LAUNCHING.....Chief
Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Aman Launching the 'Sayang' Community
Programme at the State Legislative Assembly Building. Seen next to him is State
Legislative Speaker Datuk Salleh Said Keruak and Director of National Unity and
Integration Department Sabah, Nurul Akmalina Shamsuddin.
By : SHALINA R
2200 RUKUN Tetangga (RT)
Committee members from across Sabah attended the 2012 Rukun Tetangga Act
Briefing and Sayang Community Programme Launch held at the State Legislative
Assembly Building on December 18th recently.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri
Panglima Musa Aman noted that it was the largest ever attendance, saying that
the turn up was a reflection of Sabahans' great commitment in fulfilling their
role to ensure peace and security in the country. At their own expense, these
participants took time off to be at the event.
"The state government
values the contributions and role of the RT Committee in Sabah," said
Musa. "It is critical in maintaining peace and order in the state."
"I would like to see
the cooperation to continue and increase, as well as greater coordination
between the committees and the grassroot leaders, as the neighbourhood watch
effort is proven to have a positive impact on our society," added the
Chief Minister.
At present, there are 558 RT
areas in Sabah with over 14,000 active members and 190 Skim Rondaan Sukarela
(SRS).
According to Dato' Azman
Amin Hassan, the Director General of Malaysia's National Unity and Integration
Department (NUID), there are currently more than 6400 RT areas and 3300 SRS in
the nation. He also revealed that the country has more than 160,000 SRS patrol
units.
The Director General hopes
that SRS and the RT committees will continue to work closely with the
Police to reduce the crime rate in
Malaysia.
According to Azman, in 2012,
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak made
a grant of RM50 million to NUID to provide financial assistance to RT
committees throughout the country to enable them to carry out activities at the
grassroot level.
The Rukun Tetangga Act
Briefing and Sayang Community Programme launching event was organized by NUID
Sabah to introduce committee members to the Sayang Community Programme that
aims to foster a caring society.
Also at the ceremony were
Sabah State Legislative Assembly Speaker Datuk Salleh Said Keruak, Deputy Chief
Minister Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Pairin Kitingan, Rural Development
Minister Datuk Ewon Ebin as well as Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister
Datuk Masidi Manjun. (Insight Sabah)
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