it looks like reality bites the natives living near Bakun dam. 1st their land got taken and they are moved to "modern" long houses. Do they need to pay for water and electricity?
Then they are offered peanuts pay by the logger. After that the palm oil estate operator offer much lower pay. Now they cannot find reasonable paid jobs from nearby and have to migrate to the city for jobs.
Is this what they want? or .....
from thestar
BELAGA: Natives at the Bakun Dam area near here are still finding it difficult to find jobs despite the opening up of more than 50,000ha of oil palm estates.
They are losing out to Indonesian workers who are willing to accept very low wages instead.
Native men are going to towns like Bintulu, Miri and Kuching to look for jobs, leaving their old, women and children behind.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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