现代化集中养猪计划惠民国 On Pig Farming issue

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马华前副总会长拿督斯理蔡细历医生非议国阵格拉那州议员拿督阿威仄莫反对现代集中养猪场的愚论，不满一些马来领袖执意将养猪课题政治化而罔视该行业的发展。

他说，现代化集中养猪区初时是由中央政府提倡，属于中央政府的重大政策，最后受惠的不仅是猪农也包括人民本身，阿威仄莫身为国阵议员显然并不了解国阵政府的政策。

他说，现代化养猪区采用先进排污系统，可以有效减少环境污染，但阿威却反指将加剧污染问题，证明他不但不了解现代化集中养猪场计划，对养猪业的基本常识也没有。

蔡细历今天针对阿威在吉兰丹州议发表不支持现代化养猪的言论，发表文告。
他劝请所有国阵国州议员，如果不熟悉、不了解养猪业，不要公开发表个人意见， 以免引起华社反感，致使国阵再进一步失去华社的支持。

针对阿威建议大马政府应向中国进口猪肉，蔡细历说，中国目前也面对猪肉供应短缺、价格飙升问题，我国既然有能力自供自给，为何要进口贵猪肉？

不过，也是前卫生部长的他也承认，不管是猪、鸡、牛、羊等，禽畜业都具有面对爆发动物传染疾病的风险，说猪只引发的疾病比其他饲养业严重是不合理的。
他举例，鸡和鸟类近年来在我国和世界多个国家引发禽流感，由于病毒变种而成为新兴的夺命病毒，该疫潮的杀伤力不会比其他动物传染疾病低。经过这场禽流袭击后，禽流感也被世界卫生组织公认为最危险的传染疾病之一。

蔡细历也补充，发生立白病毒事件前，柔佛州出口大量猪只到新加坡，当时的出口额高达1亿5千万令吉，不过该国在立白事件后便停止进口我国猪只和猪肉。“我非常支持在我国实行现代化集中养猪场，因为我国养猪行业有很大的发展潜能，问题是要如何协助猪农现代化管理养猪场和处理排污工作，以减少环境污染，提高卫生水平，促成猪农和人民双赢的局面。”

他坦言，当他还任部长时，也曾和马华总会长拿督斯理黄家定把集中养猪区的问题带入内阁讨论。“由于设立现代化养猪场的成本太高，我们向政府建议为参与的猪农提供低息贷款，以实际行动协助猪农，当时的农业及农基工业部长丹斯里慕尤丁原则上也同意和接受有关建议。”

与此同时，他也对一些领袖仍以狭隘思维看待民生问题感到遗憾。他说，往往政府宣布一些跨种族的决定，很多马来政治人物都会将事情种族化或政治化，使原本惠及国民的建议或计划复杂化甚至被迫搁置。

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Datuk Seri Dr. Chua Soi Lek rebuked statement made by Dato’ Hj Che Alwi Che Ahmad from Kok Lanas state constituency where he objected to centralized pig farming.

Dr. Chua is not satisfied with some Malay leaders that purposely politicized pig farming issue and hindered the development of the said industry. He said that the modernization of centralized pig rearing area was introduced and promoted by central government and it was one of the central government’s important plan and those who will benefit from this plan is not only pig farmers but the nation as well and Dato’ Alwi who is a state assemblyman clearly did not understand BN government’s plans and strategies.

He said that the waste treatment system could efficiently reduce environment pollution but Alwi said that the system would do the opposite thing, which is to add on to pollution problem and this proved that he not only did not understand the plan of modernization in centralized pig rearing areas but also did not have basic knowledge towards pig rearing industry.

On the proposal by Awi to import pork from China, Chua said that at the moment, China is also facing the shortage of pork supply and the price is going up, since our country has the ability to provide pork for self consumption, why do we need expensive imported pork?

However, Chua, who is the former Health Minister, also admitted that no matter pork, chicken, beef or lamb, the livestock industry faces the risk of infectious disease and if said that pig is the only animal that spreads serious diseases compared to others is illogical.

He said that for example, the chicken and birds had spread the disease of pandemic flu and because of the constantly mutating virus; it has turned into a disease that kills people. Since the attack of this disease, the H5N1 flu has been recognized by WHO as one of the most dangerous infectious disease.

He added that before the case of Nipah flu, Johor had exported big amount of pigs to Singapore and the total amount went up to 150 million but Singapore has stopped importing pigs and pork from our country after the spread of the said disease.

"I fully support the centralized pig farms because our pig rearing industry has huge potential of development and the main problem now is how to assist the farmers to manage their pig farms properly and handle the waste treatment works so that the environment pollution can be minimized; the cleanliness level can be increased so that everyone could have a win-win situation,” he said.

He said that when he was still a Minister, he and Dato’ Seri Ong Ka Ting had brought the pig farm problem into the Cabined for discussion.

"The cost of setting up modernized pig farms is too high and we have proposed to the government that we can participate in providing low interest loan to pig farmers as to assist them. This proposal has basically been agreed and accepted by the then Minister of Agriculture, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin,” he said.

Therefore, he is disappointed by the opinions given by some leaders that are narrow-minded. He said that often when the government announced any decision that cuts across racial line, a lot of Malay politicians will politicize the issue or racially view it; so much so that the original plan that is beneficial to the rakyat will be made complicated or even forced to be put on hold.