From Maliau Basin as a future 'World's Heritage' to Coal-fired Power Plant in Lahad Datu

PM: M'sia keen to list Sabah's Maliau Basin as a world heritage site
By MUGUNTAN VANAR / The Star online

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/1/29/nation/20110129131341&sec=nation

Listing it as the world's heritage will be difficult, taking its advantages for sustainable benefits from its 'world's heritage' status will be an even more difficult challenge for the government and its people; it will take both the state and federal governments a lot of wisdoms and competencies to make the Maliau Basin a long term asset of Sabah and Malaysia.


The return and the values from the status shall be getting larger as the times go by because tropical rainforest with conservation, research,  and recreational purposes becomes rarer in the world by then. it's the Eco-tourism that we are talking about, the future income earner of Sabah.


The conservation of Maliau Basin, or the likes, may have to deploy of high technology as an addition in order to be effective. In fact, the whole Sabah should go for Green Energy policy and it ought to be committal in this frontier, be it in the west or east coast or interior of the state, the government must make landmark decision to adopt the latest trend of earth living direction in order to move on confidently in the world village community.


The much-talked and controversial coal-fired power plant project for the east coast of Sabah should therefore be abandoned for good.

NEW YEAR WISH (2011)

I'm finally home this afternoon. There's no place like home.


One month of self-exodus is enough for me.


One month of 'living' in advanced foreign countries makes me feel sad and worry about our country's future especially on the gaps between us and these European countries.


The gap is actually widening further apart than bringing closer.


Our political leaders must first of all unite the people, and working on basic principles of politic - to bring up the status of the nation and its people by good Governance via administration and management.


It's time that the leaders put down the priority of self-interests and sacrificing for the people and the nation for the generations ahead. They should make Sabah their home.


I must say I had enough of those slogans, and I really want to see results and performance in the new year ahead.


For the Malaysian government of the day, my new year advice is "Mind The Gap'.

Car park closure angers visitors, patients

Car park closure angers visitors, patients

Just based on the report, I think the customer of SMC shouldn't be mad on DBKK for issuing the stop order as there are laws to comply for every body regardless of their status (ideally). The action of DBKK may be viewed as 'inhuman' but they are  just trying to carry out their responsibility.


The chaos in fact all originated from the day the now demolished tower block of QEH which declared unsafe in November of 2008. The SMC is considered the 'victim' and the 'beneficiary' of the declaration. As 'Beneficiary', it is sold at a good price to the government and the shareholders of SMC are all laughing their way to the bank, 'Victim' is their customers are suffering with government hospital patients jamming into the same hospital complex and therefore all the chaos and mess.


All in all, the people are the losers.


If people wanted to look for scapegoat, the government is likely be the one as QEH had been neglected during those politicking years between the 80s and 90s. Then, even more unforgivable was that the continuance of the negligence after BN re-took Sabah.


However, what's happened already happened, what we want now is the government swiftly rectify all these problems in the shortest time possible.


People should be patient and sacrifice for another few more months or a year or two (if my observation is not wrong) before things progressed and improved.


Meanwhile, people should write in or voice out to the various channels to tell the government of their grievances on the health care services in Sabah starting from the QEH.


We must start our concern from the 60 state Assemblymen and 25 Members of Parliament.


Have they collectively passed a resolution in the state assembly for our concern on the medical service in Sabah yet?

It's the priority on governance, and not the originality of 1Malaysia

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=551552 

PM Najib shouldn't be too concerning on the originality of the 1Malaysia concept, what's important to us as citizen is that we want good governance. A government that can unite all the people of Malaysia under a fair & just policies of governance, caring for our welfare, and deliver what a good government should.

I'm still not quite understand the rational behind all these fuss from the opposition about the originality of the campaign except that it's about the so-called Zionist Israel.

On foreigner to be involved in the civil service (or governance?), I hope that we will not be too liberated to allow foreigner to become our Prime Minister in the near future. It's not impossible if the Sabahan PTI is not resolved, by then technically some of these PTIs become Malaysian, they are eligible to run for the UMNO presidency. I hope embracing the PTI into Malaysian is not part of the 1Malaysia plan and spirit.

The day will come when UMNO leaders keep saying publicly the word 'Malaysian' than the word 'Malay'. UMNO leadership shall be the deciding factor in the direction of future Malaysia.

The fact that the 1malaysia created by the so-called consultant merely a coincidence that Israel had something similar years ago. There's nothing wrong to copy the idea and concept so long as it's beneficial to us and without the legal liabilities and violation of international laws.

If BN government could really carry out the 1Malaysia in reality, and successfully, then the next Nobel prize winner may be our PM Najib.

Just wait and see.

为什么一个马来西亚会有东西之别呢？

为什么一个马来西亚会有东西之别呢？

因为东马人尤其是沙巴人生性温驯，鲜少对事情有激烈的争取，因此，于人误认为沙巴人很满意政府的一切所作所为。

因为发展有悬殊，有施政上的偏心，所以才会出现东西马有别矣。

今天东马人还要付西马人都不必付的所谓运输费就能买到理想的汽车了 。东西马怎么会不有分别呢？

以前（60，70年代）的’东西马有别‘是东马（沙巴人）比西马人较富有，可是今天产油的东马人皆比不产油的西马穷，何解？

因为60，70年代的东马盛产木材，木材税是100巴仙归东马的州政府（沙巴）；反观今日的石油税，州政府却只能收到区区的5巴仙。

如果联邦合理公平的发配发展金，这个’东西马有别‘根本就不会出现。

有关华总认同沙巴州政府和人民要求联邦检讨提高石油开采税的可行性

联邦政府会认同吗？有可能吗？

正当联邦政府四处找钱的时候，这项要求似乎是天方夜谭吧？

如果联邦和州的关系良好，也许这样的要求或许是大有可能的事，但是作为联邦政府，钱交来联邦先，好过直接叫到州政府手上吧？不然给人错误印象，以为联邦的势力给削弱了。

如果这项要求是在308刚发生的头六个月内提出的话，或许成功的机会会很高。现在嘛，则要看州政府是否是团结一致的一群了。如果沙巴国阵是名副其实的团结，那么这项要求也许会有结果的。再说，沙巴国阵的主导权是在沙巴巫统的手上矣。

问题是有谁敢去碰这个‘蜂窝’呢？

所以杨德利的进步党还是有其利用的价值的。

How I wish PM was warded in Queen Elizabeth Hospital?

How I wish PM was warded in Queen Elizabeth Hospital so that he'd have personal experience in understanding our dilapidated condition better?

By providing up to standard medical cares to the society at a competitive cost is one of the top priorities of the government. But, how long can the government sustain the huge costs involved every year with the present rate of fees at a meager RM1 & RM5 per visit respectively?

We pay less and we should expect to get less, it's the rule, therefore, it's important that we must have a clean and efficient government in the first place that fund allocated are fully used in the services.

People must also start to pay more at public hospitals or clinics in order to relieve the government burden but at the same time government must also help people to earn more to reduce the government's subsidies on various welfares rendered to the public.

The real answer still lies with money or fund, that is how good the government in handling the economy.

How I feel about high income economy?

HIGH INCOME ECONOMY
by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad
Putrajaya, Malaysia
Prime Minister of Malaysia
1981 - 2003 http://chedet.co.cc/chedetblog/2010/10/high-income-economy-1.html

The above link from former PM Tun Mahathir is referred.

Surely the government has the answer on how much would be enough for each individual in order to pay for all their necessary living costs, and therefore should be able to come out with the minimum income figure so that every employers must pay at least the minimum amount say for a clerk as example.

The authority should also have  figures for other categories of workers in the country, some sorts of guidebook or guideline for remuneration.

The government should therefore act now with the minimum income policy instead of seeing workers staging strike or demonstration.

 

How long can the government or the country afford on the human resource drains?

The success of the high income policy lies with its implementation which is most crucial in its entire cycle.

There seems even more serious problems ahead than just losing our people to other countries; it is the unemployable human resources that we really should be worrying now, and the education department must really be fully revamped quickly.

I hope we will not end up with high salary but zero purchasing power just because of our human resources are 'molded' to be of low quality and productivity.

From Free Wi-Fi in Gua Musang to Telecommunication problems in POIC of Lahad Datu, Sabah

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=538553

If 30 villages in Gua Musang can enjoy free Wi-Fi service provided by the federal government, why can't our villages in Sabah enjoy the same benefits?

In the midst of government's Economic Transformation Programme (ETP), free broadband services shall be an essential infrastructure for growth and success so that higher productivity and efficiency can be achieved, thus realizing the government's aim of achieving higher income for the population soon.

Just take Lahad Datu, a major town in the east coast of Sabah, its Palm Oil Industrial cluster (POIC)(http://www.poic.com.my/index.asp?p=aboutus-intro
), the internet services, or telecommunication infrastructure, has been very disappointing that the service is very unreliable and of unbelievable performance.

If government really means business of wanting to help the people and bringing up the country economy, apart from appealing for transforming the civil services, a quality telecommunication infrastructure is one of the most important elements that need to be addressed now.

Transform Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TMB), and other related communication corporations, should now be a priority in gearing towards a better tomorrow of Sabah.

Doubtful reasons to divide Kota Kinabalu to two zones

May I remind Datuk Jumat that it's unnecessary to split Kota Kinabalu City into two (2).

The impression I have with the suggestion is that the city is going to be 'specifically' run by 'bumiputra' or non-bumiputra' officers. Just when Sabah has been hailed as the role model of 1Malaysia, the suggestion seems very odd and somewhat contradictory to the spirit of 1Malaysia championed by our PM Najib.

May I also remind Datuk Jumat that it's the meritocracy, competency, and trustworthiness that they want for their Mayor. It's just when we all talk about uniting all the races together regardless of whether bumi or non-bumi in order to restart our mission in the national building, the proposal from Datuk Jumat is definitely out-of-date.

Do we need to enforce the use of Bahasa?

My view is : NO NEED.

There's no doubt that we should be using Bahasa Malaysia but not necessarily to use force in order to achieve the so-called patriotism as 'full use' of the language doesn't mean that we are all patriotic, pro-Malaysia or Malay. The language will be loved or preferred by all Malaysian if it serves the purpose of an efficient communication language. There shall be no suspicion about it nor worry about its usage and importance.

In my case, as a Chinese Sabahan/Malaysian at the age of 57 years who had not been educated in Bahasa Malaysia from young, the encouragement of the use of language is acceptable but not with the 'harsh' tone of enforcement etc.

 

The 20-point agreement in the formation of Malaysia had clearly stated of the rights of using other languages freely, and this had sown the seed of diversity in the use of languages in the country, and because of this, we are better off than many neighbouring countries although it may seem at times that we are lacking the impression of dominant of the national language. In reality, the Bahasa, our national language, has been widely used, and in time to come it may eventually grow to the extent of 100% usage in all the levels of the society.

Therefore, it's unnecessary for us to amplify this matter by overly promoting the national language by jeopardizing the use of other existing languages which are of national interests too.

By the way, Sabah UMNO, or even UMNO in Semenanjung,  must be sensitive in their approach in promoting the national language. They should avoid causing resentments over the issue by intimidating other language users.

By the way, after reading the following Jamawi's comment on KJ's AGM speech last year, I think he is not an extremist who will hurt the feelings of his fellow Sabahan or Malaysian in general.



http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/10/14/nation/20091014135546&sec=nation
Get rid of siege mentality, Khairy urges Malays

 





http://www.thenutgraph.com/will-khairy-succeed/Jamawi (Courtesy of Jamawi Jaafar) 
Additionally, Khairy’s message may sell better in some places than others, notes Youth executive council member Jamawi Jaafar, who is from Sabah.

Jamawi explains that Umno in Sabah can’t afford to be locked in the straightjacket of “Malay supremacy” because party membership includes those of other faiths as long as they are bumiputera. Hence, Khairy’s message may be more well accepted in Sabah than in the peninsula.

恭喜沙巴马华亚庇区会秘书叶茂光同志荣膺沙巴州元首封赐ADK勋衔

恭喜沙巴马华亚庇区会秘书叶茂光同志荣膺沙巴州元首封赐ADK勋衔。马华，尤其是亚庇区内的同志门，大家继续努力，以在来年获取更多更高的勋衔，为我沙巴马华争光。

恭喜沙巴马华必打丹区会署理主席罗伟源（甲必丹）同志今天荣膺沙巴州元首封赐ASDK(准拿督)勋衔

恭喜沙巴马华必打丹区会署理主席罗伟源（甲必丹）同志今天荣膺沙巴州元首封赐ASDK(准拿督)勋衔。罗伟源同志，继续努力，以在来年争取更高的成就。

恭喜沙巴马华保佛区会主席杨光华同志今天荣膺沙巴州元首封赐PGDK (Datuk)拿督勋衔

 恭喜沙巴马华保佛区会主席杨光华同志今天荣膺沙巴州元首封赐PGDK (Datuk)拿督勋衔。拿督杨光华同志，继续努力，以争取更高的成就。

Different Biro Tata Negera for Sabah & Sarawak?

I think we ought to have a localized Biro Tata Negera (BTN) in Sabah or Sarawak under the guideline of the 20-points, the basis of Sabah joining Singapore, Sarawak, and Federation of Malaya, to form the 47-years of Malaysia.

The reason for a different BTN is because West Malaysia has different history and social backgrounds than us here. The culture, including mentality and attitude, of government officers there is simply not compliance with our aspirations based on the 20-points spirit.

Our state government must speak up on this matter with the federal to rectify the wrongs for the sake of national unity and progress.

Furthermore, the latest self-exposure of the high officers and respective civil servants in semenanjung had completely going against the 1Malaysia championed by our PM Najib.

BTN is under the Ministry of the Prime Minister.

What should PM Najib do next ????

沙巴马华州联委会理应特别成立专门小组特司处理沙巴州内的医疗保健事物

当初政府决定买下沙巴医药中心(SMC)的整个医院就认为可以解决主要的问题，没想到接踵而来的问题不断的涌现，交通问题相信是始料不及的。

宜今之计，就是期望各方（州与联邦）都能一起投入策划工作，共同拟定一个方案，快速解决问题以消除人民的痛苦。

州政府必须投入参与协助解决这项问题，虽然医院事属联邦卫生部但是现在吃亏的还是人民 -沙巴州的子民。沙巴州政府是不应该袖手旁观的，所谓城门失火殃及池鱼也。

卫生部长一直以来分属马华（马华署理廖中来）掌管，沙巴马华蚩有袖手旁观，坐视不理之理？

除了各院的巡察局外，沙巴马华州联委会理应特别成立专门小组特司处理沙巴州内的医疗保健事物协助廖中来部长监视有关事物的各项问题。在事情未恶化前就抢先解决之。

Is this the begining of the end of MCA? Will the new in-fighting trigger another round of civil war again?

"MCA" car plates: Tee Keat shows proof
by Husna Yusop
newsdesk@thesundaily.com
for details , refer http://www.thesundaily.com/article.cfm?id=52179 

What are the main agenda in MCA today?

Whta's going on in MCA?

Why is this happening?

It looks like the forthcoming party election has something to do with this incident.

Now, whoever is right is not the centre of the interest, the main issue that is concerned most is that Kong should in a 'selfish' way protecting the name of Ong if there were wrong doings. Ong,  who was after all, a former or immediate-past President of MCA and his immediate-past Minister of Transport or his predecessor; what are the motives behind Kong's somewhat brave integrity and courageous disclosure of this matter which is definitely going to be bad publicity for both Ong as well as MCA as a whole.

The BN, or MCA, badly need to recover from the 308 Tsunami, and also the terrible party crisis and EGM after EGM in the last 2 years, and people especially the Chinese Community has become really fed up with the disunity and dirts exposed during the 'civil war' within MCA.

Now, after the 328 party EGM to re-election, the new team now led by Chua should be going full steam ahead catching the lost time in order to face the challenge - the next General Election which should fall in not later than March, 2013. But, instead, a new smoke now comes up months ahead of the forthcoming party election which should start in March, 2011.

Kong had lost his Deputy President battle against Liow TL in the last EGM, and was immediately appointed Secretary by Chua, and subsequently appointed as Transport Minister. In his immediate reporting for work in the ministry, he announced that the investigation for the PKFZ is not to be continued, and has caused some rows and disappointments in the country.

Now Ong said he had proof that he had rescinded the order or request for MCA number plates; and now it's the Kong's turn to reply. So, who's the liar? Has Kong blow the wrong whistle? What's next?

If I remember quite well, sometimes during October 2008 and March 2010; Chua and Tee were also alleged by fellow comrade in the party that they had committed wrong doing in a hospital land deal in Johor, and the case was quietly faded away without much impact after a while.

Any way, I hope MCA leaders know what they are doing as the party can not afford another mud-slinging, mutual-slandering any more, as the influence and strength in those PR states becoming ever stronger as the days gone by.

Already, the general public impression of MCA leaders has been negative, and a lot of the people has given up hope of relying on the party to champion their rights and benefits.

Are local BN parties at par with their Semenanjung counterparts, and, should Sabah BN has different set of protocol to follow?

I wonder if the position of a local BN party is truly at par with the national BN party. I refer to the Daily Express report today:- 

http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=74657

If the statement of PM Najib has been taken heed, or respected, by the respective and relevant BN component party, then this statement of 'advice' or 'appeal' in the open should not have been raised in the newspaper; instead it should be appropriately presented in the follow-up BN internal discussions and meetings, maybe more appropriately at the BN national level now.

 

Why do you need a Youth Head of Sabah BN to do this if there's already sincerity within the Sabah BN or BN to resolve the crisis amicably and peacefully?

 

The action of the Sabah BN Youth is also seen as protocol-wise not appropriate since they could simply write in to the BN office seeking for the clarifications or conveying their views within the BN discussion of the subject, instead of telling the whole world.

 

It's also interesting to know if the view of this so-called Sabah BN Youth Chief included the view of the LDP Youth too? Had the Sabah BN Youth held any meeting in deriving this stand?

 

There shall be some basic respect with regard to this matter. Datuk VK Liew, the Party Chief of LDP,  by right should be talking to PM Najib who is the National BN Chief on any BN matters, and the Youth Head seems to have ignorant on this basic manner. Even if he has to raise the matter, it can only be done internally within the BN channel, and no others.

 

It's high time that Sabah BN observes the basic protocol as the Sabah BN has many of its components who are locally based, and the membership of these respective leaders are of the national status level. So they are both respectable locally, and nationally, and should be respected accordingly within the BN hierarchy.

 

Nevertheless, 'ketuanan' attitude must not be prevail in Sabah soil; and Sabah BN must unite at all levels regardless of rank and file if they want to ward off the oncoming Tsunami of the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) in Sabah soon.

为什么会有‘本土领袖任副首长’的言论？

国阵精神本来就是应该公平的，但因为有太多的不良竞争和欠缺健全良好的机制，加上人为的疏于管理而演变成今天迎来种种的惊心挑战。

除了各为私利外，主要还是私利。

沙巴人有如此‘小气’的政治心态吗？难道他们有如此这般的看法是错吗？他们的这般心态是如何造成的？

沙巴人就是太相信西马同胞，以为沙巴人的心声及权益会在‘大哥’们的照顾下完全受到处理和贯彻，而维护州利益的20条款亦应该是 稳凤不动的。殊不知，有人失职。沙巴人不断地在问：这些西马来的政党是否真正的会为我们忠诚的服务呢？

冰冻三尺非一日之寒，要使新一代的沙巴政治团体等对马华，民政，国大党等完全信服还得等上好多年的真诚服务.就以中央医院今天的‘处境’来看就能知道为什么本地人不相信西马来西亚的政党了。其他令人不满或疏忽的类似例子的，比比皆是， 如交通部之多样措施活政策之对沙巴所造成的不公不利都未曾给与纠正，而和基建工程的缓慢完成更是有目共睹的事实。总之，馨竹难书矣。

当然 ，与加之罪，何患无证呢？

有一天当东马人发现到东西马的各方面偏差都已经不是课题时，什么人去担任那些官职还会是问题吗？

要挽回沙巴子民对联邦的忠诚，解铃人还须需系令人，今天就拿出诚意做好来届大选的准备功夫吧。

明明是1963，却总是说成是1957；为什么还是那么冥顽不灵呢？

【53国庆献词】蔡细历：重新点燃1957年精神，携手迈向一个大马 

http://www.mca.org.my/Chinese/MCANotices/Pages/300810musa02.aspx

说实在的，为什么你们（我们马华）总把马来西亚的成立说成是1957年呢？

这样写就已经告诉我你们不了解马来西亚，你们又怎能代表东马的人民说话呢?

我们没有西马的历史包袱，也因此没有西马的政治问题，硬要我们和西马的同胞去斗争我们都不认为和我们有切身关系的种族问题是对我们东马人来说是不公平的.


反过来说，你们会对我们的政治问题和需求产生兴趣吗？