NO PROMOTION FOR RHINOS!

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah will remain in the Premier League for a record fourth consecutive season as there is no more hope left for them to gain Super League promotion – not even through the back door – next season.

While changes for the new 2008/09 season look imminent, but there is no hint whatsoever that a playoff for Super League promotion is going to take place. The FA of Malaysia (FAM) General Secretary Dato Azzuddin Ahmad confirmed there will be changes to the M-League next season with both the Super League and the Premier League likely to be expanded.
(The News Sabah Times)

Begini saja saya cakap la:
Liga Perdana atau Liga Super sudah tiada beza. Overally la, bolasepak Malaysia membosankan. Kurang liputan & siaran langsung. Standard permainan pasukan liga perdana dengan liga super sama saja. Kenapa la FAM nda ikut liga macam di Eropah. Buat liga dengan 20 team. Barulah meriah sikit. Tanyala sepa2 pun. Bolasepak Malaysia membosankan.

PUTRAJAYA:- Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman has described the statement by Sabah backbencher, Kimanis Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Anifah Aman as a manifestation of what needs to be done to meet the expectations of Sabahans.

Apart from raising key issues affecting Sabah, Anifah was also quoted as saying in the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday that it was not wrong to switch parties “or to vacate a bungalow and move into a terrace house if we are not given sufficient room in the bungalow”. He said this during the debate on the royal address after Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (BN-Bagan Datoh) asked him if Sabah backbenchers were tempted to cross over to the opposition.

He also quipped that Sabah elected representatives were looked upon with suspicion when they raised the grievances of Sabahans who had been marginalised from mainstream development.

In response to Anifah’s statement, Abdul Ghani who is also Johor Umno chief and Mentri Besar, said: “I think he is speaking on behalf of the people of Sabah on the need to fulfil their expectations."That is more important to me and I interpret what he said. Of course (for) Sabah, (there is) a lot more that needs to be done in the state."I think it (Anifah's statement) is more of a manifestation of what more needs to be done for the people of Sabah," he told reporters after a signing ceremony between the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADBC) on the purchase of EPF's 25 percent stake in RHB Capital, here yesterday.

It was witnessed by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and chairman, Crown Prince Court, Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Hamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.Also present were Second Finance Minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop, EPF chairman Tan Sri Samsudin Osman and RHB Bank Bhd chairman Datuk Azlan Zainol.

On Gua Musang MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah making his first foray into the Umno bastion of Johor on May 5 to win support for his party presidency bid, Abdul Ghani said: “Well, in the first place, it is unfair to say that there was an attempt to stop him from coming to Johor. “Anybody can come to Johor. We will be having our party branch meetings in June and then our divisional meetings. We believe the members, including inJohor, will propose some names as candidates for the party elections in December.”

The Johor Umno chief said he was sure that Tengku Razaleigh would go to the other states as well. “There are only 26 divisions in Johor. That’s not enough, he has to go to other states.”
Abdul Ghani said Johor had always been a state that was quite open to ideas, adding that Tengku Razaleigh was free to come to Johor (to seek support from party members).

Tengku Razaleigh or Ku Li, an Umno veteran, who is offering himself as a candidate for the party president’s post, had pointed out that what he was doing was merely to push for the democratisation of the party. – Bernama

Begini saja saya mau cakap la:

Bila kita punya YB cakap suara rakyat di Parlimen sebelum ini, mana ada diorang serius mau tulung. Tapi bila YB kita kasi keluar dia punya ayat power, baru la mereka tersedar. Nah takut bah! Kalau kita punya YB "cross over" ramai - ramai, manangis la diorang di sabarang sana! Padan muka! Uncle Anifah - ajak kawan-kawan pindah rumah teres. Buat apa tinggal dalam banglo kalau teda kedudukan.

It's Anifah's Personal View, Says Lajim

(Bernama) PUTRAJAYA, May 9 -- Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin said today the statement by Kimanis member of parliament Datuk Anifah Aman on party crossovers was his personal view.

"It did not represent the view of the Sabah Barisan Nasional (BN)," he told reporters after officiating a zero road fatality campaign and mobile exhibition here, representing Transport Minister Datuk Ong Tee Keat.

Two days ago, Anifah said in the Dewan Rakyat that it was not wrong to switch parties or "to vacate a bungalow and move in to a terrace house if we are not given sufficient room in the bungalow".

Anifah made the statement when debating the motion of thanks for the royal address.The "bungalow-terrace house" analogy was used by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi who asked Anifah whether he agreed that it was pointless to move out of a bungalow, meaning the Barisan Nasional (BN), and move in to a terrace house, in reference to the opposition alliance.

Asked whether Sabah BN MPs had ever discussed the crossover issue or whether Anifah's statement meant that there was a possibility of them crossing over to the opposition, Lajim said, "I don't know".

Begini saja saya cakap la:
Remember what he had done to people of Sabah back in 1994. Dialah katak yang sebenar. Kerana gila duit dan tamak pangkat, dia korbankan Sabah kepada UMNO. Belum terlambat lagi untuk tebus kesilapan lalu. Sendiri pandai pikir la.

Ini la YB yang kita mau!!!!

KUALA LUMPUR: “Sudahlah kami di Sabah dianaktirikan, kini kami dihina pula nak melompat.” Demikian luahan Datuk Anifah Aman (BN-Kimanis) ketika membahaskan usul menjunjung kasih titah Yang di-Pertuan Agong di Dewan Rakyat di sini kelmarin.

Anifah (gambar), yang sebelum ini menolak jawatan Timbalan Menteri Pengangkutan, berkata wakil rakyat Sabah dipandang serong semata-mata kerana menyampaikan keluhan rakyat negeri itu yang beliau dakwa sekian lama dipinggirkan daripada arus pembangunan. “Bukan bererti apabila kita menyuarakan aspirasi rakyat, kita menentang kerajaan. Bukan bererti apabila kita keluarkan kata-kata keras, kita nak melompat parti. Apa yang kita nak beritahu di Dewan ini, rakyat Sabah tidak melompat seperti lima buah negeri di Semenanjung,” katanya.

Beliau bagaimanapun berkata tidak salah jika berlaku lompat parti atau “keluar dari rumah banglo dan masuk rumah teres, jika mereka tidak diberi ruang yang cukup di rumah banglo itu.” “Rumah teres pun rumah tereslah, asal kita sama-sama menikmati kemudahan yang ada. Tinggal di rumah banglo pun tidur di tepi tandas sahaja,” katanya.

Perumpamaan “rumah banglo, rumah teres” itu dibangkitkan oleh Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi sebelum itu yang bangun bertanya sama ada Ani-fah bersetuju bahawa tidak ada gunanya keluar dari “banglo besar” iaitu BN, untuk berpindah ke “rumah teres” yang dirujuk kepada barisan pembangkang. “Saya setuju. Apa guna nak melompat daripada rumah besar ke rumah kecil. Tetapi kalau rumah besar itu tak ada ruang untuk kita, apa salahnya.

“Oleh sebab itu, orang yang tertentu harus ambil tindakan yang sewajarnya kerana kita dah sumbang kerusi (dalam pilihan raya) yang begitu banyak selama berpenggal-berpenggal, janganlah kita dianaktirikan,” kata Anifah. Anifah juga berkata beliau tidak faham mengapa wakil rakyat Sabah menjadi sasaran apabila isu lompat parti itu diuar-uarkan oleh pembangkang dan juga BN.

“Kami di Sabah cuma beberapa orang, kenapa nak dirisaukan beberapa orang yang nak melompat, sedangkan di Semenanjung, berpuluh-puluh ribu rakyat di lima negeri melompat,” katanya.
Beliau bagaimanapun menambah: “Sebelum pembangkang ghairah, saya sendiri tidak berniat nak melompat.” Anifah juga secara berseloroh meminta anggota Dewan bertanya kepada pakar lompat. Kenyataan itu menyebabkan Datuk Ibrahim Ali (Bebas-Pasir Mas) bangun dan meluahkan rasa tidak puas hati kerana sering dirujuk sebagai ‘putera katak’ sedangkan melompat parti bukan satu perkara baru.

Anifah berkata: “Saya pun tak tahulah sama ada Yang Berhormat Pasir Mas ini malang atau satu penghormatan kerana katak dapat hidup dua alam.” Kata-kata itu disambut ketawa daripada anggota Dewan.
Isu lompat parti itu dibangkitkan oleh Datuk Bung Moktar Radin (BN-Kinabatangan) yang meminta laluan dan bertanya sama ada wakil Kimanis itu menerima laporan mengenai An-ggota Parlimen BN Sabah yang hendak menyertai pembangkang. Sebelum ini, Penasihat Parti Keadilan Rakyat Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dilaporkan berkata bahawa beberapa wakil rakyat BN di Sabah akan menyertai pembangkang dan ini akan membolehkan pembangkang menubuhkan kerajaan.

Anifah dalam perbahasannya tidak bersetuju dengan cadangan mengadakan undang-undang anti-lompat parti kerana ia memberi gambaran Malaysia sebagai sebuah negara polis.

“Kalau pemimpin parti menyeleweng dari matlamat sebenar, adakah kita mahu mengorbankan kepentingan rakyat untuk menyokong pemimpin ini,” katanya.

Anifah yang pernah memegang jawatan Timbalan Menteri Perusahaan Perladangan dan Komoditi selama dua penggal sebelum pilihan raya umum 8 Mac lepas, seterusnya membangkitkan beberapa isu berkaitan kebajikan rakyat di Sabah seperti penyertaan mereka di peringkat membuat keputusan di peringkat pusat, isu kadar pulangan yang diberi syarikat berkaitan kerajaan (GLC) yang menggunakan sumber di Sabah kepada kerajaan negeri itu, isu royalti minyak, dan kemudahan infrastruktur untuk rakyat.

Beliau juga berkata ada Anggota Parlimen di Semenanjung yang tidak memahami masalah sebenar rakyat Sabah dan hanya membuat kesimpulan berdasarkan kepada kunjungan mereka ke bandar-bandar seperti Kota Kinabalu.
“Kami wakil rakyat turun kawasan tiap-tiap minggu dan berdepan dengan masalah rakyat. Kami saja yang tahu keadaannya. Sudah merdeka lebih 40 tahun tetapi anak-anak kita masih mengharung lumpur untuk ke sekolah, berjalan kaki berbatu-batu.

“Saya tahu semua isu yang saya bangkitkan ini mengambil masa untuk dilaksana, tetapi saya berharap agar semuanya dapat dilaksana sebelum pilihan raya umum akan datang,” katanya.-Bernama

Begini saja saya mau cakap:
Kita saja yang tau apa masalah kita. Macamana diorang mau tulung kita kalau diorang pun banyak masalah disana. Apa diorang tau tentang perasaan orang-orang Sabah. Mana ada kita punya PM turun pigi tingu orang kampung yang tinggal di pisuk -pisuk (pedalaman). Nda paya tingu di pisuk-pisuk. Tingu tempat kita sendiri la. Sendiri mau ingat la.

* Kami masi guna air graviti. Mana kami tau itu meter air. huhuhuhuhu.............

Pesta Kaamatan launched

Ready for the festival!!!! Sumazau tokou!!!!

Federal Government regards Sabah as "adopted children"

Norah had asked for clarification on the measures to be taken to strengthen integration and in overcoming the prevailing "adopted children" sentiment among the people of the two East Malaysian states.

Datuk Shafie Apdal reply on this:

"It is not true that Sabah and Sarawak are treated like 'adopted children' as the Federal Government is sensitive and gives attention to development and the welfare of the people in the two states"

Shafie reiterated development and welfare aspects, as could be seen in the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP) where Sabah received one of the biggest government allocations at RM15.7 billion or 7.8 per cent compared with RM13.2 billion in the 8MP.

Source: Daily Express - 6 May 2008

kawoix says: How come ooo. Shame on you Shafie. Just look at yourself, take a good look at the people of Sabah. Sabah is the richest country but Sabah people are the poorest among Malaysian. The figure not lying. Why this is happen? Who were behind these???? sigh

Anggota Parlimen Sabah sertai Pakatan Rakyat hanya kemungkinan: Anwar

KOTA BAHARU: Penasihat Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim berkata kenyataannya mengenai akan ada beberapa anggota Parlimen Barisan Nasional (BN) di Sabah menyertai PKR adalah satu kemungkinan sahaja dan hanya masa yang akan menentukan sama ada ia akan menjadi kenyataan atau sebaliknya

Beberapa hari lalu di Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Anwar mendakwa beberapa anggota Parlimen BN di Sabah sudah memutuskan untuk menyertai Pakatan Rakyat dan hanya menunggu masa yang sesuai untuk berbuat demikian.

Anwar dilaporkan berkata apa yang menghalang mereka berbuat demikian ialah masanya yang dianggap belum sesuai dan tidak perlu tergesa-gesa apatah lagi anggota Parlimen berkenaan belum mengangkat sumpah di Parlimen.

Kenyataan Anwar itu bagaimanapun dibidas beberapa pemimpin Umno yang menyifatkannya sebagai satu khabar angin dan tidak berasas sama sekali. Mengulas kenyataan Menteri Penerangan Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek pada Khamis yang kemungkinan anggota Parlimen PKR akan menyertai BN ekoran kemarahan rakyat terhadap projek babi berteknologi tinggi RM100 juta di Selangor, Anwar berkata tidak ada apa yang perlu dibimbangkan kerana perkara itu juga tidak akan berlaku.

Petikan dari News Sabah Times - 26 April 2008.

Mana kita tau??? Dulu pun ada juga lompat - melompat...frogs are still out there...

Sabah steps up rice production

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah wants to be 60 per cent self-sufficient in rice in two years, Head of State Tun Ahmadshah Abdullah said. The state is in the midst of opening up another 10,000ha of padi plantations in addition to the existing 39,571ha to increase its self-sufficiency from the current level of 32 per cent, he said.

Ahmadshah said that the current domestic production of vegetables was 70 per cent with fruits at 86 per cent. Production of beef is 26 per cent and chicken at 98 per cent while domestic production of fresh milk, eggs, fish and pork exceeded 100 per cent. Ahmadshah, whose 90-minute speech touched on matters ranging from social issues to tourism, said that Sabah’s economic growth was good despite global economic problems triggered by the economic slowdown in United States.

2nd May, 2008 - New Sabah Times.

we are currently 32% self sufficency in rice...what do you think 60% in 2 years???

BN handling Sabah issues

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah's demands are being handled by the Barisan National and so the lawmakers should not be enticed by PKR's offers.

Among others, PKR had promised in their election manifesto higher oil royalty, a deputy prime minister's post and solutions to the illegal immigrant issue.

But Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Tan Sri Bernard Dompok said the Federal Government was looking into all the issues raised by Sabah's leaders in their meeting with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi last Monday.

Saturday April 12, 2008 - The Star.

Sounds good...let see what happen next...