WHY 'KIRAM' IS DREAMING

Why 'Sultan' is dreaming

Kota Kinabalu 27/03/2013: Sabah was free from any claim when it achieved independence through the formation of the Federation of Malaysia, according to former State Archives Director, Datuk Datu Tigabelas Datu Zainal Abidin.

He said independence was achieved through five charters which made Sabah free from any claim either from the Sultan of Sulu, Sultan of Brunei or the British which once called North Borneo their own, i.e. British North Borneo.

He said this during his talk titled "Sulu's Claim on Sabah: True Facts" in conjunction with the Ops Daulat Security Briefing organised by the Information Department at Wisma Dang Bandang, Tuesday.

• The first charter, he said, was when the Sultan of Brunei made an agreement with Alfred Dent and Baron de Overbeck on Dec. 29, 1877 followed by
• the second charter when Sultan of Sulu made an agreement with Alfred Dent and Baron de Overbeck on Jan. 22, 1878.
• "The third charter was when the British gave the North Borneo Chartered Company the power to administer Sabah on Nov 1, 1881, followed by
• the fourth charter on July 9, 1963, when we signed an agreement to join with Sarawak, Singapore and the Malay Federation to be free from colonisation.
• "The fifth charter is when the United Nations announced that the majority of Sabah and Sarawak wanted to be part of the Federation of Malaysia," he said.

HASUTAN PERKAUMAN BERIKUTAN ISU PENGGANAS SULU DI LAHAD DATU, SABAH?

Hasutan perkauman berikutan Isu Pencerobohan di Lahad Datu, Sabah - Sulu Asree Sug!

ASREE SUG

ZON SELAMAT SABAH ESSZONE KUAT KUASA HARI INI, LIPUTI 10 DAERAH

Zon Selamat Sabah kuat kuasa hari ini, liputi 10 daerah

SALMIAH DRUHAMAD DRAHSIN

Esszone

[DIKEMAS KINI] KUALA LUMPUR 25/03/2013- Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak hari ini mengisytiharkan 10 daerah Zon Selamat Sabah Timur (Esszone) yang berkuat kuasa hari ini bagi melindungi tanah berdaulat ini susulan insiden pencerobohan baru-baru ini.

"Sepuluh daerah iaitu  Kudat, Kota Marudu, Pitas, Beluran, Sandakan, Kinabatangan, Lahad Datu, Kunak, Semporna dan Tawau," kata Najib ketika menyampaikan ucaptama pada majlis Sambutan Perbarisan dan Perarakan Hari Polis ke-206 di sini, hari ini.

SULU CLAIM – A SAD, TRAGIC LIE

Sulu claim – A sad, tragic lie

Raymond Tombung

Sabah became the vision of the last gold coin that could win back the possibility of rising again, getting back the worth of a name: the venerable House of Kiram.

23/03/2013: The Sabah claim will continue to be raised by the Phlippines and Sulu as it is powerful and emotive international issue which many leaders from Manila will find convenient to bleed for political mileage. And the many “sultans” in Sulu will continue to cast their hungry eyes at Sabah, considered to be “the last gold coin” and aspire, albeit hopelessly, to try and achieve the impossible.

But Malaysians, especially Sabahans, should be able to give a cogent argument on the issue of this claim and in favour of Sabah.

JOINT COMMITTEE TO HELP SABAH TOURISM

Joint committee to help Sabah tourism

by Nancy Lai

KOTA KINABALU 19/03/2013: The State and Federal tourism ministries have agreed to set up a joint ‘Tourism Recovery Committee’ to look at ways to help Sabah tourism industry which has taken a toll because of the ongoing conflict in Lahad Datu.

Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun said that the committee would look into getting people to travel to Sabah again as the intrusion in Lahad Datu had affected the state’s tourism sector.

Masidi said that the committee would start off by setting up a RM500,000 fund on a 50-50 basis between the state and federal governments.

“We are trying to put up aggressive advertisements to woo back visitors and the fund will be used to do all the public relations work as we need to ‘sell’ back Sabah to the world.

29/06/1976 - SERANGAN KEATAS KAPALRONDA PX 27 PERAIRAN PULAU TAMBISAN SABAH

Serangan keatas Kapalronda PX 27

1) Serangan keatas Kapalronda PX 27

Lanun Filipina

Pada 29 Jun 1976 jam 0600 hrs, kapalronda PX 27 yang pada ketika itu dalam rondaan rutin telah berlepas dari Pulau Berhala Sandakan menuju ke perairan Pulau Tambisan. Pada waktu itu, rondaan berkonsepkan rondaan rutin yang memakan masa 1 minggu. Tiada sebarang Kod Operasi digunakan untuk sebarang rondaan pada ketika itu. Rondaan pada ketika itu lebih kepada menjaga keselamatan dari kemasukan tentera MORO dari selatan Filipina.

"MANY ALARM BELLS WERE SOUNDED BY SABAHANS OVER THE DECADES BUT KUALA LUMPUR NEVER WOKE UP UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE,"

The alarm bells were sounded long ago: SAPP

Kota Kinabalu 14/03/2013: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) said Sabahans have sounded the alarm bells for decades about the threat posed by illegal immigrants in Sabah but that it was Kuala Lumpur that seemed nonchalant about it.

Hence, the statement by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak describing the Sulu intrusion into Sabah as a wake-up call is already too late because serious damage had already been inflicted on Sabah, said its President, Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee.

"Many alarm bells were sounded by Sabahans over the decades but Kuala Lumpur never woke up until it is too late,"

SABAH DICEROBOH: UMS TUBUH PUSAT KAJIAN KESELAMATAN NEGARA

Sabah diceroboh: UMS tubuh pusat kajian keselamatan negara

KOTA KINABALU 13/03/2013- Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) akan menubuhkan sebuah pusat penyelidikan yang berfungsi sebagai pusat rujukan berkaitan hal ehwal negeri Sabah termasuk aspek keselamatan.

Naib Canselor UMS Prof Datuk Dr Mohd Harun Abdullah berkata cadangan penubuhan pusat tersebut tercetus atas keprihatinan UMS terhadap isu-isu semasa seperti insiden pencerobohan pengganas di Lahad Datu dan Semporna.

Katanya pusat yang dinamakan Pusat Kajian Strategik Sabah akan menumpukan skop kajian yang merangkumi sejarah dan kedaulatan negeri Sabah selain aspek perundangan, keselamatan dan hubungan antarabangsa.

PM ISYTIHAR 5 DAERAH DI SABAH KAWASAN KESELAMATAN KHAS

PM isytihar 5 daerah di Sabah kawasan keselamatan khas

LAHAD DATU - Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak hari ini mengumumkan pembentukan kawasan yang dipanggil Kawasan Keselamatan Khas Sabah untuk menjaga kedaulatan dan keselamatan kawasan pantai timur negeri ini.

Beliau berkata kawasan berkenaan merangkumi daerah Kudat, Tawau, Kunak, Sandakan dan Lahad Datu.

"Kawasan Keselamatan Khas ini berpusat di Lahad Datu yang akan menjadi pusat perintah yang menempatkan beberapa kabin sementara supaya ia dapat berfungsi dengan segera,"

ONLY ONE CANCER TREATMENT MACHINE IN SABAH?

ONLY ONE CANCER TREATMENT MACHINE IN SABAH?

28/12/2012: DAP Sabah is extremely disappointed that Sabah health care welfare continues to be overlooked. Junz Wong, DAP Sabah State Assistant Secretary expressed disappointment at State Health department that they have not resolved the "one radiotherapy machine" issue since DAP Sabah has brought it up one year ago.

Junz disclosed that Ex-Director Dr Mohd Yusof Ibrahim has openly announced, in a newspaper replying to DAP Sabah, that Sabah would have three CT Scan machines by the end of 2012. Two machines would be sent to Likas Hospital while one would be sent to Lahad Datu Hospital.

"Today is 27 Dec and yet Sabah still face the same issue which we have raised a year ago via why there is only one cancer treatment machine in Sabah? Situation has worsened now that Sabahan patients are asked to look for private specialist for treatments!" Junz slammed.

PENURUNAN HARGA CPO - MPOB WUJUDKAN HOTLINE PERMUDAH PENJUALAN BUAH TANDAN KELAPA SAWIT SEGAR SABAH

Hotline permudah penjualan buah tandan segar Sabah diwujudkan

KUALA LUMPUR 26/12/2012: Kementerian Perusahaan Perladangan dan Komoditi (MPIC) telah pun melaksanakan beberapa langkah bagi memperkukuhkan harga minyak sawit mentah (Crude Palm Oil –CPO) berikutan penurunan harga sejak bulan September 2012. Ini termasuk mengurangkan duti eksport CPO di antara 4.5 hingga 8.5 peratus dan menggantung pemberian kuota CPO tanpa duti mulai 1 Januari 2013.

Senario penurunan harga CPO telah menyebabkan berlakunya kes-kes dimana kilang-kilang sawit tidak membeli buah tandan segar (Fresh Fruit Bunch – FFB). Perkara ini telah dilaporkan di Sabah dan telah menjejaskan penjualan FFB oleh para pengusaha tanaman sawit terutamanya oleh pekebun kecil.

SABAH HASIL PENGELUARAN 2,790 TAN DURIAN SETAHUN

Sabah hasil pengeluaran 2,790 tan durian setahun

KOTA KINABALU 24 Dis. - Jumlah pengeluaran hasil durian di Sabah pada masa ini menunjukkan perkembangan memberangsangkan dengan menyaksikan hasil pengeluaran kira-kira 2,790 tan durian setahun.

Timbalan Pengarah Lembaga Pemasaran Pertanian Persekutuan (FAMA) negeri, Mohd. Shukri Doel Majalin berkata, sebanyak 10 daerah dikenal pasti sebagai kawasan pengeluaran hasil durian berpotensi di negeri ini.

"Daerah yang terkenal dengan hasil durian di negeri ini ialah Ranau, Sipitang, Tenom, Sandakan, Tawau, Kota Marudu, Sandakan, Tawau, Beaufort dan Keningau.

"HOW CAN THE GOVERNMENT DO THIS TO ME? IT IS AS IF MALAYSIANS IN SABAH ARE NOT HUMANS,"

Cancer patient turned away by 4 hospitals

Kota Kinabalu 23/12/2012: A patient suffering intermediate stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma (cancer of the nose) is feeling hopeless after having been turned away by at least four government hospitals in the country, including Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH).

Lau King Ngiuk, 71, and members of the family were informed by QEH doctors on Dec. 19 that she could not be treated with radiotherapy because the computer facility for radiotherapy planning was out of order.

However, QEH referred the patient to Hospital Kuala Lumpur for treatment with the reason that the hospital's one and only treatment planning system had broken down. She was recommended to undergo concurrent chemoradiotherapy.

HOSPITAL LAHAD DATU, KLINIK PAKAR 'MENIPU'?

HOSPITAL LAHAD DATU, KLINIK PAKAR 'MENIPU'?

HILUX.......Pesakit (adik saya-bertudung merah) terpaksa menaiki Hilux kerana ketiadaan Ambulan.

SETELAH beroperasi selama 10 tahun, Hospital Lahad Datu yang diberi status Hospital Pakar setelah layak memiliki MS ISO 9001:2000; hanya gah pada nama tetapi sinonim dengan 'Hospital Pakar Menipu' setelah membazirkan wang pembayar cukai sejumlah lebih RM200 juta.

Bangunan yang dibina pada 1999 dan mula beroperasi pada April 2002, masih ketiadaan pelbagai pakar seperti Pakar Orhtopedik, Pakar Mata, Pakar X-Ray, Pakar Penyakit Kanser, Pakar ENT dan sebagainya menyebabkan Hospital Lahad Datu hanya setaraf dengan Klinik Desa Ulu Tomani, Tenom.

JIMMY AND CLARICE ARE CHOICE AWARD WINNERS

Jimmy and Clarice are Choice Award winners

The award winners with Clarice (eighth from left).

KOTA KINABALU 24/12/2012: Singer and songwriter, Jimmy Palikat, well known for his hit, “Tanak Kampung” won the Male Singer Choice Award at an inaugural award ceremony hosted by Persatuan Rumpun Artis Sabah (PARAS) on Saturday night.

Jimmy has been successful not just in Sabah but nationwide too and has even been making inroads in Indonesia.

The Female Singer Choice Award went to Clarice John Mattha for her success in the local music industry.

TRANSPORT MINISTER UNDER FIRE FROM SABAH LEADERS

Transport Minister under fire from Sabah leaders

KOTA KINABALU 20/12/2012: The Ministry of Transport (MOT) has come under fire from Sabah leaders over the shutdown of work by Global Upline Sdn Bhd (GUSB), the contractor of the Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) development.

Barisan Nasional (BN) Putatan member of parliament Datuk Dr Marcus Mojigoh was of the opinion that GUSB’s statement about the reason why it had stopped work on the airport expansion project proved that the Transport Ministry is irresponsible.

He was also worried about the safety aspects of the airport based on GUSB’s statement which read, ‘in the interest of safety to aircraft operation and passengers alike, we would like to inform the public that the runway is not safe for landing, take-off and other operation since it has been certified non-complete by MOT. The runway shall be forthwith closed for operation’.

"THERE ARE SO MANY POOR SABAHANS WHO WANT TO STUDY, BUT HAVE NO MONEY TO DO SO."

UiTM Sabah needs financial aid

Kota Kinabalu 18/12/2012: Universiti Institut Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Sabah Rector, Datuk Dr Abdul Kadir Rosline, illustrated UiTM Sabah's need for financial assistance, Monday, stating that it now uses the MDAB's (Mengubah Destinasi Anak Bangsa) intake quota of other states.

He said this at a press conference after handing over financial assistance to MDAB students.

"This is the scenario here and it reflects Sabahans' desire to get education.

Among those keen include those from Pensiangan, Banggi Island and Kota Marudu."

SMALLHOLDERS AND VILLAGERS WHO HAVE INVESTED IN OIL PALM NOT ONLY FACE LOW FFB PRICES BUT ARE ALSO UNABLE TO SELL THEIR PRODUCE

Help those affected by low FFB prices, Dompok urged

Kota Kinabalu 18/12/2012: Sabah Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) Youth on Monday appealed to the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities to step in and help smallholders and kampong folks affected by the low Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) prices.

Sabah MIC Youth Chief, Taren Sunil Manoharan when urging Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok said the smallholders and villagers who have invested in oil palm not only face low FFB prices but are also unable to sell their produce.

"Although the prevailing market price of FFB is about RM390 per tonne, the fact on the ground is that none of the smallholders and villagers is getting anywhere near that figure.

"Instead they are getting between RM300 and RM320 per tonne. And that is if there are buyers at all,"

CHINA TOURISTS PREFER SABAH, FLIGHTS UP

China tourists prefer Sabah, flights up

Kota Kinabalu: State Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun said starting from this month there will be increased flights between China and Kota Kinabalu to cater to the increasing number of tourists from China.

"As of July this year the number of Chinese tourists who came to Sabah is already equal to the entire number of tourists who came to Sabah last year.

So tourist-wise in terms of the Chinese market we are doing well.

"International tourists this year have also been better than last year so we can expect more European tourists as well.

FSM UPSET OVER IPP'S GENERATOR REPAIR DELAY

FSM upset over IPP's generator repair delay

Kota Kinabalu 14/12/2012: Sabah manufacturers are crying foul over the "two or three months" period required by an Independent Power Producer (IPP) here to repair a fault to one its power generators.

Federation of Sabah Manufacturers (FSM) said in statement Thursday that Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd's call for bigger industries to rely on their generators as part of mitigating factors to overcome a 95MW shortfall was "unfair' to businesses.

"FSM wants Sabah Electricity to explain why there is a need for maintenance to take two to three months.

"IPPs must be held accountable and transparent as they are providing service crucial to the state's industry and economy, they may also be enjoying subsidy from the government,'