Rabu, Julai 11, 2012

SABAH ONE OF 13, NOT FOUR, STATES – MP

Sabah one of 13, not four, states – MP

KOTA BELUD July 10, 2012: The 16 September Malaysia Proclamation read by Donald Stephens (the late Tun Fuad Stephens) at the town padang in 1963 during the announcement of the formation of Malaysia is proof that Sabah is one of the 13 states in Malaysia and not one of ‘four’ in Malaysia as claimed by STAR Sabah Chapter chairman Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan.

Kota Belud member of parliament Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan said as a member of parliament, he has no reason not to agree with Dr Jeffrey that being one of four was better than one out of 13.

However, history could not be set aside and thus, Dr Jeffrey’s accusation that leaders from Malaya had cheated Sabahans has no basis if based on written history, he opined.

“According to Dr Jeffrey, Malaya leaders have cheated Sabahans so I referred to history starting with the Malaysia Proclamation on September 16 1963, where Tun Abdul Razak, representing Tunku Abdul Rahman, came to Sabah and together with Tun Mustapha and Donald Stephens who represented the Kadazan community, stood on a small stage at the town padang to read out a proclamation which formed a country called Malaysia.

“The proclamation was not read by Tun Abdul Razak or Tun Mustapha, it was read by Donald Stephens, an important Kadazan leader in Sabah at that time,” he said, adding that the proclamation was also read out simultaneously in Kuching at the same date, month and year.

Abdul Rahman said this when officiating the “Program Aman Kampus Di Bawah Bayu” at the Dewan Datuk Musbah in Kampung Taun Gusi here recently. It was attended by 130 students from UMS, UiTM, Kolej Yayasan Sabah and Politeknik.

The proclamation Donald read, which is still kept in the national archives, he said, stated: ‘Sesungguhnya pada hari ini tanggal 16 September 1963 dengan keberkatan tuhan, hari ini tertubuh sebuah negara yang di namakan Malaysia yang akan terus merdeka sampai bila-bila dan negara Malaysia ini akan terdapat negeri-negeri yang akan bernaung di bawah negara Malaysia ini.

Donald then went on to name the states from Perlis, Kedah, Johor until Sabah, he explained.

According to him, at the time in 1963, Stephens and Mustapha knew that Sabah and Sarawak had agreed to be part of the states listed in the proclamation.

He also was of the opinion that the important document was not a speech but a proclamation showing in totality 13 states including Sabah and Sarawak which was clearly read out by Stephens.

“This is history and we cannot run away from it; maybe we all have different schools of thought now but it was clear at that point in time that Stephens, Mustapha and other state leaders knew Sabah will be a state sheltered under Malaysia,” he said.

He however stressed that since he was not satisfied with the Malaysia Proclamation and want Sabah to be recognized as ‘one of four’, he looked back in history at September 1963 after the Malaysia parliament was formed.

When Malaysia was formed, members of parliament from Sabah were also present at the sitting and their speeches were recorded throughout 1963 and 1964. The MPs from Sabah also stated that Sabah is one of 13 states in Malaysia, he said.

“I read this in the parliament’s official records… not one person said that they are confident Malaysia which is made up of Sabah, Sarawak, Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore will progress. Instead, the speeches from Sabah MPs, then Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak, and all cabinet ministers said that Sabah and Sarawak are the same as other states in Malaysia,” he pointed out.

“As we cannot refer the issue to the Sabahan leaders as they have all passed on, we still can refer to history so we cannot run away from what was in the proclamation,” he said.

by Nancy Lai

30 ulasan:

  1. Sabah and Sarawak are equal partners in Malaya. Hope that the Federal Government will treat us as such.

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  2. We should never forget history lest we repeat it.

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  3. sejarah negara kita harus kita tau.

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  4. Macam2 versi sejarah kita dengar. Siapa sebenarnya yang layak memberikan pengesahan?

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    1. Ada pihak yang memanipulasi fakta sejarah. generasi muda jadi mangsanya.

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  5. Kalau setakat harapkan buku teks di sekolah dan cakap2 pemimpin yang lebih kepada politik, memang sukar untuk dapat penjelasan yang benar2 jelas.

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  6. Tidak pasti apa mana benar atau tidak mengenai sejarah kita. yang kita tahu berdasarkan dari fakta dan maklumat yang dikhabarkan.

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  7. Apa pun yang pasti Sabah telah lama menyertai Malaysia. Jadi itu adalah fakta.

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    1. Sejarah pembentukan M'sia semakin penting apabila banyak pihak yang mengeluarkan topik tu.

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  8. A Sabah veteran politician foresees a more secure future for Malaysia under the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration, and paid tribute to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak for initiating transformation to make the country a developed nation by 2020.

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  9. Tun Sakaran Dandai, 82, a former Sabah chief minister, said Malaysians should be grateful that the country had been blessed with leaders who not only helped the country gain independence but also took care of their well-being.

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  10. "He fulfills his promises to the people. Under the 1Malaysia concept, which gives preference to people regardless of race and religion, we now have the 1Malaysia clinics, 1Malaysia shops, 1Malaysia computers, 1Malaysia unit trust, higher salary for civil servants, subsidy for fishermen and large allocations for rural development.

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  11. "All these reflect the honesty of the prime minister in wanting to help the people regardless of race and religion," he said.

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  12. Sakaran said he was convinced that the people would be able to enjoy more facilities both in the urban and rural areas under Najib, and expressed the hope that they would give him a fresh mandate to administer the country.

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  13. The veteran leader said the transformation programmes required time to be implemented and it was necessary to retain the BN government in the next general election.

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  14. Sakaran recalled how the people had to put up with the lack of amenities during the colonial era, unlike now when they had good roads, schools, hospitals, electricity and clean water.

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  15. The people of Sabah were "living in the dark" then because not only did they not have electricity supply, the state was also backward in all aspects, including communication.

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  16. "For example, taking an unwell person from my village in Semporna to Tawau, where there was a clinic, would require us to travel almost a day by boat. Going to Kota Kinabalu would entail travel by boat over several days because there were no roads.

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  17. "The situation has changed now. Almost all major cities and towns and rural villages have tarred roads. If previously, before joining Malaysia in 1963, Sabah was lacking in many areas, now, after 49 years, it has emerged as one of the more developed states in the country," he said.

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  18. Sakaran said drastic changes were also seen in the education and health sectors.

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  19. "Previously, our children had to go to the peninsula or to other countries to further their studies. Now, we have Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), a branch campus of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), polytechnics and private colleges, as well as primary and secondary schools in every nook and corner of Sabah," he said.

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  20. Medical and health facilities were easily available in all the districts of the state, he said, adding that the "flying doctor" service attended to the people in the remote areas.

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  21. Sakaran said the BN government had played a vital role in placing the people and country on the right track of development and progress, not only physically but also spiritually, and in terms of solidarity, mutual respect and human capital values.

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  22. "The people of Sabah were under opposition rule at one time, and we faced great difficulty then due to a lack of cordial relations between the state and federal governments.

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  23. "If there is no cooperation between the state and federal governments, implementation of development programmes will be relatively slow. We do not want a repeat of this. We have seen how rapid development has been in Sabah under the BN," he said.

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  24. Sakaran said the Sabah BN government under Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman had raised the state to a stronger economic position.

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  25. Hopefully, the people would continue to support the government, and Sabah would remain a stronghold of the BN in the next general election and repeat the excellent performance of the 2008 elections, he said.

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  26. I'm starting to boring about this issue.. all media only played the same issue again and again.. seems like no problem faced by Sabahan other than this Malaysia agreement..

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  27. why not all politicians focus on how to solve land problem, PATI, poverty, poor infrastructure etc,etc??

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  28. Jangan salah fakta sejarah, rakyat yang akan keliru

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