the Secretary-General of SADIA – Respecting Community Rights: Nicholas Mujah's Take on Baram Dam

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Baru Bian- Member of the Bakelalan State Legislative AssemblySarawak.
*The Impact of Sarawak's Mega Dams*
Baru Bian submitted 10 questions to the DUN at the DUN meeting which will start from 20 to 29 Nov 2023. Among the questions related to the construction of dams and the re-demarcation of electoral areas. Baru Bian asked the Sarawak government to state the number of hydro dams in the construction plan, whether the community has been informed and whether the feasibility study has been completed. Asked if there is an energy development strategy in Sarawak, by building hydro dams that are very profitable. According to Baru Bian. It is beneficial to the government but detrimental to the native people in terms of loss of land and losses due to negative impact on the environment. In the long run. We lost - according to Baru Bian. According to Baru Bian, the amount of energy from the 4 mega dams in Sarawak is currently more than enough for local use.
The second question is related to the re-delimitation of electoral areas. Baru Bian agreed that the number of constituencies for the Sarawak State Assembly should be increased. So that a large area can be reduced and the people's representatives can carry out their duties more effectively. He hopes that Bakelalan state assembly can be added one more state assembly area. Regarding the Gedong state assembly area (Sarawak Premier's contested area) which has the smallest number of voters in Sarawak but is located in an urban area. While the Murum and Belaga areas are outside the city, large areas have more voters. Baru Bian suggested that the people of Sarawak participate in proposing a new area/demarcation of the DUN area in their place. That's why I raise this question so that the population is informed and participates in the process of delimitation of electoral areas.

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