PENAMPANG July 16, 2012: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) president Datuk Yong Teck Lee yesterday urged party members and other opposition parties not to underestimate the strength of Barisan Nasional (BN) in the 13th General Election.
“It is not that easy to topple the BN government, so do not underestimate the political will of BN leaders to stay in power,” he said in his speech when opening SAPP Moyog division office at Donggongon Point here yesterday.
Only by working hard and cooperating with other opposition parties will SAPP stand a chance of defeating BN in the general election, he said.
Yong, who said SAPP is ready to work with the other opposition parties, urged the members to be fully prepared.
“It is not only about getting people to cast their votes, we have to monitor every second of the process until the counting of the ballots,” he said.
SAPP, he said, will work hard to win the state seats it is going to contest and ensure Pakatan Rakyat (PR) candidates win the parliamentary seats they are contesting.
On SAPP Moyog division election manifesto launched yesterday, Yong said all the party’s divisions will be launching their own manifestos as it will contain localized issues.
“The SAPP Moyog manifesto was approved and adopted by the party’s supreme council and therefore is not just a promise of things to come for the rakyat in Moyog,” he said.
The16-point manifesto tabled by SAPP Moyog CLC chairman Aloysius Danim Siap pledged among other things the cancellation of the proposed Kaiduan dam project which is expected to involve the relocation of nine villages.
“If SAPP forms the next state Government, it will make sure that this project is cancelled,” Aloysius said.
The manifesto also includes other local issues such as Maang resettlement site for squatters from Sri Tanjung, construction of a secondary school in upper Moyog, setting up of a community college in Penampang, a small township project in Moyog and upgrading of Penampang Poliklinik.
Aloysius said that when UPKO president Tan Sri Bernard was Chief Minister, he had promised to upgrade St. Michael Church to a cathedral.
“However this proposal never came to fruition, so we urge SAPP, when it forms the government to fulfill this promise to upgrade the church to a cathedral,” he said.
Also present at the event was SAPP advisor Datuk Mohd Noor Mansor.
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Yong tak disokong oleh penduduk Sabah.. tgk bagaimana dia kalah di Batu Sapi.
BalasPadamSAPP tidak menyesal ka keluar dari BN??
BalasPadamSAPP janganlah terlalu ego untuk bekerjasama dengan parti pembangkang yang lain untuk mendapatkan pertandingan 1 lawan 1.
BalasPadamYONG tidak ada yang hebat pun mahu mengatakan orang lain.
BalasPadamCuma dapat bersama dengan PR tidak ada makna pun. STAR masih menentang kerjasama ini. Jadi kita lihat seterusnya mengenai perkara ini.
BalasPadamDuring the tenure of Yong Teck Lee as chief minister of Sabah, he approved some 265 logging licences covering over 300,000 ha (an area 5 times larger than the island of Singapore). These licences were given to cronies, associates, non-Sabahans included, and is clearly an act of gross irresponsibility at the expense of environmental conservation, sustainability and public interest.
BalasPadamThe delegation of authority to approve logging areas given by Cabinet to Datuk Yong Teck Lee as CM, was well and truly taken advantage of and abused by Yong to reward his friends, cronies and supporters.
During the SAPP regime, not less than 1 million hectares of forest lands were given out to private and public-listed companies, purportedly for SFM-Sustainable Forest Management.
BalasPadamUnfortunately, in the lot of FMU licenses, dubious individuals with no capability whatsoever were also chosen. Consequently, many licensees failed to perform, incurring huge losses to the State government in the region of billions of ringgit.
Today’s failures of many licensees which have resulted in the termination of a number of them, is a revelation of poor planning, poor execution and reckless choices. Some of the licensees have never been even seen a forest area, let alone seeing a concession area that can be as big as 600,000 acres.
BalasPadamWhy were these clowns chosen in the first place? Only SAPP can answer that.
The allocation of such large areas in one go for a lifetime (100 years) gives little opportunity for the government to review the agreements. Why was it not done in a step-by-step manner? For example, allocate a small area first and then expand on the basis of performance?
Again, when Yong Teck Lee was Sabah Chief Minister, he approved a share swap deal whereby 32 million in blue chip MISC shares for shares in trading company North Borneo Timber Corporation (NBT) and fast-food company Sugarbun Corporation Bhd. MISC shares were disposed of at RM5.70 per share with a value of RM182.4 million and traded with three million NBT shares at RM32 each or RM96 million and 4.67 million Sugarbun shares ot RM7.60 each or RM36.176 million.
BalasPadamLet us tell Yong Teck Lee that we do not condone what he did when he was Chief Minister. He will not be able to return what was stolen from us, but at least we can tell him what we think of him by rejecting him during 13th general election.. never give him a second chance to rule this state again..
BalasPadamThe Government Transformation Programme (GTP) 2.0 is poised to further boost Sabah’s socio-economic transformation with more participation from non-governmental organisations and the corporate sector.
BalasPadam“A new initiative under this roadmap which we very much welcomed is the 21th Century Village which focuses on developing the agriculture, tourism, plantation and cottage industries. This was said by the Chief Minister at the GTP Roadmap 2.0 Open Day.
BalasPadamMusa, who was also state finance minister, said in the last three years, the initiatives under GTP had made a big impact on Sabahans. He said under the Rural Basic Infrastucture National Key Results Areas, villages in rural areas were now well-connected, enabling the state government to provide water and electricity to them.
BalasPadamThis is the role of GTP 2.0. It is designed to take the achievements of our initial work to the next level,” he said.
BalasPadamMusa said the GTP 2.0 would see even more significant changes with focus on economic empowerment of individuals and communities, thus providing more than just temporary relief of the people’s burdens.
BalasPadamHe said since the launch of the Sabah Development Corridor (SDC) in 2008, Sabah has attracted RM112 billion in planned investments.
BalasPadam“This is a clear indication that the alignment of the GTP, Tenth Malaysia Plan, Economic Transformation Plan, Sabah’s development agenda, and the SDC has succeeded in boosting the state’s investment climate.
BalasPadam“Investments in Sabah has surged. New investors include the Brunei Investment Agency in the Keningau Integrated Livessstock Centre Project and Darden Group of the US.
BalasPadam“I was informed that the Sabah Economic Development and Investment Authority continues to receive many new investment proposals in SDC,” he said.
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