How Knowledgable A Person Is About Swiftlet Farming !!!

I received this news report from a blog reader and he have a very strong point.

"How much knowledge do you thing this Datuk Len Talif Salleh have about Swiftlet Farming? He need to attend a two days crash Seminars on Swiftlet Farming before making those uncalled statements about diseases and bird shits dropping on the roadsides".

You read them and make the judgement yourself.

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KUCHING, Mon:

Sarawak will not hesitate to take stern action against illegal swiftlet farmers for causing environmental and health hazards, said Planning and Resource Management Ministry’s Deputy Permanent Secretary Datuk Len Talif Salleh.

Due to the lucrative returns, he said a total of 1,500 swiftlet farmers in Sarawak are now operating illegally compared with two farmers who had been issued licences by the state government.

Referring to the recent action against illegal swiflet farmers in Mukah, he said most of these illegal swiftlet farmers operated in shop lots in urban centres and this could lead to the spread of airborne disease.

In addition, Len said the noise from speakers imitating the swiftlets’ call was a nuisance to the public when the volume was amplified. “Swiftlet farming in urban areas is detrimental (to health). The birds' droppings are dirty and unhygienic. They can carry the Enterovirus 71 (EV71) (which can cause severe neurological damage).

That is our fear,” he said after the opening ceremony of the 15th Malaysian Forestry Conference here today.

“We encourage swiftlet farming. However, it must be established in rural areas or agriculture land and farmers must adhere to rules and regulations,” said Len, who is also the managing director of the Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC).

He said these illegal swiftlet farmers have been given warnings to cease their operation and notices directing them to move out from their premises were given to them since February last year.

Despite giving them ample time to move out, including conducting a series of dialogues explaining the state government’s action against illegal swiftlet farmers, he said they still refused to budged. — BERNAMA

More at: http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/NewsBreak/20081020191924/Article/index_html

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How can someone like him make a statement which is one sided and not benefiting the Swiftlet Industries.

I would say that these ADUN are not fit to be a proper leader and yet behave as if they know better then those who specialises in this field.

Met Dr.R from Veterinary Department and he confirmed that the department have make more then 5,000 swap tests on swiftlets during those bird flue case. There was no traces of any diseases.

If that is true what have the Forest Department do to prevent those martin from staying or perching every night on wire cables, in all remote towns in Malaysia? .

Good example Raub and Bentong towns. There are millions of these wild birds that return to the two towns every evening and do their shitting on everything below their perching areas.

Don't you think that is more of concern to Public health since AF never perch and they only shit in a control BHs?

What a crap and how can he make those kind of unproven statement?