No Thanks To Johor Eco Park Developers!

Johor town BH farmers are in deep shit now!!!

Someone has drafted another proposals to wipe out the town BHs in Johor.

These proposals are drafted by people with very big hidden agenda, without the involvement of the Johor BN association, instead, only involved the Eco Park Developers.

As we know, Johor is one of the states that has the most Eco Parks developed.

Recently, we have

1) Eco Park in Simpang Renggam

Jointly developed by :

i) SSB Development Bhd (subsidiary of Swiftlet Sanctury Berhad) from JB.

ii) Julung Cipta Sdn Bhd (State Govt subsidiary)

iii) YWJ Citra (State Govt GLC)

Supported by UTM & Jabatan Pertanian Johor and Consultant : ShuangYan.

Proposed to construct 50 units of 3 storey terrace BH size 22'x 80'. Phase 1 launching 10 units. Selling price RM580k per unit.

2) Eco Park in Mersing

Developed by :

Swiftlet Property Management Sdn Bhd. from Mersing.

Proposed to construct 28 units of 4 storeys terrace BHs, size 24' x 80', Selling price per unit = RM 750k onwards.

3) Eco Park in Tangkak, Johor. Touted as "Suria Eco Park"

Developed by :

Yenzheka Bird Nest Design Specialist (1st BN house contractor ISO 9001 compliance)

Proposed to construct 65 units of BHs. Selling price per unit = RM 570 k.
Launching date : 18/1/09. Expected to complete within 2 years.

If the proposal materialises, it will affect thousands of town BHs in the cities especially JB, BP, Muar, Segamat... and also those towns like Simpang Renggam, Tangkak, Mersing and so on...

Appended below are the links to the uncalled-for proposals:

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My dear Johor friends, this is gonna be a tough uphill battlefield...

God bless us..

来来来 Swiftlet!

Aerodramus Fuchipagus Domesticus, they like to stay near to human population, especially the swiftlet lovers.

They are not scared of us once they get used to our environment and get to know that we are their good friends.

It’s amazing that the birds actually can understand our body language, granted, we give them enough exposure or training.

Have you tried this before?

Just climb up on your BH rooftop around 4-6 pm (but of course safety first, make sure your ladder is secured properly and if your BH can be accessed with a staircase it's better), wave your hand to one of them and say : "来来来" or come! come! come!

Then the swiftlet will fly to you, approach you and then fly away slowly.

You can also clap your hands, either way, it works.

Do this few times I believe this will make your day..

The exercise will help to increase your blood circulation..

Seeing it is believing, it's incredible but real. Seriously, I'm not joking.....

Try it yourself and enjoy it, you deserve it.

Good luck!

Town BH Licensing - why so difficult?

Why is it so difficult to get license to operate BHs in town?

It seems like more difficult than striking a lottery to secure one G**d**n license.

IMO, The main reason should be:

Public complaints, owing to the uncontrolled noise that arouses nuisance.

Let's study carefully..

First thing...

Let's see who are our opponents?

1) Some PBT officials, PBT (PIHAK BERKUASA TEMPATAN) or LOCAL GOVT AUTHORITIES or LOCAL COUNCIL, under the Ministry of Housing & Local Government

2) PERHILITAN, The wildlife department, Ministry of Environment

3) Public complaint unit, Ministry of Prime Minister



And then

Who are supportive of this trade?

1) PM

2) Dept of Veterinary Service (DVS or Jabatan Perkhidmatan Haiwan), Ministry of Agriculture.

3) Ministry of Finance

4) Ministry of Trade

Now, have you noticed it? Can you see the difference?

Ok, it is due to the public complaints again.

It all boils down to which department will receive the complaints and face the music from the top or pressure from the politicians who champion for the rakyat.

PBTs are the local "tai ko" or big brother who will be the first to be pressurized by the public if the BH creates social problems and mess up the relationship with their neighbors.

Kudos to the power of the "Rakyat". We should consider lucky that the rakyat has full grip in monitoring the monitor, which is the PBT. We should be happy to learn that the monitoring (pemantauan) system is still in place.

We should understand that without PBTs playing their roles in regulating and monitoring on this industry, nobody else can do that. This is because they are the local "tai ko" and like it or not, we have to live with the fact that they are the so-called little Napoleon who can affect our destiny. If they say can, sure "boleh", if they are 50-50, we must convince and sweet talk them to buy-in, if they insist saying ''no" then sorry to say that you have to say "sayonara" to your investment (jokinglah...). As such, making their lives unhappy is the last thing we should do & think of.

As a matter of fact, we can't deny and undermine the important roles of the PBTs.

Tell me,
Who should be held responsible if a BH collapses and takes away lives?
Who should be blamed if a BH causing fire hazard if the wiring is not properly done & causing short circuit?
Who should be sued if the water leaking from the pond is left unattended?
Who should be fine if the external sound blasts in the middle of the night due to malfunction of the timer?
and the questions go on...

The core problem and very fact is: most of the BH owners do not stay near to their BHs and do not leave any clue as how to get in touch with them during emergency. (may be due to security reason or fear to face the public wrath). They do not have the contingency plan, and they just sweep the problem under the carpet and let others (PBTs) to clean up their left over shit. This is really unkind and uncool!

We should have the PBT's blessing and support so that we can be allowed to take our wings to fly high to the next level.

Since PBT is the authority to legitimate the BHs and we do not want them to have negative impression on us, the onus is on us to prove to PBT that we can undertake to avoid or minimise public complaints by introducing some good control measures. Until this is done, where our domestic affair is well taken care of, we just do not have the audacity to ask for what we intend to ask for.

To me it is very important that do we accept the fact or not?

Our reputation is being tarnished year in and year out by the industry black sheep who does not give a damn on our neighbors' feeling.

I believe that all these years we have done quite well to teach and brief the PBT about our trade.

However, have we done the same the level best to educate our recalcitrant few or so called black sheep?

It's them, it's their arrogance & uncooperative attitude that bring our boat down together with them, sinking deeper and deeper..

I say we should fight for our own kind till the very end.

But, in the same time we should also go all out to despise the black sheep for their non-professional and non ethical practice.

First thing first, we must also stay united to say no compromise and work out something to reduce if not eliminate the non-compliance BHs.

How can we have the heart to accommodate and get associated with them?

Use whatever means to shut them down or control them, if they still adamant to change or take action after all sorts of warning given : is the right thing to do now!

It's now or never, for they have given us a very bad name.

Again like to repeat and stress that we are society-caring, peace-making and swiftlet-loving people.

We do not like to invite hostility and enemy.

My sincere apology if I have hurt some people's feeling.

Owning a BH : investing or speculating?

Understand that in the market there are a lot of ranchers have managed to sell off their renovated BHs to new owners and made handsome profit from that within only a few years.

Sounds cool and tempting to have sold the BH and become overnight millionaire.

However, I beg to differ from such approach of making a living. I think they have not seen the true "value" of holding their BH or properties yet. By doing so, they might risk incurring the "opportunity" cost which could be many times higher than the selling price.

Personally, I do not understand why they are willing to sell their business or fruition of their untiring efforts to someone else.

Because of money? Because of making fast money? Due to not confident that the bird nest's quantity will increase in the years to come? May be getting worried about the anti-swiftlet farming attitude of the government and the public?

Whatever it is, why choose to gain less if we can earn more in the future?

Swiftlet farming is a very good long term investment, it is not a get-rich-quick scheme ("Skim Cepat Kaya"). We just can't see the result overnight. This business requires tremendous patience. If we are patient enough, God willing, we will be able to get rich slowly and realize the dreams of our lives, slowly but steady...

I would be much disappointed if everyone treats swiftlet farming as speculation.

We are not short term share market traders (who do not own the business). We own the business and its operation. We do not simply own a BH today, rush to sell it tomorrow and reap quick premium out of it.

Not that it is wrong, but it's the principle that we should not easily pass on the effort of our business, which is initiated and made succeed by us, to some one else, especially a stranger and let him making profit. We should be the persons who deserve the final fruition and possess the liberty to pass it on to our family.

Besides, we should also treat swiftlets as are our close friends, our long term relationship business companions, our extended family that growing & building wealth together with us. We should hold on tight to that ties to tide through the rainy days to come....

We do not know when the authority will make them lose their homes...

We should see this business as an investment tool which can enable us getting extra passive income and also as something that can help us building wealth.

Building wealth means the income generated from our BH can be converted to early retiring fund as well as can help us sustain our lifestyle if we suddenly can't work and earn.

In short, I say swiftlet farming is not speculating, but investing. We are not and should not using our hard-earned money with the hope of selling it quickly for a profit.

Of course, there are many ways to generate quick income from our BHs, but just make sure that the last thing we should think of is to simply slaughter the golden goose that lays golden eggs...

We should hold this investment to generate permanent passive income.

To be frank, just like other bread & butter property investment, this business works well for me, a typical fixed-income working slave who is trying to work out something difference for his future, to his free-hand and full freedom without heavy commitment of his time.

It is better to perish in attempt than langusih in mediocrity.

With that I wish you good luck and all the best!

Second Opinion Is Not Good Enough!

Nowadays, a patient will normally seek for second opinion before making decision to proceed with his/her doctor's advice.

However, personally I feel that it is just not suffice to adopt some techniques without listening to third or fourth parties' opinion, as far as BH construction is concerned. More heads is always better than one.

Any sifu worth his salt should agree that if most of the sifus share the same answer in solving a particular problem, we should be convinced to accept it & have no good reason to disbelieve.

I believe that when I have doubt, the more I ask, the closer am I to the clue, that linking me to the final answer.

Of course, we must know how to ask and to whom we should post the question.

That's why I always strongly believe in "know who" before we can really "know how".

Matter-of-factly, it is always easier said than done.

I had bang my head against the wall for so many times, just to hack out an answer for my question.

The truth and true fact has always been far-reaching. The more anxious you reach out for it, the more you find yourself going round in a circle. Stranded. Entangled.

It seems that not many people is willing to face the truth. We tend to sweep all our problems under the carpet. The problem is still unsolved so long as we still fear to overcome it. The biggest fear is fear itself.

Until today, I am still searching for the best answer and the best design for my BH. I am not a perfectionist, nor do I believe in zero defect in the BH design, as I understand that we are all human beings who are prone to making mistake.

To me, it is more important that we can gain something from the mistake or error done and treat it as lesson learned and shall improve on that and will not repeat it again in future.

Again, the above is only my own personal experience.