“GENG-GENG TU PROTES SETIAP HARI, SAMPAI RUMAH PUN SURUH KERAJAAN BAYAR. GILA PUAK NI,” – MB KEDAH

‘Selangor janji banyak sangat, sebab tu tak larat nak bayar’, kata MB Kedah

OLEH AMIN ISKANDAR DAN MD IZWAN

ALOR SETAR, 30 Mac  — Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak mengatakan antara kesilapan Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Selangor adalah kerana terlalu banyak berjanji semasa kempen Pilihan Raya 2008 sehingga tidak mampu ditunaikan.

Selangor seperti juga Kedah buat pertama kali dimenangi oleh gabungan longgar PAS, PKR dan DAP daripada Barisan Nasional (BN) yang memerintah kedua-dua negeri tersebut semenjak pilihan raya pertama berlangsung di negara ini.

“Selangor tu sebab mereka dulu tiada pengalaman. Bukan … mereka janji banyak sangat. Lepas tu tak larat nak bayar,”

‘PR AKAN KEMBALIKAN KUASA PUSAT KEPADA NEGERI SUPAYA LEBIH ADIL’

‘PR akan kembalikan kuasa pusat kepada negeri supaya lebih adil’

KUALA LUMPUR, 17 Mac — Mengembalikan kuasa pusat kepada negeri menjadi keutamaan Pakatan Rakyat selepas mengambil alih Putrajaya, kata Lim Kit Siang sambil menegaskan pemusatan kuasa punca kepada sistem autokratik kerajaan Malaysia ketika ini.

Menurut pemimpin utama DAP tersebut, pengagihan kuasa yang sama rata tersebut penting demi memastikan semangat perlembagaan Malaysia dapat dikembalikan.

“Pemusatan kuasa ke tangan Eksekutif telah menyebabkan kemunculan sistem autokratik kerajaan,”

SET UP HOMELAND SECURITY MINISTRY TO BETTER PROTECT SABAH – JEFFREY

Set up Homeland Security Ministry to better protect Sabah – Jeffrey

KOTA KINABALU 2/12/2012: The state government need to take drastic and urgent steps to ensure the better security of Sabah and its people and should immediately set up a Homeland Security Ministry to complement and supplement the shortcomings of the federal agencies in protecting the people in Sabah.

This was suggested by STAR Sabah chief Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan at the launching of the STAR Sabah, Ranau election machinery in Kaingaran, and in response to the murder of teenager Norikon Saliwa in Kota Marudu recently.

Dr Jeffrey stressed that one of the key factors why Sabah was pushed to the merger and formation of Malaysia in 1963 was the security threats from Indonesia and Philippines and that Malaysia when formed, would take care of Sabah security.

"AGREEING TO THE CONDITION WILL MEAN INDIRECT FEDERALISATION OF STATE LAND,"

Red tape traced to Rais' Ministry

Kota Kinabalu 9/11/2012: The red tape that is hampering Sabah's efforts in getting World Heritage Site status for the Maliau Basin, Imbak Canyon and Danum Valley is on the part of the Federal Ministry of Culture, Arts and Information headed by Datuk Seri Yais Yatim.

Daily Express understands that while Sabah is trying very hard to push for the status, the Director General of the Heritage Council under the Ministry had declared she would only endorse it if the State is agreeable to placing these Sabah environment icons under their administration and management upon listing.

Sources in the know said that the State Government vehemently opposed the suggestion because this would be going against the Malaysia Agreement, in particular the stipulation that land is a state matter and one that is very sensitive.

"Agreeing to the condition will mean indirect federalisation of State land,"

TOLAK PEMIMPIN TIDAK TEPATI JANJI - Dr. Mahathir

Nik Aziz Mungkir Janji Jika Bertanding Lagi PRU 13

KUALA LUMPUR 23/10/2012: Bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad menyifatkan tindakan Mursyidul Am PAS, Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat untuk bertanding pada pilihan raya umum akan datang sebagai mungkir janji.

Beliau berkata rakyat seharusnya tidak memilih pemimpin yang mempunyai sifat tersebut dalam pemerintahan negara.

"Saya fikir rakyat Malaysia patut ambil perhatian kepada orang yang pernah berjanji selepas itu mungkir janji.

1,681 JURURAWAT KOLEJ SWASTA DAPAT KERJA

1,681 jururawat kolej swasta dapat kerja

Pengambilan diteruskan sehingga 6,724 diserap ke hospital kerajaan

Kuala Lumpur 20/10/2012: Seramai 1,681 daripada 8,000 jururawat lulusan kolej swasta yang menganggur akan diserapkan di sebanyak 130 hospital kerajaan bermula akhir tahun ini.

Pengambilan akan diteruskan sehingga 6,724 jururawat diserap ke hospital kerajaan menjelang 2015 dan bakinya dicadang mengikuti skim penempatan singkat atau skim latihan 1Malaysia (SL1M) bagi membolehkan mereka bekerja dengan hospital swasta, termasuk di luar negara.

PUTRAJAYA DARED TO FORM RCI ON PROGRESS IN SABAH, SARAWAK

Putrajaya dared to form RCI on progress in Sabah, Sarawak

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 16 — A royal commission of inquiry (RCI) is needed to see if Sabah and Sarawak’s “dreams and aspirations” in forming Malaysia with Malaya 49 years ago has been “fulfilled or betrayed”, Lim Kit Siang said today.

The DAP parliamentary leader called for all MPs from Sabah and Sarawak to give their unanimous support when he proposes such an RCI in the next Parliamentary sitting.

“The people of Sarawak and Sabah were promised progress and development, at least to the level achieved by the Peninsula states,”

RURAL STUDENTS STILL STRUGGLE WITH ENGLISH, SCIENCE

Rural students still struggle with English, Science

KOTA KINABALU September 9, 2012: English and Science continue to be subjects posing great difficulties to two Primary Six students from the interiors of Sabah.

Caroline Jitor of SK Terian and Alessandra from SK Togudon both cited having high dreams of becoming a doctor and a teacher respectively, but they are struggling with the two subjects.

“I find English very hard to understand. And Science is a very difficult subject to grasp,” she said.

PERLUKAH UNDI PR UNTUK NIKMATI KEMAJUAN?

PERLUKAH UNDI PR UNTUK NIKMATI KEMAJUAN?

Saudara Pengarang,

September 7, 2012: Assalamualaikum dan Salam Sejahtera. Terlebih dahulu saya ingin mengucapkan tahniah kepada semua para pengendali Sabahkini.net kerana bersusah payah kerana mewujudkan ruang seperti ini untuk kepentingan anak jati Sabah.

Di sini saya terpanggil untuk mendedahkan serba sedikit tentang masalah yang dihadapi oleh penduduk kampung yang menggunakan jalan raya Melinsau-Ranau. Jalan ini merupakan asalnya adalah jalan balak dan menghubungkan lebih 30 kampung iaitu lebih kurang 3 buah mukim.

ONLY 27 DAYS TO PROCESS CONSTRUCTION PERMITS

Only 27 days to process construction permits

Kota Kinabalu September 07, 2012: The length of the application process for construction permits is being shortened from 140 days to 27 days, said Senior Director of Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) AB Rahim Yusoff.

This, according to him, was conducted with cooperation from MPC, Kuala Lumpur City Hall and technical agencies under a One Stop Centre (OSC) through a project called Regulatory Review which will also be continued here in Sabah.

"MPC will cooperate with relevant agencies to conduct the Regulatory Review project on dealing with construction permits in Sabah,"

95% LIPUTAN JALAN RAYA DI SABAH DAN SARAWAK DICAPAI MENJELANG 2015

95% liputan jalan raya di Sabah dan Sarawak dicapai menjelang 2015

KOTA KINABALU August 27, 2012: Menteri Kemajuan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal yakin sasaran 95 peratus liputan infrastruktur terutama jalan raya di seluruh Sabah dan Sarawak, menerusi Bidang Keberhasilan Utama Negara (NKRA) di bawah Program Transformasi Kera­jaan (GTP) 2.0, akan tercapai menjelang tahun 2015.Beliau berkata dalam tem­poh tiga tahun pelaksanaan GTP 1.0, kerajaan melak­sanakan projek infrastruktur di sepanjang jalan di Seme­nanjung Malaysia, Sabah dan Sarawak.

MASIDI URGES PLANTATION OWNERS TO FULFILL PROMISES

Masidi urges plantation owners to fulfill promises

KOTA KINABALU August 21, 2012: Oil palm plantation owners in Kinabatangan have been urged to fulfill their promises to ensure that river pollution problems caused by factory discharge are solved immediately.

“They have given me their word and I expect them to fulfill their promises, not just to the government, but also to the people, fast,” said Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun yesterday.

“THE PEOPLE (FROM THE RURAL VILLAGES OF KINABATANGAN) TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE LIVED IN MALAYSIA FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS BUT STILL WITHOUT BASIC AMENITIES,” — BUNG MOKTAR

BN can’t win votes on track record alone — Bung Moktar

KINABATANGAN August 7, 2012: The member of parliament here, Datuk Bung Moktar Radin, believes the Barisan Nasional (BN) cannot win votes by relying on track record alone.

“We need to make a move to ensure we are still relevant,” he said.

Bung Moktar said the BN needed a transformation that will reflect positively on voters because of the looming threat coming from outside and inside the party.

He asserted that Sabahans are now more aware of their political landscape and more of them are speaking their mind.

“We cannot judge ourselves. We will be judged by the voters.

'SAMPAI BILA KAMI DIPINGGIRKAN?'

'Sampai bila kami dipinggirkan?'

Baliah Nanang tidak menghiraukan keselamatan demi mendapatkan bekalan air di Kampung Lilud.

KOTA BELUD 19 Julai - Tiada apa yang dapat dibanggakan oleh penduduk Kampung Lilud Tamau di sini sejak pembentukan Malaysia pada 1963, kecuali cerita duka tentang kampung mereka yang selalu terlepas pandang daripada arus kemajuan.

SABAH’S UNENDING DEVELOPMENT WOES

Sabah’s unending development woes

SAPP says Sabah remains a poor state despite its abundant natural resources is because of the Barisan Nasional government.

KOTA KINABALU July 14, 2012: Despite being blessed with abundant natural resources, Sabah remains a poor state with low living standards and the Barisan Nasional (BN) government which rules the state is answerable for this.

Sabah Progressive Party, Liawan constituency liaison committee vice -chairman Joseph Wilfred Lakai, said the usual answer that “development plans are in the works” does not hold water.

HONOUR ORIGINAL CONTENTS OF M'SIA AGREEMENT

Honour original contents of M'sia Agreement, says Star

Kota Kinabalu July 10, 2012: State Reform Party (Star), on Monday called on all Sabahans to commemorate the day of the signing of the Malaysian Agreement in London on July 9, forty nine years ago.

It also called on the Government, especially the Prime Minister, to honour the original contents of the deal and at the same time for Sabahans to realise the importance of the day, which involved Sabah, Sarawak, Singapore, Federation of Malaya and the British Government, agreeing to form Malaysia.

The people also need to know of the things that happened between the date of the signing until the announcement on Sept. 16, the party said.

"Commemoration of this day is line with the struggle of Star which is according to the spirit of the Malaysia Agreement. We call upon the government to return our rights as stated in the 1963 agreement," said Star Deputy Chairman, Awg Ahmad Shah at the party's office in Kepayan.

ANOTHER MILESTONE FOR KADAZANDUSUN-MURUT

Another milestone for Kadazandusun-Murut

TAMBUNAN June 16, 2012: Tomorrow, the Kadazandusun-Murut community will witness another milestone when Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak officiates at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Kadazandusun and Murut (KDM) Community College at Pisompuruan Square here.

The college, to be located in the village of Kaingaran here, is set to play an important role in consolidating the Kadazandusun-Murut community’s cultural heritage and education.

In fact, no one would have thought that the proposed educational institution for the community would be a reality some day — and what is even more astonishing — within a year after the idea was first mooted.

VILLAGERS DISAPPOINTED WITH PAIRIN- EWON

Villagers disappointed with Pairin, says UPKO leader

KOTA BELUD May 18, 2012: United Pasokmomogun KadazanDusun Murut Organization (UPKO) division deputy chief Ewon Benedick yesterday claimed that villagers in Kampung Kiau are disappointed with the statement made by Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan which was published in local newspapers.

Ewon who hails from Kampung Kiau, said he shared the sentiment with the kampung folks with regards to Pairin statement about the alternative road to the village after the main road was damaged by a landslide last week.

“I was in Kampung Kiau today (Thursday) to be with the villagers when churches and NGOs were sending their donations. They expressed their disappointment when they read Pairin statement,” said Ewon.

50% OF HOUSEMEN IN SABAH CAN’T COPE, NEED RETRAINING

50% of housemen in Sabah can’t cope, need retraining

KOTA KINABALU May 17, 2012: About 50 per cent of some 500 housemen in Sabah have to undergo retraining after being found to be unable to cope with work-related stress, while some of them were suffering from depression, according Sabah Health Director Dr Mohd Yusof Ibrahim.

He said the new generation of housemen or medicine graduates undergoing supervised practical experience is not the same as the housemen many years back.

“My personal opinion, the new generation does not having the ability to cope with stress and their field of training, especially those who graduated from overseas, are unable to face the same situation in our country,” he said.

OPPOSITION'S PROMISES "JANJI TERANG BULAN" AKA “JANJI 100 HARI”

Max: BN a promise keeper; opposition promise breaker

Kota Marudu May 15, 2012: The Opposition is very good at making promises as they need not make them come true for the people, said Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Maximus Ongkili.

Calling the Opposition's promises "janji terang bulan" (promising the moon), the Kota Marudu MP said they had no record of credibility or capability to back their promises but were only good at criticising the Barisan Nasional while offering no solution to the rakyat's problems and needs.