“The CM, as chairman of Yayasan Sabah, should clarify the Business Times report and not the Director of Forestryas there seems to be more behind the purported timber deal of some 80,937 hectares (199,995 acres) to be awarded to Permaju Holdings Sdn. Bhd. by Yayasan Sabah (YS)” said Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, Chairman of STAR SABAH in response to the mere denial by the Director of Forestry to the news report of the alleged timber deal in the Business Times on Monday.
The Director of Forestryis being used as a mouth piece to deflect the issue and avoid the real facts and his mere denial is out of context as the deal was reported to be with Yayasan Sabah and the CM, having direct control of YS, not the of Director Forestry is the appropriate person to answer on the timber deal. Many answers need to be given so that allegations of timber kickbacks like the RM40 million “donation” to Umno Sabah will not arise.
Why should YS award such a huge area of concession and land to such a company at this time?
Who stands to benefit?
And why are outsiders given priority in award of concession and land instead of Sabahans? If there is no truth to the alleged timber deal, why is the report so detailed?
If the report is not true, the Government should consider suing the parties involved and lodging of the relevant reports with the police, MACC and other bodies.
If the report is true, which will not be surprising, the State government is selling the future of YS, the State and Sabahans and the Umno/BN State Government should be voted and kicked out in the coming general elections.
The report clearly re-affirms STAR Sabah’s stand that the future of Sabah lies in the hands of us Sabahans, not outsiders or Sabahans under the control of outsiders.
SELAMATKAN SABAH TANAH AIRKU -INI KALI LAH!
Nah Musa please explain yourself. Dont' play dumb. We are not stupid and we arenot buying your silence is crap tactic !
ReplyDeleteAnd Musa is not that plain stupid to be manipulated by the opposition's tactic to bring him down.
DeleteHahahaa, Musa bagi penjelasan pun orang tetap tak mahu terima tu kalau namanya dah tak suka:P hehe.
DeleteTak payah explain pun tak pa Musa, rakyat faham juga tu ada pihak yang sengaja mahu jatuhkan MA.
DeleteSilence doesn't mean he is guilty. Most probably, he is waiting for the right time to explain himself.
DeleteIs it true all cronies and family members of Musa are involved in timber business now, ncluding his brother Anifah ?Whymany peole talk about this at the coffee shops? WhyKImanis Forest is botak now ?
ReplyDeleteSo many people talk about the matter? If they have the evidence, why waste time talking in the coffee shops? Bring the matter to the authority lah. Rafizi was so loud about the Musa and Rm40 mil but at last the ICAC HK rejected the case again.
Deletetuduhan-tuduhan yang tidak berasas hanyalah cakap kosong saja.
DeleteTunjukkan bukti supaya orang dapat membuat penilaian yang lebih adil.
DeleteI do hope this is a false allegation. So far no strong evidence are able to connect the musa family to this timber business.
DeleteTimber products export revenue clinched RM20.03 billion last year, contributing substantively to the national economic growth
ReplyDeleteconcerted efforts must be pursued to ensure wood-based industries continued to enjoy robust growth in tandem with the National Timber Industry Policy (Natip) targets
ReplyDeletethrough Natip, had set RM53 billion in timber export revenue target a year by 2020.
DeletePembangkang Sabah Minta Sokong FREE Sajakah?
ReplyDeleteHormati penyokong percuma Anda. Sekarang mereka kata Asalkan Bukan Umno. Nanti jika perangai anda lebih teruk dari Umno mereka kata Asalkan bukan Anda.
DeletePergerakan dinamik politik di tanah Borneo Utara adalah tidak kurang menariknya berbanding dengan di Semenanjung. Sehingga kini nampaknya tarik tali antara Barisan Nasional Sabah dan Barisan Pembangkang Sabah telah menghasilkan keputusan jelas iaitu kelebihan tiga mata tanpa berbalas, 3 - 0. Lajim, Bumburing dan Maijol sudah beralih angin.
DeleteTiada siapa yang tahu sama ada akan ada lagikah yang bakal menyusul atau tidak. Namun sehingga sekarang belum ada tanda-tanda ahli-ahli politik pembangkang yang hendak beralih arah ke Barisan Nasional. Sedangkan jika dika dipandang dari sudut pengurusan kewangan yang pruden, wang yang diterima sekarang adalah lebih baik berbanding dengan wang yang bakal diterima pada masa hadapan.
DeleteMemasuki kem BN akan memberi pulangan kewangan yang serta merta jika anda adalah ahli politik yang mempunyai nama, mempunyai nilai berita dan ada pengikut ketara yang sentiasa membontoti ke mana sahaja anda pergi.
DeleteMemasuki kem Pembangkang lebih merupakan pelaburan yang berpulangan tinggi. Ia menjanjikan pulangan yang lebih besar di masa hadapan, tetapi risikonya juga tinggi jika salah peraturan.
DeleteJadi, begitulah. Belum ada seorang pun dari pihak pembangkang hendak beralih kepada Barisan Nasional. Oleh itu, keputusan sehingga kini adalah tetap 3 - 0.
DeleteApa yang penting pembangkang bukan hanya mesti berusaha untuk menarik pemimpin BN kepada mereka. Pembangkang hendaklah juga menjaga penyokong-penyokong percuma mereka.
DeletePembangkang harus jaga penyokong PERCUMA mereka
DeleteOrang-orang yang menggerakkan jentera pembangkang secara percuma. Menulis dan menjalankan aktiviti kemasyarakatan pembangkang dengan sukarela tanpa sebarang imbuhan sama ada dalam bentuk kewangan atau bukan. Namanya saja menyokong pembangkang.
DeletePembangkang pun bukan semua pandai, ada juga yang bodoh-bodoh. Jangankan hendak menyogok balasan dalam bentuk kontrak yang bernilai jutaan ringgit, ada kalanya berselisih bahu pun pura-pura tidak kenal.
DeletePemimpin-pemimpin pembangkang perlu juga ingat bahawa penyokong-penyokong percuma ini samalah macam baju percuma yang kena beri. Mungkin ia padan untuk anda, mungkin juga. Tetapi tanpa sedikit usaha seperti keperluan untuk mengubah suai di sana sini, janganlah terlalu berharap ia akan muat dan sesuai untuk dipakai.
DeleteNamanya kan percuma. Sesaat akan menyokong, pada masa yang lain pula boleh mengkritik anda selantang-lantangnya. Apa yang penting, mereka tidak bersifat memusuhi anda itu pun sudah dikira baik.
DeletePenyokong percuma adalah golongan manusia yang boleh berfikir. Pada masa tertentu mereka datang menyokong tanpa anda sedari kerana apa yang anda perjuangkan didapati sesuai dengan kehendak-kehendak akal dan prinsip yang mereka mahu. Jika kemudiannya anda menyimpang, mereka akan pergi.
DeleteBagi setengah penyokong percuma, bersekutu bersama anda merupakan suatu bentuk 'marriage of convenience'. Terdapat matlamat yang yang perlu disekutu, jadi bersekutulah mereka dengan anda.
DeleteDi dalam politik negara kita pada masa ini matlamat utama yang kelihatan ialah "Asalkan Bukan Umno". Maka mereka bersama anda.
DeleteJika suatu hari di dalam beberapa tahun yang akan datang setelah menang dan mereka mendapati perangai anda lebih teruk dari Umno, mereka akan datang kembali dengan slogan baru, "Asalkan bukan Anda".
DeleteWalaupun mereka tidak mengharapkan imbuhan kewangan, semangat ikram dari barisan pembangkang tetap diperlukan. Anda perlu meluangkan masa dengan mereka. Anda harus mengatur pertemuan jika perlu. Anda harus membekalkan mereka dengan maklumat yang terkini dan bersesuaian untuk dihebahkan. Pendek kata, anda harus melibatkan mereka.
Deletepembangkang kini berusaha untuk dapat sokongan tapi mereka tiada sumbangan pun.
DeleteRakyat harus bijak menilai. Memang semuanya kunu baik tapi itu sebelum menang so janganlah tertipu pula dengan taktik pembangkang.
DeletePengundi tahu apa yang terbaik juga tu, jadi kita nantikan saja ketibaan masa mengundi nanti.
DeleteOpposition may even be much worse than BN UMNO if they become the government.
DeleteIm sure even in the opposition party there is corruption. Vote wisely!
DeleteThe one thing that sure to win the people's heart is sincerity from the party.
DeleteTo realise the target, the supply of quality and adequate raw materials was very important to ensure that the industry continues to grow
ReplyDeleteSINCE THE REPORT IS RELATED TO FOREST (TIMBER), THEN THERE IS NO WRONG FOR MANNAN TO CLARIFY THE REPORT
ReplyDeleteState Forestry Director Datuk Sam Mannan has firmly denied rumours that the State Government is preparing to give timber concession land to Permaju Holdings Sdn Bhd as reported in the Business Times on Monday.
apa pun penjelasan yang diberikan pembangkang belum tentu mahu dengar juga tu.
DeleteSINCE THE REPORT IS RELATED TO FOREST (TIMBER), THEN THERE IS NO WRONG FOR MANNAN TO CLARIFY THE REPORT
ReplyDeleteHe said that all the virgin forests in Sabah are protected areas and stressed the false report regarding the timber concession could bring great harm to Sabah's and Malaysia's conservation efforts.
WHY NOT BLAME YONG TECK LEE WHO RUINS SABAH ENVIRONMENT IN AS LITTLE AS 2 YEARS??????
ReplyDeleteDuring the tenure of Yong Teck Lee in as little as 2 years, he approved some 265 logging licences covering over 300,000 ha (an area 5 times larger than the island of Singapore).
Sebab YTL bukan lagi CM sekarang, so semua pun fokus untuk jatuhkan Musa saja.
DeleteWHY NOT BLAME YONG TECK LEE WHO RUINS SABAH ENVIRONMENT IN AS LITTLE AS 2 YEARS??????
ReplyDeleteThese licences were given to cronies, associates, non-Sabahans included, and is clearly an act of gross irresponsibility at the expense of environmental conservation, sustainability and public interest.
WHY NOT BLAME YONG TECK LEE WHO RUINS SABAH ENVIRONMENT IN AS LITTLE AS 2 YEARS??????
ReplyDeleteThe delegation of authority to approve logging areas given by Cabinet to Datuk Yong Teck Lee as CM, was well and truly taken advantage of and abused by Yong to reward his friends, cronies and supporters.
Can you imagine what will happen if SAPP were to come back into power?
Malaysia’s timber industry was facing diverse challenges, including depleting raw materials supply, skilled manpower and stiff competition from low production cost rubber-producing countries.
ReplyDeleteWHY NOT BLAME YONG TECK LEE WHO RUINS SABAH ENVIRONMENT IN AS LITTLE AS 2 YEARS??????
ReplyDeleteA good example is the Tongod Region where not less than 20,000 acres of land earlier set aside for native socio-economic projects, under the ‘Tongod Regional Planning Study’, mooted during the Berjaya era, were given away to a public-listed company. This is blatant Daylight Robbery!!
WHY NOT BLAME YONG TECK LEE WHO RUINS SABAH ENVIRONMENT IN AS LITTLE AS 2 YEARS??????
ReplyDeleteAs a consequence, the impoverished and largely hardcore poor of Tongod lost their birthright (ancestral lands) and became ‘refugees’ on their own land, setting up ‘sulaps’ along the road bordering their stolen land, eating dust induced by passing vehicles, everyday. To add insult to injury, the mega companies that now occupy the ‘stolen’ lands, evicted them and bulldozed even their dilapidated dwellings.
Citing the dwindling timber production scenario in Sabah, the reduction was very significant.
ReplyDeleteYONG TECK LEE RUINS SABAH ENVIRONMENT, WHILE MUSA AMAN PROTECTING SABAH ENVIRONMENT
ReplyDeleteIronically, while Musa is accused by the opposition of looting and pillaging Sabah's timber areas, it was his drive to protect the timber and the forest from being plundered that made him the darling of environmental groups.
In 2009, timber production was 4.8 million cubic metres, but dwindled to 3.6 cubic metres last year, pressuring timber processing companies, particularly sawmills in Sabah. To balance the timber supply shortage, several initiatives were implemented including introducing Forest Estate Development Programme.
ReplyDeleteYONG TECK LEE RUINS SABAH ENVIRONMENT, WHILE MUSA AMAN PROTECTING SABAH ENVIRONMENT
ReplyDeleteAt Musa's suggestion, the state legislative assembly had also approved a bill barring any development along the Kota Kinabalu seafront, totalling 1,555ha, from Tanjung Aru to Likas Bay.
YONG TECK LEE RUINS SABAH ENVIRONMENT, WHILE MUSA AMAN PROTECTING SABAH ENVIRONMENT
ReplyDeleteWith a strong likelihood that the state BN under Musa's leadership may again win big in Sabah in the 13th general election, it is not really surprising that he has become a target of the opposition.
Musa Aman Ketua Menteri Sabah begitu komited dalam membangunkan negeri Sabah sampaikan banyak projek projek yang dibangunkan di Sabah lebih ditumpukan kepada anak anak Sabah.
ReplyDeletesetiap program pembangunan yang dibuat adalah memberikan manfaat kepada rakyat.
DeletePemimpin luar yang cuba masuk ke negeri Sabah untuk melobi tender dan sebagainya ditolak kerana Musa Aman memberi keutamaan kepada anak Sabah. Dan ini realitinya apabila Sabah dipimpin oleh anak Sabah yang komited dengan negeri kelahirannya.
ReplyDeleteTidak cukup dengan Anwar Ibrahim yang sedang galak mencatur politik Sabah ada desas desus pula menyatakan ada juga pimpinan lain yang sedang berusaha menjatuhkan Ketua Menteri Musa Aman di Sabah.
ReplyDeletePercaturannya mudah iaitu bekerjasama dengan Anwar Ibrahim kerana DANA KEEWANGAN akan disponsor oleh Anwar Ibrahim dalam menjayakan misi tersebut.
ReplyDeleteLOMPAT PARTI pekara biasa bagi pemain politik Sabah tetapi jika difikirkan balik terutama rakyat Sabah siapa yang akan mndapat manfaat jika Musa Aman tersingkir dan Anwar Ibrahim berjaya? Siapa yang akan mendapat manfaat dari pekara tersebut? Pemimpin yang akan mengetuai Sabah kelak sudah pasti menjadi BONEKA kepada Anwar Ibrahim.
ReplyDeleteEntahlah, susah mahu ramal dunia politik yang memeningkan kepala ini.
DeleteLihat sahaja PKR yang mana Presiden nya Wan Azizah, tetapi siapa yang mendominasi PKR secara total? Apakah tidak jelas bahawa Wan Azizah adalah BONEKA kepada Anwar Ibrahim?
ReplyDeleteAnwar Ibrahim treat everybody as his puppet in order to get what he wants.
Deletepembangkang mulalah mainkan pelbagai isu untuk menyalahkan Musa.
ReplyDeleteSelangor yang mana Anwar Ibrahim sebagai Penasihat Keewangan Negeri Selangor. Segala macam projek di Selangor mestilah melalui pejabat Anwar Ibrahim terlebih dahulu dan keputusan projek tersebut mestilah mendapat kelulusan Anwar Ibrahim.
ReplyDeleteApakah tidak jelas bahawa Selangor merupakan Kerajaan BONEKA Anwar Ibrahim?
ReplyDeleteBagaimana pula di Sabah kelak jika Anwar Ibrahim melalui Pakatan mereka berjaya membentuk kerajaan? Siapa yang berkuasa? Pemimpin Sabah?
ReplyDeleteLupakan lah kerana segala DANA datang dari Anwar Ibrahim dan adalah semestinya yang akan berkuasa adalah Anwar Ibrahim orang semenanjung dan kerajaan Sabah waktu itu hanyalah BONEKA buat Anwar Ibrahim semata mata.
ReplyDeleteJika rakyat Sabah terutama pemimpin yang ada waktu ini sanggup bekerjasama dengan Anwar Ibrahim maka tidak mustahil Sabah akan jatuh ketangan Anwar Ibrahim yang bukan anak Sabah sebaliknya akan menjahanamkan politik serta Ekonomi Sabah.
ReplyDeleteApa yang anak sabah akan dapat jika Anwar Ibrahim selaku penasihat Keewangan negeri Sabah?
ReplyDeletePertahankan Ketua Menteri Musa Aman waktu ini kerana beliau telah membuktikan bahawa Ekonomi Sabah meningkat dari masa ke semasa dan merubah Sabah kearah lebih maju dari sebelumnya.
ReplyDeleteUnder the leadership of Musa aman, sabah is able to grow rapidly.
DeleteRONALD SIFATKAN JEFFREY KITINGAN 'MAT JENIN'
ReplyDeleteTIMBALAN Speaker Dewan Rakyat, Datuk Ronald Kiandee menyifatkan kenyataan Pengerusi Star Sabah, Datuk Jeffry Kitingan bahawa Keningau akan dijadikan pusat Pentadbiran Negeri Sabah sekiranya parti itu diberi mandat oleh rakyat pada PRU 13 nanti sebagai angan-angan 'Mat Jenin'.
"Kenyataan Jeffry itu disifatkan sebagai angan-angan Mat Jenin kerana mustahil daerah sekecil itu boleh jadikan pusat pentadbiran kerajaan negeri. Jadi Kota Kinabalu mahu dibuat apa? Jefrry sebenar terlalu berangan-angan tinggi yang tidak boleh diterima akal, mungkin sudah ketandusan idea,” tegas Ronalod yang juga Ahli Parlimen Malaysia (Beluran).
Katanya, sama juga cita-cita Jeffrey untuk mengalahkan abangnya Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan di kerusi Parlimen Keningau pada PRU-13.
RONALD SIFATKAN JEFFREY KITINGAN 'MAT JENIN'
ReplyDelete"Sejak kebelakangan ini, ternyata Star Sabah terutama Jeffrey terdesak untuk meraih simpati undi hingga terpaksa menabur janji yang tidak munasabah. Ini berikutan sambutan rakyat Sabah kepada parti pembangkang yang kini berkurangan," katanya.
Berucap pada Majlis Perasmian Mini Dewan Kampung Lumou, dekat sini, kelmarin, Ronald menyifatkan Jeffrey membuat kenyataan itu bagi meningkatkan harapannya untuk memenang kerusi Parlimen Keningau dan kerusi DUN Bingkor pada PRU-13 kelak.
"Selepas ini akan ada lagi pemimpin pembangkang yang lain membuat beberapa kenyataan yang tidak munasabah termasuk akan menjanjikan pusat pentadbiran negeri Sabah di kawasan mereka, semata-mata untuk menang kawasan masing-masing," katanya.
Menurutnya, kenyataan untuk mengalihkan pusat pentadbiran negeri ke Keningau akan menyebabkan pembangunan dialihkan ke daerah tersebut dan ini akan mengurangkan peruntukan bagi kawasan lain termasuk Beluran.
Again? I think you should ask YTL.
ReplyDeleteClarify nothing thus far.
ReplyDeleteRONALD SIFATKAN JEFFREY KITINGAN 'MAT JENIN'
ReplyDeleteKatanya, mungkin nanti akan ada pemimpin yang menyokong parti pembangkang menjanjikan ibu negeri Sabah dialihkan ke daerah lain semata-mata untuk meraih pengaruh politik mereka di kawasan itu.
Sehubungan itu, Ronald meminta rakyat tidak terpedaya dengan janji pemimpin parti atau pertubuhan pembangkang itu yang hanya bersifat untuk meraih sokongan mereka.
"Kita harus mengambil iktibar apa yang berlaku di negeri Selangor apabila janji kerajaan pembangkang Selangor yang mahu memberi RM100 sebulan untuk ibu tunggal tidak ditunaikan sehingga menyebabkan lebih 2,000 ibu tunggal di sana terpaksa mengemukakan saman pada kerajaan PKR Selangor itu," katanya.
Beliau berkata tidak seperti kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) yang merupakan sebuah kerajaan bertanggungjawab dengan menunaikan janji yang diberikan kepada rakyat.
"Kita tabur janji untuk ditepati sebab itu BN tidak menjanjikan bulan dan bintang semata-mata untuk meraih undi rakyat," katanya.
I THINK ALL WHAT HAVE I BEEN EXPLAIN THROUGH THIS NEWS CUTTING IS SIMPLY ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND AND GET WHAT I AM ACTUALLY TRYING TO DELIVER
STAR patut lupakan la janji dlu
ReplyDeleteI bet this is nothing but fraud.
ReplyDeleteYou should mourn Jeff. Star Papar division has dissolved.
ReplyDeleteKesian betul mamat ni oh.
ReplyDeleteRM40m has been cleared off the ICAC's shells.
ReplyDeleteNow just waiting for ICAC to make an official statement.
DeleteTimber products export revenue has however contributed to the economic growth of the state.
ReplyDeleteIf allegations are made then back it up with profound evidence as well.
ReplyDeleteA strong evidence is needed to back up whatever allegations that were made.
DeleteIf it is called for just to clarify things, i suggest Musa explain things to those who are still finding it difficult to accept.
ReplyDeleteI suppose CM knows what he is doing and who fall for the tactics of the opposition.
ReplyDeleteThe government must ensure to apply more efforts in order to increase the growth of the wood-based industries.
ReplyDeleteIs the State Government preparing to give timber concession land to Permaju Holdings Sdn Bhd as reported in the Business Times on Monday?
ReplyDeleteSome of them only know how to criticize than to make effort to bring about positive change.
ReplyDeleteThere are some things that will surely benefit the people which will get support.
ReplyDeleteHe said any attempt to bring about change in Sabah are not likely to be achieved if the question of unity, political and economic stability is neglected .
ReplyDeleteWe must accept that as Malaysians, we have a responsibility to defend the country.
ReplyDeleteI dont think Jeff wants to protect the country.
ReplyDeleteJeff is a power hungry man. he only cares about getting power and wealth.
DeleteWhat Musa should clarify?
ReplyDeleteTiada apa2 yang harus ditakutkan.
ReplyDeleteNow Patrick Sindu is turning his back to PKR.
ReplyDeleteNah kasihan la Star ni kan.
ReplyDeleteEnough with the clarification sort of thing.
ReplyDeleteBuang masa ja jepprey ni.
ReplyDeleteAdakah kes macam ni?
ReplyDeleteTimbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin berkata kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) telah membawa keamanan dan kesejahteraan untuk semua kaum di negara ini.
ReplyDeletetiada sebab untuk menukar kerajaan pimpinan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
ReplyDeleteThe people will determine who will be the next government in this coming election.
Deleterakyat perlu bijak menilai apa yang berlaku di luar negara dan membandingkan dengan kehidupan yang mereka kecapi di negara ini.
ReplyDeleteKerajaan bagus, ekonomi baik, jadi kenapa nak tukar
ReplyDeleteRakyat perlu pandai menilai pencapaian kerajaan sekarang dalam negara.
Deleterakyat tidak harus terpengaruh dengan dakyah parti pembangkang yang cuba memutarbelitkan pelbagai perkara untuk kepentingan politik sempit mereka
ReplyDeleteJangan terlalu mudah terpengaruh oleh cubaan menimbulkan kebencian terhadap kerajaan.
DeleteNegara kita sebenarnya telah menepati apa yang disebut dalam Al-Quran sebagai “baldatun tayyibatun warabun ghafur” yang bermaksud “negara yang baik dan diampuni Tuhan
ReplyDeleteDiharapkan negara kita sentiasa diberkati Allah.
Deletekerajaan BN mampu dan berkeupayaan untuk terus memberi pelindungan, kesejahteraan dan kemakmuran kepada rakyat
ReplyDeleteJika BN diberi peluang sekali lagi, mereka haruslah berusaha demi rakyat.
Deleteini terbukti apabila pihak luar juga kagum dengan kerajaan Malaysia yang berjaya mengurus tadbir negara dengan cekap selain memastikan masyarakat majmuk hidup dalam aman dan sejahtera.
ReplyDeleteRakyat perlulah undi untuk meneruskan keamanan dan kesejahteraan yang dinikmati sekarang.
DeleteSemua mahu yang terbaik utk masa depan yang lebih sempurna, justeru kita haruslah berfikir secara matang dan buat apa yang patut.
ReplyDeleteAda yang berkata masyarakat majmuk di Malaysia yang berlainan agama, kaum dan budaya akan menghadapi krisis kaum sepanjang masa. Tapi kita ternyata mampu pastikan rakyat hidup aman dan sejahtera
ReplyDeleteKita haruslah mengekalkan perpaduan demi menghadapi krisis perkauman.
DeleteApapun, kita doakan saja agar semuanya baik-baik sahaja:)
ReplyDeletekerajaan BN juga telah membawa pelbagai perubahan menerusi pelan transformasi nasional yang dilihat banyak memberi manafaat kepada rakyat.
ReplyDeleteBila PRU? Bulan 3 ka? Tak sabar sudah ni mahu mengundi.
ReplyDeleteWe should avoid any criticism regardless of the situation.
ReplyDeleteI hope Musa would be able to clarify this if need be.
ReplyDeleteMusa ought to clarify so that people would not get the wrong idea about the cm.
DeleteDoes CM owe further explanation after the investigation has already been carried out?
ReplyDeleteFurther investigation is needed .
DeleteEvery supporter should watch really close as wisdom is profitable to direct.
ReplyDeleteOpposition leaders should at least prove their interest to the people more in action.
ReplyDeleteWhy should this case get complicated than ever?
ReplyDeleteIt seems like the opposition are now trying to get more supporters.
ReplyDeleteThe way they get supporters is thru using dirty tactics. They are no different that BN UMNO.
DeleteAre the supporters really contributing at all?
ReplyDeleteI suppose no one knows what exactly will happen just after the general election.
ReplyDeleteWe can only hope for the best man to win this coming election.
DeleteThey should know things that will benefit the people will surely get support.
ReplyDeleteState Forestry Director Datuk Sam Mannan has categorically denied that the State Government is preparing to give timber concession land to Permaju Holdings Sdn Bhd as reported in the Business Times on Monday.
ReplyDelete"There is no such concession now or in the pipeline.
DeleteWhat is the motive of producing such a damaging false report?" he asked.
He said it was a totally false report that does great harm to Sabah's and Malaysia's conservation efforts.
"All the virgin forests in Sabah are protected areas," he stressed, adding that the whole story was a figment of someone's wild imagination.
DeleteMannan was commenting on the report claiming that Permaju Holdings Sdn Bhd, controlled by Tan Sri Chai Kin Kong, was close to securing some 80,937 hectares of timber concession land in Sabah and Sarawak.
DeleteThe report claimed that the bulk of the land was in Sabah, near Keningau, which was being awarded by Yayasan Sabah.
DeleteBusiness Times had said that an announcement on the matter will be made by as early as this month.
DeleteIt further said the potential concession would make Permaju the single largest land concession owner in the "Land Below the Wind".
DeleteIt said Permaju, at its peak, had some 129ha of state-given land concession in Sabah. It said some of the said land has now been converted for development projects, while the rest has been surrendered to the state.
DeleteBusiness Times also said that the new award will eclipse Permaju's previous record holdings.
Delete"The impending award will be for a period of between 30 years and 60 years," the report said.
DeleteUnder the terms of the contract, Permaju was supposed to help clear the land, said to be a virgin jungle area, and then plant oil palm.
DeleteIt said the virgin jungle is filled with valuable timber, and proceeds from timber will go directly to Permaju.
Delete"It will, however, share with Yayasan Sabah any proceeds from the planned oil palm estate. "Gross proceeds from the timber is easily more than RM1 billion," said the report.
DeleteRecent study published in the scientific journal PLoS One by researchers working in Malaysia and Indonesia shows that about 80 per cent of the Bornean orang-utans live outside protected areas.
ReplyDeleteUsing data collected over 21 years by 24 different teams from Sabah, Sarawak and Kalimantan the paper provides an overview of the orang-utan situation for Borneo as a whole.
Delete“This analysis shows that the vast majority of orang-utan populations are found outside of the network of protected forests in Borneo,” said Dr Serge Wich, the lead author of this article entitled “Understanding the Impacts of Land-Use Policies on a Threatened Species: Is There a Future for the Bornean Orang-utan?”
Delete“Protected forests remain essential for conserving orang-utan in Borneo but most of these protected forests are found in highlands and in mountains and not in the lowland forests that are the favourite habitat of the orang-utans. The lowlands are also the prime areas selected for timber extraction and later further developed for agriculture such as oil palm,” stated Wich.
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Delete“In Sabah, the recent gazettement under Class I Virgin Jungle Forest Reserves of the lowland forests of Segama by the Sabah Forestry Department means that more than 60 per cent of the orang-utan population is now protected in Sabah. This is a huge improvement for orang-utan conservation in the State compared to the early 2000’s when only 30 per cent of the orang-utans in Sabah were living in protected forests,” said Dr Marc Ancrenaz, co-director of HUTAN and one of the leading authors of the paper.
With the biggest percentage of orang-utans being found in timber concession areas, the researchers
DeleteThis scale of logging if true would represent of 50% of the timber produced from natural forest in the year 2011 or about 30% of Sabah's timber production in 2010.
ReplyDeleteThe Forestry Department acknowledges that illegal felling does exist in Sabah but no way near the scale and extent as allegedly reported.
ReplyDeleteThe allegations are therefore 'baseless and made with bad intention's (Mal fide) to discredit and lessen the effort and sacrifices made by the state government of Sabah, to achieve good forest governance and SFM (Sustainable Forest Management) in the shortest time possible, despite the economic financial and social challenges.
ReplyDeleteThe fact's to discredit these wild and malicious allegations are as follows:
ReplyDelete(1) The enormity of the alleged extent of illegal felling (1 million m3) could not have escaped the attention ofthe world at large. A well stocked forest of 20,000 hectares badly logged because of illegal felling would have been easily detected by satellites and attract the attention of NGOs, environmentalists and the communities living nearby. No way could have such acts be committed and passed without notice. Unless and until the burden of strict proof is shown the allegations are baseless and untruths.
(2) lf 50% ofthe annual production oftimber from Sabah was alleged to be illegal world markets especially sensitive ones like Europe, North America and Japan, would have long ago stopped buying timber from Sabah, and the enormous economic and financial implications would have been dire to the state as a whole. This never occurred because the alleged large scale alleged illegal logging never happen.
ReplyDelete(3) Sabah’s long term licences have been subjected to third party auditing (independent audit) since 2010, under the Ma|aysia—ECTLAS) Timber Legality Assurance Programme) the independent auditors would have detected such large scale illegal felling. On the contrary Sabah has always been transparent and letting her forest manager be opened to public scrutiny and third party auditor in wanting to attain world recognition an credibility.
ReplyDelete(4) RIL (Reduced Impact Logging) has been introduced in 2009 with full implementation in 2010, again verified independently by third party auditors such an allegation of rampant illegal felling (20,000 ha at least) would have been impossible to escape the attention of the auditors who are well renowned international players.
ReplyDelete(5) At least 800,000 hectares of Sabah's forests are partially of fully certified under various internationally recognized system (Forest Stewardship Council or FSC, MTCS — Malaysian Timber Certihcation Scheme, PEFC — Pan European Forest Scheme). This also covers the Sabah Foundation with at least 250,000 hectares of fully certined and 150,000 hectares partially certihed forest.
ReplyDeleteMany more forest areas are being earmarkedfor certification as Sabah has set 2014 as the year for all long term licensed areasto be fully certified. The process of certihcation means independent third party on auditing the ground to access credibility. If such an allegation wastrue, why does Sabah continue to attract the attention of certifying bodies and NGOs, who want to be our partners and to assist us in obtaining verihable and certifiable good governance?
ReplyDelete(7) Sabah’s Ulu Segama-Malua eco·region bordering Danum Valley, is also home to the wor|d's GRASP (Great Apes Succeed Project) model under UNESCO, whereby not less than 3,000 orang utans are now protected in an FSC certified forest for which the state government underthe leadership of Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman, put a total halt to logging on 31.12.2007, afterthe policy announcement was made on 15.3.2006. Thisbold decision was made despite the enormous hnancial implication — loss of potential revenue of at least RM4 billion. Why lock up valuable rainforests forever ifthe administration was bent on organizing illegal felling?
ReplyDelete(8) The area of TPAS (Totally protected areas) reserves in Sabah is now reaching 1.3 million ha. or about 20% ofSabah’s total land area, even exceeding the IUCNstandard of10%. The latest addition is about 180,000 ha — the 55,000 ha. wildlife corridor linking Maliau Basin, lmbak Canyon to Danum/Ulu Segama and the re-classification of Ulu Segama (130,000 ha) to total protected status. lt must be put on record that the leadership ofthe current Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman, has seen the greatest extent of TPAS expansion in the history of Sabah, despite enormous opportunity cost of conservation.
ReplyDelete(9) Under his leadership, SFM has improved by leap and bounds, Short term licences that cause tremendous damage to the environment are being drastically phased out and Sabah's forest management credibility is at its highest-an open-book philosophy whereby, logging and forest management areas, are all open to third party and NGO scrutiny. The good, the bad and the ugly are laid bare with the intention of improving standards and practices on the ground.
ReplyDelete(10) The planned drop in forest revenue is also a deliberate strategy to ensure that the forests are given a chance to recover (about RM150 Million/year today as opposed to RM500 Milion — RM1 billion in the forest) and the stocks are rebuilt again in the next 20 years and this will benefit those generations to come. It would have been too easy to liquidate more forest for revenue solely and to abandon conservation and raising standard in the short term. If such a policy was pursued then there will be absolute depletion in the future. This is commonly known in economic as "The Tragedy Of The Commons".
ReplyDelete(11) The Wild and baseless allegation actually do a lot of harm to the forest of Sabah not help it. A gullible audience would have stopped buying timber (most valuable resourse financially in a forest) from Sabah, rendering the rainforest and the SFM efforts worthless and of no economic value. Once rainforest have no more economic value and the timber therein unsaleable, in the rainforest of continuing socio-economic, development, then they will be threatened by alternative land uses. If SFM and conservation no longer sell or bring benefit to society, then there will inevitably be dropped as policies, despite the progress painfully gain over the years.
ReplyDelete(13) We have reason to believe the unfounded allegations are politically motivated and not driven by any love for the environment. lt distorts with the motive of derailing Sabah’s efforts and frustrating the momentum of forest management reform The public should discard the reports as malicious and harmful to Sabah.
ReplyDeleteStar thinks they are the best party to lead the state.
ReplyDeleteYayasan Sabah was established in 1966 with the aim of improving the lives of Malaysians living in Sabah by the provision of welfare, medical and educational services.
ReplyDeleteIn order to provide a sustainable source of revenue to fund these activities Yayasan Sabah was granted management rights over a huge forest concession in south-eastern Sabah with a total area of over 1 million hectares (10,000 km2).
ReplyDeleteThe concession is known as the Yayasan Sabah Forest Management Area (YSFMA) and is managed on behalf of Yayasan Sabah by its wholly owned commercial subsidiary Innoprise Corporation.
ReplyDeleteThe YSFMA occupies almost 14% of the entire land area of Sabah and is one of the largest forest concessions in SE Asia.
ReplyDeleteThe commercially managed natural forests of the YSFMA, which have been selectively harvested from the early 1970s onwards, total approximately 750,000 ha.
ReplyDeleteThe concession includes approximately 60,000 ha of agricultural and exotic timber plantations with a further 80,000 ha earmarked for conversion to oil palm plantation by 2010.
ReplyDeleteThe majority of the commercial forest to the east and north of DVCA, which can be accessed easily from the field centre, were selectively harvested using a combination of tractor logging in areas of moderate terrain and cable or ‘high-lead’ yarding on steeper slopes.
ReplyDeleteThese harvesting methods resulted in different patterns of disturbance; high-lead yarding involved winching logs up or down a slope towards a central collection point around the machine itself and forest in the immediate vicinity of the machine set-up (±20 ha) was often completely degraded with further severe damage extending outwards along winching ‘corridors’.
ReplyDeleteUse of this highly damaging technique was banned by the Sabah Forestry Department in 1996. Tractor yarding results in a more random mosaic of damage including highly degraded areas such as skid tracks, through lightly disturbed to completely untouched forest remnants.
ReplyDeleteIn 1993, an area of forest of approximately 450 ha to the south of DVFC was harvested for experimental purposes using Reduced Impact Logging techniques in tandem (for purposes of comparison) with the conventionally logged 1993 coupe.
ReplyDeleteThe location of logging coupes within the YSFMA is known and roads, topography and compartment boundaries (designated logging areas within coupes, usually of about 50ha in size) are mapped to a scale of 1:12,500.
ReplyDeleteDetailed timber extraction data are available by compartment for most areas to the east and north of DVCA and include volume (by timber group) and logging method.
ReplyDeleteSome of the areas under Yayasan Sabah are like the Maliau Basin Conservation and Imbak Canyon.
ReplyDeleteIt is now clear that it was neither Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan nor Datuk Seri Panglima Yong Teck Lee who had first championed the formation of the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on the illegal immigrant presence in in Sabah.
ReplyDeletegiving credit to PBS president Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan and I am sure there are many Sabahan who were not aware of the fact that it was PBS and Pairin who championed for the need to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry on the issue of illegal immigrants in Sabah
ReplyDeleteSabahans should greatly appreciate the MCA president’s revelation that Pakatan Rakyat leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was the first to reject the setting up of the commission proposed by Pairin in 1994
ReplyDeleteIs Anwar play-acting now just to hoodwink Sabahans and garner their support?
ReplyDeleteAnwar will do anything to achieve his ambition to be the PM.
DeletePairin said he had taken note that his brother Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan, STAR Sabah chairman, had said that he wanted to send him (Pairin) into retirement by contesting against him.
ReplyDeleteThe people votes will determine whether Jeff could win against his own brother
DeleteHe doesn’t love his brother, he doesn’t have any feeling, any consideration, he just wants a place to go to because he is now the leader in STAR, an imported party from Sarawak. Now he is happy leading a party
ReplyDeleteFamily matter should be put aside when it comes to competition. May the best man win this coming election.
DeleteThat is why Jeffrey has been changing parties all the time because he is not wanted in all these parties and he cannot work with anyone
ReplyDeleteNot only Dr Jeffrey as there are other people who are interested in the seats
ReplyDeleteDr Jeffrey’s suggestion to bring the state administration to Keningau, Pairin said he would leave that to the judgment of the people.
ReplyDeleteThe people will be the judge of it and not Jeff
DeleteDiketuai Datuk Jeffrey Kitingan, parti berusia sebulan ini atau Parti Reformasi Negeri (STAR) percaya ia akan menimbulkan sentimen yang boleh memecahkan rekod keputusan pilihan raya umum di Semenanjung Malaysia.
ReplyDeleteWe shall see about that.
DeleteSELAMATKAN SABAH DARI APA?? PENTADBIRAN MUSA AMAN ADALAH YANG TERBAIK DI MALAYSIA.. SLOGAN TU PATUT TUKAR KEPADA "SELAMATKAN SABAH DARI PEMBANGKANG"
ReplyDeleteDi mana-mana sahaja kita boleh melihat pembangunan yang dibawa oleh kerajaan BN. Saya yakin rakyat Sabah atau penjawat awam matang dan tahu menilai prestasi kerajaan BN yang telah banyak membawa pembangunan dan menolong rakyat dalam semua aspek tanpa mengira agama, bangsa dan keturunan - Musa Aman