MEMORANDUM......Salah
seorang wakil NGO Cina menyerahkan memorandum cadangan kepada Nasrun dalam
majlis tersebut.
Oleh : RIDZAL ABDULLAH
LAHAD DATU : Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Lahad Datu, Datuk
Datu Nasrun Datu Mansur berkata kerajaan tidak pernah berbelah bahagi dalam
memelihara kebajikan komuniti Cina di sini.
Menurut Pembantu Menteri
kepada Ketua Menteri itu, pemimpin Barisan Nasional (BN) di sini sentiasa
berusaha menyelami permasalahan kaum Cina sebelum dibentangkan kepada kerajaan
negeri untuk diselesaikan.
Katanya, masyarakat termasuk
semua kaum, bagaimanapun harus sedar dan bersabar kerana penyelesaian
permasalahan itu memerlukan masa serta perancangan yang teliti.
“Tumpuan yang perlu diberi perhatian sangat
luas dan ia hendaklah dilaksanakan secara berperingkat-peringkat,kerajaan BN
sentiasa berusaha keras bagi memastikan setiap keperluan dipenuhi dan
kekurangan pula diperbaiki,” katanya semasa Majlis Pemimpin Bersama Rakyat di
salah sebuah hotel dekat sini,malam kelmarin.
“Kita majukan pelbagai
infrastruktur kemudahan, namun kadangkala masalah lain pula akan timbul, ini
perkara normal dalam proses urbanisasi sesuatu kawasan justeru rakyat harus
lebih menerimanya dengan hati terbuka dan tenang,” katanya.
Beliau yang juga Pengerusi
Penyelaras BN Parlimen Silam turut menyeru agar komuniti cina di kawasan ini
merenung sejenak dan melihat kemajuan yang telah dikecapi dan dinikmati bersama
hasil daripada kerjasama pihak kerajaan dan walaupun terdapat beberapa masalah
yang timbul akibat kepesatan pembangunan yang begitu ketara.
“Soal kekurangan air
sebenarnya harus diselami dengan teliti, bekalan air yang kurang kerana
penduduk Lahad Datu sudah semakin padat dan ianya berlaku dengan pantas serta
mendadak…., ini bermakna kawasan ini walaupun masih bertaraf pekan namun
hakikatnya Lahad Datu sebenarnya sudah mencapai tahap urban ataupun bandar
setaraf dengan bandar-bandar lain di negeri ini,” katanya
Jelasnya, pihak kerajaan
telah menerima dan sedang meneliti cadangan untuk membina satu lagi loji air di
Segama yang bernilai RM280 Juta.
“Semua ini memerlukan
sedikit masa untuk direalisasikan…kesabaran semua pihak amat diharapkan, sama
juga halnya dengan isu jalan raya yang kerap kali mengalami kesesakan lalu
lintas.
“Jika Bandaraya Metropolitan
seperti Kuala Lumpur mempunyai banyak ‘fly-over’ lebuh raya bertingkat dan
lebar namun masih juga mengalami ‘jem’ kerana kepadatan dan kemajuan yang
dikecapi, ini bermakna pekan Lahad Datu yang sudah mempunyai jalan raya
berkembar dan lampu-lampu isyarat di sana sini juga sedang mengalami proses
perkembangan dan kemajuan yang positif,” tegasnya.
JELAS....Nasrun
menjelaskan sesuatu kepada soalan yang diberikan dalam sesi dialog.
Menurutnya, pertambahan
jumlah kereta di kawasan ini menunjukkan kuasa beli rakyat semakin meningkat
dan ianya sekaligus menunjukkan dengan jelas kemajuan kawasan ini.
“Bagi saya sekiranya tiada
kesesakan lalu-lintas berlaku, ini bermakna kawasan tersebut belum lagi boleh
diiktiraf sebagai kawasan yang maju…kerana masa kesesakan tersebut adalah di
waktu tertentu sahaja iaitu masa puncak, seperti masa pergi kerja, rehat tengah
hari dan pulang petang,ini menunjukkan majoriti rakyat kita kini mampu memiliki
kenderaan peribadi hasil daripada kestabilan ekonomi yang dipimpin oleh
kerajaan BN,” katanya.
Hadir sama dalam majlis
tersebut, Presiden Chinese Chamber Lahad Datu, Mok Thien Sang, Pemimpin
Kemajuan Rakyat Aljen Johnny, Pegawai Pembangunan Masyarakat, Amat Paduka
Kawoh,Penyelia Masyarakat,Saidin Seperudin dan ramai lagi.
kebajikan semua kaum mmg perlu dijaga.. jgn ada yang diabaikan.
ReplyDeleteKerajaan pasti akan menjaga semua kebajikan dan kepentingan kaum yang terdapat di Malaysia.
ReplyDeleteBN adalah untuk semua kaum dan bukannya untuk satu kaum saja. Maka jangan terpedaya dengan pihak yang mengatakan BN untuk melayu semata-mata. Semua itu adalah salah.
ReplyDeleteKerajaan mempunya tanggungjawab kepada semua masyarakat di Malaysia ini dan bukannya hanya yang terpilih. Sebagai seorang warganegara maka mereka berhak mendapat apa yang patut.
ReplyDeleteKerajaan perlu berusaha lebih dalam membangunkan Sabah.
DeleteUsaha kerajaan dalam membangunkan Sabah akan mudah2an akan diteruskan secara berperingkat.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest challenge facing Barisan Nasional (BN) in the state in the coming general election is winning back the Chinese voters.
ReplyDeleteDatuk Ahmad Maslan, the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department and BN information chief, told The Borneo Post at his office here on Monday that this situation was the same in all other states.
ReplyDeleteAs such, the urban Chinese majority seats would be the ones most vulnerable to the opposition’s challenge.
ReplyDeleteHe added that the federal government might not have engaged the Chinese enough in the past but it was now rectifying the situation by listening to them more.
ReplyDeleteAlthough he acknowledged that it would not be an easy task, Ahmad said BN was optimistic that it would win back some of the Chinese voters and hopefully wrest some of the seats from the opposition.
ReplyDeleteHe noted that the Chinese are rational people and they want peace and progress as much as anyone. If BN can assure them that their needs too would be looked into, surely many of them would vote for BN.
ReplyDeleteHowever, he stressed that BN was not taking the rural seats in the state for granted and the BN government had been working hard in bringing development to these areas and going to the ground to listen to their problems.
ReplyDeleteThe federal government had been trying its best to deliver the promises of projects made to the rural areas and Najib himself had gone to places like Lachau to find out about their problems.
ReplyDeleteTo ensure that the projects promised were delivered, the federal government had set up the Implementation Coordination Unit (ICU) to monitor their progress, he added.
ReplyDeleteDespite all these efforts Ahmad said BN was aware that there were also some rural seats in the state where BN would face tough challenges in the election.
ReplyDeleteWhen pressed to name the seats, Ahmad mentioned the coastal seats of Batang Lupar and Sadong Jaya where PAS seemed to have made some inroads among the Malay voters and Limbang where one of the state seats Ba Kelalan is under PKR.
ReplyDeleteAhmad brushed off speculations that the relationship between Sarawak state government and the federal government is strained at the moment because of the disputes besetting SUPP and SPDP.
ReplyDeleteOn the contrary, Sarawak had always maintained a strong and cordial relationship with Kuala Lumpur, he added.
ReplyDeleteHe admitted that there were rough edges to be ironed out but those were not major issues and were not unsolvable.
ReplyDeleteAhmad also pointed out that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had always kept a close personal relationship with Chief Minister Pehin Sri Taib Mahmud and they had always consulted each other on major issues affecting the state.
ReplyDeleteOn the perception that the federal government was backing Datuk Seri Peter Chin Fah Kui in the Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) leadership tussle with Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh, Ahmad said it was not true.
ReplyDeleteHe added that it was only natural for Chin to have strong rapport and frequent communications with federal leaders as he is a federal minister stationed in Putra Jaya but that did not mean the federal government was throwing its weight behind the embattled SUPP president.
ReplyDeleteWhen asked who would have the final say in the selection of candidates for the parliamentary seats in Sarawak in the coming general election, Ahmad stressed that such decisions were always arrived at after consultations between the chief minister, prime minister and president of the party.
ReplyDelete“This is the way BN works, we decide on the candidates based on consensus and consultations,” he said.
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