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Musa must take responsibility for Sabah’s poverty

It was very disturbing to read in the local papers on Thurs 15 Nov, 2012 that Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman continues to remain in a state of denial on the grinding poverty situation in Sabah.

This is really unbecoming on the part of the Chief Minister. His high-handed attitude should be deplored and roundly condemned by all Sabahans especially the vast majority who has been suffering for so long under the BN Government since 1994.

We are by no means entirely blaming Musa for the plight of Sabah but he must share a large part of the blame. He has been the Chief Executive for a good many years and shows no signs, if any, of going away anytime soon and giving others an opportunity to do a better job. 

Already, Upko is calling for the return of the BN policy of rotating the Chief Minister’s post. Soon this call will become a clamour among all BN component parties.

Even his own party members are restive at Musa continuing to hog the Chief Minister’s post even when he cannot do a decent job. This dog in the manger approach must go but not to be replaced by another member of the Aman family.

There’s even speculation that Musa will eventually quit only if his brother, Foreign Minister AnifahAman, replaces him. This is tantamount to holding the people of Sabah to ransom.

The Aman family should not belabour under the delusionthat Sabah is their ancestral property.

Clearly, Musa has lost a golden opportunity to help alleviate our poverty situation and now, at the 11th hour, instead of owning up to the fact and pledging to take the bull by the horns, he’s shamelessly denying that Sabah is the poorest in Malaysia.

We have no intention to trot out figures on Sabah’s poverty.

Others have made the case more than eloquently and those interested can look up the Hansard or Google the relevant information.

Suffice it to say that Minister in the Prime Minister MohdNorYakop last revealed the poverty numbers on Sabah during the recent session of Parliament. The salient point that comes to mind from Mohd Nor’s statement is that Nabawan, with a 70 per cent poverty rate, is the poorest place in Malaysia. 

Other places in Sabah are not far off and this includes Pitas which, at one time, had the dubious distinction of being the poorest place in Malaysia.

Mohd Nor’s statement in Parliament tallies with the contents of the World Bank Report released in Dec 2010 at the Shangri La Tanjung Aru Resort in Kota  Kinabalu to the Sabah State Government.

The report, based on figures from the Economic Planning Unit and the respective State Planning Units in Kota Kinabalu and Kuching, confirmed that Sabah and Sarawak were the poorest and 2nd poorest states respectively in Malaysia.

In Sabah’s case, matters are compounded by the fact that the impoverished hordes from the Philippines in particular and Indonesia are entering our official figures on poverty by way of continuing to obtain MyKads via the backdoor.

The dubious MyKad situation has even led the World Bank to warn in an earlier Report that “Sabah was chasing its tail in poverty eradication”.

We are already poor, primarily due to the internal colonisation policies of Putrajaya, and the Philippines and Indonesia continues to dump its poor on us.

This is like adding insult to injury.

If Musa wants to continue in the Chief Minister’s chair, he should summon up the courage to stand up to the bullying tactics of Putrajaya.

We need to get back control over our fast depleting oil and gas resources. We need the money more than the Federal Government and the Malayans.

It will be a phyric victory if we only get back control of these fields after they are depleted. Petronas is not going to keep these fields when they run dry.

Musa should also enter into negotiations with the Federal Government to come up with a fairer and more equitable revenue-sharing formula based on the fact that Sabah has autonomy as a Nation in Malaysia.

The Federal Government should only handle defence, foreign affairs and national economic planning when it comes to Sabah and Sarawak, and we can take care of the rest. The National Cabotage Policy should be abolished.

All these steps coupled with the resolution of MyKads issued dubiously to illegal immigrants are the keys to alleviating the poverty situation in Sabah.

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  1. CM Musa Aman did a good job in administrating & uplifting Sabah's economy to the level it achieve today. This article is a pure rubbish...

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    1. Ekonomi Negeri Sabah Kekal Stabil

      WHY NOT WE BLAME YONG TECK LEE WHO ALMOST MAKE SABAH BANKRUPT?

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

      OPPOSITION ONLY KNOW HOW TO SPREADING LIES.. EVEN THEY UNABLE TO SOLVE THE POVERTY PROBLEM

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    2. Ekonomi Negeri Sabah Kekal Stabil

      WHY NOT WE BLAME YONG TECK LEE WHO ALMOST MAKE SABAH BANKRUPT?

      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. 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). 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.

      OPPOSITION ONLY KNOW HOW TO SPREADING LIES.. EVEN THEY UNABLE TO SOLVE THE POVERTY PROBLEM

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    3. Ekonomi Negeri Sabah Kekal Stabil

      WHY NOT WE BLAME YONG TECK LEE WHO ALMOST MAKE SABAH BANKRUPT?

      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. 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).

      OPPOSITION ONLY KNOW HOW TO SPREADING LIES.. EVEN THEY UNABLE TO SOLVE THE POVERTY PROBLEM

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    4. Ekonomi Negeri Sabah Kekal Stabil

      WHY NOT WE BLAME YONG TECK LEE WHO ALMOST MAKE SABAH BANKRUPT?

      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.

      OPPOSITION ONLY KNOW HOW TO SPREADING LIES.. EVEN THEY UNABLE TO SOLVE THE POVERTY PROBLEM

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    5. Ekonomi Negeri Sabah Kekal Stabil

      WHY NOT WE BLAME YONG TECK LEE WHO ALMOST MAKE SABAH BANKRUPT?

      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.

      OPPOSITION ONLY KNOW HOW TO SPREADING LIES.. EVEN THEY UNABLE TO SOLVE THE POVERTY PROBLEM

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    6. CAN YOU PROVE THAT THIS STATEMENT IS RUBBISH? IF SO- I WILL VOTE FOR MUSA!

      "The report, based on figures from the Economic Planning Unit and the respective State Planning Units in Kota Kinabalu and Kuching, confirmed that Sabah and Sarawak were the poorest and 2nd poorest states respectively in Malaysia."

      How come despite being the 2 richest in resources we have become the poorest "states" after all their promises they made in 1963 about "eradicating poverty, economic progress..." to entice us into forming "Malaysia"?

      A well known Sahaban once said "Life was better before 1963"...

      Now as the new colonies of Malaya, we are worst off than under the British rule where we lived in a more peaceful and harmonious society. Now we have the UMNO apartheid/religious state fascism...

      We got Malayanised and not Borneonised under the 18/20 Points Agreements with Malaya in1963!

      Apartheid as exemplified by the direct discriminatory NEP policies favouring one race over all other citizens. In reality the NEP favours UMNO ruling elites and their families and Malay Chinese Indian Iban Kadazadusan cronies who control the system and get the oil and timber contract and all other "infrastructure development projects"!

      Freedom of religion should be strongly supported for all races and creeds.

      But Islamisation is being forced on us despite the promise of religious freedom as higlighed by the debate on PKR Nurul's remarks on this subject.

      UMNO has stealthily infiltrated some 3 millions Muslims into Malaya Sabah and Sarawak and talked about sending 70,000 religious teachers to Sarawak, build mosques in every surburb when people are prevented from building churches.

      An end result is that UMNO has done a great disservice to the Malays they are pretending to help- there will be more job competitions and for living space, subsidies. The Malays are the real losers!

      Read again Daniel Jambun's the "Roots causes of poverty in Sabah and Sarawak".

      This article sums up all the reasons why Malaysia is a failed project and failed state for the people but great success for UMNO and cronies!

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    7. READERS READ THE COMMENTS WITH A MORE CRITICAL MIND AS UMNO CYBER TROOPERS ARE BUSILY FLOODING WEBSITES WITH "POSITIVE COMMENTS" TO POLISH UMNO IMAGE FOR THE ELECTIONS

      This is a comment on what is happening on the Net from a website:

      “Unlike Malaysiakini, we have so far not had any direct pressure from the government,” said K. Kabilan, the managing editor of Free Malaysia Today. “We have not had any phone calls asking us to stop any critical writings. However we have had the indirect approach. We have had phone calls from people close to the PM, asking us to tone down our writings.

      “We have had UMNO MPs sulking and refusing to talk to us, simply because we have been critical. We have had MIC leaders threatening us with legal suits for articles showing corrupt practices. And we have had big players suing us over articles linking them with corruption. There have been police reports lodged against us over our articles too. Pro-Umno bloggers too at times take swipes at us, trying to discredit us.”

      A whole corps of pro-government responders has grown up, eager to post pro-government responses to critical stories. Siddiq says he has friends who are making great money posting such responses to stories that run in Malaysian Insider.

      “So many of them now, a few of my friends are making good money writing this stuff – even lawyers. They write really good letters. They’ve been around for about a year.”

      He has been called in to give statements to the police, he says, “but there have been no raids on us like on Malaysiakini. I have been hassled by the cops, the securities commission, the laws are stiff on that, they put pressure on our advertisers, who tell us if we write things in a certain way, we won’t get advertising.”

      HOW COME AFTER 49 YEARS UMNO JUST WOKE UP TO THE FACT OF THE GRIM POVERTY AFFECTING SABAHANS SARAWAKIANS AND THE MALAYS IN MALAYA?

      THIS IS BECAUSE UMNO IS ON THE VERGE OF LOSING POLITICAL POWER ....... LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE!

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    8. Usaha Musa membangunkan Sabah ekonomi memang mengagumkan.

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    9. What is Jeffrey's contribution to Sabah all this while?

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    10. The government has done lots of things to us.

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    11. As you can see from what we have now, it is clearly shown that our government is capable of changing for the good cause.

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    12. will be back in the saddle even after the 13th General Election which is expected anytime now.

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    13. People of Sabah had voted Musa Aman back to power in 2008 with almost 98.33% success, winning 59 out of the 60 seats contested. Musa Aman invested in the people, and the people paid back.

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  2. Andu bah cybertroper Umpurnu puji2 vakum berkilat...eleh inda lama lagi mau kena berak sapi udah tu... pembangunan konon, Bank Dunia bilang Sabah paling miskin... Banyak lagi kampung di Sabah tiada air, letrik dan jalan tar ! palui

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    1. DI KELANTAN, KERAJAAN PAS CAKAP HANYA SELEPAS 2027 BARU SETTLE MASALAH AIR BERSIH..

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    2. MASA SAPP MEMERINTAH DULU, KENAPA TIDAK SETTLE ITU MASALAH??

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    3. KALAU BETUL SABAH PALING MISKIN, TIDAK ADA PELABUR DATANG KE SABAH DAN TIDAK ADA PEKERJA ASING DI SABAH..

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    4. Isu air juga menjadi sasaran politik.

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    5. Andu bah Anak Sabah..BN juga menang nanti. Terimalah kenyataan.

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    6. A high growth rate of 5 per cent between 2004 and 2008 is not the reason why Musa Aman had been voted back in 2008.

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    7. Kalau mau kritik orang2 Sabah jangan la ba kasi tinguk kebodohan kau tu.

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  3. Sebanyak RM120 juta diperuntukkan untuk Program Akhiri Zaman Miskin (1Azam) dalam usaha membasmi kemiskinan di negeri Sabah.

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    1. Usaha kerajaan menanggani isu kemiskinan amat membanggakan.

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    2. Program membasmi kemiskinan harus mendapat sokongan semua pihak.

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    3. 1Azam tidak akan wujud jika kerajaan tidak bersungguh-sungguh mahu basmi kemiskinan.

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    4. Providing free milk, food supplements, textbooks, uniforms, shoes to school-going children, and reserving seats for women in JKKK and local bodies was part of the social engineering that he undertook.

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    5. The programme established a register on the profile of hardcore poor households and contained a package of projects tailored to meet their specific needs, such as increasing their employability and income, better housing and educational assistance.

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  4. peruntukan daripada kerajaan pusat itu membabitkan dua fasa yang pertama pada 2010 berjumlah RM40 juta dan kedua pada tahun lepas berjumlah RM80 juta.

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    1. Harap lebih ramai yang dapat disenaraikan dalam penerimaan bantuan 1Azam ini.

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    2. The hardcore poor were provided with interest-free loans to purchase shares in a unit trust scheme (ASB-PPRT) so that the dividends can supplement their income.

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    3. The challenge Musa Aman faces in his third term are not only formidable but if attempted in a more realistic and holistic manner can even chart out a new future for the country.

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    4. There are many ways that we as Sabahans, should learn from.

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  5. Sejumlah 12,500 Ketua Isi Rumah (KIR) di negeri ini telah disasar untuk dibantu di bawah program itu bagi kedua-dua fasa tersebut.

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  6. KIR yang layak adalah daripada kalangan golongan miskin berpendapatan kurang RM950 sebulan dan miskin tegar berpendapatan kurang RM550.

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    1. Golongan yang kurang berkemampuan dapat diberi perhatian yang wajar.

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    2. Bantuan harus diberi kepada golongan yang benar bermasalah. Jangan pula ada golongan salah gunakan kuasa atau mengambil kesempatan.

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    3. Mohon bantu KIR yang masih belum daftarkan diri untuk menerima bantuan 1Azam.

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  7. membasmi kemiskinan tegar di luar bandar khususnya KIR berpendapatan rendah merupakan salah satu daripada enam Bidang Keberhasilan Utama Negara (NKRA).

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    1. Membasmi kemiskinan memang sedia ada dalam perancangan kerajaan. Tindakanya adalah mengikut perancangan.

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  8. terdapat empat kategori di bawah program 1Azam, iaitu Azam Tani, Azam Niaga, Azam Khidmat dan Azam Kerja.

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    1. Kategori2 adalah untuk memudahkan pengagihan bantuan dijalankan.

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  9. usaha-usaha membasmi kemiskinan khususnya kemiskinan tegar di negeri ini akan terus dipergiatkan melalui pelaksanaan Roadmap Membasmi Kemiskinan Tegar yang telah dimulakan di awal Rancangan Malaysia Kesembilan (RMK-9).

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    1. Banyak program membasmi kemiskinan dilancarkan. Mereka yang memerlukan bantuan pasti dimanfaatkan.

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    2. Pembangkang hanya melemparkan tuduhan tidak berasas ke atas kerajaan yang kononya kerajaan tidak prihatin dengan masalah kemiskinan.

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  10. Roadmap tersebut yang mengandungi pelbagai program Kerajaan Persekutuan dan Kerajaan Negeri telah mula menampakkan hasil melalui pelaksanaan projek Agropolitan Pulau Banggi dan Program Mini Estet Sejahtera (MESEJ) yang telah dimulakan sekurang-kurangnya di 15 buah daerah.

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  11. program-program lain Kementerian Pembangunan Luar Bandar (KPLB) Sabah dan agensi-agensi Kerajaan Ne-geri seperti Ko-Nelayan, Koperasi Pembangunan Desa (KPD) dan Yayasan Usaha Maju (YUM) juga menyumbang ke arah pengurangan kemis-kinan tegar.

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    1. Golongan di laur bandar harus memberi perhatian yang wajar, ada diantaranya masih tiada bekalan asas yang mencukupi dan berkualiti.

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  12. Projek Agropolitan merupa-kan antara yang paling berkesan dalam menangani kemiskinan dan dengan cadangan pelaksanaan projek tersebut di daerah-daerah lubuk kemiskinan di Sabah, ianya diyakini kemiskinan khususnya kemiskinan tegar akan dapat dikurangkan secara substantif.

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  13. antara isu lain yang perlu diberi perhatian dalam usaha membasmi kemiskinan tegar di Sabah ialah keperluan memberi keutamaan kepada pembinaan dan baik pulih rumah di bawah Program Bantuan Rumah (PBR) iaitu satu program di bawah SPKR.

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    1. usaha ini menggalak semua golongan memiliki sebiji rumah kediaman. Rakyat harus bersyukur dengan usaha kerajaan.

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  14. Tawau diisytiharkan sebagai daerah pertama di Sabah yang bebas daripada belenggu kemiskinan tegar.

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    1. Usaha ini memang membanggakan. Semoga lebih banyak tempat akan kelaur dari golongan miskin.

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  15. kejayaan tersebut membuktikan keberkesanan pelbagai program membasmi kemiskinan tegar oleh kerajaan negeri dan persekutuan yang dilaksanakan di negeri itu termasuk perladangan Program Pembangunan Rakyat Termiskin (PPRT) dan Mini Estet Sejahtera (MESEJ).

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  16. Tawau sudah menjadi sifar miskin tegar dan ini jelas menunjukkan usaha-usaha kerajaan kini sudah berjaya. Usaha ini bukan saja laksanakan di Tawau, tetapi di seluruh Sabah.
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  17. kerajaan akan meneruskan usaha berkenaan bagi memastikan semua rakyat di Sabah mendapat pembelaan sewajarnya, sekali gus menjadikan negeri itu sifar miskin tegar.

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    1. Sifar tidak berlaku serta merta atau sekelip mata, semua ini dilaksanakan secara berperingkat.

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  18. bagi memastikan semua program membasmi kemiskinan tegar di Sabah berjalan seperti dirancang, kerajaan negeri menubuhkan "Focus Group" iaitu sebuah jawatankuasa yang memantau program berkenaan.

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  19. Musa menafikan dakwaan pembangkang yang kerajaan tidak melakukan apa-apa untuk membela rakyat kerana kejayaan projek PPRT telah membuktikan bahawa tuduhan itu meleset.

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  20. pihak pembangkang yang menggambarkan seolah-olah kerajaan negeri tidak membuat apa-apa terhadap rakyat adalah tidak betul sama sekali. Mereka cuma mahu mengelirukan rakyat

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    1. Usaha kerajaan jelas dan terbukti. Tiada pihak boleh menafikannya.

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  21. jumlah Ketua Isi Rumah Miskin Tegar (KIRMT) di Sabah pada 21 Julai 2010 ialah 14,770 berbanding 18,294 pada 31 Disember 2009.

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  22. kerajaan juga bercadang membina 30 lagi MESEJ pertanian dan MESEJ akuakultur di kawasan yang dikenal pasti sebagai lubuk kemiskinan di Sabah

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  23. kerajaan persekutuan turut memperuntukkan sejumlah RM103 juta tahun ini bagi melaksanakan Program Bantuan Rumah untuk KIRMT di seluruh Sabah.

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    1. Peruntukan yang diberi harus diuruskan dan memastikan projek mencapai kejayaan.

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  24. Program berkaitan pembasmian kemiskinan, khususnya kemiskinan tegar, terus menjadi tumpuan Kementerian Pembangunan Luar Bandar Sabah.

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  25. Menteri Pembangunan Luar Bandar negeri Datuk Dr Ewon Ebin berkata sebahagian besar peruntukan RM18.5 juta untuk program pembasmian kemiskinan tahun depan akan dibelanjakan bagi meneruskan projek-projek Mini Estet Sejahtera (Mesej) yang masih dalam pelaksanaan, di samping memulakan beberapa Mesej baharu.

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  26. Di samping itu, peruntukan sebanyak RM1 juta di bawah Pembangunan Usahawan Desa akan membolehkan kementerian ini meneruskan pelaksanaan pusat-pusat keusahawanan desa sebagai tambahan dan naik taraf kepada tiga Pusat Usahawan Desa yang telah dibangunkan di Pitas, Beluran dan Penampang.

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  27. Kementerian ini yakin dengan adanya kerjasama erat antara kementerian dan wakil-wakil rakyat, penjawat awam dan golongan sasar, program-program membasmi kemiskinan yang dilaksanakan akan dapat mencapai sasaran membantu mensifarkan kemiskinan tegar dan mengurangkan kemiskinan relatif di negeri ini.

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  28. Ewon berkata kementerian itu turut memperoleh peruntukan RM55 juta daripada Kementerian Kemajuan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah bagi melaksanakan Program Bantuan Rumah (PBR) di Sabah tahun depan.

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  29. Kerajaan Sabah komited untuk melaksanakan inisiatif pembasmian kemiskinan khususnya kemiskinan tegar sepanjang tahun ini.

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  30. Bagi mencapai tujuan itu, kerajaan negeri menerusi pelbagai agensi termasuk Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) telah melaksanakan gerak kerja pembangunan pembasmian kemiskinan yang lebih tersusun dan menyeluruh.

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  31. ia memastikan rakyat yang tergolong di bawah kategori miskin tegar dapat dibantu dan diberi peluang untuk menjana pendapatan sendiri.

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    1. Rakyat sendiri harus berusaha membaiki lagi keadaan. Sikap bergantung cuma membebankan sahaja.

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    2. Rakyat sendiri harus berdikari dan berusaha membaiki taraf hidup.

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  32. AIM kini mampu menyediakan pinjaman yang besar sehingga RM50,000 menerusi program pembiayaannya yang dikenali sebagai I-Wawasan.

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  33. Sehubungan itu, diharap rakyat negeri ini terutama mereka yang layak dapat merebut peluang itu sebagai langkah permulaan untuk menceburkan diri dalam perniagaan meskipun hanya dijalankan dalam skala yang kecil.

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  34. kejayaan program itu pasti akan memberi dorongan kepada rakyat negeri ini terutama yang berpendapatan rendah untuk menyertai program pembiayaan AIM bagi meningkatkan taraf hidup keluarga masing-masing.

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    1. banyak program telah dijalankan, terbukti kerajaan ikhlas untuk membaiki pendapatan khas golongan yang masih dalam kesusahan.

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  35. kerajaan Sabah akan terus memberi sokongan kepada AIM dalam melaksanakan operasinya di negeri ini termasuk urusan penyampaian modal kepada golongan sasar yang layak.

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  36. Agricultural and animal husbandry projects, the last of the 15,293 very poor families are on the road to wealthy living.

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  37. The first 1,167 of these families will be receiving their first quarterly dividends of 400 ringgit each from profits earned from oil palms.

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    1. Baguslah ada dividend dan profit sharing. Pendapatan bergantung kepada usaha sendiri. Cara ini memang menggalakkan.

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  38. In time to come, they will be earning between 3,000 and 4,000 ringgit a month.

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    1. Jika ini benar, harga barangan juga berkaliganda meningkat. Apakah bezanya?

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  39. The families in Tongod and Kalabakan villages in the east coast will share about 2m ringgit a year from 80% of the profit earned by Rikaworth Sendirian Berhad, a subsidiary of the state-owned Sawit Kinabalu Sendirian Berhad.

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    1. This is the first payout under the mini estates and “agropolitan” projects funded by the federal and state government to wipe out abject poverty in the country.

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  40. Musa said other projects in Beluran, Kemabong and Kota Belud were doing well and would be paying dividends soon. The money will go into the bank accounts of heads of families at Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN).

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  41. Under the scheme carried out under the Sabah Development Corridor, large tracts of land are used to grow crash corps such as oil palms and rubber and to raise cattle for beef and milk.

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  42. Each villager is given a plot of land of between three and four hectares to work on. Houses and roads are built for them and they get amenities and facilities such as potable water, electricity, a fire brigade, clinics and community centres.

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    1. Banyak golongan masih tiada bekalan yang mencukupi. Mereka masih tiada bekalan asas.

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  43. About 370m ringgit has been set aside for these projects for this year and next. But more money is expected to be spent to achieve the government’s goal that there would no longer be any more of the poorest people in the country by December.

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  44. The State and Federal Governments' poverty eradication programmes include the Mesej project, Hardcore Poor Housing Programme (PPRT) plantation, Agropolitan, 1Azam, House Assistance Programme (PBR), Town Poverty Eradication Programme (PPKB) and Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB).

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  45. The ASB, he said, is implemented to cover Poor and Hardcore Poor Household Heads (KIRMTs) and Poor Household Heads (KIRMs) listed under the e-Kasih system.

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  46. So far, Musa said, there are 29 oil palm and rubber Mesej schemes in Sabah, six aquaculture Mesej, seven micro agriculture/aquaculture Mesej and two integrated Mesej that have been implemented in poverty-prevalent areas throughout Sabah.

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  47. The State Government is considering to implement another PPRT plantation in Nabawan, in addition to the two PPRT plantations in Tongod and Kalabakan, respectively.

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  48. The Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Ministry has implemented various programmes under the Town Poverty Eradication Programme

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    1. Under this scheme for last year and this year, he said, a total of 533 people received the House Rent Aid, while Skills Aid, 356, Amanah Saham Wawasan 2020, 1,425 people and House Construction Aid, 30.

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  49. State Government agency, Ko-Nelayan also conducted poverty eradication programmes such as the Hardcore Poverty Eradication Programme (2007-2010) through the ICU-JPM special allocation fund of RM10.198 million involving 670 fishermen.

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  50. Apart from that, more than RM5.7 million has been allocated under the 1Azam programme 2010 involving 489 fishermen that are listed under the e-Kasih programme and also RM10.005 million under the second phase of the 1Azam programme in 2011.

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  51. As of June 30, this year, a total of 690 fishermen were involved under the second phase of the 1Azam.

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    1. Baguslah semua lapisan masyarakat mendapat perhatian.

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  52. As of 2011, he said, a total of 1,116 were involved in the Amanah Saham Bumiputera Sejahtera (ASB Sejahtera) programme by the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development Ministry. The proposed figure for this year (under the ASB Sejahtera) is 326 people.

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  53. As among the implementers of the House Assistance Programme (PBR), Giatmara has completed rehabilitating 2,089 houses and 11 new PBR houses in Sabah last year. A total of 578 houses for repair and 325 new PBRs have been targeted and planned for implementation this year.

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  54. It is not just due to the lack of infrastructure, but due to the mindset of our people, our youngsters. People might get mad with me for making this statement but this is the reality. people need to work hard and change their mindset.

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  55. We complain about Sabah not having enough work opportunity, yet there are 300,000 foreigners working in Sabah. It is simply not logical for us to say that there is a lack of jobs out there when 300,000 foreigners are working in Sabah. Yet our people remain unemployed

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    1. Belia tidak harus teramat pilih kerja. Perkembangan ekonomi memberi lebih banyak peluang pekerjaan kepada orang tempatan.

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  56. Masidi implied that this was because the people wanted good high level jobs

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  57. the locals are always expressing their anger towards foreigners and illegal immigrants, whom they blame for taking over the jobs opportunities

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    1. IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG ABOUT THIS?

      WHAT DO YOU DO IF ROBBERS COME IN YOUR HOUSE & ROB YOU & HURT YOUR FAMILY?

      MALAYAN COLONIAL OFFICIALS & BUSINESS PEOPLE AND ILLEGAL MIGRANTS ARE DOING THIS TO OUR COUNTRIES SABAH AND SARAWAK.

      "COUNTRIES"? YES WE WERE EQUAL PARTNERS IN FORMING MALAYSIA BUT TREATED UNEQUALLY & MADE 13TH & 14TH MALAYAN STATES!

      THEY COME INTO SABAH FREELY TO GRAB OUR JOBS WHEN WE SHOULD GET FIRST PREFERENCE UNDER THE BORNEONISATION AGREEMENT & MIGRATION CONTROL.

      UMNO MALAYA HAS ABUSED ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SARAWAK/SABAH 18/20 POINTS AGREEMENT.

      IN DOING SO MALAYA REPUDIATED THE MALAYSIA AGREEMENT & THIS IS NO LONGER BINDING ON US.

      MALAYSIA IS NULL AND VOID. MALAYA IS ILLEGALLY OCCUPYING OUR COUNTRIES AS COLONIES!

      WE DEMAND DE-COLONISATION OF SABAH & SARAWAK!

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  58. We complain to the government, but we have ourselves to blame

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  59. Pembasmian Kemiskinan di Sabah Berjaya Capai Matlamat

    PEMBANGKANG BUTA MATA DAN BUTA HATI BERKENAAN DENGAN ISU KEMISKINAN SABAH

    Usaha pembasmian kemiskinan yang dilaksanakan kerajaan di negeri ini berjaya mencapai matlamat apabila kadarnya menurun daripada 24.2 peratus pada 2004 kepada 19.7 peratus pada 2009. Ketua Menteri, Datuk Seri Musa Aman berkata, penurunan tertinggi dicatatkan adalah di bahagian pedalaman iaitu sebanyak 15.8 peratus.

    BERITA BAIKNYA, BERLAKU PENURUNAN, BUKANNYA PENINGKATAN BAGI ISU KEMISKINAN SABAH

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    1. Sabah sudah lama dalam kemiskinan? Apakah sebab utama sedangkan Sabah kaya dengan sumber semulajadi yang boleh menjana pendapatan yang lumayan.

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  60. Pembasmian Kemiskinan di Sabah Berjaya Capai Matlamat

    PEMBANGKANG BUTA MATA DAN BUTA HATI BERKENAAN DENGAN ISU KEMISKINAN SABAH

    Pencapaian positif kerajaan dalam membasmi kemiskinan di negeri ini adalah hasil pelaksanaan projek pembangunan ekonomi dalam pelbagai sektor khususnya di luar bandar. Antaranya, projek Mini Estet Sejahtera (Mesej), agropolitan, ladang Projek Perumahan Rakyat Termiskin (PPRT), 1Azam, Program Bantuan Rumah (PBR), Program Pembasmian Kemiskinan Bandar (PPKB) dan Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB).

    BERITA BAIKNYA, BERLAKU PENURUNAN, BUKANNYA PENINGKATAN BAGI ISU KEMISKINAN SABAH

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  61. Pembasmian Kemiskinan di Sabah Berjaya Capai Matlamat

    PEMBANGKANG BUTA MATA DAN BUTA HATI BERKENAAN DENGAN ISU KEMISKINAN SABAH

    Setakat ini terdapat 29 buah Mesej sawit dan getah, akuakultur (enam), mikro pertanian (tujuh) dan Mesej Bersepadu pula dua telah diwujudkan di kawasan-kawasan miskin di seluruh negeri. Daripada jumlah tersebut, sekurang-kurangnya 12 Mesej dan Mesej mikro (enam) telah siap sepenuhnya manakala empat Mesej baru sedang dalam proses pengukuran dan permohonan tanah untuk dilaksana bermula 2012.

    BERITA BAIKNYA, BERLAKU PENURUNAN, BUKANNYA PENINGKATAN BAGI ISU KEMISKINAN SABAH

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  62. Pembasmian Kemiskinan di Sabah Berjaya Capai Matlamat

    PEMBANGKANG BUTA MATA DAN BUTA HATI BERKENAAN DENGAN ISU KEMISKINAN SABAH

    Pada tahun ini, kerajaan memperuntukkan sebanyak RM100 juta bagi melaksanakan pembinaan sebanyak 2,000 buah unit rumah baru di Sabah di bawah PBR. Jumlah keseluruhan rumah baru yang dibina sejak PBR bermula di negeri ini dua tahun lalu adalah sebanyak 7,149 buah.

    BERITA BAIKNYA, BERLAKU PENURUNAN, BUKANNYA PENINGKATAN BAGI ISU KEMISKINAN SABAH

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  63. Pembasmian Kemiskinan di Sabah Berjaya Capai Matlamat

    PEMBANGKANG BUTA MATA DAN BUTA HATI BERKENAAN DENGAN ISU KEMISKINAN SABAH

    Menteri Pembangunan Luar Bandar negeri Datuk Dr Ewon Ebin berkata sebahagian besar peruntukan RM18.5 juta untuk program pembasmian kemiskinan tahun depan akan dibelanjakan bagi meneruskan projek-projek Mini Estet Sejahtera (Mesej) yang masih dalam pelaksanaan, di samping memulakan beberapa Mesej baharu.

    BERITA BAIKNYA, BERLAKU PENURUNAN, BUKANNYA PENINGKATAN BAGI ISU KEMISKINAN SABAH

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  64. Pembasmian Kemiskinan di Sabah Berjaya Capai Matlamat

    PEMBANGKANG BUTA MATA DAN BUTA HATI BERKENAAN DENGAN ISU KEMISKINAN SABAH

    Di samping itu, peruntukan sebanyak RM1 juta di bawah Pembangunan Usahawan Desa akan membolehkan kementerian ini meneruskan pelaksanaan pusat-pusat keusahawanan desa sebagai tambahan dan naik taraf kepada tiga Pusat Usahawan Desa yang telah dibangunkan di Pitas, Beluran dan Penampang.

    BERITA BAIKNYA, BERLAKU PENURUNAN, BUKANNYA PENINGKATAN BAGI ISU KEMISKINAN SABAH

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  65. Pembasmian Kemiskinan di Sabah Berjaya Capai Matlamat

    PEMBANGKANG BUTA MATA DAN BUTA HATI BERKENAAN DENGAN ISU KEMISKINAN SABAH

    Ewon berkata kementerian itu turut memperoleh peruntukan RM55 juta daripada Kementerian Kemajuan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah bagi melaksanakan Program Bantuan Rumah (PBR) di Sabah tahun depan.

    BERITA BAIKNYA, BERLAKU PENURUNAN, BUKANNYA PENINGKATAN BAGI ISU KEMISKINAN SABAH

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  66. Agenda Pembasmian Kemsikinan Kerajaan Sabah 2013


    KERAJAAN FOKUSKAN USAHA MEMBASMI KEMISKINAN TAHUN HADAPAN

    Agenda untuk pembasmian kemiskinan akan diteruskan di bawah Rolling Plan ke tiga RMKe 10. Dalam Bajet 2013, peruntukan sebanyak RM202.12 juta disediakan untuk pelaksanaan program-program pembasmian kemiskinan dengan matlamat sasaran pensifaran miskin tegar dan pengurangan miskin relatif.

    PEMBANGKANG HANYA TAHU KRITIK, TAPI DIPIHAK MEREKA LANGSUNG TIDAK ADA IDEA PENYELESAIAN

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  67. Agenda Pembasmian Kemsikinan Kerajaan Sabah 2013


    KERAJAAN FOKUSKAN USAHA MEMBASMI KEMISKINAN TAHUN HADAPAN

    Dalam teks ucapan bajet tersebut, Datuk Musa Aman turut menekankan bahawa program-program pembasmian kemiskinan tegar seperti program Mini Estet Sejahtera (MESEJ) yang dilaksanakan oleh Kementerian Pembangunan Luar Bandar dan Ladang-Ladang PPRT, satu program usahasama kerajaan negeri dengan Kumpulan Sawit Kinabalu yang diperkenalkan sejak beberapa tahun yang lalu telah menampakkan impak yang ketara dan kini sedang mengeluarkan hasil .

    PEMBANGKANG HANYA TAHU KRITIK, TAPI DIPIHAK MEREKA LANGSUNG TIDAK ADA IDEA PENYELESAIAN

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  68. Agenda Pembasmian Kemsikinan Kerajaan Sabah 2013


    KERAJAAN FOKUSKAN USAHA MEMBASMI KEMISKINAN TAHUN HADAPAN

    Peserta-peserta Ladang PPRT Tongod dan Ladang PPRT Kalabakan terdiri daripada 1,167 Ketua Isi Rumah Miskin Tegar (KIRMT) kini sedang menerima dividen masing masing bernilai RM400 sebulan yang merupakan tambahan kepada pendapatan bulanan mereka sekaligus membebaskan mereka dari belenggu kemiskinan tegar.

    PEMBANGKANG HANYA TAHU KRITIK, TAPI DIPIHAK MEREKA LANGSUNG TIDAK ADA IDEA PENYELESAIAN

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  69. Agenda Pembasmian Kemsikinan Kerajaan Sabah 2013


    KERAJAAN FOKUSKAN USAHA MEMBASMI KEMISKINAN TAHUN HADAPAN

    MESEJ Sungai Laba, Pulau Sebatik di daerah Tawau dan MESEJ Bunang 1 di daerah Keningau sudah mengeluarkan hasil sejak akhir tahun 2011. MESEJ Bunang 2 (Liawan) di Keningau; MESEJ Labang di Nabawan dan MESEJ Balat di Kinabatangan dijangka akan mengeluarkan hasil dalam masa terdekat. Memandangkan keberkesanan MESEJ sebagai mekanisme pembangunan kesejahteraan rakyat khususnya Ketua Isi Rumah Miskin Tegar, kerajaan akan terus memberikan keutamaan kepada program tersebut. Pada tahun 2013, 4 buah MESEJ baru masing-masing di daerah Beaufort, Kinabatangan, Kota Belud dan Daerah Kecil Membakut akan dilaksanakan sebagai tambahan kepada 44 buah MESEJ yang sedia ada di seluruh negeri Sabah.

    PEMBANGKANG HANYA TAHU KRITIK, TAPI DIPIHAK MEREKA LANGSUNG TIDAK ADA IDEA PENYELESAIAN

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  70. Agenda Pembasmian Kemsikinan Kerajaan Sabah 2013


    KERAJAAN FOKUSKAN USAHA MEMBASMI KEMISKINAN TAHUN HADAPAN

    Selain program-program pembasmian kemiskinan yang disebutkan tadi, kerajaan melalui Yayasan Usaha Maju (YUM), menyediakan kemudahan pinjaman kepada golongan miskin, mudah miskin dan miskin tegar yang sebahagian besarnya melibatkan golongan wanita. Kemudahan pinjaman diberikan untuk menjalankan aktiviti keusahawanan dalam sektor pertanian, penternakan, perikanan, perniagaan jual beli, pemprosesan, pertukangan, jahit menjahit dan perkhidmatan.

    PEMBANGKANG HANYA TAHU KRITIK, TAPI DIPIHAK MEREKA LANGSUNG TIDAK ADA IDEA PENYELESAIAN

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  71. Agenda Pembasmian Kemsikinan Kerajaan Sabah 2013


    KERAJAAN FOKUSKAN USAHA MEMBASMI KEMISKINAN TAHUN HADAPAN

    Sehingga kini, YUM telah mengeluarkan pinjaman kepada seramai 22,861 orang peminjam wanita termasuk ibu tunggal yang melibatkan jumlah pinjaman sebanyak RM149 juta dengan kadar bayaran balik pinjaman melebihi 95%. YUM akan terus membantu usahawan wanita dengan menyasarkan penyerahan pinjaman berjumlah RM40 juta pada tahun hadapan yang bakal dimanfaatkan oleh hampir 10,000 orang peminjam. Untuk membolehkan YUM memperluaskan operasinya, maka dalam Bajet 2013, pemberian sebanyak RM7.5 juta dicadangkan kepada YUM.

    PEMBANGKANG HANYA TAHU KRITIK, TAPI DIPIHAK MEREKA LANGSUNG TIDAK ADA IDEA PENYELESAIAN

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  72. HEY JUJAL & ALL ABOVE - HOW MUCH YOU GET PAID BY UMNO TO POLISH ITS BALLS?

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    1. THEN HOW MUCH YOU GET PAID BY SOROS TO HELP OPPOSITION TO SPREADING LIES?

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  73. Agenda Pembasmian Kemsikinan Kerajaan Sabah 2013


    KERAJAAN FOKUSKAN USAHA MEMBASMI KEMISKINAN TAHUN HADAPAN

    Kerajaan yakin dengan pelaksanaan pelbagai program pembasmian kemiskinan ini dan disokong lagi oleh program-program pembasmian kemiskinan yang dilaksanakan oleh Kerajaan Persekutuan di negeri ini, masalah kemiskinan khususnya kemiskinan tegar di negeri Sabah akan dapat ditangani dengan berkesan.

    PEMBANGKANG HANYA TAHU KRITIK, TAPI DIPIHAK MEREKA LANGSUNG TIDAK ADA IDEA PENYELESAIAN

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  74. Bantuan kewangan harus dikurangkan. Ini bukan cara yang bijak tetapi kerajaan harus mengkaji kaedah berjangka masa panjang.

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  75. Sepanjang tempoh pemeritahan Musa, almost 10 years thare was so many improvement he did. He did Sabah going to be the best state in financial management.

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  76. If the STAR would take the gov sabah, do they can perform well as gov now doing? Dont they follow the oppositions nature?

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  77. Agenda untuk pembasmian kemiskinan akan diteruskan di bawah Rolling Plan ke tiga RMKe 10. Dalam Bajet 2013, peruntukan sebanyak RM202.12 juta disediakan untuk pelaksanaan program-program pembasmian kemiskinan dengan matlamat sasaran pensifaran miskin tegar dan pengurangan miskin relatif.

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  78. kerajaan melalui Yayasan Usaha Maju (YUM), menyediakan kemudahan pinjaman kepada golongan miskin, mudah miskin dan miskin tegar yang sebahagian besarnya melibatkan golongan wanita. Kemudahan pinjaman diberikan untuk menjalankan aktiviti keusahawanan dalam sektor pertanian, penternakan, perikanan, perniagaan jual beli, pemprosesan, pertukangan, jahit menjahit dan perkhidmatan. Sehingga kini, YUM telah mengeluarkan pinjaman kepada seramai 22,861 orang peminjam wanita termasuk ibu tunggal yang melibatkan jumlah pinjaman sebanyak RM149 juta dengan kadar bayaran balik pinjaman melebihi 95%. YUM akan terus membantu usahawan wanita dengan menyasarkan penyerahan pinjaman berjumlah RM40 juta pada tahun hadapan yang bakal dimanfaatkan oleh hampir 10,000 orang peminjam. Untuk membolehkan YUM memperluaskan operasinya, maka dalam Bajet 2013, pemberian sebanyak RM7.5 juta dicadangkan kepada YUM.

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  79. Kerajaan yakin dengan pelaksanaan pelbagai program pembasmian kemiskinan ini dan disokong lagi oleh program-program pembasmian kemiskinan yang dilaksanakan oleh Kerajaan Persekutuan di negeri ini, masalah kemiskinan khususnya kemiskinan tegar di negeri Sabah akan dapat ditangani dengan berkesan.

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  80. DR EWON: Kalau kita lihat keadaan di negeri Sabah sebelum merdeka memang jelas kadar kemiskinan amat tinggi sekali khususnya di luar bandar. Ini disebabkan beberapa faktor.

    Pertama ketiadaaan infrastruktur yang boleh menghubungkan satu kawasan ke kawasan lain di luar bandar. Yang kedua orang di luar bandar dulu menggunakan cara tradisional untuk mengusahakan tanah mereka.

    Tetapi keadaan sekarang jauh berbeza. Sekarang ini, banyak kawasan luar bandar yang mendapat kemudaahan asas yang begitu baik. Jalan raya atau jalan kampung ada di sana sini bukan sahaja menghubungkan kampung-kampung tetapi juga menyediakan kemudahan jalan sehingga ke kawasan tanah pertanian, sekaligus membantu meningkatkan ekonomi mereka.

    Misalnya di kawasan saya di Kudasang pada tahun 1985, ada penduduk kampung yang terpaksa berjalan kaki sehingga enam jam dari satu kampung yang ada jalan ke kampung terpencil yang tidak ada jalan raya tetapi sekarang kawasan ini sudah ada jalan raya. Selain itu, kerajaan juga memberi pelbagai bantuan kepada orang kampung termasuk khidmat nasihat mengenai cara mengusahakan tanah.

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  81. Begitu juga dalam soal pendidikan, dulu terlalu sedikit kanak-kanak di luar bandar yang mendapat pendidikan tinggi atau mempunyai pengetahuan yang sesuai dan diperlukan untuk membolehkan mereka bersaing di pasaran kerja. Kini keadaaan sudah berubah. Hampir semua kawasan luar bandar mempunyai bangunan sekolah sama ada sekolah rendah atau sekolah menengah. Banyak orang kita yang dapat belajar dan mendapat ilmu pengetahuan. Jelas sekali, terdapat kesedaran penduduk luar bandar tentang pentingnya pendidikan. Selain itu, penyediaan kemudahan bekalan elektrik dan air turut menyumbang keselesaan golongan miskin di Sabah.

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  82. Kejayaan program pembasmian kemiskinan amat membanggakan. Namun masih ada ruang untuk memperbaiki lagi keadaan. Sebenarnya, kerajaan negeri telah melaksanakan banyak program untuk membasmi kemiskinan selepas kerajaan BN mengambil alih semula tampuk pemerintahan negeri pada tahun 1994. Antaranya ialah Projek Perumahan Rakyat Termiskin (PPRT). Banyak keluarga miskin atau termiskin yang mendapat faedah daripadanya. Kerajaan juga memberikan bantuan zink untuk atap rumah dan tangki air untuk kemudahan keluarga miskin. Bantuan subsidi padi juga diberikan kepada petani yang layak yang mengusahakan tanah mereka untuk penanaman padi (sawah). Saya fikir bantuan seumpama ini sedikit sebanyak meringankan beban untuk mengusahakan tanah mereka. - Ewon Ebin

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  83. BERNAMA: Ada sesetengah pihak mengatakan bahawa kerajaan lambat bertindak atau kurang berjaya menangani isu kemiskinan di Sabah. Apa komen Datuk tentang tanggapan ini?

    DR EWON: Saya kurang bersetuju dengan tanggapan ini. Sebenarnya, kerajaan begitu sungguh-sungguh untuk mencari jalan penyelesaiaan masalah ini. Dari semasa ke semasa, kerajaan sentiasa merancang strategi tertentu untuk membela nasib rakyat miskin khususnya di kawasan luar bandar, dan pada masa yang sama kita cuba menukar minda mereka supaya bersikap terbuka dan sedia menerima pembaharuan.

    Misalnya, pada masa pemerintaan Parti Berjaya dulu, kerajaan cuba menempatkan penduduk kampung terpencil yang berselerak di kawasan pedalaman di satu tempat yang difikirkan sesuai. Malangnya ramai yang merasa tidak secocok dengan kehidupan di kawasan penempatan baru kerana mereka sudah biasa kehidupan yang simple. Bagi mereka asalkan ada makanan, garam dan sayur yang diperoleh atau ditanam di kawasan hutan, mereka boleh hidup selesa.

    Sebab itu program penempatan semula atau pemberian rumah itu kurang sambutan dan sekaligus menjejaskan sedikit kelancaran program pembasmian kemiskinan di negeri ini. Dalam hal ini, apa yang kita lakukan ialah mendorong dan meyakinkan mereka supaya merubah minda dan cuba mengusahakan tanah mereka dengan pelbagai tanaman, bukan sahaja untuk memenuhi keperluan mereka tetapi juga untuk tujuan komersil, sekaligus meningkatkan taraf hidup mereka.

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  84. DR EWON: Hasrat kerajaan melancarkan projek PPRT adalah begitu ikhlas tetapi tidak dinafikan ada juga penduduk yang layak, “tertinggal”. Bagaimanapun kita akan cuba mencari jalan untuk membantu mereka secepat yang mungkin. Projek PPRT ini sebenarnya mendapat sokongan yang kuat daripada kerajaan Pusat dan baru-baru ini Kementerian Kemajuan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah telah mengumumkan untuk membina sekitar 50,000 rumah PPRT di seluruh negara dan kebanyakannya akan dibina di Sabah dalam tempoh tiga tahun akan datang.

    Saya fikir dengan terlaksananya program perumahan ini banyak rakyat yang miskin atau miskin tegar akan memiliki rumah yang lebih selesa. Setiap tahun kita laksanakan program PPRT dan tahun ini sahaja kita akan membina antara 35 dan 50 rumah PPRT di setiap daerah di Sabah yang akan diagih-agihkan kepada mereka yang layak. Kita berharap dalam tempoh tiga tahun akan datang lebih ramai lagi golongan miskin yang kita dapat berikan kemudahan rumah PPRT. Kita ada senarai rakyat miskin yang mempunyai pendapatan kurang RM900 yang sepatutnya diberi keutamaan dalam program PPRT.
    Sumber: New Sabah Times

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  85. Nothing is free, work harder to change the way of living.

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  86. Peruntukan kewangan adalah cara yang kurang bijak sebenarnya.

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  87. Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the government must allocate more funds to increase heart surgery facilities in every state in the country.

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    1. “Some cases are very urgent and so we need to take action very quickly. The government of course needs to provide more money and make available various sophisticated equipment that are being produced today.”

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    2. “We need to increase the facilities which we are doing where every state has surgeons as well as operation theatres to do heart surgeries…so this is progress,” Dr Mahathir said, referring to progress which the National Heart Institute (IJN) has made in a short span of 20 years.

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    3. Dr Mahathir was speaking at a press conference after presenting a talk at the 22nd Annual Congress of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia (ATCSA) in conjunction with the 15th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Malaysian Association for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and 20th anniversary of IJN.

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    4. He inspired the establishment of IJN after undergoing a coronary artery bypass surgery at the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital (KLGH) in 1989 while still in office.

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    5. Impressed with the equipment available at IJN which had made surgeries easier, Dr Mahathir said the capabilities of its surgeons were at par with those in developed countries.

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    6. Dr Mahathir opted to have his bypass done in Malaysia and placed his trust (and life) in the hands of a team of Malaysian specialists although he knew at that time the facilities at KLGH was still lacking.

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    7. “That was because I want to make myself an example for others to emulate. So I have to go ahead. I am proud because last time we only had a normal operation theatre for heart surgery. IJN now has a cardiac surgery centre including Sabah,” he said.

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    8. Dr Mahathir also admitted he never thought IJN would reach this level in just 20 years, especially the kind of equipment they were introducing.

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    9. “For IJN to expand within 20 years in providing facilities and training doctors so that all the states in Malaysia can have their own heart centre is also something that was not expected.”

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    10. He said Malaysia was fortunate to have IJN which has contributed a lot to the people’s health and uplifted the country’s image internationally.

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    11. The IJN which celebrated its 20th anniversary in September had become increasingly relevant in medical treatment with a wide range of the latest equipment comparable to foreign countries.

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    12. Now only Teregganu and Perlis, he said still did not have a heart centre and that IJN and the Ministry of Health were looking into the matter.

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    13. “Even doctors from overseas are queuing up to come to IJN to learn from us,” Dr Mahathir said.

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    14. He also said IJN had developed the compact mechanical heart device which could be put inside the body unlike before where patients have to lug around with a nine-kilo device on the floor.

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    15. Meanwhile, ATCSA president Dr Mohd Ezani Taib who is also IJN cardiothoracic surgeon consultant said the institute had served and trained up heart specialists in Sabah over the past 12 years.

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    16. And, he also said currently, four Malaysian patients were using the compact mechanical heart device and that the country had been recognised as the first to use this device in Asia.

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    17. Dr Mohd Ezani said in terms of heart surgery and technology, Malaysia has now reached a level that could compete with other countries in the world.

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    18. He also said IJN was most preferred by physician trainees from Japan, Brunei, Indonesia, Pakistan, Sudan, Vietnam and Yemen.

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    19. The IJN performs 4,000 surgeries annually, receives 130,000 outpatients and conducts 10,000 cardiology treatment procedures.

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    20. The Congress yesterday was opened by Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman. Also present were Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Yahya Hussin and IJN deputy chief executive Dato’ Dr Mohd Azhami Yakub.

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  88. RM2 mil at this year’s Farmers, Breeders and Fishermen’s Day

    The state-level celebration of the Farmers, Breeders and Fishermen’s Day ended with a success, raking in twice the amount recorded last year. Deputy Chief Minister, Datuk Yahya Hussin, said the event collected RM2 million this year compared to RM1 million in 2011.

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    1. “The celebration this year collected twice as much compared to 2011 and if not for the heavy rain these past few days, I believe we could have had nearly 100,000 visitors instead of the 50,000 who turned up,” he said.

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    2. He also suggested a bigger location for future activities related to the agriculture and food industry.

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    3. His ministry intends to apply for a bigger ground to hold the annual Farmers, Breeders and Fishermen’s Day in light that the celebration has continued to grow each passing year.

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    4. Furthermore, he said the farmers, breeders and fishermen could sell their products in various forms, whether processed and packaged or still raw.

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    5. He believed that having a bigger location would also help the annual state-level event to grow to a scale similar to the Malaysian Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism (MAHA) International Show.

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    6. MAHA also has the ability to attract tourists because it exhibits and sells local items and products not found outside of Malaysia.

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  89. The Malaysian development challenges, policy responses and achievements were in many ways
    unique. As such, attempts to replicate the model fully in every other developing country may not
    produce the same results. Nevertheless, there are generic or broad lessons that can possibly be
    adopted or adapted from the Malaysian experience.

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    1. The first and perhaps most important lesson is that, because no two countries are really alike in all respects, each country will have to formulate its own core development philosophy, policies and plans. They must be based on a full understanding of the challenges facing the
      country and then address them in a relevant, pragmatic and politically acceptable manner.

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    2. The second lesson is that in a multi-racial or non-homogenous country, there is a real need for peaceful co-existence among racial or other groups and close cooperation among ethnic-based political parties if there is to be political stability and for socio-economic development to proceed, unhindered by strife among them. Relatedly, there is a need to counter and contain, through a multiple-pronged coordinated and persistent attack, the inherent tendency of a plural society to disintegrate or at least compartmentalize itself into competing and hostile groups.

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    3. The third lesson to be learned is that a country cannot accept racial or any inter-group strife and violence, especially on a prolonged basis, if it is to achieve sustained and rapid economic development. The containment or resolution of the conflict would divert scarce national resources away from economic and social projects. At the same time, the inflows of
      international funds would also be reduced or even stopped. A related lesson to be learnt here is that the political solution to inter-group conflicts, i.e., through some formula of power-sharing, has to be made more viable and enduring, with an accompanying economic solution, that is, the sharing of economic power and wealth, if there is to be success. The tenets of the NEP and NDP constitute one possible formula.

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    4. The fourth lesson is that there has to be sustained and rapid economic growth to create new jobs, business opportunities, higher incomes and increased wealth. For this purpose, there has to be capable and effective management of the macro-economy by the public sector and of industries by the private sectors as well as close rapport between the two sectors.

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    5. The fifth lesson is that in a multi-racial or non-homogenous nation with wide and entrenched disparities of economic opportunities and incomes, the government has or may have to intervene in the market place and maintain affirmative-action-type programs to ensure a fairer distribution of opportunities and incomes among all racial and social groups. The avoidance or reluctance to undertake such initiatives and to succeed in achieving them, may lead to social
      unrest and violence.

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    6. The sixth lesson is that for economic growth to be sustained, there has to be strong and clean governments in power on a sustained basis. To be strong, it must be composed of representatives of all major groups (racial or ethnic, tribal, religion, gender, etc) and have the support and trust of the majority of the electorate. To be clean, political leaders in power and politicians in general, must be genuinely committed to and capable of leading the nation to
      achieve national goals and protect national interests rather than to serve their own personal interests.

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    7. The seventh lesson to be learned is that the eradication of poverty will require two broad types of strategies, viz., expansion of the economy to provide jobs and opportunities, including to the poor and government affirmative action programs to assist the poor directly. The latter alone will be insufficient and difficult to sustain.

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    8. In reality, what transpired in Malaysia was more complex and
      challenging.

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    9. They required the masterful management by the government of a myriad of balancing acts to meet the varied demands of a heterogeneous population each seeking to maximize itís share of the nationís governance and growing wealth.

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  90. Strategies for Poverty Reduction

    Strategy 1: Concepts and measurements

    An important component or prerequisite of the fight against poverty in Malaysia was agreement on the definition and measurement of poverty. The government took the lead in this task, after consultations with various experts and groups. In this regard, three concepts pertaining to poverty were adopted by Malaysia to circumscribe and underpin its poverty reduction programmes, viz., absolute poverty, absolute hardcore poverty and relative poverty.

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    1. Strategy 2: Increasing productivity and diversifying sources of income

      This strategy emphasized projects that enabled the poor to modernize their traditional methods of production and participate in the mainstream of economic activities. Since poor households were mostly in the agriculture sector, the focus was on providing them with the support and opportunities to be involved in modern farming and value-added processing of agricultural products as well as non-farm or off-farm activities or employment since they generally provided higher incomes than traditional farming.

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    2. Strategy 3: Targeting the hardcore poor


      To deal specifically with hardcore poor households, a special program for them was introduced in 1988. Known as the Development Programme for the Hardcore Poor, it involved the creation of a register and profile of hardcore poor households and the delivery of appropriate projects to meet their specific needs such as additional opportunities
      to increase their employability and income, better housing, food supplements for children
      and educational assistance.

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    3. Strategy 4: Involvement of private sector and non-governmental organizations (NGOs)

      In addition to the government, the private sector and NGOs also voluntarily involved themselves in helping to redress poverty. Complementing the governmentís efforts, they provided, inter alia, small business loans to the poor, industrial training and job opportunities, educational support for children of the poor and better housing.

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    4. Strategy 5: Improving the quality of life of the poor

      Apart from income-generating projects, the government also sought to improve the quality of life of the poor through the provision of infrastructural and social amenities as part of a broader programme to improve the quality of life of all Malaysians.

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    5. Strategy 6: Provision of welfare assistance

      This strategy was directed at the poor who were aged or disabled and therefore not employable. The assistance was in cash from federal government funds.

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    6. Strategy 7: Maintaining stable prices

      The strategy involved government intervention in the markets of a small number of food and other essential items. Interventions took place to rectify market imperfections and unwarranted price increases in each of the items.

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    7. Strategy 8: Reducing and eliminating chargeable income rates for the lower income group and the poor.

      The tax rates on chargeable income were reviewed several times during 1970-2000, which led to the rates for the lowest income group to be reduced and eventually abolished. In 1970, an individual with a chargeable income of RM2,500 per year was subjected to taxation at a rate of six percent. By 1990, this rate was reduced to five percent and by 2000, to zero percent. This strategy was aimed generally at establishing a more progressive income tax regime.

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  91. Even Selvarajah found Musa Aman to be more receptive and sensitive to the needs of the poor and marginalised.

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  92. Sabah is trying to attain self-sufficiency in food production and produces surplus vegetables both highland and lowland vegetables, surplus of poultry and eggs, surplus of marine fish, surplus of milk, but, the fact remains that the State still has a large proportion of population which is poor and there is still poverty.

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  93. Sabah therefore needs to discard the Green Revolution approach.

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  94. Sabah needs to shun the industrial model of farm growth, and build an ecologically sustainable farming model driven by a futuristic vision

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  95. Agriculture in the kampongs has to be re-designed and linked with its own traditional time-tested public distribution system – where the communities have been in control and have managed the food needs. 

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  96. Sabah can create history by showing a development path that is not only sustainable in the long-run but also brings prosperity and happiness to the masses.

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  97. Musa Aman can surely create history by showing the world what true development means. And his time begins now.

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  98. Since he took office, Musa has made it his job to see that projects meant for the people reach their targets.

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  99. Sabah has made marked social and economic progress, much of it attributed to successive BN governments.

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  100. Datuk Ronald Kiandee, the Umno MP for Beluran and deputy Dewan Rakyat speaker, believes that BN will be returned to power in Sabah in the current political environment.

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  101. Kejayaan Sabah dalam menangani permasalahan yang berlaku memang ketara sekali.

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  102. Sabah has been cited for exemplary good governance and Musa is the "key driver" of economic growth and development in the state.

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  103. Sabah also received the highest rating of "AAA" from RAM Rating Services for the last three years for its strong fiscal position as a result of a series of surpluses and accumulation of reserves.

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