The Bridge On The River Kwai.

Should we take sides? Are you for the Penans living inside the remote areas in central Sarawak or the timber company which was tasked to clear a portion of the jungle for a dam? The area was earmarked for the 'Great Flood' to create a reservoir for the dam. The furore over the soon-to-be dismantle bridge had caught the attention of many.

Prior to the intrusion by the timber company, how did the natives go about their daily lives? How did they travel from one settlement to another? They were able to carry on with their daily activities long before the bridge was built. The natives had no cause to be angry or be agitated with the timber company. Anyway, the timber company had no obligation to built neither do they owe the natives the bridge.

Let's get down to brass tacks. I sympathized with the natives and also to the Catholic Church because they would not have 'the easy way out'. It would be a problem to deliver foodstuffs and the kinds to the natives now. But nothing much could be done because the bridge was not built for the natives in the first place! Even if the bridge was not dismantled, eventually the bridge would just become a rusty metal wreck. The bridge needs to be maintained at all times. And who's going to maintain it? You? Me? Think again! Let's not be too quick to point fingers at anybody. Let's be rational. Let's not raise hell. Let's not raise our voice. Let's not raise anybody's hackles for that matter!