KUCHING: The government’s proposal to enable folk of Sungai Asap Resettlement Scheme to have new land outside the area has the full support from PBB Belaga Youth wing.
Its chairman Henry Kilah Talek said the proposal, if it materialised, was the best solution to meet the villagers’ request for more land to add to the three-acre plot originally given to each of the 15,000 re-settlers due to the construction of Bakun Dam.
“The land shall be cultivated by an oil palm company and the settlers can benefit from the venture by having shares in the company. It should be the way because there is not much land left in Sg Asap.
“At least, by doing this, it will benefit the participants economically. Such model was also mentioned by Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud during a dialogue session at Mega Hotel in Miri on Mar 8,” said Kilah yesterday.
He said the people of Sg Asap welcomed the idea for more land because the three acres of land per family originally given to them was insufficient as their families had grown and they also had to look for fertile land elsewhere.
