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Sunday, September 9, 2012

Dr M, try explaining wealth of Sabah, Sarawak CMs


YOURSAY 'Mahathir must be joking when he asked Sarawakians and Sabahans to be patient after nearly 50 years of BN rule.'

Be patient, Dr M tells Sabahans, Sarawakians

your sayProgressive: I'm a West Malaysian. I ask my brothers in East Malaysia not to be fooled again by this spin doctor.

Be patient, said former PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad. But come and take a look at multi-billion ringgit Putrajaya that was built by Petronas, using oil and gas money from Sabah and Sarawak.

Is there any place like that in Sabah and Sarawak? Come take a look at the multi-billion ringgit Petronas Twin Towers. Is there anything like that in Sabah and Sarawak?

What do you have in Sabah and Sarawak? Poverty, stagnation, greed and corruption. Forty-nine years is enough. It's time for change. And Sabahans and Sarawakians hold the key to this change.

Starr: "Sarawak has the highest foreign direct investment and Sabah has the largest reserves of petroleum in the country," said Mahathir.

And yet, he asked Sarawakians and Sabahans to be patient and wait "for the resources to be extracted and soon your earnings (and development) will increase." Mahathir must think that Sarawakians and Sabahans are all stupid.

For all the years since coercing the two states to sign away their petroleum rights, federal coffers have been reaping hugely from the petroleum revenue to the extent that 40 percent of the national budgets are funded by petroleum revenue, of which Sarawak and Sabah are the biggest contributors.

And yet, he has the audacity of asking the rakyat of the two states to wait for their turn. How can he ask the 'poorer' cousins to subsidise their 'richer' cousins across the South China Sea? Is it not the case of robbing the poor and giving to the rich?

Odin: Mahathir, Sabahans and Sarawakians have waited and been patient for 49 long years while your BN stole them blind. Your statement that the development of the two states had outstripped the peninsula is utter rubbish.

Any West Malaysians who have been to the two states and stayed there long enough to see the situation would know and confirm that.

As at June 2011, a total of 55,975 households in Sarawak were registered under the 'hardcore poor' category. Remember, those living in inaccessible areas in the interior would not have been covered.

The sad fact of life is that those who are poor usually have a big family. If we assume that there are about four children in a family on the average, then we have 335,850 very poor people. That's 13ï¡Â9 percent of the population (2.42 million) in Sarawak.

It is heart-rending, considering Sarawak's vast natural resources. You can fool those ignorant of all this, but not we who are aware.

Abasir: The questioner should have asked Mahathir to explain the wealth of the chief minister who obviously knows a secret way to lift his living standards unlike the people who have been told to be patient.

Stamford: Sabahans and Sarawakians have the right to take matters into their own hands and expedite their development, especially via a perfectly legal means such as elections. Who is Mahathir to tell them they should continue to endure lack of development?

Conmen: "Mahathir also hit out at those who made much ado about his ‘devil they know' remark... Those comments can only come from those who do not understand... It is an English saying."

Serves him right. What goes around comes around. There was a time in the distant past when the Straits Times of Singapore referred to him as the "top dog of the country" and he made a big fuss out of it. He said it was an insullt to infer a Muslim leader as dogs or mutts, and it was haram in Islam and all the crap.

That time he was seeking a fight with Lee Kuan Yew and Singapore over some puny trifling issues. Now the devil is talking and he should know he was not the least unhappy when people call him "the top dog". He was merely playing mind games or playing politics of deception with the people.

Sabahans and Sarawakians will only have themselves to blame if they continue to support Umno-BN and allow the corrupt regime to return to power yet again in GE13.

Don't ever for a moment forget that it was the devil himself who sold you out with his devious ‘Projek M' that will forever seal your collective fates for the next 50 years or so.

LittleGiant: It is almost 50 years since Sabah and Sarawak became part of Malaysia. I don't see any reason or logic in asking the East Malaysians to be patient and wait for development.

Wait for another 50 years? Why should they? Are they not citizens of Malaysia? Are they not part of the '1Malaysia' concept propagated by PM Najib Razak?

The people of Sabah and Sarawak know well that BN leaders have only shown more interest in 'depleting' these two states of its natural resources rather than developing these resource-rich states to be on par with states in the peninsula. The people of Sabah and Sarawak have been taken for granted far too long by BN-friendly politicians there.

The lavish lifestyles enjoyed by these politicians is proof that they are more keen and focused on their 'own foreign investments' and have never really cared for the proper development of these states.
East Malaysians have equal rights with Malaysians in the peninsula and have the right to demand for development and progress.

Jacob: "In truth, development is higher in Sabah/Sarawak than in the peninsula"? That is a blatant lie and Sabahans and Sarawakians should condemn Mahathir for that.

When Dr M was so busy building Putrajaya and KLCC (Kuala Lumpur City Centre), he forgotten that people in Sabah and Sarawak were without running water, electricity, decent public housing and proper roads.

Wira: For 49 years, the East Malaysian states had faithfully remained in the federation. That's two generations.

Sarawakians and Sabahans who were teenagers when the Malaysia merger took place are grandparents today. Is it fair for them to wait another two generations?

Even Muslim Xinjiang in China sees more rapid growth and progress. To add insult to injury, Najib went to Sabah and claimed 'Janji Ditepati" as if all Malaysians are blind.

Anonymous_rb345: Mahathir, you should tell your son, Mukhriz, to be patient too and don't be too ambitious to become the Kedah menteri besar. He should wait for another 50 years.

Dark Knight: Mahathir's answer was simple. "Just be patient and wait for (Umno and its cronies to exploit) the resources to be extracted (and exploited without care for Sabahans and Sarawakians) and soon your earnings (from whatever we have left behind) will increase (a little from your pathetic income you earn now)."

Jayan: My head is in a spin after reading this article. I feel like vomiting. - Malaysiakini

16 comments:

  1. Tidak ada guna sudah Dr M mahu menjelaskan. Hanya akan memburukkan nama Dr M sendiri saja nanti.

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  2. Perlu ingat siapa yang telah memtadbir Malaysia sebelum ini. Semasa pentadbiran Sabah dan Sarawak ketinggalan dalam pembangunan.

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  3. I doubt this is the case for Sabah. The world bank has failed to take into account the recent developments that has transpired in Sabah's economy. Sabah up to date has a total investment of more than RM13 billion in 2011 is ranked third after Sarawak and Penang.



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    1. Industrial Development Minister Datuk Raymond Tan Shu Kiah said that according to the figures provided by Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA), Sabah is not too far away from Sarawak which had recorded about RM14 billion in investment last year.

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  4. The RM13 billion plus figure however has not taken into account the investment from the Oil and Gas industry meaning that the outlook for Sabah is very positive.Raymond said that MIDA’s figures gave the state Government some indication as to how successful it is in terms of getting investments into Sabah.

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  5. On a seperate matter on the same subject, the Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman is pleased with the performance of poverty eradication programmes in the state but wanted all implementing agencies involved to further expedite the completion of projects entrusted to them, to allow the target groups to benefit from them as soon as possible.Musa said he had directed all agencies to take the necessary action and continuously improve their mechanism to ensure all ongoing projects can be completed on time or ahead of schedule.

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  6. The Chief Minister expressed his satisfaction with the implementation of the poverty eradication projects in Sabah.The Chief Minister said the state and federal governments had introduced various programmes to help improve the economy and livelihood of the poor listed under the e-Kasih.

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  7. He said among the main programmes under the federal were 1Azam, 1Azam Monthly Allowance and Housing Assistance (PBR), while those under the state included Mini Estet Sejahtera, Ladang PPRT and Localised Economic Improvement Project.

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  8. In addition, there are also five agropolitan projects – one each in Kota Belud, Pitas, Kemabong, Tongod and Beluran being implemented by SEDIA under the Sabah Development Corridor (SDC), involving a total allocation of RM239 million.

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  9. On average, Musa said there were about 10,000 recipients of 1Azam Monthly Allowance every month in Sabah last year, involving a payment amounting to RM36 million.As of Feb 3, he said 2,397 new houses had been completed under phase one of the PBR programme, while another 308 of 350 units under the phase two had been built by the local authorities in the state.Under the PBR, a total of 2,531 projects to repair dilapidated houses were approved in 2011 with Giatmara as the implementing agency.

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  10. So far 361 were completed and another 239 are under construction. For this year, 1,400 new houses and 1,992 reconstruction projects have been approved for the state.The state government has requested the 1,992 projects to be upgraded to new house category and we expect there will be an additional 600 units of new homes to be approved.

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  11. kenyataan Tun M sebenarnya lebih kepada menyelamatkan dirinya.. dia tahu Najib akan memperbetulkan kesilapan2 yang dia lakukan. oleh sebab itu dia mengambil kesempatan ini dengan menggunakan nama kerajaan BN.. sedangkan dia telah 22 tahun memerintah namun Sabah dan Sarawak masih dibelakang berbanding dengan negeri2 lain..

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  12. disebabkan Tun M takut pentadbirannya selama 22 tahun menjadi bahan cemuhan, maka terpaksa la dia buat kenyataan yang boleh mendatangkan impak kepada parti secara keseluruhan, bukannya dirinya seorang..

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  13. bukankah lebih baik jika Tun M ambil tindakan berdiam diri seperti Pak Lah?? tidak perlulah masuk campur dalam apa sahaja urusan kerajaan hari ini..

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  14. setakat ini, kebanyakkan kenyataan yang dibuat oleh Tun M bukannya memberikan kesan positif kepada kerajaan BN sebaliknya menjadi beban kepada BN..

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