Villagers-govt officers showdown looms

Hundreds of villagers from Kampung Bungaliu and Kampung
Bubuk are determined to stop the survey of the land for
a agropolitan project.

By Luke Rintod of FMT
KOTA BELUD: In a remote corner of Sabah, a showdown is looming between natives of two kampungs near Pandasan here and government officers who are scheduled to do a land survey for a proposed 3,000-acre agropolitan project on what the natives claim is their land.

Hundreds of villagers from Kampung Bungaliu and Kampung Bubuk are determined to stop the survey of the land, which they claim native customary rights (NCR) to and which has already been cultivated with rubber trees and cash crops including hill paddy on shifting cultivation basis.

Najib failed to live up to expectations, says MP

Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua has given his thumbs down for Najib Abdul Razak, saying the prime minister failed to stamp his much-publicised “reformist” credentials on the Budget 2012.

Pua also expressed concern over the rise of government debts, which have almost doubled in the last seven years.

There had been high expectations, he said, that Najib would put the various reform pledges he made in the budget into action, including the cornerstone of his policy blueprints – the New Economic Model (NEM), Government Transformation Programme (GTP) and the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP).

Najib unveils ‘feel good’ Budget

Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak brings good news to the
country when he tabled Budget 2012 in Parliament.

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak today unveiled Budget 2012 in the Dewan Rakyat, which offered incentives and goodies for the lower and middle-income groups.

However, observers were left disappointed, saying they expected much more.

HRP’s P.Uthayakumar is “racist”– a fact or ploy?

By Iraiputtiran.

According Uthayakumar, the Malaysians Indians, 70 % of whom he estimates to be in the poor and hardcore poor categories and another 25 % in the lower middle and middle income categories, unaided by UMNO government ridden with racism and religious bigotry, are left to fend for themselves. Even the change, much anticipated and hoped for, post 2008 election in the opposition ruled states is a great let down.

Showdown looms between police and villagers in Pandasan

KOTA BELUD: Today, a budget day, in a remote corner of Sabah, a showdown looms between natives of two kampungs near Pandasan here and government officers who are scheduled to do a land survey on a proposed 3,000 acres agropolitan project on what the natives claimed as their native customary land.

State gov’t leaders ignoring Sabah’s special rights

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Government leaders are giving too much priority to their own party interests and vested personal interests to the point of foregoing Sabah’s special rights and the rights of Sabahans.

 

The Chairman of the UNITED BORNEO FRONT (UBF), Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, told the descendants of Tun Datu Mustapha Datu Harun, who were among the attendants of UBF’s Tea Party at Kepayan Ridge on Saturday last week. Tun Mustapha was a Chief Minister of Sabah, the President of the United Sabah National Organisation (Usno) which sacrificed itself by dissolving to make way for Umno to come into Sabah.

 

Villagers slam MP for not standing up for them

In Sabah, villagers' land applications are just recorded but
never approved, says a village spokesman.

KOTA KINABALU: Villagers from Kota Marudu who opened up agriculture lands in nearby Beluran more than 20 year ago at the behest of the government have been chased out three times by the Sabah Forestry Department.

Infuriated villagers are now venting their frustration on the state Umno-led Barisan National government, and especially their MP, Dr Maximus Ongkili, for not standing up for their rights.

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BN MPs trying to bulldoze damned project

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Kampung Tambatuon villagers remind the MPs pushing for the dam that they were elected to serve the people and not threaten their livelihood.

KOTA KINABALU: The villagers of Kampung Tambatuon in Kota Belud unanimously rejected the state government’s offer of an “annual gratuity” of RM500,000 as well as a study tour to Kedah as an inducement to make way for the construction of a dam in their village.

Dismal response to ’1M’sia’ email service

The RM50 million Myemail email and online payment system has gathered 3,000 subscribers since going live on September 14, service provider Tricubes Bhd said today.

At a media briefing in Kuala Lumpur, Tricubes chief executive officer Khairun Zainal Mokhtar said the figures were far behind the 5.4 million subscriber target set by the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu).

“We are targeting as many subscribers as possible, and we are optimistic of our target, though Pemandu has set a 5.4 million subscribers target for us by year-end,” he said.
Admitting the original target is a “stretch” for them,  Khairun said the internal forecast has been readjusted to two million subscribers by 2012.