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Pergau Lake Brief Development: (ssedang disiapkan)

Interim Report (i) Socioeconomic Evaluation and (ii) Political Situation

Suriati Ghazali

Objective:

1. To compile data on socioeconomic characteristics of population living in Pergau Lake

basin.
2. To gather information on political situation of Pergau Lake basin.

Scope of work:

a. To gather data/information on socioeconomics of the population, which include:

- population dynamics
- education
- culture
- economic activities/occupation of the population l
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Data to be gathered:
- number of population
- education
- occupation
- fertility, mortality and migration
- economic activities/ employment of population

Methodology:

1. Visiting and Collecting secondary and primary data

i. Visiting of settlements in the lake basin, i.e Jeli town and nearby villages (under
Lembaga Kemajuan Kelantan Selatan – KESEDAR) to identify offices/bodies/personnels
that keep population data and political situation of the place, such as the district office.
(May-June 2013; 2 month)

ii. Collecting primary and secondary data on socioeconomics and political situation
of the lake basin. Data will be gathered from the district offices in Jeli and KESEDAR,
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existing research reports, papers and journals, and interviews with identified local
people/ village leaders (July – September 2013, 3 months)

b. To gather data/information on political situation, which include:

- information on nations within the lake basin
- sub national boundaries
- history
- governance and challenges of the region
- access to information
- right to participate
- access to justice

Methodology:

1. Visiting and Collecting secondary and primary data

i. Visiting of settlements in the lake basin, i.e Jeli town and nearby villages (under
Lembaga Kemajuan Kelantan Selatan – KESEDAR) to identify
offices/bodies/personnels that keep population data and political situation of the
place, such as the district office. (May-June 2013; 2 month)

ii. Collecting primary and secondary data on socioeconomics and political situation
of the lake basin. Data will be gathered from the district offices in Jeli and
KESEDAR, existing research reports, papers and journals, and interviews with
identified local people/ village leaders (July – September 2013, 3 months)

2. Data analysis

i. Analysis of primary and secondary data of socioeconomics and political situation

using descriptive methods - frequency, cross-tabulation, content analysis
whenever necessary (October 2013 – January 2014, 4 months)

3. Writing and submission of Report

i. Writing of report on socioeconomics and political situation of Pergau Lake basin.

(February – March 2014, 2 months)
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ii. Submission of the report: April 2014

Milestones:

1. June 2013: Study area visited, potential offices/agencies/persons to provide data identified.

2. September 2013: Data collection completed.

3. January 2014: Data analysis completed.

4. March 2014: Research report completed.

5. April 2014: Research report submitted.

Pergau Lake Brief Development:

Interim Report (i) Socioeconomic Evaluation

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By Suriati Ghazali

1.0 Introduction

1.1 From In June 2013-Ogos 2013, the collection of data on socioeconomic characteristics of
population living in Pergau Lake basin have been conducted. Potential offices /agencies/
persons had been visited, and interviewed and identified.

2.0 Objective

2.1 The objective of this section is to compile data on socioeconomic characteristics of

population living in Pergau Lake basin.

3.0 Scope of work:

3.1 The scope of this work is to gather data/information on socioeconomics of the population,
which include population dynamics, education, culture and economic activities/occupation of
the population.

4.0 Areas of Pergau Lake Basin

The study covers area surrounding Pergau Lake Basin, which is Jajahan Jeli. Jajahan Jeli consists
of three (3) districts, namely Daerah Jeli, Daerah Batu Melintang and Daerah Kuala Balah, with
total areas of 128,020.56 hectars land (Table 1). This made Jajahan Jeli the third largest area in
Kelantan.

Table 4.1 Total area in hectares in Jajahan Jeli (Pergau Lake Basin)

Districts Total areas (Hectars)

Jeli 33,552.90

Batu Melintang 33,968.20

Kuala Balah 62,159.86

TOTAL AREA 128,020.56

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5.0 The population of Pergau Lake Basin (Jajahan Jeli)

5.1 Table 5.1 shows the population of Jajahan Jeli from 2010 to 2012. It shows the increase of
population from 39,170 in 2010 to 42,672 in 2012, with the increase of 8.2 percent in two
years’ time.

Year 2010 Year 2011 Year 2012

39170 41360 42672

5.2 Table 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 shows the number of population according to gender for Daerah
Jeli, Daerah Batu Melintang and Daerah Kuala Balah respectively in the year 2010, 2011 and
2012.

Year Total population Male Female

2012 21120 10820 (51%) 10300 (49%)
2011 20500 9840 (48%) 10660 (52%)
2010 20359 10662 (52%) 9667 (48%)
(Jumlah penduduk Daerah Jeli bagi tahun 2010, 2011 dan 2012)

TAHUN JUMLAH PENDUDUK LELAKI(%) WANITA(%)

2012 9690 4826 (49%) 4864 (51%)
2011 7895 4785 (45%) 4825 (55%)
2010 8456 4419 (52%) 4037 (48%)
(Jumlah penduduk Daerah Batu melintang bagi tahun 2010, 2011 dan 2012)
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TAHUN JUMLAH PENDUDUK LELAKI(%) WANITA(%)

2012 13822 6855 (49%) 6967 (51%)
2011 13767 6766 (48%) 10660 (52%)
2010 10385 5281 (51%) 5104 (49%)
(Jumlah penduduk Daerah Kuala Balah bagi tahun 2010, 2011 dan 2012)

1. POPULATION OF JELI

Table 1.2: Population of Jeli /Lake basin area 2011

DISTRICT TOTAL POPULATION

Daerah Jeli 20500

Daerah Batu Melintang 7895

Daerah Kuala Balah 13767

TOTAL 41360

(Based on Banci Penduduk Jajahan Jeli 2011 given by Penghulu/District Office)

2.1 According to population and socioeconomic survey conducted by Jeli Land and District
office in 2012, population in Jeli District has increased to 42672 in 2012. This contribute
to 2.23% of Negeri Kelantan population.

2.2 . The majority are the Malays, 98.2%. The other races are minority, which include
Orang Asli 1.2%, Chinese 0.3%, Indian 0.2% and 0.1% are other ethnic groups.

Table 1.3: Ethnic groups around Pergau Lake Basin

Ethnic Groups Total (%)

Malays 41,942 (98.99)

Orang Asli 697 (0.96)

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Chinese 33 (0.05)

JUMLAH 42672 (100)

(Bancian penduduk Jajahan Jeli, 2012)

EDUCATION

1. Primary school

There are 16 primary schools in Jajahan Jeli,

1) Sekolah Kebangsaan Gemang

2) Sekolah Kebangsaan Ayer Lanas

3) Sekolah Kebangsaan Pasir Dusun

4) Sekolah Kebangsaan Lubok Bongor

5) Sekolah Kebangsaan Kalai, Kampung Kalai

6) Sekolah Kebangsaan Sungai Long, kampung Sungai Long

7) Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Jering

8) Sekolah Kebangsaan Jeli 2

9) Sekolah Kebangsaan Batu Melintang

10) Sekolah Kebangsaan Kg. Pendok

11) Sekolah Kebangsaan Kuala Balah

12) Sekolah Kebangsaan Jeli (1)

13) Pusat program PERMATA daerah Jeli

2. Secondary schools

Sekolah Menengah kebangsaan Jeli

Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Jeli 2

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Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Ayer Lanas

Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Batu Melintang

Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kuala Balah

Maktab Rendah Sains Mara, Jeli

Sekolah Menengah Sains Jeli

Sekolah Menengah Agama Arab

Sekolah Menengah Ugama Arab Assabirin, Ayer Lanas

Sekolah Menengah Ugama Arab Nahdatul Ulum, Jeli

Sekolah Menengah Ugama Arab Al-Diniah, Batu Melintang

Sekolah Menengah Ugama Arab Maahad Raudhah Al-Nazirin, Jeli

Higher education institution

Politeknik jeli

Universiti Malaysia Kelantan

Kolej Komuniti Jeli,Bandar Baru Bukit Bunga

Pusat Giat Mara Jeli

According to the Head Teacher one of the SMK, the result of SPM in Jeli schools are considered
good. For example, in his school, 59 students pursue education to form six, 8 to Polytechnics, 3
to matriculations and 4 to higher education institutions.

FERTILITY AND MORTALITY IN JELI / PERGAU LAKE BASIN AREA

The number of birthn and death in Jeli, 2011:

MONTHS BIRTH DEATH

JANUARI 92 31

FEBUARI 104 27
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MARCH 127 33

APRIL 102 18

MEI 103 24

JUN 111 33

JULAI 97 21

OGOS 111 28

SEPTEMBER 114 25

OKTOBER 110 38

NOVEMBER 112 29

DISEMBER 81 12

TOTAL 1264 319

Jeli has considerably good health centre, with one district hospital (Hospital Jeli), 1 rural clinic
(Klinik desa) in Batu Melintang and one in Gunong. In Kuala Balah there is two rural clinics, that
are Klinik Desa Kuala Balah and Klinik Desa Lubok Bongor.

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN JELI DISTRICT

The majority of population in Jeli involved in agricultural sector, particularly as farmers and
rubber tappers. A small number of population works in government sectors, private sectors,
and some of them are operating are operating small businesses such as operating grocery
stores and food stalls. They also sell fruits in individual stalls, herding animals such as buffalo.

Remark: This is only some of the data. The research is progressing well.