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Sabah’s oil curse strikes again

Poverty-riddled Sabah is the sixth biggest contributor to
the national economy, contributing more than a quarter of
the total oil and gas produced in the country.
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah lost control of its oil wealth more than 30 years ago but the fallout of the widely acknowledged cock-eyed contract is continuing to roil business dealings in the state.
The state Barisan Nasional government is now facing more questions over how it is managing the Petronas-sponsored Sabah Oil and Gas Terminal (SOGT) project that began more than a year ago.
The Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) has accused Chief Minister Musa Aman’s Umno-led BN government of failing to safeguard the interest of the local companies in the ongoing multi-billion-ringgit project.
Melanie Chia, the party’s outspoken women’s wing chief, said there appeared to be no attempt by the state government to ensure locals get a bigger share of the spin-offs from the SOGT project.
She said they had since discovered that the main contract work had been handed over to a Sarawak company which had in turn subcontracted the job valued at RM2.4 billion to a South Korean company to the extent that even the canteen at the site was operated by Koreans.
She noted that while 35 companies with Sabah connections had obtained sub-contract works, the value of these contracts totalled a fraction of the value of the main contract.
“The total value of these sub-contract works is only RM470 million, or a mere 19.6% of the total contract value of RM2.4 billion. Even the Kimanis new township will be developed by Miri-based Homelite Development Sdn Bhd.
“I don’t believe that we do not have enough local companies which can do the jobs. We also have very established and esteemed developers who can develop the new township.
“Do we have to be subservient and remain playing second fiddle all the time even in our own state?” she asked.
Sabah’s oil reserve
Chia, who is also Luyang assemblywoman, posed the question during a public talk themed “Sabah’s Future” organised by the SAPP Luyang central liaison committee here over the weekend.
She said the issue of out-of-state companies not only taking the lion’s share of the SOGT work and then sub-contracting it out to foreign companies needed to be studied.
“The government owes the people a good explanation as to why Sabah remains the poorest state in Malaysia despite being blessed with abundance of natural resources,” she added.
The state is the sixth biggest contributor to the national economy, contributing more than a quarter of the total oil and gas produced in the country.
Sabah’s oil reserves were calculated at 1.5 billion barrels as of last year but new oilfields discovered since then have raised the estimate substantially. Gas reserves stand at 11 trillion cubic feet, with four new oilfields found in the Sabah waters in the last two years.
The projected production from one area, the Gumusat/Kakap Project, is 135,000 barrels per day will come on stream soon, but Sabah’s share is unknown as other oil-producing companies are in on the project with Petronas on a contract-sharing basis.
SAPP and the opposition have been hitting on the wealth extraction from the state and at the same time holding up its high poverty rate and unemployment figures.
Sabah has the highest number of unemployed in the country at 5.6% or 76,000 people without jobs.
The opposition says that the ruling coalition government has had almost 20 uninterrupted years of power in the state but has yet to come up with a coherent and comprehensive development policy to ensure the state’s well-being well into the future.
“Obviously, something is not right with the present government; otherwise Sabah would not end up the poorest despite having abundance of oil and gas,” Chia said.
Sabah-Sarawak O&G project
The SOGT is part of the Sabah-Sarawak Integrated Oil and Gas Project to harness the oil and gas resources in the offshore areas of the two states.
Besides the development of the new oil and gas fields off the coast of Sabah, namely Gumusut/Kakap, Kinabalu Deep and East, Kebabangan and Malikai, the project consists of SOGT and the Sabah-Sarawak Gas Pipeline (SSGP)
The SOGT will receive, store and export crude oil as well as receive, process, compress and transport the gas produced from the fields offshore Sabah and complements the operations of the existing Sabah Gas Terminal, the Labuan Crude Oil Terminal and the Labuan Gas Terminal which handle the oil and gas produced from other fields offshore Sabah.
According to Petronas, the terminal covers an area of about 250 acres and will have the capacity to handle up to 300,000 barrels of crude oil per day and 1.0 billion standard cubic feet of gas per day.
The 500km SSGP will transport gas from the SOGT in Kimanis to Bintulu for processing into liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the Petronas LNG Complex for export.
The pipeline system also has provisions for future domestic consumption in Sabah and Sarawak.

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  1. This issue again? Come on.

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    1. YEAH. WHY NOT?

      IT IS SABAH'S NATIONAL RIGHT UNDER THE 20 POINTS AGREEMENT TO HAVE CONTROL OVER ITS NATURAL RESOURCES AND FINANCES.

      OIL IS A RESOURCE ISN'T IT?

      SABAH AS AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY (31/08/63) ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT AS AN EQUAL WITH MALAYA, S'PORE & SARAWAK TO FORM A FEDERATION CALLED "MALAYSIA".

      MALAYA HAS BROKEN ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS MADE TO PROTECT SABAH INTERESTS.

      THE OIL WAS STOLEN IN 1974 BY THE PETRONAS ACT & LOCAL TRAITORS SIGNED AWAY OUR OIL RIGHTS WITHOUT CONSULTING THE PEOPLE!

      SO THE OIL ISSUE CONTINUES TO BE A HOT ISSUE UNTIL WE REGAIN CONTROL OF OUR OIL & COUNTRY!



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    2. ada pihak yang suka mainkan isu yang sama berulang kali.

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    3. lihat saja negeri yang dikuasai oleh pembangkang, sampai sekarang pun janji mereka belum ditunaikan lagi.

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    4. Negeri tadbiran Pakatan Pembangkang seperti Selangor, Pulau Pinang, Kedah dan Kelantan juga tidak kering dengan pelbagai isu semasa yang banyak berkisar kepada janji-janji yang belum ditunaikan. Paling malang ialah rakyat Selangor dan Pulau Pinang yang banyak menghadapi masalah sehingga menjejaskan kehidupan seharian mereka.

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    5. Bukan semudah seperti menukar kerajaan sama seperti menukar baju. Inilah akibatnya di mana Pakatan Pembangkang masih gagal melunaskan 85% janji seperti dalam manifesto yang dicanangkan pada PRU12.

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    6. Air percuma yang diwar-warkan Timbalan Presiden PKR, Azmin Ali ketika PRK Sibu dan Khalid Ibrahim ketika berkempen semasa PRN Sarawak 2011 hanyalah retorik. Jika tidak diberi manakan rakyat memberontak. Inilah yang berlaku kepada rakyat Selangor yang masih dan sehingga kini tidak menerima air percuma biarpun tempoh penggal ke-12 ini akan berakhir tidak lama lagi.

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    7. Air percuma yang diwar-warkan Timbalan Presiden PKR, Azmin Ali ketika PRK Sibu dan Khalid Ibrahim ketika berkempen semasa PRN Sarawak 2011 hanyalah retorik. Jika tidak diberi manakan rakyat memberontak. Inilah yang berlaku kepada rakyat Selangor yang masih dan sehingga kini tidak menerima air percuma biarpun tempoh penggal ke-12 ini akan berakhir tidak lama lagi.

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    8. PR janji membuka tabung permulaan RM100 bagi setiap anak kelahiran Selangor (belum laksana)Memberi bantuan RM75 sebulan bagi setiap anak yg dihantar ke nurseri (belum laksana)Memberi bantuan RM50 sebulan seorang bagi pendidikan pra-sekolah (belum laksana).

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    9. PR janji nak menyiasat penyelewengan pentadibiran tanah dan sumber negeri (dalam proses ) tapi ADUN PKR sendiri SELEWENG PASIR ??

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    10. Memberi bantuan kepada anak-anak muda untuk mendirikan rumah tangga (belum laksana)Membuka pusat-pusat sukan mini dan rekreasi bagi belia (belum laksana- buat ladang babi dulu)Mencarum takaful bernilai RM2500 untuk warga emas, orang kurang upaya dan anak yatim (belum laksana)Memberi elaun ibu tunggal yang layak (belum laksana)

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    11. Memberi elaun khas suri rumah yang memilih untuk menjaga (belum laksana) sepenuh masa anak-anak kecil mereka (belum laksana)Membantu setiap rakyat Selangor untuk mendapatkan kediaman sendiri ( belum laksana- buat ladang babi dulu)Mewujudkan institusi menyelaraskan hal-ehwal agama selain Islam (belum laksana)

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    12. Menyediakan premis perniagaan yg cukup ( belum laksana RM100juta untuk ladang babi dulu )Memberi bimbingan perniagaan kepada golongan belia dan wanita muda (belum laksana)Memberi galakan kepada belia dan wanita muda dengan sewa minimum atau hanya perlu membayar air dan elektrik untuk dua tahun pertama (belum laksana)

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    13. Mengurangkan cukai pintu rumah kediaman sebanyak 20% dan cukai premis komersial sebanyak 10% ( belum laksana)Memberi bekalan air kegunaan domestik secara percuma bg 20 meter padu pertama setiap bulan (dilaksana bulan jun)Menjalankan program bagi membolehkan rakyat miskin terutama petani dan nelayan mendapatkan pendapatan yg lebih tinggi di atas garis kemiskinan (belum laksana)

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    14. Menguatkusakan syarat-syarat perlindungan alam sekitar bg mengelakkan bencana seperti tanah runtuh dan banjir (belum laksana)Menggantikan sistem Rukun Tetangga dengan sistem baru yang lebih berkesan (belum laksana )Mewujudkan pusat khidmat sehenti bagi menangani kes-kes jenayah dan keganasan terhadap wanita ( belum laksana).

      Inilah antara janji2 PR yang belum terlaksana walaupun sudah 4 tahun mentadbir.

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    15. Even Jeff is on the PR's side. Duh.

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    16. Semoga kerajaan negeri memperjuangkan yang terbaik untuk rakyat di Sabah.

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    17. Kita berharap kerajaan Sabah dapat berbincang dengan Perdana Menteri kita untuk menaikkan kadar royalti minyak Sabah.

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  2. Isu royalti menjadi sandaran?

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    1. isu royalti ini menjadi mainan pihak pembangkang tapi belum tentu mereka ikhlas dalam isu ini.

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    2. isu royalti minyak kini mungkin menjadi hambar disebabkan beberapa pemimpin pembangkang cuba mengeksploitasikan royalti kononnya untuk menjana projek mega di negeri Kelantan.

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    3. “Ini menyebabkan rakyat kurang yakin kerana sejak 22 tahun Pas memerintah pun soal pembangunan masih kurang diberi penekanan,”

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    4. Mungkin rakyat menganggap ianya hanya satu janji yang tidak mampu ditunaikan kerana sebelum ini sudah banyak janji pembangunan masih belum terlangsai.

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    5. Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak telah menegaskan bahawa Kelantan tidak layak mendapat royalti kerana kerja carigali itu dilakukan di kawasan pertindihan sempadan Malaysia-Thailand dan lebih daripada tiga batu nautika dari pesisir pantai negeri itu.

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    6. Namun kerajaan Kelantan masih memainkan isu lama dengan membuat janji untuk pilihan raya umum menggunakan royalti minyak untuk melaksanakan projek-projek mega.

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    7. 20% royalti minyak hanya untuk sedapkan hati rakyat.janji tanpa mengukur d badan sendiri dan undi rakyat adalah tujuan utama mereka.

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    8. This issue is important however never ever politicized it.

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    9. Jangan la biarkan kita dibelenggu dengan keadaan semasa.

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    10. Sabah deserve for a better royalty.

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    11. Sabah harus menikmati yang berpatutan sedangkan sumber juga di Sabah.

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    12. janji PR hanyalah janji kosong...

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  3. Jadi isuini tidak penting kah untuk kau..kau bukan urang Sabah bah kan?

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    1. setiap orang ada pandangan masing-masing, jadi janganlah emosi.

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    2. As I said, this is important but to make an extend of politicizing it, I don't think this can cure the problem.

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    3. Penting memang penting gaman nga kalau asyik mau kasi politik itu isu, saya rasa siapa2 pun muak bei.

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    4. Yes, I agree with you.

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    5. Jika ini penting, harus juga memperjuangkannya.

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    6. Hak milik harus diperjuangkan. Sabahan berhak menikmati kadar yang lebih berpatutan.

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    7. penting tu memang penting, tapi pembangkang sekarang sudah mempolitikkan isu ini...

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  4. Ini cuma hal kecil saja..semuanya akan dpt dselesaikan dengan baik oleh bn yg diketuai oleh musa..

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    1. ONLY A MALAYAN WOULD SAY THAT!

      YEAH JUST A FLEA BITE WHEN YOU LOST YOUR INDEPENDENCE AND RIGHT TO CONTROL YOUR COUNTRY’S AFFAIRS AND RESOURCES!

      MALAYANS CONTROL ALL SABAH LIFE WITH THEIR LOCAL PUPPETS.

      SABAHANS HAVE BECOME SECOND CLASS CITIZENS IN THEIR OWN LAND AS UMNO DISENFRANCHISE THEM WITH MASS TRANSMIGRATION.

      IS THIS INDEPENDENCE IN MALAYSIA OR RE-COLONISATION?

      THE OIL ISSUE IS ABOUT A RESOURCE RICH COUNTRY BEING SUCKED INTO AN UNEQUAL UNION WITH MALAYA AND GOT RAPED AND LOOTED FOR 49 YEARS!

      SABAHANS ARE ANGRY WITH THEIR SITUATION CREATED BY UMNO.

      HOWEVER IT IS NO USE TO CRY OVER SPILT MILK- JUST FOLLOW SINGAPORE & TAKE SABAH OUT OF MALAYSIA FOR REAL NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE.

      DON'T WAIT ANY LONGER OR THERE WILL BE NO SABAH AS WE KNOW IT BEFORE 1963!

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    2. jika semua memberikan komitmen dengan sebaiknya, pasti setiap isu yang berlaku akan dapat diselesaikan dengan sebaiknya.

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    3. Lepas PRU redala isu ni. Semua pun faham suda tentang taktik pembangkang ni.

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    4. No need to use capital letters if you are pissed off. After all, we are gentlemen.

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    5. Apa pun, kita ada adab tertib. Yang penting, masalah ini akan selesai.

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    6. Harap tiada pihak memperjuangkan kepentingan untuk dirinya dan bukannya untuk rakyat.

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    7. kalau ada pihak yang perlu dipersalahkan, maka ianya adalah harris salleh...bukannya musa aman...

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  5. The message to Sabahans is clear: Musa Aman is the only man who can protect Sabah’s last virgin forests, wildlife and bio-diversity and keep global warming in check. He is the chief minister who has stopped logging in the Ulu Segama Malua and Maliau basin and created a forest buffer three times the size of Singapore to protect Danum valley from logging, mining and opening up land for agriculture. Without him, the forests and minerals such as gold there in the east coast of Sabah would have disappeared. Oil palms would have replaced the rainforest.

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    1. So Aman is "God" the protector of Sabah?

      What did he do with the $40 million?

      Who are the people who turn Sabah into a colonial oil palm plantation economy?

      Kindly don't give us more provocative shit stuff like such unintelligible comments.


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    2. mIMANGLAHmUSA BANYAK DUIT sebab dipanggil kan mr vacuum.. ne orang semua jeles ma Musa sebaba dia banyak duitsuruh budak budak cina angkatduit dia pi luar negeri... ada rm2 billion duit dia tu..nah kamu pi jumpa dia minta duit.. itu duit kamu juga.. PRU nanti berabislah kamu makan duit Musa hehehehhe

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    3. Protek biji pelir hang lah...

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    4. There is no need to say in such a way. Even Sam Mannan said he is the one who should be praised for the forest conservation.

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    5. Even the Chinese associations are telling the same thing.

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    6. Betul tu, banyak organisasi luar telah memujinya.

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    7. Usaha ini jelas membawa kesan yang positif dan komen yang baik.

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    8. masa YTL jadi CM sabah, hampir bankrap sabah dibuatnya...

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  6. projek petronas di sabah pasti akan memberi bykm manfaat kepada pendduk sabah.

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    1. Dengar2 di Kota Belud pun akan ada projek minyak dan gas.

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    2. projek petronas seperti samur dan sogt pasti akan memberi byk manfaat kepada penduduk sabah.

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    3. MIC Sabah will work closely with the other component parties to ensure the Barisan Nasional win in the general election.

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    4. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman has distributed some RM300,000 to temples throughout Sabah.

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    5. Projek yang dijalankan akan mendorong perkembangan ekonomi yang berterusan.

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    6. SOGT akan memberi lebih banyak peluang pekerjaan untuk belia di Sabah untuk membaiki lahi pendapatan.

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  7. projek2 petronas di Sabah mampu untk memberikan manfaat ekonomi kepada Sabah.

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    1. Harap2 majoriti org tempatan Sabah yang ambil bahagian dan lebih diutamakan.

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    2. Dan ia akan menjadi sumber ekonomi negeri.

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    3. Dan ia akan membantu belia2 di negeri ini untuk mencari sesuap nasi.

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    4. Belia harus menghargai peluang pekerjaan yang diberi.

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    5. Projek Petronas memang memanfaatkan golongan ramai. Projek yang dijalankan juga mendorong perkembangan ekonomi yang lebih stabil.

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  8. pembangkang lebih suka mainkan isu daripada memberikan idea terhadap pembangunan.

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    1. betul betul...pembangkang ni hanya tahu mempolitikkan suatu isu...kerajaan pula berusaha mencari penyelesaian kepada isu2 rakyat..

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  9. parti-perti pembangkang harus buktikan mereka mampu tunaikan janji dengan melaksanakannya di negeri yang mereka tadbir. jika di negeri yang mereka tadbir mereka gagal tunaikan janji, bermakna pembangkang hanya cakap kosong saja.

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    1. Semoga pihak yang membuat janji dapat ditunaikannya.

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    2. Jangan pula membuat janji kosong yang tidak boleh ditunaikan. Ini akan mendatangkan kesan sampingan yang tidak baik.

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    3. janji2 pembangkang di negeri2 pentadbiran mereka semuanya gagal ditunaikan...

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  10. Up to this day, the opposition is still on the old issues.

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  11. More often I have heard they sing like a small bird.

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    1. Bila dekat2 pilihanraya ja tu bising lebih2. Maklumlah mau minta perhatian.

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    2. ya lah...dekat2 pilihanraya baru kedengaran suara2 sumbang pembangkang..

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  12. Oran Sabah bodoh lagi diperbodohkan oleh balachi balachi Amuno semenanjungg.. oii bajau dusun bangkitlah halau pendatang asing tu mereka lah yg hisap minyak kamu !

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  13. Sabah menerima bayaran royalti minyak petroleum tahun ini sebanyak RM941.25 juta daripada syarikat Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas), yang melebihi sasaran asal kerajaan negeri.

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  14. Ketua Menteri Sabah Datuk Seri Musa Aman, yang juga Menteri Kewangan Negeri, berkata kerajaan negeri menyasarkan RM774.6 juta untuk pembayaran royalti minyak tahun ini.

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    1. Sabah harus menikmati yang lebih baik dari sekarang. kadar royalti adalah hak oang Sabahan.

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    2. Pembayaran royalti ini amat bermakna untuk projek perkembangan di Sabah.

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  15. Jumlah yang diterima ini merupakan jumlah yang tertinggi dalam sejarah Sabah.

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    1. Tiada apa perlu dibanggakan, sebab pencapaian ini harus berterusan.

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  16. Beliau berkata cadangan untuk menaikkan royalti minyak daripada 5.0 peratus sedang dalam perhatian kerajaan pusat yang akan memberi maklum balas pada masa yang sesuai.

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    1. Kami menantikan berita baik dari persekutuan. Semoga tidak mengecewakan rakyat di Sabah.

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    2. harap akan ada berita baik...

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  17. Musa berkata kerajaan negeri akan memberi fokus kepada pengurusan pelaburan yang tidak terlalu bergantung kepada cukai jualan ke atas minyak kelapa sawit dan royalti minyak petroleum.

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  18. Usaha-usaha kerajaan negeri telah membuahkan hasil di mana kutipan sebanyak RM928.03 juta diterima pada 2011 melalui faedah dan perolehan dari pelaburan,
    manakala pada tahun ini pula terimaan dijangkakan dalam lingkungan RM820 juta, diikuti dengan anggaran RM691.56 juta pada tahun depan.

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    1. Harapkan kutipan ini terus maju ke depan.

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  19. Musa berkata keupayaan dan kedudukan kewangan negeri semakin bertambah baik hasil pelaksanaan program-program lama dan baru yang bersesuaian dengan keperluan semasa rakyat.

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  20. Strategi-strategi yang diperkenalkan setiap tahun telah dapat menghasilkan beberapa hasil berkesan seperti Kutipan Hasil Negeri yang kian meningkat dari tahun ke tahun.

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  21. Sebagai contoh, RM2.26 bilion telah dikutip pada 2006, meningkat kepada RM2.37 bilion pada 2007 dan mencecah RM3.3 bilion pada 2008.

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  22. Datuk Seri Musa Aman berkata janji Pakatan Rakyat untuk meningkatkan bayaran royalti minyak Sabah dari 5 peratus kepada 20 peratus merupakan janji yang tidak logik.

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    1. Peningkatan boleh dibuat secara berperingkat.

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    2. Agree to Kim, lets do it step by step. Im sure the target for usch increment can achieve.

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    3. bahkan belum tentu janji PR untuk menaikkan royalti minyak kepada 20% ini akan ditunaikan...

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  23. Musa berkata wang dari hasil minyak Sabah disalurkan semula ke negeri itu melalui perbelanjaan oleh kerajaan persekutuan.

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  24. Itu janji yang tidak logik, sebagai sebahagian sebuah negara kita perlu ada tolak ansur, kita sedar sejak sabah bersama-sama membentuk Malaysia, kerajaan pusat telah membelanjakan berbilion ringgit bagi membangun pelbagia infrastruktur termasuk sekolah hospital, jalan raya dan sebagainya.

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    1. pihak tertentu hanya pandai berjanji, tapi tidak pandai menunaikan.

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  25. Itu belum lagi dicampur dengan kos pertahanan dan kesealamatan negeri yangmemakan belanja besar. Kita perlu mengambil kira banyak pengagihan lain yang diberikan oleh kerajana pusat melalui pelbagai kaedah, kita perlu lihat dari skop yang lebih luas.

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  26. Petronas telah membelanjakan 80% daripada hasil petroleum untuk kerja mencarigali dan kos operasi. Anggap sahaja harga minyak mentah dunia pada kadar RM100 setong.

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  27. Petronas telah mengeluarkan kos RM80 untuk mendapatkan setong minyak dan hanya berbakinya RM20. RM5 telah diserahkan kepada Kerajaan Negeri Sabah sebagai royalti dan RM10 lagi diserahkan kepada Kerajaan Persekutuan untuk menanggung kos subsidi minyak sejumlah RM90 billion setahun; manakala RM5 lagi adalah untung kasar Petronas untuk biasiswa dan sebagainya.

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  28. jika Petronas menyerahkan RM20 atau 20% kepada Sabah, apakah keuntungan yang diperolehi Petronas, sedangkan Petronas memerlukan dana untuk meneruskan kerja dan kontrak carigali di 46 negara di dunia? Bagaimana Petronas mahu membiayai subsidi minyak yang semakin meningkat?

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  29. ada pihak tertentu memperdaya rakyat Sabah dengan isu kenaikan royalti minyak sedangkan isu ini sukar untuk dibuktikan secara logik, melainkan prasangka jahat terhadap Kerajaan Persekutuan yang didakwa bersikap tidak adil kepada rakyat Sabah

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  30. Selain royalti, Petronas mungkin boleh menambah pakej menarik untuk Sabah; terutama Projek Gas di Kimanis dalam bentuk ekuiti atau memberi saham kepada setiap rakyat Sabah sebagaimana peranan Yayasan Sabah di era Tun Mustapha; memberi dividen tunai di atas keuntungan balak Yayasan Sabah

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    1. Certainly a great alternative way. Hope more people gain benefit.

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    2. projek seperti SOGT baik untuk menaikkan lagi ekonomi Sabah.

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  31. When completed, SOGT will have an onshore gas terminal and compression station, as well as terminal facilities for oil, including loading jetties for tankers. The complex will have the capacity to handle up to 1bn cu feet of gas and 300,000 barrels of crude oil per day. The crude oil and condensate received and stored at the terminal will be exported through single-point moorings located offshore Kimanis.

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  32. Kimanis Power was scheduled to sign an engineering, procurement, construction and commission contract with a consortium led by CTCI Corporation of Taiwan. Other members of the group include CTCI Malaysia, CTCI Overseas Corporation, SCHB Engineering Services and SYNERLITZ (M).

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  33. The consortium will develop, construct and commission the 300-MW combined- cycle gas-fired power plant in Kimanis, as well as its related infrastructure and facilities. Located on an area of approximately 16 ha, the first generation block is scheduled to be completed in December 2013. The Kimanis power plant is one of SOGT’s major spinoffs and is expected to form an important component of the state’s electricity grid.

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  34. The launching of SOGT also marks the start of another massive infrastructure project – the Sabah-Sarawak Gas Pipeline (SSGP). Still under construction, SSGP will run some 500 km to Petronas’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant at Bintulu, Sarawak. When completed, the SSGP will link Sabah and Sarawak’s gas sectors.

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    1. Perkembangan ini akan membawa ekonomi menghala ke peringkat yang lebih berkembang.

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  35. The SOGT project is designed to help support the development of the state’s economy. As of part of this, Petronas recently gave an assurance that it will consider local contractors in awarding future contracts, following a call from the Sabah Oil and Gas Contractors Association (SOGCA) for more opportunities.

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  36. SOGCA has raised concerns recently about the number of projects local contractors receive from the Malaysia hydrocarbons company. According to SOGCA, contractors from Sabah are usually appointed as subcontractors, while primary contractors usually hail from Peninsular Malaysia or Sarawak.

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  37. In reply, Chief Minister Musa Aman confirmed on May 9 that Petronas had given its assurance that more local qualified oil and gas contractors would also be considered for projects in future.

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    1. Kontraktor tempatan harus membuktikan kebolehan untuk mengendali projek Petronas.

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  38. As many recognise, Sabah’s development will require investment in the downstream components of its oil and gas industry. But there is debate even within the ruling coalition as to the best way to ensure such development.

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  39. On May 17, it was reported in the local press that Herbert Timbun Lagadan, the vice-president of Parti Bersatu Sabah, one of the parties within the ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional (BN), had said that for Sabahans to truly benefit from SOGT, it was essential that a refinery be built in the state, as that would be the only way to help local companies to tap into the huge potential the industry would create.

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  40. Sabah has an important role in the national government too, supplying a solid delegation of BN deputies to the federal parliament. The hope of many in Kota Kinabalu is that this influence may ensure greater focus on the downstream end of these industries in Sabah, thus fulfilling the nation’s – and the state’s – energy and development needs.

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  41. The Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) has accused Chief Minister Musa Aman’s Umno-led BN government of failing to safeguard the interest of the local companies in the ongoing multi-billion-ringgit project.

    Musa Aman baru 9 tahun mentadbir Sabah, bukannya 30 tahun.. SAPP juga pernah memerintah Sabah.. kenapa tidak salahkan sekali Yong Teck Lee kerana gagal melindungi hak Sabah??

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    1. Musa adalah CM yang berkebolehan jika dibandingkan. Perkembangan Sabah adalah positif.

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  42. Syarikat minyak negara, Petronas telah memberikan jaminan yang ia akan mempertimbang para kontraktor tempatan apabila memberikan projek-projek- nya di masa akan datang ekoran saranan yang dibuat oleh Persatuan Kontraktor Minyak dan Gas Sabah (SOGCA) agar Petronas memperbanyakkan peluang kepada kontraktornya.

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  43. Ketua Menteri Datuk Seri Musa Aman berkata ketua pegawai eksekutif syarikat minyak dan gas itu, Datuk Shamsul Azhar Abbas, telah memberikan maklum balas yang baik terhadap saranan SOGCA dan berjanji memastikan peluang-peluang seumpama itu diberikan kepada kontrak tempatan yang berkelayakan dalam industri berkenaan.

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  44. Ketika bersarapan pagi ini bersama-sama Shamsul dan Menteri Pembangunan Perindustrian Negeri Datuk Raymond Tan Shu Kiah, kami telah membincangkan perkara ini … dan saya telah beritahu beliau akan harapan para peniaga dan pengusaha industri minyak dan gas Sabah.

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  45. Saya telah meminta agar peluang diberikan kepada para pengusaha di Sabah agar mereka boleh berkecimpung dan mengambil bahagian secara aktif dalam industri minyak dan gas memandangkan Sabah juga merupakan pengeluar minyak.

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    1. Bagus juga jika peluang dibuka kepada para usahawan tempatan.

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  46. Beliau menerima baik pandangan saya(Musa Aman) dan berjanji berusaha memastikan projek-projek yang akan dilaksanakan Petronas mengambilkira kepentingan peniaga dan pengusaha yang layak di negeri Sabah dan bukan sahaja bumiputera tetapi juga bukan-bumiputera, kata beliau kepada pemberita selepas melancarkan Mobile Courtroom di sini kelmarin.

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  47. Ekonomi Negeri Sabah Kekal Stabil

    MUSA AMAN BERJAYA MEMBANGUNKAN EKONOMI SABAH

    Untuk tempoh lima bulan pertama pada tahun ini, eksport negeri terus berkembang pada kadar 7.2 peratus dengan nilai mencecah RM20.7 bilion, manakala import pula telah meningkat pada kadar 30 peratus dengan jumlah mencecah RM16 bilion.

    YONG TECK LEE BERJAYA HANCURKAN EKONOMI SABAH

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  48. Ekonomi Negeri Sabah Kekal Stabil

    MUSA AMAN BERJAYA MEMBANGUNKAN EKONOMI SABAH

    Import bagi jentera serta kelengkapan pengangkutan dan barang-barang keluaran kilang, masing-masing telah berkembang sebanyak 45 peratus dan 65 peratus.

    YONG TECK LEE BERJAYA HANCURKAN EKONOMI SABAH

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  49. Ekonomi Negeri Sabah Kekal Stabil

    MUSA AMAN BERJAYA MEMBANGUNKAN EKONOMI SABAH

    Pertumbuhan tinggi tersebut mencerminkan pelaburan besar oleh sektor swasta iaitu sebanyak RM10 bilion pada suku tahun pertama tahun ini yang mana ianya juga merupakan pelaburan swasta yang tertinggi di Malaysia.

    YONG TECK LEE BERJAYA HANCURKAN EKONOMI SABAH

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  50. Ekonomi Negeri Sabah Kekal Stabil

    MUSA AMAN BERJAYA MEMBANGUNKAN EKONOMI SABAH

    Jumlah pelaburan yang diluluskan di bawah sektor pembuatan untuk tujuh bulan pertama pada tahun ini ialah sebanyak RM5.7 bilion. Sebahagian besar daripada jumlah pelaburan ini disumbangkan oleh Petronas melalui projek Ammonia Dan Urea Sabah (SAMUR).

    YONG TECK LEE BERJAYA HANCURKAN EKONOMI SABAH

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    1. baguslah jika ekonomi Sabah terus stabil. tingkatkan lagi usaha untuk majukan sekonomi Sabah.

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  51. Ekonomi Negeri Sabah Kekal Stabil

    MUSA AMAN BERJAYA MEMBANGUNKAN EKONOMI SABAH

    Pelaburan dalam Koridor Pembangunan Sabah juga semakin aktif dengan jumlah pelaburan terkumpul direalisasikan (cummulative realized investment) melalui Projek-projek Permulaan (Entry-Point Projects) setakat bulan Julai 2012 sebanyak RM9.43 bilion.

    YONG TECK LEE BERJAYA HANCURKAN EKONOMI SABAH

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  52. Ekonomi Negeri Sabah Kekal Stabil

    MUSA AMAN BERJAYA MEMBANGUNKAN EKONOMI SABAH

    Berdasarkan unjuran, senario ekonomi negeri pada masa hadapan adalah cerah dan mempunyai prospek yang baik di mana beberapa projek swasta berimpak tinggi yang dibiayai melalui kerjasama awam dan swasta dijangka akan memainkan peranan dan menjadi pemangkin dalam menjana pertumbuhan ekonomi negeri.

    YONG TECK LEE BERJAYA HANCURKAN EKONOMI SABAH

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  53. Ekonomi Negeri Sabah Kekal Stabil

    MUSA AMAN BERJAYA MEMBANGUNKAN EKONOMI SABAH

    Pada masa ini, terdapat pelbagai projek berimpak tinggi yang sedang dilaksanakan yang merangkumi beberapa sektor termasuklah sektor minyak, gas dan tenaga, pelancongan, pertanian dan pembangunan hartanah bersepadu berkos tinggi (high end integrated real estate development).

    YONG TECK LEE BERJAYA HANCURKAN EKONOMI SABAH

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  54. Ekonomi Negeri Sabah Kekal Stabil

    MUSA AMAN BERJAYA MEMBANGUNKAN EKONOMI SABAH

    Pada masa yang sama, dengan pelaksanaan pelbagai program seperti Program Transformasi Kerajaan (GTP), Program Transformasi Ekonomi (ETP), Program Transformasi Luar Bandar (RTP) dan mengambil kira pelbagai inisiatif seperti yang telah diumumkan dalam Bajet Nasional 2013, pertumbuhan ekonomi Negeri dijangka akan dapat ditingkatkan lagi.

    YONG TECK LEE BERJAYA HANCURKAN EKONOMI SABAH

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  55. Ekonomi Negeri Sabah Kekal Stabil

    MUSA AMAN BERJAYA MEMBANGUNKAN EKONOMI SABAH

    Walaupun pertumbuhan sektor luaran diramalkan akan tumbuh sederhana di sebalik cabaran-cabaran ekonomi global, ekonomi negeri Sabah dijangka akan kekal stabil disebabkan oleh sokongan daripada pelaburan awam dan swasta serta penggunaan domestik yang kukuh. Oleh yang demikian, ekonomi negeri diunjurkan berkembang di antara 5 hingga 6 peratus pada tahun 2013.

    YONG TECK LEE BERJAYA HANCURKAN EKONOMI SABAH

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  56. A few pro-opposition supporters had expressed their displeasure with the situation and urged the leaders to co-operate as the general election is just around the corner.

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  57. Hanya yg sama sama musang dan sapi suka bersekongkol dgn munsang sabah. fulstop

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  58. Petronas paid Sabah RM941.25 million in oil royalty this year - the highest amount ever in the State's history, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman.

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    1. The amount also exceeded the State Government's initial estimate of RM774.6 million, said Musa, who is also State Finance Minister, at the State Legislative Assembly, Wednesday.

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    2. In his Budget winding up speech for the Finance Ministry, he also informed House members that the Federal Government was now taking a look at the Petronas oil royalty issue and is expected to give its feedback at an appropriate time.

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    3. Responding to the query by Luyang Assemblywoman Melanie Chia who asked if the State Government would be paying the RM544 million bond at one go upon its maturity date in 2013, which may result in a cumulative deficit of RM804.48 million, he said the State Government was confident it would be able to provide sufficient allocation when it is time to pay the bond.

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    4. He also corrected Chia that the bond maturity period is five years and since it was issued in 2009, its maturity date is 2014 and not 2013.

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    5. Musa also criticised Sri Tanjung Assemblyman Jimmy Wong who in debating the State 2013 Budget had claimed that the State Budget looked the same each year.

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    6. Sabah tidak harus sebegini sahaja. Apakah yang menyebabkan Sabah masih dalam kemiskinan?

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  59. "This is a view from people who do not know how to distinguish between right and the wrong. It is a typical opposition ploy to always deny the successes and achievements of the Government.

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    1. "By refusing to look and listen they continue to tell the people that the Barisan Nasional (BN) Government is incompetent, incapable and not struggling for the rakyat," he said.

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    2. Musa said the State's financial standing had been improving each year and apart from introducing new programmes, the old ones that had greatly benefited the people were maintained and continued.

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    3. "This does not mean that the State Government is out of ideas because the implementation of the continuing programmes is always being monitored and improved in line with the current needs of the people," he said.

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    4. Contrary to the Sri Tanjung Assemblyman's statement, he said the strategy and approach taken in preparing the State Budget had always been dynamic from year to year.

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    5. The strategies introduced each year had successfully produced effective output such as in increasing the State revenue collection, which could be seen in 2007 when revenue went up to RM2.37 billion and then touched RM3.3 billion in 2008.

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    6. "As I mentioned in my State 2013 Budget speech last Friday, the highest State revenue collection ever was in 2011 when RM4.368 billion was collected," he said.

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    7. Musa said that by snubbing the State financial stand and claiming that that the State Consolidated Fund had shrunk, Wong had shown that he did not understand the State Budget planning mechanism.

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    8. "The Government is prepared to provide a huge allocation for the State's development although it realised that it will reduce the State Consolidated Fund.

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    9. "(But), for whom is this development if not for the prosperity of the State and people. What is important is the State's financial coffers remain strong even though we increase expenditure," he said.

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    10. Musa also explained that the Chief Minister's Department (CMD) received the highest allocation for next year because it had to address so many things.

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  60. He cited a RM203 million development fund specifically for the development of religious, rural, sentuhan kasih (touch point programme), forestry and land, while RM443.9 million was to pay for the salary and operations of the various departments under the CMD.

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    1. Meanwhile, a major portion of the allocation to the Finance Ministry would be distributed to the relevant departments to implement programmes and projects.

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    2. A total of RM960 million is payment for the development of several trust share accounts and another RM873.6 million is to be given for special fund projects under the oil palm industry, repair damages by natural disasters and support infrastructure, government buildings, grant to non-Muslim religious bodies and schools, government vehicles, payment of State Government's debts, payment to the water concessionaires as well as investments equity.

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    3. Other expenses included operational cost and salary.

      "If the Sri Tanjung Assemblyman had read the explanation in the distributed State 2013 Budget booklet, he should have understood this because it has already been clearly explained there.

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    4. "So the conclusion is the assemblyman did not read the State 2013 Budget booklet and did not even know the issues raised by him," he said in response to what he described as "unhealthy accusations" by Wong when disputing the big allocation for the Chief Minister's Department and Finance Ministry.

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    5. The State 2013 Budget of RM4.088 billion, which is the highest in the State's financial history was passed unanimously after 30 assemblymen, minus the representative from Sebatik, took part in the two-day debate session.

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    6. Bujet 2013 harus digunakan dengan wajar dalam projek yang boleh menjana pendapatan yang berterusan.

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    7. Setuju dengan saudara Ronald, Bajet 2013 sememangnya harus digunakan untuk projek yang memanfaatkan secara berpanjangan.

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  61. A petroleum royalty review, which may pave the way for the State Government to discuss a new rate, is indeed timely, said Sabah Puteri Umno Chief, Musliati Muslimin.

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    1. Should the discussions materialise and succeed, it would give Sabah the financial boost for new developments and would also benefit the people, she said.

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    2. We have always wanted it to be increased," she revealed. She said the royalty issue was in fact one of the topics discussed among Umno members in the party's bid to help the people.

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    3. Hopefully, the new royalty rate would be a win-win quantum between the State and Federal governments, she added

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    4. Believing the topic is open for discussion, Musa added the best way for Sabah is to scrutinies the matter and reach a mutual decision with the Federal Government.

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    5. Hope that we can reach a win-win situation.

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  62. The Sabah Oil and Gas Contractors Association (Sogca) wants to see at least one Sabahan sit as a Vice President in Petronas, in view of the State's big contribution to the national oil and gas industry.

    Its President Datuk Iskandar Datuk Malik said with the huge number of Petronas projects in Sabah involving hundred billions of ringgit, the association would like to see the position of Petronas top personnel in Sabah elevated to Vice President.

    He said currently the highest post given to a Sabahan is only General Manager for Sabah and Labuan, which is held by Joseph Podtung, but who is not involved in any decision-making.

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    1. Hopefully we could see at least one vice president in Petronas, that would be good for Sabahans.

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  63. Sabahans should view Petronas’ contribution to the development of the state’s oil and gas sector positively, says Assistant Minister of Youth and Sports Datuk Jahid Jahim.

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    1. He said there was no doubt that Petronas was already contributing to the state’s economy especially in terms of creating employment and business opportunities.

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    2. He told that Petronas’ contribution to the state must be viewed in the overall context and not from the point of royalty alone.

      Petronas has been forging ahead with upstream and downstream oil and gas projects involving a combined capital investment of RM45 billion.

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    3. The oil corporation was now moving full steam ahead with attention focused on Petronas’ massive investment in Kimanis and Sipitang, which included the Sabah Oil Gas Terminal, the Kimanis Gas Fired Power Plant Ammonia and the Urea Plant Project in Sipitang.

      The investments will result in great economic spin-offs for thousands of Sabahans residing in Papar, Kimanis, Beaufort and Sipitang.

      Recently, chief minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman assured that the state government would extend its full support and assistance to facilitate Petronas-related activities in Sabah.

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    4. Diharapkan lebih banyak projek mega seperti pelaburan di Kimanis dan Sipitang akan diperkenalkan di Sabah.

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    5. Pelaburan di situ bukan sahaja mewujudkan lebih peluang pekerjaan tapi juga boleh memperbaiki ekonomi setempat.

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  64. Down with UMPURNO...

    Curi Tipu rompak seleweng rasuah ganas tamak pemalas gaji buta are their names..

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    1. PKR pun bukan bersih sangat..lihat saja dinegeri Selangor dan P. Pinang, banyak masalah yang berlaku sekrang ini.

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    2. Kamu ingat orang PKR tidak rasuah? Terlalu naif la kamu ni.

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  65. isu ini sengaja dimainkan untuk kepentingan politik pihak tertentu.

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    1. Isu ini dimainkan selama ini hanya untuk satu tujuan, iaitu untuk menjatuhkan kerajaan BN.

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    2. Terpulanglah kepada rakyat jelata untuk membuat penilaian sendiri tentang isu ini.

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  66. Sabah received a total of RM941.25 million in oil royalties from Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas), exceeding the amount originally projected by the state government for this year.

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    1. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman, who is also state Finance Minister, said the state had aimed for RM774.6 million in oil royalties this year.

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    2. "The amount received is the highest in the history of Sabah," he said when winding up his debate at the State Assembly meeting here today.

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    3. He said the proposal to raise the oil royalty payment from the current five per cent was being studied by the federal government which is due to give its feedback at a suitable time.

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    4. On another note, Musa said the state government will focus on managing investments that are not too dependent on sales tax from crude palm oil and from royalties paid for petroleum.

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    5. The state's two revenue contributors are expected to contribute 53.63 per cent to total revenue next year.

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    6. "The efforts of the state government had resulted in the collection of RM928.03 million in revenue by the state in 2011 through interest and returns from investments while this year, the amount is expected to be in the range of RM820 million with RM691.56 million expected next year," he said.

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    7. He said the state's strong reserves position also ensured that the government is prepared to face any negative effects should there be a drop in the price of CPO and petroleum.

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    8. Musa also said that the state's financial position was gaining in strength with the help of suitable old and new programmes carried out in line with the needs of the people in the state.

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    9. Several strategies introduced yearly, have been able to produce effective results such as the efficient domestic tax revenue collection that has gone up year by year.

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    10. "For example, RM2.26 billion was collected in 2006, and this went up to RM2.37 billion in 2007 and hit RM3.3 billion in 2008," he explained.

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