DAP, PKR, PBRS leaders join STAR at Interior launch attended by more than 2,000 people

By Ezra Haganez

State Reform Party (STAR) Logo

KENINGAU: Over 2,000 enthusiastic crowd turned up at the joint launching of three divisions of State Reform Party (STAR) Sabah chapter at a food court hall near here yesterday.

The three STAR divisions are Keningau, Tenom and Pensiangan. Its chairman here, Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan, launched them in front of an enthusiastic crowd which often disrupted speeches by the party leaders

Jeffrey: What type of RCI approved by cabinet?

An RCI for Sabah should be done and completed
before the coming general election as many
'foreign' voters in Sabah are already on
the electoral roll.

By Luke Rintod of FMT

KOTA KINABALU: The much anticipated federal government’s green light for a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on how Filipino and Indonesian illegal immigrants gained Malaysian documents in Sabah has been met with suspicion by the State Reform Party (Star).

Star state chapter chairman Jeffrey Kitingan, who has been demanding an investigation for years, said though Sabahans welcomed the setting up of the RCI, the government must ensure its sincerity and integrity are reflected in the RCI.

He said he would like the federal leaders to consider a few points that are vital to safeguarding the country’s and the RCI’s own integrity.

Gaji minimum pekerja swasta: Kabinet umum Mac

KUALA LUMPUR – Isu gaji minimum untuk lima juta pekerja swasta tempatan dan pekerja asing akan ke Kabinet pada Mac nanti.

Menteri Sumber Manusia, Datuk Seri Dr S Subramaniam berkata, perkara ini akan dibawa ke Kabinet dalam beberapa minggu dan keputusannya akan dimaklumkan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

Be sincere on RCI or loses integrity some more, says Dr Jeffrey

Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan
Chairman, STAR Sabah

By Ezra Haganez
KOTA KINABALU: The anticipated Federal Government's agreement to finally set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on the unabated influx of Filipino and Indonesian illegal immigrants and dubious Malaysian documents issued to them in Sabah is met with some skeptical in State Reform Party (STAR).

STAR state chapter chairman, Dr Jeffrey Kitingan, who had been flogging this issue for years, said though Sabahans welcome the setting up of RCI, the government must ensure its sincerity and integrity are reflected in the RCI.

Pelancaran Parti Reformasi Negeri (STAR)

Oleh Raymond Tombung

KENINGAU: Pelancaran Parti Reformasi Negeri (STAR) untuk kawasan parlimen Keningau akan di adakan esok (11 Februari) di sini.

Pengerusi Penganjur pelancaran itu, Dr. Nicholas Guntobon, memaklumkan bahawa tempat pelancaran itu adalah di Restoran Pelancongan, di Jalan Keningau-Tenom, lebih kurang dua kilometer dari pekan Keningau. “Kita akan mulakan pada jam 1.30 petang,” katanya. “Dan kami menjemput semua penyokong dan sesiapa juga yang berminat mendengar rasional kenapa kita harus berada dalam STAR seperti yang akan dihuraikan oleh Pengerusi STAR, Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, dalam ucapan beliau.”

Pelancaran di Keningau tersebut adalah yang keempat bagi kawasan-kawasan parliament selepas Kota Marudu, Pitas, dan Kota Belud. Guntobon menjangka satu kehadiran yang lebih ramai dari biasa memandangkan Keningau adalah tempat asal Dr. Jeffrey. “Saya tidak hairan jika jumlah yang hadir akan lebih dari 4,000 orang yang telah membanjiri bangunan Hongkod bagi pelancaran parti peringkat negeri bulan lalu,” katanya.

Launching of STAR Keningau tomorrow (Saturday Feb 11, 2012)

By Raymond Tombung

KENINGAU: The launching of the State Reform Party (STAR) for the Keningau parliamentary constituency is to be held here, tomorrow.

Organising Chairman for the event, Dr. Nicholas Guntobon, announced that the venue for the event will be at the Restoran Pelancongan, located by the Keningau-Tenom road about two kilometres from Keningau town. “We will kick off at about 1.30 p.m.,” he said. “And we invite all supporters and those wishing to hear the rationales for choosing STAR which will be elaborated by our Chairman, Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan in his speech.”

The Keningau launch is the fourth in the series for district launches, after the Kota Marudu, Pitas, and Kota Belud. Guntobon expects an especially large crowd considering the constituency is the home ground of Jeffrey. “I wouldn’t be surprised if the attendance will be higher than the 4,000 crowd at the party’s launch at Hongkod lKoisaan last month,” he said.

NFCorp Says Right To Use Rm250m Loan

By : DEBRA CHONG (TMI)

VISIT....Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission officers make a visit to the National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp) headquarters in Kuala Lumpur December 23 2011.

THE NATIONAL Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp) said today it has the right to use the government’s RM250 million soft loan as it sees fit, based on its 2007 agreement with Putrajaya to turn Gemas into Malaysia’s Beef Valley.

Pakatan's march to Putrajaya paved with obstacles

By M Krishnamoorthy

The road to Putrajaya for Pakatan Rakyat, if it wins the general election, is paved with obstacles - rough and rugged terrain - as Malaysia’s prime minister ponders deeply over some strategies to “defend” Putrajaya.

This was clear after a crucial question went unanswered last week, when Prime Minister Najib Razak officially visited the Royal Selangor Club.

In a speech to the club’s members and others, Najib (left) touched their hearts on some nostalgic and historical anecdotes about his association with the club as a youth when he followed his father, Tun Abdul Razak, on a visit to the club.

MoCS is back, to launch anti-corruption crusade

After a six-month hiatus, the Movement for Change, Sarawak (MoCS) will resume its work in Sarawak come Feb 13.

“We will continue where we left off. The Red Rally last August 13 was the final event of our one-year campaign to oust Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud. While MoCS conceded defeat to Taib, we never lose sight of ‘Ops Taibetes’. We merely took a break,” the movement’s leader, Francis Paul Siah, said in a statement today.

Family has two more S’pore suites, claims PKR

PETALING JAYA: Following allegations that the family of Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil owns condominium units in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, the PKR has further claimed the family has two more luxury suites in the republic.

PKR strategic director Rafizi Ramli said the two other units in Singapore's Marina Bay, with a price tag of $S14.29mil (or RM34.6mil), were bought on May 27, 2010.

He alleged the Marina Bay suites were bought under the names of National Feedlot Corporation chairman Datuk Dr Mohamed Salleh Ismail and NFC chief executive officer Wan Shahinur Izran Salleh.