According to an undisclosed source, the study-tour BN MPs were spotted travelling the length and breath of Taiwan’s relatively small agricultural sector.
At the end of their visit to a fruit orchard yesterday and after getting a taste of the many fruits there, the MPs showed a thumbs-up sign, saying almost in a thunderous chorus that their visit had been very fruitful.
And as if to reinforce their contention that their whirlwind tour of this island had been very educational, a spokesperson of this group said they now realised that the time-tested farming practice was, and still is, relevant even in these days of technological wizardry: you reap what you sow.
Then the MPs were herded together for a visit to an animal farm. It was this animal farm near Taipei that was really an eye-opener for most of these studious MPs.
Here they found out that it might not be advisable to depend too much on a cash cow as she might not last that long especially if you milked her till the other cows came home.
The enthusiasm of the MPs about the latest and advanced techniques of rearing cows, however, dissipated especially after they heard the rumour that a Mad Cow Disease had just struck the northern region of Peninsular Malaysia.
There were of course other animals reared in the farm. There were bulls running around almost aimlessly. The MPs appeared quite excited over a particular big bull, but that’s about it.
What was considered most instructive by some of the MPs was their visit to this section of the farm that looked like a pig sty. Here the local scientists have been involved in many years of experimentation in their desire to see the day when pigs can fly so as to help reduce the high cost of transporting them (because of hiked petrol price) from one corner of the island to another.
But what was most telling for the MPs was that in the animal farm, some animals were found to be more equal than others, a harsh situation that somehow struck a chord in the MPs.
At the end of this trip, the MPs thanked profusely the owner of this privatised animal farm, Mr. Zhe Oh Wel.
