LAWATAN KERJA KE PULAU BRUIT
Tarikh : 20hb Disember, 2011@24 Muharram 1433H
Pengenalan
Saya telah melakukan lawatan kerja ke Pulau Bruit, khususnya di Kpg. Bruit di dalam kawasan DUN Semop dan Parlimen Tanjong Manis serta Matu,Daro di dalam kawasan DUN Daro dan Parlimen Igan.
Kunjungan tersebut adalah di atas jemputan penduduk kampong. Perjalanan dari Sibu memakan masa 5 jam. Kami melalui 2 batang sungai dengan feri. Iaitu di Kampung Serdeng dan Kampung Semop. Feri yang menghubungkan Kpg Semop dan Daro mengambil masa 2 jam kerana hanya ada sebuah feri. Bayaran feri untuk sebuah kenderaan ialah RM1.00.
Pulau Bruit
Pulau Bruit terletak di di daerah Matu Daro Bahagian Mukah, Sarawak150 km barat daya (North west) Kuching. Pulau Bruit lies within the Rejang Delta, with the South China Sea to the north and west, Sarikei to the south and Kuala Matu to the east. (Wikipedia)
Di pesisir pulau ada beberpa buah kampong iaitu Kampung Bruit, Penipah, Betanak, Penibong, Tekajong dan Semop. Majoriti penduduk berketurunan Melanau Muslim yang berjumlah lebih kurang 3000 orang. Jumlah pemilih (voter) berdaftar di seluruh Pulau ialah 7,000 orang manakala pemilih di Kpg Bruit sahaja ialah 876 orang.
Masalah-masalah di kampung
Kami dapat melihat dengan lebih dekat cara kehidupan penduduk yang menghadapi banyak masalah daripada masalah kemiskinan, kesihatan, sosial hingga ke kemudahan asas. Berikut ialah temu bual Borneo Post bersama dengan Dato’ Penghulu Kpg Bruit Penghulu Razali.
According to Borneo Post, Disember 11, 2010 : KUCHING: The people living in Pulau Bruit are in dire straits, especially for road connectivity and clean water supply.
HIGH TIDE: Islanders rely on river transport to reach other village. Villagers get ready to take their ride to the other villager.
According to the book, “Sarawak and Its People”, the inhabitants of Pulau Bruit in Daro district has been in existent before 1830. Today, the community was made up of mostly fishermen and farmers, earning an average income of RM700 monthly.
Since his appointment in 2007 as the community headman of Kampung Bruit, 58-year-old Penghulu Razeli Bujang said that he was optimistic and hopeful that the government will help the islanders in terms of social, economic and infrastructure developments.
Razeli, who was the main host for Kuching Specialist Hospital Community Outreach Programme from Dec 3 to 5 to the island, said that as their community leader he understood the current plight of the people and their wishes from the state government.
But the former army, also the headman of the largest village on the island, urged his fellow islanders to be patient because developments would come in stages to help them out of hardships and improve their living standard.
He told reporters that even though they were categorised in the hardcore poor group, they have to continue working hard and find ways to bring home earnings.
Razeli revealed that fishermen can only sail out to the sea for four months in a year and earned around RM350 per month whilst farmers who relied on paddy planting get around RM300 per month.
He said that at other times, the fishermen and farmers earned their extra incomes from working as a general labourer, mending the homes of fellow villagers or did odd jobs at the mainland, outside the island.
On the living conditions, Razeli said the priority was for clean water supply but they understood that the government could only provide the supply only by 2012. Mean time, they relied on rain water for drinking, washing, sanitation and carrying out other chores.
The villagers will be worry free during rainy season or when a heavy downpour but during the period of drought, they would heavily depended on outside help.
Every household were given at least 4 or 5 water storage tanks by the government to ensure that they have enough daily water ration.
Unfortunately, the island has no water catchment area and the underground water is dirty and salty, making it difficult to find clean water.
On inland connectivity, Razeli said that the only good tar road on the island is the 7 to 8 kilometre road from Kampung Bruit to Kampung Tekajong.
People in Pulau Bruit still use the water ways as mean of transportation to get to other villagers and so depended on the water tide.
Razeli disclosed that, with a population of about 2,000, some 400 people had left to live outside the island.
He said many left the island to overcome hardship while some chose to live with relatives and family members working in towns and cities.
Like any responsible community headman, he hoped that the islanders would be better educated and lived a better life elsewhere but must not forget their roots and families still at the island.
There are around 205 students studying at Sekolah Kebangsaan Kampung Bruit at present and more than 100 have gone to study in SMK Daro, SMK Igan and other secondary schools in Sibu.
Despite their poverty and hardship, Kampung Bruit has produced 29 graduates so far. Razeli was glad that these people will have a much better life and hoped that they can help their relatives who still reside on the island.
The islanders relied on government for various assistants to ensure that life on the island continue as normal without major illness.
Tanah NCR
Penduduk pernah memohon tanah di tengah Pulau Bruit pada 1998 untuk projek penanaman padi secara komersil. Pada suatu hari pad tahun 2006, penduduk kampong telah terjumpa pekerja-pekerja yang menebang (clearing) pokok-pokok di tanah tersebut. Penduduk pun berangkat ke Sibu untuk menjejaki syarikat yang terlibat iaitu Rimbunan Hijau. Mereka dapat berjumpa dengan Encik Hamzah, Pengurus syarikat yang bertanggungjawab di Puau Bruit. Rupa-rupanya tanah sebesar 5,000 hektar telah diberikan kepada Syarikat Poh Zhen Sdn. Bhd, anak syarikat Jaya Tiasa Sdn. Bhd. di dalam kumpulan Rimbunan Hijau. Saya telah melayari laman web google earth.
Tiada bekalan air bersih di kampong
Penduduk kampong terpaksa menadah air hujan untuk kegunaan kegiatan harian mereka – mandi, masak dan minum.Lantas, mereka terpaksa berjimat di musim kemarau sementara menunggu catuan air daripada Pejabat Daerah Matu Daro.
Tiada jalan perhubungan darat
Penduduk hanya bergantung kepada jalan laut dari Kuala Matu, Sarikei dan Sibu.Pihak kerajaan telah berjanji di dalam projek mega untuk Pulau Bruit untuk membina jalan sepanjang 14 kiolometer dari Kpg Semop ke Kpg Bruit.
Kegiatan penduduk kampong
Penduduk terutama belia-belia kampong tiada kemudahan untuk melakukan aktiviti mereka seperti padang bola,futsal, gelanggang
Kemudahan lain
Tiada balai polis dan bomba
Jalan kampong yang berlumpur dan gelap
Jalan simen di kampung cukup menyedihkan. Tiada api jalan. Perjalanan ke masjid di waktu malam dan subuh amat mengerikan.
Pejabat DID
Tanah pejabat DID (Parit dan Saluran) telah dipindah milik kepada seorang individu yang berpengaruh di luar kawasan tersebut
Penutup
Penduduk kampong dan pulau perlu dibela sewajarnya. Usaha untuk mengangkat taraf kehidupan mereka daripada belenggu kesusahan dan kemiskinan perlu diperkasakan. Walaupun ada usaha daripada Kerajaan BN tetapi masih tidak memadai dengan sekadar subsidi dan bantuan segera. Hak mereka kepada tanah, kemudahan asas, maklumat perlu diberi perhatian. Dokumen yang ada pada saya menunjukkan iltizam (commitment) mereka untuk mandiri (independent) untuk keluar daripada kepompong kemiskinan. Disertakan kertas cadangan mereka tentang perladangan padi dan kelapa sawit secara komersial dan industry membuktikan segala-galanya.
“Demi Rakyat”
ZULRUSDI BIN HAJI MOHAMAD HOL
Timbalan Pengerusi Majlis Pimpinan Negeri Sarawak
Ahli Majlis Pimpinan Pusat
Ketua Cabang Petra Jaya
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