Pig farmers in Malacca have been ordered to get rid of 105,000 swine before September 21, reducing the number of pigs from 153,000 to 48,000. [IHT] Malacca state government has stressed multiple times that it is an environmental decision to cull the pigs and nothing racial… which is only half true in my opinion.
My maternal grandparents were pig farmers, and I have friends and relatives that are still in related business at the moment… I can assure you that it’s not easy to be a pig farmer in Malaysia. Let me share some past stories from what I know…
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Conglomerate Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd (CMS) and global Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto Tuesday (August 7) signed an agreement for the proposed development of an aluminium smelter in Sarawak. [Bernama]
Malaysia doesn’t have rich resource of bauxite (raw mineral for aluminium), we don’t have a large market for aluminium, and our labor cost is no longer the cheapest these days… the only reason for Rio Tinto to invest in Sarawak is because of its demand for high power supply, which the controversial Bakun Dam will be able to provide.
This raise my questions… why do we build the Bakun Dam at the first place? Isn’t Bakun built to supply sufficient energy for Malaysia for the next few decades?
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