tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8110737299038469570.post7541490152285331853..comments2023-05-04T18:32:26.984+08:00Comments on wildfilms: Kekek Quarry, Pulau UbinRia Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09770926654830427210noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8110737299038469570.post-74819485051348178172007-04-09T21:31:00.000+08:002007-04-09T21:31:00.000+08:00Thanks, Ria. I was about to drop you a line to ask...Thanks, Ria. I was about to drop you a line to ask about how the 'expedition' went. The view is truly fantastic. Wish I had gone to see it for myself. From November's clip, it looks like there was room in the van for one more... <BR/><BR/>With attention focussed on the debate on ministers' salaries, I'm not sure if the news that granite mining will resume will get noticed.<BR/><BR/>We really must reflect on our fixation with non-stop building, demolition, and rebuilding, starting with the en bloc sale fever, and all the sacrifices that go with, eg buying sand from countries that are even more authoritarian and dictatorial and that have an even worse environmental track record than ours; and losing our nature areas etc. <BR/><BR/>And if the authorities (MND/BCA/NParks) are reading this, I hope an environmental study/EIA will be made available for public scrutiny and comment in before the preparation work for the quarrying commences. This is supposed to be a world class country with really out-of-this-world class ministerial and civil service salaries, for crying out loud, so it's time to start behaving like one. Going by the government's track record for 'internal' environmental studies in the recent past, I wouldn't be surprised if the quality of their environmental assessment is less than adequate.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09860682559735765778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8110737299038469570.post-15602267043338545812007-04-08T14:59:00.000+08:002007-04-08T14:59:00.000+08:00WRT the jungle fowls, it's actually not very surpr...WRT the jungle fowls, it's actually not very surprising not to have seen them. In fact those "skinny-dipping naturists" reported hearing junglefowls too but was not as lucky to have seen them ;)<BR/><BR/>I've heard them over the years at that very location but because we usually zip around in our bikes, we never get the chance to see them or catch them from behind unguarded! So thank you for making us walk ;) it's really exciting i finally met not 1 but 4!Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09656957598868734650noreply@blogger.com