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Friday, December 31, 2010

Move Out (搬迁) !!??




Move Out (搬迁) !!??

How?

We people can move out from any house to any new house, but not the swiftlets...

Swiftlet ranching is not like any other poultry rearing.

Apart from it requires the ranchers tremendously pour in a lot of endeavour, time and money....

the swiftlet must need a sanctuary called BH, which is fixed & cannot be 'change place' at all.

Once change location, all the birds will be gone forever...and

Similarly, there goes all the effort thrown in, money spent and time spared, down to the drain...



Appended please read the related news form thestar and sinchew.

Thursday December 30, 2010

Swiftlet farms ordered to move out of heritage site


GEORGE TOWN: The state government has ordered unregistered swiftlet farms within the George Town Unesco Heritage site to move out by Saturday or face action.


State Local Government and Traffic Management Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said the operators would be fined if they refused to have the birds’ nests removed from the farms.


“If we allow this, more farms may be set up and we will be having heritage buildings that are empty inside except for birds and their nests,” he said here yesterday.


Chow said the state believed there were around 32 new or unregistered swiftlet farms within the core zone.


“We will issue compounds of RM250 against the new and unregistered farms from Jan 1 if they refuse to move out.


“We will also take them to court,” he said.


He added that the move was in accordance with the new swiftlets farming guidelines approved by the National Council for Local Go­­vernment which was chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister.


“The council also decided that swiftlet farming activities are not allowed within Unesco Heritage sites in Malacca and George Town,” he said.


To date, Chow said there were 129 registered swiftlet farm operators on the island with 78 located within the heritage zone.


檳明年严厉执行养燕指南‧燕屋3年內须迁出世遗区


(檳城29日讯)明年1月1日开始,檳州政府將严厉执行世界文化遗產区內不准养燕以及燕屋必须在3年內迁出古蹟区的国家养燕业发展指南(1GP),冥顽不灵的养燕业者將面对法庭诉讼及拆除燕屋设施的下场。


罪成最高罚50万


地方政府执法当局將优先对付那些刚刚在古蹟区进行养燕的新业者,以及未向当局申请註册的燕屋业者,一旦控上法庭且罪名成立,將在城乡规划法令下面对最高50万令吉罚款以及最高两年监禁。


至於檳岛市政局执照组每发出一张传票,则是250令吉。


檳州地方政府事务委员会主席曹观友行政议员今日召开新闻发佈会,透露州政府已成立一支技术委员会来执行地方政府理事会所批准的国家养燕业发展指南,这支委员会將以檳岛市政局建筑组主任尤端祥为首。


在今年9月2日,以副首相丹斯里慕尤丁为首的地方政府理事会批准落实有关指南,指南阐明古蹟区內不准再进行养燕活动,同时文化遗產区內现有的燕屋,必须在3年的宽限期內搬迁至被允许的地方。


尤端祥指出,向檳岛市政局註册的养燕业者或燕屋多达129个,其中78个是在乔治市古蹟內运作,此外,古蹟区內也出现32个非法操作的养燕活动。


12月23日
发正式通知


“执法组会先对付新来者(也是非法养燕的业者),然后便是32个未註册的养燕活动,最后则是78名持有准证的业者。”


他说,当局已在12月23日发出正式通知予上述78名养燕业者,提醒他们在3年內逐步迁出古蹟核心区及缓衝区。


他也提醒,明年1月1日开始,这些业者不准播放引燕声,所有播音系统必须即刻拆除。


“至於那些非法操作的养燕业者,我们会在明年1月1日开始展开执法行动。截至目前,我们已对4名新的业者(未註册)採取行动。”


曹观友:2种形式执法
通过诉讼及拆燕屋设施


曹观友说,当局將以两种形式展开执法行动,第一就是通过檳岛市政局的执法组来发出通知书、传票以及採取法庭诉讼行动,同时也会展开拆除燕屋內部设施等。


至於第二种方式则是由檳州兽医局负责,该局將在適当的季节协助搬迁养燕场所,而兽医局拥有这方面的专才。


他说,燕子一年有三次的繁殖期,搬迁行动必须在雏燕懂得飞行后才能展开,以免造成不必要的伤害。


“兽医局也採用各种方法,使到原有的燕屋不再適合养燕,让燕子回不到燕屋,例如安装网线及封闭墙洞。”


询及当局是否已鑑定適合的地区让养燕业者迁移,曹观友说,兽医局会协助鑑定,而新的地区一般上是在农业地。


在这项指南下,当局无须对必须搬迁的养燕业者作出任何赔偿。


尤端祥:各方须遵守条例


尤端祥坦言,檳州燕窝业公会对於国家养燕业发展指南的落实反应欠佳,也提出爭议,但这是条例,大家都必须遵守。


曹观友则希望这些业者能全面配合及合作,以便搬迁行动顺利,把不必要的问题减至最低。


“我瞭解该公会曾经保证不会破坏燕屋的建筑建构,同时將尽力保持原貌,但是,我希望他们瞭解,世界文化遗產强调的是活古蹟,若最终鸟比人多,这座古蹟城將变成鸟城,而建筑內质也空洞了。”


星洲日报‧2010.12.29



Bye Bye Tiger, Here Come Rabbit!



Today is the last day of the decade.

This year, have gone through the bitterness of losing someone I love as well as tasted the sweetness & the fruition of understanding and love...

Life have not been easy. All of us is inescapable.

How many time of ups and downs, rise and fall we must face, before we get to enjoy the final achievement & success.

Back to the BH farming, be patient we must, be a fisherman we emulate so that at the end of the day we can fish for some thing very big.

At this juncture, I have my own personal wish list ready for my swiftlet farming projects in year 2011

1) Wish I can at least complete two BH projects, at least 1 town BH and 1 standalone.

2) Wish that my existing BH at the soonest reaching full house status.

3) Wish that I can learn and discover more tips in boosting up the result of the BH

So, my dear blog readers, what is your new year resolution?

I believe you sure have worked out some plans by now.

So, wishing you a very happy & sparkling new year and every success in swiftlet farming!

Good riddance the year of tiger,

Let us have a good and brand new start, rabbit!


Likes & Dislikes



What do they commonly like?

- Like corners. They like to build nests at the corners of the nesting area.

- Like tweeters. Their choice of nest normally will be near to the tweeter. Maybe they feel safer by doing so.

- Usually they like darker area.

- They like to play around the new BH due to curiosity (with new sound) but will only build nest after staying for quite a while (provided the micro & design is ok).

- They will be much happier if we could provide fake nest to assist them (young birds) making nest.

- They like spacious roving area and rooms.

- They like well-managed BH.

- They prefer frequent taller BH.

- They like rainy days. (Finding food easier,…)

- How about you add some points here?



What do they commonly dislike?

- They fear of aerosol and knocking noise.

- They do not make nests at brighter area. We must control the light in our nesting rooms.

- They hate predators : owls, gecko, lizard, mouse, snake etc.

- They do not prefer obstruction or narrow flying space in a new BH. Sometimes accident may happen and may cause fatality. Ensure smooth flying is necessary.

- Dislike ambient temperature too warm (>32 °C) or too cold (lower than 28 °C)

- How about you add some points here?


Above is only my humble personal opinion. Do correct me if I am wrong.





Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Dragon Hole (笼口)

Attached 2 photos showing another special type of entrance hole : Dragon hole or 笼口.

It looks like a combination of the monkey house, roving area and window type into one product.

Nowadays this type of entrance opening is rarely found in Malaysia.

It was introduced by Indonesia's consultant, IMHO, may be due to safety reason, it is not commonly practised in Malaysia's BHs.

Where is the biggest hazard that cause risk to the BH rancher?

Can you discover it from the pictures?








Saturday, December 18, 2010

Giant Vacuum Cleaner!!!

Hope you enjoy this short video clip.

It's amazing....

Each time I watch it, I am totally speechless...

This BH is like a vacuum cleaner, the "magnetic suction" is unbelievably strong...

Seeing the birds foraging around this BH like crazy makes me crazy too..

Btw I enjoy seeing this video clip, again and again, never feel tired.

Witness for yourself too, hope you will enjoy it too.

*Click full screen to watch for the birds.


Friday, December 17, 2010

Been away so long

Been away for so long...

I seldom write anything here since my father passed away few months ago.

After he left, I feel that in this world things happen so fast and the only thing remains unchanged is "change" itself.

However, in my life, I do believe in one little thing...when you plan to do anything, to be able to take the first step is very important in order to make thing change.

So let this article be my first step to gain back the momentum to resume writing here...

With Christmas around the corner, I wish everyone could leave behind the unhappy past, learn from the mistake, let go, move on and start a new & promising journey again!

Happy swiftlet farming!

Best Regards,

Engineer Lee