Post rascom resettlement scheme : an assessment of the present livelihood of resettled Longhouse communities in Nanga Tada, Kanowit, Sarawak
The New Economic Policy, introduced by the Federal Government, was aimed at eradicating poverty and reorganising to the Malaysian Society so that the economic wealth of the nation would be proportionately distributed among the people. This was conducted by launching several development projects a...
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| description | The New Economic Policy, introduced by the Federal Government, was aimed at
eradicating poverty and reorganising to the Malaysian Society so that the
economic wealth of the nation would be proportionately distributed among the
people. This was conducted by launching several development projects and
getting the rural communities to be actively involved in agriculture on a
commercial scale. This study is to determine the connection between the current
socio-economic status of the NTRS settlers, their livelihood strategies and the
impact of natural resource management. The study employed the scientific
social-science method of collecting data by means of scheduled interviews,
observation and participation with the respondents and then analysing the
findings using SPSS Programme. The result of the study shows that the
communities involved in the RASCOM resettlement scheme are still behind in
their economic activities with unstable income. However, they succeeded in
emerging from poverty by earning an income above the PLI. This seems to
indicate that government efforts in attempting to eradicate poverty have been
successful in Ng Tada communities. Settlers in NTRS realize the importance of
the environment in their daily life, including natural resources and the ecosystem.
However, further steps to improve the quality of the environment should
be pursued. Overall, the settlers would prefer oil palm plantation, fruit orchard
and fresh water fishpond projects to be undertaken in the idle land as a priority. |
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| language | English |
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| spelling | unimas-123842025-06-16T07:37:50Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12384/ Post rascom resettlement scheme : an assessment of the present livelihood of resettled Longhouse communities in Nanga Tada, Kanowit, Sarawak Jesse Merayang, anak John H Social Sciences (General) The New Economic Policy, introduced by the Federal Government, was aimed at eradicating poverty and reorganising to the Malaysian Society so that the economic wealth of the nation would be proportionately distributed among the people. This was conducted by launching several development projects and getting the rural communities to be actively involved in agriculture on a commercial scale. This study is to determine the connection between the current socio-economic status of the NTRS settlers, their livelihood strategies and the impact of natural resource management. The study employed the scientific social-science method of collecting data by means of scheduled interviews, observation and participation with the respondents and then analysing the findings using SPSS Programme. The result of the study shows that the communities involved in the RASCOM resettlement scheme are still behind in their economic activities with unstable income. However, they succeeded in emerging from poverty by earning an income above the PLI. This seems to indicate that government efforts in attempting to eradicate poverty have been successful in Ng Tada communities. Settlers in NTRS realize the importance of the environment in their daily life, including natural resources and the ecosystem. However, further steps to improve the quality of the environment should be pursued. Overall, the settlers would prefer oil palm plantation, fruit orchard and fresh water fishpond projects to be undertaken in the idle land as a priority. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2004 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12384/2/Jess.pdf Jesse Merayang, anak John (2004) Post rascom resettlement scheme : an assessment of the present livelihood of resettled Longhouse communities in Nanga Tada, Kanowit, Sarawak. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS). |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) Jesse Merayang, anak John Post rascom resettlement scheme : an assessment of the present livelihood of resettled Longhouse communities in Nanga Tada, Kanowit, Sarawak |
| title | Post rascom resettlement scheme : an assessment of the present livelihood of resettled Longhouse communities in Nanga Tada, Kanowit, Sarawak |
| title_full | Post rascom resettlement scheme : an assessment of the present livelihood of resettled Longhouse communities in Nanga Tada, Kanowit, Sarawak |
| title_fullStr | Post rascom resettlement scheme : an assessment of the present livelihood of resettled Longhouse communities in Nanga Tada, Kanowit, Sarawak |
| title_full_unstemmed | Post rascom resettlement scheme : an assessment of the present livelihood of resettled Longhouse communities in Nanga Tada, Kanowit, Sarawak |
| title_short | Post rascom resettlement scheme : an assessment of the present livelihood of resettled Longhouse communities in Nanga Tada, Kanowit, Sarawak |
| title_sort | post rascom resettlement scheme : an assessment of the present livelihood of resettled longhouse communities in nanga tada, kanowit, sarawak |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) |
| url | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12384/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12384/2/Jess.pdf |