Tuesday 14 June 2011

BORNEO DIALOGUE IN JOHOR?



By : DAP MEDIA

THE Kota Kinabalu Member of Parliament Hiew King Cheu will be attending a dialogue session set on the 26th of June starting from 2 to 5pm in the Hotel Li garden in Pasir Gudang, Johor, to meet the many Sabahan and Sarawakian who are either working in Johor or Singapore.

This is a function organized by the DAP Johor aiming at getting to understand more closely the various problems and situation faced by the Sabahan and Sarawakian who are working away from home in Johor. The main speakers of the function will be the DAP National Advisor cum Parliament leader Lim Kit Siang, the Sarawak DAP chief Wong Ho Leng, Chong Jen Yin, and Hiew King Cheu from Sabah.

This function will have also the purpose of fostering a closer relation with them and to establish contacts for these people who are working away from home. They have various problems here and they do need assistance from a party like the DAP who care for them.

MP Hiew and the Sabah DAP vice chair Edward Ewol Mujie were in Singapore last month to pay a visit to the Malaysian High Commission in Singapore with the sole objective to learn more about the situation and problems faced by the fellow Sabahan and Sarawakian. The many young people working away from their East Malaysia home are having difficulties here and there, and they do need help.

Hiew visited many remote poor kampongs in Sabah, and he found most of the young people had moved out to work in the towns, and these young people working in Semananjong and Singapore are mostly from the poor districts in Ranau, Tambunan, Kota Marudu, Kudat, Pitas, and the interior district.

They just couldn’t find any job and they can’t earn a living there, therefore they have to move out and risk working in a place far away from home. This is really a sad story and we noticed that the young people are not having a good time away from home too. Many of them had ended up in disaster and being ill-treated. Their living condition and earning were not as promised by the agents who brought them over in Semenanjong, in fact a beautiful picture was painted to attract them to sign up.

Hiew urged the Sabah government to set up certain strict rules and guide lines to ensure these young people are not being exploited and make use off by others. Their well being and future must be protected, and the government must give them opportunities and create jobs for them to work at home in Sabah.

We need a steady work force here, but why is the government not encouraging the local youth to stay back to work here. The government is working to legalize the illegal foreigners to allow them to work and stay in Sabah legally, but they have actually taken away the work opportunity of the many locals. This situation must be reversed and put right.

15 comments:

  1. Hope this matter done sincerely and not on base politics solely.

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  2. Why not ask the local Sabahans what sort of problems they're facing? Since they're living here all year round.

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  3. Anyway, good luck on this Borneo Dialogue.

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  4. More youths in Sabah migrate into Peninsular because insufficient job opportunities and low salary. Problem need to be overcame because Sabah will lacking young energy and result in flooding foreigner.

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  5. All the best for Borneo Dialog. Hope got good thing for Sabahan / Borneo people.

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  6. Hope DAP really sincere to help the Borneo people.

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  7. Job is everywhere...those who said Sabah has insufficient Job must be joking...Many new retail outlets in Sabah is opening & they are looking for a workers...working in an establish retail outlets will not makes you rich, but at least you can bring home up to RM1500-1700 per month as a Sales Assistance...

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  8. This is good actually. Good luck and God bless.

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  9. I am sure they gone to the other countries was to get an experience and gain knowledge...

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  10. diharap dialog tersebut dapat mengenalpasti masalah-masalah yang dihadapi oleh orang Sabah dan Sarawak yang berhijrah ke Singapore atau Johor.

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  11. There are plenty of jobs available in Sabah. last year, there were 35,973 vacancies available but only 1,273 were filled. In 2009, of the 6,912 jobs in the market only 5,438 were taken up.. why??

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  12. harap penyelesaian akan dapat dicari. apa pun, kepada golongan muda rujuklah dengan Jabatan Tenaga Kerja (JTK), untuk mendapat info-info pekerjaan dan peluang latihan yang mungkin bersesuaian.

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  13. state government always playing their part to solve this problem by organizing any program related to career opportunities throughout this state... but i never see any role played by opposition parties in order to solve this problem...

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  14. harap mereka dpt kenal pasti dan selesaikan masalah yang dihadapi org Sabahan Sarawak yang bekrja di Johor.

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  15. DAP mula merancang sesuatu untuk menarik orang Sabah dan Sarawak yang berada di Johor dan singapura.

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