
It is indeed heartwarming to hear the charity story by BenChai helping a lady in Sarawak, good job brother!. All Swiftlet farming Associations should emulate this good deed and continue to do more charities irrespective of race, colour or creed. Perhaps this is another reason why swiftlet farming is so good business. Also I have been thinking hard why the Government particularly some of the State governments like Johor, Sarawak... are very reluctant or very scare to issue license and fully support this legitimate & lucrative swiftlet farming birdnest industry in the shoplots/commercial areas???? These are some of my thoughts:
1) Scare or embarrass to approve because this will have many "swiftlets" birds inside the shoplot(1st floor & above as the ground floor not allowed) where people and businesses are carried out. This is like going "backward" in our 2020 vision/development where in the seventies, kampong or town areas where our grandfather/grand mothers rear chickens, pigs behind their shop, house, kampongs. Malaysia Boleh is now developing toward Advanced Nation in 2020 with Iskander project, Super Highway corridor, Cyberjaya..Twin Towers... this or that with all the modern buildings, so how can backyard swiftlet farming there like chicken/pig/goat farming??? The Mat Sallehs/Singaporeans will laugh at us because USA/Singapore do not have that!
Of course we know this wrong ,wrong, wrong perception/thinking and need to be corrected! Firstly Swiftlet farming is NOT the same as "chicken or pig farming". The 1st fundamental difference is Swiftlet Birds are very clean/high class, they spent most of the day time free "flying" high in the sky drinking & eating insects in the sky. This swiftlet bird can fly around 50km or more radius. Because of its weak legs, Swiftlet birds cannot land on the ground, if they do they cannot fly again and will likely die. Because of this, swiftlets birds don't mixed with other birds/animals. Then in the evening, they return to the Birdhouse/shoplot and hang onto the wooden planks provide to make "birdnest" using their saliva, and also shit inside the Birdhouse normally at the same spot. The 2nd difference is we DO NOT FEED the swiftlets birds as there are free to fly in or out the birdhouse anytime looking for their food & water. Even the baby birds are feed by the adult birds! 3rd Difference is the swiftlet birds don't disturb anybody by roaming around unlike chickens, pigs & goats.
So, of course our Swiftlet farming Birdhouse can blend very nicely with the MODERN society and townships and we all must be very prond that we are now pioneer this NEW CONCEPT in modern living where birds & humans & business co-exist without creating any nuisance for each other. This is the world first. With the "Save the Earth" environmental campaign, we are moving towards "Nature" by giving this swiftlet bird a decent place to stay and make "Birdnest" which is precious stuff. With proper licensing, planning & design the modern "facade" of the shoplot can be maintained and at the same time Birdhouse can flourish together. So to all reluctant State Government/Federal Government, don't be scare, have the "balls" to approve and move ahead with this GREAT Business! Nobody will laugh at us but they will Praise us for being environmentally friendly building instead of "CONCRETE JUNGLE!" To be Continued!
QUOTE(Engineer Lee @ Jun 19 2009, 11:37 PM)
Yes, Brother Semuabumi is right. He is on our side.