Ukusingatha i-ATF okwesibili e-Brunei Darussalam, kunikeza ithuba izithunywa ezingaphezu kuka-800 -kuhlanganise nabathengi abangu-400- ukufakaza nokujabulela lokho okusele kuyikhona elingaziwa kakhulu le-ASEAN. I-Brunei, iNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia Umbuso wokugcina wamaMalay use-Borneo- isiqhingi sesithathu ngobukhulu emhlabeni- kodwa iwucezu lwaso oluncane kakhulu. I-Sultanate ithatha nje i-1% yendawo yonke yase-Borneo, okulingana no-2,226 sq m. Isibalo sabantu futhi sincane ngezindinganiso ze-Borneo: izakhamuzi ezingaphansi kuka-400,000 ngenani labantu base-Borneo eliphelele le-16 kuya ku-17 million…
Kodwa-ke, ukudlala umsingathi we-ATF kuyithuba elingcono kakhulu lokwenza umphakathi wezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke wokuba khona kwe-Borneo kodwa futhi neSifunda Esikhethekile Sokukhula Konxantathu, i-BIMP-EAGA. Okuzwakala njengegama lenhlangano engaqondakali yezokwelapha noma yamakhemikhali kusho ukuthi i-Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines, i-East Asia Growth Area. Ihlanganisa i-East Malaysia ne-Sabah ne-Sarawak, i-Brunei, i-Kalimantan- i-Indonesia's Borneo-kanye ne-Sulawesi, i-Moluccas ne-Papua kanye ne-Philippines i-Mindanao ne-Palawan. "Siyaqaphela ukuthi isifinyezo asisho lutho kubahambi", kuvuma u-Peter Richter, Umeluleki Oyinhloko we-BIMP-EAGA ophethe ukukhuthazwa kokubambisana kwezomnotho. Ukubeka ekugcineni le ndawo emiqondweni yezivakashi kuwukuqala ngokuklanywa kabusha. “Akuzange kube lula kangako njengoba bekumele sicabangele ukuthi sibhekana namazwe amane. Kodwa ekugcineni savumelana nge "Equator Asia". Kunethuba lokuchaza indawo ngokwendawo, ukwenza inganekwane futhi ikhange indawo okuyiwa kuyo,” kusho u-Richter. Ukwethulwa ngokusemthethweni komkhiqizo kwabe sekuhanjelwe oNgqongqoshe Bezokuvakasha bamazwe amane, okunikeza ukubaluleka okungokomfanekiso emcimbini womlando we-BIMP-EAGA.
'I-Equator Asia' izosiza ikakhulukazi ukukhuthaza enye i-Asia, ehlobene kakhulu nezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo nendawo ezungezile. “Siyi-Heart of Biodiversity for the World sibonga amahlathi emvula agcinwe kahle kakhulu emhlabeni, asize ekugcineni isitshalo nezilwane eziyingqayizivele. Sizogcizelela ukukhushulwa kwethu kulezo zimpahla,” kusho u-Wee Hong Seng, iNhloko yoMkhandlu wezokuvakasha we-BIMP-EAGA. Izinsiza zemvelo eziningi kule ndawo sezivele zifakwe ohlwini lwezindawo ze-UNESCO zamagugu omhlaba ezifana neMulu Caves eSarwak, Mount Kinabalu Park eSabah noma iPalawan's Tubbataha Reef. Ngisho neBrunei manje isibheke ukufuna isimo se-UNESCO samagugu Omhlaba ngehlathi layo lemvula elihlanzekile eTemburong kanye naseKampung Ayer, okungenye yezindawo zokugcina amanzi ezigcinwe eBorneo. Futhi i-Equator Asia yaziwa kakhulu ngokunikeza amanye amapharadesi angaphansi kwamanzi amangalisa kakhulu anezixhobo zamakhorali ezinkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni.
Kodwa-ke, uhlobo olusha kuzofanele lunqobe izithiyo eziningi ezikhona. "Kudingeke okokuqala sikholise amazwe amane abambe iqhaza ngokubaluleka kokuthi azibophezele ngempela kumkhiqizo omusha futhi sibeke ukungezwani kwawo eceleni ukuze akhulume ngezwi elilodwa", utshela u-Wee. Ukungezwani phakathi kwamazwe lapho ilungu ngalinye liphusha i-ajenda yalo cishe lichaza ukwehluleka kwe-BIMP-EAGA ukuthola ukuqashelwa okungcono.
Kungashiwo okufanayo mayelana nokufinyelela emoyeni. “Kuyiqiniso ukuthi phambilini, wonke umuntu ubethanda ukuphusha inkampani yezindiza yezwe kanye nesikhumulo sezindiza sikazwelonke. Namuhla, amazwe ethu amane abheke ukungena ohlakeni olusha lokubambisana ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuxhumana, okubalulekile ukwenza ngcono ukufinyelela endaweni”, kwengeza u-Wee. Ukushintshashintsha okufana nokungaxhumani komoya phakathi kweNyakatho ye-Borneo (i-Malaysia ne-Brunei) ne-Kalimantan noma phakathi kwe-Davao ne-Malaysia kufanele kuxazululwe ngokulandelayo. “Ukuthuthukisa izindiza kuyindaba ethakaselwa yizinkampani zezindiza. Singabasiza nje ukuthi babone imizila engaba khona,” kusho iNhloko yoMkhandlu wezokuvakasha we-BIMP-EAGA. I-'Equatorial Asia' isekela izinhlelo zamanje ezivela kwa-MASwings, inkampani ephethwe yi-Malaysia Airlines e-Sabah nase-Sarwak ukuze inwebeke esifundeni. I-MASwings njengamanje ihlanganisa umqondo wokuqala ukuxhumanisa i-Kuching ne-Kota Kinabalu ne-Pontianak ne-Balikpapan e-Indonesia, i-Davao ne-Zamboanga e-Philippines kanye ne-Brunei.
Umkhandlu unethemba lokuthi iRoyal Brunei nayo ingakha isizinda esifanelekile samazwe ngamazwe esihlinzeka ngoxhumano phakathi kwawo wonke amadolobha abalulekile endaweni kanye nomhlaba wonke. I-RBA kufanele inwebele ngokushesha iye e-India nase-Shanghai kodwa namanje ayinazo izinhlelo zokusebenzela izindawo eziningi zesifunda endaweni.
Okokugcina, isidingo sizovela ekubeni khona okukhulu ezimakethe zamazwe ngamazwe. I-'Equator Asia' isebenza kuwebhusayithi enokuqukethwe kwayo okuchazwa kabanzi ngosizo lwe-Federal Ministry of Cooperation and Development yaseJalimane ngaphansi kwekheli elithi equator-asia.com. “Kodwa olunye udaba olubalulekile wukubheka ihhovisi elimele elifanele njengoba lingekho igunya elifanele lokuthuthukisa i-'Equator Asia'. Isikhungo sizobe sesifaka isandla kakhulu ekuphoqeleleni umkhiqizo wethu omusha,” kusho u-Richter.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- However, to play the ATF host is the best opportunity to make the world travel community of the existence of Borneo but also of the special Growth Triangle Region, BIMP-EAGA.
- “We are the Heart of Biodiversity for the World thanks to some of the best preserved rainforests on earth, which helped to maintain a unique flora and fauna.
- MASwings currently mulls the idea to start linking both Kuching and Kota Kinabalu to Pontianak and Balikpapan in Indonesia, Davao and Zamboanga in the Philippines as well as Brunei.
