Doador Sulan Dollar PDT Falta Osan: Horta Triste

Doadór sira hanesan AusAID, no sira seluk hahu sama travaun atu ajuda projetu ne’ebe mais famozu iha Timor Leste hanesan PDT hahu hetan moras todan Finansamentu no sei taka sira nia atividade no emprezariu sira halerik tan ba sira sei lakon mata dalan iha merkadu Foho.

Iha loron Sexta feira loro kraik Tempo Semanal simu nota de imprensa ida husi Peace dividend Trust ne’e dehan, “hahú  iha loron 1 Jullu 2010 Peace Dividend nia projetu Merkadu nian, no mós kampaña "Sosa iha Rai-Laran, Harii Timor-Leste" ne’ebé funsiona husi Peace Dividend Trust (PDT) sei hahú hamenus husi faze ida ba faze ida seluk tanba falta iha finansiamentu. Tuir observsasaun projetu ne’e diak no, “susesu tebes diriji hikas ona osan Dollares Amerikanu millaun 16 (millaun $16) resin ba emprezáriu Timoroan sira, maibé PDT ho laran susar tebes sei hapara atividade sira hotu iha tinan ne’e nia rohan anaunserke bele hetan apoiu adisionál husi doadór.”

“Ausaid ho organizsaun sira seluk gosta liu maka hasai osan iha vila laran hodi fo salariu boot ba ninia ema sira mak sai asesor maibe dala barak liu la iha rezultadu duke halo servisu ho NGO ne’ebe hakbesik an ba Timor oan iha area rurais,”dehan Antonino d. C. P. Ximenes Mahasiswa UNTL.

“Doador sira sempre dehan sira hakarak tulun atu hamenus Ki’ak iha Timor Leste maibe kuandu ONG hanesan ida ne’ebe halo servisu diak mak Ausaid ho USaid sei foo menus ajuda tan ba hau deskonfia liu-liu Australia ninia emar sira iha Dili lakohi atu buat hotu diak lalais nune’e nasaun ne’e bele sai nafatin projetu ba ninia asesor sira,” dehan estudante fakuldade ekonomia ne’e.

Deskonfiansa husi Antonio bele loos tan ba iha dekada ida kotuk Australia gasta saugate ona milaun A$820 no tuir planu sira sei ajuda aumenta fundu hamenus kiak husi Australia iha Timor Leste ba tinan lima oin ho total A$600.

Ko’alia kona ba gasta arvisu osan husi ajuda Australia ba Timor Leste ne’e Presidente Horta sei hasa’e lia ba PM Kevin Rudd hodi bele husu ninia ema iha Dili bele hadia liu tan sira nia produtividade tan ba gasta barak maibe rezulta povu la haree duku Governu Xina gasta Uitoan maibe ita haree uma foun lubun ida. “Ha’u sei ba ko’alia ba PM Kevin Rudd iha fulan ne’e nia laran bainhira hau vizita ba Australia no sei husu ba nia atu aumenta liu tan osan ba projetu ne’ebe fo servisu intensive iha Timor Leste hanesan hadia dalai ha area rurais, agrikultura, kuda ai oan nune’e mos hadia edukasaun iha area rural katak hadia eskola iha fatin rurais ne’e dala barak haluha. Halo klinika, centru komunitariu, bee no sanitasaun. No sei husu atu hamenus osan ba asistencia tekniku (asesor sira) tan ba osan barak liu gasta husi Ausaid para selu asesor sira.”

Karau halibur iha Bobonaro atu faan ba sosadores sira husi Indonesia.

Presidente ne’e hakarak haree atu Australia, “uza barak liu osan doasaun ba projetu fiziku no konretu iha nasaun ne’e hodi kreia servisu barak no foo rendimentu ema iha Timor Leste.
Tuir reportajen husi jornal The Daily Telegraph loron 23/05/2010 katak osan ajuda husi Australia gasta saugati ba selu mega-salariu konltan sira nia no fo kontratu para hariku kompania privadu sira hanesan iha Dili ema deskonfia kompania GRM no dehan Ausaid selu asesor ida naran Gerald Gahima eis ministru Justica Rwanda nian. “Iha Fevereiru tinan 2008 nia servisu hanesan asesor senior ba justice iha timor Leste durante tinan rua no livre husi selu taxa maibe ninia salariu selu husi Taxa nain iha Australia ho total montante US$757,960,” publika iha Jornal Australia nian ne’e.

PDT informa katak, “Desde lanxa ninia operasaun iha tinan 2007, ekipa PDT nian iha Timor-Leste aselera ona osan Dollares Amerikanu millaun 16 (($16,463,294.21) resin husi despeja foun sira ne’ebe konfirmadu ba iha emprezáriu Timoroan sira. Tuir esimativa, ninia rezultadu sei to’o Dollares Amerikanu millaun 23 ($23,060,000). PDT fasilita ona kontratu 10,000 resin liuhusi ninia servisu mak sira halo parseria (matchmaking) nian ho totál valór osan besik Dollares Amerikanu millaun 8 (millaun $8). Husi totál osan sira-ne’e besik Dollares Amerikanu millaun 7 (millaun $7) mak hatama ona ba iha área rurál sira ne’ebé mak iha desvantajen ekonómiku. Impaktu ekonómiku anuál husi projetu ida-ne’e nian bele kompara ba 0.41% husi GDP iha tinan 2007; 1.51% iha tinan 2008, no 0.91% iha tinan 2009.” 

Osan husi nasaun Doador sira nian mai atu foo apoiu ba povu Timor Leste maibe dala barak liu naran maka ma ii osan isin hela iha Kanberra, Washington ho Londres. “Projetu ida-ne’e lanxa atu hatán ba problema kritiku ne’ebé hatudu katak iha frasaun ki’ik oan ida deit husi osan internasionál nian ne’ebé gasta ona hodi fo apoiu ba Timor-Leste mak atualmente gasta ba iha empreza Timor nian. Maioria boot husi osan ne’e ba iha kompania no konsultór internasionál sira. Projetu merkadu nian rezolve problema ida-ne’e hodi fornese servisu sira ne’ebé ajuda lori doadór sira nia despeja ba iha ekonomia lokál nian, ida ne’ebé ikusmai sei hamosu rikusoin, kria serbisu, no prodús rendimentu impostu nian,” dehan iha PDT ninia surat ne’e.

PDT fornese ona servisu lima hodi liga sosa-nain internasionál sira ho fornesedór Timoroan sira.

Daudaun ne’e projetu ne’e nia ekipa halo Verifikasaun Negósiu nian, iha kooperasaun ho MTCI, verifika ona negósiu 2,700 iha Timor-Leste, no ida-idak iha pérfil negósiu ida úniku ne’ebé bele hetan iha BuildingMarkets.org. Timor-Leste nia web site ne’e to’o ona tempu atu hasa’e tán nia kapasidade ba iha Timor-Leste Business Portal (Portál Negósiu Timor-Leste) nian ida ne’ebé kompletu iha semana 3-4 tuir mai nia laran. Ekipa ida-ne’e mós fó sai ona relatóriu prinsipál sira kona-bá estadu/kondisaun husi sektór privadu nian no mós merkadu traballadór nian iha Timor-Leste, bele haree iha ne’e. Desde ninia lanxamentu iha loron 20 Maiu 2008, Timor-Leste iha BuildingMarkets.org hetan ona vizita hamutuk 20,000 ho pérfil negósiu nian ne’ebé ema haree ona dala 98,000. 

“Projetu ne’e nia Ekipa Halo Parseria (Matchmaking) nian ho pró ativu tebes halo ona ligasaun ba sosa-nain internasionál no nasionál sira ho fornesedór doméstiku sira iha rai-laran tomak. To’o ohin loron Ekipa Halo Parseria (Matchmaking) nian fasilita ka kria ona transasaun negósiu nian hamutuk 14,000 resin ho valór ida ne’ebé konfirmadu hamutuk Dollares Amerikanu millaun 8 (millaun $8.”

“Servisu Distribuisaun Tender (SDT) nian diriji tender sira liuhusi email, web, SMS no mós kópia iha surat-tahan ba negósiu sira iha Timor-Leste. Nia fornese ona servisu sira apoiu nian ba iha negósiu sira hodi dezenvolve sira nia oferta/proposta. To’o ohin loron SDT distribui ona tender hamutuk 496 ba simu-nain sira hamutuk 23,000 (barak mak kliente sira ne’ebé repete fila-fila). Valór husi tender ne’ebé mak PDT nia kliente sira manán ona hamutuk $8,000,000 resin.”

Francisco de Asis ne’ebe nu’udar ema segundu iha kompania Raflima ne’ebe sosa, foo han iha distritu Kovalima hodi exporta ba Indonesia hato’o ninia laran susar no husu atu bele Doador sira ho seriu atu ajuda hanaruk tan vida organizasaun ne’e.
 
Kompania ne’e ofisialmente hahu hetan licensa iha 2006. Iha Jullo ou agusto 2006 sira hahu Peace Dividend Trust (PDT) hahu fo apoiu informasaun ba sira. “Ihaq momentu ne’ebe straf balun husi PDT tulun ami ho didiak kona ba karau sira iha suku ne’ebe amid ala barak la konsege too. Ami dala balun ba de’it iha fatin ne’ebe besik maibe sira maka fasilita liu ami,” dehan Fransisco de Asis ba jornal ne’e iha Sexta (04/06).

Nia kontinua katak, “iha fatin ne’ebe ami la ba maibe sira maka ba to’o hetan karau bo’ot mai fali foo hatene no ami ba Lo’os duni ami hetan karau bo’ot tan ne’e maka ami servisu hamutuk dezde ne’eba too agora.”

Depois foin lalais ne’e sira atu ajuda tan ami. Husi PDT ajuda ami kalen ho ai. Ne’ebe ami agora kontente hela hetan ajuda sira ne’e husi PDT.

“Maibe depois PDT maka taka derepente entaun buat ne’ebe ami halo hamutuk atu hadia nasaun ne’e ita boot (Doador no Governu) sira halakon de’it.”

“Ami ho sira PDT ne’e kan agora ami servisu hamutuk nune’e dala ruma sira tulun ami ho informasaun husi Same no Manatutu tan ba sira PDT ne’e iha fatin bara-barak ne’ebe hato’o informasaun mai am ii ami mos ba sosa karau to’o iha ne’eba. “

Kuandu PDT remata duni ninia misaun maka emprezariu husi suai ne’e hanesan lakon ona ninia tilun sorin. “Se PDT taka duni maka sei iha impaktu baa mi nia bisnis tan ba informasaun de’it dala ruma ami labele hetan.”

Fransisco espera harohan atu PDT sei hetan ema ruma ninia laran luak hodi bele existe nafatin atu nune’e bele tulun halo ligasaun entre sira ho produtu local iha area izola atu nune’e sira bele ba sosa hodi lori ba merkadu. “Karik sebele sir abele iha nafatin lai ba tan ba sira konsege ona liga ami ho povu sira nia produtu iha suku no aldeia sira tan ba sira la’o tama sai hotu. Husi aldeia ba too suku hotu-hotu maka sira hetan karau ka iha kami ou hasil ruma sia mai hatoo informasaun mai ami mak ba sosa.”

Dala barak ami la too suku no fatin dook sira. Maibe sira maka la’o ba lori informasaun sira ne’e mai ami.  Tuir Fransisdco ne’ebe ho PDT ninia tulun konsege ona exporta karun husi Suai ba Batam Indonesia ne’e katak dezde 2006 ate agora nia rasik haluha ona numeru karau ne’ebe sira konesge koleta via PDT ninia informasaun no exporta kada dala ida too atus rua ou tolu. Foin daudaun ne’e ami konsege haruka sai 190 karau baka.”

“Ho informasaun PDT nian ne’e ami kontente tan ba aumenta lukru baa mi nia kompania,” remata Francisco.

NGO ne’e iha ekipa Merkadu (Marketing) no Advokasia nian mak jere kampaña Sosa iha Rai-Laran, Harii Timor-Leste, ne’ebé kria konxiénsia no koñesimentu kona-bá projetu ne’e no mós sektór privadu doméstiku nian iha jerál.”

PDT sira nia Atividade treinamentu suspende tiha iha tinan 2008 tanba falta iha finansiamentu, maibé tinan 2008 haree PDT lanxa livru matadalan "Halo Negósiu ho PNUD" iha tinan 2008, ne’ebe dezena hodi fó asisténsia ba negósiu lokál sira atu manán tender sira ho PNUD.”

Agusto Pinto direitor Karpinteiru Olobai Star iha Vikeke sente triste ho situasaun n’ebe infrenta husi ONG ne’e. “Durante tempu balun ami iha ne’e kekurangan informasi maibe ho kehadiran PDT ninia ami konsege hetan lukru tan ba sira lori ami liga ho fatin sira seluk,” informa Agusto ba Tempo Semanal iha Sexta (04/06).

“PDT mai ami hanesan ponte ida se karik ponte ne’e kotu ami iha mota sorin no ami nia kliente sira iha mota sorin entaun ami sei susar uitoan entaun ami husu ba doador sira atu nune’e sir abele tulun ami hodi fo servisu ba ema kiak sira seluk. Tan ami iha ne’e izoladu uitoan ne’ebe ami falta informasi i ho PDT ninia prezensa ne’e maka ami konsege faan ami nia produtu.”

“PDT hanesan ami nia lian hodi informasaun ba klientes sira. Kuandu ami halo kadeira ruma sira maka ba buka hela merkadu baa mi nia produtu i ami konsege netik osan ruma.”
Agusto rekunese katak sira seidauk iha esperiensia barak nune’e duni nia husu PDT atu, “akompania lai ami tan oras ne’e ami mesak seidauk bele faan ho didiak oin sa ami nia sasan ne’e bele folin.”

Kompania ne’ebe mos fornese kadeira balun mai Dili inklui instituisaun estadu balun ne’e nia director halo apelu ba Governu no Doador sira atu tulun sira nia matan, lian no tilun ne’e.“Ha’u husu ba Governu no doador sira ne’ebe durante ne’e fo suporta ba PDT sebele karik prolonga tan uitoan. Tan ba durante ami apreende uitoan maibe derepenti de’it sira taka ne’e sei fo impaktu ba ami liu-liu dalan atu hasoru malu ho ema sosa nain sira. Buat sira ne’e liu prosesu ida tan ba sira iha internet no sira nia kanais sira ka estaf sira ne’ebe mai hamutuk ho ami tulun ajuda ami atu la’o.”

Alfredo Malibere koordenador ba grupu Hametin Estadu husi Bobonaro mos triste ho Doador sira nia atetude ne’ebe ladun fo importansia ba servisu diak ne’ebe ONG ida halo maibe Doador sira gosta liu ajuda ema sira ne’ebe tuur iha Dili hodi hakerek relatoriu de’it.
Iha fatin seluk ida iha Bobonaro Justinho Luis husi kompania Loko Jaya lda. Ne’ebe ninia atividade maka sosa karau husi Manatutu, vikeke no maliana hodi halo exportasaun liu husi mota ain ba Indonesia sei presizsa nafatin ajuda husi PDT tan ba daudaun ne’e iha hela prosesu trata dokumentus hodi nune’e Indonesia atoriza hodi halo exporta Karau ba Indonesia.  “PDT sei ajuda hela ami, ho sira maka ami bele la’o ba oin nune’e se sira taka derepente ami labele la’o ba oin,” Justinho hato’o ninia laran triste.

Presidenti da Republika DR. Jose Ramos Horta ne’ebe fo apoiu ba NGO ne’e dezde tinan 2009 ba jornal ne’e hatoo ninia laran taridu. “Ha’u nia laran susar tebes duni ho Doadores sira maka ladun fo apoiu ba servisu ne’ebe Peace Dividend Trust halo. Se sira (doador) ko’alia kona ba apoiu emprezariu local maka dala ida atu apoiu sira halo ligasaun ba fornecedor no sosa nain sira.”

Presidenti ba Ema ki’ak ne’e preokupa ho ema ki’ak nia oan ne’ebe sei lakon servisu nune’e nia hatoo rekomendasaun loron 06/07/2009 atu doador sira bele fo apoiu liu tan ba PDT hodi halo Matchmaking hodi liga empreza sira iha area rurais ba cidade nop rai liur ne’e dala ida tan realsa ninia sentiment la satisfaz ho doador sira nia servisu. “Ha’u laran taridu ba doador sira nia lala’ok ne’ebe ladun fo apoiu ba servisu Peace Dividend Trust se sira koalia beibeik kona ba apoiu ba empreza local  kona ba dalan ida atu apoiu sira maka liga sira ho fornesedor no sosa nain sira, “ dehan Horta.

Ha’u la kontente tebes liu tiha ona ho doador ne’ebe ladun firmeza hodi fo apoiu ba Peace Dividend Trust tan ba ne’e hanesan ONG ida maka fo apoiu ba dezenvolvementu bisnis local sira ho ajuda sira halo ligasaun ba sosa nain no fornesedores partikularmente ba empreza kiik sira iha area rurais ne’ebe la hetan informasaun kona ba merkadu iha Dili no merkadu Internasional. Ha’u deskontente ona tan ba doadores sira ne’ebe maka ko’alia beibeik ona atu ajuda ekonomia local, fo apoiu ba dezenvolvimentu setor privadu maka la ajuda fali ONG ida maka loloos halo srvisu kapas liu iha dezenvolve daudaun kapasidade bisnis nain sira husi empreza kiik sira. Ne’e hanesan halo hau hakfodak no deskontente boot tebes,” dehan Ramos Horta.

Maiske nune’e Senhora Ali Gillies responsabel Ausaid ninian iha Dili hateten katak sira sei foo apoiu nafatin ba projetu ne’e hodi halo deit bisnis directory nune'e hatudu duni katak AusAid la rona no foo apoiu loloos ba Prezidente Horta nia preokupasaun hanesan Matchmaking ne'ebe lori benefisiu direita ba kompania iha area rurais hodi hamenus kiak iha Timor Leste.

Nia hateten katak Ausaid iha tinan tolu liu nia laran Ausaid fo apoiu total Milaun A$2.63 ho promove oportunidade bisnis ba fornecedor local sira. “Ami kontente katak ho ami nia apoiu PDT hetan sucesu dezenvolvel ona bisnis local ninia directory no facilita ona transasaun bisnis barak nu’udar kontribuisaun ba dezenvolvimentu setor privadu iha Timor Leste,” dehan Sr. Ali ho diplomasia.

Bainhira husu karik tan bas a maka sira hamenus ninia ajuda ba parte seluk iha Projectu ne’e daloa ida tan ho Diplomasia Ali Gillies tenta atu konvense Tempo Semanal katak PDT sei bele hetan apoiu husi parte seluk nune’e sira anunsiu ona atu hamenus sira nia staff iha fulan Jullo. Karik Ausaid se apoiu fali PDT iha antes fulan Jullo tama ita hein de’it.
 
PDT serbisu iha Timor-Leste nia distritu 13 hotu, hodi fó asisténsia ba negósiu 2,700, Ministériu Turizmu Komérsiu no Indústria (MTCI) no parseiru nasionál sira seluk. Sira sei lakon servisu ida ne’ebé importante se bainhira projetu Merkadu nian ne’e taka iha fulan Jullu 2010.

Projetu Merkadu Peace Dividend Timor-Leste nian ne’e lanxa iha fulan Agostu 2007. Nia iha sukursál kampu nian iha Baucau, Covalima, no Viqueque no serbisu hamutuk ho negósiu lokál sira iha Timor-Leste nia distritu rurál 12 iha adisaun ba Dili.

PDT agradese tebes ba Ministériu Turizmu Komérsiu no Indústria nian (MTCI) ba ninia parseria to’o ohin loron, no mós ba ninia doadór sira, AusAID, Governu Norvega, Eni, Fundu Kanadá nian ba Inisiativa Lokál (the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives) no mós ba Fundasaun Familia Arsenault nian (the Arsenault Family Foundation).

AusAID Fails to Deliver for Timorese.

In FY 2008/9 AusAID (Timor-Leste) had a budget of 93.9 million AUD.  In FY 2009/10 AusAID had a budget of 117 million AUD.  However, it was only able to execute 94.7 million AUD.  This means that they did not execute 20% of the funds that had for development activities in Timor-Leste.  This is 22.3 million AUD.  In simplistic terms this is 1.7 million AUD per district.   That is much money in Timor-Leste.

As a result of AusAID’s failure to deliver, the budget for 2010/11 has been cut from 117 million AUD to 102.7 million AUD.  AusAID incompetence has cost Timorese poor people 14.3 million AUD.  That is at least one Chinese patrol boat.  Then again Timorese poor people have not lost the money.  Australian consultants have lost the money.

What is the problem?  Is Australia angry with Timor-Leste over the Timor Sea issue?  Perhaps, but these budgets are determined before the current argument.  Is the Australian aid budget decreasing because of the financial crisis?  No, in fact they are doubling it globally from 4 billion AUD to 8 billion AUD over the coming years.

Is it because the AusAID does not know how to spend money in Timor-Leste?  Seems so.  This is not surprising as AusAID have no country strategy from 1999 to 2009.  Although they have one now.  10 years after they arrived.  The AusAID website told us 6 months ago that it would be translated in Tetun and Portuguese but the big Australian Government machine finds it hard to raise a few dollars for translation.

Tempo Semanal will review the country strategy and the facts on the ground in the coming weeks.  AusAID is run by Ali Gillies, Jemal Sharar, Darian Clarke and Jeff Prime.  Tempo Semanal has not met any of them yet but hopes to try and meet them in the coming weeks as it tries to understand the story.

Public Opinion on Australian Government Sinks to 1989 Lows.

Gareth Evans and Ali Alatas drink to Timor Oil Deal 1989

Not since 1989 when Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans gulped down champagne with Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas over the Timor Sea have Timorese relations been so bad.  In 1989 Timorese watched as the Australian and Indonesian Governments’ stole the future prosperity of Timorese by carving up the Timor Sea petroleum deposits between Canberra and Jakarta.

That was 21 years ago.  Since then the Australian Government has come to the assistance, although unwillingly, of the Timorese people in 1999 and 2006.  However, in 2010 relations between Canberra and Dili have sunk to the point where they can almost no longer to talk to each other.  For example when Australian Foreign Minister Steven Smith proposed to visit Dili meet Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao in Aileu on 14 May Xanana refused.

This is for many reasons.  While the most obvious reason is the disagreement between the two over the Woodside – Greater Sunrise polemic there are many other causes.

From Left to Right Gareth Evans, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Foreign Minister Steven Smith.

Since 1999 the AusAID has provided hundreds of millions of dollars of support for the development of Timor-Leste, but the people of Timor-lest are not sure that they have received much good for this help.  Poverty rates increased, political stability declined (ie 2006), and aid programmes have often failed to provide much.  Amazingly, given its “saviour” role in 1999, the Australian Defence  Force has also been viewed with some suspicion by many Timorese for real and perceived political biases.  The Opposition Party even contends that Canberra in many ways helped Prime Minister Gusmao unseat former Prime Minister Alkatiri in 2006.  And now Gusmao is spending his days traveling the country telling the Timorese people, one sub district at a time,  that Canberra and Woodside are stealing Timorese resources once again – over the Greater Sunrise issue.

Many Timorese argue that AusAID programmes are wasteful and they are achieving little if anything.  Certainly the corruption, poverty, unemployment figures are all going in the wrong direction.  What is remarkable is that AusAID uses taxpayers money to create accountability in Timor, but the projects are not accountable for their failures as accountability is getting worse not better.  Some Australian efforts are worthwhile such as in the water and sanitation and private sector development areas.  But these are rare examples.  AusAID puts millions of dollars into projects in the finance, justice, infrastructure, and media sectors, which are more destructive and productive.  What is wrong?

As the heat rises on Greater Sunrise Timorese and Australians should realize the people in the mountains are beginning to think its just like 1989 all over again.  In those days Timor was a police state under the Suharto regime.  The Australian Government was happy with that as they made oil and gas deals with Suharto.  Since then the Australian Government has changed its face, but has it changed its spirit?

When Timorese see Australian Government programmes in Timor, they usually see high paid consultants on 1000-2500 dollars a day.  Giving Timorese advice and not much more.  Timorese need advice for some things to be sure.  But Australians should know that the Government’s agencies in Dili do not take advice.  They should concentrate on the projects that the Timorese, and not Government, feel are useful.  And reconsider the rest.  If this is not done there is a possibility that relations could get worse.

In 1942 Australian soldiers fought and died alongside Timorese in the war against Japan.  Many more Timorese died that Australians.  Those Australians that owed their lives to the Timorese that were their comrades in arms never forgot their debt to Timor.  Timorese will never forget the debt of 1999 owed to Australia.  But the last Timorese to fight alongside Australians in World War two died this year.  In time memories of 1999 and the debt owed to Australian will fade.  Good relations are based on history but also the present and the future.

Australia needs to know that the poor relations are not just about Woodside.  There is history here.  The history is mostly bad.  If the history is to develop into a better one, pay attention, the time is now.

Komedi Xanana ho Mari Drama Fretilin ho AMP

Prezidenti da Republika kondekora DR. Mari Alkatiri eis Primeiru Ministru RDTL iha ggovernasaun Fretilin. Eis Komandante Supremu Falintil Hakuak hela Eis Fundador Fretilin. Komplikadu belun Sira atu kompriende katak teatru ne'ebe sira hatudu ne'e ita atu fiar loos maka ida ne'ebe? Kondekorasaun ne'e hanesan hamaus malu ga hanesan rekuinesimentu ida duni? Nain ulun sira kadi nanal povu kadi katana. walewalewalewale.................................... drama ida ne'ebe tan maka ita sei haree?  Maluk sira Mari sempre dehan, "ha'u nunka hirus Xanana."

Xanana ba populasaun sira dehan, "ami bele ko'alia maka'as ba malu maibe hotu-hotu ona." Entaun povu maka sala kuandu mosu problema ruma? Haihaihai....kuidadu boot sira nia lia fuan ne'e kroat liu fali samurai. Hanesan hakerek nain hakarak foin hanoin de'it ba maluk sira lia fuan ne'ebe maun deputadu Riak Leman dehan, "Ne'e politika. Ami nia servisu maka kritika, protesta, ataka malu. Ami manan osan para ko'alia, hatoo kritika no protesta." Kala tuir lian Indonesia nia dehan kala hukum karma maka kona ita nia parlamentu nasional. Tan iha seksaun lejislatura uluk liu nian sira ne'e agora kaer ukun ne'e maka kritika Fretilin para manan osan i agora Fretilin maka kritika fali ida ne'ebe uluk opozisaun hodi manan osan. Uluk DR. Mari maka kaer Governu i Agora Xanana mak manda....Rame duni........................................................se los maka sei kaer fali? 

Xanana Resist Against Indonesia Used Strategic Guerilla Warfare And To Develop The Country with PEDN .mpg

Starting from 19/04/2010 Xanana Gusmao walking through again his old foot print as he began to reorganized the struggle for the Independence from Lospalos in early 1980s trying to fullfill his promised to his people during the strugle that an Independent East Timor will give better live to the Timorese people. But today people are still suffering while many of the government official and a small elite have nice leaving conditions.

In the periode of struggle Xanana has disappeared for more or less two months and appeared with a book called “Strategy Guerrilla War Fare.” In his book amazingly Xanana Set an Avenue to free East Timor from Indonesia occupation by reorganized the resistance to continue the struggle for Independence after most of the leaders were killed, captured or surrender.
After 8 years of Timor Leste have a country but people are still leaving in poor conditions and sometimes starting losing faith to Independence, have lees confidence to their leaders and confuse with the development xanana have self-imposed isolation for three months at his residence in Balibar in the hills overlooking Dili, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao has now emerged with Timor Leste’s Strategic Development Plan for 2011-2030. It has been given the title “From Conflict to Prosperity,” and consists of an Introduction and 6 (six) sections: Vision of the Timor-Lester economy in 2030; Framework for Action to 2020;Public Investment Plan to 2015;Public Financing; Macroeconomic Framework and Institutional Framework.
He has been traveling around 33 sub-districts in 7 districts’ always have long hours of talk to the people, listened and listed down every questions from every head of the villages. In his speech Xanana always start with the struggle for Independence to cement the spirit of the people, to help regain people trust in the Government, Parliament, Judiciary process and Political party’s leader as well as he called on the people to cease violence and pursue dialogue to develop the country and liberate the people from poverty.
Seems like Xanana is doing civic education program to the people before he started to bring to people attention of the so called National Strategic Development plan (SDP). But it almost certain in every meeting he always bring up the issue of Greater Sun rise as a matter to burden the SDP. He let the people express their anger, dissatisfaction, frustration and then he has explain the people preoccupation and even collectin some notes from the people.
From what we have observe so far PM Xanana has collected a lot of information from each of the villages from the 33 sub districts and the government need to address the people demands for roads, water and sanitations, schools, health centers for short period before move on to start with the SDP itself. Xanana promised to the people that he will fight to decentralize some amount of money for the villages to do some community project. He indicated to start with some US$50,000 for the small project directly involving the community leaders. “Before these community leaders are nothing,” he said in his speech. Timor Leste made up of 442 villages means if each village have access to these small project may cost some US$2,210,000. It may looks like the failed World Bank Community Empowerment Project which occurred in 2000.
Xanana point out a boot which he also signed and said, “Timor first issued a 5 year National Development Plan in 2002.It was widely seen at the time to be the first step in a long process to bring economic prosperity, services and employment to Timor- Leste. Quite an amount of public consultation went into 1st National Development Plan. At the time there was also a lack of suitable qualified Timorese to be the driving force behind the plan. Added to that, we had the crisis of 2006 which did nothing to instill a sense of confidence in either local or foreign business people. However, much has changed in the intervening years. Most, if not all government ministries and agencies have very suitably qualified Timorese women and men who have it well within their capacity to be in control for the monitoring and implementation of Timor-Leste’s Strategic Development Plan (2011-2030).
However some of his Ministers acting as opposition to the PM by not obey his orders. Some others behave like some freedom fighters commands just want to camp near “Bubur Meto’s Pumpkin,” to eat as much as they could while there is opportunity to do so. Many people know there are many allegations of Corruptions, Collusion and Nepotisms involved some of the members of Fourth Constitutional Government lead by PM Gusmao. But none has been brought before the court.
The new Timor-Leste’s Strategic Development Plan (2011-2030) is the brainchild of Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao is a welcome development. The Prime Minister has long recognized that Timor Leste have vast sums of money sitting in trust funds or other funds in the financial houses of New York, while at the same time people in Dili and all the districts are crying out for basic necessities of life. It is very difficult to justify this oil and gas money sitting in theses accounts while so much remains to be done here in the areas of subsistence agriculture, food security, road-air and seaport infrastructure, primary health care, environmental sustainability, the electrification of rural Timor-Leste. One point however is worth noting. Little is said of a hugely lucrative resource for the people of Timor-Leste: fisheries. This resource can not only add much in the area of food security and nutrition and can also be a very large employment generator, if the potential is tapped into locally.
In his executive summary Xanana stated that, “as a young, post conflict and low-income country Timor Leste needs to implement a unique, country-specific strategy to bring prosperity for the people.” He continues, “Timor Leste is a nation that has risen from foreign domination and violent destruction to a dynamic and democratic society, with a rapidly growing, if still fragile, economy.”
According to the ex guerilla commander the future success of the country will defined by four core principles:
1. Political. As a post-conflict, newly independent, and democratic country, Timor Leste has gained the capacity to think strategically and creatively. Now those very same characteristics that brought independence must be utilized and channeled in nation building and economic development.
2. Economic potential. Timor Leste has valuable natural resources, including one of the most vital commodities in the global market, oil and gas. If developed with prudence, the petroleum sector can help to build the foundations of a viable sustainable and vibrant economy.
3. National Integration. Timor Leste is a small country with a land size of 15,000 square kilometers and population of 1.2 million. Because of the small size and population, Timor-Leste is in a favored position to fast track economic development. Connectivity is the key. Rapid development with be promoted by integrating national markets through roads, power and telecommunications, and by connecting Timor-Leste with regional and global markets.
4. Dynamism. As a young population and a new country, Timor-Leste is ready to grasp new opportunities and to accept dynamic change. Our population will master the technologies of the 21st centuries-broadband, Internet advances in agriculture and energy-and will thereby speed economic growth and development.
However, SDP recognizes the many challenges that face Timor –Leste and its people are urban/rural imbalance, the skilled human resources in many areas, Fragile Institutions, Post-conflict mentality. In essence, Xanana wants by the end of 2030 or possibly earlier: to end the rural/urban divide with equality of development for all; Education and skill building for all Timorese citizens; Free compulsory education for every child through Grade 12;Timorese to acquire new technological skills based on broadband, high-yield agriculture and cutting-edge health care delivery;Extreme poverty to be eradicated through job opportunities, access to public services and economic development is all regions.

Xanana's Vision of the Timor-Leste Economy in 2030
Currently Timor-Leste is a low-income economy. It relies heavily of subsistence agriculture and while there is some income-generating cash-crop most people produce for own consumption only. The Strategic Development Plan envisages that there will be rapid change in the Timorese economy by 203o including high quality infrastructure of roads, power, ports and telecommunications. Timor-Leste will be self sufficient in food and will be in a position to be a net exporter of food commodities such as livestock, fruits and vegetables, and other cash crops.
The funds generated from the oil and gas reserves will have turned Timor-Leste into a significant industrial based economy. Light industry such as food processing, apparel, handicrafts and cultural items, printing, furniture making will compliment heavy industries. A significant number of people will be employed in the service (including public) industry including tourism, health, education, trade, entertainment and public administration.
By 2030, Dili will account for nearly one-fourth to one-fifth of the country’s population. Other large towns will also see significant improvements in their economies. The urban centers will be the hub of business activities, key services, such as health and education and transport hubs for trade and tourism. Timor-Leste will be a major tourism and business destination and be seen as a ‘centre of learning’ attracting many students from abroad.
Timor-Leste has magnificent biodiversity and natural environment. Protection of this is a priority under the Strategic Plan with special emphasis on taking measures to counteract the effects of climate change. Precaution against the negative impact of climate change includes fostering large-scale use of irrigation to protect agriculture from fluctuations in rainfall. Other measures to prevent loss of lives and property from floods will also be put in place. The tourism and petroleum sectors will be developed with great detail to the protection of the natural environment.
Timor-Leste will be an upper-middle income country by 2030, with the gap closed with closed with neighbors such as Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. These countries pursued highly successful development plans during the time when Timor-Leste faced occupation destruction and an ongoing struggle for independence. Yet, the chance to narrow this gap through the Strategic Plan by 2030 is clear. Timor-Leste has a young, vibrant and dynamic society; an ability to develop a state-of –the-art infrastructure; and a significant petroleum economy.
The framework of action envisages a mixed economy with complementary actions by the private and public sectors. The vision of 2030 sees a strong public investment program with added investment by the private sector in a diversified economy.
Human capital is inclusive of six pillars: health; nutrition; primary and secondary education; vocational training; higher education; and research and development. A open economy with investor attraction in the areas of petroleum, tourism fisheries, finance, telecommunications and other promising sectors. A public financed primary health care system for all including a nutritional program aimed at breaking the cycle of poverty.
"The construction of school room capacity and teacher training will ensure universal secondary school completion through Grade 12 by the year 2020.This will require the opening of teacher colleges and an intensive effort to expand multi-lingual education in schools in the coming decade. Universal attendance in schools will be mandatory up to grade 9 and schools meals will be provided as part of their learning program."
"Timor-Leste needs an aggressive program to develop job skills. There will be an intensive public education to make good on the skills shortages aimed at today’s young people, particularly in the 20-30 age bracket, who lost the chance for education in the conflict years. Skills training will focus on the vocational skills need ed to build a modern diverse economy, including agriculture, health care, construction ( carpentry, plumbing, electrician) teaching, local public administration, administration and business skills. A strong focus will be culturally related activities such as native music and art."
"Timor-Leste needs to develop its own advanced leadership in public administration, science and business. While many Timorese train abroad, Timor-Leste must develop its own quality and capacity in higher education, beginning with the National University of Timor-Leste."
"The framework includes strong international economic relations focusing particularly with Lusophone countries such as Portugal, Brazil and African countries. Strop cultural and political links throughout the developing and developed world. Sound prudential regulation and step-by-step development of the banking sector."
"Infrastructure investment in roads, power and telecommunications will be a cornerstone of the Strategic Development Plan. The road strategy will be three-pronged: national ( a highway system) district ( paved, all weather roads linking all of the 13 districts of Timor-Leste into a coherent road network, and community (all weather roads that reach local communities)."
“Timor-Leste will develop a modern power grid linking the entire country by 2020. The power grid will connect all districts and will draw on the country’s natural gas resources to power much of the national system. Local electrification may rely on off-grid technologies; solar and wind power, biogas, hydropower and other appropriate options."
"Telecommunications will include a mix of mobile telephony, wireless broadband and fiber optic cable. By 2020, all districts of Timor-Leste, including clinics, hospitals, and secondary schools should have low-cost broadband access. Timor Leste will open the telecommunications sector to strong market competition, which will drive down prices and improve quality and coverage.”
“Seaports and airports constitute another chapter of the Strategic Plan. New seaports will be necessary to upgrade the services in Dili and to develop the full potential of the petroleum sector. Timor -Leste will build a full modern seaport in the south of the country to support the growing petroleum sector. New ports and especially airports will be required to build the new tourism economy. Dili airport will require significant expansion and new airports will be built in the East (Baucau District) and south (Suai District) in order to foster the tourism sector and other growth areas.”
“Major challenges are faced in the area of safe water and sanitation. Rural areas need to be supported with local projects to protect water supplies and provide sanitation facilities. Urban areas also need projects to promote city-wide water and sanitation systems.”
According to Xanana there are at least three strategic sectors for economic growth in the coming two decades. Agriculture, petroleum and tourism. The agricultural sector has been the backbone of the Timorese economy employing up to 85% of the rural population. This is a remarkably promising sector. Timor-Leste is now ripe for a Timor Green Revolution. The government envisages working with local farmers increase the outputs through targeted subsidies and the deployment of seasonal financing, modern technologies and the benefit of cutting-edge research. Timor-Leste can become self-sufficient in rice within five years, and can become an exporter of agricultural products to the world during the coming decade.
Petroleum will have a profound transformative potential for the country. Timor-Leste will build significant upstream and downstream industry, focusing o exploration and development, a pipeline to the mainland, and the development and the development of a downstream industry, including LNG, petrochemicals, fertilizers, refineries, and other energy-intensive operations. Timor-Leste will look at other small petroleum economies, such as Trinidad and Tobago. Before the people Xanana called for unity to fight for the greater sunsire to come to Timor Leste. Xanana is very angry at the Australian Government and Woodside.
The government will promote the national interest through transparent institutions and government led initiatives, including the promotion of government enterprises to foster key investments.
Tourism will be a strategic sector of the economy. Rich in unique flora and fauna, Timor-Leste has enormous potential for eco-tourism. The country is uniquely placed to tap in a region with a booming travel and tourist sector. This will require major investments in infrastructure, important new policies such as those on land and environmental regulation, and various promotional activities including incentives under the national investment law.
Improving the business environment is a fundamental priority.
The Timor Leste’s Strategic Development rule out four interconnected pillars for the economic framework to 2020 such as: Public investment in human capital, infrastructure, and leading sectors. Private investment, in domestic SME, and in FDI in key sectors. Responsible macroeconomic management and economic policies a sound business environment.
The Government sees three types of land reform necessary; farm land now under customary practices; urban land in need of zoning and clear property rights; and government land that can be used for public and private investment such as tourism or petroleum development. There is a need to reform land laws in order to attract capital investment and job creation in Timor-Leste. How ever as happening with the International community funded program of “Hari’i ita rain” has some negative impact of separation of the Timorese family. As it’s happened in a village in Camea, Dili during this week. Those brothers and Sisters have argued among them selves to get right to their parents land.
The government will facilitate the development of domestic financial markets, including commercial bank lending for business activity. For example, one of the goals in the agriculture sector will be to encourage banks to provide seasonal credits for farm inputs, so that farmers have a reliable commercial system to obtain seeds, fertilizer, implements, irrigation systems, and other critical components for farm modernization. The Government will also work to spread microfinance of all kinds, including savings accounts for citizens and micro-lending for small businesses.
Before the thousands of participants in Lautem Sub District, Lospalos Xanana explained to the people that he sat the time frame for four face as 2011-2015, 2016-2020, 2021-2025 and 2026-2030. For the Public Investment Plan to 2015 he said in the executive summary to focus on:
Health and Nutrition: Build a primary health care system at local level by 2015, including one clinic per suco staffed by a doctor and a nurse; one community health worker per 100 households; properly provisioned district hospitals, including ambulances and emergency obstetrical capabilities; national nutritional monitoring and response; national public health data system, with real-time vital statistics; infectious disease control program for HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria, Dengue, and “neglected tropical diseases” such as worm infections. There will also be large-scale skill training and upgrading programs.
Education and Research: Building a system for universal access and school completion to Grade 9 by 2015, and universal completion through Grade 12 no later than 2025. The SDP will support a massive training of teachers, including the implementation of a national-scale college based on UNTL. The SDP will provide for scholarships for tertiary education, in Timor-Leste and abroad on a strategically targeted basis in key sectors. The Government will open four national research programs at UNTL: agriculture, petroleum, public health, and ecology, and will invite international experts to serve of advisory boards for these centers.
Roads: the national and district road system will be completed no later than 2020, with a substantial proportion completed by 2015. The Government program will pave at least 3,000 km of highway and district roads by 2015, based on strong domestic participation. The complete national road system will be completed by 2020.
Power: the national power grid will be completed by 2015, linking all cities and district capitals. The power system will rely mainly on petroleum, initially heavy liquids and then transitioning to national gas when the gas pipeline reaches Timor-Leste. Alternative energy sources including solar, wind, geothermal and hydro will be incorporated into the national grid. The government will install a 1 GW by 2030.
Seaports and airports: The SDP will prepare for new bulk and LNG port facilities around the petroleum complex in the South, and expand and relocate the container port facilities in Dili. The national airport at Dili will be enlarged, and new international airports will be targeted, at least in the east and one in the south.
Agriculture: The SDP will ensure agriculture inputs for all smallholder subsistence farmers, including fertilizer, seed and agriculture extension. Over time, ythe subsidy program will be convertd into a credit system, in which private and public banks will offer agricultural finance credits to farmers who have demonstrated their credit worthiness.
Petroleum: The SDP will promote the continued growth of the petroleum sector thorough promoting further exploration and development of new blocks. The government will invest in an industrial zone and port facilities in the south, enabling the nation to become an exporter of LNG and other petroleum related products. The government will actively explore the feasibility of various energy-related downstream industries including fertilizers, other petrochemicals, steel and aluminum.
Tourism: The SDP will promote high-end beach and eco-tourism within the bounds of strict environmental standards. Tourism will be promoted through leasing public lands for resort development, improved infrastructure including an airport in the east of Timor-Leste and government promotion of Timor-Leste as a new global tourist destination.

Public Financing to 2015
The basics framework for financing is the following. The government aims for a maximum pace of public investment consistent with : (1) efficiency of resource use;
(2) avoidance of bottlenecks in implementation; (3) full transparency and accountability of outlays, including proper procurement procedures; (4) full monitoring and evaluation; and (5) completion of the investment targets for 2015 and 2020. to accomplish these objectives, the government will pursue: (1) a multi-sector investment policy, with scale-up plans across the major sectors operating in parallel; (2) larger-scale training of personnel in each major sector; (3) institutional innovations to improve oversight and implementation; (4) rigorous data collection, coupled with monitoring and evaluation; (5) frequent consultations with relevant stake holders and experts; and (6) financial prudence.
The Xanana government anticipates a rate of public sector investments during 2011-2015 in the order of 30% of GNP, counting outlays on public health and public education mostly within the investment budget. The rest of the public sector budget would be around 20% of GNP. Total public spending would therefore be in the order of 50% of GNP which would amount to approx. $1 billion per year in the first years of this new decade.
Private sector will add another 15% of GNP each year, perhaps 10% international and 5% domestic. With the total public investments plus the private investments, approx. 50% of GNP, and an incremental-capital-output ration (ICOR) of around 5, the national investments rates would be consistent with GNP growth of around 12% per annum or higher.
Government revenues, including petroleum revenues, will support public spending of around $1 billion per year, with the remainder accumulating in the Petroleum Fund. The Petroleum Fund will rise from $5.5 Billion in 2010 to $9 Billion for the period 2011-2015. The Xanana Government will benchmark the “ 3 per cent rule ” to current outlays and transfers, not consuming or transferring more than the sustainable consumption level equal to 3% of the sum estimated of the Estimated Sustainable Income, (ESI) calculated as the sum of the Fund balances estimated NPV of future Fund revenues from petroleum.
The Xanana government is currently exploring options towards funding strategic public investments including withdrawing in excess of the ESI or borrowing at concessional rates.
The macroeconomic framework is predicted on a rapid expansion of the oil and gas sector, and an investment of oil and gas earnings in human capital, infrastructure and strategic sectors of the economy. The Xanana government government project annual earnings of the petroleum sector growing from $1.6 billion per year in 2010 to more than $2 billion in 2015.
The non-oil economy will increase from $600 per capita to more than $900 by 2015. The petroleum sector, including downstream industry, will increase from around $1,500 to around $3,000 by 2015.
The main points:
1. Timor-Leste will have a very high saving, high investment economy.
2. The Xanana government will supply more than half of the total investments outlays.
3. The total investment rate of around 35% of GNP will enable annual growth in the order of 12% per annum or higher
4. Timor-Leste will continue to run a substantial trade surplus and to accumulate added balances in the Petroleum Fund.
Institutional Framework to succeed the SDP according to Xanana point of view is dependent on, an institutional framework for implementation, a satisfactory global economic and geopolitical environment and massive training at all levels of society.
The most important institutional breakthrough will be a new agency to oversee the design, budgeting, and implementation of the SDP-The Economic Policy and Investment Agency (EPIA).
The EPIA will serve a role similar to a national planning authority, analogous to the National Development and Reform Commission in China, the Economic policy Unit of Malaysia, or the Planning Commission of India. The functional units of the EPIA will include: economic planning; program monitoring and evaluation; procurement and contracting; budgeting; international cooperation; and public information.
The EPIA will streamline the government’s planning and implementation functions, and will be charged with negotiating contracts with domestic and external management teams to implement key functions under the SDP. The EPIA will be responsible for capacity building under the SDP, working in close cooperation with line ministries.
The Xanana government advised by the EPIA will identify key strategic training needs and programs. Each sector program will involve the scale up of local capacity, through targeted training programs at home and abroad. The EPIA will also build its own capacity in economic planning and contact negotiations. The EPIA will provide institutional innovations that will deliver the long-term objectives of the National Strategic Plan.
In the section of framework of action 2020 to build economy xanana though using three prolonged public investment program such as Human Capital, Infrastructure and Sector development. In Human Capital Xanana said Timor Leste needs an aggressive program to develop jobs skills even currently there is considerable unemployment among high-school graduates. How ever there will be skill shortages as government programs and investment expands in health, education, petroleum, agriculture, and other sectors.”
In the Strategic development Plan Xanana remind all stake holders that the successful economic development must based on strong national infrastructure including roads to build high way 3000 km and districts roads, powers gird ready by 2015 and government plan to install 1GW by 2020. The SDP indicated Timor Leste will have three international airport and the Dili airport will be expand, the Baukau airport and one Airport in the sout of the country. Sea ports as SDP outline that new bulk and LNG facilities around the petroleum complex in the south and extended and relocate the Dili port. Timor Leste is aiming to move from smallholder subsistence farmers to credit system through public banks. Timor Leste’s expenditure today mainly out of the Petroleum fund. The plan ruled East Timor would like to be an exporter of LNG and other petroleum related products. And other important sector to be developed is Tourism and urban infrastructure. The plan foresee an annual budget of US$1 billion which accumulating in the petroleum funds. However the governments are looking at ways of funding strategic public investment either to borrowing at the very favorable rate or withdrawing funds in Excess to Estimated Sustainable Income.
Timor Leste Petroleum fund today is US$5.5 billion in the American bank. The SDP calculated between 2011-2015 the petroleum fund would rise to US$9 billion.
The government intent to establish an institution which will in charge of the planning, design, budgeting and implementation of the Strategic Development Plan is namely The Economic Policy and Investment Agency (EPIA). It’s interesting to note that the new EPIA will play similar role as China reform commission, the Malaysian Economic policy Unit and India’s planning commission. This may signaled that Timor Leste a more away from western types economic policies to the new high growth Asian economic and Infrastructures plan.
The emergence of Timor-Leste as an oil an gas producing economy will have significant implication for all sectors of society.

Grasia Farm Produce Eggs Government Unable to Protect Local Product And UNMIT Buy Internationally.mpg.mpg

Since last year East Timorese and their business partners set up a Chicken farm industry in Rai Lako sub-district in Ermera. Today (30/05/2010) the Grasia Farm have some twenty four thousands of chicken and 92% Of it have producing 22500 eggs per day. Means in only in june this year this Grasia chicken farm will produce in total 675000 eggs.


The problem is till today there are many eggs importing from Indonesia Could prejudice the local business to grow. Octaviana one of the manager in Grasia Farm told Tempo Semanal that until today they can’t freely sell thei product in Dili market because they don’t want to other business people disappointing at them. “Today we can’t yet sell in the wide market because afreaid to compete with other existing shops. If intervene the market suddenly sell these eggs with low price could create some bad things,” said Octaviana.

An organisation name Peace Dividend Trust is successful in their campaign to try

raise the awareness of the UNMIT and other International agencies to buy locally but most of these organisation mainly UNMIT still preferred to spend most of their fund to import things from outside the country and spend very little in Timor Leste.

Several business people complaint about luck of interest from the Timor Leste Government to protect local business product and strengthening business sector in this new nation.

Timor Leste is becoming the US Dollar halt since 1999 before the US currency cross the border into West Timor as well as flying with Indonesian Merpati to Bali, Aust East Asia to Singapore and Air North Darwin. From billion of aid money to Timor Leste only very small amount of US$ dollar inject into the East Timor Economy.

Even luck of market but Grasia Farm have imported more 20000 chicken from Malasya to replace the existing one because by 88 weeks the company have to sold those old one.

Chinese navy Trains F-FDTL Navy on Chinese built Patrol Boats

Three days after the celebration of East Timor's restauration of it's independence the two F-FDTL patrol boat arrived in Timor Leste from China on May 23th 2010. Two years ago Timor Leste Government signed a contract of US$ 40 million to Polly Thecnology a chinese company to build the two F-FDTL boats which angered the TL's closest friend Australia. In that time the Australian intended to donoted their second hand Pacific patrol boat which according to some Timorese leaders said the Australian Government give them a litle bit head ache. "They were about to give a presentation to the government when we took decission to buy from china," said a high level government official who asked not to name. As Tempo semanal noted that the contract was signed during a weekend in march 2008 while the Australian Team is prepared to present their plan in the coming week.


This is about pride for a country and it's people and the two boat is the biggest project ever for F-FDTL since the it was transforma to the Timor Leste official arrmed forces in 2001. Now the F-FDTL marine component under trainning by their Chinese counter part on how to deal with two patrol boat name after the Jaco island and an area in Same District call Betano.

On 28/05/2010 the secretary state Julio Tomas Pinto together with some civilian sail to Atauro island on the Betano boat. It was take 20 minutes from Dili while it was only sail with 20 knots. "the boat is in very good condision because from Dili to Atauro take us only 20 minutes and it was not yet use the full capacity, "said julio.

TS Video: A Timorese Mother and Her Son Need Medical Care

On a trip to cover an story in Maubara an hour drive west of Timor Leste's Capital Tempo Semanal found a family of nine people leaving in a poor condition. Victor afonso's wife Juliana dasi is very sick. Tempo semanal aproach by a lady who supposed to be the neighbour of Victor's family told Tempo Semanal that Geraldo de son of Victor and Juliana need help for medical treatment. "Geraldo is sick so he can't go to study. He has been sick since he was 3 days old and now he is sick. I think this boy need some help because he doesn't talk proverly," said the woman who is carying her young baby seat next to the firewood.
 

 She took Tempo Semanal Journalist to a small halt any found a lady who seems to be pregnant but actually a kind of illness. Tempo Semanal asked what kind of illness she has? is it have any impact to her baby? "I am not not pregnant but this is a kind of illness," said Juliana.
 

Her husband Victor pulled a side Tempo Semanal Journalist and said, "I don't know what to do to help my wife and my son."
 

It was a shocking moment for a journalist to she in a family two person get sick.The journalists didn't promised any thing at all to the family and saw their sadness. As soon as they got them self on to the car my chief editor Jose Belo looking confuse and very quite all the way to Dili. After Likisa my chief Editor said, "what should we do?" By the time I have though about some things else so I didn't get what he wants. I asked, "to do what?, we are on the way to Dili."
 

Jose reply with angry, "to help the sick family."
 

I said, "ok. but we are not docter or aid people. we don't have means."
 

It was a big mistake to said such things to Belo. my words fuel his angered. He shouted at me, "can you shoot your mouth please?"
 

I was worry that Jose may sack me from my job. When we passed Tasi Tolu lake he asked me to give my phone to him.

TS Video: Xanana Is Not Happy with Woodside ho Australia Government

Xanana claimed the joint development area is belong to East Timor if its acording to the international law. Xanana disapoint with the Australian Government by pulled out it self from the ICJ, "because they are out so if we go to log a complaint also they are not there."

Xanana repeated his accusation towards the Australian Government in the past by say, while our people still suffer the occupation the Australia and Indonesia flying over to Timor sea and drunk red wine mixed with our blood to share 50% to Australia cause they supported Integration and 50% to Indonesia because accept integration.

TSVideo: Xanana angry at Woodside and Australia

 

Xanana Gusmao during the National Strategic Development plan consultation in Vemase sub-district early of may criticised Woodside and Australia badly. To the people he said, "Look the bayu Udang Field is close to us already piped to Darwin and Greater sunrise more closer to Timor Leste they still want it. Because our position is firm to pipe to our land and now they have though another solution which only processing in the sea. They only try to prevent us to create job opportunity in our home. To have a chance to develop our country. Because of this reasons when ever we are not firm and when ever we are not together to defend our country instead of defending the interest of one leader against another means people will eat ours, they will keep still our resources, and other will lie us. This is why in the past three days I have wrote to woodside that We are not forget what happened in 1989 you share our resources into two whenever our people were still dying. Our resources you were share halp to one side and another halp the other side(Australia and Indonesia).

We never forget that Australia has run away from Internetional Tribunal in Denhaag to prevent us taking the casse to discuss the sea line.

The truth according to the international law here they have right only to 20% and ours 80% but now they dont think that way so we get 20% and they took 80%. Because all this my dear friend, when ever we fight each other in country they come and step on us till the ground and we will remain poor."

In these days some timorese people are working with two expert from england conducting some study in the sea of be asu near vikeke which according to the plan the Timor Leste government want to build an LNG plant to pipe the gas from Greater sunrise field

TSVideo: ANP Rejected Development Plan Woodside try to Escaped From Their Docs

On 18/05/2010 the two Woodside representative went to ANP head quarter in the Government Palace in Dili. Around 10 O'clock in the morning the door of ANP automatically opened and Mr. Brendan Augustine in his right hand carry some document and wearing sun glases walking in front of Mr. John the deputy Director from Woodside Joint venture.
The Woodside Country Director looked back to John and try to get away from the camera but there was not enough room to scape from any frame. They walk in to ANP cxonference room with some newspaper head line photo shows the Demo against Mr. Don Voelte in Dili airport when he came to talk to President Horta and lider of opposition.

Japanese Deputy Minister Defence in Dili

The Japanese Deputy Minister of Defence Meets Julio Pinto Timor Secretary of State for Defence

TS Video: Timor Leste Fight for Pipeline Horta Fight Xanana and Alfredo

There is tension between Government under PM Xanana Gusmao with President of the Republic over their differencies on the issue how the greater sun Rise to develop. Xanana's Government maintain its position for the pipeline to come to Timor Leste while President Jose Ramos Horta shows his pragmatisms over the Woodside decission to have FLNG to process gas from Greater Sunrise field. President some times criticised Xanana's Government because he has not received any study report by Petronas.

The Government claimed that Woodside and its patners not comply with all the requirement and futheremore the Australian Company always try to ruled out pipeline to Timor Leste options since 2008.

In his letter response to Woodside 29/04/2010 announcement Xanana said, "while Timorese still suffered in 1989 Australian Foreign Minister G. Evans and Ali Alatas fropm Indonesia fly over the Timor sea and signed an agreement to share our resources. Australia get it because they supported the integration and Indonesia have it because the accepted the integration," Xanana told the public in Vemase Sub-District, District Baukau earli this month.

Xanana Said it's very difficult to face the big countries that's why he appeal to all political parties and leaders to stand together to fight for the national interest.

Some of the Timorese alleged President horta is becoming the spokes person of the Woodside and its joint venture when Horta decide to meet Woodside and its partners while the government closed their door to woodside. Horta was very angry at these people and demanding for an appology but Rui Castro and two other collegues said, they will not going to ask any appology to the head of state. "I will not going to ask any pardon from horta before he explain his possition to the public why he seems so defensive for a company like Woodside which has been recommended by an international company from Norway which said Woodside is not prudent," said Rui Castro.

Rogerio Lobato Returns to Timor-Leste

Rogeiro Lobato the former Minister for Interior under Fretilin Government has return home for the firstime sine August 2007. Rogeiro was sentence to jailed for some allegation against after Rai Los group claimed he was the one responsible in distribute weapons to civilian before 2006 crises get bigger.
He has get pardon from President Horta and now he has totally free.

Parabeins F-FDTL, Biar Neineik Mas Beibeik

Iha tempu funu, Falintil hetan naran julukan ‘pengacau keamanan’ tanba Falintil sai inimigu boot forsa armadas Indonezia nian iha prosesu luta ba ukun rasik an.
Agora, Falintil transforma an ona ba Instituisaun Forsa Defeza Timor Leste nian (F-FDTL) nebe laos ona pengacau keamanan maibe sai ona hanesan raja protektor ba ita nia soberania iha tasi timor nomos iha rai leten no loro leten.
Ita rekoinese katak, oras nee daudaun F-FDTL seidauk iha kapasidade atu kontrola area aero maibe iha rai leten no tasi laran, F-FDTL hahu iha kbiit daudaun hodi fo protesaun ba ita nia soberania iha tasi laran nomos fo protesaun ba povu husi tentativas oioin nebe bele provoka instabilidade iha rai laran liu-liu hanesan ameasa externa.
F-FDTL hanesan manu aman nebe prontu hasoru tentativas oioin nebe hakarak estraga moris hakmatek povu ho nasaun ida nee. Maske nunee, F-FDTL presiza tebe-tebes apoiu povu tomak nian tanba, F-FDTL ninia susesu laos deit iha F-FDTL nia liman maibe mos iha povu tomak nia liman. Tan nee, ema ida-idak tenke fo ninia kontribuisaun ba F-FDTL liu-liu iha situasaun defisil.
Hanesan operasaun konjunta F-FDTL ho Polisia Nasional Timor Leste (PNTL) hodi halo kapturasaun ba Gastao Salsinha ho ninia elementus. Iha operasaun konjunta nee F-FDTL ho PNTL hetan apoiu makaas husi komunidade. Tan nee Gastao Salsinha ho ninia grupu konsege tun Dili hodi koopera ho justisa sein kilat tarutu no ema ruma kanek.
Nee hatudu katak, kooperasaun povu nian importante tebe-tebes iha prosesu kuda paz no estabilidade tanba bainhira iha estabilidade maka prosesu dezenvolvimentu bele lao ho diak.
Oras nee F-FDTL hetan tan ona Ro patrulla rua husi Xina, Ro rua nee bele fo kbiit ba F-FDTL liu-liu ba Forsa Naval hodi halao patrullamentu iha tasi Timor hodi proteze atividade ilegais nebe bele halakon ita nia riku soin iha tasi laran. Ro rua nee bele kiik maibe ho profesionalizmu no didikasaun F-FDTL nian, Ro nee sei bele halo kontrola ba area tasi husi tasi feto too tasi mane. Importante husi Ro rua nee maka, Forsa Naval bele uza hodi halo patrullamentu iha tasi laran.
Ba futuru, Ro rua nee bele sai instrumentu ida nebe sei f o kontribuisaun boot ba kadoras mina nian nebe atu dada mai Timor Leste. Tanba Australianu sira komesa dehan daudaun ona katak, kadoras mina nian labele dada mai Timor Leste tanba prob¬lema seguransa no tasi naruk.
Entaun ho Ro patrulla rua nee aumenta tan ho Ro patrulla kiik rua nebe iha ona, sei halao servisu diak liutan hodi garantia seguransa ba tasi laran, atu nunee Australia labele iha razaun tan katak, problema seguransa mak halo kadoras labele dada mai Timor Leste.
Hau fiar katak, mesmu ho Ro kiik maibe F-FDTL sei bele hatudu ba nasaun boot sira katak, biar kiik maibe F-FDTL bele halao servisu boot nebe karik nasaun seluk labele halo.
Importante maka kontribuisaun ema hotu nian, tanba ita lakohi Timor oan balu hamrik iha naok ten sira nia kotuk, tanba naok ten balu uza Timor oan sira hodi salva sira nia atividade ilegais.
Tanba hahalok hanesan nee laos deit bele trava F-FDTL atu labele halao servisu iha tasi laran ho diak, maibe hahalok nee mos provoka soberanu Timor Leste nian iha tasi laran.
Tan nee, husu ba Forsa Naval F-FDTL atu labele tolera ema ruma nebe hakarak naok ita nia riku soin iha tasi laran.Aban bainhira karik hetan Ro ruma halao atividade ilegais iha tasi Timor, F-FDTL iha poder konstitusional hodi halo kapturasaun.
Husu mos ba PNTL komponente marina nian, atu halo kooperasaun diak ho forsa marina F-FDTL nian hodi halo patrullamentu ba tasi timor. Tanba F-FDTL ho PNTL forsa rua nebe iha misaun ida deit katak, kria estabilidade ba povu, fo protesaun ba rikeza na-saun nian.
Oras nee hau seidauk bele koalia konaba profesionalizmu forsa nian tanba ita labele halo ema ida sai profesional iha loron ida. Nee katak, profesionalizmu nee kleur ka lalais loron ruma ita sei hetan. Maibe, ita tenke hahu ho buat kiik nebe ita iha, ita labele husu buat boot maibe ita nia kapasidade la too atu kaer, entaun ita uza lai buat kiik nebe iha tanba buat kiik nee ita nia kapasidade too atu kaer.
Aban bainrua koandu ita prontu ona, sasan hirak nee laos ita mak buka maibe sasan mak sei buka fali ita. Tanba nee, hau konkorda katak, forsa armadas desde uluk haruka ona pesoal balu ba halo estudu iha rai liur. Ida nee inisiativa diak hodi prepara futuru forsa nian.
Maske nunee, futuru forsa nian nee depende mos ba lei. Forsa labele sai fali hanesan uma ida nebe iha fondasi no kakuluk maibe laiha didin lolon. F-FDTL tenke sai uma ida nebe ninia fondasi forte atu nunee, F-FDTL bele asumi ninia responsabilidade nudar forsa defeza Timor Leste nian nebe maske dezenvolve an neineik mas beibeik.
Fulan oin, sei hatauk ema naok ten sira nebe durante nee naok ita nia riku soin iha tasi laran.
Ita husu ba Forsa Naval atu labele kompromi ho kolker ema ka grupu nebe hakarak naok ita nia riku soin iha tasi. Karik labele tiru maibe koandu hetan ameasa, entaun bele uza meisu nebe iha hodi salva an.
Ba peskador sira nomos populasaun sira nebe hela besik area tasi ibun, karik hetan Ro ruma nebe deskonfia halao atividade ilegais iha tasi laran, tenke fo hatene ba Forsa Naval ou halo kontaktu ba instituisaun seguransa nian hanesan PNTL hodi nunee, PNTL bele hatoo ba forsa naval(**)

Jaku-Betanu Inan Sarani Ró Patrulla F-FDTL

Dili, Tempo Semanál
Atu fó protesaun ba soberania Timor-Leste nian, liu-liu atu kombate tentativas ilegais iha Tasi Timor, Falintil-Forsa Defeza Timor Leste (F-FDTL) sei hili ilha Jaku iha Tutuala Lospalos no Suku Betanu iha Sub-distritu Same, atu sai hanesan Inan sarani ba Ró patrullamentu F-FDTL nian hodi asegura katak, Timor-Leste ninia soberania iha Tasi Timor nomos povu nia moris iha rai leten labele inaseguradu.
Ró rua ne’e bele sai hanesan meius ida hodi hametin liutan funsionamentu servisu Forsa Naval Timor Leste nian ne’ebé mak emprinsipiu sistema patrullamentu ba tasi ladun la’o ho di’ak tanba ladun iha meius naton.

Durante ne’e, Forsa Naval servisu hamutuk ho Polisia Marina Timor Leste nian uza Ró patrulla kiik rua hodi halo patrulla mentu maibé Ró ne’e labele kobre area tasi mane tanba Ró kiik.
Agora, maske Ró foun rua ne’e ladun boot hanesan nasaun seluk nian, maibé ho didikasaun no patritoizmu F-FDTL nian, Ró rua ne’e sei bele halo patrullamentu ho di’ak husi tasi feto too tasi mane.
“Komisaun organizadora servisu namanas hela hodi prepara daudauk atividade hotu-hotu atu oinsá fó sarani Ró rua ne’e hanesan tradisaun Navál nian ne’ebé mak iha Mundu tomak halo.
Alende ne’e atividade hanesan konferénsia kona ba Security Maritima ne’ebé hala’o iha Timór, katak iha loron 11 Junu 2010 sei hala’o serimónia inaugurasaun ba Ró rua ne’e no hili Inan sarani ba Betanu no Jaku.Agora daudauk Ró 2 ne’e too ona iha Dili no tuir planu estadu Timor Leste sei konvida Nasaun barak hanesan Indonézia, Portugál, Amérika no Austrália atu partisipa iha seremonia inagurasaun”, dehan Sekretariu Estadu Defeza, Julio Tomas Pinto loron hirak liuba. Husi parte seluk, Komandante Navál Pedro Klamar Fuik haktuir katak, antes Ró rua ne’e too iha Dili, prosesu naruk tebe-tebes koaze tinan ida resin. Maibé, agora povu bele haree ho matan katak Ró too ona iha Dili, dehan nia.
Liutan Klamar Fuik hateten, primeira faze sei halo prosesu hatun Ró, depois sei halao adminis¬tra¬saun haleu, segundu faze sei halao prosesu entrega husi kompania ba governu Timor Leste depois sei halo integarasaun ba estrutura Forsa Naval, ikus liu sei halao inagurasaun ida iha loron 11 Junu 2010.
“Ró rua ne’e tama ona iha estrutura Forsa Navál nian. Iha estrutura nia laran sei defini faze treinu operasionál Navál ne’ebé mak ita nia Marineiru sira, pilotu guardinasaun ho tekniku Cinezes nian, sei halo preparativus ba formasaun utilizasaun opera Ró”.
“Kuandu ita nia guardinasaun prontu Komandu Navál sei relata ba Xefe Estadu Maiór Jenerál Taur Matan Ruak, hodi simu kualker misaun ne’ebé ita nia Estadu fó”, dehan Pedro.
Liutan nia haktuir katak, Ró rua ne’e klase patrulla so bele iha de’it ekipamentus materiais ne’ebé kategoriza hanesan patrulla , ezemplu iha armamentus kiik no sistema denovegasaun, sistema komunikasaun, sistema daradizasaun, sistema teknikus ne’ebé mak patrulla presiza, Dale nia Klamar Fuik.
Entertantu, tuir dada lia jornalista ho Komandante Navio Patrulla, Duarte Loe hateten katak, Ró patrulla rua ne’e sosa husi Kompañia Internasionál Polly Tecnology China, ne’ebé prepara dezde tinan 2009 husi Governu Timor-Leste.
Ró patrulla rua ne’e atu asegura riku soin iha área Tasi nian, atu nune’e labele iha tan peskadór ilegál ne’ebé mak bele tiha hotu ikan ne’ebé pertense ba área Timor nian. “tempu too ona atu Forsa Navál iha Ró patrulla rasik, ne’ebé mak tuir planu Ró rua ne’e sei hetan inaugurasaun iha dia 11 Juñu”, dehan Duarte. Liutan Komandante Patrulla ne’e haktuir katak, Ró patrulla rua ne’e ho medida naruk 50m, luan 15m, todan 110 ton. Ró patrulla rua ne’e tula iha Ró ahi boot komérsiu Xina nian ho naran Beluga Faith.
Ró patrulla rua ne’e halo tuir modelu illa Timor-Leste, ne’ebé tuir loloos atu tau naran Eroi Timor-Leste maibé Timor-Leste seidauk Eroi ida mak sai koñesidu ba área Tasi nian, entaun tau naran sarani Jako-Betanu.
Aleinde ne’e tau mós númeru kódigu komesa husi Ró patrulla ki’ik rua ne’ebé iha hanesan P01, P02, P03 no Po4, signifika komesa husi Ró patrulla rua ne’ebé iha husi P01-Po4.
Tuir Komandante ne’e hateten, nu’udar Nasaun estadu tenke tau matan ba Forsa Naval tanba Forsa mak nu’udar lutu Nasaun nian ne’ebé sei hamrik iha lina de fógu hodi hasoru ameasa exsterna oioin ne’ebé karik bele mosu.
Koalia konaba Ró patrulla rua ne’e, Duarte dehan katak, Ró rua ne’e fóin tama iha faze patrullamentu ho ekipamentu ki’ik, aban bain rua kuandu iha posibilidade bele sa’e tan ba faze ‘Fragata,’ signifika bainhira hala’o patrulla hodi responde ba situasaun emerjénsia ruma tenke ho Elikópteru.

Preokupasaun hanesan hatoo mos husi komunidade Nicolão Ximenes katak, husi area terrenu nian, F-FDTL iha ona transportes naton atu bele halo operasaun, maibé Nicolão husu se bele estadu sosa tan Tankidiguera ba F-FDTL tanba kareta kamuneta labele halo operasaun iha foho leten, rai kuak no tahu laran. Nune’e nia husu ba estadu atu sosa mós Tankidiguera ba F-FDTL.Husi tasi laran nian, Nicolao hateten, F-FDTL iha ona Ró patrulla haat maibé tuir nia haree, Ró patrulla haat ne’e mesak kiik se bele sosa Ró boot ne’ebé Elikoptru lima too sanulu bele tun iha laran.

Husi leten nian Nicolão husu estadu atu sosa Helikoptru Black Houwk husi Australia ba F-FDTL tanba tuir nia haree, Elikoptru ida ne’e bele halo operasaun ba fatin sira ne’ebé defisil iha tempu udan.

Maske nune’e, Nicolão kongratula instituisaun F-FDTL tanba tuir nia haree F-FDTL merese duni hetan Ró paroila rua ne’e tanba FDTL mak hanesan subrina hodi hamahan povu no lutu hodi satan povu ho nasaun ida ne’e husi ameasas externa.

Husi parte seluk Ximenes dehan katak, Ró rua ne’e bele sai mos hanesan baze ida ba governu hodi reforsa politika governu nian hodi ejize ba governu Australia ho kompania Woodside atu dada kadoras mina mai Timor Leste.

Tuir Nicolao nia koinesementu katak, durante ne’e kompania Woodside uza mos razaun seguransa hodi provoka desizaun politika governu Timor Leste nian konaba dada kadoras mai Timor Leste.
Nune’e, Ró rua ne’e bele fó resposta ba Woodside katak, Timor Leste iha ona meius rasik atu fó protesaun ba Timor Leste ninia riku soin liu-liu atu proteze kadoras mina nian bainhira dada duni mai Timor Leste.
“ita lebele husik ema naok beibeik ita nia riku soin iha tasi, no ita tenke fó hatene ba Australia katak, ita iha ona meius atu proteze kadoras mina mai Timor-Leste. Tanba hau fiar katak, Ró rua ne’e F-FDTL bele uza hanesan liurai tasi ida ne’ebé atu sai protector ba Tasi Timor”, dehan Nicolão ne’ebé tur iha moru leten no haree hela ba Ró patrulla rua ne’ebé atraka hela iha portu Dili. (ts)

Exclusive: President Jose Ramos Horta Meets Wooside & Lao Hamutuk's Charlie Scheiner on Greater Sunrise/Woodside

Medal for East Timorese Hero

On the East Timor's 8th anniversary of restoration 20 May 2010 the state and the people of Timor Leste through Parliament give recognition to those people who have being sacrificed their own interest to fight for Timorese independence. There were 10 personalities who have long standing campaigner such as Kevin Philip Sherlock and Robert Wesley Smith from Darwin Australia, Charles Scheiner America, George J. Adijondro Indonesia, Finland, Collin from New Zealand and other Timorese including Veteran F-FDTL Col. Maunana. The state recognised Kevin Sherlock because after his 1974 visit to East Timor he started involved doing research and collecting documents in relation to Timor Leste. His house in Darwin become Timor Leste national achieves. He collected a lot of document even those from 1500. These documents not only about politics but also on economy, tax, geographic, landscape, agriculture and including mining. As since 1901 there has been many companies from Europe, America and Australia are interested in the researching oil and gas in Timor.

Robert Wesley Smith since 1975 involve very hard to defend Timorese right by establish Radio Maubere in Darwin to communicate with resistance in the mountains. He has set up Australian Free East Timor in Darwin and sometimes make Darwin famous with the name "city of rubbish" because Rob and his other colleagues put up banners or leaflet every were in the city even the AFP are angry. President Ramos Horta admired their contribution and he said he has known these individual since the old days. "George is the first activist for East Timor Independence because in 1974 he was the first Tempo Jakarta journalist wrote an article to defend the right of Timorese to Independence," said Horta.

Horta praised Collin from New Zealand who has been dedicated most of his life for East Timor course. Sometimes he called Collin as an Indian because his long hair.
After 1991 santa Cruz cemetery massacre gave a birth to an NGO name ETAN in USA. Charlie scheiner is one of the campaigner together with his other colleagues tirelessly advocated the freedom of the half island Timor Leste. After TL voted to separate itself from Indonesia in 1999 Charlie and his other friend establish La'o Hamutuk NGO to monitor the process of development Timor Leste.