Thanks Anaraa.
The venue for the workshop is a seminar room of the Faculty of Economics which is just behind the law faculty building.
We will put the notice on the venue on the 27th of May in front of the Economics Faculty Building. You may find it near the elevator of that building. I think it is on the fifth floor. Anyway you will know it on the day. Please encourage other students not only in our class but in others to attend the workshop. I think it would be a wonderful opportunity to know more about the developmental projects of two Asian countries and internatioanl organisation.
Wednesday
Saturday
Day Ten – 13th of May, 2006, Sabah Poverty Research
News articles on Cholera Outbreak in Kota Belud. I had diarrhea and fever four days after my visit to Malaysia and thought I could be no. 45. Fortunately it turned out as acute enteritis due to the fatigue and stress.
On the plane to KL, an article of the New Sabah Times attracted my attention strongly. ` Village Cholera Hits 44`. In the area `Kota Belud` we visited the day before yesterday were reported the outbreak of the cholera in early May. 86 were admitted to the hospital and 44 out of them were tested positive early this month. According to the report, the first cholera patient was admitted on the 2nd of May after complaining of diarrhea. It is a surprise that we have never heard about this one when we visited the village. It is an even more surprise that I have not got any inspection at the KL airport even though I came from Sabah. There was no caution or warning from the authority but for the newspaper cover story. Then, no wonder that we have not heard anything about cholera outbreak at the Kalawat. I wonder whether those people in Kalawat was informed of it. I don’t remember we have eaten anything in Kalawat, the community forest project site. Somebody had offered drinkst but we had to hurry ourselves due to the time constraint. I sent a mail to Dr Iguchi about this at the KL International Airport and advised them to report to the hospital if they have any strange symptom such as diarrhea. Me? So far I don’t have any symptom yet but for the natural call due to too much drinks after arrival in KL. God bless them and me… It is 11:10 AM (still Day Nine) and I am going to be on board at 00:05 on the Day Ten.
On the plane to KL, an article of the New Sabah Times attracted my attention strongly. ` Village Cholera Hits 44`. In the area `Kota Belud` we visited the day before yesterday were reported the outbreak of the cholera in early May. 86 were admitted to the hospital and 44 out of them were tested positive early this month. According to the report, the first cholera patient was admitted on the 2nd of May after complaining of diarrhea. It is a surprise that we have never heard about this one when we visited the village. It is an even more surprise that I have not got any inspection at the KL airport even though I came from Sabah. There was no caution or warning from the authority but for the newspaper cover story. Then, no wonder that we have not heard anything about cholera outbreak at the Kalawat. I wonder whether those people in Kalawat was informed of it. I don’t remember we have eaten anything in Kalawat, the community forest project site. Somebody had offered drinkst but we had to hurry ourselves due to the time constraint. I sent a mail to Dr Iguchi about this at the KL International Airport and advised them to report to the hospital if they have any strange symptom such as diarrhea. Me? So far I don’t have any symptom yet but for the natural call due to too much drinks after arrival in KL. God bless them and me… It is 11:10 AM (still Day Nine) and I am going to be on board at 00:05 on the Day Ten.
Friday
Day Nine, 12th of May, 2006, Sabah Poverty Research
Writing Log at the Hotel Coffee Shop
In the morning, having a breakfast with Prof. Ogata. He left for Banggi with Dr Iguchi at 9 oclock after breakfast. This is a kind of day-off for me but I did not know how to spend my time in Kota Kinabalu. My flight is at 7:15 PM and I decided to go for shopping some souveniours for my friends. I bought several traditioanl goods and magnets Sunyoung is collecting. I came back to the hotel coffee shop, had cool iced coffee, wathced the match of the Man United and Charton Athletics. Park Ji Sung did not play until 35 minutes of the second half. Now I am working on my work log. It was a very much meaningful research trip to me. I saw so many things I have read only in book and found the importance of the relationship between the economy and the social. I vaguely understood it from various books, particularly, Karl Polanyi:s the Great Transformation, but this trip gave me more insights than did Karl Polanyi`s. I really appreciate the help, the support, and the encouragement of Dr Iguchi, Prof. Itagaki and Prof. Ogata. I owed a lot to them.
I will arrive in KL around 9:15 and take the flight to Fukuoka 00:15, 13th of May, 2006. I will be back home tomorrow. I miss Sun and friends.
In the morning, having a breakfast with Prof. Ogata. He left for Banggi with Dr Iguchi at 9 oclock after breakfast. This is a kind of day-off for me but I did not know how to spend my time in Kota Kinabalu. My flight is at 7:15 PM and I decided to go for shopping some souveniours for my friends. I bought several traditioanl goods and magnets Sunyoung is collecting. I came back to the hotel coffee shop, had cool iced coffee, wathced the match of the Man United and Charton Athletics. Park Ji Sung did not play until 35 minutes of the second half. Now I am working on my work log. It was a very much meaningful research trip to me. I saw so many things I have read only in book and found the importance of the relationship between the economy and the social. I vaguely understood it from various books, particularly, Karl Polanyi:s the Great Transformation, but this trip gave me more insights than did Karl Polanyi`s. I really appreciate the help, the support, and the encouragement of Dr Iguchi, Prof. Itagaki and Prof. Ogata. I owed a lot to them.
I will arrive in KL around 9:15 and take the flight to Fukuoka 00:15, 13th of May, 2006. I will be back home tomorrow. I miss Sun and friends.
Day Eight, 11th of May, 2006, Sabah Poverty Research
The building built by the donation of former Japanese volunteer.
Children of Gana..What kind of future will they have?
The successful case of forest community... Forest community..seemed to be a shocking euphemism to me.
At 8 oclock, the guy who is in charge of Linkabau Forest Reserve came to the hotel to guid us. We had a brief over the tea at the hotel restaurant. According to his explanation, the people in FR lived there long time ago, and the government asked them to move into newly-built residential area in Gana. The FR project started between the 1980s and 1990s and the new residential area and infra such as roads were built in 2001. Since there was a heavy rain, he told us that the road condition would be very bad. Alas.. the ride was indeed extremely bumpy and I hit the ceiling of the car several times. It took about an hour and half from the hotel. When the residental area was within my sight, it remined me of the prision camps which I saw in the movie, the Great Escape. In the wide open field were the dotted houses. Dotted houses without trees surrounding greem mountains, I thought myself how the life of those people who were so stick to their jungles would be!!. They built 450 houses, one clinic and one school. Out of 450 houses 375 were occupied and the rests are still empty since other households refused to move out of the jungle. 231 out of 375 don*t go into the jungle and 144 still come and go. Among They still come and go between the residential areas and the jungle, their workplaces to collect fruits, grow veges and hunt. According to the survey the JAFROS (the Department of Frestry) in 1996, two thirds of the 10 Kampung (villages) people had income below 100 RM. We found one relatively good conditioned common hall built by the donation of the former Japanese Volunteer worker. Having a traffic accident when returning back to Japan after his volunteer work, he donated the compensation money to build this hall. What a marvelous man he is!! The slightly rusted small bronze panel was the only sign of his but we heard his story from everybody we met at the hall. He would have been very happy to see the scene of us listening his story from the locals.
We came across the UNDP workers working on several remote towns (headed by Malaysian UINDP staff, Ms. Azrina ) and they told us that the most serious problme the people were facing there was the lack of the water. They have a water pump but it is out of order very often and people are suffering from the lack of water. The amenities were not well maintained and nobody would want to live there, I thought.
We returned to Marudu Inn and got some reports from the officer and came back to KK. We made courtesy visit to Vice Chancellor, Datu Nor(?) and had a talk about the projects. His studied Physics at Imperical College in London and very much humrous guy. He suggested some possibilities to set up the institution focusing on the poverty in University of Malaya, Sabah. If it is the different fund from the JBICs I think it would make a very much meaningful project.
That was my last work in my mission in Sabah this year. Tomorrow I will fly back to KL and Fukuoka.
Children of Gana..What kind of future will they have?
The successful case of forest community... Forest community..seemed to be a shocking euphemism to me.
At 8 oclock, the guy who is in charge of Linkabau Forest Reserve came to the hotel to guid us. We had a brief over the tea at the hotel restaurant. According to his explanation, the people in FR lived there long time ago, and the government asked them to move into newly-built residential area in Gana. The FR project started between the 1980s and 1990s and the new residential area and infra such as roads were built in 2001. Since there was a heavy rain, he told us that the road condition would be very bad. Alas.. the ride was indeed extremely bumpy and I hit the ceiling of the car several times. It took about an hour and half from the hotel. When the residental area was within my sight, it remined me of the prision camps which I saw in the movie, the Great Escape. In the wide open field were the dotted houses. Dotted houses without trees surrounding greem mountains, I thought myself how the life of those people who were so stick to their jungles would be!!. They built 450 houses, one clinic and one school. Out of 450 houses 375 were occupied and the rests are still empty since other households refused to move out of the jungle. 231 out of 375 don*t go into the jungle and 144 still come and go. Among They still come and go between the residential areas and the jungle, their workplaces to collect fruits, grow veges and hunt. According to the survey the JAFROS (the Department of Frestry) in 1996, two thirds of the 10 Kampung (villages) people had income below 100 RM. We found one relatively good conditioned common hall built by the donation of the former Japanese Volunteer worker. Having a traffic accident when returning back to Japan after his volunteer work, he donated the compensation money to build this hall. What a marvelous man he is!! The slightly rusted small bronze panel was the only sign of his but we heard his story from everybody we met at the hall. He would have been very happy to see the scene of us listening his story from the locals.
We came across the UNDP workers working on several remote towns (headed by Malaysian UINDP staff, Ms. Azrina ) and they told us that the most serious problme the people were facing there was the lack of the water. They have a water pump but it is out of order very often and people are suffering from the lack of water. The amenities were not well maintained and nobody would want to live there, I thought.
We returned to Marudu Inn and got some reports from the officer and came back to KK. We made courtesy visit to Vice Chancellor, Datu Nor(?) and had a talk about the projects. His studied Physics at Imperical College in London and very much humrous guy. He suggested some possibilities to set up the institution focusing on the poverty in University of Malaya, Sabah. If it is the different fund from the JBICs I think it would make a very much meaningful project.
That was my last work in my mission in Sabah this year. Tomorrow I will fly back to KL and Fukuoka.
Day Seven, 10th of May, 2006, Sabah Poverty Research
They produce 2 tin cans of latex per day and make 20 Kg of this sheet rubber per day.
Kalawat Community Forest - They are the invisible on the official document.
In the early morning we left Kota Kinabalu to the Pitas. On the way to Pitas, we dropped by the place called Kalawat, Class I Forest Reservation area. It is about an hour distance from KK by car. There are about 21 households and they are still living in the FR. Since it is illegal to reside in the FR, they don:t exist as a town even though they are living a very much normal life as other normal towns. The officer in charge of that FR showed us the detail of the households living there and I took a photo of it. Although there were people living there long time ago, the town was built in a more intensive way from 1979. After the drought, and the Great Fire in 1982 and 1983, more people came here to live in. It was classified as Class 1 FR in 1992(there are seven categories of the FR and I need to study more about these categories). They encroahed the jungle and grow hill rice, cash crops and of course rubber. We followed the collecting process of the rubber and I filmed it. It was very interesting since it was my first time to see the collection of the latex. The labour intensity does not seem to be very hard. But they have to get up early in the morning to make a chip on the trees to collect the latex during the day. The old lady I filmed carried the paint can and I was told that she colleced about two cans. They can make 20kgs of natural rubber out of 40 kgs of latex per day. 40 kgs of latex is roughlu two cans of those paint can. When they leave it as it is in the can, it is called scrap rubber and it is much cheapee than sheet rubber which they made it. I took a photo of the sheet rubber and touched it. I don;t know but it smells rotten chiken. We had to borrow the bottle of water of George to wash our hands in the car. According to the officer the government started Community Forestry Project, which they think is win-win project and encouraged the people to plant trees rather than cash crops in order to prevent the encroachment. Population is getting decreased.
PITAS
We left for Pitas around 11:30 and arrived in Pitas around 3:00 PM. When we entered the PITAS area I could feel its situations. Once prosperous town with the logging industry, Pitas was declining when the logging industry was discouraged by the government. I was told that the declining began about 5 years ago. Although road condition was not that bad I could not see many lorries between Kota Belud and Pitas. The District Officer, Mr Abdul Wah happened to be the cousion in law of Dr Iguchi. What a co-incidence. We told that he knew he was working in the north but did not know he was working as DO in Pitas which we had paid so much attention. He seemed to be very excited by various government projects in Pitas. Recently the government announced the Kenaff Industry project in Pitas and planned a large scale rubber plantation in Bengkoka, Pitas. He boasted the new invention of floating fish cage(Floating Bagang). Given the case in Lahar Datu where the seaweed farm was attacked by the turtles, it was an interesting invention. We were told that now it was possible to go to Sandarkan by car. Although about 18 kms were not completed paved, it is possible to reach Sandarkan within 4-5 hours.
The Bengkoka area, the project site of the rubber industry for the poor, is about 40 minutes away from the office by car. The technician called Innocent (very unusal name, he told us that he is not guity) guided us. The story from him has a lot of important things realted to land ownership, previous projects A and B and the plan to relocate poor family households in the middle of the rubber plantation. Especially their plan to build a long wooden house divided by the thin wall called Kongsi was very depressing. What will happen to their social life?
We looked arond the site where the PM will make a visit on the 9th of June and came to Kota Marud. Of course, the hotel we stayed in is the best in town, the Marud Inn, which is equipped with the air conditioner making sounds of Formula One race!
Tomorrow we will look around the successul community forestry project, Gana, in Rinkabau Forest Reserve.
Kalawat Community Forest - They are the invisible on the official document.
In the early morning we left Kota Kinabalu to the Pitas. On the way to Pitas, we dropped by the place called Kalawat, Class I Forest Reservation area. It is about an hour distance from KK by car. There are about 21 households and they are still living in the FR. Since it is illegal to reside in the FR, they don:t exist as a town even though they are living a very much normal life as other normal towns. The officer in charge of that FR showed us the detail of the households living there and I took a photo of it. Although there were people living there long time ago, the town was built in a more intensive way from 1979. After the drought, and the Great Fire in 1982 and 1983, more people came here to live in. It was classified as Class 1 FR in 1992(there are seven categories of the FR and I need to study more about these categories). They encroahed the jungle and grow hill rice, cash crops and of course rubber. We followed the collecting process of the rubber and I filmed it. It was very interesting since it was my first time to see the collection of the latex. The labour intensity does not seem to be very hard. But they have to get up early in the morning to make a chip on the trees to collect the latex during the day. The old lady I filmed carried the paint can and I was told that she colleced about two cans. They can make 20kgs of natural rubber out of 40 kgs of latex per day. 40 kgs of latex is roughlu two cans of those paint can. When they leave it as it is in the can, it is called scrap rubber and it is much cheapee than sheet rubber which they made it. I took a photo of the sheet rubber and touched it. I don;t know but it smells rotten chiken. We had to borrow the bottle of water of George to wash our hands in the car. According to the officer the government started Community Forestry Project, which they think is win-win project and encouraged the people to plant trees rather than cash crops in order to prevent the encroachment. Population is getting decreased.
PITAS
We left for Pitas around 11:30 and arrived in Pitas around 3:00 PM. When we entered the PITAS area I could feel its situations. Once prosperous town with the logging industry, Pitas was declining when the logging industry was discouraged by the government. I was told that the declining began about 5 years ago. Although road condition was not that bad I could not see many lorries between Kota Belud and Pitas. The District Officer, Mr Abdul Wah happened to be the cousion in law of Dr Iguchi. What a co-incidence. We told that he knew he was working in the north but did not know he was working as DO in Pitas which we had paid so much attention. He seemed to be very excited by various government projects in Pitas. Recently the government announced the Kenaff Industry project in Pitas and planned a large scale rubber plantation in Bengkoka, Pitas. He boasted the new invention of floating fish cage(Floating Bagang). Given the case in Lahar Datu where the seaweed farm was attacked by the turtles, it was an interesting invention. We were told that now it was possible to go to Sandarkan by car. Although about 18 kms were not completed paved, it is possible to reach Sandarkan within 4-5 hours.
The Bengkoka area, the project site of the rubber industry for the poor, is about 40 minutes away from the office by car. The technician called Innocent (very unusal name, he told us that he is not guity) guided us. The story from him has a lot of important things realted to land ownership, previous projects A and B and the plan to relocate poor family households in the middle of the rubber plantation. Especially their plan to build a long wooden house divided by the thin wall called Kongsi was very depressing. What will happen to their social life?
We looked arond the site where the PM will make a visit on the 9th of June and came to Kota Marud. Of course, the hotel we stayed in is the best in town, the Marud Inn, which is equipped with the air conditioner making sounds of Formula One race!
Tomorrow we will look around the successul community forestry project, Gana, in Rinkabau Forest Reserve.
Day Six, 9th of May, 2006, Sabah Poverty Research
Internal meeting with UPEN officers.
Visit and have an interview with Dato Ismail Bin Haji Wadin, the Chief of JPPS (Federal Ministry of Rural Development?). He seemed to have the most elaborated comprehensive data on the poor and hard core poor family households in Sabah. He made his strategy report based on the data of the Economic Planning Unit (EPU), the PM`s office. He presented his report but he did not seem to share his report with the State government. He has data on remote area, fishers, agriculture workers, the elderly and handicapped poor. He seemed to have differerent strategy targeting different groups but he did not want to show them to us. Anyway it was very encouraging to find a person like him. JPPS has the fund from the Federal through the State Governemnt. They have various ideas but only those chosen by the State Government would be implemented. He emphasised the role of the State government, in particular in impletation.
After having an interview we had a brief internal meeting with Zul, Cony, the replacement of Zul from Thursday, Dr Iguchi, Prof. Ogata. Various matters such as schedule, data and the arrangement of the visit to Pitas. We are going to Pitas, the poorest area in Sabah tomorrows. According to the data, more than half of the whole population of the Pitas are in hard core poverty. I really want to see the real situation.
In the afternoon, Prof. Ogata and I went to the Statistics Office and bought a lot of statistical materials. I hope those materials are helpful for us to understand the situation and make our proposal.
Visit and have an interview with Dato Ismail Bin Haji Wadin, the Chief of JPPS (Federal Ministry of Rural Development?). He seemed to have the most elaborated comprehensive data on the poor and hard core poor family households in Sabah. He made his strategy report based on the data of the Economic Planning Unit (EPU), the PM`s office. He presented his report but he did not seem to share his report with the State government. He has data on remote area, fishers, agriculture workers, the elderly and handicapped poor. He seemed to have differerent strategy targeting different groups but he did not want to show them to us. Anyway it was very encouraging to find a person like him. JPPS has the fund from the Federal through the State Governemnt. They have various ideas but only those chosen by the State Government would be implemented. He emphasised the role of the State government, in particular in impletation.
After having an interview we had a brief internal meeting with Zul, Cony, the replacement of Zul from Thursday, Dr Iguchi, Prof. Ogata. Various matters such as schedule, data and the arrangement of the visit to Pitas. We are going to Pitas, the poorest area in Sabah tomorrows. According to the data, more than half of the whole population of the Pitas are in hard core poverty. I really want to see the real situation.
In the afternoon, Prof. Ogata and I went to the Statistics Office and bought a lot of statistical materials. I hope those materials are helpful for us to understand the situation and make our proposal.
Tuesday
Day Five - 8th of May, 2006, Sabah Poverty Research
Professor Ogata checking out the office!!
Mostly interviews done. In the morning, Dr Iguchi and I went to office at the UPEN building. In the morning we visit the officer in charge of the Department of the Rural Development. During the interviews we found that there are several different PLIs. It is very common to find that there are not reliable statistics in underdeveloped countries but it is a surprise to me that Malaysia has different dubious statistics. When we had an interview with Zul, young Malaysian officer, we have another differetn statistics. Everybody told me that theirs are the latest one. That makes me more confused. Just before the lunch time, we visited the statistical office and there we found various statistics. The only thing I could rely on was the smile on the lady who sold those statistics to us.
In the afternoon we visited the Institute of Development Studies, Sabah, the governmental organisation full of excitement with their achivement, SAIP, Sabah Agro Industrial Precinct. Their focus is on the very much economic development, and I felt it could be a bit remote from our purpose. Anyway if there is any way to link our project to that project, it would mean that we have a tremendous institutional back-up.
Prof. Ogata arrived in Sabah around 5 PM. We had a discussion over the dinner. It is always great to have a colleague in the team, especially good one like him. Tomorrow we are going to courtesy visit the chief of the JPSS. And I have to meet chief of the Agricultural department and asked them for the data Prof. Itagaki needed. In the afternoon I have to go to the statistical office to buy more statistical documents. I wonder whether I have a time to visit the software shop. Busy day as always....
Mostly interviews done. In the morning, Dr Iguchi and I went to office at the UPEN building. In the morning we visit the officer in charge of the Department of the Rural Development. During the interviews we found that there are several different PLIs. It is very common to find that there are not reliable statistics in underdeveloped countries but it is a surprise to me that Malaysia has different dubious statistics. When we had an interview with Zul, young Malaysian officer, we have another differetn statistics. Everybody told me that theirs are the latest one. That makes me more confused. Just before the lunch time, we visited the statistical office and there we found various statistics. The only thing I could rely on was the smile on the lady who sold those statistics to us.
In the afternoon we visited the Institute of Development Studies, Sabah, the governmental organisation full of excitement with their achivement, SAIP, Sabah Agro Industrial Precinct. Their focus is on the very much economic development, and I felt it could be a bit remote from our purpose. Anyway if there is any way to link our project to that project, it would mean that we have a tremendous institutional back-up.
Prof. Ogata arrived in Sabah around 5 PM. We had a discussion over the dinner. It is always great to have a colleague in the team, especially good one like him. Tomorrow we are going to courtesy visit the chief of the JPSS. And I have to meet chief of the Agricultural department and asked them for the data Prof. Itagaki needed. In the afternoon I have to go to the statistical office to buy more statistical documents. I wonder whether I have a time to visit the software shop. Busy day as always....
Sunday
Day Four, 7th of May, 2006, Sabah Poverty Research
Me on the small engined boat trying to avoid the stong sunshine.
Prof. Itagaki and Environmental Action Committee Staffs wating for the boat showing us around the Mengkabung lagoon.
Visiting the place called Mengkabung Lagoon. River houses were concentrated in this area and it showed a typical case where the poverty and environmental problem is mixed. Wonderful lady, Zahrah Yaacob from Environmental Action Committee, Quango, guided us and we could have a look at the quality of life of those people living in this area. We had a two sessions of interviews, a relatively wealthy family and a hard core poor family.
In the afternoon, At University of Malaya Sabah, we had a brain storming inviting Professor Azira teaching environmental sociology at UMS. I learned a lot about Sabah from her.
Day Three - 6th of May, 2006, Sabah Poverty Research
Came back from Lahad Datu. Took a rest. I walked on the tread mill for about 45m. Feeling always good after walking. Wonderful dinner with Prof. Itagaki at seafood restaurant.
Day Two - 5th of May, 2006, Sabah Poverty Research
Lahal Datu View from the Sky.
The smiling lady in extreme poverty. Is it common smile you come across on the way to your workplace in the morning? I am still wondering about the relationship between happiness and cash income.
It is children;s day in Korea and the Sabah Post, the local paper, carried the article on the damage by the flood of several days ago. According to the report, the Kinabatangan are in the east was hit most. War fled to the east, 45m away from KK, to the place called Lahal Datu.
Dr Iguchi, Professor Itagaki and I visited the Department of Development and the officer in charge of the department briefed the situation of the poverty. According to their statistics, they have 350 hard core poor families. Although they have several projects for the hard core poor families, the result was not that good. There were interesting stories about the seaweed farming; the boat provided by the government without engine and the turtle attacking the seaweed farm which the fishery department did not foresee.
We visited the old lady who were provided with the fish pond by the government and had a look at the result of it. The lady in the category of hardcore poverty seemed to be very happy though. She just abandoned the fish pond and did not care about the fish pond except when she wanted to have a fish on her dinner table.
The poor are mostly are smll planters with less than 7 acres. We found that the marketing process can be the key to increase the cash income for the poor. If they could establish producers cooperatives managing the production and the sales, they could get the proper price for the oil palm seeds. Since oil palm trees absorbes all the nutrients of the soil, other fruit plants are not grown properly. Maybe people have a fairer chance than the fruit trees if we can think about more innovative way to grow and sell them.
The smiling lady in extreme poverty. Is it common smile you come across on the way to your workplace in the morning? I am still wondering about the relationship between happiness and cash income.
It is children;s day in Korea and the Sabah Post, the local paper, carried the article on the damage by the flood of several days ago. According to the report, the Kinabatangan are in the east was hit most. War fled to the east, 45m away from KK, to the place called Lahal Datu.
Dr Iguchi, Professor Itagaki and I visited the Department of Development and the officer in charge of the department briefed the situation of the poverty. According to their statistics, they have 350 hard core poor families. Although they have several projects for the hard core poor families, the result was not that good. There were interesting stories about the seaweed farming; the boat provided by the government without engine and the turtle attacking the seaweed farm which the fishery department did not foresee.
We visited the old lady who were provided with the fish pond by the government and had a look at the result of it. The lady in the category of hardcore poverty seemed to be very happy though. She just abandoned the fish pond and did not care about the fish pond except when she wanted to have a fish on her dinner table.
The poor are mostly are smll planters with less than 7 acres. We found that the marketing process can be the key to increase the cash income for the poor. If they could establish producers cooperatives managing the production and the sales, they could get the proper price for the oil palm seeds. Since oil palm trees absorbes all the nutrients of the soil, other fruit plants are not grown properly. Maybe people have a fairer chance than the fruit trees if we can think about more innovative way to grow and sell them.
Day One - 4th of May, 2006, Sabah Poverty Research
Waiting for the plane to Kota Kinabalu at the KL. A bit nervous...
Departing from Fukuoka at 11:00 AM, I arrived in Kota Kinabalu (normally called KK in Sabah) at 11;00 PM via Kuala Lumpur. George, our driver with a wonderful smie waited to take me to the hotel. As soon as I arrived, he passed the memo from Dr Iguchi, the team leader, saying that we are going to leave for Lahal Datu, the Southwest of the Sabah in the early morning. I was thisty for a pint of larger. As soon as I checked in, I ran to the bar to have a pint of Larger. I will leave for the first site at 9:00 tomorrow. And ... I don;t have any knowledge and information on that place and don;t know what will happen there.
Departing from Fukuoka at 11:00 AM, I arrived in Kota Kinabalu (normally called KK in Sabah) at 11;00 PM via Kuala Lumpur. George, our driver with a wonderful smie waited to take me to the hotel. As soon as I arrived, he passed the memo from Dr Iguchi, the team leader, saying that we are going to leave for Lahal Datu, the Southwest of the Sabah in the early morning. I was thisty for a pint of larger. As soon as I checked in, I ran to the bar to have a pint of Larger. I will leave for the first site at 9:00 tomorrow. And ... I don;t have any knowledge and information on that place and don;t know what will happen there.
Wednesday
Day Minus One - 3rd of May Sabah Poverty Research
Yesterday was quite busy reading through all the documents. Today is the first day of Dontaku Matsuri, and this year once again I miss this festival. Maybe next year.
I will leave tomorrow and arrive in Kota Kinabalu around 12 o'clock at night. 40,000 households are considered hard core poverty ridden families according to the statistics of MRRD. They are my targets and I have to think about the profile of the poverty of those. If we can do anything to improve the situation...
I will leave tomorrow and arrive in Kota Kinabalu around 12 o'clock at night. 40,000 households are considered hard core poverty ridden families according to the statistics of MRRD. They are my targets and I have to think about the profile of the poverty of those. If we can do anything to improve the situation...
九州大学国際開発研究会(仮称)第二回研究会
九州大学国際開発研究会(仮称)第二回研究会
日時 2006年5月27日(土) 13::00-17:00
場所 九州大学箱崎キャンパス 経済学部大会議室
テーマ 「日本と韓国の援助とODAの現状と将来展望」
[The ODA and Aid Frameworks of Japan and Korea in the Era of
Globalization]
講師
I. 原 昌平 国際開発銀行開発4部「中央アジア・コーカサス向け円借款担当課長」
(Mr. Shohei Hara, Director(Central Asia and Caucasus), Development Assistance
Department V, Japan Bank for International Cooperation)
II. Mr. Song-Yun Park、韓国輸出入銀行、広報室、副室長
(Mr. Song-Yun Park, Deputy Director, Public Relations Office, the Export-Import
Bank of Korea)
III. Dr. Chang-Hee Lee 国連 国際労働機関、アジア/東アジア 支局、労使関係専門家
(Dr. Chang-Hee Lee, Industrial Relations Specialist, International Labour Organization(ILO), Sub-Regional Office for East Asia)
スケジュール
13:00 開会挨拶
山下邦明 教授 (九州大学言語文化研究院長)
13:10 モデレーター(Yi, Ilcheong イ イル チョン) 助教授
・九州大学言語文化研究院)
13:15 第一発表 原 昌平 (Hara, Shohei)
「日本の中央アジア向けODAの現状と今後」
14:00 休憩
14:15 第二発表 Mr. Park, Song-Yun
ODA Framework of Korea (tentative)
15:00 休憩
15:15 第三発表 Dr. Lee, Chang-Hee
Development aid, local governance and labor issues in Globalized World
16:00 休憩
16:15 質疑応答
17:00 閉会
18:00 懇談会
日時 2006年5月27日(土) 13::00-17:00
場所 九州大学箱崎キャンパス 経済学部大会議室
テーマ 「日本と韓国の援助とODAの現状と将来展望」
[The ODA and Aid Frameworks of Japan and Korea in the Era of
Globalization]
講師
I. 原 昌平 国際開発銀行開発4部「中央アジア・コーカサス向け円借款担当課長」
(Mr. Shohei Hara, Director(Central Asia and Caucasus), Development Assistance
Department V, Japan Bank for International Cooperation)
II. Mr. Song-Yun Park、韓国輸出入銀行、広報室、副室長
(Mr. Song-Yun Park, Deputy Director, Public Relations Office, the Export-Import
Bank of Korea)
III. Dr. Chang-Hee Lee 国連 国際労働機関、アジア/東アジア 支局、労使関係専門家
(Dr. Chang-Hee Lee, Industrial Relations Specialist, International Labour Organization(ILO), Sub-Regional Office for East Asia)
スケジュール
13:00 開会挨拶
山下邦明 教授 (九州大学言語文化研究院長)
13:10 モデレーター(Yi, Ilcheong イ イル チョン) 助教授
・九州大学言語文化研究院)
13:15 第一発表 原 昌平 (Hara, Shohei)
「日本の中央アジア向けODAの現状と今後」
14:00 休憩
14:15 第二発表 Mr. Park, Song-Yun
ODA Framework of Korea (tentative)
15:00 休憩
15:15 第三発表 Dr. Lee, Chang-Hee
Development aid, local governance and labor issues in Globalized World
16:00 休憩
16:15 質疑応答
17:00 閉会
18:00 懇談会
Monday
Day -3 JBIC Sabah Sarawak Poverty Research
This is the record of my activities for the Sabah Sarawak Poverty Research. I write this for my next trip or for others who may do the same work as mine.
Today, I finished my article for Asia Centre and submitted it. Maybe I have to do some corrections during my stay in Malaysia, which means a bit of distraction from my work since this article is rather remote from the issue of poverty.
I have looked through all the materials that I have received from Dr Iguchi and collected myself and started printing them out. Maybe I can read through before I leave. The most difficult problem I have to deal with is that I need an ability for multi tasking. I have to deal with various issues in this project and other issues nothing to do with this project at the same time. And my curiosity in almost every fields from history to computer (this Mac!! ) continously get me away from one work. Anyhow, I will try this diary as long as time permits..
Today, I finished my article for Asia Centre and submitted it. Maybe I have to do some corrections during my stay in Malaysia, which means a bit of distraction from my work since this article is rather remote from the issue of poverty.
I have looked through all the materials that I have received from Dr Iguchi and collected myself and started printing them out. Maybe I can read through before I leave. The most difficult problem I have to deal with is that I need an ability for multi tasking. I have to deal with various issues in this project and other issues nothing to do with this project at the same time. And my curiosity in almost every fields from history to computer (this Mac!! ) continously get me away from one work. Anyhow, I will try this diary as long as time permits..
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