Packages were offered by consultants. It was like RM 30,000 for the whole deal, from construction to installation of loudspeakers and music. They even guaranteed a certain amount of income by just a few months.
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In the Niah Caves and other caves in the Baram licenses have been awarded to natives only.
Then the prices of birds' nest spiralled up and then spiralled down. And then of course silence..
But you see bird houses going up everywhere from Lawas to Lundu, from Tanjong Manis to Tebedu.
Bird House in Nang Chong area |
And of course the abandoned houses of Foochow settlements along the Rajang were renovated and turned into bird houses.
Sumatra has purple birds nests which fetch thousands in the market. And there are also blood red birds nests because according to legend these swiftlets cough up blood when they build their nests.
I just hope that while the birds nests provide a good income, no animal has been killed in the process.
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