tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post3267049988338291163..comments2024-03-27T18:26:46.245+08:00Comments on Sabahkini.net - Reveal The Truth, Prevail The Faith: SHOCKING ASIA, SABAH REMAIN POOR STATEsabahkini.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18031603416307683424noreply@blogger.comBlogger486125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-50163584816541724552013-07-24T14:21:37.466+08:002013-07-24T14:21:37.466+08:00JOB OPPORTUNITIES
The Rural and Regional Developm...<b>JOB OPPORTUNITIES</b><br /><br />The Rural and Regional Development Ministry is striving to provide jobs and business opportunities to unemployed youths in rural areas.<br /><br />Its minister, Datuk Seri Shafie said there were one million unemployed youths nationwide and most of them were school dropouts as their academic qualifications were too low for the job market.<br /><br />“Besides lagging behind in studies, poverty also hinders them from finding a stable job and as such, they choose to help their families in agriculture, particularly at the farm,” he told reporters after attending the Rural Transformation Steering Committee meeting at the Putrajaya Convention Centre (PICC) here today.<br /><br />The meeting was attended by officials from the Youth and Sports Ministry, and the Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry, state secretaries and representatives of several government agencies.<br /><br />Shafie said the meeting was aimed at obtaining feedbacks, suggestions and ideas from other ministries and government agencies on ways to empower rural youth human capital, especially the unemployed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12511671577601699835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-57637260786039929592013-07-22T20:26:05.314+08:002013-07-22T20:26:05.314+08:00Speaking later, Musa noted with pride that Danum h...Speaking later, Musa noted with pride that Danum has become one of the world’s top three rainforest research centres. The others are La Selva in Costa Rica and Panama. About 50 Malaysians, mostly Sabahans, have obtained their doctorate and master’s degrees for their research on Danum. They have produced 330 studies. Many of them hold senior posts in state and federal agencies and NGOs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136398379395143186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-75158401597732405352013-07-22T20:25:57.172+08:002013-07-22T20:25:57.172+08:00Speaking later, Musa noted with pride that Danum h...Speaking later, Musa noted with pride that Danum has become one of the world’s top three rainforest research centres. The others are La Selva in Costa Rica and Panama. About 50 Malaysians, mostly Sabahans, have obtained their doctorate and master’s degrees for their research on Danum. They have produced 330 studies. Many of them hold senior posts in state and federal agencies and NGOs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136398379395143186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-46222475084262690992013-07-22T20:25:20.293+08:002013-07-22T20:25:20.293+08:00Mannan made an impassioned plea to Musa: “Don’t re...Mannan made an impassioned plea to Musa: “Don’t retire yet. We need many more years of your leadership to achieve excellence.”<br /><br />To the Royal Society, he said: “Never fear. Musa Aman is here to keep the wolves from swallowing Little Red Riding Hood.”Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136398379395143186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-20731050079347931062013-07-22T20:24:49.910+08:002013-07-22T20:24:49.910+08:00He cited an example when he stopped an attempt to ...He cited an example when he stopped an attempt to log 20,000 hectares of the Danum’s buffer forests that would have fetched 4 billion ringgit ($1.2 billion).<br /><br />“The only reason we have been able to do this is because of Musa’s strong political leadership,” Mannan said. “I don’t mind to tell you that I have carte blanche from the chief minister to reject directly and forcefully any attempt to re-introduce the policy of random madness.”Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136398379395143186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-42612415690034478352013-07-22T20:24:42.570+08:002013-07-22T20:24:42.570+08:00Under Musa, according to Mannan, “professionals ar...Under Musa, according to Mannan, “professionals are finally allowed to practise their profession for good governance that allows good sense to prevail,” adding that he has allowed innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship in managing Sabah’s scarce natural resources.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136398379395143186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-63384879712396289462013-07-22T20:24:15.553+08:002013-07-22T20:24:15.553+08:00Mannan regretted that those who could have protect...Mannan regretted that those who could have protected Danum and Ulu Segama Malua at that time refused to do so “for reasons only known to them” and allowed “bad logging”. Forests were turned into oil palm plantations.<br /><br />The task thus fell on Musa’s shoulder. His strong leadership amid stable politics has allowed him to make unpopular decisions that are critical in conserving about 300,000 hectares of virgin forests, gold, coal and minerals in the Danum Valley and Ulu Segama Malua forest complex.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136398379395143186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-19258128906918045122013-07-22T20:24:06.125+08:002013-07-22T20:24:06.125+08:00That robbed Danum of a big northern buffer. The re...That robbed Danum of a big northern buffer. The result was that acid rain fell on Danum two years ago at the height of a haze over Borneo. Scientists are trying to assess the long term effect of chemical fertilizers used on plantations around Danum.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136398379395143186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-80295555306333586422013-07-22T20:23:38.677+08:002013-07-22T20:23:38.677+08:00But no governments ever saw the need to give Danum...But no governments ever saw the need to give Danum protection against logging until Musa became the Sabah Foundation’s director in 1995. Musa stopped logging in Danum after creating a 250,000-hectare forest buffer around it a year earlier and adopted sustainable forest management.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136398379395143186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-10713991267209841532013-07-22T20:23:29.690+08:002013-07-22T20:23:29.690+08:00However, damage to the Ulu Segama forest reserves ...However, damage to the Ulu Segama forest reserves was already done by Musa’s predecessors who “hacked off” about 4,000 hectares there, according to Mannan who referred to that period as the “Dark Ages”.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136398379395143186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-89803386087860137352013-07-22T20:23:00.416+08:002013-07-22T20:23:00.416+08:00The Foundation was set up to help Sabah’s socio-ec...The Foundation was set up to help Sabah’s socio-economic and educational development by providing social and educational aid such as free school uniforms, scholarships and study loans to the people.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136398379395143186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-55277670585966304102013-07-22T20:22:52.088+08:002013-07-22T20:22:52.088+08:00Helped by Canadians, the 43,800-hectare Danum Vall...Helped by Canadians, the 43,800-hectare Danum Valley, about twice the size of Penang island, was identified for conservation in 1969 when the forestry department carried out its first forest inventory. It formed part of the Sabah Foundation forest concession the next year and ironically was marked out as part of a commercial forest reserve of Ulu Segama although it was to be conserved, according to Sam Mannan, director of Sabah forestry.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136398379395143186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-344865375744489752013-07-22T20:22:23.607+08:002013-07-22T20:22:23.607+08:00The research has evolved from the mere description...The research has evolved from the mere description of Sabah’s pristine forests to the effects of logging, rehabilitation of logged forests and climate change as forests are turned into plantations. The next five years will focus on the changing rainforest landscape and its effects on climate.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136398379395143186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-88980689635736946232013-07-22T20:22:14.048+08:002013-07-22T20:22:14.048+08:00On July 27 in Kota Kinabalu, Musa witnessed the si...On July 27 in Kota Kinabalu, Musa witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Royal Society and the Danum Valley management committee for five more years of rainforest research and training. The event marked the 25th year of the South-East Asia Rainforest Research Programme (SEARRP) which began in Danum in 1985, making it the longest-running research project in the society’s 350-year history.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136398379395143186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-47360293499136681052013-07-22T20:21:12.232+08:002013-07-22T20:21:12.232+08:00“We have to congratulate Sabah under Musa Aman for...“We have to congratulate Sabah under Musa Aman for preserving the forests,” said Lorna Casselton, the foreign secretary of Britain’s Royal Society. “If they cut the forests, they can make billions of dollars; but they aren’t and that is so important.”Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136398379395143186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-78072708981786644212013-07-22T20:20:48.596+08:002013-07-22T20:20:48.596+08:00The message to Sabahans is clear: Musa Aman is the...The message to Sabahans is clear: Musa Aman is the only man who can protect Sabah’s last virgin forests, wildlife and bio-diversity and keep global warming in check. He is the chief minister who has stopped logging in the Ulu Segama Malua and Maliau basin and created a forest buffer three times the size of Singapore to protect Danum valley from logging, mining and opening up land for agriculture. Without him, the forests and minerals such as gold there in the east coast of Sabah would have disappeared. Oil palms would have replaced the rainforest.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136398379395143186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-15073803945190870852013-07-22T16:10:55.897+08:002013-07-22T16:10:55.897+08:00Musa Aman Is An Ideal Chief Minister
However, ...<b> Musa Aman Is An Ideal Chief Minister </b> <br /><br />However, if Sabah has to have a chance, if it has to finally catch up with Selangor and Penang, it needs another five years of the kind of development-oriented administration that Musa Aman gave the state. If Sabah can move closer to the national average in terms of the various indicators of development, that national average will itself rise significantly. Malaysia cannot sustain growth rates of over 8 and 9 per cent, not to mention 10, if populous and large states like Sabah and Sarawak remain stuck in the morass of backwardness, both economically and socially. While Taib Muhamad is wasting a golden opportunity in Sarawak, doing little for development and being obsessed about himself and his wealth and power, Musa Aman has remained focussed on development. He is a model chief minister that other BN states should also aspire for. Our vote goes out to Musa Aman.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136398379395143186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-9219617357860185812013-07-22T16:10:16.709+08:002013-07-22T16:10:16.709+08:00Musa Aman Is An Ideal Chief Minister
According...<b> Musa Aman Is An Ideal Chief Minister </b> <br /><br />According to the state’s economic survey published earlier this year, Sabah’s economy registered an annual growth rate of 8 percent over the five-year period from 2004-05 to 2009-10, covering most of the term of Musa Aman. It was only 3.5 percent per year in the previous eight years. This should rule out the idea of returning to an opposition regime. Sabah’s per capita income rose from RM4402.6 per year in 1990 to RM 8441.7 in 2010. This impressive growth comes from an across the board improvement in the state’s performance, barring the industrial sector. Sabah’s agriculture sector, construction, education, health and services sectors have all witnessed impressive growth. Manufacturing and services have been identified as the main growth sectors accounting for 6.9 percent of the total 8.0 percent GDP growth. The manufacturing sector alone is expected to contribute 33.1 percent to the total share of the GDP by the year 2010 from 9.1 percent in 1990. It is only in the industrial sector that the state’s economic survey shows low growth. The services sector, which consists of wholesale and retail, restaurants and hotels, transportation and communication, and other services is targeted to account for 39.3 percent of total GDP by 2010 with an average annual growth rate of 8.9 percent. Sabah has less than 25 per cent share of Malaysia’s agro-processing industries. Despite the much improved performance of agriculture, health and education, Sabah remains a laggard and has a long way to go before it can catch up even with some of the more developed states, not to mention the states of Penang and Selangor.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136398379395143186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-74022700951840261442013-07-22T16:09:44.626+08:002013-07-22T16:09:44.626+08:00Musa Aman Is An Ideal Chief Minister
Sabah’s v...<b> Musa Aman Is An Ideal Chief Minister </b> <br /><br />Sabah’s voters have to choose between five more years of a government led by Musa Aman, or five years or less of confusion created by an uncertain and split verdict, or five years of some nameless politician serving his tenure in Kota Kinabalu at Putrajaya’s beck and call.<br /><br />There are many reasons why Sabah deserves Musa Aman. First, he is a decent chap. In the rough and tumble of Sabah politics it is not easy to come across men and women of basic and simple decency. That in itself should be a good reason for his remaining at the forefront of Sabah politics. Second, he has done an impressive job. While the Pakatan Rakyay plus SAPP has every right to criticise his government and question his record, the fact remains that Musa Aman has done more for Sabah than any other chief minister of this hapless state in the past five decades. Consider some simple numbers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136398379395143186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-67063993529522746652013-07-22T16:07:16.748+08:002013-07-22T16:07:16.748+08:00Musa Aman Is An Ideal Chief Minister
Most news...<b> Musa Aman Is An Ideal Chief Minister </b> <br /><br />Most newspaper has not often taken political sides. Indeed, Malaysian journalism has not had the western tradition of the media declaring its political preferences. In Sabah, however, which has now entered a probable election period, the choice is clear and preferences should be stated. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136398379395143186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-26645164477293883062013-07-21T10:20:08.826+08:002013-07-21T10:20:08.826+08:00There are a total of 358 candidates representing t...There are a total of 358 candidates representing the Barisan National the Pakatan Rakyat, Sabah Star, SAPP and Independents going for 60 State and the 25 Parliamentary seats, all up for grabs in Sabah for the 13th GE on May 5. unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03704497713159876352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-1762956807340593552013-07-21T10:10:11.023+08:002013-07-21T10:10:11.023+08:00DAP leaders are bracing themselves for a tough fig...DAP leaders are bracing themselves for a tough fight in Selangor in the coming general election, and have suggested that race politics may have gained enough of a traction among the rural Malay crowd to potentially give an edge to the opposition Barisan Nasional (BN).<br />unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03704497713159876352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-68551539427563955722013-07-09T15:01:00.242+08:002013-07-09T15:01:00.242+08:00“As the chairman of Sedia, I wish to assure you th...“As the chairman of Sedia, I wish to assure you that all outstanding SDC projects will be carried out, and we will implement new projects including the identified EPPs,” he said.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15766619798271248204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-17850095819305285702013-07-09T14:42:51.144+08:002013-07-09T14:42:51.144+08:00During the launch of the SDC Open Day two months a...During the launch of the SDC Open Day two months ago, the Prime Minister had made special reference to and applauded the close working relationship between the Sabah and Federal governments, Musa said.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15766619798271248204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200691339220441377.post-17244512636201779492013-07-09T14:41:28.034+08:002013-07-09T14:41:28.034+08:00Musa said the implementation of the EPPs would dri...Musa said the implementation of the EPPs would drive Sabah's economic growth at an annual average of 9%.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15766619798271248204noreply@blogger.com