Kampong Biawak, Lundu, Sarawak is home to the Selakau people, a Dayak group. It's a border village. You can get across to Kalimantan on a day pass. Across the border is the other half of the kampong.
I spent the first day of Gawai, 1st June, visiting open houses here and enjoyed the rest of the day at open houses in Lundu, moving on to Bau district to the villages of Kpg Opar, Kpg Serasot and Kpg Stass.
Of all th kampongs, Kpg Biawak is a deep contrast to the others. Even after 50 years of independence, the people of Kpg Biawak continue to commute on dusty gravel road, an improvement from the earthen road.
It's no wonder that more and more people are demanding change. For me, that change means that the boss of Petronas must be a Sarawakian, that Sarawak decides how the revenues are spent. That change means instead of giving out oil revenue royalty, the Federal Government must now request for from Sarawak and justify for revenues for its expenditures.
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