By : CHOK SIM YEE
KOTA KINABALU: Tanjung Kapor
Assemblyman, Datuk Teo Chee Kang proposes re-delineation of constituencies in
Lahad Datu, Tenom and Keningau to enable more Chinese candidates to contest in
the Chinese populated areas.
Teo, who is Liberal
Democratic Party (LDP) Tanjung Aru division chairman, said there are only 12
Chinese people representatives out of the 60 state constituencies.
He said when he other
leaders held several dialogues at areas populated by Chinese community in Sabah
recently, they found that there were no people’s representatives in those
areas.
“In the dialogues, we found
that if there were people’s representatives in those areas, a lot of issues
faced by the Chinese community can be solved,” he said at the LDP Tanjung Aru
and Petagas joint annual divisional conference here yesterday.
The event was graced by
Assistant Infrastructure Development Minister cum LDP vice president Datuk Pang
Yuk Ming.
In Lahad Datu, Teo said
there were around 8,000 Chinese voters but they were divided in Lahad Datu and
Tungku. In Keningau, there were at least 7,000 Chinese voters but they were
divided between Liawan and Bingkor. Similarly, the 6,000 Chinese voters in
Tenom were divided between Melalap and Kemabong.
Teo said re-delineation by
the Election Commission (EC) could only be conducted once every 12 years and
the next re-delineation would be in 2014.
He hoped that re-delineation
would be carried out in the said areas to enable more Chinese to contest, which
subsequently would better serve the Chinese community in those areas.
In his speech, Teo said LDP
started as an opposition party when it was established 23 years ago. However,
the party joined the Barisan Nasional (BN) in 1991 as it believed that both the
state and federal governments should have a good relationship in order to
effectively develop Sabah and to bring the greatest benefit to the people.
Although BN has 13 component
parties, each party having certain issues that they champion for, Teo said the
direction of BN remained the same.
That is, under Prime
Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s leadership, Malaysia was working towards
being an high-income nation, creating an open, developed country and ensuring
harmony among races, he said.
On the contrary, Teo said it
would be difficult for Pakatan Rakyat (PR), a coalition of Parti Keadilan
Rakyat (PKR), Democratic Action Party (DAP) and Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party
(PAS), to formulate policies or govern the country as each of the component
parties has different stands.
Teo said PR could not keep
saying that they agreed to disagree and having different policies for
PR-governed states.
He said the BN government
under Najib’s leadership, had rolled out many transformation plans, including
Economic Transformation Programme (ETP), Government Transformation Programme
(GTP) and National Key Result Areas (NKRA).
“We should fully support
Najib’s leadership in BN and hope for a bigger victory to enable our Prime
Minister to have the mandate in implementing fair and open policies.” (BP)
Putatan MP Marcus says BN is getting more supports from the Chinese community in his parliamentary constituency
ReplyDeleteThe Barisan Nasional government will continuously ensure the needs of all the people, including that of the Chinese community
ReplyDeleteChinese community in Putatan who make up for about 20% of the constituents,continue support from the Chinese community for BN in the coming 13th general election
ReplyDeleteChinese community plays an important role in the country’s development because their business acumen have spurred economic growth.
ReplyDeleteDr Yee said the state government has never neglected the the development of the Chinese education despite fewer numbers of Chinese community in Sabah.
ReplyDeletemaasyarakt cina tak pernah dipinggirkan.
ReplyDeleteKERAJAAN Barisan Nasional (BN) akan terus menyokong pertumbuhan komuniti Cina di Sabah, kata Ketua Menteri Datuk Seri Musa Aman. Katanya peruntukan RM100 juta untuk semua Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina yang dibentang Kerajaan Pusat dalam Belanjawan 2012 adalah bukti kerajaan BN adil kepada semua kaum.
Delete"Menuruti perkara itu, kerajaan Sabah juga akan terus mengagihkan bantuan kepada sekolah Cina dan tokong, iaitu satu komitmen yang telah dilaksanakan sejak bertahun-tahun."
Delete"Tahun lepas sahaja kerajaan negeri menyalurkan RM30 juta untuk tujuan itu."
DeleteMusa berkata pujian harus diberikan kepada yang berhak, dan adalah penting bagi masyarakat tidak membiarkan diri dimanipulasi dengan taktik kotor pembangkang yang memperkecilkan pencapaian kerajaan BN.
Deletekaum cina pasti akan terus memberi sokongan kepada BN.
ReplyDeleteMasyarakat Cina Sabah berterima kasih kepada Ketua Menteri Datuk Seri Musa Aman kerana telah menyalurkan peruntukan jutaan ringgit setiap tahun kepada sekolah-sekolah Cina dan gereja Kristian di negeri ini.
ReplyDeleteTimbalan Ketua Menteri Datuk Dr.Yee Moh Chai berkata, ini membuktikan kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) di bawah pimpinan Ketua Menteri (Datuk Seri Musa) adalah adil dan saksama kepada semua lapisan masyarakat.
ReplyDelete“Oleh itu saya menyeru semua masyarakat Cina agar menyokong Barisan Nasional kerana hanya Barisan Nasional sahaja yang dapat memberi kesejahteraan hidup kepada semua rakyat di negeri ini,” katanya.
DeleteThe Chinese community must look at the Barisan Nasional (BN) as a great platform to participate actively in the government for mutual benefits.
ReplyDeleteTowards that end, they must rally behind BN parties if they yearned to enjoy equal opportunities like all the other races.
DeleteThe Chinese need to participate actively in the country’s politics and, most important of all, be well represented in the government.
DeleteIt was noted that the Chinese communities in other countries showed no interest in politics because they were basically undecided whether they would be staying in their country of residence permanently.
DeleteIn the case of the Chinese in Malaysia, everyone had accepted it as their home.
DeleteHence, we have to participate actively in the country’s politics, like the way we do in the economic fields.
DeleteThe chinese welfare would be well taken care of only if we have good representation in the government.
DeleteChinese-based parties outside the BN coalition would not be able to help the community as they did not share similar aspirations and goals.
DeleteThe DAP, for instance, would not be able to help the community as it refused to work with the BN.
DeleteIn any case, it is still a long way to go before the DAP and its allies in Pakatan Rakyat (PR) can realise their dream of wresting power from the BN.
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