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“Implement Malaysia Agreement Not Just Review - Jeffrey”



Kota Kinabalu: “The call for a review of the safeguards for Sabah and Sarawak and their status as equal partners to Malaya by Tengku Razaleigh or more affectionally known as Ku Li needs to be brought up in Parliament and must be fully supported by all the MPs from Sabah and Sarawak, if it is to succeed ” said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief in commenting on Ku Li’s call to review the status of Sabah and Sarawak in Malaysia.



While it is refreshing and unprecedented to hear the call from a Peninsula politician, and a senior Umno MP at that, the issue of the treatment and status of the Borneo States is nothing new. Sabahans particularly since the 1980s have been clamouring strongly for a review and implementation of the Malaysia Agreement and the restoration of the equal status, rights and autonomy of Sabah.



Ku Li said, the review is 40 years late but it is better late than never. If the injustices inflicted on the Borneo States and the grievances of the people are not addressed, the problem will not go away but fester and may grow out of hand. By then, it will be too late to save the break-up of the federation.



The down-grading and treatment of Sabah and Sarawak as the 12th and 13th States and colonies of Malaya masquerading as Malaysia and the government of Malaya masquerading as the federal government of Malaysia must stop and put to an end. The parallel government in Sabah through the federal secretary office must also be abolished and removed and the government of Sabah be fully autonomous and everything concerning Sabah must be channel via the Sabah government.



The founding fathers of Malaysia, be they from Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak or Sabah, even from Britain, never envisaged that Sabah and Sarawak would be the 12th and 13th States and colonies of Malaya as the initial proposed was rejected by the Borneo territories.



The wanton amendment of the Federal Constitution on 28 July 1976 down-grading Sabah and Sarawak to be the 12th and 13th States and colonies of Malaya clearly shows the contempt and “colonial-masters” mindset of the Malayan leaders towards Sabah and Sarawak. Such an amendment is not only despicable but treason and traitor-like in the eyes of Sabahans.



The analogy of the USA used by Tun Haniff is most unfortunate and misleading. In layman terms, it is comparing apple to orange. It is the same analogy and thinking of Umno/BN leaders who can’t seem to understand and comprehend the difference between the formation of the USA and Malaysia. Perhaps, it is part of their Umno/BN indoctrination and brain-washing by the federal powers/Malayan leaders.



To put the record straight, the USA was formed in the 1776 by the 13 founding States. Subsequently, the other 37 States joined the USA and the nation grew larger with these additional States. The name of the nation never changed, it always has been the good old United States of America and the Constitution of USA was only amended several times since 1776.



On the other hand, the Federation of Malaya was formed and gained independence from the British on 31 August 1957. Sarawak gained her independence on 22 July 1963 and Sabah on 31 August 1963. Then, on 16 September 1963, the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak formed a new nation through a merger known as Malaysia.



Malaysia never existed before 1963 and Malaysia is not the Federation of Malaya. But today Malaya has converted itself as Malaysia. Where is the Federation of Malaya today if it is not masquerading as the Federation of Malaysia and Sabah and Sarawak as the 12th and 13th States of Malaya?



The Borneo States are not supposed to be the 12th and 13th States be it Malaysia or Malaya but as equal partners of equal status with safeguards that were agreed upon.



“We are not seeking or demanding additional rights or taking away any rights from any other State but only seeking what has been agreed upon in the formation of Malaysia and rightly ours” emphasized Dr. Jeffrey.



There should have been a new Constitution of Malaysia but the Constitution of Malaya was adopted to be the Federal Constitution of Malaysia with the excuse that there was no time. Since 1963, the Federal Constitution has been amended nearly 600 times not only in eroding the rights and status of Sabah and Sarawak but also eroding the rights and privileges including immunity of the royal Malay rulers.



Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore never joined Malaya and never joined Malaysia. This part of history has always been twisted and manipulated to the extent of being re-written in our history books and wrongly taught to our young. To keep harping on Malay nationalism in fighting for the independence of Malaysia is nothing but sheer lies and imposing on Sabahans and Sarawakians to celebrate the independence of Malaysia on 31 August 1957 is sheer distortion of history.



With due respect to Tun Haniff, Sabah and Sarawak never joined Malaysia. Without Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia would not exist today. What would exist without Sabah and Sarawak would be the Federation of Malaya with the 11 original States (plus perhaps the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya). On the other hand, in the USA, without the other newer 37 States, the USA would still exist today with the original 13 founding States.



The problem on the formation of Malaysia will not be solved without correcting and rectifying the distortions and manipulations on the true facts of history.



While the suggestion to form a parliamentary caucus or Malaysia Review Committee by Ku Li is lauded, the real solution lies in an amendment of the Federal Constitution and a truly sincere implementation of the Malaysia Agreement with the re-activation of the Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) or an equivalent. The British government needs to be involved as well as they have failed in their trusteeship responsibilities towards Sabah and Sarawak and failed to see that the implementation of the promises, assurances and recommendations of the IGC were properly carried out.



After 50 miserable years including the “stealing” of Sabah and Sarawak’s oil and gas resources, it is an opportune time for the federal/Malayan leaders to show sincerity and true leadership in restoring the equal status, rights and autonomy of the Borneo States. At the same, Sabah and Sarawak leaders need to unite to seek and demand for the restoration of these rights for the future of the generations of Sabah and Sarawak to come.



Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan

Chairman, STAR Sabah

27 September 2013







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“Re-establish State Education Policy Under State Control- Jeffrey”

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Kota Kinabalu: “The Sabah government should take the opportunity to review the State Education Policy and re-establish it under state control including providing better financial support of Chinese schools” said DatukDr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief.



The Bingkor assemblyman was asked to comment on the decision by the Sarawak government to build more technical schools under its control as well as the report of the philanthropist, Teo Han Tong, who had fulfilled a RM1 to RM1 donation pledge, and the support of the local Chinese community in funding the new RM1.4 million school building at the 84-year old SJK Kuok Ming school in Tawau.



“The decision of the Sarawak Chief Minister and his government in building more technical schools, inMukah, Kapit, Baram and Betong, in an effort to get more rural Sarawakian children to pursue technical education should be commended and lauded” added Dr. Jeffrey.



Similarly, the Sabah government should emulate their Sarawak counterparts and build moretechnical and vocational institutes and collegesandupgrade existingones to enhance the technical skills of Sabahans and at the same time to hasten the pace of creating technically skilled and techno-savvy Sabahan youths.



In the fast-paced modern world, job-seekers with better technical and technology skills not only stand a better chance of employment opportunities and career advancement but they will also contribute to and expedite the economic growth of Sabah.



Nowadays, even a store-keeper in a medium-sized industrial outfit will require computer knowledge and skills in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.



By re-establishing education under Sabah control, the Sabah government can better manage and plan for the development of local human capital. The recent calls to empower the Sabah Education Director emphasizes the need for education to be under state control once again than letting it flounder under the weight and distance of remote control by Malayan policy-makers and federal bureaucracy compounded by the lack of knowledge of local extenuating circumstances.



As part of the review, the Sabah government should also re-assess the financial requirements and needs of Chinese schools and not just leave the matter to the support of the Chinese and business communities.



The government should fund the construction of school buildings, libraries and computer classes and not just make token contributions at the end of the year especially during election campaign periods to fish for votes of the Chinese community.



This funding is more critical and justifiable in Sabah where in many Chinese schools the enrolment of non-Chinese students is more than one-third and in some instances where some students have to be turned away for lack of vacancies.



The Chinese and business communities can still play their part and with the additional funding from the Sabah government, the Chinese schools can focus more on educational teaching and development.



After 50 years of Malaysia, education and human capital development in Sabah appears to have regressed and not progressed as it should have. Instead of building and moulding towering Sabahans like in the good old days of British rule, the stories now are of school dropouts, indiscipline, truancy, poor command of basic languages and mother-tongue, lack of skills and of course control from the federal leading to poor administration and poor quality and bad planning and implementation of school projects.



The time has come for the Sabah government to seriously review and re-assess the education policy and administration in Sabah with the re-establishment of Sabah’s own Ministry of Education and a vision towards building towering Sabahans that will drive the growth of Sabah into a developed nation status.



Datuk Dr.Jeffrey Kitingan

Chairman, STAR Sabah

24 September 2013







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ESS STATEMENT “Don’t Threaten Sabahans Over Sabah Rights- Jeffrey” ..............

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“Don’t Threaten Sabahans Over Sabah Rights- Jeffrey”

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Kota Kinabalu: “The Minister’s statement to threaten and intimidate Sabahans shows sheer arrogance of the highest order and a clear-cut abuse of power to lord over and control Sabahans to ensure Umno/Malaya’s dominance and colonization over Sabah” said DatukDr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief in response to the Minister’s statement to weed out protagonists over their claims for Sabah rights.



There is nothing criminal or wrong in any Sabahan/Sarawakian to seek the restoration of the rights, privileges and autonomy of the Borneo States that were taken away or eroded since 1963.



The Minister seems to have forgotten the facts of history that Sabah and Sarawak (with Singapore then) formed Malaysia in 1963 and were given various promises and assurances by the then Malayan leaders including the execution of the Malaysia Agreement to induce and entice the Borneo States to form Malaysia.



Malaysia never existed before 1963 and Malaysia would not have existed even today without Sabah and Sarawak.



Claims for the restoration of Sabah rights and autonomy do not mean cessation, being anti-Malaya/Peninsula or promoting hatred for other Malaysians. Claiming for Sabah rights is nothing more than the equivalent claim for Malayrights in the Peninsula.Claiming for these rights also does not mean “Sabah for Sabahans” or “Sarawak for Sarawakians”.



It is not even a shadow of a threat to the security and well-being of the nation although it may seem to be a political threat to the political powers that be. A political threat just like the political threat posed by Pakatan Rakyat to the ruling regime does not mean a threat to the nation or security of the nation. Such a political situation is but part and parcel of a democracy. However, the ruling regime does not see it that away and use every possible government machinery to bully, harass and intimidate the opposition.



The Minister should take a lesson from the Prime Minister and realize the realities of the political power wielded by the Borneo States and its people including the local BN leaders.



The people in the Borneo States have awakened from their slumber and now realize that their roles as kingmakers in determining the federal government in Putrajaya and along with it the God-given opportunity to voice and claim the restoration of the rights and autonomy of the Borneo States.



Sack the ministers and deputy ministers from Sabah and Sarawak today and immediately the ruling BN regime will find itself in the opposition with the Minister himself as the “shadow” minister in the opposition cabinet.



The claims for restoration of Sabah rights and autonomy are beyond pure harassment and threats by the ministers and the government machinery. The people of Sabah including Sabah Umno/BN leaders and supporters are already joining the band-wagon to seek the restoration of the Sabah rights.



Even the claims for the return of the oil rights and oil revenue, taken 95% by Petronas and the federal government with RM58 billion taken in 2012, can no longer be ignored. Promises of development, 1 or 2 “TangkiBiru1-Malaysia”, a few pieces of zinc and timber, a few million here and there, a few hundred million of projects here and there, will no longer satisfy the people in Sabah and Sarawak. It will be more evident come the 14th general election.



The official slogan may be “Sabah Maju Jaya Dalam Malaysia” but the stark reality on the ground and in the kampungs is “Sabah Termiskin Dalam Malaysia”.



If the Minister wish to take action against the threats to the security and well-being of the nation, he should look into the statements and threats issued in the name of Malay rights, KetuananMelayu but which are totally unrelated, as well as the religious bigots that incite racial and religious hatred and are divisive to Malaysians.



The biggest threat to the security of the nation and the break-up of Malaysia is from the ruling government itself. The more the ruling government ignore and does not address the grievances of and the injustices inflicted on Sabahans and Sarawakians and implement the Malaysia Agreement, the 20/18 Points, the IGC Report and the recommendations of the Cobbold Commission, the louder will be the voice of the people in Sabah and Sarawak.



Datuk Dr.Jeffrey Kitingan

Chairman, STAR Sabah

23 September 2013







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x201c;Federal Play To “Steal” Sabah’s Oil - Jeffrey” ..................................

“Federal Play To “Steal” Sabah’s Oil - Jeffrey”

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Kota Kinabalu: “The revelations by Tan Sri Majid Khan that the explanations of the federal leaders in the 1970s that only oil found on-shore belongs to Sabah and that found off-shore belonged to the federal government clearly proves that the federal leaders from Malaya were prepared to concoct lies and bent on taking over, “stealing”, Sabah’s oil and gas resources at all costs” said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief when commenting on the untold story presented by Tan Sri Majid Khan at the recent forum “The Formation of Malaysia – The Untold Story” organized by The Sabah Society.



Tan Sri Majid went on to add that what was said is true or lawful was another matter and it was up to the present Sabahans to take the matter to court to determine its legitimacy.



Obviously, the lies were perpetuated to “persuade” Sabah leaders then to sign the Oil Agreement and agreeing to accept 5% as “cash payment” for ownership of the entire oil and gas resources in Sabah to Petronas. Sabah’s oil and gas were earlier unlawfully vested in Petronas on 27 March 1975 by the late father of the present PM and what was left was for the federal leaders to “persuade” Sabah leaders to accept 5% for the purported vesting of the oil resources in Petronas.



Apparently, Tun Mustapha and Tun Fuad were not taken in and refused to sign the Oil Agreement including the proposed signing on 6 June 1976 and the resultant tragic air-crash which killed Tun Fuad and other senior Sabah leaders later that evening.



The lies of the federal Malayan leaders are easily dispelled.



Firstly, in 1954 the international boundary of Sabah (North Borneo then) was extended to include the area of the continental shelf being the seabed and its subsoil which lies beneath the high seas contiguous to the territorial waters of North Borneo by The North Borneo (Alteration of Boundaries) Order in Council 1954 made on 24 September 1954 by Her Majesty at Buckingham Palace in London.



Secondly, the 1963 Federal Constitution provides that the territory of Sabah as the territory comprised therein immediately before Malaysia Day on 16 September 1963 which is the 1954 international boundary.



Thirdly, when Petronas was formed in 1974, 4 of the 19 oilfields in Sabah and Sarawak were already producing about 99,000 barrels per day.



Fourthly, petroleum resources in Sabah including licensing and collection of royalties as Sabah’s revenue comes within the ambit of Section 24 of the Sabah Land Ordinance (Cap. 68) which was passed in 1930, long before the formation of Malaysia.



Fifthly, under Article 74 of the Federal Constitution, land matters which include petroleum resources come within the authority of the State List in the 9th Schedule. Permits and licences for prospecting for mines, mining leases and certificates also come within the ambit of the State List in the 9th Schedule.



It is clear that the Malayan federal leaders had no legal basis to assert that the oil resources lying off-shore Sabah belonged to the federal government.



Moreover, the Malaysian Parliament has no business legislating the Petroleum Development Act, (PDA) 1974 when the matters come within the ambit of the State List in the 9th Schedule. The PDA is a worthless unconstitutional legislation, yet, it is still used to siphon off 95% of Sabah’s oil and gas resources until today without a whimper of objections from Sabah BN leaders.



To compound matters, the late Tun Razak had no legal authority and no jurisdiction over Sabah’s oil and gas when he illegitimately and unlawfully signed the Vesting Order on 27 March 1975 vesting Sabah’s oil and gas resources to Petronas,



And to rub salt into the wound, Sabah leaders signed in 1976 acceptance of 5% as the cash payment for the vesting of Sabah’s oil and gas to Petronas and allowing Petronas to “steal” the other 95%.



The foolishness is made worse when they agreed to waive the imposition of royalties on the oil and gas produced which otherwise would have been payable by Petronas and the major oil corporations under Section 24 of the Land Ordinance.



The loss of these royalties would have been between 12% to 30% if the figures given by Tengku Razaleigh is any yardstick to go by. A 30% royalty on the RM18 billion collected by Petronas would have netted the Sabah government an additional RM5.4 billion in additional revenue in 2012 to the RM3.7 billion State Budget revenue collected locally.



As advised by Tan Sri Majid, the ball is now at the feet of present-day Sabahans to take up the issue of ownership and revenue sharing of Sabah’s oil and gas resources. It is apparent that the current Sabah BN leaders cannot be relied upon to pursue the matter especially when the Chief Minister has given the hint to other leaders to keep quiet when he said that there is no urgency on review the oil payment from Petronas.



Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan

Chairman, STAR Sabah

18 September 2013







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x201c;Federal Play To “Steal” Sabah’s Oil - Jeffrey” ..................................

“Federal Play To “Steal” Sabah’s Oil - Jeffrey”

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Kota Kinabalu: “The revelations by Tan Sri Majid Khan that the explanations of the federal leaders in the 1970s that only oil found on-shore belongs to Sabah and that found off-shore belonged to the federal government clearly proves that the federal leaders from Malaya were prepared to concoct lies and bent on taking over, “stealing”, Sabah’s oil and gas resources at all costs” said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah Chief when commenting on the untold story presented by Tan Sri Majid Khan at the recent forum “The Formation of Malaysia – The Untold Story” organized by The Sabah Society.



Tan Sri Majid went on to add that what was said is true or lawful was another matter and it was up to the present Sabahans to take the matter to court to determine its legitimacy.



Obviously, the lies were perpetuated to “persuade” Sabah leaders then to sign the Oil Agreement and agreeing to accept 5% as “cash payment” for ownership of the entire oil and gas resources in Sabah to Petronas. Sabah’s oil and gas were earlier unlawfully vested in Petronas on 27 March 1975 by the late father of the present PM and what was left was for the federal leaders to “persuade” Sabah leaders to accept 5% for the purported vesting of the oil resources in Petronas.



Apparently, Tun Mustapha and Tun Fuad were not taken in and refused to sign the Oil Agreement including the proposed signing on 6 June 1976 and the resultant tragic air-crash which killed Tun Fuad and other senior Sabah leaders later that evening.



The lies of the federal Malayan leaders are easily dispelled.



Firstly, in 1954 the international boundary of Sabah (North Borneo then) was extended to include the area of the continental shelf being the seabed and its subsoil which lies beneath the high seas contiguous to the territorial waters of North Borneo by The North Borneo (Alteration of Boundaries) Order in Council 1954 made on 24 September 1954 by Her Majesty at Buckingham Palace in London.



Secondly, the 1963 Federal Constitution provides that the territory of Sabah as the territory comprised therein immediately before Malaysia Day on 16 September 1963 which is the 1954 international boundary.



Thirdly, when Petronas was formed in 1974, 4 of the 19 oilfields in Sabah and Sarawak were already producing about 99,000 barrels per day.



Fourthly, petroleum resources in Sabah including licensing and collection of royalties as Sabah’s revenue comes within the ambit of Section 24 of the Sabah Land Ordinance (Cap. 68) which was passed in 1930, long before the formation of Malaysia.



Fifthly, under Article 74 of the Federal Constitution, land matters which include petroleum resources come within the authority of the State List in the 9th Schedule. Permits and licences for prospecting for mines, mining leases and certificates also come within the ambit of the State List in the 9th Schedule.



It is clear that the Malayan federal leaders had no legal basis to assert that the oil resources lying off-shore Sabah belonged to the federal government.



Moreover, the Malaysian Parliament has no business legislating the Petroleum Development Act, (PDA) 1974 when the matters come within the ambit of the State List in the 9th Schedule. The PDA is a worthless unconstitutional legislation, yet, it is still used to siphon off 95% of Sabah’s oil and gas resources until today without a whimper of objections from Sabah BN leaders.



To compound matters, the late Tun Razak had no legal authority and no jurisdiction over Sabah’s oil and gas when he illegitimately and unlawfully signed the Vesting Order on 27 March 1975 vesting Sabah’s oil and gas resources to Petronas,



And to rub salt into the wound, Sabah leaders signed in 1976 acceptance of 5% as the cash payment for the vesting of Sabah’s oil and gas to Petronas and allowing Petronas to “steal” the other 95%.



The foolishness is made worse when they agreed to waive the imposition of royalties on the oil and gas produced which otherwise would have been payable by Petronas and the major oil corporations under Section 24 of the Land Ordinance.



The loss of these royalties would have been between 12% to 30% if the figures given by Tengku Razaleigh is any yardstick to go by. A 30% royalty on the RM18 billion collected by Petronas would have netted the Sabah government an additional RM5.4 billion in additional revenue in 2012 to the RM3.7 billion State Budget revenue collected locally.



As advised by Tan Sri Majid, the ball is now at the feet of present-day Sabahans to take up the issue of ownership and revenue sharing of Sabah’s oil and gas resources. It is apparent that the current Sabah BN leaders cannot be relied upon to pursue the matter especially when the Chief Minister has given the hint to other leaders to keep quiet when he said that there is no urgency on review the oil payment from Petronas.



Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan

Chairman, STAR Sabah

18 September 2013







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Anggota Dewan Undangan Negeri kawasan Buang Sayang Datuk Abdul Rahim Ismail berkata kenyataan Jeffrey itu bukan sahaja "kebudak-budakan" tetapi jelas tidak menghormati peranan penting dimainkan pemimpin Sabah untuk kemerdekaan Sabah dalam Malaysia.



“Siapa beliau (Jeffrey) untuk membuat cadangan liar itu? Beliau patut baca laporan Suruhanjaya Inkuiri mengenai Borneo Utara dan Sarawak 1962," katanya di Kota Kinabalu hari ini.



Suruhanjaya itu diketuai Lord Cobbold, adalah untuk mengesahkan pandangan penduduk Borneo Utara dan Sarawak mengenai cadangan Persekutuan Malaysia.



Abdul Rahim juga ialah Pengerusi Kelab Penyokong Barisan Nasional Sabah. – Bernama,

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STAR SABAH PRESS STATEMENT - 05.09.2013 “Exempt Sabah, Oil States From Fuel Hike...

STAR SABAH PRESS STATEMENT - 05.09.2013

“Exempt Sabah, Oil States From Fuel Hike- Jeffrey”

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Kota Kinabalu: “Sabah and the other oil producing States should be exempted from the recent fuel price increase to avoid further damage to their local economies and preventing additional burdens on the already suffering people” said Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan, Chairman of STAR Sabah, in a press statement released today.



“There is no justification for the people of the oil producing States to be further burdened with fuel price increases when Petronas and the federal government is illegally taking 95% of the oil revenues from these people” added Dr. Jeffrey, who has been a strong advocate for the return of the oil rights to the oil producing States particularly Sabah and Sarawak.



The people in Sabah and Sarawak are already burdened with higher costs due to the unfair and unjust cabotage policy which the federal government has so far refused to even review despite all-round calls for its abolishment.



The price hike has brought immediate price multiplier effects in other products the past two days in Kota Kinabalu. Going by these price increases, the knock-on domino effect of the fuel hike on the inflation in Sabah will be more than10%. From the people’s feedback, noodles have increased by as much as RM1.00 per bowl and even traditional “kueh” in the Kota Kinabalu market has increased by RM0.05 to RM0.45 per piece, both increases being more than 10%.



The 4 oil producing States, Sabah, Sarawak, Terengganu, Kelantan, are amongst the poorest States in Malaysiawith Sabah being the poorest. Yet, in 2012, Sarawak contributed some RM40 billion and Sabah RM18 billion to the coffers in Petronas from which the federal government gets taxes of more than RM27 billion and another RM30 billion in special dividends.



The federal government needs to be fair in their treatment of the oil producing Borneo States and implement solutions to alleviate the high costs of living while their rich resources and plundered and siphoned to benefit the Peninsula.



One of the best solutions is to establish a two-tier subsidy system for fuel with lower prices for fuel and petroleum products in the oil producing States. The diesel quota for Sabah is 74 million litres per month, a RM0.20 increase will only “save” the federal government RM14.8 million. Assuming a similar quantity of RON95 usage in Sabah, the annual “savings” from the RM0.20 increase is only a miserly RM355.2 million compared to the RM18 billion contribution from Sabah. On the other hand, the RM0.20 increase will cause billions of untold damage to the Sabah economy and upheavals in the daily budgets and lifes of the ordinary people.



Looking from other angles, the disparity and unfair treatment of Sabah is more obvious. In January 2011, the Chief Minister reported that Sabah produced 26.9% of the then637,000 barrels per day (bpd)output of Malaysia. This works out to 171,353 barrelsor about 35 million litres per day.The 74 million monthly quota is only about 2 days of Sabah’s crude petroleum and will be less than a day’s production when Sabah triples it oil output to about 500,000 bpd in another year or so.



On natural gas, Sabah and Sarawak produces more than90% of Malaysia’s production. Yet, for the usage of the very same gas from Sabah and Sarawak, the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) in the Peninsula get an annual RM19 billion subsidy so that the consumers enjoy a lower electricity tariff while the people in Sabah and Sarawak enjoy nothing in return from its natural gas. If only RM1.0 billion of the subsidies were to be given to SESB and consumers in Sabah, 833,333 households will enjoy RM100.00 of free electricity per month for a year. Such is the unfair treatment of Sabahans.



If the Proton national car is produced in the Peninsular and sold at a higher price in Sabah, there is every reason why the federal government must implement a lower price for petrol, diesel, petroleum and natural gas products in Sabah.



At the same time, the leaders in Sabah, regardless of their political affiliation must take all necessary steps to safeguard the interests of Sabahans and insulate them from unjustified burdens arising from the fuel increase. The Sabah government need to object to the recent fuel increase and demand its exemption for Sabah.



Datuk Dr.Jeffrey Kitingan

Chairman, STAR Sabah

05 September 2013



Credit: STAR SABAH







Sumber: Feed Bahasa Malaysia

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11 Parti baru bakal mewarnai politik Sabah

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1. Parti Bersatu Bugis Sabah - parti yang tidak boleh dinafikan bakal berkuasa di kawasan pantai timur negeri ini. Adalah dijangka bahawa PBBS berkemungkinan akan menjadi komponen Barisan Nasional negeri.
2. Parti Usno Baru - Parti yang masih mempunyai pengaruh di kalangan generasi tua.
3. SAPU - kerana nama singkatannya yang lucu.

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Najib umum minyak RON95 naik 20 sen tengah malam ini

Putrajaya hari ini mengumumkan langkah untuk menaikkan minyak petrol RON95 dan diesel kepada 20 sen seliter, kata Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Razak hari ini.



Najib, yang juga merupakan Menteri Kewangan, berkata kenaikkan tersebut akan berkuatkuasa mulai tengah malam ini.



"Selepas berbincang, saya mengumumkan kenaikkan RON95 sebanyak 20 sen seliter," kata Najib.



Pada ketika ini, harga seliter RON95 adalah RM1.90 seliter dan diesel pula RM1.80 seliter.



Menurut Najib lagi, kerajaan ketika ini menanggung subsidi sebanyak subsidi sebanyak 83 sen seliter bagi RON95 dan RM1.00 seliter bagi diesel, serta menegaskan kerajaan masih lagi memberi subsidi yang banyak kepada rakyat.



"Pengurangan subsidi sebanyak 20 sen ini bermakna kerajaan masih memberi subsidi sebanyak 63 sen seliter bagi RON95 dan 80 sen seliter untuk diesel," kata Najib selepas selesai mempengerusikan mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Dasar Fiskal (FPC) di Pejabat Perdana Menteri.



Kali terakhir minyak petrol RON95 dan diesel adalah naik pada tahun 2010, dimana mengalami kenaikkan sebanyak 5 sen seliter.



Beliau juga menegaskan langkah tersebut bagi memastikan sasaran kerajaan untuk mencapai defisit fiskal dalam lingkungan 3% berbanding Keluaran Dalam Negara Kasar (KDNK) pada tahun 2015 dan bajet berimbang menjelang tahun 2020.



"Melalui penilaian FPC, persekitaran luar didapati semakin mencabar. Lebihan akaun semasa imbangan pembayaran (BOP) yang sederhana disamping defisit fiskal yang berterusan boleh mendatangkan risiko jangka sederhana kepada ekonomi.



"Oleh itu, langkah mengukuhkan kedudukan fiskal adalah penting untuk mengekalkan daya tahan ekonomi dan meningkatkan lagi keyakinan rakyat dan pelabur," kata beliau lagi.



Malaysia telah mengalami defisit fiskal selama 15 tahun berturut-turut, malah agensi penarafan global Fitch Ratings baru-baru ini juga meletakkan Malaysia pada kedudukan negatif ekoran hutang negara meningkat kepada 53.3 peratus dalam KDNK pada penghujung tahun 2012 daripada 51.6 peratus pada hujung tahun 2011 dan 39.8 peratus pada hujung 2008.



Beliau turut memberikan alasan langkah pengurangan subsidi tersebut diambil bertujuan untuk memastikan ia sampai kepada kelompok sasaran memandangkan subsidi ketika ini dinikmati oleh semua lapisan masyarakat termasuklah mereka dikalangan berpendapatan tinggi dan rakyat asing.



"Kita perlu melaksanakan sistem subsidi yang lebih mensasarkan golongan yang memerlukan dan mudah terjejas," ujar Najib lagi yang menyatakan kerajaan ketika ini terpaksa menanggung subsidi bahan api sebanyak RM24.8 bilion untuk tahun ini.



Bagi memastikan kelompok yang lebih memerlukan ini menikmati subsidi, Najib juga mengumumkan pentadbirannya berjanji akan meningkatkan pemberian wang tunai Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia yang akan diumumkan semasa pembentangan belanjawan 2014 nanti.



"Kerajaan akan meningkatkan pemberian BR1M dalam Bajet 2014 dimana jumlahnya akan diumumkan dalam ucapan Bajet," tambahnya lagi.



Selain itu, Najib juga berkata kerajaan akan menyemak semula pelaksaan projek-projek sektor awam bagi menangani lebihan akaun semasa yang semakin berkurangan.



"Projek-projek yang mempunyai kandungan import yang rendah dan kesan pengganda yang tinggi akan diberi keutamaan bagi memastikan pertumbuhan ekonomi tidak terjejas.



"Manakala pelaksanaan projek yang mempunyai kandungan import yang tinggi akan disusun mengikut jadual yang sewajarnya supaya tidak mendatangkan kesan negatif kepada imbangan pembayaran," katanya lagi.



Bagaimanapun, Najib menegaskan projek Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) tetap akan diteruskan, namun projek Southern Corridor High Speed Rail (HSR) pula masih dalam rundingan.



Najib menegaskan kesemua langkah yang beliau umumkan hari ini adalah demi memastikan Malaysia dapat berhadapan dengan situasi ekonomi semasa dan global yang semakin mencabar.



"Pelaksanaan semua langkah tersebut bukan sahaja untuk menangani cabaran semasa terhadap ekonomi dan kedudukan kewangan kerajaan tetapi ia juga akan mengukuhkan kemampanan fiskal negara dalam jangka masa sederhana dan panjang," tambahnya lagi.



Defisit fiskal negara melebar kepada RM14.9 bilion pada tahun ini, disamping penurunan mendadak lebihan akaun semasa kepada RM2.6 bilion dalam suku kedua tahun ini.



Najib yang bakal berhadapan cabaran kepimpinan menjelang pemilihan parti Oktober ini, menimbulkan ketidaktentuan janjinya untuk mengurangkan defisit sebanyak 4.5 peratus daripada KDNK, Malaysia antara negara yang mempunyai hutang tertinggi di Asia.- 2 September, 2013.

Source: Google Syndication

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