Serikin water is halal.
Posted by tunabdulrazak on 28/12/2008
Most of the time Malaya visitors, except Indians and Chinese, to Pasar Minggu Serikin do not drink or eat in Serikin. They normally bring along with them drinking water.
Some do stop by, only to rest on the chairs for free. Otherwise the understanding few would then buy cola cola.
We wonder why. We thought that it is the ‘halal’ issue since that was the most frequently asked questions before ordering food or drink.
These Malaya visitors are all blind, or perhaps iliterate. All halal food outlets put up “halal” notice in their outlets, yet they still ask that irritating question.
The Sarawak Malays are not blind. Neither are they illiterate. They can read, eventhough many among them are elderly farmers. They do not ask too much questions.
My brother, who reside and work in Terengganu then told me that the issue is unclean water. The Malaya visitors do not trust our water.
Our water is sourced from the mountain and transported to the village by PVC pipes via gravity feed system, during Dr Patau Rubis tenure as minister. Although it is untreated, but it is clean.
Nobody lives on the mountain. Nobody is allowed to farm on the catchment area. Being a Dayak Bidayuh area, there are no more wild boars in the forest.
You can actually just drink the water without boiling it. Most Serikin folks do that. It taste better than the boiled one.
Most Serikin food outlets have big water storage tanks, where the water is stored. After the bio-impurities settle on the floor, the water that goes to the home is crystal clear, sweet, no odour and of course halal.
If we consider the numerous pig farms, pesticides and herbicides used on the upper course of Sarawak river, where Kuching water is sourced, Serikin water is still pure.
