Ooo Oooo I got an email! Reading through the contents, it's from a Malaya resident. Typical Malaya politician response, curse, blame, degrades while enjoying the luxury of life paid for by Sabah's oil.
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Subject: Sabahan make me sick
Name: kkkk_umma
Hello Sabah,
You still there ? Good, i thought you guys lost it.
You guys complain alot but do nothing about it. You know what i call it ? Stupidity.
Yes, you are being marginalised. Yes, sabahan are being marginalised by UMNO. Guess who is ruling sabah? By the majority ethnic group in sabah ? Yeah i guess they would have got the majority by now by issuing citizenship to indonesian.. You guys are idiots.
You think federal government doesn't know about your illegal immigrants? Hell yes, in fact they are the one behind it. How do you think the "actual bumiputera" in penisular malaysia is being treated ? Don't you watch tv ? Or has sabah gone bankrupt to afford a tv since you kept you mouth shut ?. Increase the indon population then everyone is bumiputera and nobody can question UMNO. You will be called bumiputeras but i am yet to see a rich penisular "actual bumiputera".
Oh yes i forgot, the imigration department is issuing citizenship without the knowledge of the federal government. Give me a break ! Wake up dude ...
This is just the begining, keep quiet somemore and ....
Your leaders talk about values and loyalty when i read the newspaper but i wonder what loyalty and values is UMNO showing to Sabahans ? Oh yes and you will not defect cuz you got no brains.
Sabah has gone from a rich state to the poorest state in malaysia and everyone seems to looking for an answer to why ? Don't you know ? Or are you too stupid to realise it.
Set up party and join the opposition as a coalition party. Its now or never. You know how its going to be if you stick with BN. Why not try the other guy ? You can't be worse off than this, could you ?
For one time in your life (sabahan politian), do some good for the people that voted you in. Else your children might not have the land that they call home anymore in the near future.
Purist.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Malaya Response : Sabahan make me sick
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Lessons for Malaysians : Sabah NEVER did join Malaysia
This fact is always forgotten by Malaysians and even the younger generation of Sabahans. Heck, most of my young friends don't even know about the existence of the 20-points declaration.
So what am I yapping about Sabah never joined Malaysia, when in fact Sabah is now one of the states in Malaysia?
Well it is because SABAH FORMED MALAYSIA, of course together with Sarawak and Singapore (who made a wise move by moving out a few years later). This was in 1963, before that there was no Malaysia. Nada. Zilch. You guys over there in west Malaysia was known as "Malaya".
Why am I stressing this point now?
Well I'm just tired of the politicians and many people from the west side of Msia looking down on the people from Sarawak and Sabah. Many still think we live in the caves and jungles. The rich people come here and hire illegals to scare the natives of this land.
One fact that the education system failed to stress is that without Sabah and Sarawak, there would be no Malaysia. Yes, without these 2 jungle lands, you guys won't have that KLCC that is featured on every tourism-related poster and achievement flyer bullshit.
Malaysians, change your mindset from this
to this
Mmmkay?
But hey, you thought Malaysia is 50 years already? Well for sentimental reason I think the leaders pressed on this fact, just to stress that we're a "mature" country and can be bossy to other smaller countries.
This year, 2008 Malaysia will be celebrating its 45th anniversary, not 51st so just throw the candles away please. This was brought to the attention last year when the Msia westerners was getting pretty excited over the big 5-0 when the people in east were shaking their heads in disbelief. However, the hoohaa being raised in the media over here never mentioned in the west, well because, we're no important people right?
Call me joykiller or negative, but we won't be yapping so much if someone up above in the food chain would acknowledge this fact, instead of just asking us to keep quiet and respect all the celebration.
Bollocks!
anyway, now you know. tell this to your friends, especially Sabahans and Sarawakians! these semenanjung people are not superior, don't let them treat you like monkeys.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Crossovers a real threat, says Dompok
PUTRAJAYA: Another president of a Sabah Barisan Nasional component party has sounded the alarm bell over the “very real” possibility of crossovers.
United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (Upko) president Tan Sri Bernard Dompok said the frustrations of Sabahans and their representatives in getting the Federal Government to solve their long list of problems are “extremely real” and talk about MPs crossing over to join the Opposition is symptomatic of this frustration.
He said the longstanding issues affecting Sabahans could no longer be “swept under the carpet” and MPs were under a lot of pressure to resolve the people’s problems.
Any decision for Upko to leave the Barisan fold will be made by the party and not by him, Dompok stressed to the press yesterday.
He said that while Upko’s three other MPs had not raised the subject of leaving the party “at the moment,” he admitted: “Their frustrations are real. I think no one can deny it”.
When asked if any of the Upko MPs, including himself, had been approached by the Opposition leaders, Dompok replied: “Not yet as far as I know.
“But if these people (from Pakatan Rakyat) want to talk to me in Parliament, there is no reason why I should not talk to them.”
He said there were still many issues, among them immigration and basic infrastructure, waiting to be resolved in Sabah.
“The people of Sabah have been taken for granted because we are a laidback, easy-going people. The state is thousands of kilometres away from the nation’s capital. As they say, out of sight, out of mind,” he said.
Dompok said constituents in Sabah have always been vocal but failed to grab the media’s attention until “recent changes in the political environment”.
To a question, he said that the majority of the grassroots wanted action and they would not mind if their MPs crossed over as long as their problems were ironed out.
“There are people who condemn crossovers, saying that it is immoral and such. But who are they and why are they taking the moral high ground, when in their previous lives, they too, have done it.
“But if you ask me, I don’t think the Opposition will make the numbers,” he said.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
RM4 for rice is not costly lah!
Trader in hospital over costlier rice
TAIPING: A “nasi campur” (mixed rice) seller has been hospitalised following a scuffle with a customer who was unhappy at being “over-charged” for two packs of rice.Abu Bakar said it all started when the customer's wife was charged RM7 for two packs of the rice.
“The technician’s wife took out an empty pack and filled it with plain rice, four scoops of “sambal petai ikan bilis” and a slice of fish which cost RM4,” he said from his bed at the Taiping Hospital.
“She took another empty pack and filled it with rice and scoops of “rendang kerang” and my wife said it cost RM3.”
RM7 only want to fight? Come over and eat in KK any of the Malay stalls here, minimum price is RM4.50. I think most people from the west of Msia will drop dead and live on the streets with no money.
Sabah for Sabahans
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COMMENT BY FUI K. SOONG
The disenfranchisement and the resentment in Sabah towards federal politics and policies are very real, realities created by the BN administration. The dynamics that are being witnessed today is just a situation ripe to play mind games with.
SABAH for Sabahans” gained its zenith of popularity during the Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) rule in the state.
To a puritan federalist it is almost treasonable. But to many proud Sabahans who remember the 1980’s struggles, it was a term that gave rise to a generation of Sabahans whose political consciousness was awoken by a sense of identity that was multi-racial, open and most of all, confident. We stood tall because we had dared challenge the federal regime of the day.
With all the talk of Sabah MPs crossing over to Pakatan Rakyat, and if anyone believes this to be another wave of Sabah defiance, they are dead wrong.
Sabahans still stand in awe when we see the shape of Mount Kinabalu sitting in the blue hues of our state flag. And in reality, the mountain is an awesome sight by itself. “Sabah Maju Jaya” is still sung with great pride by every Sabahan with no exception to any race.
We should be so insulted to be painted as a bunch of shenanigans with no virtue, moral standing or principles.
The disenfranchisement and the resentment towards federal politics and policies thus far, are very real. But these are realities created by the BN rule. The dynamics that we witness today is just a situation ripe to play mind games with.
Sabahans have to live every day of their lives alongside reportedly, two million illegal immigrants compared to one million locals. Their children litter the streets in the cities begging for scraps and odd jobs, unable to attend school, as they have no official papers.
By the day, Kota Kinabalu is looking more like Manila than Malaysia. By any moral standard, how can we allow poverty and human suffering to come to this level – whether or not we choose to recognise them as full citizens is another matter.
Sabah ranked from being the richest state in 1970’s to being the poorest state. Using UNDP’s numbers, Sabah has a poverty rate of 23.0% compared to Wilayah Persekutuan-KL of 1.5%!
In the district of Nabawan, the poverty rate is as high as 70.8%, as 21,568 households live in hardcore poverty. The dropout rate is 50%, twice the national figure and most schools located in the rural areas are equipped with very poor facilities.
Children are so poor that they do not even have soap to clean themselves with. Children attend classes naked because parents sell their free uniforms to feed their families.
In the Ninth Malaysia Plan, the total allocation for Sabah makes up 7.69% compared with 15.06% for the Federal Territories.
These are just hard numbers.
Sabah won 24 out of 25 seats contested. However, it’s still only 25 seats out of the 140 seats garnered by the BN. The lack of representation at ministerial level in truth is limited when both the states combined only represent 1.7 million out of the 10.9 million registered voters.
While Sabah and Sarawak may have held a crucial deciding factor to retain BN’s simple majority in this elections, many of the seats were won due to lack of cohesion among the Opposition parties. The extent of gerrymandering also contributed to no small amount to BN’s wins in the state.
Is this why Sabah representatives often complain that they are not treated with respect in all the political platforms from the Cabinet to grassroots, including those within their parties?
Today, both sides of the political fence paint Anwar Ibrahim in the same breath as how we saw Pairin Kitingan or PBS in the 80’s.
To begin with, Anwar Ibrahim is no Sabahan. In the 90’s, he was Finance Minister and PM-in-waiting “hero-rised” as a leader with international stature but in small-town Sabah, the people saw him as no more than an errand boy for Tun Dr Mahathir.
That said, has there been a credible Sabah leader that has been able to articulate our pain and concerns?
Is it really about more representation in the Cabinet and more royalties? Younger generations of Sabahans, unlike previous decades, are less likely to be anti-Federal.
Many of them have studied in Peninsular Malaysia in both private and public colleges and universities. They know what is like to live in a greater Malaysia beyond their Sabah shores.
Most also know that the 20-point agreement (signed when Sabah joined Malaysia) cannot be practically implemented if we are to finally come to terms with being part of Malaysia.
But what does it mean to be a Sabahan when two-thirds of the population are illegals? If the BN government does not want the situation to be hijacked by the Opposition, this is the first thing it must address – bring back what matters most to Sabah, our land.
The illegal migrant situation has become so bad that we already have a second, if not third generation of Filipinos and Indonesians born in Sabah.
In the name of humanity, I am not sure if we can even morally deport them without causing social mayhem and a localised economic collapse. But we need a definite closure because we need to move on.
“Sabah for Sabahans” conjures a lot of idealism as well as realities for many Sabahans even today but it does not mean we are less proud of who we are and what we still stand for. RESPECT and DIGNITY.
Whoever captures that, gets to rule.
Fui K. Soong is CEO of Institute of Strategic Analysis and Policy Research (INSAP), a think tank of MCA, an organisation dedicated to research on the removal of barriers and bias in policies that impede Malaysian unity, racial harmony and economic prosperity.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Show your support and your pride!
Are you a Sabahan? Do you feel proud to be a Sabahan? Well grab this banner and place it on your blog or website. Please link back to this blog. I will create more banner when I have the time. Custom sizes are available on request - send me email at sabahanpride@gmail.com.
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SAPP will jump ship end of this year?
KUALA LUMPUR: SAPP President Datuk Yong Teck Lee has given Barisan Nasional until August to resolve the issues in Sabah.
After August, there will be no guarantee that SAPP members will remain in Barisan, he said.
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