PPH 8/12/2012 (031085) Vol. 306 Kota Kinabalu, Monday, November 14, 2022 RM1.

50 Established 1963

No punishing unfriendly states if PH forms govt

Anthea Peter “We are going to respect the authority power and speed up the restoration of the form the Federal Government. The PH coalition comprising PKR, DAP,
KOTA KINABALU: DAP of the State Government. Malaysia Agreement 1963 rights (MA63) to “Support from Sabahans and Amanah and Upko is contesting 214 Parlia-
Secretary General “What is supposed to be given to the the Borneon States which has been stated Sarawakians is crucial to determine mentary seats nationwide, including 25
Anthony Loke (pic) State definitely has to be given according clearly in the PH manifesto. whether PH can form the next Govern- Sabah seats and the Labuan seat.
said a Pakatan Hara- to the law and constitution of the country,” “To elect a PH Government is actually a ment. PKR is contesting 104 seats, DAP 55,
pan Federal Govern- he said. win-win situation (for Sabah and “The only possible coalition that can Amanah 50 while Upko five seats.
ment will not penalise However, he did not specify if this is Sarawak). form the Government are the national “Our focus right now is to cross 112 seats
state governments also applied to the 40 per cent tax revenue “You already have a local party as the coalitions. (to gain a simple majority). If we can gain
that are not aligned to which is due to Sabah under the Federal State Government, (and by electing PH) “PH is leading in the peninsula, but we 20 from Sabah and Sarawak it will help PH
it or under its control. Constitution and Malaysia Agreement the aspirations of Sabahans and need the support from Sabah and Sarawak to form the Federal Government.”
“We will respect its authority and 1963 but was never honoured. Sarawakians will be progressively imple- to form a strong Federal Government,” he On working with other parties or coali-
rights. We are not like Barisan Nasional Upko one of the PH partners and the mented. We will uphold the spirit of fed- told a press conference after rallying sup- tions should PH fail to form a simple
(BN) where in those days when there is a Sabah Law Society have since filed separate eralism,” he said. port for Sabah PH candidates Datuk Ewon majority, Anthony said:
different party (governing) the State-level, court actions. Anthony, who is incumbent Seremban Benedick (Penampang) and Chan Foong “Of course we will have to discuss the
it gets penalised and denied their rights Anthony said a PH-led Government MP, said PH is hoping to secure at least 20 Hin (Kota Kinabalu) during a ceramah at possibility but as of now our focus is to win

GRS to Anwar: State stand on 40pc

and dues. We will not do that. would be committed to devolution of seats from the Borneo states in order to 88 Marketplace, Sunday. a clear majority”.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Progres-

sive Party (SAPP) and Parti Bersatu
Sabah (PBS) on Sunday challenged
Pakatan Harapan Chairman Datuk
Seri Anwar Ibrahim to openly
declare his stand on the 40 per cent
tax revenue owed to Sabah, instead
of ducking the issue by saying he is
not Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Both parties are components of
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS).
SAPP President
Yong Joniston Cannot trust
Datuk Seri Yong Teck
Lee said whether a PH Anwar on
Federal Government
would respect and
honour the constitu- Our report yesterday. the MA63
tional rights of Sabah in getting back the
40pc nett tax revenue is what Sabahans
want to know.
make promises or take responsibility. The
pursuit and continuation of demands is
something GRS is not going to give up
woes: S’wak
“What has the 40 per cent tax revenue on,” said Joniston. KUCHING: Sarawak Hajiji receiving membership application forms from members
got to do with the comparison of Anwar He said unlike Pakatan Harapan, the Premier Tan Sri of KDM at Kampung Kokobuan, Kota Marudu, Sunday.
and Dr Mahathir? Gabungan Rakyat Sabah-Barisan Nasional Abang Johari Openg

Max is still needed: CM

“In fact, Anwar should apologise to the
Sabah people because the PH Minister of
Finance who brushed aside the 40 per
cent tax revenue was none other than
Anwar’s DAP supremo Lim Guan Eng who
infamously said the Federal Government
had no money,” Yong said in a statement.
Yong said the only issue put forward by
PH in the general election campaign is
that Anwar wants to become Prime Minis-
ter of Malaysia.
“If Anwar wants to fulfil his dream of
becoming Prime Minister, then he has to
show leadership and honesty in his prom-
ises to the people of Sabah,” he said.
Anwar was reported to have said “I am
not Mahathir” when asked by Daily
Express whether a PH Federal Govern-
ment would consider the 40pc issue at a
ceramah at Sulaman Sentral on Saturday
night.
The previous short-lived PH govern-
ment led by Dr Mahathir promised it as
well as 20 per cent oil revenue in the 2018
election manifesto but later reneged say-
ing the Government could not afford it.
A court action initiated by Upko and 13
elected representatives, a Pakatan Hara-
pan partner on the 40pc issue faced objec-
tion in court with no new development.
However, a Judicial Review by the
Sabah Law Society on the same was
upheld on the basis that SIS had locus
standi to pursue.
Tuaran GRS candidate Datuk Joniston
Bangkuai of PBS also questioned the non-
committal stance by Anwar on the issue.
“He couldn’t commit or even state that
he would return the 40 per cent. Why
should it be turned into a game of ‘teka-
teki’? That’s because they promised it dur-
ing the last election but didn’t follow
through.
“Therefore, Anwar is now afraid to
state government would not rest in its
efforts to claim the 40pc revenue collected
from Sabah by federal.
He said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji
Noor has been proactive in seeking what
is due to the state and has proven results
in just two years of leading the state.
“There is no denying this. The RM26.7
million annual special allocation for
Sabah is one example. Hajiji was so per-
sistent in his negotiations to raise Sabah’s
special allocation that the federal govern-
ment eventually bowed to his demands
and raised it to RM125.6 million this year.
“The GRS-BN state government under
Hajiji’s leadership has had strong rela-
tions with the previous federal govern-
ment, and both parties agreed to continue
talks about Sabah’s 40 per cent revenue
demand.
“This exemplifies GRS’s unwavering
stance and commitment to defend
Sabah’s rights under the Malaysia Agree-
ment of 1963 (MA63). Therefore, regard-
less of who ends up leading the federal
government, the GRS-BN state govern-
ment is ready to engage with the country’s
top leader to obtain what is rightfully
Sabah’s,” Joniston said at a ceramah at
Marabahai, Sunday.
He reemphasised the need to have a
representative from the current state
administration to serve as a MP to bolster
the state’s position during discussions
and collaborations with the federal gov-
ernment.
Joniston is set to wrest the Tuaran par-
liament seat from incumbent Datuk Seri
Wilfred Madius Tangau (Pakatan Hara-
pan). He also faces Jo-Anna Sue Henley
Rampas (Warisan); Muminin Kalingkong
@Norbinsha (Parti Pejuang Tanah Air);
Bobby Lewat (independent), and Datuk
Noortaip Suhaili (independent).
(pic) said that
Pakatan Harapan’s
(PH) offer to resolve
issues relating to
Malaysia Agree-
ment 1963 (MA63)
and Inter-Govern-
mental Committee (IGC) Report as its top
priority should it form the next federal
government after the 15th general election
(GE15) cannot be trusted.
“Can you trust them? After what had
happened during their 22 months in
power?” he said when reporters asked him
to respond to the offers announced by PH
chairman Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Asked about the readiness of PH to
cooperate with GPS to form the federal gov-
ernment after the general election, Abang
Johari said such cooperation will depend
on the outcome of the general election.
“Contest first and only then we know,”
he said.
Earlier, Abang Johari hit out at the PH
federal government for its “half-hearted”
effort to amend the Federal Constitution,
by proposing to amend Article 1(2) and
Article 160 relating to the interpretation of
the Federation.
He said any amendment to the Federa-
tion Constitution relating to the forma-
tion of Malaysia must relate to MA63 and
IGC Report.
He said he had told a former de facto
law minister that GPS Members of Parlia-
ment would not support a Bill to amend
the Federal Constitution as it had no
meaning and was not related to MA63 and
IGC Report.
Abang Johari also lambasted the PH
federal government for cancelling many
federal-funded projects which were
approved by the Barisan Nasional admin-
istration prior to the 2018 general election.
KOTA MARUDU: Datuk Seri Dr Maximus
Ongkili is still very much needed, espe-
cially in raising Sabah’s needs at the Fed-
eral level, said the Chief Minister.
Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor said Dr Max-
imus, who is Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS)
President and Gabungan Rakyat Sabah
(GRS) candidate for Kota Marudu has
been consistent and vociferous in fighting
for Sabah rights.
“I need Dr Maximus to assist in voicing
out Sabah’s demands to the Federal Gov-
ernment. His strong voice and persistence
are still very much needed, particularly in
demanding our rights in the 1963
Malaysia Agreement (MA63),” he said.
Speaking at the residence of Bersatu
Sabah Deputy Sec-Gen Datuk Maijol
Mahap in Kg Kokobuan, Sunday, Hajiji
also described PBS’ decision to use the
GRS symbol this time around as a huge
sacrifice.
“This means a lot to me ... that is why I
want the people in Kota Marudu to vote
for Dr Max,” he said.
GRS, which consists of Bersatu, PBS,
Star, SAPP and Usno, together with
Barisan Nasional (BN) pledged to do its
level best to continue bringing develop-
ment to Sabah, he said.
“We want a stable and strong State
Government,” he said, unlike the previous
State Government led by Warisan.
“The Warisan-led State Government
only lasted two years because it is a gov-
ernment that did not have blessings from
the people,” he said.
He said Warisan President Datuk Seri
Mohd Shafie Apdal failed to do anything
for Kota Marudu during his two years as
Chief Minister and before that when he
was Federal Rural Development Minister.
“He talks like he knows everything but
what has he done for Kota Marudu when
he was Chief Minister? Not even a public
toilet,” he said.
“He asked me what have I done? I want
to ask him what has he done in Sem-
porna? He could not even handle the
houses razed in Kg Bangau-Bangau, Sem-
porna.
“Only GRS-BN government (take over)
that RM8.5 million was given for the set-
tlement,” he said.
“Don’t tell lies. I don’t know how to talk
like that. I only talk about facts,” he said.
Continuing his campaign trail here at
Community Hall in Kampung Kirangawan
later, Hajiji said Dr Maximus is a govern-
ment candidate.
He advised the voters not to be too
emotional when listening to opposition
speeches.
He assured that the GRS-BN State Gov-
ernment would continue to implement
development plans guided by the Hala
Tuju Sabah Maju Jaya (SMJ).
“We do not need any more political
bickerings. We want to develop Sabah. It
is time for us to unite under one umbrella
that is GRS,” he said.
Hajiji also received more than 300 new
membership application forms from for-
mer members of Parti Kesejahteraan
Demokratik Masyarakat (PKDM) Kota
Marudu in Kampung Kokobuan and
Kirangawan.
Also present were Usno President Tan
Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia and Bersatu Kota
Marudu division leaders.

Paying five years but still no keys to their PR1MA homes!

Lagatah Toyos
TAWAU: More than 1,000 buyers of the Taman Resi-
densi Ranggu PR1MA Tawau housing project here are
still unable to occupy their homes even though they
have been paying the bank instalments the past five
years.
The housing programme to assist first or second
home buyers who are Malaysians in the middle
income bracket ranging from RM2,500 to RM15,000
(single or joint income) was introduced by the
Barisan Nasional Federal Government.
One of the buyers, Alfian Wahid, said they were
burdened by having to rent elsewhere while at the
same time pay the house instalments through salary
deductions since 2017.
The buyers who are mostly civil servants and pen-
sioners hope the issue can be resolved soon.
“According to a report from the developer, the
occupancy issue is to be resolved at the end of this
month (November) but until now there is no sign of
us receiving the keys.
“We want to voice our frustration because some
Nizam (centre) with the house buyers.
of us have to pay rentals all this while,” he said, at a with his family.
demonstration at the entrance to the project. However, almost two years later nothing had
Another buyer, Addulisin Saruddin, a former changed as had been the case since 2017.
Defence Ministry staff, said he bought the PR1MA “I cannot accept the developer’s excuse because
house in preparation for retirement in 2020 to live the problem is almost same as the housing estates
nearby. Yet those buyers have been living in their
homes for a long time,” he said.
Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister, Datuk
Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan, promised to look into
speeding up the certificate of occupancy.
According to him, the certificate has not been
issued yet by the local authority (PBT) due to basic
requirements still not having been met by the devel-
oper.
“I was informed water supply is the main issue
and that the PBT could not issue the certificate of eli-
gibility to occupy the houses,” he said.
Nizam said the Government has already built a
pumping station and the water reservoir tank in the
Southwest and Jalan Mariano which was built by the
Sabah State Water Department (JANS) is also almost
ready.
Therefore, the Tawau Municipal Council (MPT)
would be told to re-inspect the water reservoir tank.
“I will ask the MPT to issue a certificate of occu-
pancy, if the water reservoir tank is fully completed,”
he said.
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Lahad Datu’s first Hindu temple
LAHAD DATU: The Indian community,
here will soon be able to perform their
worship in the first Hindu Temple in this
district.
The effort towards this objective had
been ongoing since 2003 and is now
becoming reality following the hard
work, persistence and commitment of the
Persatuan Penganut Agama Hindu Lahad
Datu.
Chairman Ravi Vellan thanked com-
mittee members and the local commu-
nity.
He said the Sri Maha Mariamman Tem-
ple is located on 2.5 acres of land at
Layung donated by Ramlal Singh Praser.
“The construction began in 2018 and is
expected to complete in August, 2023. We
carried out the ground breaking cere-
mony, early this year (Bhoomi Pooja).
“The temple is registered with the Reg-
istrar of Societies (ROS),” Ravi said during
the Majlis Ramah Mesra Deepavali 2022.
The function was jointly organised by
the association and the Sabah Indian
Chamber of Commerce (SICC).
SICC President, Datuk V. Jothi praised
the association.
It is far from easy but they have
achieved an outstanding success.
“I had visited the contruction site with
my committee members this morning
Warisan
fell due
to frogs
says
Shafie
LABUAN: The fall
of the Parti
Warisan gover-
ment in Sabah in
2020 was due to
the horse-trading
culture that led to
several assembly-
men hopping to
other political
parties and not
because the party lost the citizen’s
mandate.
Warisan president Datuk Seri Shafie
Apdal (pic) denied allegations that
the party had lost the people’s man-
date, causing the Warisan government
to fall.
“Actually it wasn’t Warisan that lost
the people’s mandate as we had won
the state election but because of those
who jumped.
“Why those people jumped, I under-
stand that there was some horse-trad-
ing going on,” he told reporters after
speaking at a 15th general election
campaign in Labuan last night.
He said it would be good if political
leaders in the state would stop the cul-
ture of blaming the previous govern-
ment, which just caused the public to
be confused.
The former Sabah chief minister
said the party hopping culture also
exists in Gabungan Rakyat Sabah
(GRS).
“Alhamdulillah, GE15 will witness
the rise of public support towards
Warisan’s struggle in Sabah and
Labuan,” he said.
Sabah chief minister Datuk Seri
Hajiji Noor was reported to have said
on Nov 11 that the government that
did not have the people’s mandate
would not last long, like Warisan.
Hajiji said that the previous
Warisan administration was not based
on the people’s mandate but because
there were assemblymen who
switched sides, causing the Barisan
Nasional (BN) government at the time
to fall.
Fiance gives
way and
ends up dead
PAPAR: A 38-year-old man died on the spot
while two others were injured in an acci-
dent along KM 22 Jalan Lama Papar–Kota
Kinabalu, here, Saturday.
District Police Chief DSP Kamaruddin
Ambo Sakka said the 2.15pm incident the
deceased travelling in an Isuzu Dmax from
Tawau to Kota Kinabalu with his 30-years-
old fiancé, lost control of his vehicle while
avoiding a Toyota Hilux.
Based on initial investigations, the vic-
tim and his fiancé was on the right lane
but switched to the left to give way to a
Toyota Hilux , driven by a 21-year-old.
“The Hilux, overtook the victim but
suddenly went out of control before crash-
ing to the left side of the road.
“The victim attempted to avoid the
Hilux and crashed to the left side of the
road as well,” he said.
Y OU R LOCAL V OICE I MO ND AY, NO V E MB E R 1 4 , 2 0 2 2
and the construction is almost complete.
It would look very nice when fully built,”
he said.
Prior to this, Hindus in Lahad Datu
were forced to travel at least two hours to
go to Tawau or Sandakan to perform their
worship.
During the ceremony, SICC also con-
tributed RM2,000 to the Association.
Jothi said SICC has carried out a num-
ber of diverse projects and activities for
the benefit of members since inception 11
years ago.
It has taken steps to disseminate perti-
nent information relating to commerce,
industry and other economic sectors to
SICC members.
He said, SICC decided to promote the
chambers by having a “Jelajah” through-
out Sabah and Lahad Datu was the first
destination.
The main objectives of the chambers
are to cooperate and liase with other
chambers of commerce or economic
organisations. In particular, to organise or
participate in meetings relating to eco-
nomic matters, trade missions and exhibi-
tions as well as other activities relevant to
the promotion of economic cooperation.
Jothi thanked all the chambers, the
Indian and Sikh community in Lahad
Datu for their strong support.
Chua claims victim of smear campaign
P E N A M PA N G :
Gabungan Rakyat
Sabah (GRS) candi-
date for Penampang,
Kenny Chua (pic) he
is a victim of politi-
cal association with
disparaging videos
about claims he is a
making the wands.
However it would
not stop him from fulfilling the people’s
wishes for change in Penampang where he
is contesting against Warisan’s Datuk Dar-
rel Leiking, Pakatan’s Datuk Ewon Benedict
and .
“Some people have tried everything to
tarnish my image so that the people in
Penampang won’t vote for me and GRS.
One of them is an old audio recording of
my outburst.
“But I can tell you that voters in Penam-
pang have had enough. They want change.
They want solutions to so many problems.
I offer to fulfil their wishes. People can level
personal attacks on me. I don’t care. What I
Rubin says not privy to son’s actions
TENOM: Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) P.181
Tenom Coordinator Datuk Rubin Balang
regrets Barisan Nasional (BN) Sabah Chair-
man Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin wanting
him sacked from his position in a Sabah gov-
ernment-interest company (GIC).
This follows the allegation that he was
involved in supporting and helping the cam-
paign of son Riduan Rubin, who is running on
an Independent ticket for the Tenom parlia-
mentary seat and who had since joined Parti
KDM.
Rubin said Riduan’s decision to join Parti
Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat
(KDM) was his own after receiving an offer
from KDM President Datuk Peter Anthony.
He said on Nov. 11, 2022, Peter called Rid-
uan and offered him to become a KDM mem-
ber, which was before polling day, to avoid the
Anti-Party Hopping Law.
“I understand after Riduan and his sup-
porters agreed to the offer, Peter’s side con-
146,737 Forces staff, spouses to vote first
KOTA KINABALU: Some 146,737 members of
the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) and
their spouses nationwide are eligible for
early voting this Tuesday.
Chief of Defence Force General Tan Sri
Hj Affendi Buang (Royal Malaysian Air
Force) in a statement said 153 early polling
centres have been set up by the Election
Commission (EC).
“However, postal voting began Nov 7
The Isuzu on its side. (Inset) The Hilux.
Kamaruddin said the isuzu driver sus- Unit for a post mortem while his fiancé
tained serious injuries and was pro- and the Hilux driver were brough to
nounced dead by the Papar Hospital Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Medical Assistant.
He added that the victim’s body was Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act
brought to the Papar Hospital Forensic 1987.
Jothi hands over the contribution to Ravi.
care about is the future of Penampang and
the people,” he said in a statement Sunday.
In the audio recording being widely cir-
culated via WhatsApp. In the audio record-
ing, Chua can be heard scolding a person
who accused him of being involved in
drugs.
Chua said it was an old audio recording,
and was a personal matter between him
and a former PBS man.
He lodged a report about the audio
recording Sunday.
Chua, apologised if the audio had
offended and caused confusion to the peo-
ple.
Chua claimed that despite being an
tacted me and asked me to come to the KDM
office.
“They asked if I objected to Riduan joining
KDM. I informed I have no power and right to
object or do anything since Riduan is no
longer a member because he resigned from
Bersatu before nomination day.
“After that short meeting, I left the KDM
office,” he said, in response to allegations that
he had violated the terms of the GRS-BN
agreement in the 15th General Election
(GE15). Rubin, who is also Kemabong Assem-
blyman, said it should be remembered that in
the last Sabah State Election (PRN) 2020, he
ran on an Independent ticket.
“After winning as an Independent, I and
fellow Independent assemblymen Datuk
Masiung Banah and Datuk Ruddy Awah were
invited to jointly help form the State Govern-
ment between GRS and BN/Umno. As a result
of that consensus, the State Government
formed the GRS-BN State Government today.
(Monday) with Postal Ballot Paper Priority
Envelopes issued to respective electoral
division Returning Officers (RO). Voting
time ends at 5pm on Nov 19.
“MAF hopes the process of carrying out
our duties as Malaysians goes smoothly. We
have always been in support of the demo-
cratic parliamentary system under the Con-
stitutional Monarchy.
He added that as the North East Mon-
The case is being investigated under
underdog, GRS is gaining strong support
from the people, including in Kepayan
which is known to be a DAP stronghold.
He said there are strong indications that
the majority of Chinese voters in the con-
stituency would vote for someone they can
identify with.
“One of the main issues in Kapayan, and
for that matter Penampang, is that the peo-
ple hardly see their MP and elected assem-
blywoman around. They only see them on
special occasions. Even so, they often send
their representatives.
“They say we can complain about floods,
traffic jams, lack of development and
opportunities in Penampang. But all these
would go nowhere if they can’t even meet
their MP and ADUN (assemblywoman),” he
said.
Being a Sino-Kadazan, Chua said he is
able to relate to the aspirations of the Chi-
nese-majority Kapayan and Kadazandusun-
majority Moyog, both state constituencies
in the Penampang parliamentary.
If Chua wins, he will be the first Sino-
Kadazan MP for Penampang.
“Under the GRS-BN government Cabinet
that was formed, they got important posi-
tions, including Bung who was appointed as
Deputy Chief Minister and Works Minister.
“Now after the GRS-BN State Government
ruled for more than two years, they asked for
me to be kicked out because the BN/Umno
candidate for Tenom seat Jamawi Jaafar was
angry because my son, Riduan, wanted to run
as an Independent candidate.
“Bung should realise that it is unfair to ban
any party who is qualified and interested to
contest in GE15 because this is a democratic
country.
“Riduan’s actions and decision to contest
as an Independent candidate was made by
himself and his supporters. He has the right
to decide his future and political struggle.
“I hope that you who are mature in politics
will not be easily influenced by baseless
reports by Jamawi who deliberately want to
damage my good name,” he said.
soon season has begun, assets in the event
of a flood especially in high risk states are
ready for deployment.
“We will continue to strengthen readi-
ness in order to protect the country’s inter-
ests and sovereignty.
“MAF is ready to assist the EC and
related authorities from untoward inci-
dents throughout the process even after
the results are announced,” he said.
Woman killed in Tuaran mishap
R Gonzales
TUARAN: A woman was
killed while four others
were injured in an accident
involving a Perodua Viva
and Toyota Vigo along Jalan
Ranau Lama, near Tam-
paruli, Sunday.
Noorraini Mohd Yusoff,
28, who was in the Viva, was
pronounced dead at the
scene in the 3pm incident.
Tuaran District Fire and
Rescue Station (BBP) chief,
Abdul Qawie Abdul Gapar said, his team
received an emergency call at 3.08pm.
He said eight members rushed to the
scene along with one machine and a unit
of Emergency Service Support (EMRS).
“Upon arriving, the fire and rescue per-
sonnel found a victim trapped and
removed her using special equipment.
“However, paramedics confirmed that
the victim died due to severe head and
body injuries,” he said.
dailyexpress
Come adopt
600 cats
and dogs as
pets, says
S’kan SPCA
Mardinah Jikur
SANDAKAN: Sandakan Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is
calling for the public to adopt rescued
dogs and cats, placed at the shelter in Jalan
Datuk Tay, here, as their pets.
Its secretary Voo Min Gin, said currently
the animal shelter has about 600 animals,
which exceeds its capacity of only 300 ani-
mals at any one time.
Some of the animals were saved as a
result of public reports and there were also
victims of pet dumping that should not
have happened.
There were also stray dogs that breed so
much, especially during the movement
control order where the SPCA’s movement
was restricted at that time.
“We are grateful to incumbent San-
dakan MP Vivian Wong Shir Yee who was
concerned about the needs of the animals
we care for here,” said Voo.
“A total of 296 dogs that were rescued
and sent here have been given treatment
and spayed and neutered and ready to be
taken as pets,” said Voo.
Even though spaying and neutering is
not the best solution, but the effort is
clearly helpful in related matters.
Meanwhile, treatment assistance from
veterinarians and nurses from abroad on
the joint initiative with Wong also greatly
helped the SPCA’s efforts to rescue and
provide treatment to all the animals
involved.
Voo said this after Wong’s visit to the
animal shelter on Saturday.
Voo hoped that the next leader can con-
tinue to support the SPCA.
She also expressed gratitude to all par-
ties, including donors of food and other
materials for the daily use of the centre
where it requires an operating cost of
RM40,000 monthly.
Among the efforts made was holding
fundraisers every year and related pro-
grammes.
SPCA Sandakan was established in 2012
and is committed to providing protection
to abandoned and abused dogs and cats.
The centre planned to create a fourth
shelter in the same location.
Voo said it is not the SPCA’s goal to add
more animals but to ensure the animals’
comfort.
Meanwhile, Vivian said, her team
decided to work with the SPCA and the
Sandakan Municipal Council, among oth-
ers, to reduce the problem of stray dogs.
Man feared
drowned
in Beaufort
Ahmad Apong
BEAUFORT: A 53-year-old man is feared to
have drowned after his boat capsized in
Sungai Kampung Batu 64, here, about
6pm, Saturday.
The victim, Mao Sai Bongkok, was said
to have been fixing a water pipe along
with four others when cables got tangled
in the 15hp engine propellers, resulting in
the disaster.
Fire and Rescue Station Chief Muham-
mad Hasbullah Nenggok said they
received a distress call at 6.15pm.
“We received the call from the District
Police Station. The complainant was the
victim’s friend, Okit Kanduong, 72.
“His friends managed to swim to a
riverbank near the railroad tracks to avoid
being swept away by strong current,” he
said.
Hasbullah said the victim was clad in a
white shirt and blue shorts while villagers
immediately convened to aid in search
and rescue efforts.
“As firemen arrived, villagers were told
that operations would have to be post-
poned due to nightfall and would resume
Sunday,” he added.
The condition of the viva.
According to him, three other victims
aged three to 31-year-old in the same vehi-
cle suffered injuries and the 45-year-old
driver of the Vigo was also injured.
“All the victims were sent to Tuaran hos-
pital for treatment while the body of the
victim was handed over to the police for
further action.
“The fire and rescue team then carried
out an inspection of the vehicle and the
location to prevent other dangers while
the operation ended at 6pm,” he said.
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Those who called
me crazy now
crazy over MA63
Johan Aziz
KENINGAU: Gabungan
Rakyat Sabah - Barisan
Nasional (GRS-BN)
candidate for the
Keningau, Datuk Seri
Dr Jeffrey G Kitingan
(pic) said people in the
past used to call him
crazy pursuing Sabah’s rights under MA63
but now the Malaysia Agreement has
become the craze of politicians through-
out Malaysia.
He said the struggle that has gone
through various twists and turns of chal-
lenges constraints, pressures, and obstacles
since several decades ago has now reached
a success.
However, the success was only a backup
and the start of many more rights of Sabah
that have not yet materialised.
“Pressure and even prison will not deter
my struggle which is based on the truth
about Sabah’s rights and its position in the
Federation of Malaysia.
“As a Sabah fighter being stalked, inter-
rogated, guarded with dogs, hunted like a
criminal and in prison under the ISA
(Internal Security Act) is not a life experi-
ence anyone dreams of.
“The strength we find in such a situation
is only from God,” he said at a GRS-BN Pre-
mier Talk at Kampung Kadalakan Datuk
Yap Yun Fook hall here.
Jeffrey who is also Star President, said
Sabah is suffering and crying in silence.
“Sabah gave birth to a person gifted with
knowledge and wisdom, who has
‘Double benefit for Penampang if under different YBs’
PENAMPANG: Pakatan Harapan (PH) candi-
date Datuk Ewon Benedick said Penampang
folks have a lot to gain if the constituency is
represented by different people at parlia-
ment level and in the state Assembly.
“After Nov 19, my friend Datuk Darel
Leiking is still the Moyog Assemblyman and
has to perform his responsibilities to the
people in Moyog.
“If the people of Penampang elect a new
Member of Parliament, it will create healthy
competition to provide the best services in
this district.
“The Penampang people’s representa-
tives will be more aggressive in serving the
‘We don’t want
Umno, Bersatu
or Malaya
culture in S’wak’
BETONG: Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS)
will support any prime minister candidate
after the 15th general election on condi-
tion that he is fair to Sarawak, coalition
chairman Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg said.
He said GPS imposed the same condi-
tion when it supported Tan Sri Muhyiddin
Yassin and, later, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri
Yaakob as the prime minister for the sake
of political stability.
“Just like we had supported Muhyiddin
and Ismail Sabri, so let GPS also deter-
mines who will be the new prime minister
on condition that the prime minister is fair
to Sarawak,” Abang Johari, who is also the
state premier, said at the closing of a sem-
inar on grassroots institution for commu-
nity leaders here.
He said GPS leaders will defend the
state’s rights as enshrined in the Malaysia
Agreement 1963 (MA63) and Inter-Govern-
mental Committee Report.
He also said Sarawak was fortunate as
history has shown that it has not had any
racial conflict.
He said the history has shown the
Dayak and the Malay communities have
had a very close relationship for centuries,
citing the case of Dayak nationalist Rentap
and Malay nationalist Sherrif Mashahor in
fighting against Rajah James Brooke in the
past as an example.
“In politics, we don’t mix with race. If
we do, it means we follow the culture of
Malaya,” he said.
“We must never allow the Malayan cul-
ture to come to Sarawak because we don’t
want Umno to come. We also don’t want
Bersatu to come.
“If they come, we challenge them for
the sake of the unity of Sarawakians,” he
said.
The premier said within Umno, its lead-
ers quarrelled among themselves over the
post of the prime minister.
“In Sarawak, we don’t compete on who
should be the premier because we are all
working for the state,” he said.
Among those present at the function
was Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas
Uggah and Betong GPS election candidate
Dr Richard Rapu. – Malay Mail
Y OU R LOCAL V OICE I MO ND AY, NO V E MB E R 1 4 , 2 0 2 2
answered the call to bear the great respon-
sibility to defend Sabah, and took the rest
of his life.
He said those various backgrounds in
GRS and BN, must unite to fight together
for Sabah, the ongoing demands under
MA63.
“We have achieved a success that is the
basis for claiming the next rights.
“Sabah needs unity and not division. If
we were united as we are today, we would
have obtained the rights of Sabah and
MA63 a long time ago, and it would have
been implemented a long time ago,” he
said.
Liawan Assemblyman, Datuk Annuar
Ayub in his speech said Dr Jeffrey is a true
leader and fighter who has proven to be
consistent, who knows the ins and outs of
Sabah and MA63 rights, much earlier than
anyone who now claims to be MA63 fight-
ers.
Jeffrey also said through GRS-BN’s solid
unity and cooperation, there is a possibility
that Sabah can become the King Maker in
GE15.
Because at the central level we don’t
know who will have the majority to form
the Federal government.
“Perhaps there is no (majority), it may
also be divided and not have enough seats
to establish a central government without
the support of Sabah and Sarawak,” he said.
Therefore, he said, GRS-BN unity and
cooperation is very important for the
future of Sabah because the people voices
can unite to demand Sabah’s rights at the
central level.
Ewon
people after Nov 19.
Darell
“If the Member of Parliament goes to a
village, the Assemblyman will have to do the
Give PH chance to form govt, says Liew
TAWAU: A vote for her and Pakatan Hara-
pan (PH) is a vote for a new government
and a new Prime Minister, Dato’ Seri Anwar
Ibrahim, said PH candidate for P190 Tawau
Datuk Christina Liew.
She said the then PH Government was
barely given a chance to succeed the first
time around before when the people voted
for change in 2018.
Speaking at a political ceramah event at
the Village Boy’s Cafe on Saturday, Liew said
: “Your vote matters to determine who is
most likely to be our new PM and whether
that PM remains Umno or whether it is
Anwar for PH.
“Give PH a chance to form the govern-
ment in this election. Give us a chance to
create a better future for this country. Your
vote can make a difference to future gener-
ations.”
Liew, who is also the incumbent MP, said
she has served Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)
for the last 22 years.
“I am a PKR loyalist and have not
defected to any other party. I have not
wavered despite being asked to leave PKR
Sabah PAS supports BN man in Beluran
TAWAU: Sabah PAS has pledged support
for the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate in
the Beluran parliamentary constituency,
which sees Bersatu vice-president Datuk
Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee defending the seat
against the wishes of the Gabungan
Rakyat Sabah (GRS)-BN pact.
Sabah PAS secretary Dr Aliakbar
Gulasan said the state PAS was sticking to
its stand to support GRS-BN candidates in
MAS increases flight frequency
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines will
increase flight frequency and use wide-
body A330 aircraft on several routes in
Peninsular, Sabah, and Sarawak to ensure
smooth and reliable connectivity for vot-
ers ahead of 15th general election (GE15).
In a statement today, the airline said it
will increase the flights to 44 from 26, and
upgrade to 24 from 16 domestic services to
A330 craft.
Those returning home on November 19
will also get a 20 per cent discount one-
way, all-inclusive fare starting at RM104 via
the airline’s “Jom Balik Mengundi” cam-
paign for bookings made by November 19,
Jeffrey (left) chatting with young voters at a friendly and relaxed
session for all GRS and BN supporters after the ceremony.
Jeffrey: Every vote counts as
45 votes sent me to P’ment
JEFFREY said, this GE15 campaign is
unique because for the first time there
is cooperation between parties that pre-
viously used to compete and fight
against each other.
He said, this time the people can see
that the component parties in BN are
cooperating with the component par-
ties in GRS.
“This shows that in this election,
especially in the Keningau Parliamen-
tary constituency, we are forming a
strong union and better cooperation to
struggle together to defend especially
demand the rights of Sabah that have
not been resolved.
“I still remember in GE14, we won
with 45 votes and at that time we were
divided among ourselves even though
only getting 45 votes it was enough to
send me to Parliament.
“But this time because the coopera-
tion I saw was very good and their sup-
port from their own grassroots working
together, I see the victory this time is a
same. If given the mandate to be Member of
Parliament, I will work hard for the people
of Penampang and will compete with Darrel
in terms of betters services,” he said in a talk
in Kg Guunsing, here on Saturday.
Later in Kg Timpangoh Laut in Sugut the
struggle to claim Sabah’s rights is not the
monopoly of any side party, but through
leadership. The Upko president-designate
said just because it does not use its own logo
to contest in the means it is not fighting for
Sabah rights.
The use of the party logo does not deter-
mine who is fighting for the rights of Sabah
and Sarawak,” he said.
Anwar with Liew.
and offered ‘rewards’,” she said to the
applause of the crowd.
She stressed that her vision is to create a
beautiful, modernised and developed
Tawau with a Harapan government, adding
that her mission, when re-elected as MP, is
to :
! To spur socio-economic growth and
boost the digital economy through the cre-
ation of business and industrial hubs
the 15th general election (GE15) and
regarded Ronald’s candidacy on a
Perikatan Nasional (PN) ticket as an
anomaly.
“No parties should be blamed in this
matter and we follow the central leader-
ship (supporting GRS-BN). We continue
to be with our friend GRS,“ he told
reporters at a gathering between the
media and GRS’s Tawau parliamentary
for travel from November 11 until Novem-
ber 27, 2022.
The 20 per cent discount applies to all
fare categories, including Lite, Basic, and
Flex for Economy Class as well as Basic and
Flex for Business Class. Bookings can be
done at www.malaysiairlines.com.
The airline also encouraged students
between 18 and 26 years to sign up as
MHexplorer members to enjoy all-year
travel benefits, including up to 30 per cent
off on Malaysia Airlines and Firefly flights,
an additional 10kg baggage allowance,
one complimentary date change and other
benefits. – The Sun
very big.
“If we can unite in Keningau we can
unite in the whole of Sabah and if we
can cooperate and unite the whole of
Sabah this will give us the political sta-
bility that we have been wanting for a
long time,” he said.
He said this GRS-BN unity and coop-
eration is very important for the future
of Sabah and with this cooperation, GRS
and BN are very confident of great vic-
tory.
More than 600 GRS-BN supporters
include Liawan State Assemblyman,
Datuk Annuar Ayub, former Liawan
State Assemblyman, Datuk Haji Sairin
Karno, Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia
(Bersatu) Keningau Division Chief,
Datuk Azman Haji Ruslan, Keningau
Division Umno Acting Chief, Hajah Sal-
biah Suhaideh, former Keningau Umno
Chief, Nik Nadzri Nik Zawawi and Parti
Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS) Secretary,
Jumatin Laiwon were present at the
event.
“Without focussing on the logo, Upko
and other component parties in PH have
fought for Sabah’s rights to go to court to
claim the 40 per cent special grant under
Article 112 of the Federal Constitution.
“Where as those using their respective
logos in this GE15, did not do this, he said.
Ewon was responding to Warisan’s
Tuaran candidate Jo-Anna Sue Henley Ram-
pas’ recent statement on Upko’s ability to
fight for Sabah’s rights as it does not use its
logo for this election.
He said the approach used to fight for
Sabah’s rights was more important than the
party’s logo.
! To improve educational facilities in
primary and secondary schools with fund-
ing from the Federal Government
! To pursue Sabah’s 40pc special grant
entitlement
! To develop major infrastructure like
roads and bridges, for example, to seal Jalan
Sin Onn Tiku for the benefit of oil-palm
smallholders
! To expedite the completion of the
delayed Tawau Dam
! To continue addressing the drainage
and flood woes through the Tawau Flood
Mitigation Project
! To ensure Tawau General Hospital
would become a specialist major hospital
with the number of specialist services
increased from 15 to 49
! To establish the Tawau Pangolin Sanc-
tuary as a new tourism product
At the “Bangkit Rakyat” programme in
Merotai (Kalabakan parliamentary con-
stituency) on Saturday, Anwar called on the
people to choose leaders who are experi-
enced like Christina Liew in Tawau. “Dia ada
pengalaman (She has experience),” he said.
candidate Lo Su Fui here Sunday.
Five-term incumbent Beluran MP
Ronald is involved in a five-cornered fight
with BN’s Benedict Asmat, who is former
Sandakan Municipal Council president,
and three others.
Bersatu is a component party of GRS in
Sabah but in Peninsular Malaysia it is a
member of PN, which includes PAS.
Aliakbar also asked the PAS election
machinery in Tawau to vote for Lo Su Fui
of Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), which is a
GRS member, in the national polls on Nov
19.
“In Tawau we have more than 1,000
members and when contesting the Tawau
parliamentary seat in the 2018 general
election we obtained about 2,500 votes.
Every vote counts.
“Although PAS is not contesting (in
Sabah) in this election, our machinery will
work for a victory for GRS and BN,” he
added.
Lo is involved in a six-way contest with
incumbent Datuk Christina Liew Chin Jin
(Pakatan Harapan), Chen Ket Chuin (Parti
Warisan), Herman Amdas (Pejuang) and
independent candidates Chin Chee Syn
and Mohd Salleh Bacho. – The Sun
Local 3
PBS: Chan
a servant
to his bosses
in peninsula
Jonathan Nicholas
KOTA KINABALU:
PBS Central Youth
Vice Chief, Shahrun
Nidzam Sharoom
(pic) called DAP’s
Kota Kinabalu
incumbent a servant
to his peninsula
bosses with com-
plete disregard
towards Sabahans
interests.
He was referring to Chan Foong Hin’s
recent post on Facebook which he said was
unacceptable for a former MP who claim to
stand for Sabah rights.
“He did not think about the feelings of
Sabahans who have been thirsting for
development and economic equality for so
long. This kind of mentality shows that he
should not represent the people of Sabah
anymore.
“He invited the people of Sabah to think
about how people in Selangor and Penang
will feel when Sabah asks for 40 per cent of
her oil rights which he said will offend their
feelings. He forgot that the two states are
way developed than Sabah.
“The average household income in
Selangor and Penang is RM8,210 and
RM6,169 respectively while Sabah’s is only
RM4,235. With a gap this big Chan clearly
cares more about their feelings and not
Sabahans,” he said.
He told Chan to remember that the claims
are part of the original agreement to the for-
mation of Malaysia in 1963 that has been
denied and being fought for 60 years now.
“It clearly shows that Chan does not pri-
oritise or love Sabah. Pakatan Harapan
promised to return 20 per cent of the oil
rights and have 50 per cent of the taxes col-
lected. But in 22-months of governance, var-
ious excuses were given for not fulfilling
the promise. Chan should be ashamed.
“It is very shameful and saddening
when a Sabah leader ignores the struggle
for the rights and interests of the people of
Sabah.
“The unity of the state of Sabah in the
formation of Malaysia is intact and undis-
puted. Likewise, when Sabah claims the
rights that have been agreed upon in the
1963 Malaysia Agreement, there is no need
for any party to dispute it.
GRS candidate
on what
Sandakan
needs now,
in future
Nikko Fabian
SANDAKAN: More
economic activities,
construction of new
industrial basic
infrastructures, as
well as the creation
of a friendly busi-
ness and clean evi-
r o n m e n t
atmosphere is what
Sandakan needs now
and in the coming years.
GRS candidate, Lau Chi Keong @Thomas
Lau (pic) said it is important for everyone
to fully understand and realize the poten-
tials of Sandakan to be further developed.
Sandakan is most certain to achieve city
status next year, said Lau who is in a six-cor-
nered fight. Lau said the famous Habour
Square commercial development project is
a glaring example.
Speaking during a dialoque with the
various outlet operators, businessmen,
traders, and other small entrepreneurs in
the Sunday, the former Sandakan Munici-
pal Council (SMC) deputy president said
the coming general election (G-15) is a
great opportunity for voters to elect the
rightful leader to represent Sandakan in the
parliament.
“All my five opponents are qualified to
contest in the election... But what is impor-
tant is to make sure that the chosen leader
is equipped with all the necessary qualifi-
cations and calibre to handle the very
important responsibility as a parliamentar-
ian,” Lau who is also Sabah Progressive Party
(SAPP) vice-president said.
The 73-year old said election is not a
contest base on popularity or wealth, rather
it is on who is the most qualified to tackle
the responsibility as a lawmaker.
Admitting that Sandakan has lots to do
to solve numerous problems affecting the
livelihood of the people and its economy,
Lau said clogged drainage, cleanliness, ille-
gal squatters, flash flood, and resettlement
areas, as well employment amongst others
will be included in his priorities if given
the manadate on polling day.
“All what I want to do is to give a better
business atmosphere, better livelihood,
clean environment, and good, honest, and
transparent governance as a responsible
elected lawmaker,” said.
Lau said he already visited 80 per cent of
the areas in P186 constituency.
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Armizan
chats
with a
trader
inside
the
vegetable
and herbs
market
while
others
look on.
‘Warisan to blame for the
Papar traffic nightmare’
Hayati Dzulkifli
PAPAR: Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)
candidate for Papar, Datuk Armizan Mohd
Ali said the daily traffic congestion caused
by bottleneck sections between Papar and
Lok Kawi would have been resolved if the
PH and Warisan governments had not
cancelled several projects when they were
in power from 2018.
“Some of the main issues (highlighted
by the people here in Papar) are about
bridges and the traffic congestion
between the Pengalat-Kinarut-Lok Kawi
where the people have to leave as early as
5.30am to go to work in Kota Kinabalu just
to avoid traffic jams.
“Actually, there was progress made
when Datuk Rosnah Shirlin Rashid, who
was the former Papar MP, Dato’ Seri Ghu-
lam Haidar Khan Bahadar who Kawang
assemblyman and Datuk Seri Rahim, who
was the former Pantai Manis Assembly-
man had appealed to the Federal Govern-
ment for a RM600m allocation to address
these issues.
“But when PH and Warisan took over
the government, the vital projects were
stopped and cancelled in 2018 although
the allocation had already been
approved,” he said.
Armizan said this to reporters after
doing a walkabout in the Papar market
and shoplots here, recently. Also present
was Pantai Manis Assemblyman-cum-
Umno Papar Deputy head Mohd Tamin
Zainal
“As a result, Papar people suffered and
Scenic’s Makerspace Kickstart programme
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Creative Economy
and Innovation Centre (Scenic) will be
organising the Makerspace Kickstart pro-
gramme every Nov 13.
Makerspace is a place in which people
with shared interests, especially in com-
puting or technology, can gather to work
on projects while sharing ideas, equip-
ment, and knowledge:
There are more than 10 schools partici-
pating in a programme held at SCENIC
here.
The two-day event is a collaboration
between the Sabah Science, Technology
and Innovation Ministry (KSTI) and Scenic.
The programme will see makerspace
developers learn about 3D printing, laser
cutting, how to handle CNC machines and
iron compilation from expert trainers.
KSTI permanent secretary Datuk Zain-
uddin Aman said the programme is very
inclusive as it involves the (Science, Tech-
nology, Engineering and Mathematics)
Stem ecosystem from the government,
corporate, industry players and commu-
nity without anyone being left behind.
“The ministry believes with the technol-
ogy becoming more advanced, it is hoped
that students could adapt to the develop-
Tourism team on Korean mission
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Tourism team led
by the Deputy Chief Executive Officer
(Marketing and Business Events), Tay Shu
Lan, is heading to South Korea for a Sabah
Roadshow to South Korea on November
14-18 to establish more business opportu-
nities with Korean counterparts.
A statement released by the Sabah
Tourism Board stated that nine hoteliers
and two local travel agencies would be
participating in this roadshow across five
cities in South Korea, namely Seoul,
Cheongju, Jeonju, Ulsan and Busan.
The participating hotels are Shangri-
La’s Rasa Ria, Shangri-La’s Tanjung Aru,
Sutera Harbour Resort, Hilton Kota Kina-
balu, Promenade Hotel, Ming Garden
Hotel, Grandis Hotel, Hyatt Centric Kota
Kinabalu and Monocolo Boutique Hotel.
I-World Travel and Sepilok Tropical
Wildlife Adventure from Sandakan will
also be part of the Sabah delegation.
“The number of arrivals from South
Y OU R LOCAL V OICE I MO ND AY, NO V E MB E R 1 4 , 2 0 2 2
The traffic jam during morning rush hour along Jalan Pengalat-Lok Kawi.
PH and Warisan are responsible for it,” he to the government to roll it out in phases
said.
Armizan said when the GRS govern- ship to Benoni.
ment took back power in Sabah in 2020,
he took the initiative to pursue the proj- which I think would cost less than RM50m
ects.
“I hope we can revive the RM600m allo- gestion from Papar could be addressed,”
cation. I’m aware the economy will not be he said, referring to a 3km stretch between
doing so well next year but I think there Masjid Puncak Taqwa in Kinarut and Bor-
has to be a solution.
“The traffic congestion problem has
been a big burden for the people in Papar the bridge issue proposed to be con-
who have to be stuck for hours on the road structed along Papar-Kinarut-Lok Kawi.
to work. People have suffered enough.”
If the amount cannot be allocated in Works Department and EPU both of whom
the approved total sum, he would suggest agreed to the proposal, in principle.
Zainuddin at the launching of the Makerspace Kickstart programme. (Pic: Scenic)
ment by mastering skills such as 3D print-
ing, coding and robotics.
“We don’t want to produce students
who are “luddite”, in other words someone
who opposes new technology.
Korea has gradually increased since the
resumption of flights to Kota Kinabalu
from Incheon starting May 2022,” Noredah
Othman, the CEO of Sabah Tourism Board
said.
“Our key objective for this Roadshow is
to increase our market share for the
Korean market and support the airlines in
sustaining their flights into Sabah.
“We are targeting the upcoming winter
season traffic as the Korean airlines are
planning to increase their route to Kota
Kinabalu.
“We are also targeting incentive
groups. Sabah has previously hosted many
cosmetic and insurance incentive groups
from South Korea such as Unicity Korea
and Sarangmoa Financial Service Co Ltd,”
she adds.
Up to August 2022, Sabah received
nearly 22,000 Korean visitors, an increase
of 24,401pc compared to the same period
last year.
like what had been done from Papar town-
“We want to ease the bottle necks first,
so that during peak hours, the traffic con-
neo Paradise hotel in Kinarut.
Subsequently, he said, he would tackle
He has brought the matter to the Public
“We believe there are some who still
think this way and we must resist.
“This is KSTI’s mandate to drive and
produce more technology experts from
the grassroots.”
Scenic Programme Specialist – Technol-
ogy and Innovation (T&I) Nur Suhailah
Mohamad said the centre is hoping activi-
ties related to makerspace would encour-
age the current generation to become a
‘Makers’ and explore the fun of creating,
creating, innovating and preparing for the
4.0 industrial revolution.
Apart from that, she said the pro-
gramme can provide an opportunity for
the community to get to know and try out
the facilities.
“The Interest in Stem needs to be con-
tinuously inculcated for the future of our
children. Their future, whether it will be
good or bad, depends on what we have
worked on today.”
Meanwhile, SMJKC Chung Hwa Tenom
teacher Anuthra Sirisena said her students
are from Form 1 to Form 4 who have been
actively involved in such a programme.
The Tenom Innovation Centre founder
and winner of the Malaysia Teacher Prize
2022 also said that six out of 12 students
who joined the event were their first time.
“While others are always exposed to
multiple opportunities such as this event.”
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‘GRS-BN coalition don’t rely
on personalities to woo voters’
ARMIZAN Ali said unlike other parties or
coalitions, GRS-BN did not rely on person-
alities but on its performance in power.
“In just 24 months, we have achieved so
much compared to the previous Warisan-
led government during their 27 months in
office,” he told FMT.
“For example, we managed to increase
Sabah’s annual revenue to RM5.4 billion,
something that no previous government
could do. And we did this during the pan-
demic which was not easy,” he said.
In terms of the Malaysia Agreement
1963 (MA63), Armizan said GRS-BN man-
aged to increase Sabah’s special annual
grants to RM125.6 million, an almost five-
fold increase from the RM26.7 million pre-
viously.
The state government’s acceptance of
the increased payment was criticised by the
opposition which insisted Sabah hold out
for the 40% tax revenue from the state that
it was entitled to.
However, Armizan said the increased
payment was an interim measure and that
the state government would continue to
Veterans who sacrificed their
lives neglected: Warisan
Iskandar Dzulkifli
PUTATAN: The welfare of
military veterans should
have been taken into
account by the
Umno/Barisan Nasional
(BN) government because
this group has contributed greatly to
defending the country’s sovereignty.
Putatan Parliamentary seat candidate,
Warisan’s Ahmad Mohd Said (pic), said
unfortunately, until now the plight of the
majority of military veterans, especially
those disabled while on duty, has not been
taken into account.
He said that the struggle of veterans of
the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) has
been going on for more than eight years to
demand that the BN government, includ-
ing the previous Defence Minister, take
care of their welfare.
“The welfare of these ATM veterans
should be taken care of because their
services are enormous, especially those
who served in the communist era and
confrontations to the point of many
being injured and lost their abilities, or
even died.
Agri sector among main focus:
Warisan Kimanis candidate
Iskandar Dzulkifli
MEMBAKUT: Parti
Warisan Kimanis Division
outlined five pillars in the
direction of the develop-
ment of the area under
the #Aspirasi@Kimanis if
the party gets the people’s mandate after
the 15th General Election (GE15).
Warisan candidate for Kimanis Parlia-
mentary, Dr Daud Yusuf (pic), said the agri-
cultural sector is the main focus involving
the re-empowerment of the rice crop
which his party has implemented before.
According to him, the project which
had stopped after Warisan no longer
administered the state government, is
important to fulfil the aspiration of mak-
ing Kimanis one of the contributors to the
country’s rice supply.
“We will also strengthen the farming
and fishing sectors that meet the broad
market demand such as chicken, beef and
goat meat and freshwater fish.
“Besides having expertise in the field of
farming and agriculture, I am confident
that the potential in the Kimanis Parlia-
ment is in line with my direction to dignify
Voting for Umno is like
voting for DAP, says Muhyi
BATU PAHAT: Perikatan
Nasional (PN) chairman
Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin
(pic) appeared confident
that Barisan Nasional (BN)
will not win enough seats
to win federal power, forc-
ing Umno to negotiate with other parties in
a bid to form a coalition government.
That coalition, he suggested before a few
hundred supporters here, will likely be
Pakatan Harapan. Muhyiddin then said vot-
ing for BN would by default be a vote for
the DAP, a party the Bersatu President has
accused of being anti-Malay.
“He said he doesn’t want to collude with
the PN because of Bersatu. So that means he
would rather collude with who? He
rejected the effort by PAS top leadership to
bring the ‘ummah’ together,” he said, refer-
ring to Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad
Zahid Hamidi.
“So that is why they’ve admitted they
can’t win and they need to form a coalition
government. And since he can’t collude
with the PN, who does he want to collude
with? PH ladies and gentlemen.
“And ladies and gentlemen, you know
pursue its rights to 40pc of the revenue the
federal government derived from the
state.
“We take what we can for now because if
the issue is only resolved 20 years later, the
federal government won’t pay the arrears,
resulting in us losing out on millions.
“With this interim agreement, this
money is already in the state accounts and
with that money the government can carry
out its plans to build 1,500 Sabah Maju Jaya
affordable homes.
“Our struggle is not political rhetoric.
The people can see and feel the changes
under the GRS-BN government,” he said.
Armizan called it a blessing that the
GRS-BN government had been in power for
two years, as its track record would be at
the heart of his campaign.
He said if GRS-BN relied on personali-
ties, this would only distract the people
from the state government’s performance
and ability to effect change.
On his campaign, Armizan was thankful
that all parties in the bloc were supportive
of him.
“I’m also really perplexed as to why the
previous BN government refused to care
about the plight of this country’s fighters.
It’s easy, just fulfil their demands, includ-
ing pension adjustments.
“The services of ATM veterans are
priceless, without their sacrifices
Malaysia would not be as peaceful as it is
today,” he said when met at the Military
Veterans Warisan Programme, here, last
Saturday.
It is reported that ATM veteran repre-
sentatives have been fighting consistently,
including voicing to the Ministry of
Defence, so that the government will pay
attention, but no action has been taken so
far.
Veteran Voice Legal Adviser, Major
(Retired) Mior Rosli has contested as an
Independent candidate for the Seti-
awangsa Parliamentary seat in GE15 to
ensure that the issue of ATM veterans is
taken into account.
Ahmad said the fate of the existing ATM
members will be similar to the veterans in
the coming period if Umno/BN remains at
the helm of the national administration
after the general election (GE15).
the local economy.
“The welfare and needs of the fisher-
men will also be improved under this aspi-
ration,” he said when met at the Friendly
meeting with Warisan President Datuk
Seri Shafie Apdal in KgTakapan, here, last
Friday.
Dr Daud, who is also Bongawan Assem-
blyman, said that apart from agriculture,
his party would also strengthen the local
tourism sector which needs improvement
in several aspects.
He said, it is important to meet the
changing situation in Sabah tourism
which has just recovered following the
Covid-19 pandemic and at the same time
align with domestic tourism demand.
“The needs of young people are also not
forgotten and their welfare will be
strengthened involving economic and
social skills among which I have planned
in the direction of #Aspirasi@Kimanis.
“The school education of our children
is also not forgotten, including aid as well
as the role of local women will also be
empowered through various entrepre-
neurship and marketing programmes,” he
said.
who is in PH? The DAP,” the PN chairman
added.
The DAP is a PH component member led
predominantly by ethnic Chinese. It has
become increasingly multiethnic, with
many Malays filling key posts within its
ranks and is fielding several Malay candi-
dates in this election.
Because of its racial composition, the
party is often depicted by rivals as a Chinese
chauvinist outfit.
Muhyiddin has appeared to steal a page
from rivals Umno’s playbook by making
the DAP a bogeyman as the central theme
to his campaign message.
In Kampung Raja, Pagoh, where he
spoke before a close-knit community ral-
lied by the local PN machinery before head-
ing towards Batu Pahat, Muhyiddin
claimed the DAP is a party that has a noto-
rious track record for opposing Malay inter-
ests.
The PN chairman repeated the same
allegation here as addressed Batu Pahat
voters and in the presence of its incumbent
Datuk Mohd Rashid Hasnon, who won the
highly multiracial seat on a PH ticket in the
14th general election. – MM
dailyexpress
Useless to declare assets
if no action is taken
Anthea Peter
PENAMPANG: Parti
Warisan (Warisan) Presi-
dent Datuk Seri Mohd
Shafie Apdal (pic) said it is
pointless for MPs to
declare their assets if no
action is taken on any discrepancies.
While he welcomed the idea, he said it
was more important for the law to be
enforced rather than just declaring assets,
especially in situations where some MPs may
conceal the true amount of their wealth.
“Some would declare, but (in reality)
their assets are more than that. Are there any
actions taken? It is not for display.
“For God’s sake, if there is any kind of
tremendous or sudden explicit change in
the wealth they acquired, there must be cer-
tain questions posed.
“We cannot have double standards. Too
many of them (MPs) had all sorts of assets all
of a sudden in a short period of time, but
Dewan should make it mandatory: Dr M
ALOR STAR: Gerakan Tanah Air chief Dr
Mahathir Mohamad said he agreed with
the practice of politicians declaring their
assets but said it should be done regularly
and not just during an election season.
The former prime minister said the
Dewan Rakyat should also make it manda-
tory for all MPs to publicly declare their
assets.
“I agree (with the asset declaration) but
not just when an election is approaching.
We should not be selective about the time.
We can do this in Parliament (Dewan
Rakyat and Dewan Negara),” he said.
He told reporters this while campaign-
Dr Aliakbar with Hamild, Nizam, Lo and Mohamad at the press conference.
20,000-strong PAS ‘army’
to help GRS-BN coalition
Lagatah Toyos
TAWAU: PAS Sabah ‘deployed’ around
20,000 of its party machinery in 20 areas
to help all candidates of Gabungan Rakyat
Sabah (GRS) - Barisan Nasional (BN) in the
15th General Election (GE15).
Sabah PAS secretary Dr. Aliakbar
Gulasan said the figure was seen as signif-
icant to help the GRS-BN candidates win
as that one vote was very meaningful.
“We contested in Tawau in 2018 (GE14)
and got 2,500 votes. This time we issued
an order to help in all GE15 constituencies
even though PAS did not contest.
“We are not contesting this time to
ensure that this coalition will continue to
dominate Sabah politics,” he said with
GRS candidate for Tawau Parliament, Lo
Su Fui at a press conference.
Also present were Tawau Machinery
director Datuk Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan
who is also Apas assemblyman, Balung
assemblyman Datuk Hamild Awang and
Tawau PAS president Mohamad Husain.
According to him, a similar pro-
Chinese community leaning towards BN: Libaran candidate
SANDAKAN: Libaran’s Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Datuk
Suhaimi Nasir claimed the trend of Libaran’s Chinese community is
towards BN.
He said so far the feedback received was very encouraging and he
hoped it would be translated through the vote on Nov 19 for him as
the BN Libaran candidate.
“For example in programmes with the Chinese community and
in Chinese schools,” he said after the Walkabout programme at Ban-
dar Sibuga Batu 8, on Saturday.
Suhaimi, who is a Nominated Assemblyman said he had channel
various school equipment assistance to four Chinese schools in the
Libaran parliament.
“Not only schooling aid but also rehabilitation projects, drainage
and sewerage maintenance, providing infrastructure facilities have
been implemented.
Suhaimi said he never discriminated against race in giving wel-
fare to the people.
“I will continue to try to help the people in terms of welfare, infra-
structure and infrastructure for the people in Libaran.
“If given the opportunity as an MP, I will voice the people’s prob-
lems in this parliament for the sake of the people’s comfort and
equality,” he stressed.
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were there any actions taken?” he told a
press conference after the Ceramah Perdana
with Warisan Leaders at Funky Farm food
court, here, Friday.
Shafie said he did not mind declaring his
assets and that he had been doing so while
he was in the cabinet.
“I still declare my assets as an MP. (And) I
don’t mind asking our (Warisan) MPs to
declare, if they’ve even got anything to
declare,” he said, while reiterating that
enforcement was more important.
Various political parties have differing
takes on the matter ahead of the 15th Gen-
ing with Pejuang candidate for the Kuala
Kedah parliamentary seat, Ulya Aqamah
Husamuddin, in Taman Bersatu, near here.
Most of the 72 PKR candidates have
declared their assets following a party
directive.
Asked about Barisan Nasional’s Sungai
Buloh candidate Khairy Jamaluddin’s
intention to become prime minister one
day, Mahathir said any candidate who won
a seat was eligible for the post.
“Many are qualified (to be PM) but
there is no guarantee they can win. We
should only talk after winning,” he said. –
FMT
gramme will be be held in the Kalabakan
Papar, Sandakan and Batu Sapi con-
stituencies.
Aliakbar urged the community, espe-
cially young people, not to allow Pakatan
Harapan (PH) return to power.
Aliakbar said, if Anwar Ibrahim wants
to become Prime Minister, his language
should not “speak differently” in front of
some people and differently with other
people’.
Meanwhile, Lo appreciated PAS’s
acceptance of him as a candidate even
though he is not a Muslim and a non-
Bumiputera contesting in an area with 70
per cent Bumiputera.
He is confident that the support was
because they shared the same assessment
that the effort to defend the harmony of
the country, especially Sabah which exists
with the uniqueness of various religions
and races.
“If I am elected as an MP for Tawau, I
intend to continue the effort to defend
these noble values for our people,” said Lo.
eral elections (GE15).
Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s (PKR) candidates
have taken the move to declare their assets
in the past week, while Democratic Action
Party (DAP) has not made it mandatory for
its candidates to do so.
However, DAP Secretary General Anthony
Loke was reported as saying that candidates
would only need to declare assets if they
were elected and sworn in as Cabinet minis-
ters.
Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) President
Abdul Hadi Awang was reported as saying
that PKR’s decision to declare assets was a
“stupid” move and that showing good char-
acter is enough.
On Saturday, PKR President Datuk Seri
Anwar Ibrahim called out Barisan Nasional
(BN) and Perikatan Nasional (PN) candi-
dates who have yet to declare their assets
ahead of GE15, saying that it is a clear indica-
tion that BN and PN are not ready to be
transparent.
GRS, Warisan
Sandakan
candidates
focus on youths
Winnie Kasmir and
Mardinah Jikur
SANDAKAN: The welfare of youth is one of
GRS Sandakan candidate Lau Chi Keong @
Thomas Lau’s priorities if given the man-
date.
He said positive youth development is
important to equip them with skills and
the mindset to face challenges ahead to be
successful leaders of the future.
“Issues concerning youths will be
brought up in parliament to ensure that
their voices will continue to be heard.” he
said.
Lau called on all Sandakan youths to
choose wisely on Nov 19 and that a vote for
GRS would see continuity in positive youth
development for the parliamentary con-
stituency.
The event was attended by about 200
youths from GRS component parties and
non-governmental organisations.
Warisan candidate for P.186 Sandakan ,
Thien Ching Qiang @ Alex Thien also
wants to ensure youths gain employment
in the district.
He said among things he would look
into if elected are entrepreneurial oppor-
tunities.
“here are many young people who are
still unemployed, especially young people
who have just finished their studies.
“One of the reasons why young is
because job opportunities in Sandakan are
decreasing because factories are decreas-
ing and indirectly job opportunities are
also decreasing, he said.
“Many of our local young go abroad, to
work in overseas factories because of the
good salary and the ringgit rate in
Malaysia is now falling when compared to
foreign currencies,” Thien said.
He hoped that young people would be
interested in the business field and would
no longer need to travel abroad to work
and be away from their families.
“I also intend to help those unable to
continue their studies in terms of scholar-
ships because what I have seen are many of
our local young who are intelligent and
get excellent results are unable to con-
tinue their studies due to financial con-
straints.”
“With the scholarship young people
will not give up hope in gaining knowl-
edge and get a job that suits their qualifi-
cations and raise the family’s dignity as
well,” he added.
There were many plans to raise the
esteem of young people in the community.
Among them, were holding activities
useful and beneficial to the public, such
as organising sports competitions and E-
Sports among young people and being
able to attract the attention of the public
to watch see activities of young people.
Suhaimi
meeting
some of
the shop
owners in
the area.
Local 5
Libaran under-represented despite
having five YBs: Pakatan
Mardinah Jikur
SANDAKAN: Pakatan candidate for Libaran
Dr. Peter Jr Naintin claims the people’s
voice were hardly heard here despitre the
constituency having been represented by a
former chief.
“There was a Sabah Chief Minister here,
and right now Libaran has five assembly-
men (two elected assemblymen). Do they
know the real problems faced by the peo-
ple in Libaran? Our previous MPs, have
they fought for us?” he asked at the PH
Campaign Talk in Bandar Utama Mile 6.
This has caused uneven development in
Libaran.
“The problem of poverty is really seri-
ous in Libaran. Though not listed as one of
the 10 poorest districts in Sabah, the figure
may have been affected by the government
servants living in Mile 7 and Mile 8.
“There is a huge income gap between
Mile 7,8 (Sungai Sibuga state seat) and
those living from Mile 16 to Mile 36 (Sungai
Manila and Gum Gum state seats). The
people are still living in dilapidated homes,
earning a minimum income that is barely
enough,” he said.
“Right now we don’t hear anything
from Libaran at the Parliament. I don’t
know if the MP had served for too long and
he is tired,” he said, adding over the years,
there have been many assistances and
development meant for the people in
Libaran that did not reach the local grass-
roots because of “middle-men”.
“If I become Libaran’s Member of Parlia-
ment, I will stop the ‘middle-men’ and
make sure that all assistance reach the peo-
ple in Libaran,” he said. Libaran has been
Umno’s stronghold since 1995.
Vivian posing with a member of the public at the Sandakan market.
Pakatan Batu Sapi candidate
pledges to help fire victims
Mardinah Jikur
SANDAKAN: Pakatan Harapan P185 Batu
Sapi candidate, Liau Fui Fui, is determined
to help Kampung Gas fire victims who have
been living in container homes since 2018.
“This is important to ensure that these
fire victims get a more comfortable place
to live in the future,” she said.
Among other problems include houses
on water that need to be overcome imme-
diately as well as looking into the needs of
the residents.
She said this when met by the media
during a meeting with vendors at the San
Da Gen Night Market, Coastal Street, San-
dakan Town, alongside PH’s incumbent
Sandakan MP Vivian Wong Shir Yee, last
Friday.
Meanwhile, Vivian pledged to help in
Sandakan’s tourism sector if she was man-
dated as Sandakan’s elected represented
again.
Pledge to gazette S’kan’s
Kg Contoh: BN candidate
Winnie Kasmir
SANDAKAN: The Kam-
pung Contoh Gazette-
ment at Batu 16 will be
completed if the existing
government can be
maintained.
The village located on
the edge of the main road at Batu 16 has
more than 50 houses since the 1980s but
faced constraints to be gazetted due to
several factors.
The land presently is a water catchment.
BN candidate for Libaran Datuk
Suhaimi Nasir (pic) said he would bring
the matter to the authorities if given a
mandate in the 15th General Election
later.
“I will make sure that this village
belongs to those who first settled here. We
will propose this as well as solve the
drainage issue that has plagued them for
a long time.
“I am also aware of the problem of PPR
residents in the Libaran area who want
the ownership of PPR rent-to-own to be
realised,” he said.
Suhaimi as Umno Divisional Libaran
Its last Member of Parliament Datuk
Zakaria Edris won the seat in the last gen-
eral election in 2018 under Barisan
Nasional’s ticket but later joined Parti
Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia.
Peter is a first-time candidate and is fac-
ing Umno’s Datuk Suhaimi Nasir,
Warisan’s Sh Bokrata Sh Hassan, Pejuang’s
Jefri @ Amat Pudang, Parti Perpaduan
Rakyat Sabah’s Jefri @ Amat Pudang and an
independent candidate Adnan Tumpong.
Meanwhile, BN candidate Datuk
Suhaimi Nasir said the positive reaction in
favour of Barisan Nasional is not a guaran-
tee of victory for the party.
Suhaimi said the BN machinery must
redouble its efforts until voting day on 19
November.
“To date, we have visited almost all areas
except for a few islands including Libaran,
Nunuyan and Pamaguan.
“We have also visited all the Voting Dis-
trict Centres (PDM) except for a few small
community groups that we will meet after
this.
“In future, we will meet young people.
We want to ask for the support of every
Libaran voters because every vote is valu-
able,” he said after the BN Libaran Pro-
gramme with Datuk Seri Bung Moktar
Radin at the Libaran BN Operations head-
quarters.
Suhaimi was confident that the effect of
the Libaran machinery together with
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) and BN
component parties would ensure victory.
Sabah Umno Chairman, Bung said
while he expected Suhaimi to win, the BN
and GRS machinery not to take the oppor-
tunity for granted.
“Previously, we have implemented sev-
eral initiatives to beautify the city as a
tourist attraction,” she said.
This includes working with the night
market, non-governmental organisations
and activists to paint and beautify the
seafront wall and market area in Sandakan
town to attract visitors.
“We also call on social media influ-
encers and YouTubers to come here to pro-
mote Sandakan City to everyone,” she
added.
Vivian said it was also important to
focus on the city’s cleanliness, which is an
important aspect in attracting tourists.
Regarding the public response on Fui
Fui and herself as candidates, she said it
was positive, which can be seen on the
ground during their campaign sessions.
The San Da Gen Night Market is located
in the Batu Sapi area, on the border
between the Sandakan and Batu Sapi.
Leader said he had carried out his duties as
an Appointed Assemblyman by resolving
the issue of street lights for Batu 16 area.
The allocation was channelled to the
Sandakan Municipal Council and the
implementation would start soon.
He would also try to develop the aban-
doned land in Batu 16 where the sur-
rounding residents would enjoy facilities
such as supermarkets, banks, libraries and
so on when completed.
He said the area to be developed as a
Sedco area was understood to be currently
in the implementation period by SUDC
together with the relevant parties.
“I am confident that we will be able to
handle and resolve this matter if the peo-
ple give a mandate to BN-GRS,” he
explained.
The event was also attended by the
Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environ-
ment who is also Sukau Assemblyman,
Datuk Jafry Ariffin, Assistant Minister of
Housing and Local Government and Sun-
gai Sibuga Assemblyman, Haji Mohd
Hamsan Awang Supain and former Mem-
ber of Parliament for Libaran, Datuk Juslie
Ajirol.
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Abdul Razak and Dullah in a group photo with the students.
RM36.4mil
for the first
TVET batch
Cynthia D Baga
SEPANGGAR: The government had allo-
cated about RM36.41 million education
fund for the first batch of 1,000 B40 TVET
students through the Dermasiswa B40 TVET
programme.
Secretary General of Higher Education
Ministry, Dato Seri Abdul Razak Jaafar, said
41 of the B40 TVET students are from Sabah
namely, 36 students of Kota Kinabalu
Politeknik (PKK), four from Sandakan
Politeknik and one from Tawau Politeknik.
“This education fund programme was
announced on June 20 this year and pro-
vided for student from the B40 group to fur-
ther their studies. Each of the student
received RM3,908 for every semester.
“The programme is designed through a
model scholarship so that students will not
be burden with the need to repay after they
graduate soon.
“This approach too aims to create a
learning ecosystem which is conducive to
the students who will be able to complete
their studies without need to think about
the financial burden to cover the tuition
fees and living costs.
“I’m sure that there are students here did
not expect to get this scholarship while
accessing the Unit Pengambilan Universiti
(UPU) online to check the status of institu-
tion admission.
“Indeed this is a proof that the govern-
ment is committed to the B40 group stu-
dents to further their studies to a higher
level,” said Abdul during the meeting cere-
mony with the recipients of the education
funding programme held at the PKK hall,
here, last Saturday.
According to Abdul Razak, majority of
students who received the scholarship are
from the Engineering field.
He urged the students to give 100 per
Kartini
presenting a
token of
appreciation
to Josie Lai
accompanied
by Shirley at
the launching
of the
Empowerment
Sessions for
the Asean
Cybersecurity
Skilling
Programme in
East Malaysia.
400 Girl Guides members attend
Asean cybersecurity programme
KOTA KINABALU: Some 400 members of the
Girl Guides Association of Malaysia (GGAM)
attended the third Asean Cybersecurity
Skilling Programme (ACSP) Empowerment
Session hosted by Microsoft and The Asean
Foundation at University Malaysia Sabah
(UMS) here, last Saturday.
The launch marked the beginning of
4,000 GGAM youth members being trained
on cybersecurity awareness in the ACSP.
GGAM has been appointed as one of the
key implementing partners for ACSP to
enhance literacy on cybersecurity amongst
Malaysians. Microsoft Lead Digital Skills
and Human Capacity Development,
Dashika Gnaneswaran highlighted the var-
ious threats faced by children through
emails and interactive gaming spaces.
Additionally she explained the role of
women in the digital industry stressing the
need to change the perception that it is a
male dominated field encouraging them to
take it up as their future career.
Dr. Tan Soo Fun, a cybersecurity expert
from the Faculty of Computing and Infor-
matics UMS shared more insights to the
cybersecurity landscape in Malaysia from
the past, present and future and the differ-
ent paths GGAM members can take to be
part of the industry.
“Do not think that you won’t be charged
if you hack illegally even if you are below 18,
the Malaysian government is looking into
the law to have better protections for cyber-
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cent efforts and create excellence through-
out the study period.
Abdul Razak advised them to study hard
and later be a successful person who can
transform themselves and change their
families’ living standard.
He hoped that the education funding
programme for the B40 TVET students will
encourage more students to further their
studies without worry about the education
costs.
Meanwhile, PKK Director Dullah Muluk
said the institution so far have about 3,500
students and 70 per cent of its student are
from the B40 group.
“Various initiative and assistance had
been planned and implemented by the PKK
management to help the students who
faced with the financial problem through-
out their study period.
“And today (Saturday), PKK had
launched the PKK Kiosk Food Bank Siswa in
which this is one of the continuous initia-
tive from the Food Bank Malaysia pro-
gramme to help to reduce burden of living
cost of the campus students.
“The target group of this food bank pro-
gramme is students from B40 group and
priority given to those family having
income low than RM1,000,” he said.
In the meantime, Dullah informed the
parents to not worry to let their children to
further study due to the financial problem
because the government provide the Der-
masiswa programme to those who are eligi-
ble.
He added that the education fund is in
line with the government is effort to ensure
that 55 per cent of SPM students will further
their studies in TVET field in the year of
2025. Dullah also informed that 2,559 of the
PKK students had received devices in help-
ing them in their studies.
security,” she said.
Master Trainers who completed the
Training of Trainers programme, Queenbee
Tan and Everly Johning, took the stage next
to share their what they learnt and encour-
age the attendees to also sign up to the
upcoming Empowerment Sessions.
“We encourage our peers to take the ini-
tiative to learn more about cybersecurity, so
we don’t only protect ourselves but also
people around us.
“We learnt how to prevent cyberattacks,
types of threats and how to detect those
threats. It also reveals the risks of not having
enough security in our own accounts,” they
said.
Quenbee shared a recent experience of a
phishing email link which led her to a blank
page. Everly, meanwhile, said she now
understood what spear phishing is and how
it happens.
Aufar Iswara of Asean Foundation joined
the event virtually to share ACSP’s back-
ground saying 167 of the 286 Master Trainers
successfully trained in Asean are women.
The event was also attended by the Pres-
ident of GGAM Sabah, Kartini Datuk Hj Ariff
and the Branch Commissioner of Sabah,
Shirley Wong.
Deputy Director General (Development)
for Public Service Department of Sabah
(JPAN), Josie Lai, represented its Director
General Datuk Rosmadi Datu Sulai in offici-
ating the programme.
Advice for single parents
Q: What encouragement can you offer
to those of us who are single parents?
Each day seems more difficult than the
one before it. Can you help plead our
case to those who don’t understand
what we’re facing?
A: In my view, single parents have the
toughest job in the universe! Hercules
himself would tremble at the range of
responsibilities people like you must
handle every day. It’s difficult enough for
two parents with a solid marriage and
stable finances to satisfy the demands of
parenting. For a single mother or father
to do that task excellently over a period
of years is evidence of heroism.
The greatest problem faced by single
parents, especially a young mother like
yourself, is the overwhelming amount of
work to be done. Earning a living, fixing
meals, caring for kids, helping with
homework, cleaning house, paying bills,
repairing the car (if she has one), han-
dling insurance, and doing the banking,
the income tax, marketing, etc., can
require twelve hours a day or more. She
must continue that schedule seven days
per week all year long. Some have no sup-
port from family or anyone else. It’s
enough to exhaust the strongest and
healthiest woman. Then where does she
find time and energy to meet her social
and emotional needs - and how does she
develop the friendships on which that
part of her life depends? This job is no
easier for most fathers, who may find
themselves trying to comb their daugh-
ter’s hair and explain menstruation to
their preteen girls.
There is only one answer to the pres-
sures single parents face. It is for the rest
of us to give them a helping hand. They
need highly practical assistance, includ-
ing the friendship of two-parent families
who will take their children on occasion
to free up some time. Single moms need
the help of young men who will play
catch with their fatherless boys and take
them to the school soccer game. They
need men who will fix the brakes on the
Chevy and patch the leaky roof. They
need prayer partner who will hold them
accountable in their walk with the Lord
and bear their burdens with them. They
need an extended family of believers to
care for them, lift them up, and remind
them of their priorities. Perhaps most
important, single parents need to know
that the Lord is mindful of their circum-
stances.
Clearly, I believe it is the responsibility
of those of us in the church to assist you
with your parenting responsibilities. This
requirement is implicit in Jesus’ com-
mandment that we love and support the
needy in all walks of life.
Thankfully, churches today are
Separation
anxiety
TEARFUL, tantrum-filled goodbyes are
common during a child’s earliest years.
Around the first birthday, many kids
develop separation anxiety, getting
upset when a parent tries to leave them
with someone else.
Though separation anxiety is a per-
fectly normal part of childhood devel-
opment, it can be unsettling.
Understanding what your child is
going through and having a few coping
strategies ready can help both of you get
through it.
About Separation Anxiety
Babies adapt pretty well to other
caregivers. Parents probably feel more
anxiety about being separated than
infants do! As long as their needs are
being met, most babies younger than 6
months adjust easily to other people.
Between 4-7 months of age, babies
develop a sense of “object perma-
nence.” They’re realising that things
and people exist even when they’re out
of sight. Babies learn that when they
can’t see mom or dad, that means
they’ve gone away. They don’t under-
stand the concept of time, so they don’t
know mom will come back, and can
become upset by her absence. Whether
mom is in the kitchen, in the next bed-
room, or at the office, it’s all the same
to the baby, who might cry until mom
is nearby again.
Kids between 8 months and 1 year old
are growing into more independent
toddlers, yet are even more uncertain
about being separated from a parent.
This is when separation anxiety devel-
ops, and children may become agitated
and upset when a parent tries to leave.
Whether you need to go into the next
room for just a few seconds, leave your
child with a sitter for the evening, or
drop off your child at daycare, your
child might now react by crying, cling-
ing to you, and resisting attention from
others.
The timing of separation anxiety can
vary. Some kids might go through it
later, between 18 months and 2½ years
becoming more sensitive to the needs of
single parents. More congregations are
offering programs and ministries geared
to the unique concerns of those with spe-
cial needs. I’d advise every single parent
to find such a church or fellowship group
and make himself or herself at home
there. Christian fellowship and support
can be the key to survival.
Those among my readers who want to
help mothers or fathers raising kids
alone might start by giving them a sub-
scription to the Single-Parent Family edi-
tion of Focus on the Family magazine.
Write us in Colorado Springs for infor-
mation.
Q: My husband died three years ago,
leaving me to raise my ten-years-old
son and nine-years-old daughter alone.
For the past year I have been dating a
very gentle, godly man who has three
kids of his own. We have recently
begun to talk about marriage, which
really excites me. I have a major con-
cern, however, that my children are not
in favour of the relationship, even
though Bill has been very good to them
and quick to include them in many of
our activities. I know Chuck and Laura
miss their father and don’t want to give
up his memory, but I need companion-
ship, and this is definitely a good thing.
How should I handle this situation?
A: If you love Bill and he loves you, I
think you should press forward with your
marriage plans – especially if you have
made it a matter of prayer. I do need to
tell you unequivocally that the blending
of your two families will not be easy. I
have seen fewer than five “reconstituted
families” in my professional career that
didn’t experience major adjustment and
struggles. The myth of The Brady Bunch -
the told television sitcom based on the
harmonious blending of six children -
just doesn’t happen. There are highly pre-
dictable points of conflict that must be
anticipated and dealt with early in the
relationship. One of them is the situation
you’ve described, where the children of
one parent refuse to accept the new step-
parent. These problems can be sorted out,
but you must set your mind to doing it.
Q: Where should we start to build
this new family? And could you iden-
tify the issues that are likely to be diffi-
cult for us?
A: I would strongly suggest that you
get some outside help as you bring your
two families together. It is extremely dif-
ficult to do that on your own, and for
some people, it is impossible. If you can
afford professional counselling from a
marriage, family, and child counsellor
who has dealt with blended families, it
of age. Some never experience it. And for
others, certain life stresses can trigger
feelings of anxiety about being sepa-
rated from a parent: a new childcare sit-
uation or caregiver, a new sibling,
moving to a new place, or tension at
home.
How Long Does It Last?
How long separation anxiety lasts
can vary, depending on the child and
how a parent responds. In some cases,
depending on a child’s temperament,
separation anxiety can last from infancy
through the elementary school years.
Separation anxiety that affects an
older child’s normal activities can be a
sign of a deeper anxiety disorder. If sep-
aration anxiety appears out of the blue
in an older child, there might be
another problem, like bullying or abuse.
Separation anxiety is different from
the normal feelings older kids have
when they don’t want a parent to leave
(which can usually be overcome if a
child is distracted enough). And kids do
understand the effect this has on par-
ents. If you run back into the room every
time your child cries or cancel your
plans, your child will continue to use
this tactic to avoid separation.
What You Might Feel
Separation anxiety might have you
feeling a variety of emotions. It can be
nice to feel that your child is finally as
attached to you as you are to him or her.
But you’re also likely to feel guilty about
taking time out for yourself, leaving
your child with a caregiver, or going to
dailyexpress
would be wise to get that assistance. A
pastor also might be able to guide you,
although there are some tough relation-
ship issues to be handled by a profes-
sional who has “been there” before.
You’re already experiencing the
thorny issue of conflict between Bill and
your children, which is common. One of
the kids is likely to see him as a usurper.
When a mother or father dies or when a
divorce occurs, one child often moves
into the power vacuum left by the depart-
ing parent. That youngster becomes the
surrogate spouse. I’m not referring to
sexual matters. Rather, that boy or girl
becomes more mature than his or her
years and relates to the remaining parent
more as a peer. The status that comes
with that supportive role is very seduc-
tive, and he or she is usually unwilling to
give it up. The stepfather becomes a
threat to that child. Much work must be
done to bring them together.
The kid’s loyalty to the memory of
their dad is another issue that requires
sensitive handling. In their eyes, to wel-
come the newcomer with open arms
would be an act of betrayal. That’s cer-
tainly understandable and something
that must be worked through with your
children. It will require time, patience,
understanding, and prayer.
I would say the greatest problem you
will face, however, is the way you and Bill
will feel about your kids. Each of you is
irrationally committed to your own, and
you’re merely acquainted with the oth-
ers. When fights and insults occur
between the two sets of children, you will
be tempted to be partial to those you
brought into the world, and Bill will
probably favour his own flesh and blood.
The natural tendency is to let the blended
family dissolve into armed camps - us
against them. If the kids sense any ten-
sion between you and Bill over their
clashes, they will exploit and exaggerate
it to gain power over the other children,
etc. Unless there are some ways to venti-
late these issues and work through them,
battles will occur that will be remem-
bered for a lifetime.
I have painted a worst-case scenario in
order to prepare you for what could
occur. Now let me encourage you. Many
of these problems can be anticipated and
lessened. Other can be avoided alto-
gether. It is possible to blend families
successfully, and millions have done it.
But the task is difficult, and you will need
some help in pulling it of.
If your child
has never been
cared for by
anyone but
you, is
naturally shy,
or has other
stresses,
separation
anxiety may be
worse than it is
for other kids.
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children.org)
work. And you may start to feel over-
whelmed by the amount of attention
your child seems to need from you.
Keep in mind that your little one’s
unwillingness to leave you is a good sign
that healthy attachments have devel-
oped between the two of you. Eventu-
ally, your child will be able to remember
that you always return after you leave,
and that will be comfort enough while
you’re gone. This also gives kids a
chance to develop coping skills and a lit-
tle independence.
Making Goodbyes Easier
These tips can help ease kids and par-
ents through this difficult period:
Timing is everything. Try not to start
daycare or childcare with an unfamiliar
person when your child is between the
ages of 8 months and 1 year, when sepa-
ration anxiety is first likely to appear.
Also, try not to leave when your child is
tired, hungry, or restless. If at all possi-
ble, schedule your departures for after
naps and mealtimes.
Practice. Practice being apart from
each other, and introduce new people
and places slowly. If you plan to leave
your child with a relative or a new
babysitter, invite that person over in
advance so they can spend time
together while you’re in the room. If
your child is starting at a new daycare
center or preschool, make a few visits
there together before a full-time sched-
ule begins. Practice leaving your child
with a caregiver for short periods so that
he or she can get used to being away
from you. – KidsHealth.org
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Hajiji (centre) with

Joniston, George
and others at the
dinner event.

RM6b not under BN or Warisan but GRS

SABAH is expected to end 2022 with a record
RM6 billion in revenue – the highest achieved
since independence, said Chief Minister Datuk
Seri Hajiji Noor.
Hajiji attributed it to the good working rela‐
tionship among leaders in the Gabungan
Rakyat Sabah‐Barisan Nasional (GRS‐BN) State
Government.
The GRS‐BN State Government, in the very
first year after taking over amid the Covid‐19
pandemic, logged RM5.449 billion in revenue,
itself a record.
Hajiji, who is also GRS Chairman, said: “The
record revenue outperforms that of the previ‐
ous Warisan or BN state governments. Prior to
this, the highest revenue ever recorded was
RM4.5 billion under the leadership of Chief
Minister Tan Sri Musa Aman in 2014.
“With the record income, I pledge to man‐
age the fund properly for the development and
benefit of the people of Sabah,” he said at a
dinner with the Chinese community at Dewan
Seri Sulaman in Tuaran on Nov 8.
Hajiji said he also instructed the Finance
Ministry Permanent Secretary to allocate even
more – RM54 million this time – to Chinese
schools, Missionary schools and non‐Muslim
organisations in the State next year, while not
forgetting Muslim interests.
“The RM54 million will be the highest ever,
as previously the average was between RM20
million and RM25 million annually.
“The State Government always emphasises
justice and fairness in all aspects, including in
helping the people, regardless of race and reli‐
gion,” he said.
“Unlike the previous Warisan‐led State Gov‐
ernment, the GRS‐BN administration has the
full mandate from Sabahans by winning the
2020 State election. The Warisan Plus govern‐
ment could not last long because it was formed
through the betrayal of Upko,” he said, refer‐
ring to the collapse of a duly elected govern‐
ment in 2018 by the pullout of a BN partner
(Upko) after being sworn in.
The Warisan Plus government that was
formed with the help of Upko’s betrayal also
did not last when most of the assemblymen
who switched sides, betrayed the Warisan‐Plus
government in turn by switching sides again.
Hajiji said the State’s success under the
GRS‐BN State Government is also an indication
of the effectiveness of Sabah’s five‐year Sabah
Maju Jaya roadmap, a strategic development
plan launched on March 29 last year.
“Sabah Maju Jaya is actually our forefathers
and leaders’ vision as stated in our State crest’s
motto.
“But, somehow, some of our past leaders
seem to forget about it. As a result, some of our
leaders even abused and mismanaged the
State’s funds…we are a rich State yet the poor‐
est,” he told the crowd of about 1,000 people.
Hajiji said under the GRS‐BN State Govern‐
ment, Sabah managed to attract many foreign
investors.
“With more foreigners investing in Sabah
and opening up factories and plants, it will ben‐
efit Sabahans as many would be able to gain
employment and need not go the peninsula or
foreign countries to seek employment,” he said.
Hajiji said many ambassadors and high
commissioners, especially from Arab countries,
met him lately to discuss investment opportu‐
nities in Sabah.
Hence, he hoped the people would con‐
tinue to support the GRS‐BN State Government
to make Sabah great again.
Also present were Assistant Tourism and
Environment Minister Datuk Joniston
Bangkuai, Assistant Finance Minister Jasnih
Daya, Political Secretary to the Chief Minister
Datuk Roland Chia and Organising Chairman,
George Teo.
The event was organised by an NGO in col‐
laboration with 12 Chinese associations and
five Chinese schools in Tuaran in appreciation
and to celebrate Hajiji’s achievements.
Meanwhile, Joniston, who is also Kiulu
Assemblyman and also the GRS candidate for
Tuaran in the coming GE15 said he is confident
that the people of Tuaran would vote for GRS.
“The people in Sulaman and Pantai Dalit
constituencies will vote for GRS because of
Hajiji’s leadership and those in Kiulu and Tam‐
paruli, the people will support GRS because
PBS is a member of GRS and both state con‐
stituencies are under PBS,” he said.
Joniston urged the people to turn out in full
force on voting day on Nov. 19 to exercise their
rights and give him and GRS a big victory.
George in his speech commended Hajiji for
a good job in administering the State.
He urged the Chinese community to sup‐
port the GRS‐BN State Government led by Hajiji
as he has proven his capability.
“Hajiji only took over the State Government
two years ago and his track record is for all to
see. The people of Sabah will benefit from his
leadership,” he said.

GRS won’t compromise

on Sabah rights: Hajiji
THE Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) on Nov
8 launched its 15th General Election (GE15)
Manifesto containing four thrusts and 13
main pillars on the way forward for Sabah,
which includes continuing to claim the
rights of Sabah from the Federation.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor,
who is GRS Chairman, said the coalition
would continue its commitment to imple‐
ment the Sayangi Sabah agenda as
enshrined in the GRS Aku Janji (pledge) that
was offered as the 16th State Election
(PRN16) Manifesto.
“Our commitment has been translated
by aligning the Sayangi Sabah agenda and
GRS Aku Janji in the state development plan
document called Hala Tuju Sabah Maju Jaya
(SMJ), introduced on March 29, 2021,
exactly six months after we received the
people’s mandate,” he said at Sabah Inter‐
national Convention Centre (SICC) in Kota
level of security in Sabah, especially in the
Eastern Sabah Security Zone (Esszone) area,
improving educational facilities by upgrad‐
ing poor schools, as well as improving
health facilities throughout the State.
! Development of women, family and
society where GRS will continue to
empower women in the field of entrepre‐
neurship, more women as policymakers,
preserve the welfare of single mothers and
widows, as well as provide continuous assis‐
tance to single mothers, the disabled and
the elderly.
! Encouraging youth involvement in the
national development mainstream by pro‐
viding special provisions for youth in the Hajiji at the launching of the SJK (C) Chung Hwa Tamparuli’s Green and Nature Park project with
field of entrepreneurship and increasing the Joniston, Tah Nia, George, Chong and others.
number of youth involvement by at least 30
CHIEF Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor has full confidence that
GRS-BN cooperation
per cent in policy‐making.
! Empowering Sabah’s public service cooperation between the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah‐Barisan
administration including improving the serv‐ Nasional (GRS‐BN) State Government will continue after the 15th

Kinabalu.
The four thrusts of the GRS struggle are
Sabah First, Sabah Forward, Sabah Prosper
and Sabah United.
“It contains 13 main pillars and was
drafted taking into account the views and
sentiments of the people in matters that are
considered important,” he said.
Highlights of the manifesto:
• Empowering the economy of the State
and the people of Sabah through three main
sectors namely agriculture, industry and
tourism – among which GRS will attract
more investors to develop the agricultural
(upstream) sector, strengthen the guarantee
of success for farmers, fishermen and
breeders, encourage modern agriculture,
establish marketing centres for the agricul‐
tural sector and provide incentives. In the
industrial sector, GRS will attract investment
to increase production and drive economic
growth, while in the tourism sector, it will
take advantage of the wealth of flora and
fauna, encourage the involvement of entre‐
preneurs in agrotourism, introduce new
tourism products, and at the same time
attract more tourists from outside to Sabah.
! Empowering the management of
energy resources for the Sabah Government
to take back the management of SESB. GRS
will also explore more new energy sources
or renewable energy, especially those based
on green technology, to ensure an environ‐
mentally friendly and sufficient energy sup‐
ply.
! Continuing to claim the rights of Sabah
from the Federation. GRS will continue to
claim rights based on Article 112 (b), 112 (c)
and Schedule 10 of the Federal Constitution
and based on the spirit of the Malaysia
Agreement 1963 (MA63).
ice delivery system, improving public service
facilities, establishing a pension trust fund,
special rewards and providing a special
quota for young Sabahans to join the Fed‐
eral public service in the Administrative and
Diplomatic Officer (PTD) Services Scheme.
! Increasing involvement in the oil and
gas industry. GRS will ensure Sabah’s total
and continuous involvement in the industry,
where Sabah becomes a partner to
Petronas. At the same time, GRs will ensure
that the smart partnership is able to gener‐
ate profit.
! Giving priority to the implementation
of basic facilities infrastructure, in the
aspect of upgrading roads throughout
Sabah and building and upgrading water
plants, while the construction of the Pan
Borneo Highway is expedited.
! Providing affordable housing facilities,
including speeding up the implementation
of the SMJ Rumah Mesra programme of
1,500 units and continuing it, providing
more housing for the people.
! Improving land management where
GRS will ensure the issuance of land titles
for people’s land applications is expedited,
establish a Native Land Foundation to pro‐
tect Sabah’s Native Rights and expedite the
issuance of village reserve titles.
! Political stability, racial unity, justice
and people’s wellbeing. GRS will intensify
efforts to foster unity between communities
in Sabah across religions, races and cultures,
ensure religious freedom based on the Fed‐
eral Constitution is maintained, demand the
Federal Government create the position of
Deputy Prime Minister with significant pow‐
ers for the Sabah Region and ensure that
the funding allocation from the Federation
is channelled directly to the State Govern‐
General Elections (GE15).
“The GRS‐BN formula has proven that at the state level we
have achieved a solid working relationship to govern and brought
much development to the state and the people.
“Of course ... it is a continuity of the mandate given by the
rakyat during the last State election. We need to have strong
cooperation to ensure we uphold this mandate,” he said, after
opening the new Sekolah Menengah Advent Tamparuli (SMAT)
building in Tamparuli on Nov 10.
On whether the Sabah Government would declare the eve of
elections, November 18 as a public holiday, Hajiji who is also the
GRS Chairman said the matter needs to be looked into first.
Earlier, he said education is important for the state’s develop‐
ment.
Hence, he said the State Government has allocated a total of
RM3.38 million to non‐Muslim religious bodies, Chinese and mis‐
sion schools in Tuaran this year.
From the figure RM1.078 million was for non‐Muslim religious
bodies and the rest for Chinese and mission schools in the Tuaran
district.
He reiterated that the State Government has agreed to
increase the overall state allocation for non‐Muslim religious
bodies, Chinese and mission schools by RM7 million to RM54 mil‐
lion next year.
In his speech at the opening of the SMAT new building that
can accommodate 500 students at any one time, Hajiji com‐
mended the school known previously as the Seventh‐Day Adven‐
tist Secondary School or SASS, for producing many successful
students during its more than 80 years in existence.
He said State Assistant Tourism, Culture and Environment
Minister Datuk Joniston Bangkuai, who is Kiulu Assemblyman and
GRS candidate for Tuaran MP, as one of them.
“I trust SMAT will continue its educational excellence by pro‐
viding opportunities for students to excel, particularly those from
the rural areas,” he said.
As an appreciation to SMAT’s teaching staff, the Chief Minister
announced an allocation of RM100,000 to assist the school’s
management in enhancing its academic programmes.
The State Government would also consider SMAT’s request
(already agreed
upon) to continue
for other educational facilities, including a roofed basketball
court.
Present were District Officer Syahrin Samsir, Tamparuli Assis‐
tant District Officer Herman Tugingging, Sabah SDA Mission Exec‐
utive Secretary, Pastor Earie Madius, Malaysia Union Missions of
SDA Director Golden Gadoh and SMAT Parent‐Teacher Associa‐
tion Chairman George Teo.
Hajiji also did not hesitate to approve a 0.25‐acre land appli‐
cation by SJK (C) Chung Hwa for its Green and Nature Park proj‐
ect.
He commended SJK (C) Chung Hwa Tamparuli management
board and its teaching fraternity for their high commitment to
building the Green and Nature Park, which would be beneficial
to the pupils.
“It will educate the pupils to care and respect for our environ‐
ment, which is a very important aspect in moulding our younger
generation to contribute to the nation’s development,” he said.
Hajiji also gave SJK (C) Chung Hwa Tamparuli teachers and
pupils a pleasant surprise by approving a sum totalling
RM150,000 for the Green and Nature Park, smart boards and the
school’s brass band as requested by SJK © Chung Hwa Tamparuli
Management Board Chairman Chong Hong Kong during his
speech earlier.
“This Government is a people’s government that was given
the mandate to develop Sabah and ensure the wellbeing of the
people regardless of race.
“I hope the people understand that we need a strong and sta‐
ble government so that we can develop our state and provide
assistance such as to SJK (C) Chung Hwa Tamparuli,” he said.
Also present were Sabah Education Director Datuk Tah Nia
Jaman, Chong Hong Kong, SJK © Chung Hwa Tamparuli Headmas‐
ter Brandon Lim, Parent‐Teacher Association Chairman George
Teo and local community leaders.

BN manifesto to see more add-ons

! Ensuring the Federal Government car‐
ries out its responsibilities in improving the
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ment to administer.
! Continuing the efforts to demand that
the Parliamentary constituencies in Sabah
be increased. GRS will continue efforts to
get back the 35 per cent of the Parliamen‐
tary seats for Sabah and Sarawak until suc‐
cessful.
Present were GRS deputy chairmen
Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili who is also
President of Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS),
Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan who is Presi‐
dent of Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (Star),
Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee who is President of
Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) and Tan Sri
Pandikar Amin Mulia who is President of
United Sabah National Organisation (Usno),
GRS leaders and supporters as well as can‐
didates.
THE Barisan Nasional (BN) Sabah will add
several items to the coalition’s manifesto
for the 15th General Election (GE15), said its
Chairman Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin.
Declining to elaborate on the matter, he
said, the additional items would be made
to meet the needs of the Sabah people.
“We have already drafted it...it Is almost
ready. The BN manifesto that has already
been announced is already complete…
there are only two or three additional items
for Sabah,” he said, adding the additional
items in the BN manifesto were to meet the
requests of BN Sabah.
Bung, who is Deputy Chief Minister, told
this to reporters after a ceramah (political
talks) with Sepanggar parliamentary candi‐
date Datuk Yakub Khan at Kampung
Warisan Hall, Kota Kinabalu, on Nov 8.
BN Chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid
Hamidi, who launched BNs GE15 Manifesto,
said PADU offered a new and fresh deal
from the coalition to Malaysians and con‐
tained 99 practices to propel the country
towards a developed nation status.
Meanwhile, Bung, who is defending the
Kinabatangan parliamentary seat, said BN
Sabah had never endorsed any candidate
to run on Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah’s
(PBRS) ticket as it would violate the agree‐
ment with Parti Gabungan Rakyat Sabah
(GRS).
He was referring to Datuk Ewon Ebin,
who is contesting on PBRS’ ticket for the
Ranau parliamentary seat in a five‐cornered
fight against incumbent Datuk Jonathan
Yasin (GRS), Apirin Jahalan @ Taufik Sham
(Pakatan Harapan), Azizul Julirin (Pejuang)
and Markos Siton (Warisan).
According to Bung, no action could be
taken since the candidate was using the
PBRS logo to contest.
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Pivot and adapt to survive

How has mentorship made a differ-
ence in your professional life?
It is my mission is to empower local
tech entrepreneurs to fulfil their potential
to be global players. As such, mentorship
national news and commentary from
thought leaders helps me stay ahead of the
industry.
What has been the biggest challenge

A
CHATS with Malaysia Digital Econ-
omy Corp (MDEC) senior vice presi-
dent & head of ecosystem
development Gopi Ganesalingam (pic).
What traits do you look for in your
talent or how do you decide who is right
for a job?
As the tech industry constantly evolves,
I always look for people who are innova-
tive and open to new experiences, and
going beyond academic qualifications.
When people are open to change, this
leads to a spark of creativity, new ideas,
solutions, improved efficiency to address
the needs of the rakyat.
Adaptability is crucial as well, as
most organisations are in a state of
continuous change and improve-
ment. Being adaptable means you
will easily and successfully accept
change. It also means that you will
keep up with the pace of change,
ensuring your skills especially in
IT will always be up to-date to
thrive in the digital economy.
Another important trait is
teamwork. MDEC is a large
organisation, and we must work
across several departments cohe-
sively. I look for talent who have
the ability to cooperate with a
group of people to achieve
desired goals.
How do you think the
industry you are in will
evolve?
In 1996, MSC Malaysia was
introduced to transform
Malaysia into a knowledge-
based economy, and it has con-
tributed greatly towards the
growth of the nation’s digital
economy. However, with the rapid
shift of socio-economic norms in
response to the constant advance-
ments of digital technology,
MDEC’s approach needed to evolve
to meet new trends, enabling businesses and the rakyat to play
challenges and pro- a leading part in the global digital econ-
gressing needs. omy.
Hence, we For instance, digital investments are
l a u n c h e d very different now. In the past, there would
Malaysia Digi-
be large companies coming into Malaysia
tal (MD) to
which would help create job opportuni-
encourage
ties, but today the scale is much smaller
and attract
and with a more automated system. As
companies,
such, we have to upgrade our incentives to
talent and
be more attractive for new digital invest-
investment
ments.
w h i l e
What advice can you offer those look-
ing to start their career/own business?
We have learnt a lot from the Covid-
19 pandemic and how it disrupted busi-
nesses in the tech industry. It is
necessary for us to pivot and adapt to
survive. Everything has become digi-
tal-focused; thus, it is necessary for
all, especially entrepreneurs, to
have an understanding of technol-
ogy. The digital economy is the
future, and we need to constantly
upgrade, upskill ourselves to
remain relevant and to thrive in it.
Furthermore, entrepreneurs
need to start thinking globally.
Challenges faced today can be
solved by expanding and looking
at what is happening across bor-
ders.
We all know about the indus-
trial revolution, are we in for a
technological revolution? Your
thoughts.
The technological revolution
started many years ago and we are
now being reactive to what is occur-
ring. Therefore, MD is relevant today as
the strategic initiative aims to close the
gaps between the urban and rural com-
munities in Malaysia. For instance, manu-
facturers now will not be traditional
manufacturers, as they will incorporate
digital technology into their operations.
represents a significant part of my work
and the company’s overall efforts. It brings
me great joy when I can inspire people to
be greater versions of themselves. You see
mentorship can provide benefits for both
mentor and mentee. Both of us can dis-
cover and learn new things, expand con-
nections, and grow as professionals.
When it comes to launching a startup,
there are many challenges that will arise.
Generally, startups work at an accelerated
pace and lack foundational processes
because their focus is on getting their serv-
ices off the ground so that they can be suc-
cessful. Many first-time entrepreneurs will
find themselves struggling and often need
to seek support.
What do you want to accomplish in
the next five years?
In the next five years, I would like to see
MD be successful in terms of achieving its
goals. Under MD, I would also want to see
Malaysia marked on the world map as the
digital hub of Asean; and, to be known for
our digital advancements, creation of
global tech companies, and vast job
opportunities for people.
I would like to look back one day and
be glad that I was part of MD, as this was
the initiative that propelled us to move
forward as a country and to not be left
behind.
How do you stay abreast of issues
affecting your industry?
As the lead agency in charge of acceler-
ating Malaysia’s digital economy, it is cru-
cial I stay abreast of matters that are
impacting the industry. Not only do I need
to stay updated on the latest technologies,
but also learn new best practices for better
industry outcomes. In my line of work, I
am always on ground, meeting both famil-
iar and new faces, learning what is the lat-
est topic on everyone’s mind.
Now post-pandemic, everyone can
physically meet up and attend networking
events. Also, reading both local and inter-
you have faced? What did you learn
from it?
In MDEC, the biggest challenge that I
have faced is working with multiple stake-
holders. At times, I must try and convince
everyone to come together to be on the
same page. While we have great talent and
team players, the challenge is how to pivot
everyone’s minds to becoming more digi-
tal-focused. Essentially, this means having
to change the mindset of employees and
disrupting how things are currently being
done. In a paradigm shift, I learnt that two-
way communication is a key factor.
When getting people to work together
to achieve a common goal, communica-
tion will help in terms of having them
understand what is needed and expected.
How do you expect policies on climate
change to impact businesses?
To ensure Malaysia becomes a globally
competitive digital nation, we need to be
fully committed to encouraging the adop-
tion of sustainable practices. Thus, policies
and actions all of organisations will need
to change and support this. Most recently,
we signed a MoU with the United Nations
Global Compact Network Malaysia and
Brunei to raise further awareness and
increase the adoption of sustainability and
climate action across the digital economy.
As outlined in the 12th Malaysia Plan, the
government is aiming for a 45 per cent
reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
intensity of GDP by 2030, compared to a
2005 baseline, and to achieve a 31 per cent
renewable energy mix by 2025. Malaysia
remains committed to climate action and
is striving to become a carbon-neutral
nation at the earliest by 2050.
What are the top three factors you
would attribute your success to?
My top three factors would be my abil-
ity to lead a team, my ability to manage
stakeholders well, and lastly, my ability to
identify the right talent in produce strong
teams that are able to work seamlessly to
achieve a common goal. – The Sun

IMU: A Student’s Point of View

I
’m Sarvesen Chithiramanaalan. I
started out my journey as a stu-
dent at SMK Air Putih in a quaint
little town called Kuantan, in the
heart of Pahang. It was a school well
known for its empathetic teachers
and rich culture. Throughout my
years in school, I’ve pushed myself to
become a much better version of
myself today. I was a dedicated stu-
dent, student leader, peer supporter,
good friend, classical dancer and vic-
tim of bullying.

In my earlier years at secondary

school, I faced racial disparity and
prejudice from my own peers. For a
moment I did feel the insecurity of
being in the vulnerable group but I
did not falter. I am grateful for the dis-
ciplinary board that stepped in to
stop the act of abuse and showed that
help and kindness may come in
unknown ways. Although it was a bit-
ter experience being the victim of the
story, I was inspired to make a real dif-
ference in people’s lives by stopping
this chain of hate and disparity.
My days in the Guidance and
Counselling Club invigorated me to
take steps towards nurturing my car-
ing and empathetic self. These vital
steps helped me to realise that dedi-
cating my days and efforts to serving
society to become a better place was
my destiny. Venturing through the
world of healthcare has taught me
the ways to love and care for people.
The year 2020 was initially
thought to be a year of glory and
pride for many but it was also the year
Covid 19 struck the world into lock-
down causing severe economic fluc-
tuations. That very year I was to sit for
my SPM (Sijil Pelajaran SPM), a very
essential examination set to deter-
mine the path of many students in
their educational and life journey. The
pandemic was not kind to the stu-
dents or anyone in that stance. Stu-
dents were thrust into lockdown for
months without any proper guide to
learn or study and it was a nightmare
for students who were sitting for crit-
ical examinations the very year.
Rumors of SPM cancellation and con-
stant rescheduling of the examina-
tion did not help the mental health or
motivation levels of the students.
Even though persevering through the
challenges thrown at us during the
time of online education seemed
futile, the results did pay off at the end
of the day.
I scored 12A+, the highest aca-
demic achievement a student could
Sarvesen Chithiramanaalan
and parents.
hope for in SPM but the dream could
not have been realised without the
constant support from my family, rel-
atives, teachers, or friends who were
there to motivate and inspire me. It
was a very humbling experience.
Being the top student of Pahang, I was
able to secure my scholarship under
JPA (Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam).
Then, I started on to search for univer-
sities that matched my dreams to
serve the community through health-
care.
I came across IMU (International
Medical University), a university with
a dedication towards the betterment
of society and known for providing
the right opportunities for students'
growth and development. That very
moment, I decided to make IMU my
alma mater for its resounding success
for 30 years in serving the community
and for its remarkable educational
system.
I enrolled myself in the Founda-
tion in Science programme of IMU
and started my educational and
career journey in one of the highly
regarded medical universities in
Malaysia. Since the beginning of my
journey, I’ve been able to interact with
great minds from all over the world in
its diverse community. Moreover, the
social activities and awakening pro-
grammes were very welcoming and
receptive toward students. From win-
ning the best speaker title at
Malaysian Humanitarian Conference
held by IMU to taking part on a com-
mittee of an annual charitable event,
Chariofare, IMU has offered its stu-
dents all sorts of opportunities to
develop themselves and their careers.
Although the classes are still in a
During Bioscience practical.
hybrid mode with online lectures and
physical practical classes, the lecturers
of IMU have made it interesting and
interactive for the students to actively
take part in classes with ease of mind.
The joy and experience I gained from
each practical class and peer interac-
tions were priceless in every aspect. If
I was given a chance to do it all over
again, I would not change a single
thing about it. I am glad to be a part
of the IMU family and its receptive
student & staff community.
Now I’ve started my undergraduate
programme journey in medicine here
at International Medical University. The
constant guidance and wonderful stu-
dent community have made the tran-
sition into a difficult programme seem
so easy and adaptable. I’m eternally
grateful to IMU for making my educa-
tional years so memorable and inspir-
ing with their exceptional community
and opportunities.
The IMU’s one-year FIS gives its
students an early start to life as a
degree student. Being offered and
conducted in the same facilities and
environment as the degree pro-
grammes, FIS students adapt to the
facilities and environment at a much
earlier stage.
The Foundation in Science, IMU
has three intakes a year: April, July
and September. If you would like to
apply for this programme, make an
online application today via our web-
site, www.imu.edu.my.
You can also refer to
www.imu.edu.my or email:
start@imu.edu.my or call IMU at 03
– 2731 7272 for more information.
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G20 ministers launch billion-dollar pandemic fund
NUSA DUA (Indonesia): G20 health and
finance ministers launched a $1.4-billion
fund Sunday to tackle the next global pan-
demic ahead of the bloc’s leaders gather-
ing for a summit on the Indonesian resort
island of Bali but the host’s president said
it was not enough.
The 24-nation fund is viewed as one of
the early global outcomes of the summit
next week where little progress is expected
on the Ukraine crisis with Russian Presi-
dent Vladimir Putin not in attendance.
It was launched at a news conference
Sunday opened by Indonesian President
Joko Widodo and addressed by World
Health Organisation chief Tedros
Adhanom Ghebreyesus and World Bank
Brunei played
crucial role in
peace process
MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
recognised the crucial role played by the
Brunei Sultanate in the Mindanao peace
process.
During his bilateral meeting Saturday
with Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah on
the sidelines of the 40th and 41st Asean
Summit and Related Summits in Phnom
Penh, Marcos assured that efforts to ensure
long-lasting peace in Mindanao are pro-
ceeding despite the roadblocks posed by
the Covid-19 pandemic.
“I’m happy to be able to inform, Your
Majesty, that the peace process is proceed-
ing along. Although we have extended the
Transition Authority for another three
years simply because they were unable to
do their job during the pandemic,” Marcos
said.
“This process – the negotiations
between the Bangsamoro and our Muslim
brothers and sisters began in 1976 - I
believe, is the fruition of that. And we are
very happy,” he added.
Brunei is part of the International Mon-
itoring Team and the independent decom-
missioning body in the peace process in
Marcos and Chinese PM agree to deepen ties
MANILA: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Satur-
day agreed to further deepen the partner-
ship between the Philippines and China.
In a statement, the Office of the Press
Secretary said Marcos and Li had a brief
conversation on the sidelines of the Asso-
ciation of the Southeast Asian Nations
(Asean)-Plus Three Summit in Phnom
Penh, Cambodia.
The Palace said the President will visit
China in early January 2023 upon the invi-
tation of Chinese President Xi Jinping for
a state visit. Marcos’ state visit will take
place from January 3 to 5 or 6, 2023.
I am not peaceful but Paquibato is: Sara
DAVAO CITY: “I am the
expert here because I
am not peaceful but
Paquibato is peaceful,”
Vice-President Sara
Duterte (pic) told a
gathering of civil soci-
ety leaders in Min-
danao on Friday, as
she narrated how local initiatives under
her term as mayor had brought peace to
Paquibato.
The Vice President, concurrent Educa-
tion Secretary, was vice mayor of Davao
City from 2007 to 2010 and mayor from
2010 to 2013 and 2016 to 2022.
In her first term as mayor, she earned
the “Puncher” title in 2011 after punching
the face of a sheriff during a demolition
she had asked to be delayed as she was still
attending to residents affected by floods.
She spoke about Peace 911 and how “we
succeeded in eliminating the insurgency
problem” in Paquibato, a hinterland dis-
trict which was a hotbed of insurgency for
decades,
She recalled that when she was elected
mayor in 2010, “I realised that the prob-
lems of the 1990s were still there during
my term and it was already 2010 and I was
already 30 years old.”
Duterte’s father, Rodrigo, was mayor for
22 years in the city, from 1988 to 1998, 2001
to 2010 and 2013 to 2016.
She narrated the trauma she felt as
mayor, having had to deal with two insur-
gency-related deaths and how these had
pushed her to work for peace – the death
of a fish vendor who was hit by shrapnel as
he was passing by an area where commu-
nist rebels burned the firm’s plant box,
and the death of Jay, a soldier who as
ambushed in Paquibato – and how she
kept telling their loved ones “I’m sorry.”
Saying sorry to the wife of the fish ven-
dor and the mother of the soldier, she said,
was something she felt she had to do, even
flying to Antique to sit down with the fam-
Y OU R LOCAL V OICE I MO ND AY, NO V E MB E R 1 4 , 2 0 2 2
President David Malpass.
“The G20 agrees to build a pandemic
fund to prevent and prepare for a pan-
demic. Donors from G20 and non-G20
members, as well as philanthropic organ-
isations, have contributed to the funds.
But it is not enough,” Widodo said in a
video address.
He said $31 billion was required to
tackle the next global pandemic.
“We must ensure community resilience
in the face of a pandemic. A pandemic can
no longer take lives and destroy the joints
of the global economy.”
The United States has contributed $450
million to the fund, nearly a third of the
total.
the southern Philippines.
Bolkiah, meanwhile, pledged his coun-
try’s continued support to the efforts of
the Philippines in ensuring peace and sta-
bility.
“We will continue to support your gov-
ernment’s efforts in ensuring peace and
stability through various initiatives in the
southern Philippines including our partic-
ipation in the unification and modifica-
tion assistance,” the sultan said.
Marcos also informed the sultan about
the scheduled 2025 parliamentary election
in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
He said he looked forward to having a
functioning autonomous government in
the south.
Bolkiah likewise commended Marcos
for his tireless effort for the attainment of
peace and prosperity in the BARMM.
In October 2021, then-President
Rodrigo Duterte signed into law Republic
Act No. 11593 postponing the first regular
BARMM elections from 2022 to 2025.
This means the region will be led by
appointed, not elected, officials for
Speaking through an interpreter, Li
said he believes there should be continued
growth of China-Philippines relations,
underscoring that what the two countries
have in common “far outweighs” their dif-
ferences, to which the Philippine leader
agreed.
“I absolutely agree. And I thank you for
remembering my father and his initiative
to come to China and it was he after all
who made the Philippines and China fam-
ily,” Marcos told Li.
Remembering China’s previous condi-
tion, Li said it took courage for the Presi-
dent’s father, the late former President
ily of the soldier. Later, however, she said
she was angry because she was saying
sorry when it was not she who burned the
plant box or order its burning or ambush
fellow Filipinos.
She said she always shares these stories
“of why I invested so much time sa Peace
911 in Paquibato.”
Duterte noted her efforts in Paquibato
might fail, especially since the problem
has been there even before she was born.
“And then I said, if I fail, because there was
never a solution there but I said I will not
let this pass without me investing my
name, my work.”
She said she chanced upon Irene Santi-
ago, former chair of the government
implementing panel in the peace process
with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front,
who helped her with Peace 911. She
recalled having asked Santiago to help her
navigate her way in peace work “because I
am not a peaceful person.”
In Borongan, Samar which she visited
recently, Duterte said she narrated the
same stories “and told her audience, “it
can be done because I am standing here in
front of you, sharing my experience in
what I did. It only needs a heart, a very
strong heart to start it and continue on
when things become difficult.”
“That is my personal experience about
conflict and peace. And I have realised that
the antidote to war is good governance.
And good governance builds public trust,”
she said
Among the lessons she learned from
the Paquibato experience is to set up satel-
lite offices because that was what the peo-
ple wanted.
She said residents there asked, “why
will we trust you , we don’t see you here, we
don’t feel your presence here. Who are
here for us? The New People’s Army.” So
she built a satellite office “so you will know
who is mayor, what the mayor does, what
the mayor can do to address their prob-
lems. – MindaNews
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said
the joint fund was an example of what the
G20 can do to tackle global problems.
“I am proud of what we have accom-
plished. I think the steps we have taken
this year will help deliver on a vision of a
healthier and more responsive global
health architecture,” she said.
Indonesia was at one point an epicentre
of the Covid-19 pandemic when a wave of
Delta strain cases hit the country in mid-
2021. Its health system was overwhelmed
by the number of infections and Jakarta
produced its own homegrown vaccine as
lower income countries became frustrated
at more developed nations hoarding inoc-
ulations for their citizens.
Marcos Jr. meets Bolkiah on the sidelines of the summit in Phnom Penh.
another three years.
RA 11593 extends the Bangsamoro Tran-
sition Authority (BTA) but gave Marcos the
chance to name new members for the
additional three years it will be in power.
Marcos led the oath-taking of Chief
Minister Ahod Balawag Ebrahim and other
interim BTA members in August.
In the same meeting, Marcos said he
was proud to witness how the bond
between the Philippines and Brunei was
shaped in part by his father, the late Presi-
dent Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
“From the early days when my father
came to visit you and I was able to accom-
pany him. I remember I just happened to
be in Manila for a vacation from studying
in the UK. And my father said, ‘You have to
come.’ And I was lucky enough to be able
Ferdinand Marcos Sr., to visit China back
in those days.
“It did, but it was something very
important to us… He has been proven
right because the partnership with China
has been a great benefit to both our coun-
tries,” Marcos, referring to his father’s 1975
visit to China, said.
“So I look forward to discussing all of
these when I come to visit in January,” Mar-
cos added.
Li said he also looks forward to working
with the Philippines in upholding the
unity and cooperation between China and
Asean. — GMA
Israel to help
Philippines
modernise farming
MANILA: Israel, through the Mashav, the
Israel Agency for International Develop-
ment Cooperation of the Israel embassy in
Manila, is offering to help the Philippines
move from traditional farming to modern
agriculture.
In partnership with the Bureau of Plant
Industry and the United Nations Develop-
ment Programme (UNDP) through the
Accelerator Lab, experts held a learning
exchange seminar in Quezon City to tackle
smart and sustainable agriculture of Israel
and how to connect it to the current con-
text and opportunities present in the
Philippine agricultural sector.
“As the ambassador of Israel to the
Philippines, I look forward to materialis-
ing the visions for the agriculture sector of
the Philippines to address the request of
President Marcos,” Ambassador Ilan Fluss
said.
He declared that Israel is ready to assist
the Philippines to move from traditional
subsistence farming to modern smart agri-
culture, which is based in agronomy, sci-
ence, technology, economics and
sustainability.
During the exchange, three Israeli
experts on agriculture shared their experi-
ences and insights with key agricultural
stakeholders of the Philippines on global
challenges.
Nina Lehmann shared Israel’s agricul-
tural experience; Eli Simenski spoke on
crop management strategies in dealing
with new pests and unexpected challenges
based on the case study of the mango pest
called cecid fly (locally known as
kurikong), while Moshe Broner spoke on
improving irrigation efficiency and
resource management as a leading meas-
ure in dealing with climate change and
market demands. – Philstar
Philippines & Indonesia 9
The fund’s major donors include the
United States, Britain, India, China, France,
Canada, Australia and Japan.
“We meet at a time of multiple crises...
this new dedicated fund is an important
tool that will support low and middle
income countries to be better prepared for
global health crises,” said Malpass, who
urged more countries to commit to the
fund.
“The pandemic fund can help make the
world safer.”
Indonesian Finance Minister Sri
Mulyani Indrawati told a news conference
Saturday Saudi Arabia was expected to
contribute to the fund, without specifying
how much. – AFP
to accompany him and enjoy the hospital-
ity of Your Majesty,” he said.
Bolkiah, meanwhile, recalled hosting
the late President in Brunei during the cel-
ebration of the country’s first National Day
in February 1984. It was also the same year
the Philippines and Brunei established
diplomatic relations.
“Since then, our relations have contin-
ued to grow stronger. There’s an active
exchange between us at all levels. There is
a large Filipino community in Brunei. They
are an important part of our growth and
invaluable contribution to our socioeco-
nomic development,” Bolkiah said.
The sultan also expressed hope that
more Filipinos come to Brunei for a visit
with the availability of more direct flights
between the two countries. – PNA
Papuans’ welfare will improve: Mahfud
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s
Chief Security Minister
Mahfud MD (pic) is
upbeat about Papuans’
security and welfare
continuing to get better
following the inaugura-
tion of new auto-
nomous provinces of South Papua, Papua
Pegunungan, and Central Papua on Friday.
Three acting governors officially took
their oaths of office to commence their
works at the new provinces during an
inauguration ceremony taking place at the
Home Ministry building in Central Jakarta.
“Congratulation to the best Papuan fig-
ures who are, today, sworn in as the acting
governor of Papua Pegunungan Province,
Papua Tengah Province, and Papua Selatan
Province,” Mahfud MD tweeted on his
Twitter account.
The coordinating minister for political,
legal, and security affairs tweeted his con-
gratulatory messages to Apolo Safanpo,
acting Papua Selatan governor; Nikolaus
Kondomo, acting Papua Pegunungan gov-
ernor; and Ribka Haluk, acting Papua Ten-
gah governor, on the sidelines of his
participation in the Asean Leaders Summit
in Cambodia on Friday.
Home Minister Muhammad Tito Karna-
vian inaugurated the three acting gover-
nors on behalf of President Joko Widodo
with the hopes that they would make
utmost efforts to work well.
Number of health researchers
in Indonesia still low: BRIN
JAKARTA: The number of researchers in
Indonesia’s health sector is still low, head
of the National Research and Innovation
Agency’s (BRIN) Health Research Organi-
sation, Indi Dharmayanti, noted during an
online discussion on Saturday.
The Global Innovation Index has placed
Indonesia 87th out of 132 countries in terms
of research provision.
Research and innovation in health are
vital, specifically for developing post-pan-
demic health sector resiliency, given that
policies would be accurate if they are
based on research.
The number of researchers at BRIN
stood at 8,013 as of September 2022. How-
ever, the number of researchers in the
health sector was only 473.
They comprised researchers from the
Health Ministry, Indonesian Institute of
Sciences (Lipi), Agency for the Assessment
and Application of Technology (BPPT),
National Atomic Energy Agency (Batan),
Agriculture Ministry, and Marine Affairs
and Fishery Ministry.
Musk will
not go to G20
business meet
in Indonesia
NUSA DUA (Indonesia):
Elon Musk (pic), the bil-
lionaire new owner of
Twitter, will not go to
Indonesia for a business
gathering on the side-
lines of the G20 summit,
but will instead attend
virtually, a senior Indonesian official said
Sunday.
Musk, who also owns electric car maker
Tesla, was due to speak at the so-called B20
business conference on the resort island of
Bali but a court case over his 2018 pay
package worth about $56 billion in stock
options is slated to begin next week.
“In regards with Elon Musk, he has a
trial. He must be present at the court,”
Indonesia’s coordinating minister of mar-
itime and investment affairs Luhut Binsar
Pandjaitan told reporters at the business
conference on the eve of the G20 leaders’
summit starting on Tuesday.
His office said the world’s richest per-
son would instead take part in an hour-
long virtual discussion on “future
disruption of global technological innova-
tion” at the B20 on Monday with Indone-
sian tycoon Anindya Bakrie.
The B20 lists Amazon founder Jeff
Bezos, Canadian Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau and Australian Prime Minister
Anthony Albanese as attendees.
Pandjaitan said Musk would visit
Jakarta in December “after his issue at the
court finishes”.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo
travelled to Texas to meet Musk earlier this
year for talks about Tesla investing in the
country’s nickel industry.
Indonesia has the largest nickel
reserves in the world, and the pioneering
electric car company is reportedly eyeing
them for components for its batteries.
The colossal pay packet being chal-
lenged in a Delaware court by a Tesla
shareholder was approved by the com-
pany’s shareholders at the time.
But the plaintiff argued Musk as major-
ity shareholder presided over a conflicted
transaction approved by a board con-
trolled by him and that it should be
rescinded.
The case will be overseen by the same
judge who last month ruled Musk must
honour his multi-billion dollar buyout of
Twitter. – AFP
The inauguration of the three new
autonomous provinces has increased the
count of Indonesian provinces on the
Island of New Guinea to five.
Two other Indonesian provinces—
Papua and West Papua—have existed ear-
lier on the western part of the island.
Those Indonesian provinces share land
and sea borders with Papua New Guinea.
The inauguration ceremony, which
took place at the Home Ministry building
in Central Jakarta, was marked by the beats
of Tifa drums beaten by Karnavian and his
deputy, John Wempi Wetipo, and two gov-
ernment officials.
“This Friday, November 11, 2022, on
behalf of the Indonesian president, I, as
the home minister, inaugurate South
Papua Province based on Law No.14 of
2022, Central Papua Province based on
Law No.15 of 2022, and Papua Pegunungan
Province based on Law No.16 of 2022,” Kar-
navian remarked.
Following the House of Representa-
tives’ (DPR’s) enactment of the three laws
on June 30, 2022, President Joko Widodo
(Jokowi) validated those three new
autonomous provinces on July 25, 2022.
The laws stipulate that President Jokowi
must appoint acting governors within six
months after the enactment of the laws.
They will be in power until regional
elections are held to elect the definitive
pairs of governor and deputy governor.
– Antara
The government is aiming to have 9
thousand researchers by 2045. According
to Dharmayanti, this figure is still far from
expectations.
“At BRIN, we have invited around 500
researchers with doctorate degrees so that
they can join BRIN as ASN (State Civil
Apparatus) every year,” she informed.
Developing an interest in research to
seek new innovations and solutions has
become very important, especially after
the Covid-19 pandemic, she said.
There are many Indonesian youngsters
who have carried out research or
improved their knowledge following the
pandemic, she said. This interest arose
from wanting to learn about pathogens
and PCR tests.
“This pandemic has provided a very
meaningful lesson, especially in science,
and many of our researchers are racing
against one another to resolve the pan-
demic by creating vaccines, health detec-
tion, and disinfectants,” she noted. -
Antara
 WORLD
11 Biden eyes red lines at Xi talks
Celebrations
in Kherson
after recapture
PRAVDYNE (Ukraine): Ukrainians at the
weekend celebrated Russia’s retreat from
Kherson, as Kyiv said it was working to de-
mine the strategic southern city, record
Russian crimes and restore power across
the region.
Kherson was one of four regions in
Ukraine that Russian President Vladimir
Putin claimed to have annexed in Septem-
ber.
Weeks later, the Russian retreat from
the city of Kherson has boosted Ukrainian
resistance after nearly nine months of
fighting and hardship.
In the formerly occupied village of Prav-
dyne, outside Kherson, returning locals
embraced their neighbours, with some
unable to hold back tears.
“Victory, finally!” said Svitlana Galak,
who lost her eldest daughter in the war.
“Thank god we’ve been liberated and
everything will now fall into place,” the 43-
year-old told AFP.
“We are Ukraine,” added her husband,
Viktor, 44.
Several disabled anti-tank mines and
grenades could be seen in the settlement,
which is home to a Polish Roman Catholic
church, with a number of damaged build-
ings also visible.
Speaking from Kherson city centre,
Yaroslav Yanushevych, head of the
regional state administration, said every-
thing was being done to “return normal
life” to the area.
While de-mining is carried out, a cur-
few has been put in place and movement
Protesters are calling for an end to the country’s rising rent prices. (EPA)
Protest in Berlin over price hikes
BERLIN: Thousands of people demon-
strated in Berlin at the weekend calling for
food prices to be controlled and for the
rich to face higher taxes as Germany faces
a cost of living crisis.
Marching behind banners, one of
which was emblazoned with the demand
“Redistribute!”, the demonstrators
marched through the German capital after
a call by left-wing organisations to protest
against soaring prices and rents.
Both police and organisers said at least
3,000 people took part in the protest
which took place to the backdrop of rising
inflation caused in part by the war in
Ukraine which has hit energy and food
supplies.
Other banners said the current eco-
nomic order “puts profits over people’s
needs”.
Inflation in Germany is at its highest
Migrant rescue ship leaves French port
TOULON (France): Tensions over migra-
tion flared between EU countries at the
weekend after people on board a rescue
ship turned back by Italy disembarked in
France.
The Ocean Viking, operated by a French
NGO, had picked up more than 230
migrants at sea near the Libyan coast
before spending weeks seeking a port to
accept them.
France allowed the boat to dock at the
southern port of Toulon after Rome
denied it access.
The stand-off has inflamed a dispute
over the way EU countries handle migra-
tion across the Mediterranean.
Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Malta at the
weekend slammed the EU’s system for
managing migrant flows and called for the
EU Commission to intervene.
They hit out at the “disappointing”
results of previous EU commitments to a
scheme that in its initial year would have
seen 10,000 people relocated from the
European countries they first reached.
“The mechanism is slow” and the figure
of 10,000 relocations, which was not met,
dailyexpress
Y OU R LOCAL V OICE I MO ND AY, NO V E MB E R 1 4 , 2 0 2 2
in and out of the city has been limited,
Yanushevych explained in a video posted
to social media, in which people could be
seen celebrating in the background.
Images distributed by the Ukrainian
military showed Kherson residents danc-
ing around a bonfire singing “Chervona
Kalyna”, a patriotic song.
“Today, we all feel elation,” Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelensky said after
declaring the day before that the Black Sea
city was back in Kyiv’s hands.
Kherson city—which serves as a gateway
to the Black Sea—was the first major urban
hub to fall after Russia invaded in Febru-
ary.
“Before fleeing Kherson, the occupiers
destroyed all critical infrastructure—com-
munication, water supply, heat, electric-
ity,” Zelensky said, adding that nearly
2,000 explosives had been removed.
He said that Ukraine’s forces had estab-
lished control over more than 60 settle-
ments in the Kherson region.
After an eight-month Russian occupa-
tion, Ukrainian television resumed broad-
casting in the city and the region’s energy
provider said it was working to restore
power supplies.
Ukraine’s police chief Igor Klymenko
said around 200 officers were erecting
roadblocks and recording “crimes of the
Russian occupiers”.
He urged Kherson residents to watch
out for possible landmines laid by the
Russian troops, saying one policeman had
been wounded while de-mining an
level in more than 70 years and reached
10.4 percent in October, according to fig-
ures released earlier.
The price rises are hitting household
budgets as well as industry in the euro-
zone’s largest economy.
The government, which is forecasting a
0.4 percentage point contraction in GDP
next year, has sought mitigate surging
energy prices, imposing a partial cap on
the price of gas and electricity that will
come into force in 2023.
Most of the other mitigating measures,
including subsidised rail travel, have
already ended.
German economic experts on Wednes-
day proposed raising taxes on higher earn-
ers to help households struggling with
soaring energy bills, but the suggestion
was immediately shot down by the coun-
try’s finance minister. – AFP
Migrants on the Ocean Viking, after being
rescued by European maritime-humani-
tarian organisation “SOS Mediterranee”.
“represents only a very small part of the
actual figure of irregular arrivals during
this year”, they said.
The Greek migration minister and the
interior ministers of Cyprus, Italy and
Malta made the comments in a joint state-
ment issued in Rome.
These countries have argued for years
in favour of a compulsory relocation sys-
tem.
They said that as states where migrants
first enter Europe, they bear “the most dif-
ficult burden in the management of
12 Dems maintain their US Senate majority
Residents of Kherson temporarily living in Odessa, holding Ukrainian flags, celebrate the liberation of their native town. (CNN)
administrative building.
A woman and two children were taken
to hospital with injuries after an explosive
device went off near their car in the village
of Mylove, police said.
In Berislav district of the Kherson
region, Ukrainian police said Russian
shelling left “dead and wounded”, without
providing further details.
Across the Dnipro River in the east,
local pro-Moscow authorities in Kakhovka
district issued an evacuation order to its
employees to head to the Russian region
of Krasnodar.
“Today, the administration is the num-
ber one terrorist attack target for Ukraine’s
Armed Forces,” according to a post on an
official Telegram channel.
“This is why by order of the Kherson
region government... we are moving to a
more secure territory, from where we will
be governing the area,” it said, referring to
the Russia-installed body.
Ukraine’s Armed Forces said that Russ-
Netanyahu to form new govt
JERUSALEM: Israel’s vet-
eran ex-premier Ben-
jamin Netanyahu (pic)
secured a mandate
Sunday to form a new
government, paving
the way for his come-
back at the helm of
what is expected to be the most right-
wing administration in the country’s his-
tory.
After a period of unprecedented polit-
ical gridlock tested the electorate with
five votes in less than four years, Novem-
ber 1 polls gave Netanyahu and his far-
right allies a clear majority in the 120-seat
parliament.
“I have decided to assign to you, Ben-
jamin Netanyahu, the task of forming a
government,” President Isaac Herzog told
him at a ceremony in Jerusalem.
Accepting the mandate, the 73-year-
old right-wing politician widely known
as “Bibi” vowed to serve all Israelis, “those
who voted for us and those who did not—
it is my responsibility”.
Netanyahu, who is fighting corrup-
tion allegations in court, will have at least
28 days to build a coalition with his
allies—two ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties
and a rising extreme-right alliance called
Religious Zionism.
Herzog noted Netanyahu’s ongoing
trial: “I am not oblivious, of course, to the
fact that there are ongoing legal proceed-
ings against Mr Netanyahu at the
Jerusalem District Court, and I do not
trivialise this at all”.
But he said that recent precedent
made clear Netanyahu could serve as
migratory flows in the Mediterranean, in
full respect of international obligations
and EU rules”.
And they pointed the finger at human-
itarian NGOs, saying their “private vessels
act in total autonomy from the competent
state authorities”.
The Ocean Viking vessel , run by SOS
Mediterranee, left to undergo mainte-
nance at another port after the migrants
disembarked at Toulon, authorities said.
In a few weeks’ time it is set to return to
save more migrants in the Mediterranean.
French authorities said the last of the
230 passengers disembarked late Friday.
Four others were evacuated by helicopter
earlier in the week.
Of the passengers, 189 people—includ-
ing 23 women and 13 minors—were taken
to a holiday camp turned shelter on the
Giens Peninsula some 20 kilometres (12
miles) from the military port of Toulon.
Among them was an 18-year-old from
Pakistan, who clutched a binbag contain-
ing his only belongings. Imran—a pseudo-
nym—said he had spent 21 days at sea and
felt exhausted. – AFP
ian forces were currently “strengthening
fortification equipment of the defensive
lines on the left bank of the Dnipro”.
Kherson’s full recapture would open a
gateway for Ukraine to the entire Kherson
region, with access to both the Black Sea in
the west and the Sea of Azov in the east.
On Saturday, an increasingly isolated
Putin spoke by phone with Iranian Presi-
dent Ebrahim Raisi, pledging to intensify
political and trade cooperation, the Krem-
lin said.
Russia’s former president Dmitry
Medvedev hinted again that Moscow
could use nuclear weapons.
“For reasons that are obvious to all rea-
sonable people, Russia has not yet used its
entire arsenal of possible means of
destruction,” Medvedev said on messaging
app Telegram.
“There is a time for everything.”
Blinken hailed the “remarkable
courage” of Ukraine’s military and people
and vowed US support “will continue for
prime minister while contesting the alle-
gations.
Netanyahu can seek a two-week exten-
sion to his initial mandate but is
expected to announce a coalition deal
reasonably quickly, given broad ideolog-
ical unity within the incoming govern-
ment.
Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich,
co-leaders of the Religious Zionism bloc,
have publicly demanded control of two
key ministries—public security and
defence—at a time violence has soared
between Israel and the Palestinians.
Netanyahu’s next moves will be
closely scrutinised as unease mounts in
some quarters over his policy plans and
the goals of his controversial governing
partners.
Netanyahu, however, insisted that
those seeking to “prophetise catastrophe
and scare the public” are misguided.
“It’s not the first time we have heard
this kind of talk,” he said, making unspe-
cific references to his own previous gov-
ernments. “It was wrong then and it is
still wrong today.”
The new government is however
widely expected to pass sweeping judi-
cial reforms, a long-held priority of
Israel’s right.
That could include a so-called “over-
ride clause” giving parliament the right
to overrule the supreme court any time it
declares legislation to be illegal.
Netanyahu’s government may also
take full control over appointing
supreme court judges, a task currently
performed by a panel of lawmakers, sit-
ting judges and lawyers. – AFP
Channel migrants
top 40,000: UK
LONDON: More than 40,000 migrants
have crossed the Channel to Britain so far
this year, in a new record, the UK govern-
ment said Sunday as it targets a new deal
with France to fight people smuggling.
The provisional total for this year stood
at 40,885, most of them Albanians, Irani-
ans and Afghans—well in excess of last
year’s 28,561, the Ministry of Defence said.
On Saturday, some 972 people were
detected making the perilous crossing in
22 boats, it said.
The figures have been rising for years.
Some 299 were detected making the cross-
ing in 2018; 1,843 in 2019; and 8,466 in
2020, according to the UK.
The numbers have continued to surge
despite various UK initiatives including a
plan to send the migrants to Rwanda,
which has been blocked in the courts.
Last week, British Prime Minister Rishi
Sunak said a new plan agreed with France
was in the works, after his first face-to-face
meeting with French President Emmanuel
Macron. – AFP
10
as long as it takes” to defeat Russia.
In London, British Defence Secretary
Ben Wallace said Russia’s “strategic fail-
ure” in Kherson could prompt ordinary
Russians to question the war.
“Ordinary people of Russia must surely
ask themselves: ‘What was it all for?’”
Despite the Kherson victory, Ukraine’s
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba warned
that Russia is still “mobilising more con-
scripts and bringing more weapons to
Ukraine” and called for the Western
world’s continued support.
The Kremlin has insisted that Kherson
remains part of Russia.
“This is a subject of the Russian Federa-
tion. There are no changes in this and
there cannot be changes,” spokesman
Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
A Ukrainian recapture of the whole
Kherson region would disrupt a land
bridge for Russia between its mainland
and the Crimean peninsula, which
Moscow annexed in 2014. –AFP
WWII
warplanes
collide at
Dallas
air show
HOUSTON: Two World-War-II-era airplays
collided at the weekend at an air show in
Dallas, US authorities said, with social
media footage showing the aircraft crash-
ing into each other and hitting the ground
with a fiery explosion.
It was not immediately clear how many
people were in the two craft, a Boeing B-17
Flying Fortress and a smaller Bell P-63 King-
cobra, the Federal Aviation Administration
said.
Nor was it clear whether anyone sur-
vived the early afternoon crash, which
occurred during the Wings Over Dallas Air-
show at Dallas Executive Airport.
While the number of casualties was not
immediately known, “no spectators or oth-
ers on the ground were reported injured,”
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson tweeted.
Multiple videos posted on social media
showed dramatic scenes of the smaller
plane descending towards the lower-flying
B-17, crashing into it.
After the collision, the planes appeared
to break up into several large pieces before
crashing into the ground and exploding in
a ball of fire, creating a huge plume of
black smoke.
The crash scattered debris across the air-
port grounds as well as on a nearby high-
way and strip mall, Johnson said.
The FAA said its agents and the National
Transportation Safety Board would investi-
gate the incident.
“As many of you have now seen, we have
had a terrible tragedy in our city today dur-
ing an airshow. Many details remain
unknown or unconfirmed at this time,”
Johnson said.
The B-17, a four-engined bomber,
played a major role in winning the air war
against Germany in World War II. With a
workhorse reputation, it became one of the
most produced bombers ever.
The P-63 Kingcobra was a fighter air-
craft developed during the same war by
Bell Aircraft but it was used in combat only
by the Soviet Air Force.
One of the last major crashes of a B-17
was on October 2, 2019, when seven people
died in an accident at an airport in Wind-
sor Locks, Connecticut. –AFP
dailyexpress
VELLORE (India): The last co-conspirators
jailed for the 1991 assassination of former
Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi,
walked out of prison at the weekend after
the country’s Supreme Court ordered their
release.
Gandhi, 46, was killed by a woman sui-
cide bomber at an election rally in the
southern state of Tamil Nadu in a plot by
the the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(LTTE), a Sri Lankan armed separatist
group.
India’s apex court allowed the release of
the six convicts, citing their “satisfactory
conduct” in prison and the fact that they
had already served over three decades
behind bars.
Three of the six—Nalini Sriharan, her
husband Murugan, and Santhan—walked
out of two prisons in Vellore, about 140
Biden eyes red lines at Xi talks
PHNOM PENH: US
President Joe Biden
said Sunday he will
seek to establish “red
lines” in America’s
fraught relations
with Beijing when he
holds high-stakes
talks with Chinese
counterpart Xi Jin-
ping (pic).
Biden said he goes into Monday’s
encounter on the sidelines of a G20 sum-
mit in Indonesia stronger after his Demo-
cratic Party’s unexpected success in
midterm elections they were forecast to
lose heavily.
Washington and Beijing are at logger-
heads over issues ranging from trade to
human rights in China’s Xinjiang region
and the status of the self-ruled island of
Taiwan. Biden said he expected candid
talks with Xi.
“I know Xi Jinping, he knows me,” he
added, saying they have always had
“straightforward discussions”.
The two men have known each for more
than a decade, since Biden’s time as vice-
president, but Monday will see them meet
face-to-face for the first time in their cur-
rent roles.
Police officers at the Men’s
Walk For Change in Durban.
S African men,
Zulu King,
protest violence
against women
OHANNESBURG: Hundreds of people took
to the streets in South Africa’s coastal city
of Durban to condemn violence against
women amid a growing wave of incidents
that has rattled the nation.
The protesters marched the few kilome-
tres between a central park and a cricket
stadium, some holding signs reading
“Stop killing women” and “A nation with-
out GBV (Gender-Based Violence) is possi-
ble, it starts with me”.
Zulu King Misuzulu Zulu, the head of
South Africa’s most influential traditional
monarchy, led part of the walk, designated
to raise awareness about gender based vio-
lence among the male population and
attended mostly by men.
“As citizens we are guilty on two fronts,
by commission and by looking the other
way,” Misuzulu told media after the march.
“Those amongst us who do nothing to
wipe out the scourge are just as guilty as
the perpetrators.”
South Africa has been shocked by a
series of gruesome crimes, including the
gang rape of eight women in July.
This week, a man was found guilty of 90
counts of rape, some involving children as
young as nine.
“It is important to make people under-
stand and also emphasise the critical role
of girls and women,” Smangaye Xaba,
executive director of the GoodMen Foun-
dation, a campaign group that organised
the Durban event, told a press briefing this
week.
“They are our children, some of them,
our mothers, our aunts, our sisters, and
grandchildren.
Earlier this month, President Cyril
Ramaphosa said gender-based violence
ought to be considered the main “pan-
demic” affecting the country, as not a day
went by without new reports of “horren-
dous” crimes.
“We need to reach out to boys and
young men to develop masculinities that
value respect, understanding and account-
ability” he told a conference.
Police data shows rapes and sexual
offences went up 13 percent between
2017/18 and 2021/2022. – AFP
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Court sets free the killers of Rajiv
kilometres from the regional capital Chen-
nai, according to an AFP journalist at the
scene.
Santhan and Murugan were driven
away to a camp for Sri Lankan refugees
soon after their release.
Local media said the others—Robert
Pais, Jaikumar and Ravichandran—walked
out of prisons in Chennai and the city of
Madurai in the same state.
Three of the six convicts released on Sat-
urday had initially been condemned to
death before their sentences were com-
muted.
Gandhi became India’s youngest prime
minister after his mother and predecessor
Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh
“We have very little misunderstanding.
We just gotta figure out what the red lines
are,” Biden said.
White House officials say Biden will
push China to use its influence to rein in
North Korea after a record-breaking spate
of missile tests sent fears soaring that the
reclusive regime will soon carry out its sev-
enth nuclear test.
Biden had a fillip overnight with the
news that the Democrats retained their
effective majority in the US Senate thanks
to Catherine Cortez Masto winning in
Nevada.
“I know I’m coming in stronger,” he said
of the midterms’ impact on his talks with
Xi.
Biden will meet his South Korean coun-
terpart Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime
Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday to dis-
cuss ways to address the threat posed by
the North’s missile programme.
China is Pyongyang’s main ally and US
officials say that, while Biden will not
make demands, he will warn Xi that fur-
ther missile and nuclear build-up would
mean the United States boosting its mili-
tary presence in the region—something
Beijing bitterly opposes.
“North Korea represents a threat not
just to the United States, not just to (South
Iran slams Macron’s meet with dissidents
TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday criticised a
recent meeting between the French presi-
dent and opponents of the Islamic repub-
lic, calling Emmanuel Macron’s comments
after the encounter “regrettable and
shameful”.
Macron met with four prominent Iran-
ian dissidents, all of them women, as
protests have rocked Iran for weeks follow-
ing the death in September of Mahsa
Amini.
The 22-year-old had been arrested by
the morality police for an alleged breach
of the country’s strict dress rules for
women.
The meeting was “a flagrant violation of
France’s international responsibilities in
the fight against terrorism and violence”,
foreign ministry spokesman Nasser
Kanani said.
“We consider that France favours these
sinister phenomena,” he added.
US-based activist Masih Alinejad, who
for years has led a campaign encouraging
Iranian women to remove their obligatory
headscarves, and Ladan Boroumand, co-
founder of Washington-based rights
group Abdorrahman Boroumand Center,
were among those at the meeting.
Alluding to Alinejad, Kanani said it was
“surprising that the president of a country
that stands for freedom would degrade
himself by meeting” her, charging that
she had “tried to spread hate and carry
out violent and terrorist acts in Iran and
against Iran’s foreign diplomatic mis-
sions”.
“Macron’s declarations of support for
this so-called revolution led by these peo-
ple” were “regrettable and shameful”,
Kanani said.
Macron, after meeting the women,
spoke of his “respect and admiration in
the context of the revolution they are
leading”.
Iranian security forces have killed at
least 326 people in a crackdown on
nationwide protests since Mahsa Amini’s
death in custody, Iran Human Rights said
GMO sceptics distrust big agri climate pitch
NEW YORK: As a changing climate inten-
sifies extreme weather, agricultural multi-
nationals are hyping the ability of
genetically modified crops to boost yields
when facing drought, heat or even heavy
rainfall.
But skeptics of engineered foods, or
genetically modified organisms (GMOs),
still aren’t buying it.
“I don’t see why we should evolve our
views when they’re still doing the same
things,” said Bill Freese, science director at
the non-profit Center for Food Safety, crit-
icizing the “dramatically increased toxic
herbicide use” following the proliferation
of GMOs.
Seeds designed to thrive in specific
local conditions have been developed for
centuries through conventional breeding,
by crossing together plants with relevant
characteristics and selecting the desired
bodyguards in 1984.
The family’s Congress party dominated
Indian politics for decades, and Rajiv’s
widow Sonia remains the organisation’s
most powerful figure, while their son
Rahul, 52, is seen as the main challenger to
Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Rajiv’s killing was seen as a response to
his move to send Indian forces to Sri Lanka
in 1987 to disarm the Tamil rebels. New
Delhi lost more than 1,000 men against the
well entrenched rebels before it withdrew
its troops.
The Congress party has condemned the
court’s decision as “totally unacceptable”
and “completely erroneous”.
“It is most unfortunate that the
Korea) and Japan but to peace and stabil-
ity across the entire region,” US National
Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told
reporters.
Kim Jong Un’s regime ramped up mis-
sile launches in response to large-scale US-
South Korean air exercises, which the
North described as “aggressive and
provocative”.
The tests included an intercontinental
ballistic missile and another shorter-range
projectile that crossed the de facto mar-
itime border and landed near the South’s
territorial waters for the first time since a
ceasefire ended hostilities in the Korean
War in 1953.
Biden flew to Phnom Penh from the
COP27 climate conference as part of US
efforts to boost its influence in Southeast
Asia as a counter to China.
China has been flexing its muscles—
through trade, diplomacy and military
clout—in recent years in a region it sees as
its strategic backyard.
Biden took a veiled swipe at Beijing in
talks with leaders from the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) regional
bloc.
He said the United States would work
with Asean to “defend against the signifi-
cant threats to rules-based order and
Syrian Kurdish women take part in a demonstration in Syria’s
northeastern city of Hasakeh to express their support for 22-year-old
Mahsa Amini, who died while in the custody of Iranian authorities.
in an updated toll at the weekend.
“At least 326 people, including 43 chil-
dren and 25 women, have been killed by
security forces in the ongoing nationwide
protests,” Oslo-based IHR said in a state-
ment posted on its website.
The latest toll represents an increase of
22 since the rights group issued its previ-
ous figures on November 5.
It includes at least 123 people killed in
the province of Sistan-Baluchistan, on
Iran’s southeastern border with Pakistan,
a figure which is also up, from 118 in IHR’s
last toll.
Most of those were killed on September
30 when security forces opened fire on pro-
testers after Friday prayers in Zahedan, the
capital of Sistan-Baluchistan—a massacre
activists have dubbed “Bloody Friday”.
Those protests were triggered by the
alleged rape in custody of a 15-year-old
girl by a police commander in the
province’s port city of Chabahar.
Analysts say the Baluchi were inspired
offspring. But as more severe weather cre-
ates hostile growing conditions for con-
ventional seeds, companies such as
Bayer/Monsanto, Corteva and Syngenta
are promoting GMOs as more efficient.
And newer technologies can reduce
development times for these heartier vari-
eties “by many years” compared with tra-
ditional crop modification techniques,
according to a spokesperson for Ger-
many’s Bayer.
“Drought tolerance is a complex trait
involving many genes,” the spokesperson
said. “Therefore, the ability to develop
drought-tolerant traits through classic
breeding methods such as crossbreeding
is limited.”
Longtime GMO critics say they are open
to new approaches but are not sold on the
latest industry pitch, viewing conventional
seed products as safer and with fewer envi-
Supreme Court has not acted in conso-
nance with the spirit of India on this issue,”
the party said, tweeting a statement by sen-
ior member Jairam Ramesh.
India has a significant Tamil population
of its own, and state governments in Tamil
Nadu have repeatedly called for the con-
victs to be freed.
Earlier this year, the court freed AG Per-
arivalan—another convict involved in the
assassination who had previously faced
execution—with the state’s current chief
minister MK Stalin, a key Congress ally,
hugging him after his release.
Gandhi’s son has over the years spoken
about how he and his sister Priyanka had
forgiven their father’s killers.
threats to the rule of law”.
While the president did not refer to
China by name, Washington has long crit-
icised what it says are Beijing’s efforts to
undermine international norms on every-
thing from intellectual property to human
rights.
Biden and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang
were seated on either side of host, Cambo-
dian leader Hun Sen, at a gala dinner to
mark the Asean summit on Saturday night.
While Biden goes into the meeting with
Xi buoyed by the Democrats seeing off a
predicted Republican “red wave”, Xi was
anointed last month for a historic third
term as paramount leader by the Chinese
Communist Party congress.
Li met International Monetary Fund
chief Kristalina Georgieva at the Asean
gathering on Saturday, when he also
addressed participants.
Biden and Li took part Sunday in an
East Asia Summit that rounds off the first
leg of a trilogy of top gatherings in the
region, with the G20 on the holiday island
of Bali and an APEC gathering in Bangkok
to follow.
The consequences of the war in Ukraine
are set to dominate the upcoming talks,
although Russian President Vladimir
Putin will be notably absent. –AFP
by the protests that flared over Amini’s
death, which were initially driven by
women’s rights but expanded over time to
include other grievances.
IHR director Mahmood Amiry-
Moghaddam called on the international
community to act as soon as possible to
halt the crackdown.
“Establishing an international investi-
gation and accountability mechanism by
the UN will both facilitate the process of
holding the perpetrators accountable in
the future and increase the cost of the
continuous repression by the Islamic
republic,” he said in the statement.
Another rights group, Amnesty Inter-
national, has also called for such a mech-
anism, which it said was supported by a
petition signed by more than one million
people.
IHR said it was still investigating
reports of other deaths, meaning the
actual number killed “is certainly higher.”
–AFP
ronmental drawbacks.
“How many times have we read that we
won’t be able to feed the world by 2050
unless we have GMOs?” said Freese, refer-
ring to the argument of GMO proponents
that genetically modified crops will be
necessary to produce enough food for a
growing population on a warming planet.
But for Freese, that claim is “just a really
effective smoke screen put on by the pes-
ticide and seeds conglomerates to put a
good face on this new technology.”
US company Corteva said it, too, is
focused on “new breeding technologies
such as gene editing” to “take advantage
of the genetic diversity that already exists
within the plant’s DNA” when it comes to
creating new seed types.
Such GMO products can help normalize
a crop’s performance, even if extreme
moisture from rain or flooding promotes
World 11
Nalini (centre), who was jailed for the
assassination of former Prime Minister
Rajiv Gandhi, walks out of prison.
“We were very upset and hurt and for
many years we were quite angry,” the
Indian Express newspaper quoted Rahul as
saying in 2018. But they had since forgiven
them, he said, “in fact, completely”. –AFP
Albanese hails
constructive
China meeting
PHNOM PENH: Australian Prime Minister
Anthony Albanese on Sunday hailed a
“positive” meeting with Chinese premier
Li Keqiang — the first in-person encounter
between leaders of the two countries since
2019.
Albanese, whose Labor government is
keen to scrape the ice off of Canberra’s
frosty relationship with Beijing, spoke to
Li at a gala dinner on Saturday night at the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
summit in Phnom Penh.
“I had a great conversation with Pre-
mier Li. It was very positive and construc-
tive,” Albanese told reporters on Sunday.
Ties with Beijing had hit an all-time low
in recent years under the previous conser-
vative government in Australia.
China whacked Australia with trade
sanctions costing billions of dollars in
merchandise and service exports after
Canberra called for an independent
inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus
pandemic.
Former prime minister Scott Morrison
was the last Australian leader to speak
with Li and Chinese President Xi Jinping in
2019.
Saturday was the first time Li and
Albanese met in person, and they dis-
cussed the 50-year anniversary of the two
countries’ diplomatic ties.
“I think it’s a good thing that it hap-
pened. I’ve said repeatedly about the rela-
tionship with China—that we should
cooperate where we can and that dialogue
was always a good thing,” Albanese said.
– AFP
‘Saddam
grandnephew’
extradited
on IS links
BAGHDAD: Lebanon extradited a man said
to be a grandnephew of Saddam Hussein
to Iraq, where he is accused of involvement
in a massacre by the Islamic State group, a
security source said.
Abdullah Sabawi was extradited just
before the weekend, the Iraqi security
source told AFP on condition of
anonymity, describing him as the “son of
a nephew” of the executed dictator.
“He is accused of having been a mem-
ber of IS and having participated in the
Speicher massacre” of 2014, in which up
to 1,700 air force cadets were executed
by the jihadist group, the source added.
A Lebanese judicial source said Sabawi,
born in 1994, “was detained on June 11” fol-
lowing an Interpol notice calling for his
arrest over his alleged involvement in the
massacre.
“Iraq requested his extradition,” the
Lebanese source added.
Sabawi’s family has denied the accusa-
tions, telling AFP he had been in Yemen at
the time of the killings.
The Camp Speicher massacre was con-
sidered one of IS’s worst crimes after it
took over large parts of Iraq in 2014.
Video footage released by IS showed an
assembly-line style massacre in which
gunmen herded their victims towards the
banks of the Tigris, shot them in the back
of the head and pushed them into the river
one after the other. – AFP
the spread of fungus or pests, companies
say.
In July, the World Economic Forum
highlighted the potential for GMOs to
help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by
creating breeds that remove more carbon
dioxide than conventionally grown crops.
Many American growers favor GMO
options because, while more costly, they
require less human labor, Freese said.
More than 90 percent of the corn, cot-
ton and soybeans grown in the United
States is currently genetically modified to
withstand herbicides and/or insects,
according to US government figures.
Farmers have been growing corn meant
to tolerate drought since 2011. Whether or
not this trait is acheived with traditional
breeding or with GMO seeds, the resulting
plants are then usually combined with
GMOs that can withstand herbicides. – AFP
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Dems maintain their
US Senate majority
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden’s
Democrats retained control of the US Sen-
ate on at the weekend, a remarkable
midterm election result that defied predic-
tions of a Republican win over both houses
of Congress.
Midterms traditionally deliver a rejec-
tion of the party in power, and with infla-
tion surging and Biden’s popularity in the
doldrums, Republicans had been expect-
ing to ride a mighty “red wave” and capture
the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives.
But the wave never got much beyond a
ripple, and on at the weekend US networks
called the key Senate race in Nevada for
Democrat incumbent Catherine Cortez
Masto, giving the party the 50 seats it needs
for an effective majority.
The win clinches Democratic control in
the Senate as Vice President Kamala Harris
can cast the tie-breaking vote if the upper
chamber is evenly split 50-50.
“I feel good and I’m looking forward to
the next couple years,” Biden said of the
result, speaking at a meeting of Southeast
Asian leaders in Phnom Penh on Sunday.
Biden, due to meet Chinese President Xi
Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 summit
on Monday, said control of the Senate
would bolster his position in the talks.
“I know I’m coming in stronger,” he said
of the midterms’ impact.
One Senate race remains up in the air—
a runoff in Georgia set for December 6, in
which the Democrats could add to their
majority.
The result in the House of Representa-
tives still hangs in the balance, and while
Republicans are slightly favoured to take
control, it would be with a far smaller
majority than they had envisaged going
into Tuesday’s election.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer
was quick to ring in his party’s win, tweet-
ing the result was a “vindication” of
Democrats’ achievements.
Speaking minutes after the projections
were announced, Schumer said the result
showed Americans “soundly rejected the
anti-democratic, authoritarian, nasty and
divisive direction the Maga Republicans
wanted to take our country,” referring to
former president Donald Trump’s “Make
America Great Again” movement.
Trump was omnipresent on the cam-
Pedestrians pass a souvenir shop on Oxford Street in London. The UK GDP
is down and it is expected to be in recession by the end of 2022. (AP)
British govt warns of budget pain
LONDON: Britain’s government on Sunday
warned of impending tax hikes, especially
for the wealthy, as it bids to repair eco-
nomic havoc wrought by the short-lived
tenure of former prime minister Liz Truss.
Truss’s successor Rishi Sunak, who was
heading to a G20 economic summit in
Indonesia, has vowed to get soaring infla-
tion under control even if it means more
pain for hard-pressed consumers and
businesses.
His finance minister, Jeremy Hunt, told
Sky News that the pain would fall dispro-
portionately on the better off as he pre-
pares to unveil an emergency budget
statement on Thursday.
Hunt conceded that the UK economy
was already likely in recession, “but we are
a resilient country and we’ve faced much
bigger challenges, frankly, in our history”.
“We’re all going to be paying a bit more
tax, I’m afraid,” he said, while refusing to
be drawn into detail on the figures, after a
tax-cutting budget by Truss caused panic
on financial markets.
Rescuers search collapsed buildings in Lille
LILLE (France): Rescue workers retrieved
one body early Sunday in the northern
French town of Lille, following an hours-
long search through the rubble of two col-
lapsed buildings.
Two small adjoining houses collapsed in
a shopping street in the city centre at
around 9:15 am local time (0815 GMT) on
Saturday.
At first the collapses did not appear to
have caused any casualties. The homes were
evacuated during the night as a precaution
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US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden arrive for an
event hosted by the Democratic National Committee to thank
campaign workers, at Howard Theatre in Washington, DC.
paign trail, putting his thumb on key
Republican primaries and holding rallies
nationwide, during which he repeated his
baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 race.
While more than 100 Republican candi-
dates who challenged the 2020 presiden-
tial election results won their races,
according to US media projections, some
of Trump’s hand-picked candidates under-
performed and the Republicans’ poor
showing overall was a damaging political
blow.
Trump is set to declare his 2024 White
House bid on Tuesday—an announcement
he had planned as a triumphant follow-on
to an expected crushing election victory by
the party he still dominates.
Maintaining control of the Senate
means Biden and the Democrats will retain
key leverage in legislative debates, partic-
ularly in domestic and foreign spending
policy.
Schumer underscored that the Democ-
rats’ win would ensure a “firewall” against
moves by Republicans in Congress to fur-
ther curtail abortion rights—a key issue in
the midterms.
But the Senator for New York also urged
the two parties to “try to come together” to
end “divisive negativity.”
The two parties had been neck-and-
neck at 49 seats each after Democrat Mark
“We will be asking everyone for sacri-
fices,” the chancellor of the exchequer
stressed.
“But I think in a fair society, as we are in
the UK, we need to recognise that there’s
only so much you can ask from people on
the very lowest incomes, so that will be
reflected in the decisions that I take.”
Hunt is reportedly looking at changing
income tax brackets, to raise more revenue
from high earners, and impose strict curbs
on government spending for years to
come as inflation hits double digits.
He said the surge in energy prices
linked to the war in Ukraine amounted to
an economic hit of 140 billion pounds
($166 billion).
“It’s like the economy supporting an
entire second NHS (National Health Serv-
ice),” the minister said.
“This will be a plan to help bring down
inflation, help control high energy prices
and also get our way back to growing
healthily, which is what we need so much.”
–AFP
following a warning by a resident that one
of the walls was “warped”, police said.
Authorities soon realised a doctor was
missing after calls to his phone went unan-
swered. He had been lent an apartment in
the building for the weekend.
A body was located shortly before 1:30
am on Sunday and fire service Lieutenant
Colonel Stephane Beauventre, who is lead-
ing the rescue operations, said they
believed the victim was the doctor.
“The body went to the forensic institute.
Kelly was projected to win a tight Senate
race in Arizona on Friday evening.
The former astronaut beat out chal-
lenger Blake Masters, who has not yet con-
ceded defeat and was backed by Trump.
Trump’s response to the Arizona result
was to double down on unfounded claims
of ballot rigging, posting on his Truth
Social platform that the Democrat’s victory
was a “scam” and the result of “voter fraud.”
The underwhelming outcome for
Republicans has prompted a bout of inter-
nal finger-pointing, with targets including
Trump, party leaders and campaign mes-
saging. US media cited a letter circulated
by three Republican senators calling for
the postponement of party leadership elec-
tions currently scheduled for the middle of
next week.
“We are all disappointed that a Red
Wave failed to materialise, and there are
multiple reasons it did not,” the letter said.
“We need to have serious discussions
within our conference as to why and what
we can do to improve our chances in 2024,”
it added.
After the Senate result was projected,
Republican Senator from Missouri Josh
Hawley called in a tweet for the party to
“build something new.”
“The old party is dead. Time to bury it.”
–AFP
20 dead after
Egypt bus
topples into canal
AL MANSURAH (Egypt): Twenty people
were killed at the weekend when the
minibus they were travelling in toppled
into a canal in northern Egypt’s Nile
Delta, prosecutors said.
Eight people were injured in the acci-
dent in Dakahlia governorate, among
them the driver. Prosecutors said police
had arrested the driver after a prelimi-
nary drug test suggested he had been
driving under the influence of narcotics.
They said he was also suspected of
using a mobile phone at the wheel at
the time of accident.
Emergency crews recovered the
heavily damaged minibus from the
canal, an AFP photographer reported.
Traffic accidents are common in
Egypt where roads are often poorly
maintained and driving rules flouted.
In 2021, around 7,000 people were
killed on the roads of the Arab world’s
most populous country, according to
official figures.
In July, 25 people died and 35 were
injured in central Egypt when a bus
crashed into a truck parked on the side
of the road. –AFP
A bus that was carrying some 35
people when it fell into Mansuriya
canal in Aga town. (Twitter)
It will be clearly identified later,” Beauven-
tre said. Officials visited neighbouring
houses on Saturday to check for cracks or
gas leaks after the collapse.
A resident of one of the buildings first
noticed something was amiss in the early
hours of Saturday, when he returned home
and saw that “the building had moved”.
“We could not open the door, we heard
rubble falling,” Thibault Lemay told French
radio, adding that he immediately warned
emergency services. – AFP
Melania lawyer tipped as
Slovenia’s first woman President
LJUBLJANA: Slovenians were voting Sun-
day in a run-off poll expected to elect the
country’s first woman president—a
lawyer linked to former US first lady
Melania Trump.
Natasa Pirc Musar, backed by the cen-
tre-left government, is running against
ex-foreign minister Anze Logar, a veteran
of conservative politics, in the EU country
of two million.
A lawyer, Pirc Musar was hired to pro-
tect the interests of Slovenian-born
Trump during her husband’s presidency,
stopping companies attempting to com-
mercialise products with her name.
She is forecast to win just slightly
above 50 percent of the vote ahead of
Logar who is on between 44 and 49 per-
cent, according to the latest polls.
Pirc Musar, who headed the country’s
data protection authority for a decade,
says her victory would make her “the
voice of women” in Slovenia and abroad.
Though the president’s role is largely
ceremonial, the human rights advocate
has vowed to be a “moral authority”.
“The president cannot be neutral...
and have no opinion... I have never been
afraid to speak out,” the former television
presenter, 54, told AFP.
Pirc Musar, who is a keen motorcyclist,
has come under attack because of her
husband’s lucrative investments—espe-
cially in tax havens.
Her opponent Logar, 44, also ran as an
independent but is a long-time member
of the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS)
of Janez Jansa, who failed in his bid to be
Mozambique begins LNG exports
MAPUTO: Mozambique has started
exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) pro-
duced in the country’s restive north, Pres-
ident Filipe Nyusi said on Sunday.
The first export shipment of gas pro-
duced at the off-shore Coral Sul plant,
managed by Italian company Eni, has left
territorial waters, Nyusi said in a video
statement.
“Today, Mozambique enters the annals
of world history as one of the exporting
countries of LNG,” said Nyusi.
He said the shipment was the first
under a deal with British giant BP, without
providing further details.
Mozambique has set high hopes on vast
natural gas deposits—the largest ever
found south of the Sahara—that were dis-
covered in the northern Cabo Delgado
province in 2010.
Estimates have shown that once all the
gas deposits were tapped, Mozambique
could become one of the world’s 10
biggest exporters.
But the region has since been hit by an
insurgency waged by Islamic State-linked
Sudan Islamists protest UN ‘interference’
KHARTOUM: Thousands of
Islamists gathered at the
weekend for the second time
in two weeks to protest
“interference” by the United
Nations mission in Sudan, an
AFP journalist reported.
The demonstrators have
objected to UN efforts to
mediate between the coun-
try’s military and civilian
leaders following last year’s
coup staged by army leader
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
The demonstrators also
expressed anger at a transitional constitu-
tion proposed by the Sudanese Bar Associ-
ation, calling for a civilian government to
pull the country out of its current political
crisis.
The proposed constitution would
impose a ban on activity by the National
Congress Party, the Islamist movement of
former dictator Omar al-Bashir.
“We protest against foreign interfer-
ence in our country,” demonstrator
Ahmed Abderrahman told AFP. “We will
not accept the secular constitution of the
Sudanese Bar Association.”
He was surrounded by other protesters
Army, M23 rebels clash in Goma
GOMA (DR Congo): Troops in the DR
Congo clashed with M23 rebels north of
the key eastern city of Goma on Sunday,
officials said, in the latest violence to hit
the troubled region.
Army sources, who spoke on condition
of anonymity, said the military was engag-
ing the M23 in Mwaro, a village about 20
kilometres (12 miles) north of Goma.
“We woke up to fighting this morning,”
one army official told AFP.
A mostly Congolese Tutsi group, the
M23 has recently surged across the Demo-
cratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu
province, capturing swathes of territory.
In a statement dated Saturday, the
group accused the Congolese army of con-
ducting “barbarian bombings” in heavily
populated areas—killing 15 civilians,
including two children.
AFP was unable to independently con-
firm the death toll.
The clashes come one day after Kenyan
troops deployed to eastern DRC, as part of
a military operation from the seven-nation
East African Community (EAC) to stabilise
the volatile region.
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re-elected as premier in
April.
Critics accused Jansa
of attacking media freedom and the judi-
ciary and undermining the rule of law in
his latest term in office.
Logar plays the cello and is a keen
mountaineer who cycled to the presiden-
tial debates.
“It is good if the president represents
a different view than the ruling coalition
— (it) provides more balance... which is
better for a democratic system,” Logar
told AFP ahead of Sunday’s vote.
Newspaper columnist Uros Esih said
Pirc Musar has surrounded herself with
“strong advisers”, allowing her to com-
pete with the relatively more experienced
Logar.
But Logar would “more likely be a
mere instrument” of Jansa’s party, Esih
said.
Logar came first in the first round last
month when the centre-left votes were
split largely between Pirc Musar and
another candidate.
Analysts say a low turnout would
favour Logar, but polls predict about half
of those eligible will vote, as in the first
round, putting Pirc Musar ahead.
Polling stations opened in the former
Yugoslav republic at 7:00 am (0600 GMT)
and are due to close at 7:00 pm, with par-
tial results expected later the same day.
Incumbent Borut Pahor, a former
Social Democrat, could not run for re-
election after having held the post for
two five-year stints. –AFP
militants that has cast doubts over the via-
bility of LNG exploration sites, and stalled
progress.
Eni’s Coral Sul is the only one of three
mega-projects in the Muslim-majority
region to be on track. The other two, oper-
ated by TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil,
have been put on hold because of the
unrest.
The first floating liquified natural gas
(LNG) facility deployed in deep waters off
Africa, Coral Sul can produce 3.4 million
tonnes of LNG a year.
Eni’s CEO Claudio Descalzi hailed the
first gas shipment as a “significant step for-
ward” in the firm’s strategy “to leverage
gas as a source that can contribute in a sig-
nificant way to Europe’s energy security,
also through the increasing diversification
of supplies”.
The start of exports showed the south-
ern African country offered “a stable,
transparent and predictable environment
for the realisation of multi-billion invest-
ments” Nyusi said, repeating calls to
restart work on the two land projects. –AFP
holding placards reading “No to foreign
interference” and “Volker out”, in refer-
ence to the UN’s Khartoum envoy Volker
Perthes.
Recent protests have also pitted the
Islamists—who had backed Bashir prior to
his ouster in 2019 — against coup leader
Burhan.
The army chief last week warned the
Islamists to steer clear of the military, say-
ing: “The army does not belong to any
party.”
His warning came a week after some
3,000 Islamists staged a similar march in
front of the UN headquarters. – AFP
Over 120 armed groups are active across
eastern Congo, many a legacy of regional
wars which flared at the turn of the cen-
tury.
The M23 briefly captured Goma in 2012,
before being driven out.
After lying dormant, the group took up
arms again late last year, claiming that the
DRC had failed to honour a promise to
integrate them into the army, among
other grievances.
The rebel group’s resurgence has
cratered relations between the DRC and its
smaller neighbour Rwanda, which Kin-
shasa accuses of backing the M23.
Despite official denials from Kigali, an
unpublished report for the United Nations
seen by AFP in August pointed to Rwandan
involvement with the M23.
Kenya’s ex-president Uhuru Kenyatta,
the EAC’s mediator for the situation, is due
in the DRC’s capital Kinshasa on Sunday
for talks.
Angolan President Joao Lourenco also
met Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi
on Saturday, after visiting Rwanda the pre-
vious day. –AFP
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Making New York
New play tells tale of ruthless powerbroker
N
EW YORK: Was he a visionary or a
corrupt racist with a god complex?
The troubled legacy of Robert
Moses, the master builder who shaped
New York, comes under scrutiny this fall in
a new play starring Ralph Fiennes.
Robert Moses was an urban planner
who, despite never holding elected office,
launched building projects in the early
20th century which transformed New York
and inspired cities across the United
States.
While his vision lives on in New York’s
vast network of parks, roads and bridges,
Moses’ name became synonymous with
the racist undertones of “urban renewal.”
The city’s ambivalence about Moses
gets a fresh airing in “Straight Line Crazy,”
a two-act dramatization of Moses’
decades-long tenure atop the New York
power jungle.
Fiennes depicts a Moses who cajoles
politicians, outmaneuvers opponents, and
shrugs off doubters in his insatiable quest
to fulfill his ambitious vision for the city.
“Our job is to lead, not to follow,” Moses
tells an underling who worries about
pleasing the public. “People don’t know
what they want until they have it.”
Written by the British playwright David
Hare, “Straight Line Crazy” was originally
presented in London.
It marks the latest effort to reckon with
Moses, who amassed unparalleled author-
ity from holding posts on as many as a
dozen municipal bodies simultaneously in
a career that spanned four decades.
Moses was celebrated for much of his
professional life for his building projects
and the leading role he played in bringing
the United Nations to New York and in
developing the Lincoln Center.
But in 1974, the journalist Robert Caro
lifted the veil on the underside of Moses’
imperial-like reign in a book that won the
Pulitzer Prize.
He depicted him as a ruthless and cor-
rupt dictator who held grudges, smeared
opponents and hoodwinked allies while
running a municipal machine of monu-
mental proportions.
Caro exposed how Moses marshaled
massive public funds to favor suburban
elites. Poorer, non-white communities
were displaced from condemned neigh-
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Baldwin files cross-complaint in fatal movie-set shooting
LOS ANGELES: American actor Alec Bald-
win (pic) has filed a lawsuit against four
people involved in the Western film “Rust,”
saying they were negligent in providing
him with a gun that discharged, killing the
movie’s cinematographer.
The death on October 21, 2021 of Halyna
Hutchins sent shock waves through Holly-
wood and gave rise to a series of civil suits.
The 64-year-old Baldwin is suing the
film’s armorer and props assistant, Han-
nah Gutierrez-Reed; assistant director
David Halls; props master Sarah Zachry;
(From left) British actors Danny Webb, Ralph Fiennes, Judith Roddy and US
actor Adam Silver performing in the new play about US urban planner Robert
Moses, “Straight Line Crazy” by David Hare, at The Shed in New York City.
borhoods and suffered from Moses’ lack of
support for public transit as he promoted
mammoth highway projects that champi-
oned the car.
Hare has called Caro the authoritative
expert on Moses, but views his subject dif-
ferently.
“Caro believes that... what corrupted
Moses was power and that he became sort
of crazed with power,” Hare said at a panel
discussion at The Shed theater, where the
show runs through December 18.
However, Hare believes his life “was
about pursuit of an idea that was too
rigid.”
Compared with Caro’s monster-like fig-
ure, the play humanizes Moses, while still
zeroing in on significant character flaws.
Dan Doctoroff, a former deputy mayor
for economic development and rebuilding
and a board member of the Shed, said
Moses’ story offers some clues for policy
makers on how to tackle ambitious proj-
ects, such as the need to back up a vision
with detailed plans.
“He did magnificent things. He did ter-
rible things, and the reality is you’re never
going to get everything right,” Doctoroff
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fade away’
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15 ‘Hunt them down’: MH17 families hope for justice
and Seth Kenney, who supplied guns and
ammunition to the film set, according to
a filing Friday in a Los Angeles court.
Baldwin’s complaint follows a suit filed
against him and others on the set last year
by script supervisor Mamie Mitchell over
their alleged role in the shooting that
caused her great emotional distress.
In his suit, Baldwin accuses Gutierrez-
Reed of failing to verify that a Colt revolver
he was using in rehearsal was safe. The suit
also states that Halls failed to check the
weapon before he declared it safe and
said during the panel conversation. “But at
the end of the day, his disdain for the com-
mon person tarnishes the legacy forever.”
The play, based on real events but with
invented dialogue and some fictionalized
characters, spotlights two moments in
Moses’ career, riffing on a rise-and-fall nar-
rative arc.
In the first act, he casually flouts gover-
nance norms as he outwits Long Island
gentry to push through the construction
of the Jones Beach State Park in 1926.
However, Moses meets his match in the
second act, when grassroots opponents
mobilize in 1955 to ultimately derail his
plan for an expressway in lower Manhat-
tan.
A longtime aide warns of waning
patience with Moses’ autocratic style and
calls out his favoritism of “clean people...
well-off people... white people.”
But Moses says he knows that “people
may not like me, but they need me.”
“Now, of course, it’s suddenly fashion-
able to dislike me, because I’m the dirty
bastard who pushed through the things
democracy needed but which democracy
couldn’t deliver.” – AFP
Iranian who inspired ‘The Terminal’ dies at Paris airport
PARIS: An Iranian man who lived for 18
years in Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport
and whose saga loosely inspired the
Steven Spielberg film “The Terminal” died
Saturday in the airport that he long called
home, officials said.
Mehran Karimi Nasseri died after a
heart attack in the airport’s Terminal 2F
around midday, according an official with
the Paris airport authority. Police and a
medical team treated him but were not
able to save him, the official said. The offi-
cial was not authorised to be publicly
named.
Nasseri lived in the airport’s Terminal 1
from 1988 until 2006, first in legal limbo
because he lacked residency papers and
later by apparent choice.
Year in and year out, he slept on a red
plastic bench, making friends with airport
workers, showering in staff facilities, writ-
ing in his diary, reading magazines and
surveying passing travellers.
Staff nicknamed him Lord Alfred, and
he became a mini-celebrity among passen-
gers. “Eventually, I will leave the airport,”
he told The Associated Press in 1999, smok-
ing a pipe on his bench, looking frail with
long thin hair, sunken eyes and hollow
cheeks. “But I am still waiting for a pass-
port or transit visa.”
Nasseri was born in 1945 in Soleiman, a
part of Iran then under British jurisdiction,
to an Iranian father and a British mother.
He left Iran to study in England in 1974.
When he returned, he said, he was impris-
oned for protesting against the shah and
expelled without a passport.
He applied for political asylum in sev-
eral countries in Europe. The UNHCR in
Belgium gave him refugee credentials, but
he said his briefcase containing the
refugee certificate was stolen in a Paris
train station.
French police later arrested him, but
couldn’t deport him anywhere because he
had no official documents. He ended up at
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handed it to Baldwin, and that Zachry
failed to ensure that weapons used on the
New Mexico set were safe.
All those named in the suit have denied
any culpability.
The gun Baldwin was holding during
rehearsal – meant to be loaded only with
blanks – instead discharged a live round,
killing the 42-year-old Hutchins and
wounding director Joel Souza.
Baldwin last month reached a civil set-
tlement with Hutchins’ family, details of
which have not been disclosed. A judge
has not yet approved the settlement.
Baldwin, who was a producer as well as
the star of “Rust,” has previously said he
did not pull the trigger, though an FBI
report determined the gun could not have
gone off otherwise.
Production on the movie will resume in
January, filmmakers have said, with
Hutchins’ husband Matthew Hutchins tak-
New star director Lelio confronts fanaticism
PARIS: Sebastian Lelio (pic) won an Oscar
and helped change Chile’s laws on gender
identity with one of his films. Now he is
tackling the menace of fanaticism and dis-
information with the help of Hollywood’s
hottest young star, Florence Pugh.
Lelio gained international renown in
2017 for “A Fantastic Woman” about a
transgender waitress dealing with the fall-
out of her boyfriend’s death.
Not only did it win the Oscar for best
foreign language film, but it sparked a
debate that helped change the law in his
native Chile, allowing people to legally
change their gender.
His new film, “The Wonder”, which
launches on Netflix on November 16, is no
less topical, despite being set in 19th cen-
tury Ireland.
It stars Pugh – the British actor who is in
huge demand following star-making turns
in “Black Widow”, “Midsommar” and
“Don’t Worry Darling” – as a nurse caring
for a young girl who claims she can survive
without food.
“It’s a film where rationality confronts
fanaticism,” the director told AFP. “But, at
its core, it’s not about religion, it’s about
people claiming to have found the truth
and twisting reality to fit their beliefs.
“They make political use of this story,
and that’s something very current today in
the era of ‘fake news’,” Lelio added.
“With the internet, millions of people
can fall into the trap of stupid beliefs... or
fascination with fascism, which is an effec-
tive use of storytelling.”
Lelio has become one of several big
names to emerge in Latin American cin-
ema recently, including fellow Chilean
Pablo Larrain (“Spencer”, “Jackie”).
There was little art in his upbringing,
but there was an unlikely moment of rev-
elation when he went to the cinema to
watch “The Empire Strikes Back” as a child.
“Luke Skywalker was going to enter the
Death Star and I wanted to pee,” he told
AFP with a smile. “Right then, I had to
decide: either I pissed myself, or I missed
the climax of the film. I said to myself: OK,
I’m pissing myself.
Nasseri sits among his belongings at Terminal 1 of Roissy Charles De Gaulle
Airport, north of Paris on Aug. 11, 2004. (Pic: AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
Charles de Gaulle in August 1988 and
stayed.
Further bureaucratic bungling and
increasingly strict European immigration
laws kept him in a legal no-man’s land for
years.
When he finally received refugee
papers, he described his surprise, and his
insecurity, about leaving the airport. He
reportedly refused to sign them, and
ended up staying there several more years
until he was hospitalised in 2006, and later
lived in a Paris shelter.
Those who befriended him in the air-
port said the years of living in the window-
less space took a toll on his mental state.
The airport doctor in the 1990s worried
about his physical and mental health, and
described him as “fossilised here.” A ticket
agent friend compared him to a prisoner
13
ing on the role of executive producer.
“I have no interest in engaging in
recriminations or attribution of blame,”
Hutchins said in an earlier statement. “All
of us believe Halyna’s death was a terrible
accident.”
Investigators in New Mexico have filed
no criminal charges, but have not ruled
them out.
In August, Baldwin said he did not
believe he would be charged.
While there has never been any doubt
that the gun was in Baldwin’s hands when
it went off, it remains unclear how it came
to be loaded with a live round.
Gutierrez-Reed has sued the film’s
ammunition supplier, accusing him of
leaving real bullets among the dummy
cartridges.
The incident led to calls in Hollywood
for guns to be permanently banned from
sets. – AFP
“It was a victory and a defeat at the
same time, but something happened
inside me, an inner conviction that this
made sense. I had pissed myself but it was
my decision.”
Growing up during the Pinochet dicta-
torship in Chile, means the 48-year-old
knows plenty about the dangers of fanati-
cism reflected in “The Wonder”.
“I grew up in the south of Chile, very
green, somewhat resembling Ireland. It
was a very macho dictatorship in a very
Catholic country. Even if the cultural speci-
ficities are different, I know these power
dynamics.”
His films have been a way to push back.
Like Pedro Almodovar on the other side
of the Atlantic, Lelio often focuses on
women, whether it’s a lesbian love affair in
an Orthodox Jewish community (“Disobe-
dience” starring Rachel Weisz) or a
divorcee’s search for love (“Gloria” which
he remade in English with Julianne
Moore).
“I always have the impression of walk-
ing alongside them... of crossing the desert
with them,” Lelio said of the women in his
movies.
incapable of “living on the outside.”
In the weeks before his death, Nasseri
had been again living at Charles de Gaulle,
the airport official said.
Nasseri’s mind-boggling tale loosely
inspired 2004's “The Terminal” starring
Tom Hanks, as well as a French film, “Lost
in Transit,” and an opera called “Flight.”
In “The Terminal,” Hanks plays Viktor
Navorski, a man who arrives at JFK airport
in New York from the fictional Eastern
European country of Krakozhia and dis-
covers that an overnight political revolu-
tion has invalidated all his travelling
papers.
Viktor is dumped into the airport’s
international lounge and told he must stay
there until his status is sorted out, which
drags on as unrest in Krakozhia continues.
No information was immediately avail-
 14 People & Places
L Make glasses cool with new
ONDON: British schoolgirl Lowri
Moore is just 13 but has achieved a lot
in her short life, championing chil-
dren who like her wear glasses.
Aged nine, she persuaded Disney to cre-
emojis, urges UK schoolgirl
ate a bespectacled heroine for the first
time, in the hit film “Encanto”.
Her #GlassesOn campaign has mean-
while struck a chord with thousands of
young people and their parents around
the world. Now she has another US giant
in her sights.
The teenager from Nottinghamshire,
central England, is urging the body
responsible for all new emojis to give peo-
ple the option to put glasses on them.
She says many people believe that chil-
dren being stigmatised for wearing glasses
is a thing of the past.
But she argues many children still resist
wearing their glasses for fear of appearing
“different or uncool”.
Research shows children with specta-
cles are over 35 per cent more likely to be
bullied at school, and not wearing them
can have far-reaching consequences.
“We are in touch with a professor who
works in Botswana to give children glasses
and he said that most of the children that
get glasses don’t want to wear them for
fear of being different and not cool,” Lowri
told AFP.
She said that without glasses you need,
“you won’t be able to learn and that will
limit your job options and you will proba-
bly really struggle in life all because you
POPEYE
BLONDIE
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
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ACROSS
1. “Now I know my ___” (preschool
lyric)
5. Wire fence features
10. Silent performer
14. With 59-Across, city near Stan-
ford
15. It’s often set on Sunday night
16. Got an A+ on
17. Dismissive send-off that’s from
the movie “Friday”
19. Icky bread growth
20. Totally full
21. Catchy music, slangily
DOWN
1. Police alert, in brief
2. Cargo areas
3. New record?
4. One might tear up during a
sappy ad
5. Like a worn-out tire
6. ___ Baba
7. Rush to score before the final
buzzer, say
8. Thorny plant
9. Brainy
10. Her bed was too soft for
Goldilocks
11. Microsoft Word’s features a W
12. Combine
13. Whirlpool
18. Slippery fish
22. Brief snooze
24. Firework sound
25. Stinging insects
26. Congresswoman Omar
27. Certain sacrifice in baseball
29. Baby, Ginger, Posh, Scary and
Sporty
30. Justice Sotomayor
31. Feeling that may inspire a
teen’s poetry
33. Fiddle (with)
34. CT or MRI
36. Direct messages?
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There are
currently
only three
emojis
with
glasses.
didn’t wear your glasses. That’s not fair.”
Lowri’s latest campaign was sparked
when her mother Cyrilyn tried to find an
emoji relevant to her daughter.
“She was looking for an emoji that
would represent me but all she found was
a nerd. “She kept on looking and there was
a granny and a teacher but obviously that
doesn’t represent me,” she said.
Lowri said it was great there were some
bespectacled emojis, but three was not
enough. “It’s not really positive so we’re
just asking for the option of putting
glasses onto already existing emojis,” she
said after handing in copies of her letter at
the London offices of tech giants Google
and Meta on Wednesday.
Lowri’s campaigning began in 2019
when she wrote to Disney calling for more
characters with glasses in their films.
Two years later, the “Encanto” character
Mirabel Madrigal hit the big screen.
Director Jared Bush revealed he had
been inspired by the schoolgirl’s letter,
telling her: “I am your biggest fan, I’m so
impressed by you.”
The director also said he had wanted to
let her know much earlier, but had to keep
it secret until the movie was in the bag.
In her latest letter, Lowri praised the
Unicode Consortium, the non-profit
organisation based in California that over-
sees new emojis, for offering users more
choice. But she urged them to go further.
“I’d love to see the option to add glasses
to face emojis, similar to changing skin
colour or hair colour as you have already
made available,” she wrote.
Having the current “nerd” emoji as the
only one available for young people could
be “damaging as it helps to confirm the
negative stereotype and stigma that we are
trying hard to destroy”, she added.
Lowri’s campaigning success was recog-
nised earlier this year when she was
named “Campaigner of the Year” by the
International Agency for the Prevention of
Blindness (IAPB).
Failing to wear glasses can prevent chil-
dren’s eyes from developing normally and
lead to avoidable eye conditions.
Jessica Thompson of the IAPB, which
works in over 100 countries worldwide,
said Lowri’s advocacy was helping to high-
light the damage to children’s futures of
not wearing glasses. “If you struggle to see,
you struggle to learn,” she told AFP.
Wearing glasses was the single “most
effective” health intervention for school-
children, “reducing the odds of failing a
class by 44 per cent”, she added. – AFP
23. Zero 43. “So cool!”
24. It’s often closed on Friday night
25. Insightful
44. Counterpart of width
47. Cylinder of wood
27. Satchel 48. Compensation for sitting?
28. Name found in “for Pete’s sake” 51. Lines in a circle
32. “___ the President’s Men” 53. Opera solo
33. StarKist fish 54. Argentine first lady who inspired
34. Attach with a click a musical
35. Friendly advice? 57. Philadelphia’s Liberty ___
38. One of 1,093 for Thomas Edison 58. Evil spirit
39. Twice-monthly tide type 59. See 14-Across
40. Prefix with “gender” 60. Drench
41. Move stealthily 61. Like a sports car’s design
42. ID given to many a U.S. newborn 62. Aspiring J.D.’s exam
37. Get-together, informally NYC
43. “I’m walking away!” 50. ___ monster (type of lizard)
45. Requirements 51. Colonel or corporal
46. It’s pounded in court 52. Teeny bit
47. One of 200 in the Indy 500 55. Pedicure target
48. Applies gently 56. “___ now, I’m busy”
49. Cookie invented in Chelsea,
SOLUTION TO TODAY’S CROSSWORD
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ARIES Mar 20 - April 19
There’s no denying that what and, often, who
you’ve been dealing with over the past weeks
has been dull. Yet there was no avoiding the
matters in question. In fact, what you’ve learnt
in the process has answered a range of persist-
ent questions. Tackle these now and within days
they, too, will be history.
TAURUS Apr 20 - May 20
Although the Taurus Full Moon took place
nearly a week ago, it was an eclipse and trig-
gered a range of changes, in both circum-
stances and, equally, your own priorities. While
you’ve dealt with most, you’re still unsure about
others. Urgent as they seem, take it slowly. The
longer you reflect, the better.
GEMINI May 21 - Jun 20
The current planetary setup indicates you’re
being cornered into making changes you’re not
happy about. In fact, you fear they’ll distract you
from certain exciting plans. That’s possible.
However, what you learn from them will equip
you to make wiser decisions, but in the long
run. Yes, that means taking it slowly. You’ll be
glad you did.
CANCER June 21 - Jul 21
When those around you are facing tricky
changes, you’ll do your best to boost their spir-
its. But now that it’s you who’s wresting with
similarly tricky situations, others aren’t being
nearly as helpful. Don’t be shy. Tell them how
you’re feeling and, if there’s something in par-
ticular they can do, say so.
LEO Jul 22 - Aug 22
Judging by the past week’s tricky planetary
activity, especially involving your ruler the Sun,
you’ve faced one challenge after another. How-
ever, now that you’re able to reflect on them, it’s
clear just how much you’ve learnt. Better yet, the
resulting insights justify changes you’ve only
recently rejected. That’s real, and timely,
VIRGO Aug 23 - Sep 22
progress.
Because you give considerable thought to both
practical arrangements and future plans, major
changes are rarely needed. As a result, you’re
worried that those you’re currently facing are the
result of unwise decisions. On the contrary,
nobody, including you, could have anticipated
the unexpected and, equally, unsettling changes
LIBRA Sep 23 - Oct 22
you’ve been dealing with.
After days of tricky situations and uptight dis-
cussions, the mood seems to have improved.
So much, you may wonder if others are actually
in such an easygoing mood. Judging by the
current far more upbeat planetary setup, things
are just as good as they seem. Anxious? Take
SCORPIO Oct 23 - Nov 21
it slowly but, actually, there’s no need.
Although the Scorpio New Moon took place
nearly three weeks ago, it was a rare and pow-
erful eclipse. While you’ll have spotted some
of the pivotal changes it was triggering then,
others are still unfolding. If you’re unsure or
anxious about them, for now, wait and watch.
SAGITARIUS Nov 22 - Dec 20
Within days you’ll recognise their power.
Of the twelve signs, you’re best at dealing with
sudden and even unwelcome changes. Yet,
despite causing a certain amount of chaos, the
events you’re currently facing are introducing
timely breakthroughs. True, some developments
are so sudden you’re unsure what to do. Still,
they’re worth exploring. The more questions you
CAPRICORN Dec 21 - Jan 19
ask, the more you’ll learn.
As a down to earth Capricorn, you rarely make
changes or commit to plans without having
solid facts. However, the developments you’re
dealing with now are as unexpected as they are
sudden, which means you’ve had no time to
prepare. True, it’s out of character. Still, plunge
AQUARIS Jan 20 - Feb 17
in. Each day will bring helpful insights.
There’s been a lot of talk and a few serious dis-
cussions about what’s next. Now it’s time to
take action. True, you’re short of facts. But with
the foundation on which these are based shift-
ing, the secret is to regard whatever you do or
plan as more of an experiment than anything
PISCES Feb 18 - Mar 19
lasting.
The past week or so seems to have been about
making, then undoing, then remaking plans.
While each of those changes was unavoidable,
you’re hoping things will go more smoothly.
Judging by the Sun’s amazing link to your ruler
Neptune, the odds are good they’ll go far better
Birthday Today
Judging by your birthday chart, at the moment
life’s about the unexpected. For you, as a
thoughtful Scorpio, this could seem worrying.
Or it will until you realise the changes in the
world around you will, inevitably, lead to you
rethinking your own priorities. True, this is out
of character. But once you begin, you’ll also
discover a new world of ideas, options and
people who’re eager to spend time with you
and, in some cases, share the voyages of this
new chapter of what your life is all about.
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Dutch court to deliver
long-awaited MH17 verdict
THE HAGUE: Dutch judges will give their
verdict on Thursday in the trial of four men
accused of downing Malaysia Airlines
flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014, against a
backdrop of soaring tensions over Russia’s
current invasion.
All 298 passengers and crew were killed
when the Boeing 777 flying from Amster-
dam to Kuala Lumpur was hit over sepa-
ratist-held eastern Ukraine by what
prosecutors say was a missile supplied by
Moscow.
Russians Igor Girkin, Sergei Dubinsky,
Oleg Pulatov and Ukrainian citizen Leonid
Kharchenko face a life sentence if con-
victed on charges of murder and causing
an aircraft to crash.
But the four suspects all remain at large
and have refused to attend the two-and-a-
half-year trial in the Netherlands, which
followed an international investigation.
Eight years on from the disaster, the
region where MH17 crashed has become
one of the key battlegrounds in Russia’s
nearly nine-month-old war in Ukraine.
Bereaved families will travel from
around the world to the high-security
court near Schiphol Airport, near where
the doomed plane took off, to hear the
three-judge panel’s verdict from 1230 GMT
on Thursday.
“If they are guilty, the international
community should hunt them down,”
‘Hunt them down’: MH17
families hope for justice
V
LEUTEN (Netherlands): Each night
before bedtime in the small Dutch
town of Vleuten, Evert van Zijtveld
(pic) lights two candles at a concrete
shrine next to his front door to remember
his murdered children.
Eight years and four months ago his
daughter Frederique, 19, and son Robert-
Jan, 18, died with 296 others when
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot
from the sky over war-torn Ukraine.
Now the 67-year-old is hoping for jus-
tice and closure in a high-security Dutch
courtroom on Thursday, where judges will
deliver their verdicts on four suspects who
remain at large.
“Those who are responsible for down-
ing MH17 should be sent to prison. If they
are guilty, the international community
should hunt them down,” Van Zijtveld told
AFP in an interview.
For Van Zijtveld and others who lost
loved ones when the Boeing 777 travelling
from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was hit
by what prosecutors say was a Russian-
supplied missile, the loss is still raw years
later.
Large photographs of Frederique and
Robert-Jan adorn the home of Van Zijtveld
and his wife Grace, who also lost her own
mother Neeltje Voorham, 77, and stepfa-
ther Jan van der Steen, 71, in the disaster.
One picture shows a smiling Van
Zijtveld cuddling his daughter, which in a
tragic irony was taken in the departures
lounge at Schiphol airport when Fred-
erique was departing on another trip.
“Angry is not the right word,” sighed
Van Zijtveld, a tall and dapper Dutchman
Moldova facing dark winter as energy crisis bites
CHETROSU (Moldova): A silence hangs
over Ion Ignat’s normally noisy factory in
Chetrosu, Moldova, with his 50 workers
fretting about their future.
“Normally, all the machines are run-
ning. Now all is dead silent,” said the
owner of the plant that makes bricks and
concrete products about a half an hour’s
drive from the capital Chisinau.
The 60-year-old decided to halt pro-
duction early last month for the first time
since 1992 when spiralling energy prices
made it too expensive to fire the kilns and
run the machinery.
Ignat hopes to restart production soon
if oil and gas prices fall.
In the meantime like many others in
this impoverished nation nestled between
Romania and Ukraine, he is preparing for
a hard winter.
Faced with being starved of the Russian
gas it has depended on for decades, the
coming months will be crucial for this
country of 2.6 million people with a Soviet
past and European ambitions.
European Commission president
Ursula von der Leyen will visit later this
week to discuss how the bloc can help
Moldova, which became an EU candidate
in the wake of the Russian invasion of
Ukraine.
Its pro-European and Harvard-edu-
cated president, Maia Sandu, has warned
her country risks running out of gas and
electricity this winter, with gas prices ris-
ing 600 percent in the last year.
“It’s a daily challenge to supply the
country with energy. A family is paying 70
to 75 per cent of its incomes on (gas and
electricity) bills,” President Sandu said in
a recent address to parliament in neigh-
bouring Romania.
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Evert van Zijtveld who lost his daughter
Frederique, 19, his son Robert-Jan, 18, and
his parents-in-law, told AFP.
“I cannot forgive them.”
The crash of MH17 caused global out-
rage, with Ukraine’s famed sunflower fields
littered with bodies and wreckage. Some
victims, including children, were still
strapped into their seats.
Prosecutors said the suspects were part
of Kremlin-backed separatist forces and
played a key role in bringing the BUK mis-
sile system into Ukraine from a military
base in Russia – even if they did not pull the
trigger.
Defence lawyers for Pulatov, the only
suspect to have legal representation, argue
that the trial has been unfair.
They say prosecutors failed to prove a
BUK missile brought down the jetliner, and
have also brought up “alternative scenar-
ios” such as that a Ukrainian jet shot it.
Moscow has denied all involvement.
During the trial, prosecutors relied
heavily on intercepted phone calls and
mobile phone data allegedly locating the
suspects near the launch site or in decision-
making centres.
They have also used witness statements
– including an ex-separatist who broke
down as he described the “children’s toys
lying around” at the crash scene – plus
video and photo evidence of the missile’s
who has earned widespread respect
through his work in helping other relatives
of victims deal with their grief, and setting
up a fund for under-privileged children.
“I am just very sad. My children and my
parents-in-law were taking a holiday in the
eastern part of the world. They were hit by
a BUK. They were murdered. They were
wonderful people.”
Prosecutors say the four suspects –
three Russians and a Ukrainian – played a
key role in supplying the missile and have
demanded life sentences if the men are
convicted.
About an hour’s drive to the east, in the
village of Renkum, Sander Essers says he
often listens to music to help him deal
with his grief.
The 72-year-old lost his brother Peter,
sister-in-law Jolette Nuesink and their two
children Emma, 20 and Valentijn, 17.
Ignat pictured inside the stopped
production line due to increase of
the energy costs in Chetrosu village.
Moldova – where inflation was 33.9 per
cent year-on-year in September – is almost
entirely dependent on Russian gas.
But Russian energy giant Gazprom is
reducing deliveries by half in November,
according to Chisinau.
As for electricity, Ukraine used to sup-
ply 30 per cent of its needs. But Russian
strikes on energy infrastructure there led
to Kyiv to stop all exports to Moldova.
The remaining 70 per cent of the coun-
try’s power normally comes from a ther-
mal power station in Transnistria, a small
breakaway region where Russian troops
are stationed, which also cut deliveries to
Chisinau.
EU member Romania said last month it
would start selling electricity to its neigh-
bour at a reduced price because of the dif-
ficulties created by the war in Ukraine.
The Moldovan government has also
urged towns to turn off street lights and
households to limit consumption, with
businesses asked to change their hours to
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movements.
Forensic material including fragments
found in victims’ bodies was cited to prove
that it was a BUK missile.
Prosecutors say Girkin – a former Russ-
ian spy and historical re-enactment fan
who became the so-called defence minister
of the separatist Donetsk People’s Republic
– helped supply the missile system.
Girkin has recently criticised the Russ-
“Some evenings I take some time to lis-
ten to my brother’s favourite Brazilian
music, to think about him and his family
and to cry,” Essers told AFP.
“For me, the verdict will be the partial
end for the search for justice for my dear
family... I hope the legal proof will be suf-
ficient to come to a verdict.”
Both Van Zijtveld and Essers say the ver-
dict, whatever the judges decide, will be a
milestone after more than eight years of
heartache, often under the intense glare of
the media.
Many bereaved relatives testified dur-
ing the trial which started in March 2020,
offering heartbreaking accounts of the
impact from the loss of their loved ones.
“This is a kind of a closure, this phase.
It’s too heavy to start it all over again,” Van
Zijtveld said. He had tough words for the
four accused, Russians Igor Girkin, Sergei
Dubinsky and Oleg Pulatov and Ukrainian
Leonid Kharchenko.
“They are real cowards” for not coming
to court, he said, his eyes for the first time
flashing with anger. Essers urged those
involved in the downing of MH17 to come
clean, saying there was no chance of for-
giveness until they spoke.
“Open up, if you ever want to be at
peace with yourself and to be able to look
at yourself with at least some feeling of
dignity,” he said when asked what his mes-
sage was to those involved.
But Van Zijtveld took a harder line.
“I cannot accept it,” he said.
“My children and parents-in-law were
murdered. I cannot forgive them. I can
never do that.” – AFP
work at off-peak times.
One of those who has heeded the call is
Sergei Litra, the owner of Moldova’s first
craft brewery. His employees now work in
two shifts outside peak hours, one run-
ning from 11 pm to five in the morning.
“Everything depends on when the war
in Ukraine will end. This war made every-
body understand that we need energy
independence,” the 36-year-old told AFP,
adding that he was considering buying
solar panels.
Sandu – a former World Bank econo-
mist elected in 2020 – said Moldova’s
dependence on Russian gas is a “vulnera-
bility (that) generates political blackmail”.
In a polarised nation often seen as split
between Russia and the West, Sandu is
worried that the current economic turmoil
could lead to social unrest.
On October 26, the US Treasury imposed
sanctions on a former Moldovan official
and several other figures to counter Russia’s
“persistent malign influence campaigns
and systemic corruption in Moldova.” Back
at the brick factory, Ignat said the “next six
months will be decisive” for his country.
“We have one foot in Russia and one in
the EU. But if we’re going to be brave and
dignified we’ll have both feet in Europe
and we’ll get rid of the blackmail of the
past 30 years,” he told AFP.
To the government’s anger, street lights
have been turned back on in the capital after
the mayor decided the blackout was a safety
hazard that didn’t save enough energy.
“I felt deep sadness seeing Chisinau
plunged into darkness,” said pharmacist
Liliana Damaschin, 54, who had returned
to Moldova from her job in Italy for a hol-
iday. “I am very worried about my coun-
try.” – AFP
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ian military over its handling of the war
and reportedly volunteered to fight in
Ukraine – leading some MH17 relatives to
hope he may be captured and sent to the
Netherlands.
Dubinsky, who has also been tied to
Russian intelligence, allegedly served as
the separatists’ military intelligence chief
and was responsible for giving orders
about the missile.
Pulatov, an ex-Russian special forces sol-
dier, and Kharchenko, who allegedly led a
separatist unit, were subordinates who
played a more direct role in getting the
A technician controls a weather station in a field
in Platy near Thessaloniki, Northern Greece.
Smart farming tech offers
sprout of hope in Greece
PLATY (Greece): Eyes glued to his mobile
phone, farmer Sotiris Mournos pores over
the latest microclimate and humidity data
about his fields on the plain of Imathia in
northern Greece.
The high-tech farming techniques he
uses are making slow progress in Greece’s
tradition-bound and struggling agricul-
tural sector, but growers like him see them
as key to their future.
Mournos, 25, employs a Greek smart-
farming app to boost production of his
family’s cotton fields and fruit trees.
Using real-time data recorded by a
weather station, he can analyse and corre-
late the impact of weather conditions on
his 10-hectare (nearly 25-acre) cotton
plantation.
“We’ve managed to reduce the use of
fertiliser and irrigation... (and thereby to)
increase the financial return” of the farm,
said Mournos, who gave up studying com-
puter science at university to devote him-
self to the family holding in the town of
Platy.
Measuring the humidity or the nitro-
gen level in the soil helps to curb the exces-
sive use of fertilisers and saves water, he
notes.
As in many other southern European
countries, Greece’s agricultural sector is
chronically short of water and smart farm-
ing could help deal with that problem.
The sector has also lost a major share of
its available labour in recent decades, as
young people snub farm work for better-
paid jobs in services such as tourism.
Agriculture now represents just five
percent of Greece’s GDP, half what it was
20 years ago.
The government has budgeted 230 mil-
lion euros ($231 million) over the next
three years to revive the country’s farming
industry.
Most of that derives from the European
Union’s Common Agricultural Policy inno-
vation fund.
“Most young people in my village prefer
other jobs and have given up working in
the fields,” Mournos told AFP.
But he is making a go at farming, aim-
ing to work smart by using the farming
app for several years now.
It means he uses 40 percent less fer-
tiliser on his cotton field and can avoid
using two pesticide sprays – altogether
saving 9,000 euros (about $9,000) -- with-
Judges and
lawyers
view the
reconstructed
wreckage of
Malaysia
Airlines
Flight MH17,
at the Gilze-
Rijen military
Airbase,
southern
Netherlands,
on May 26,
2021. (Pic: AP
Photo/Peter
Dejong, Pool)
missile to the launch site, prosecutors said.
The BUK missile had been identified
through images and social media evidence
as coming from the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Mis-
sile Brigade from Kursk in Russia, the court
heard.
The defendants arranged for the missile
to be brought in to counter Ukrainian air
power, prosecutors said, arguing that
under Dutch law it “makes no difference”
as to whether they mistakenly targeted a
civilian plane.
The trial was held in the Netherlands as
196 of the victims were Dutch. – AFP
out affecting production rates.
Analysts say the farming app is not
widely used in Greece although interest is
gradually picking up.
But persuading farmers who may be
less technologically minded than
Mournos to embrace it faces myriad chal-
lenges.
A key hurdle is the small size of Greek
farms – less than 10 hectares on average –
and the country’s largely mountainous
terrain.
Greek farms are often family businesses
or involve rented fields, making invest-
ment in tools and practices less appealing.
Meanwhile, an “endemic” lack of coop-
eration among farmers prevents them
sharing costs, says Aikaterini Kasimati, an
agricultural engineer at the University of
Agronomy in Athens.
As a result, Greece lags far behind other
European states in the use of smart farm-
ing, says Vassilis Protonotarios, marketing
manager of Neuropublic, a company spe-
cialising in digital agriculture.
He said farmers could benefit from new
technology without having to invest in
expensive equipment or have “specialised
digital skills”.
Then, there is the difficulty of convinc-
ing farmers to try something new.
Organic farmer Thodoris Arvanitis says
his colleagues are not interested in new
technologies because they don’t know
enough about them and prefer long-used
conventional methods.
“Farmers won’t go after technology
when they don’t have enough money for
fuel,” he added, at his farm in the small
town of Kiourka, some 30 kilometres
(nearly 20 miles) north of Athens.
Attitudes may change in time as cli-
mate change puts additional pressure on
farm costs, says Machi Symeonidou, an
agronomist and creator of the agricultural
IT startup Agroapps.
The war in Ukraine and its impact on
global food supplies also shows that it is
increasingly necessary to produce food at
a local level, said agricultural engineer
Kasimati.
“We see a constant degradation of
fields and a fall in yield,” she said, adding
that water was also becoming expensive.
“But as the technology becomes sim-
pler and cheaper, these tools will see more
use,” she added. – AFP
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Sabah Clubs and
Non-Governmental Organisations
December 4 (Sunday)
SABAH INDIAN ASSOCIATION 75th Anniversary Gala Dinner
Celebration. Venue: Sabah International Convention Centre (SICC),
Kota Kinabalu. Time: 7pm. Details: Organising Chairman, Datuk
Dr. G. Mohan at 0198337401.
Regular Events
Sabah AZ (Sabah Alzheimer’s Disease Support Association:
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is an irreversible, progressive brain
disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and,
eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest tasks. Sabah AZ
conducts Talks & Seminars, support, comfort families / caregivers
/ AD sufferers. Bi-Monthly Memory Café sharing-session by
caregivers/carers. Details: enquiry@sabahaz.org,
www.sabahaz.org, FB:@Sabahalzheimer. Kent 019-8811030
(10am-6pm).
Sabah State Administrative Centre Galleria Artisan PPNS is open
to public from Monday to Friday from 9am to 4pm. Our gallery
boasts an array of local handicrafts from all over Sabah as well as
locally made Sabah Batik. All local entrepreneurs are welcome to
promote their products through this avenue. Come visit us: PPNS ,
Menara Tun Mustapha and Sabah Handicraft Centre, Keningau.
Details: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/galleria.artisan/ or
Afnansyah Agimin at 088-332186 ext: 1501.
Parkinson Association of West Coast Sabah (PAWS) Conducts
monthly outdoor activities, hold regular fellowship and meetings
for people with Parkinson’s disease (PWP). Carers and volunteers
are welcomed to participate. The fellowship provides opportunity
for PWP to network, share experiences / info and also enjoys the
various complementary therapies such as body balancing,
dancing, voice and music therapy, physiotherapy. Details: 016-
8303888 Pat, 014-6706118 JC or 019-8126196 James.
Sabah Law Society a weekly Free legal consultation and advice
session for the public on Saturdays from 9am to 12.30pm (except
the first Saturday of the month). Members of the public who are
interested are advised to contact the SLS Secretariat at 088-
251008 for an appointment or by email
ybgk@sabahlawsociety.org.
Blood Bank Unit of Sabah Women and Children’s Hospital, Likas
(HWKKS) Blood Donation Drive “Bah, Mari Menderma” 1 pint of
blood can save 3 lives. Urging army, RELA, police, fire brigades,
uniform bodies, government agencies, healthy public people,
churches, mosques, corporate private companies with huge human
resources to donate generously to our SWACH. Details: 522600
Ext: 2314.
Heritage Toastmasters Club Learn to speak better and improve
leadership skills in a fun and supporting environment. Meetings are
held every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. Time: 7.30pm. Venue:
6th Floor, Wisma Bandaraya. All are welcome. Details: President
Sabrina 016-8287675 or VPPR Ooi 012-4150046.
Sabah Chartered Volunteer Society invites affiliates to join as
volunteers for its community development projects for the benefits
of the local communities. Youths and college graduates are
encouraged to apply for Free Entrepreneurship and financial
planning programs in order to be offered career prospects as
marketing executives or, financial advisors with a well-established
financial institution through Sabah Chartered Volunteer Society.
Details: Prof. Dr. Benjamin 010-8887850.
Sabah Society For The Blind has moved to the 1st floor, Lot 3, Sri
Damai building, Jalan Kolam, Lorong Nibung, KK on Sept 1.
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. Saturday 9am to 12.30pm. Details:
250388, 218130 or Fax: 316588. Email:
sabahblindsociety@yahoo.com. Website:
http://www.sabah.org.my/shsb.
Sheltered Workshop. Monday – Friday 8am to 5pm. Tel/ Fax:
788543. Address: Jalan Stesen Pertanian, ARC, 89207, Tuaran,
Sabah.
Sabah Family Planning Association provides services & treatments
relating to sexual reproductive health, family planning and general
health and cancer screening. Details: KK Branch 217553.
Sandakan Branch 089-212883, Tawau Branch 089-771172,
Lahad Datu Branch 089-882895 or Kudat Branch 088-611088.
Unplanned Pregnancy Careline: 088-210358. Facebook: Sabah
Tel: 088-430 727 Fax: 088-424 600
Please note that due to space constraints,
Sabah Week will only feature the immediate events
due to take place for the next three days.
The usual brief on the NGOs,
voluntary organisations and their activities
will appear on Sunday.
Family Planning Association. Email: hqsfpa@gmail.com
Gerak Kasih Recycling Collection waste paper – newspapers,
cardboard, boxes, magazines, books, paper bags, soft toys,
clothing, plastic bottles, aluminium tins. Every Friday, Saturday and
Sunday. Time: 10am to 3pm. Venue: Rumah Titian Kasih, Lot 168,
Lot 17, Lorong Kerapu, Rumah Murah Kg Likas Phase 3, 89400
Likas. Details: Nooraisah 014-8586350 or Salina 012-8449139.
Sabah Natives Land Owners Association (SANLODA) is dedicated
to promoting optimum utilisation and preservation of native lands
in Sabah. Membership Drive: Information for membership from
various districts can be obtained from Datuk Stephen
0138658333, Datuk George 013-851500, Petrus 0198529299
or Datuk Yusof 012-8331950.
Malaysia Blood Donors Society Daily Blood Donation Drive.
Inviting all NGO to collaborate and also calling members of the
public to join its membership. Details: 012-8222779, 016-
3551987 or 014-7342886.
Sabah Cheshire Home & Asian Tourism International College
Basic Pastry Skill Lesson for the physically disabled individuals
aged between 17 – 28. Details: 438202. Fax: 434570.
Taska Mesra Cheshire Early Education for children with physical
disabilities aged below four-years-old. Open Mon to Fri. Details:
Sabah Cheshire Home 438202.
School of Psychology and Social Work, UMS is offering
Counselling Service, Speech Therapy, Music Therapy, Sensory
Integration Therapy and Applied Behaviour Analysis Session. The
services are on appointment basis. Time: 9am to 5pm. Details:
Nurul Fatiha 019-8114573, 320000 Ext: 8833 or
nurulfatihafirdaus@ums.edu.my
EXTOL is a non-profit youth club focusing on developing youths in
stewardship and leadership. Calling on all non-Muslim parents to
encourage their children between the ages of 13 to pre-university /
college to attend our meetings held every Friday. Time: 7.45pm to
9.30pm. Venue: Agape Methodist Church, Agape Hill, Jalan
Shantung Baru, Penampang. Details: Patrick 0109317118.
Pusat Jagaan Seri Murni provides counselling and support
services for women / girl in situation of crisis such as unplanned
pregnancies and sexual gender based violence. Details:
Counselling or interview 019-5349044.
The Committee of Communication For Behavioural Impact
(COMBI) Lok Kawi Town, Papar invites the residents of Taman
Pantai Lok Kawi to be a promoter / volunteer of COMBI committee.
All are welcome. Details: Zainal 016-8450717, Hj Mataris 010-
9488846.
HANDPRINTS – Toy Library & Resource Centre is to educate,
enable and empower parents, so that they are able to help and
guide their children with special needs. Thematic monthly play day
on 2 nd Saturday of each month. Operating hours: Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday 2pm to 5pm. Wednesday: 7pm to 9pm.
Saturday: 9.30am to 2pm. Venue: Lorong Pokok Saka, Dah Yeh
Villa, Off Mile 2 3/4, Jalan Damai, Luyang. Tel: 016-4172298.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/handprintstoylibrary/. Email:
handprintslib@gmail.com.
Kota Kinabalu Lions Ambulance Service Society (LASS) Provides
24 Hour FREE Ambulance Service. Also providing First-Aid Training
to the public and Mobile Health Service to the rural areas. Call:
088-319699.
Malaysian Red Crescent Kota Kinabalu City Chapter is providing
Ambulance Services from 8pm to 6am (weekdays only), providing
Patient Transfer Services (daily), providing Basic First Aid and CPR
Courses (Certificate Courses) – every 2nd week of the month and
also providing Emergency First Aid Standby Services (any events).
Details: 232718 (O), 232718 (Fax) or email:
mrckkcc@gmail.com or bsmkkcc@gmail.com
Kinabalu Breast Cancer Support Association (Kinabalu Pink
Ribbon) Offering emotional, social & material support to women
with breast cancer (before/during/after treatment) and their families.
Careline: 016-8038553. Office: 216237 or Fax: 253679. FB:
www.facebook.com/kinabalupinkribbon.
Email: kinabalupinkribbon@gmail.com.
Sabah Mental Health Association PKJS Day Care Centre is open
to suitable candidate and it carries out several activities on
weekdays. Details: 248197.
Alamesra Youth-PREP Centre Provides a place for youths to seek
assistance and support on issues such as education, relationships,
work, family and financial stability. Legal aid and counselling
services are free and are on appointment basis. Venue: Ground
Floor, Lot 25, Block E, Phase 2, Alamesra, Jalan Sulaman.
Opening Hours: Weekdays 9am to 5pm. Tel: 395632 or fax:
485372.
Email: youthprepcentre@gmail.com
Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/youthPREPCentreAlamesra.
The Sabah Australian Alumni Association (SAAA) invites all
Graduates from any Australian Institutions of higher learning to join
as members of SAAA. Details: Omar 019-8110125 or Khalilul
019-8113777. Email: saaa.honsecretary@gmail.com.
The Kota Kinabalu AIDS Support Services Association (KASIH)
help line & free voluntary HIV screening tests, except sun & public
holidays. Office hours. Time: 9am to 5pm. Fri: 6pm to 9pm. Sat:
4pm to 7pm. provide confidential / free voluntary HIV screening test
(rapid test) during office hours, Mon to Fri. result available 10 to
15 minutes. Details: 712914 or email: kasihsabah@yahoo.com
National Stroke Association of Malaysia Sabah Club Wisma
Pandu Puteri, Kompleks Badan-Badan Sukarela, km 4, Jalan
Tuaran, KK. Centre’s opening Hours: 9am to 5pm. Mon to Fri,
closed on Sat, Sun & Public holidays. Details: 261568.
Federation of Private Medical Practitioners Association of
Malaysia (FPMPAM) the public can obtain medical opinions,
referrals or treatment for crisis intervention, detoxification,
prevention & counselling for drug abuse via www.no2drugs.org.
Special Olympics Sabah Weekly jogging exercise (so west coast).
Details: 016-8807703 or 223221.
Kota Kinabalu Falun Gong Exercise sessions every Saturday &
Sunday. Free of charge. All are welcome, Details: Kota Kinabalu
013-870-6558, Sandakan 089-229626, 089-229023 and
Tawau 019-8536333.
SWEPA Toastmasters Club Regular Training Meeting to
enhance your public speaking, communication and leadership
skills. Time: 7.30pm (1 st & 3 rd Wednesday of the month).
Venue: Swepa Secretariat, 2 nd Floor, Wisma Wanita, Jalan
Tuaran, KK. Details: President Dora 016-8300755 or VPPR
013-8603871.
The Cancer Society Of Sabah Provide services on hospice, cancer
awareness / education, rural health project. Hotline / counselling
pertaining to cancer & clinic by a lady consultant gynaecologist.
Details: 210377 or 222315.
The Befrienders Kota Kinabalu offers confidential emotional
support to those feeling depressed and in despair which may lead
to loss of life. Call us if you need to talk. We are here if you feel
confused or upset and need someone to talk to. We care, we listen.
Call: 088-255788, 088-335793 or 0168036945 every night,
7pm to 10pm. www:facebook.com/befrienderskk.
Sabah Society For The Deaf Registration for pre-school deaf
children ages 2 – 6 & hearing sibling ages 2 – 4. Language
Development & Vocational Programme for deaf children & adults
ages 8 and above. Venue: SSD premise, Jalan Khidmat, Bukit
Padang, KK. Details: KK – Wong 230894, Sandakan – Wong 089-
219160, Keningau – Mahinah 087- 339716, Kudat – Chin
622697, Lahad Datu – Asmah 089-887895.
Sabah Society for the Deaf Registration for Sign Language Class.
Details: KK – Wong 230894, Sandakan – Wong 089-219160,
Keningau – Mahinah 087- 339716, Kudat – Chin 622697, Lahad
Datu – Asmah 089-887895.
Sabah Women Action-Resource Group (SAWO) provides Helpline
services to support women and girls who face domestic violence,
rape, sexual harassment and other gender-based violence. Call:
088-280200. Mon-Fri, time: 9am-5pm
D-Dash Compact Car Club Welcomes all Perodua and compact
car owners to join in the club membership. For more info on club weekly
gathering and events contact martin 019-8036019 or d-
dashclub.fotopages.com.
Sabah Government Pensioners’ Association Membership recruitment
exercise & pensioners’ problem 9.30am to 1pm (Mon – Fri, except public
holidays) at Maksak Complex, Likas. Details: 211282 Lucy.
Agriculture Institute of Sabah Alumni Association Membership drive.
Information to obtain membership forms from various district near you,
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won Saturday’s breathless sprint race at “It was incredible,” said Russell. “I effected by this advertise- said action, that within
the Brazilian Grand Prix to register his first wasn’t expecting to have that much pace, ment. FOURTEEN (14) days after
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said action, that within cause an appearance to be
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Sunday’s full distance contest. have made in these last few races. the date hereof, you do the said suit in person or by
Driving with aplomb and confidence, “The car has been feeling so great. Obvi- cause an appearance to be your Advocates and take
the 24-year-old Briton shrugged off his ously, it’s difficult to know how Max would entered for you in a cause at notice that in default of such
the said suit in person or by appearance, judgment may
spin in the rain in Friday’s qualifying ses- have got on it he had been on the soft tyres your Advocates and take be entered against you.
sion to attack from the start, passing Red - instead of mediums - but nevertheless it’s notice that in default of such
Bull’s two-time champion Max Verstappen a great feeling. appearance, judgment may Dated this 14th day of
on lap 15 to grab the lead. “It’s crazy to think we are both starting be entered against you. November 2022.
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Celtic nine clear as Rangers drop points
GLASGOW: Giovanni van
Bronckhorst’s (pic)
future as Rangers man-
ager is in the balance
heading into the World
Cup break after Celtic
moved nine points clear
at the top of the Scottish
Premiership.
Rangers were held 1-1 at St. Mirren to
drop points for the third time in five league
Marinakis, the fiery Greek
mogul at war with the PM
ATHENS: Evangelos
Marinakis (pic), the
shipping tycoon, foot-
ball boss and media
mogul, is not just one of
the most powerful and
controversial figures in
Greece, he is waging
open warfare against Prime Minister Kyri-
akos Mitsotakis.
The battle between two of the most pow-
erful men in the country is rooted in stun-
ning allegations of widespread state
surveillance, which have rocked the conser-
vative government since the summer.
Marinakis, the 55-year-old owner of Eng-
lish Premier League club Nottingham Forest
and Greece’s most successful football club
Olympiacos, was named in the media last
week as one of the targets of the surveil-
lance.
A weekly newspaper put Marinakis on a
list of 33 people, including cabinet minis-
ters, some of their wives and ex-prime min-
ister Antonis Samaras, targeted illegally by
spyware known as Predator and technology
employed by state intelligence.
Mitsotakis and the government swiftly
denied the report in the Documento news-
paper and have denied for months any
involvement in illegal wiretaps.
But an incensed Marinakis has mobilised
his media empire—he purchased the coun-
try’s top media group DOL in 2017 and lead-
ing channel Mega in 2019 – to hit back hard.
Two days after the Documento report,
the Ta Nea daily owned by Marinakis
reported that there were allegedly more
than 100 people under surveillance.
“Only those involved in non-institutional
surveillance and the underworld resort to
such means,” said Marinakis in a statement.
“The prime minister must find the
courage, move heaven and earth, to clarify
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games, while Celtic came from behind to
beat Ross County 2-1.
“We’re going to sit down and speak
about the last couple of months and which
way to go forward,” said Van Bronckhorst
when asked if he will have talks with the
Rangers board in the coming weeks.
“I have no fear, I never have fear, I just see
what comes.”
Patience with the former Dutch captain
has worn thin among the fanbase in recent
this sordid case and bring the culprits to jus-
tice,” he added, slamming the scandal as a
“corruption of democracy.”
The prime minister hours earlier had
fanned the flames in a televised interview in
which he appeared to take direct aim at
Marinakis. “Some people are confusing their
roles,” he told Antenna TV.
“Just because they own a team or control
certain media or possibly both, they think
they can blackmail, dictate the govern-
ment’s course of action,” he said.
The public spat is even more unprece-
dented given close and longstanding family
ties between the two men.
Decades ago, Marinakis’ father was a law-
maker for the ruling conservative New
Democracy party and a friend of Mitsotakis’s
father Constantinos, himself a former prime
minister. Marinakis was best man at the
1998 wedding of Mitsotakis’s sister Dora,
who is herself a former foreign minister of
Greece and former mayor of Athens.
During a decade of economic slump in
Greece, the tycoon estimated to be worth
$600 million, took advantage of the crisis to
expand his sphere of influence.
Ranked 47th most influential person on
the shipping industry’s Lloyd’s List in 2021,
Marinakis has been a city councillor in
Piraeus since 2014, exerting influence on the
management of one of the Mediterranean’s
main ports.
His company Capital Maritime and affil-
iated firms operate a total fleet of 98 ships.
He further padded his image as a public
benefactor by funding intensive care units
during the Covid-19 pandemic.
He also a signed a partnership between
Unicef and Olympiacos, which he has
owned since 2010.
Olympiacos ownership gives Marinakis
not just prestige, but the unwavering sup-
port of legions of Greek football fans. – AFP
weeks despite leading Rangers to just a sec-
ond European final in 50 years last season.
The Glasgow side were humbled in
Europe this season as they suffered the
worst ever group stage performance in the
Champions League with a goal difference of
-20 from six defeats.
St. Mirren extended their unbeaten run
at home to eight games, but felt aggrieved
not to take all three points after a controver-
sial VAR intervention handed Rangers a late
Corpuz holds
one shot lead at
Pelican C’ship
MIAMI: American Allisen Corpuz held a one
shot lead heading into Sunday’s final round
of the Pelican Women’s Championship at
Belleair, Florida, after shooting a 5-under
round of 65.
The tournament, which was cut to 54
holes after Thursday’s play was lost to wet
conditions following a storm, is set up for a
tight battle with Sweden’s Maja Stark, Amer-
ican Lexi Thompson and Mexican Maria
Fassi all just one stroke off the lead.
The only disappointment for Corpuz
came with a bogey on her final hole, the par-
3 ninth, but the 24-year-old rookie was
delighted to be in top spot.
“I think it’s always really good to see your-
self up there. I mean, really just had a good
year so far and kind of want to end the sea-
son on a good note,” said Corpuz, who has
had two top ten finishes so far this season.
While Corpuz is hoping for a first LPGA
Tour win, she will be wary of Stark, who is
looking for her second victory on the circuit
after only joining mid-season.
Stark’s win at the ISPS Handa World Invi-
tational in August saw Corpuz finish runner-
up, but the Swede has also had two other
wins on the Ladies European Tour this year.
After an electrifying first round 62, Fassi
did enough on Saturday to stay in the race
despite a pair of bogeys on the 14th and 15th.
“A lot more today, kind of just saving pars
and making four-, five-footers, again, to save
pars and stuff,” she said.
“I just couldn’t really get much going. I
still managed to get under par and be right
there for tomorrow. I know there are plenty
of birdies out there for me, and just very
excited to go out on Sunday and be in con-
tention,” she said.
Thompson finished her round of 67 with
birdies on the 14th and 17th as she looks to
improve on her playoff defeat here last sea-
son. – AFP
penalty.
Saints striker Jonah Ayunga gave the
home side the lead two minutes into the
second half after his initial effort was par-
ried by Allan McGregor.
Rangers winger Ryan Kent had initially
been booked for diving when he went down
in the area under the challenge of Marcus
Fraser six minutes from time.
However, after seeing the incident again,
referee Kevin Clancy reversed his decision
Finau keeps steady to retain
lead at windy Houston Open
LOS ANGELES: Tony Finau steered a steady
course at the blustery Houston Open Satur-
day, firing a two-under par 68 to maintain a
four-shot lead heading into the final round.
The 15th-ranked American, seeking a fifth
US PGA Tour title, rolled in a 21-foot birdie
putt at the eighth and an 18-footer at the 14th
on the way to a 15-under par total of 195 that
put him four in front of England’s Ben Taylor.
Taylor, who regained his tour card this
season via the Korn Ferry developmental
tour, had six birdies in his five-under par 65,
rolling in a 21-footer at the 18th to inch closer
to Finau.
Saturday brought a dramatic change in
the conditions at Memorial Park Golf Course
in the wake of the storms that disrupted the
second round on Friday.
Finau was among those who managed to
complete the second round on Friday, when
his impressive 62 gave him a four-shot lead.
Given the gusting winds and cold temper-
atures that prevailed on Saturday, Finau
thought his third round might have been
even better.
“That was a really good round,” Finau said.
“I think the score doesn’t say that, but I think
I played better than yesterday. You know, yes-
terday I shot 62, but today that 68 I thought
was pretty impressive for the conditions.”
Finau hit all 13 fairways and 16 of 18 greens
in regulation and said the demanding con-
ditions actually improved his concentration.
“I think it’s easier to play one shot at a
time when it’s so tough,” he said. “The wind’s
blowing, you really have to focus and hone
in on every shot, every putt, so I think I did a
good job of that today.”
Taylor was delighted with his “very good
round of golf” in the tough conditions.
“There were some shots—we were playing
some of them 40 yards longer than the num-
ber and I think we did a good job balancing
the wind and the cool temperatures, calcu-
lating what both of those things were going
dailyexpress
and pointed to the spot.
James Tavernier converted the resulting
penalty, but Rangers failed to find a winner
despite nine minutes of added time.
Celtic were the victims of a controversial
penalty award when Ross County took a
shock lead at Parkhead five minutes into the
second half.
Matt O’Riley was punished by a VAR
review for handball and David Cancola
rolled in the resulting penalty. – AFP
Finau plays a shot
during the third round.
to do to the ball.”
Taylor said that despite Finau’s big lead,
the demanding conditions could open the
door for others on Sunday.
“It’s when you get conditions like this,
anything can happen, right? There’s some
low scores out there today that would prove
that, so I think we will be in for a good Sun-
day.” Taylor was three strokes clear of a trio
headlined by England’s former world num-
ber one Justin Rose, who carded a 66.
Rose was joined on 202 by Wyndham
Clark (68) and Tyson Alexander (70).
Rose had to return early to complete his
second round when it was “really cold,” but
was pleased to at least enjoy some warmer
weather as the third round progressed.
The 42-year-old, who has fallen to 75th in
the world rankings after a season hindered
by back trouble, is in Houston hoping to get
a jump on 2023.
“I feel like I need to get my toe down on
the accelerator a little bit,” he said. “It’s been
not the greatest year and obviously 2022-23
season’s up and running and it’s time to kind
of make some points and get amongst it.” –
AFP
dailyexpress Y OU R LOCAL V OICE I MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2022 Sport 19

Napoli edge Udinese to go 11 points clear

Udinese’s goalkeeper Marco Silvestri grabs the ball as
Napoli’s Victor Osimhen attempts to shoot an overhead kick.
Musiala guides Bayern six points clear with win at Schalke
BERLIN: Bayern
Munich’s teenage for-
ward Jamal Musiala
(pic) laid on two
assists to help his side
extend their lead atop
the table to six points
in a 2-0 win away at
Schalke on Saturday.
Coming into the game against last-
placed Schalke, who have won only twice
this season, Bayern boasted a starting XI
featuring exclusively players selected for
the Qatar World Cup - six for Germany,
four for France and one for Cameroon.
The home side managed to keep Bayern
at bay for much of the opening stanza,
before a sublime Musiala back-heel put
former Arsenal forward Serge Gnabry in
space to score his side’s first after 38 min-
utes.
Musiala set up his side’s second after 52
minutes, with Bayern launching a length-
of-the-field counter attack after a Schalke
free kick.
Musiala, who represented England as a
teenager before shifting allegiance to Ger-
many, assessed his options before sliding
the ball to Cameroon striker Eric Maxim
Choupo-Moting, who scored his 10th goal
from his last nine games for Bayern.
Musiala had the ball in the net less than
10 minutes later, but the goal was ruled
out for offside.
Bayern manager Julian Nagelsmann
hailed Musiala for piloting his side’s
“deserved victory”.
“Jamal Musiala has again prepared two
goals, he has played an outstanding first
half and will hopefully play both the
World Cup and the second half of the sea-
son even better.”
Schalke manager Thomas Reis credited
“clever” Bayern and said his side would
face an uphill battle after the winter break.
“My team invested everything, (but) in
the end Bayern were just too clever in par-
ticular situations,” Reis said.
“Now we are the hunters. We will start
next season in 18th place.”
Bayern Munich are now unbeaten in
their past 22 games against Schalke, dating
back to 2010 when Musiala was just seven.
A 2-1 win away at Werder Bremen gave
RB Leipzig their ninth victory in their past
10 appearances on Saturday.
Leipzig took the lead after just 13 min-
utes through Portugal striker Andre Silva,
before Bremen centre-back Christian
Gross equalised in the second half.
Austrian midfielder Xaver Schlager
scored with just under 20 minutes remain-
ing to help Leipzig continue their impres-
sive recent form under former Borussia
Dortmund manager Marco Rose.
After the match, Schlager credited his
side’s “mental strength”, while manager
Rose said Leipzig “defended with every-
thing we had”.
“We are happy and delighted with the
win.”
Bayer Leverkusen’s resurgence under
manager Xabi Alonso continued, with a 2-
0 win at home against Stuttgart.
NAPLES (Italy): Napoli’s bid for a first Serie They are unbeaten in Italy’s top flight half with a knee injury which coach
A title since the days of Diego Maradona after having dropped just four points in 15 Andrea Sottil later described as “nothing
was further boosted on Saturday after sur- matches, and have scored 37 times — com- serious”.
viving a late scare against Udinese to claim fortably the league’s best attack. Struggling Sampdoria slumped to their
a 3-2 win, stretching their lead to 11 points. Napoli also have the league’s top scorer fourth straight defeat, 2-0 at home to Lecce
Luciano Spalletti’s side were cruising to in Osimhen, whose headed opener from who pop up to 15th place, eight points
the win after Victor Osimhen, Piotr Zielin- Elmas’s cross was his ninth of the league above the relegation zone.
ski and Eljif Elmas put them three ahead campaign and eighth in as many games in Goals either side of half-time from
just before the hour mark. all competitions since returning from Lorenzo Colombo and Lameck Banda gave
But quickfire strikes from Ilija injury a month ago. Lecce their second win in a row and left
Nestorovski and Lazar Samardzic left the No team in the league has managed to Samp four points behind Spezia, who sit
50,000 fans at the Stadio Maradona biting consistently play their brand of forward- just outside the drop zone and face rock-
their fingernails in the final eight minutes thinking football and when Serie A recon- bottom Verona on Sunday. – AFP
before bellowing their joy at the final venes in early January they will be big
whistle. favourites to win their first league title
“Every win comes from hard work and since 1990.
the last 15 minutes show that what this And they have kept winning without
team has achieved so far can’t be taken for wing wizard Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who
granted,” Spalletti told DAZN. hasn’t featured since Napoli’s Champions
“We thought the match was over and League defeat at Liverpool at the start of
took our foot off the pedal, but the game the month — their only loss of the season
is never over until its over.” so far.
Napoli held on for their 11th straight Owner Aurelio De Laurentiis branded
league win and extended their lead at the the current side “my best Napoli team”
top of the table on AC Milan and Lazio, since he took over in 2004 with the bank-
who both play on Sunday. rupt club languishing in the lower divi-
Spalletti’s team will be at least eight sions.
points ahead of the chasing pack once the That is some claim as the best Napoli
final round of Serie A matches this year is side since Maradona’s era is commonly
completed. thought to be the one which Maurizio
Sarri took close to winning the Scudetto in
2018.
Udinese stay eighth after failing to win
A first-half strike from French striker for the seventh straight match, and also
Moussa Diaby and a second-half goal from lost talisman Gerard Deulofeu who hob-
German defender Jonathan Tah continued bled off the field midway through the first
Leverkusen’s recent momentum, with the
home side unbeaten in three after winning
just one of their first six under Alonso.
Wolfsburg’s stunning recent form
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win 1-0 away at Augsburg.
Manager Thomas Letsch, who took over
a winless Bochum in late September, has 4025 4282 1350 2909 8784
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charge to help distance his side from last-
placed Schalke.
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third win of the season, with a 2-0 triumph 8760 0407 8058 6010 6683
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Sunday’s late game. – AFP
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RACING RESULTS Australia to face 4082 5109

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8784
6752
4173
6385

Switzerland
Sunday 13 November 2022 5. Lady Glory II (4) 5709
Race 1, Initiation 1000M, Sand Track 6. Par Avion (6) 5660
1. Midnight Lady (3) LAST. Ria Novilla (8)
2. High Speed (9) Forecast Div: RM8 in Billie Jean 3615/22 13!11!22 1594
2581
4386
3046
6116
5597
4557
9692
3. Kongsi Kongsi (4) Four-Forecast Div: 607
4. White Beauty (5)
5. Malkita (1)
Time: 1:18:63 King Cup final 2622
8366
9480
9846
2225
4299
4408
7062
8380 9291 7948 5544 8186 7363 3980
6. Gembala Padang (2) Race 4, Class 6 1100M, Sand Track GLASGOW: Australia captain Alicia Monk
LAST. Malandi (10) 1. Ratu Sarawak (Ex. Golden Rose) (5) said a first Billie Jean King Cup since 1974
1008 2125 6189 4050
Forecast Div: RM2 2. Hunter Champ (2) is “for the taking” after seeing off hosts 9663 8286 0696 0776 6,435,075.88
Four-Forecast Div: C/F RM63 3. Marvelous One (6) Great Britain in a nail-biting finish to 9873 7250 7031 9334
reach Sunday’s final against Switzerland. 6385 5709 5709 6385
Time: 1:23:08 4. Benahie (1) 8730 9434 4076 3844 5660 6385
The Brits had defied the odds with a 6385 5660
5816 7918 2315 3571
5. Mudsand (10) whitewash of Spain on Thursday to reach 5709 5660 5660 5709
Race 2, Initiation 1000M, Sand Track 6. Asena (9) the last four for the first time in 41 years in 265,998.26
1. Mandaloun (Ex. Tiena) (4) LAST. All is well (7) front of a home crowd in Glasgow. 3,870,854.35
2. Honey Prize (5) Forecast Div: RM11 But Australia’s experience paid off as
8380 9291 9291 8380
3. Puteri Santubong III (1) Four-Forecast Div: C/F RM422 the final doubles clash went to a champi-
8380 7948 7948 8380
4. Simpangan Boy (10) Time: 1:22:51 ons tie-break won by Storm Sanders and 7948 9291 6385
9291 7948
5. Imperial Boy (3) Sam Stosur.
The seven-time winners missed out on 70,276.08 5709
6. Battle King (7) Race 5, Class 6 1100M, Sand Track
the title in 2019, when they lost in front of 5660
LAST. Good Boy (12) 1. Vitality Lady (3)
a home crowd to France.
Forecast Div: RM56 2. Piping Me (7) “We’ve got the team to get through
Four-Forecast Div: C/F RM553 3. Bolvian Gorgeous (4) tomorrow,” said Monk.
846 548 332
Time: 1:21:71 4. Miss Guu (6) “We’re still making up for the final we
5. Magic Opa (2) lost a couple of years ago, we know what 01 11 14 20 23 28 33
Race 3, Initiation 1000M, Sand Track 6. Tamparuli Star II (8) that feels like. But we’re optimistic, we’re a 1,458,482.58 5 1 5 8 2
1. Mastika (2) LAST. Go Head (5) team, we’ve got great support, so it’s ours 1 5 8 2
9,661.80
2. Dayang Sarawak (Ex. Crystal Myth) (3) Forecast Div: C/F RM56 for the taking.”
3 2 7 1 1 5 8 2
3. Puteri Kenyalang (5) Four-Forecast Div: C/F RM6,040.00 Sanders dampened the enthusiasm of
the Glasgow crowd as she saw off Heather 1 5 1 9 4 8 2
4. Temenggung (Ex. Davy Jones) (11) Time: 1:20:68 2 0 5 6 1 19 115,067.33
Watson 6-4 7-6 (7/3) to take the opening
rubber. 8 2 5 1 1 5
STEWARDS’ REPORT But Harriet Dart followed up her victory 6 5 6 4 2 03 18,988.64
8 2 5 1 1 2 5 1 1 5
Sunday, 13 November, 2022
th over 13th-ranked Paula Badosa by upsetting
0 7 4 7 1 11 10,494.21 8 2 5 1 5 1 1 5
world number 33 Ajla Tomljanovic 7-6
RACE 2 INTIATION (1000M) (7/3) 6-2 to take it to the wire. 8 2 5 1 1 5
9 7 2 7 9 17 6,747.22
Jockey Fazrey on Puteri Santubung III, 3rd past the post, was given the benefit of doubts but Doubles duo Alicia Barnett and Olivia 8 2 1 5
warned to ride in a more competitive manner in future. Puteri Santubung III was slow to begin Nicholls have been the revelation of the 5 2 5 0 3 06 5,747.22
and it was of the opinion of the stewards he did not put in a better effort for a better placing. week for the hosts on their international
Jockey Ridhwin on Ria Novilla was fined RM100.00 for being overweight and was replaced by debut, but they were just unable to con- 16 19 22 48 56 58
Jockey Rogleh. jure a third victory, losing out 7-6 (7/1) 6-7 3 0 0 8 10 38,775.81 16,033,701.46
(5/7), 10-6.
RACE 3 INTIATION (1000M) “God we were close,” said British cap- 0 2 0 8 17 4,860.93 2 10 15 25 29 39
Jockey Clinton on Boy was fined RM100.00 and suspended for 2 race days for not urging the tain Anne Keothavong.
horse sufficiently for a better placing. “I’m just gutted for everyone right now 1 0 4 9 22 8,095.89 5,307,601.45
Jockey Fazrey on Puteri Kenyalang was fined RM100.00 for being overweight. but also I think we have to try and keep
things in perspective. What a fantastic 9 8 2 5 21 1,449.33 1 3 23 32 47 48 22
RACE 5 CLASS 6 (1100M) week it really has been for the team. 6,025,465.02
Jockey Ridhwin on Magic Opa was suspended for 4 race days and fined RM200 for not urging Switzerland are aiming to go one better 8 5 6 2 22 1,538.50
his mount sufficiently resulting his mount being unplaced. Magic Opa was slow to begin and than losing last year’s final to Russia as the 360,493.44
there were no efforts from the rider throughout the race. He was warned to ride in a competitive 11-time champion Czechs were humbled. 7 8 4 9 07 3,798.82
manner in future. Viktorija Golubic saw off Karolina
Jockey Abul was warned to ride in more competitive manner in future for his lack of effort over Muchova 6-4, 6-4 before Belinda Bencic 9 5 6 9 15 2,575.91
the final stages. won the battle of the number ones against
Karolina Pliskova 6-2, 7-6 (8/6). – AFP 3 3 3 9 03 4,649.47
Jockey Clinton on Crystal Palace IV was suspended for 4 race days due to leg pains.
 Samoa Napoli edge
make Udinese
World to go 11 20
Cup final points clear

Arsenal pull clear as City stunned

Y OU R LOCAL V OICE I MO ND AY, NO V E MB E R 1 4 , 2 0 2 2

MANCHESTER: Arsenal head into the my heart out,” said Marsch.

World Cup break five points clear at the
top of the Premier League after they beat
Wolves 2-0 on Saturday as Manchester
City suffered a shock 2-1 home defeat to
Brentford.
Newcastle remain in third after inflict-
ing Chelsea’s third consecutive league
defeat 1-0 at St. James’ Park, while Totten-
ham scored twice in the final 10 minutes
to win a 4-3 thriller against Leeds.
City had not lost at the Etihad since
February, but were stunned by Ivan
Toney’s response to being left out of Eng-
land’s World Cup squad.
The Brentford captain headed in his
10th goal of the season to give the Bees an
early lead, but City responded before
half-time thanks to Phil Foden’s sumptu-
ous strike.
Pep Guardiola warned ahead of the
game that his side might have one eye on
the World Cup with 10 of the City starting
XI heading to Qatar.
A lacklustre City performance was
punished in the eighth minute of time
added on when Brentford cut open
Ben Davies’ powerful strike made it 2-
2 before Rodrigo restored Leeds’ lead.
Tottenham have made a habit of late
fightbacks this season and rescued the
three points as Rodrigo Bentancur scored
twice in the final 10 minutes.
Newcastle bounced back above Spurs
into third as Joe Willock’s stunning strike
extended Chelsea’s winless league run to
five games. The Magpies are just two
points adrift of City after a run of 22
points from a possible 24.
“I feel immense pride at how the play-
ers have performed consistently,” said
Newcastle boss Eddie Howe. “Now the
challenge is to maintain and enhance
that.”
Liverpool signed off until Boxing Day
on a positive note as Darwin Nunez struck
twice against Southampton.
Roberto Firmino’s header opened the
scoring inside six minutes at Anfield, but
in Nathan Jones’ first game in charge, the
Saints responded immediately through
Che Adams. Odegaard (left) scores Arsenal’s second goal during the match against Wolverhampton.
Nunez has been erratic since his 75 mil-

Guardiola’s men on the counter-attack
and Toney tapped in Josh Dasilva’s cross.
“The better team won,” conceded
Guardiola. “We had a lot of problems and
we could not press as they didn’t allow us.”
Thomas Frank hailed the result as per-
haps Brentford’s best ever as they moved
up to 10th in the Premier League.
“Speaking to some people from the
club, this is probably the single biggest
ever result,” said Frank. “Against one of
the richest clubs in the world and we have
one of the lowest budgets in the division.”
Arsenal took full advantage to set up
an intriguing title battle when the Pre-
mier League returns from a six-week hia-
tus on Boxing Day.
Martin Odegaard led by example for
the Gunners as the Norwegian fired home
twice from close range in the second half.
New Wolves boss Julen Lopetegui was
in the crowd before officially taking
charge on Monday and has work to do in
Arteta hopes
lion euro ($77 million) signing from Ben-
fica, but the Uruguayan is already up to
eight goals in his debut season at Liverpool
after two cool finishes before half-time.
Leicester’s rise up the table continued
Arsenal not
but there were fears it could come at a
cost for England. thrown off
James Maddison’s stunning form forced
his way into Gareth Southgate’s World Cup
squad and he opened the scoring with his
course by
seventh goal of he season.
The midfielder hobbled off shortly World Cup
after, but played down the seriousness of
the problem. “Injury isn’t too bad!” Mad- WOLVERHAMPTON: Arsenal manager Mikel
dison tweeted. “A small problem that was Arteta is hoping a six-week hiatus to the Pre-
causing a bit of soreness. Can’t wait to mier League season does not come at the
meet up with the lads Monday.” wrong time for his side after the Gunners
Harvey Barnes added a second for the moved five points clear at the top on Satur-
Foxes 12 minutes from time to leave West day. Martin Odegaard scored twice as Arse-
Ham one point above the relegation nal were 2-0 victors at Wolves just hours
zone. after Manchester City suffered a shock 2-1
Everton are also only a point above the home defeat to Brentford. The Tunku Putera is helped out of his car after the high
Arsenal have not won the league since speed crash. – Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar FB photo
bottom three after a 3-0 thrashing at the

Tunku Putera of Johor escapes

the second half of the season with Wan- hands of Bournemouth. 2003/04 and have failed to even finish in the
derers now bottom of the table. Marcus Tavernier, Kieffer Moore and top four for the past six seasons.
Tottenham once again had to come Jaidon Anthony were on target for the A return to the Champions League next

high speed crash unscathed

from behind after goals from the in-form
Crysencio Summerville and Rodrigo
either side of Harry Kane’s equaliser put
Leeds in front at half time.
Jesse Marsch’s men won 4-3 against
Bournemouth last weekend, but were this
time on the receiving end of a thrilling
comeback. “I feel like someone has ripped
Norlidah (in white) with one of the participating teams.
Sabana on lookout for new talent
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Netball
Association (Sabana) is actively carrying
out new talent search activities in the
State.
Its president, Chendramata Sinteh,
said the programme is to identify the
next generation of athletes through var-
ious tournaments hosted by the Sabah
School Sports Council (MSSS), Sabah
Games (Saga) and open tournaments
alongside athletes from national sports
schools.
“These potential athletes are identi-
fied by the coaches at the school or dis-
trict level before being selected to
represent the State. This year we have the
opportunity to send a team to partici-
pate in the Malaysian Games (Sukma). “It
is a success for the coaches because they
are able to highlight the State, national
and international athletes where cur-
rently a Sabahan athlete is representing
Malaysia at the Asian level,” she said dur-
ing the opening ceremony of the 2022
Toh Puan Netball Championship.
The opening ceremony for the two-
day event on Saturday at the Sabah Foun-
dation building here was officiated by
Nakashima wins Next Gen ATP Finals
MILAN: American Brandon Nakashima beat Czech Jiri Lehecka to lift the Next Gen ATP
Finals tennis trophy in Milan on Saturday.
Nakashima, ranked 49, beat 74th-ranked Lehecka 4-3 (7/5), 4-3 (8/6), 4-2 in the tour-
nament which features the eight best players aged 21-years-and-under on the ATP Tour.
The 21-year-old, who won his first ATP title this year in San Diego, succeeds Spaniard
Carlo Alcaraz who triumphed in the Next Gen tournament last year and went on to claim
the US Open trophy last September. – AFP
Cherries and there were angry confronta-
tions between the Everton players and
travelling support at full-time.
Nottingham Forest moved off the bot-
tom as Morgan Gibbs-White scored the
only goal of a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace.
– AFP
the Head of State’s wife, Toh Puan Datuk
Seri Norlidah R.M Jasni.
The ninth tournament was attended
by 19 teams from various ministries,
departments, agencies and government-
related companies (GLC) aimed at pop-
ularising the sport of netball.
Four District Education Offices took
part, namely Kota Marudu, Beaufort,
Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan as well as
the Labuan Federal Territory Department
of Education.
Meanwhile, Sabah Public Works
Department, the Malaysian Rubber
Industry Board, Royal Malaysian Cus-
toms Department, Universiti Malaysia
Sabah, the Farmers Organisation Board,
Kota Kinabalu Polytechnic, Sedafiat Sdn
Bhd and the Kota Kinabalu Health Office
also participated in the event which was
delayed for two years.
Not to be left out are Sabah Electricity
Sdn Bhd, the Ministry of Industrial
Development, the Malaysian Maritime
Enforcement Agency, the Ministry of
Communications and Multimedia
Malaysia (K-KOM), Kota Kinabalu City
Hall, and the Malaysian Prisons Depart-
season appears a formality with Arteta’s men
14 points clear of fifth-placed Manchester
United. And City’s unexpected first home
defeat since February to Brentford sets up an
intriguing title battle when the Premier
League returns after the World Cup on Box-
ing Day.
“We showed another kind of maturity
today,” said Arteta.
“In the first 20-30 minutes we struggled
to break them down. We were much better
in the second half and we had a bit more
courage and took risks but also not allowing
them to run.”
Eight of Arsenal’s starting line-up are
now headed to Qatar as Arteta confirmed
Granit Xhaka’s early substitution was just
down to illness for the Swiss midfielder.
“I’ll touch wood and hope for the best,”
he added on whether the break could count
against Arsenal.
“When everyone is back we’ll assess
where we are and go from there.
“I would train tomorrow but unfortu-
nately they’re not here.
“I wish those going to the World Cup the
best and they will look after themselves. I
hope they enjoy it because it doesn’t get bet-
ter than playing for your country.” – AFP
Stokes and Curran star as England win T20 World Cup
MELBOURNE: Ben Stokes and Sam Curran
starred as England edged Pakistan by five
wickets to win the Twenty20 World Cup on
Sunday and become the sport’s first dual
white-ball champions, holding both the
50 and 20-over titles.
Jos Buttler’s side held Pakistan to 137-8
in front of a partisan 80,462 fans at a heav-
ing Melbourne Cricket Ground, with
player-of-the-match and tournament Cur-
ran bagging 3-12 and Adil Rashid chipping
with 2-22.
In reply, England slumped to 49-3 in the
sixth over as they struggled to get any
momentum against a fiery pace attack,
with boundaries hard to come by.
But Stokes (52 not out) and Moeen Ali
(19) used their experience and cool heads
to guide England to 138-5 with six balls to
spare, climaxing a riveting tournament
that spanned 45 games over nearly a
month.
“In finals, especially when chasing, you
probably forget all the hard work before
that. To restrict them to 130, the bowlers
have to take a lot of credit. Adil Rashid and
Sam Curran won us the game,” said Stokes.
“Pretty good evening. Representing
your country in World Cups is amazing, it
has been a good one.”
JOHOR BAHRU: The Tunku Putera of
Johor, Tunku Abu Bakar Sultan Ibrahim,
had a miraculous escape and emerged
unscathed although his car was involved
in a horrific high speed crash during the
GT World Challenge Australia qualifying
round at the Mount Panorama Circuit in
Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia,
Saturday.
The Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim
Iskandar in his official Facebook was
thankful that his son was not injured in
the accident and also gave him words of
encouragement despite the mishap.
“I am thankful that Tunku Putera did
not suffer any injuries. I am sure it was
traumatising but he is ok. I have told him
to be strong and continue his efforts for
the sake of the state.
“He was on line to qualify in third
place for the main race tomorrow. It is
Tunku Abu Bakar’s maiden appearance
in the circuit. He and Tunku Panglima,
Tunku Abdul Rahman showed great
potential and gave a good performance.
Curran said Stokes should have been
player of the match.
“We all look up to him. People question
him, but he’s incredible. He’s the man,” he
said.
“The way I bowl, I go into the wicket
with my slower balls and keep the bats-
men guessing. World champions, how
good,” he added.
The victory added to the 50-over title
England won in 2019, building on the
legacy of former captain Eoin Morgan,
who retired this year after transforming
the team into a white-ball juggernaut.
It was England’s second T20 crown after
We pray for a good result tomorrow,”
said the Sultan.
The Sultan said Tunku Abu Bakar lost
control while driving at a speed of
200kph through the McPhillamy Park
Circuit and the Mercedez Benz GTS car
crashed into the tyre barriers before
overturning.
Officials and people in the circuit
were relieved as Tunku Abu Bakar
emerged from the wrecked car
unscathed, waving a ‘peace’ sign to the
fans before taking a ride on the circuit
officials car and later the medical service
unit.
Following the incident and severe
damage to the car, Tunku Abu Bakar and
co-driver Jamie Whincup had to with-
draw from Sunday’s three-hour
endurance race.
However, Tunku Abdul Rahman and
co-driver Broc Feeney will continue their
challenge under JMR Triple Eight Race
Engineering team and start from the sec-
ond grid in Sunday’s race. – Bernama
England’s
players
celebrate
winning the
Twenty20
World Cup.
tasting success in 2010, joining the West
Indies as the only two-time winners since
the tournament’s inception in 2007.
The game was billed as a showdown
between Pakistan’s attack and England’s
top order, and Shaheen Afridi bowled dan-
ger man Alex Hales in the first over of the
run chase.
But that only fired up Buttler who
smashed two boundaries off Naseem
Shah.
Phil Salt, playing in place of the injured
Dawid Malan, didn’t last, making just 10
before pulling Haris Rauf to Iftikhar
Ahmed. – AFP

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KOTA KINABALU: Parti Maju Sabah
(SAPP) mahu Ketua Pakatan Harapan
(PH) Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim segera
menyatakan pendirian gabungan PH
sama ada PH akan menghormati hak
perlembagaan Sabah untuk mendap-
atkan kembali 40 peratus hasil cukai
bersih dan bukannya mengetepikan isu
dengan hanya mengatakan bahawa
beliau bukan Tun Dr Mahathir
Mohamad.
“Apa kaitan hasil cukai 40 peratus
dengan perbandingan Anwar dan Dr.
Mahathir?
“Malah, Anwar harus memohon maaf
kepada rakyat Sabah kerana Menteri
Kewangan PH yang mengetepikan hasil
cukai 40 peratus itu tidak lain adalah
ketua DAP Anwar Lim Guan Eng yang
mengatakan Kerajaan Persekutuan tidak
ada wang,” kata Presiden SAPP Datuk
Seri Yong Teck Lee dalam satu kenyataan,
Ahad.
Yong berkata satu-satunya isu yang
dikemukakan PH dalam kempen pilihan
raya umum ialah Anwar mahu menjadi
Perdana Menteri Malaysia.
“Jika Anwar mahu memenuhi
impiannya menjadi Perdana Menteri,
maka beliau perlu menunjukkan
kepimpinan dan kejujuran dalam jan-
jinya kepada rakyat Sabah,” katanya.
Anwar dilaporkan berkata “Saya
bukan Mahathir” apabila ditanya sama
ada Kerajaan Persekutuan PH akan
mempertimbangkannya.
Kerajaan PH sebelum ini yang diket-
uai Dr Mahathir menjanjikannya serta
20 peratus hasil minyak dalam mani-
festo pilihan raya 2018 tetapi kemudian-
nya mengingkarinya dengan
mengatakan Kerajaan tidak mampu.
Sementara itu di TUARAN, calon GRS
Tuaran Datuk Joniston Bangkuai berkata
Riduan tanding Bebas, sertai KDM
atas kehendak sendiri: Rubin
TENOM: Penyelaras
Gabungan Rakyat
Sabah (GRS) P.181
Tenom Datuk Rubin
Balang (gambar)
kesal dengan tin-
dakan Pengerusi
Barisan Nasional
(BN) Sabah Datuk
Seri Bung Moktar Radin meminta Ketua
Menteri mengambil tindakan terhadap-
nya termasuk memecatnya daripada
jawatannya dalam Syarikat berkepentin-
gan kerajaan Sabah (GIC).
Ini berikutan dakwaan beliau terlibat
menyokong dan membantu kempen
anaknya, Riduan Rubin, yang bertanding
atas tiket Bebas (simbol Gajah) bagi
kerusi Parlimen Tenom.
Jelasnya, keputusan Riduan menyertai
Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik
Masyarakat (KDM) adalah keputusannya
sendiri selepas mendapat tawaran dari-
pada Presiden KDM Datuk Peter
Anthony.
Beliau berkata pada 11 November
2022, Peter menghubungi Riduan dan
menawarkannya menjadi ahli KDM iaitu
sebelum hari pengundian bagi mengelak
Undang-undang Anti Lompat Parti.
“Saya difahamkan selepas Riduan dan
penyokongnya bersetuju dengan tawaran
itu, pihak Peter menghubungi saya dan
meminta saya datang ke pejabat KDM.
“Mereka bertanya sama ada saya
membantah Riduan menyertai KDM.
ISNIN, 14 NOVEMBER, 2022 / 19 RABIULAKHIR, 1444H
Belum dapat masuk
rumah selepas 5 tahun > 3
Yong Joniston
berbeza dengan PH, kerajaan negeri
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)-Barisan
Nasional (BN) tidak akan berhenti
dalam usaha menuntut 40 peratus hasil
cukai yang dikutip di Sabah daripada
kerajaan persekutuan.
Menurut Joniston, Ketua Menteri
Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor telah proaktif
dalam mencari apa yang patut untuk
negeri ini dan telah membuktikan hasil
hanya dalam tempoh dua tahun mener-
ajui negeri ini.
“Ini tidak dinafikan. Peruntukan khas
tahunan RM26.7 juta untuk Sabah adalah
satu contoh. Datuk Seri Hajiji begitu gigih
dalam rundingannya untuk menaikkan
peruntukan khas Sabah sehingga kera-
jaan pusat akhirnya tunduk kepada tun-
tutannya dan menaikkannya kepada
RM125.6 juta tahun ini.
“Kerajaan negeri GRS-BN di bawah
pimpinan Hajiji mempunyai hubungan
yang kukuh dengan kerajaan perseku-
tuan sebelum ini, dan kedua-dua pihak
juga bersetuju untuk meneruskan
perbincangan mengenai permintaan
hasil 40 peratus Sabah.
“Ini merupakan contoh pendirian
dan komitmen GRS yang tidak berbelah
bahagi untuk mempertahankan hak
Sabah di bawah Perjanjian Malaysia 1963
(MA63). Oleh itu, tidak kira siapa yang
akhirnya menerajui kerajaan perseku-
tuan, kerajaan negeri GRS-BN bersedia
Saya memaklumkan kepada mereka
bahawa saya tiada kuasa dan hak untuk
membantah atau berbuat apa-apa
memandangkan Riduan bukan lagi ahli
Bersatu kerana dia meletakkan jawatan
dalam parti sebelum hari penamaan
calon.
“Selepas pertemuan singkat itu, saya
terus keluar dan meninggalkan pejabat
KDM,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan
mengulas dakwaan beliau telah melang-
gar syarat perjanjian GRS-BN pada Pili-
han Raya Umum Ke-15 (PRU15).
Sehubungan itu, Rubin kesal dengan
tindakan dan gesaan Bung yang mem-
inta Ketua Menteri mengambil tindakan
terhadapnya dipecat daripada jawatan
GIC, tanpa fakta sebenar.
Rubin yang juga Adun Kemabong
berkata, perlu diingat pada Pilihan Raya
Negeri (PRN) Sabah 2020 lalu, beliau
bertanding atas tiket Bebas.
“Selepas menang sebagai Adun Bebas,
saya dan rakan-rakan ADUN Bebas Datuk
Masiung Banah dan Datuk Ruddy Awah
dijemput untuk sama-sama membantu
membentuk Kerajaan Negeri iaitu antara
GRS dan BN/Umno. Hasil permuafakatan
itu, Kerajaan Negeri membentuk Kera-
jaan Negeri GRS-BN hari ini.
“Di bawah kabinet Kerajaan GRS-BN
yang dibentuk, mereka mendapat
jawatan penting termasuk Bung yang
dilantik sebagai Timbalan Ketua Menteri
dan Menteri Kerja Raya.
“Sekarang selepas Kerajaan Negeri
Rusuhan: Polis hantar lebih
banyak anggota ke Dogiyal > 4
untuk berhubung dengan pemimpin
tertinggi negara untuk mendapatkan
apa yang menjadi hak milik Sabah,”
katanya.
Joniston berucap dalam ceramah di
daerah mengundi Marabahai di sini,
pada Ahad.
Joniston mempersoalkan pendirian
Anwar terhadap Sabah berkaitan 40 per-
atus cukai yang dikutip di Sabah seperti
yang termaktub dalam MA63.
Anwar dilaporkan bermain teka-teki
apabila ditanya sama ada PH akan mem-
pertimbangkan untuk menyediakan 40
peratus pendapatan di mana beliau men-
jawab “Saya bukan Mahathir.” Soalan itu
ditanya oleh Harian Ekspres.
“Dia tidak komited atau menyatakan
bahawa dia akan mengembalikan 40
peratus itu. Kenapa perlu dijadikan per-
mainan ‘teka-teki’? Itu kerana mereka
berjanji semasa pilihan raya lalu tetapi
tidak dituruti.
“Justeru, Anwar kini takut untuk ber-
janji atau bertanggungjawab. Mengejar
dan meneruskan tuntutan adalah sesu-
atu yang GRS tidak akan berputus asa,”
kata Joniston.
Beliau kemudiannya menegaskan
semula keperluan mempunyai wakil
daripada pentadbiran negeri semasa
untuk berkhidmat sebagai ahli parlimen
bagi mengukuhkan kedudukan negeri
semasa perbincangan dan kerjasama
dengan kerajaan persekutuan.
Joniston sudah bersedia merampas
kerusi Parlimen Tuaran daripada
penyandang Datuk Seri Wilfred Madius
Tangau (Pakatan Harapan).
Beliau juga akan menentang Jo-Anna
Sue Henley Rampas (Warisan); Muminin
Kalingkong @Norbinsha (Parti Pejuang
Tanah Air); Bobby Lewat (Bebas) dan
Datuk Noortaip Suhaili (Bebas).
GRS-BN memerintah lebih 2 tahun,
mereka minta saya dihalau hanya kerana
calon BN/Umno parlimen Tenom,
Jamawi Jaafar marah dengan keputusan
anak saya, Riduan untuk bertanding
sebagai calon Bebas.
“Bung harus sedar bahawa adalah
tidak adil untuk melarang mana-mana
pihak yang layak dan berminat untuk
bertanding pada PRU15 kerana ini negara
demokrasi.
“Tindakan dan keputusan Riduan
untuk bertanding sebagai calon Bebas,
itu adalah keputusan sendiri dan
penyokongnya, dia berhak menentukan
masa depan dan perjuangan politiknya.
“Saya harap anda yang matang dalam
politik dan tidak mudah terpengaruh
dengan laporan tidak berasas oleh
Jamawi yang sengaja mahu merosakkan
nama baik saya,” dakwanya.
Riduan yakin kerjasama PKDM tawan hati pengundi Tenom
TENOM: Calon Bebas Parlimen Tenom,
Riduan Rubin optimis bahawa ker-
jasama di antara Parti Kesejahteraan
Demokratik Malaysia (PKDM) untuk
sesi kempen kali ini bakal mem-
buahkan hasil yang positif.
Beliau mendedahkan, kemuafakatan
jenteranya selaku calon Bebas dan
PKDM akan turut menarik minat anak-
anak muda Tenom untuk menentukan
undi pada 19 November hadapan.
“Dengan adanya kerjasama ini, saya
Farid Kamil pegang
watak tokoh besar > 6
HAJIJI menerima borang permohonan keahlian daripada
ahli PKDM di Kampung Kokobuan, pada Ahad.
Dr Maximus kekal pilihan terbaik
untuk Kota Marudu: Hajiji
KOTA MARUDU: Kepimpinan Datuk
Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili masih sangat
diperlukan, khususnya dalam mem-
bangkitkan keperluan-keperluan
Sabah di peringkat Persekutuan, kata
Ketua Menteri Datuk Seri Hajiji Haji
Noor.
Beliau berkata Dr Maximus yang
merupakan presiden Parti Bersatu
Sabah (PBS) dan calon Gabungan
Rakyat Sabah (GRS) untuk Kota
Marudu amat konsisten dan lantang
dalam memperjuangkan hak Sabah.
“Saya memerlukan Dr Maximus
untuk membantu menyuarakan tuntu-
tan Sabah kepada Kerajaan Perseku-
tuan. Suaranya yang kuat dan
kegigihannya masih sangat diperlukan,
khususnya dalam menuntut hak kita
dalam Perjanjian Malaysia 1963
(MA63),” katanya.
Bercakap di kediaman timbalan seti-
ausaha agung Bersatu Sabah Datuk
Maijol Mahap di Kampung Kokobuan
di sini pada Ahad, Hajiji turut menyi-
fatkan keputusan PBS menggunakan
simbol GRS kali ini sebagai satu pen-
gorbanan besar.
“Ini amat bermakna bagi saya. Sebab
itu saya mahu rakyat di Kota Marudu
mengundi Dr Maximus,” katanya.
GRS, yang terdiri daripada Bersatu,
PBS, Star, SAPP dan Usno, bersama
Barisan Nasional (BN) berikrar akan
melakukan yang terbaik untuk terus
membawa pembangunan ke Sabah,
katanya.
“Kita mahukan Kerajaan Negeri yang
stabil dan kukuh,” katanya sambil
menambah tidak seperti Kerajaan
Negeri sebelum ini yang dipimpin oleh
Warisan.
“Kerajaan Negeri pimpinan Warisan
hanya bertahan dua tahun kerana ia
adalah kerajaan yang tidak mendapat
mandat daripada rakyat,” katanya.
Beliau turut membidas Presiden
Warisan Datuk Shafie Apdal yang
rasa kita di landasan yang tepat untuk
meraih satu keputusan positif pada
hari mengundi nanti.
“Kita dalam masa sama akan mem-
bina momentum untuk memenangi
hati pengundi-pengundi Tenom den-
gan pencerahan hala tuju yang saya
bawa pada kempen di Tenom ini,”
katanya ketika ditemui selepas jelajah
PDM Pamilaan di sini.
Jelas Riduan, antara manifesto yang
beliau bawakan adalah mem-
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menurutnya gagal melakukan apa-apa
untuk Kota Marudu sepanjang dua
tahun berkhidmat sebagai Ketua
Menteri dan sebelum itu semasa beliau
menjadi Menteri Pembangunan Luar
Bandar Persekutuan.
“Beliau bercakap seperti tahu segala-
galanya tetapi apa yang telah dia
lakukan untuk Kota Marudu semasa
menjadi Ketua Menteri? Tandas awam
pun tiada,” katanya.
“Dia tanya saya apa yang saya sudah
buat? Saya mahu tanya dia balik, apa
yang dia sudah buat di Semporna? Dia
tidak mampu menangani rumah yang
musnah di Kampung Bangau-Bangau,
Semporna.
“Hanya (apabila) kerajaan GRS-BN
(mengambil alih) RM8.5 juta diberikan
untuk penyelesaian,” katanya.
“Jangan bercakap bohong. Saya
tidak tahu bagaimana untuk bercakap
seperti itu. Saya hanya bercakap men-
genai fakta,” katanya.
Meneruskan jejak kempennya di
Balai Raya Kampung Kirangawan
kemudian, Hajiji berkata Dr Maximus
adalah calon kerajaan.
Beliau menasihatkan pengundi
supaya tidak terlalu emosi apabila
mendengar ucapan pembangkang.
Beliau memberi jaminan kerajaan
negeri GRS-BN akan terus melaksanakan
rancangan pembangunan berpandukan
Hala Tuju Sabah Maju Jaya.
“Kita tidak perlu lagi perbalahan
politik. Kita nak bangunkan Sabah.
Sudah tiba masanya kita bersatu di
bawah satu payung iaitu GRS.,” katanya.
Hajiji turut menerima sebanyak
lebih 300 borang permohonan
keahlian baharu daripada bekas ahli
Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik
Masyarakat (PKDM) Kota Marudu di
Kampung Kokobuan dan Kirangawan.
Turut hadir ialah Presiden Usno Tan
Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia dan ketua-
ketua bahagian Bersatu Kota Marudu.
perkasakan ekonomi setempat, sukan
dan rekreasi, kerohanian, pendidikan
serta pembangunan infrastruktur dan
prasarana parlimen Tenom.
“Sudah tiba masanya anak muda
diangkat untuk membawa suara
Tenom ke Dewan Rakyat.
“Sebagai calon Bebas dan dibantu
oleh PKDM, saya berharap kita dapat
melakukan sesuatu yang baik untuk
rakyat Tenom dan seterusnya men-
gangkat suara rakyat Tenom, “ katanya.
 2 Tempatan
Kerajaan GRS-BN komited
utamakan pendidikan
Hayati Dzulkifli
PAPAR: Ketua
Menteri Datuk Seri
Hajiji Noor (gam-
bar) berkata Kera-
jaan Negeri
GRS-BN komited
untuk memas-
tikan aspek pen-
didikan di Sabah
diberi keutamaan kerana ia antara
agenda penting dalam Pelan Hala Tuju
Sabah Maju Jaya (SMJ) untuk rakyat
dan negeri ini.
Tanpa pendidikan, katanya, Sabah
dan rakyat akan ketinggalan dalam
zaman tanpa sempadan ini.
“Pendidikan penting dalam mem-
basmi kemiskinan dan kunci kejayaan
dalam membantu keluarga serta mem-
bangunkan negeri dan negara.
“Justeru, GRS-BN telah menubuhkan
Yayasan Pendidikan Negeri Sabah
(YPNS) di bawah pentadbiran saya
untuk memberi tumpuan kepada pem-
bangunan modal insan yang bertujuan
membantu anak muda Sabah khusus-
nya dalam kalangan B40 dan keluarga
miskin untuk melanjutkan pelajaran ke
peringkat pengajian tinggi.
“Kita telah menyalurkan dana
sebanyak RM50 juta kepada YPNS bagi
memastikan setiap rakyat di Sabah
Calon Bebas P175 Papar intai
platform lebih besar
suarakan isu kebajikan penduduk
Jeremy S Zabala
PAPAR: Jika suara rakyat
Papar tidak dapat diden-
gari di peringkat negeri,
membawanya ke Per-
ingkat Persekutuan sep-
atutnya menjadi satu
lagi pilihan untuk
mengetengahkan isu “tidak boleh dica-
pai” yang perlu didedahkan terutamanya
melibatkan kebajikan penduduk setem-
pat.
Calon Bebas parlimen Papar, Johnny
Sitamin (gambar), berharap dengan
memenangi kerusi kawasan itu, beliau
mampu mewujudkan platform lebih
besar dalam mendapatkan perhatian dari-
pada kementerian berkaitan bagi menye-
lesaikan isu berpanjangan di daerah itu.
Menjadi penggerak kepada sebuah per-
tubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO), Sitamin
berkata ia tidak mengambil masa yang
cukup lama untuk beliau memahami
kerja-kerja yang masih belum dilak-
sanakan mahupun disampaikan kepada
rakyat, terutama mereka yang kurang
berkemampuan.
Presiden Persatuan Suara Rakyat Sabah
itu berkata persatuan tersebut telah dapat
“mengesan” pelbagai yang melibatkan
penduduk kampung di Papar dan keba-
jikan mereka.
“Kami ingin menekankan soal keba-
jikan. Jika saya menang, saya dan pasukan
saya akan membantu rakyat Papar kerana
ini adalah matlamat utama kami. Kerana
berdasarkan pengalaman kami, orang
yang kami temui, ada yang menitiskan air
mata dengan harapan untuk mendap-
atkan bantuan daripada kerajaan tetapi
tidak diendahkan.
“Jadi, kami telah cuba menjadi utusan
antara rakyat dan kerajaan tetapi berde-
pan keputusan yang sama.
“Inilah caranya. Sertai pilihan raya (dan
memenanginya) supaya suara-suara ini
didengari. Capai kedudukan lebih tinggi
dan kukuh untuk memastikan bantuan
disalurkan kepada golongan kurang
bernasib baik dan masalah mereka diberi
perhatian,” katanya kepada Harian Ekspres.
Sejak ditubuhkan pada 2021, anak
kelahiran Kampung Sungai Padang beru-
sia 55 tahun itu berkata kumpulan itu
tabah dan aktif dalam menjalankan aktiv-
iti dan program dalam mencuba yang ter-
baik untuk mendekati penduduk
pedalaman Papar yang “sukar didatangi”.
Beliau berkata dengan banyak
pendedahan – walaupun baru setahun,
sejak penubuhan – sudah lebih daripada
cukup untuk beliau memahami isu-isu
terpendam di daerah itu dan berharap
dapat menyelesaikan masalah kebajikan.
Selain kebajikan, beliau juga berkata
terdapat isu-isu lain selain golongan yang
telah diketepikan dalam masalah mereka
sebagai golongan belia yang mempunyai
masa depan yang cerah tetapi “diabaikan”.
“Kami (beliau dan pasukannya)
berharap untuk mencapai kedudukan
lebih tinggi untuk (sekurang-kurangnya)
mempunyai peluang di mana suara kami
didengari lebih kuat dan mana-mana
pihak yang berkaitan akan mendengar
kami dan memberi kerjasama untuk
membantu mereka ini.
“Papar adalah kawasan pilihan raya
yang besar dan tidak 100 peratus diden-
S U AR A TE MP ATAN AND A I I S NI N, 1 4 NO V E MB E R, 2 0 2 2
yang menghadapi masalah melan-
jutkan pelajaran mendapat bantuan.
Sebagai contoh, ramai pelajar yang
telah lulus dengan keputusan cemer-
lang dalam Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia
(SPM) tetapi tidak dapat meneruskan
pengajian kerana tidak mampu.
“Inilah yang kami lakukan…dengan
adanya YPNS ini, kami mahu memas-
tikan rakyat Sabah di mana sahaja
mereka berada, akan dibantu supaya
mereka dapat keluar daripada
belenggu kemiskinan,” kata Hajiji
kepada pemberita selepas merasmikan
bangunan baharu SMK St Joseph di sini
Sabtu lepas.
Beliau turut meluluskan peruntukan
RM200,000 kepada sekolah itu untuk
membeli peralatan sekolah dan
kelengkapan bangunan tambahannya.
Sementara itu, Adun Limbahau
Datuk Juil Nuatim yang juga ahli
Jawatankuasa pembinaan bangunan
tambahan SMK St Joseph, memberitahu
pemberita bahawa mereka berterima
kasih kepada Ketua Menteri kerana
mengumumkan dana tersebut
walaupun mereka meminta lebih dari-
pada jumlah yang diluluskan.
Sekurang-kurangnya, katanya, dana
itu menyelesaikan masalah sekolah
untuk menyediakan meja dan kerusi
pelajar di bangunan baharu itu.
gari masalah mereka. Malah pelajar yang
cemerlang dalam pelajaran mereka tidak
dapat melanjutkan pelajaran kerana
mereka kekurangan dari segi kewangan
dan ini adalah antara isu yang kini tidak
diendahkan,” tambahnya.
Menyedari bahawa terdapat sejumlah
calon bebas di Sabah, Sitamin berkata ada
harapan untuk mereka ini membuat
perubahan yang lebih baik.
Ketika memasuki Pilihan Raya Umum
Ke-15 secara solo, beliau berkata beliau
dan pasukannya hanya akan didorong
untuk memenuhi misi mereka dalam
membantu golongan kurang berkemam-
puan serta membimbing golongan belia
dan memberi mereka peluang yang diper-
lukan untuk menjadi pemimpin masa
depan.
Selain kebajikan, beliau juga berkata
memupuk pemimpin masa depan dalam
kalangan generasi muda adalah sebaha-
gian daripada misi mereka yang akan
dijalankan di kawasan itu.
Beliau berkongsi bahawa adalah pent-
ing untuk melibatkan minda muda secara
fizikal dalam cara untuk melatih mereka
dan memahami kepentingan dan tang-
gungjawab menjadi pemimpin masa
depan.
“Apabila dipilih, ia akan memberi kami
(orang Papar) peluang untuk
menubuhkan exco belia parlimen. Ini
akan melibatkan setiap belia dari kam-
pung yang berbeza untuk bertindak seba-
gai wakil mereka untuk berkongsi isu
kampung masing-masing dan memberi
idea untuk menyelesaikan masalah
mereka.
“Itu adalah antara hasrat kami, untuk
memberi peluang kepada anak muda
memimpin agar suara mereka didengari
dan kreativiti dihargai. Beri mereka pelu-
ang menjadi pemimpin,” tambahnya.
Sehubungan itu, beliau juga berkata ini
akan memudahkan kerjasama antara
wakil rakyat dan wakil kampung.
Walaupun bertanding sebagai calon
Bebas, Sitamin berkata sokongan akan
diberikan kepada kerajaan akan datang
kerana ia hanya untuk memastikan ker-
jasama dilaksanakan antara wakil rakyat
Papar dan kuasa memerintah bagi
memastikan kebajikan dan bantuan dis-
alurkan kepada penduduk tempatan.
“Niat untuk menyokong kerajaan
(seterusnya) memang ada tetapi ia tidak
bermakna menyertai parti atau
menubuhkan parti baharu.
“Kami hanya mahu memastikan
hubungan baik dengan kerajaan yang
memerintah dijalinkan supaya bantuan
yang diperlukan disalurkan kepada pen-
duduk tempatan di Papar,” tambahnya.
Beliau juga berkata bertanding di
kerusi Parlimen Papar adalah semata-
mata untuk beliau menyampaikan kepada
rakyat dan bukannya dalam mempoli-
tikkan perkara kerana ia adalah penting
bagi beliau dan pasukan untuk melak-
sanakan apa yang dikatakan.
Beliau turut memuji calon GRS di
kerusi Parlimen Papar Datuk Armizan
Mohd Ali, yang juga bekas setiausaha
sulit kanan kepada Ketua Menteri, atas
sokongan dan syornya terhadap per-
mintaan awal sekolah itu untuk dana
RM600,000 bagi menyiapkan bangu-
nan fizikal projek itu, yang diluluskan
dalam masa dua minggu.
“Saya ingin menyampaikan permo-
honan saya supaya sebuah sekolah
menengah di Gana dengan asrama dib-
ina di kawasan saya supaya ia dapat
menampung pelajar dari kampung ter-
pencil seperti Kg Kaiduan dan Kg Man-
dalipau, antara lain, berbanding pergi
ke sekolah menengah sedia ada di
pekan yang agak jauh bagi mereka dan
pengangkutannya juga menelan kos
yang tinggi. Dengan adanya sekolah
baharu ini ia akan memudahkan pela-
jar luar bandar ini.
“Tanah seluas 60 ekar di Papar telah
diluluskan semasa mesyuarat
Jawatankuasa Penggunaan Tanah (LUC)
untuk SMK Gana yang dicadangkan ini
dan saya berharap Jabatan Pendidikan
Sabah akan mengambil cadangan ini
untuk manfaat pelajar luar bandar.
“Saya juga merayu kepada Kerajaan
Negeri supaya mempertimbang untuk
membina kompleks sukan atau sta-
dium dengan trek larian di daerah ini
DERETAN bendera dan poster calon pelbagai parti politik yang bertanding bagi Parlimen
P166 Labuan menjelang Pilihan Raya Umum ke-15 (PRU15) menghiasi jalan raya ketika
tinjauan hari ketujuh sempena kempen PRU15 di sekitar pusat bandar Labuan pada Ahad.
– fotoBERNAMA
Perang bendera, poster parti
tambah meriah di Labuan
LABUAN: Berbaki tujuh hari sahaja lagi
sebelum hari mengundi, perang ben-
dera dan poster dalam kalangan parti
yang bertanding di kerusi Parlimen
Labuan bertambah meriah di pulau
bebas cukai ini.
Petugas daripada parti-parti yang
bertanding dilihat memasang poster
dan bahan kempen masing-masing di
pelbagai tempat awam yang ditetap-
kan sejak awal pagi Khamis.
Kerusi Parlimen Labuan menyak-
sikan pertandingan enam penjuru
antara Datuk Rozman Isli daripada
Parti Warisan menentang Datuk Bashir
Alias (Barisan Nasional-Umno), Datuk
Suhaili Abdul Rahman (Perikatan
Nasional-Bersatu); Dayang Rusimah @
Raynie Mohd Din daripada Parti
Bangsa Malaysia (PBM), Datuk Dr
Ramli Tahir (Pakatan Harapan-
Amanah) dan Datuk Seri Ramle Mat
Daly (Gerakan Tanah Air-Pejuang).
Tinjauan Bernama di sekitar bulatan
dan tiang lampu di jalan-jalan utama
termasuk pagar pembahagi jalan
terutamanya di Jalan Tun Mustapha
mendapati ia dipenuhi dengan ben-
dera pelbagai parti yang bertanding.
Rozman yang merupakan penyan-
dang kerusi Parlimen itu meman-
Pemandu dari Tawau maut kemalangan di Papar
PAPAR: Seorang lelaki berusia 38 tahun
maut di tempat kejadian manakala dua
lagi cedera dalam kemalangan di KM22
Jalan Lama Papar – Kota Kinabalu, di sini,
Sabtu lepas.
Ketua Polis Daerah DSP Kamaruddin
Ambo Sakka berkata, kejadian jam 2.15
petang itu berlaku ketika mangsa yang
menaiki Isuzu Dmax dari Tawau ke Kota
Kinabalu bersama tunangnya berusia 30
tahun hilang kawalan ketika mengelak
sebuah Toyota Hilux.
Berdasarkan siasatan awal, katanya,
supaya semua sekolah di sini dapat
menggunakannya untuk aktiviti sukan
teori dan tidak perlu meminjam kom-
pleks sukan dengan trek larian di Beau-
fort yang memerlukan kos
pengangkutan yang mahal, antara
lain,” kata Juil.
Beliau juga memohon pembiayaan
untuk membina sebuah dewan terbuka
bagi tadika Cina SMK St Joseph kerana
ramai kanak-kanak prasekolah terpaksa
berjemur di bawah terik matahari
semasa perhimpunan.
Sehubungan itu, Hajiji berkata
beliau akan memberi pertimbangan
sewajarnya terhadap semua cadangan
tersebut.
Dalam majlis itu, beliau turut
menyampaikan tiga keping cek bernilai
RM3,000 setiap satu sebagai bantuan
pendidikan daripada Yayasan Sabah
kepada tiga pelajar B40 SMK St Joseph.
Turut hadir Pembantu Menteri
Pembangunan Perindustrian
merangkap Adun Pantai Manis, Mohd
Tamin Zainal; Pengarah Yayasan Sabah
merangkap Adun Kawang Dato’ Sri
Gulam Haidar Khan Bahadar; Pengarah
Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri Tah Nia Jam-
man, calon GRS bagi kerusi
Parlimen Papar Datuk Mohd Armizan
Mohd Ali, dan pengetua sekolah Jenith
Mahibol.
faatkan platform media sosial, men-
gadakan ceramah secara fizikal dan
meletakkan poster di papan iklan luar
di pusat bandar, selain memasang
poster mini, bendera dan sepanduk
manakala Suhaili yang juga bekas Ahli
Parlimen Labuan pula melancarkan
manifesto Khamis lepas. 
Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Per-
badanan Labuan Rithuan Ismail mem-
beritahu Bernama, kesemua calon
telah mendapat permit untuk
memasang atau mempamer bendera,
poster dan bahan kempen lain pada
5 dan 7 November.
Beliau berkata mereka dikehendaki
membayar deposit sebanyak RM5,000
yang akan dikembalikan untuk
memasang atau mempamer bahan
kempen PRU.
Ketua Polis Labuan Supt Ahmad Jaw-
ila berkata sekurang-kurangnya tiga
permit ceramah diluluskan pada setiap
hari manakala setakat ini sebanyak 18
permit telah dikeluarkan.
“Tahap keselamatan di pulau ini
sejak hari penamaan calon sehingga
hari ini diuruskan dengan baik. Kami
berharap penyokong parti akan terus
menjaga ketenteraman awam,”
katanya ketika dihubungi. – Bernama
mangsa dan tunangnya berada di lorong
kanan ketika dalam perjalanan dan
beralih ke kiri untuk memberi laluan
kepada sebuah lagi pacuan empat roda
empat yang dipandu seorang lelaki beru-
sia 21 tahun, yang menghala ke arah yang
sama.
“Kenderaan Hilux cuba memintas
kenderaan dipandu mangsa tetapi tiba-
tiba gagal dikawal susulan hujan dan
jalan licin sebelum terbabas ke kiri jalan.
“Ketika itu, mangsa yang berada di
lorong kiri cuba mengelak kenderaan
harianekspres
Serangan peribadi
bukan halangan
untuk berkhidmat:
Calon GRS P’pang
Jinni Juanis
P E N A M PA N G :
Walaupun
orang
ada
membu-
rukkan imejnya,
calon GRS Penam-
pang, Kenny Chua
(gambar), berkata
itu tidak mengha-
lang beliau dari-
pada memberikan
khidmat yang baik kepada penduduk
dalam kawasan parlimen Penampang.
Chua berkata, serangan peribadi
bertalu-talu untuk membunuh perib-
adinya itu tidak akan menghalangnya
untuk memberi khidmat kepada pen-
duduk di daerah ini.
Katanya, dia akan membawa peruba-
han seperti yang diingini penduduk di sini
walaupun ada pihak yang cuba membu-
rukkan imejnya agar rakyat di Penampang
tidak mengundinya dan GRS.
“Pengundi di Penampang sudah bosan.
Mereka mahukan perubahan. Mereka
mahu penyelesaian kepada banyak
masalah. Saya tawarkan diri untuk
memenuhi kehendak mereka,” katanya
menambah dia tidak kisah keperibadian-
nya diserang dan diburukkan.
Chua berkata demikian menjawab
rakaman audio membabitkan dirinya
yang ditularkan melalui WhatsApp.
Chua menjelaskan bahawa kejadian itu
berlaku lebih setahun lalu membabitkan
antara beliau dan seorang bekas
penyokong PBS.
“Sesiapa sahaja yang menularkan klip
itu jelas cuba memusnahkan imej saya
supaya penyokong PBS yang merupakan
parti komponen GRS tidak akan men-
gundi saya.
“Hakikatnya semua anggota jentera pil-
ihan raya GRS, termasuk PBS bersemangat
tinggi dan bekerja keras sebagai satu
pasukan yang padu untuk memenangi
Penampang untuk rakyat,” katanya.
Katanya, dia sudah membuat laporan
polis mengenai rakaman audio yang tular
itu, pada Ahad.
Chua bagaimanapun memohon maaf
jika audio itu menyinggung perasaan dan
menimbulkan kekeliruan kepada orang
ramai. Beliau mengecam sebarang tin-
dakan untuk mensabotaj kempennya
hingga menimbulkan permusuhan dalam
kalangan parti komponen GRS.
Chua berkata walaupun bertanding
sebagai underdog, GRS mendapat sokon-
gan padu daripada rakyat di parlimen ter-
masuk di Kepayan yang dikenali sebagai
kubu kuat DAP dan Pakatan Harapan.
Beliau berkata, ada petunjuk kukuh
bahawa majoriti pengundi Cina di DUN
itu akan mengundi seseorang yang
mereka boleh kenal pasti dengan mereka.
“Salah satu isu utama di Kepayan
adalah rakyat jarang melihat ahli parli-
men dan wakil rakyat mereka. Mereka
hanya berjumpa dengan mereka di majlis-
majlis khas itupun dengan menghantar
wakil mereka.
“Mereka kata kita boleh mengadu ten-
tang banjir, kesesakan lalu lintas, kekuran-
gan pembangunan dan peluang di
Penampang. Tetapi semua ini tidak akan
selesai jika mereka tidak dapat bertemu
dengan wakil rakyat mereka,” katanya.
Sebagai Sino-Kadazan, Chua berkata
beliau boleh merasa aspirasi dengan pen-
duduk majoriti Cina di Kapayan dan orang
Kadazan di Moyog yang mana kedua-dua
DUN berada dalam parlimen Penampang.
Jika Chua memenangi kerusi itu, beliau
akan menjadi ahli parlimen Sino-Kadazan
pertama bagi Penampang.
Sementara itu, ramai orang di Penam-
pang yang mendengar ucapan Kenny
semasa jejak kempennya berkata, Penam-
pang memerlukan pemimpin yang kuat
dan lantang di parlimen.
Penampang adalah daerah yang sudah
melahirkan ramai orang yang memegang
jawatan tinggi dalam kerajaan dan dalam
sektor swasta serta ahli perniagaan yang
berjaya dalam dunia perniagaan.
Menurut mereka, ramai penduduk
daerah itu yang pintar yang memahami
cara kerja sesebuah kerajaan. Mereka
mempunyai wawasan bagaimana Penam-
pang sepatutnya boleh maju.
Mereka menganggap perwatakan Chua
sesuai dengan jenis pemimpin yang
diharapkan oleh penduduk Penampang.
Mereka mahukan seseorang yang berani
bersuara dan bekerja keras menunaikan
janji,” kata seorang bekas kakitangan ker-
ajaan.
yang terbabas itu namun turut terbabas
ke kiri jalan,” katanya.
Kamaruddin berkata pemandunya
cedera parah dan disahkan meninggal
dunia oleh Pembantu Perubatan Hospital
Papar.
Tambahnya, mayat mangsa dibawa ke
Unit Forensik Hospital Papar untuk
bedah siasat manakala tunangnya dan
pemandu Hilux itu dibawa ke Hospital
Queen Elizabeth.
Kes disiasat mengikut Seksyen 41(1)
Akta Pengangkutan Jalan 1987. – JSZ
harianekspres
NIZAM (tengah) hadir mendengar keluhan pembeli yang mengadakan
perhimpunan aman di Taman Residensi Ranggu PR1MA Tawau.
Projek PR1MA Tawau
Belum dapat masuk
rumah selepas 5 tahun
Lagatah Toyos
TAWAU: Lebih 1,000 pembeli projek
perumahan Taman Residensi Ranggu
PR1MA Tawau mendakwa mengalami
tekanan hidup apabila rumah mereka
masih belum boleh diduduki sehingga
kini sedangkan ansuran mula dibayar
sejak lima tahun lalu.
Salah seorang pembeli, Alfian Wahid
berkata, mereka turut terbeban kerana
tepaksa menyewa dan dalam masa sama
membayar ansuran rumah tersebut
melalui potongan gaji sejak 2017.
Beliau amat berharap agar isu tersebut
dapat diselesaikan segera dan semua
pembeli dapat tinggal di rumah yang
mereka beli dan bayar, apatah lagi
kebanyakan mereka adalah kakitangan
dan pesara kerajaan.
“Menurut laporan daripada pihak
pemaju, isu menduduki akan disele-
saikan pada akhir bulan November ini,
namun sehingga kini belum ada
sebarang tanda penerimaan kunci rumah
lagi.
“Tujuan kami turun berkumpul di sini
Beri Hajiji peluang untuk
teruskan misi: KKCCCI
Larry Ralon
KOTA KINABALU: Rakyat Sabah digesa
mengetepikan sikap prasangka dan bek-
erjasama dengan kerajaan pimpinan
Ketua Menteri Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor
demi kebaikan Sabah, dan berganding
bahu untuk menggalakkan pembangu-
nan sosioekonomi bagi memastikan
kestabilan komuniti dan perniagaan.
Presiden Dewan Perniagaan dan
Perindustrian Tionghua Kota Kinabalu
(KKCCCI) Datuk Michael Lui berkata,
KKCCCI menyokong penuh jaminan
Hajiji dalam ikrarnya untuk terus men-
jadi Ketua Menteri yang berjiwa rakyat
untuk berkhidmat kepada semua rakyat
Sabah tanpa mengira kaum, agama atau
kecenderungan politik.
Selain itu, katanya, Ketua Menteri
juga memupuk semangat perpaduan
dan patriotisme dalam kalangan rakyat.
“Kami menaruh kepercayaan penuh
kepada Ketua Menteri yang sentiasa
berusaha memulihkan ekonomi negeri
daripada pandemik Covid-19 demi men-
capai matlamat Sabah Maju Jaya.
“KKCCCI mengalu-alukan dan
menyokong wawasan Ketua Menteri
berhubung pelaksanaan Pelan Pemban-
gunan Sabah Maju Jaya (SMJ) dari 2021
hingga 2025, yang merupakan rangka
kerja hala tuju dan strategi negeri untuk
memacu ekonomi Sabah.
“Kami percaya pelan ini akan mem-
bantu merancakkan pembangunan
Sabah, dan ini sememangnya usaha
positif Kerajaan Sabah untuk merangka
pelbagai strategi dan pendekatan dalam
memacu pemulihan ekonomi negeri
daripada kesan pandemik Covid-19,
selain memberi tumpuan kepada usaha
menangani isu kesihatan awam.
“KKCCCI yakin rancangan pembangu-
nan SMJ akan membina masyarakat yang
lebih bersatu padu, aman dan makmur.
Sesungguhnya rancangan jangka pan-
jang ini akan meningkatkan keperluan
ekonomi Negeri kita dengan meman-
faatkan sumber asli di Sabah, memban-
gunkan sumber manusia dan
meningkatkan taraf sosio-ekonomi
rakyat,” katanya pada Majlis Makan
Malam Gala Ulang Tahun ke-111 KKCCCI
di Pusat Konvensyen Antarabangsa
Sabah (SICC) di sini, Jumaat.
Lui turut merakamkan setinggi-tinggi
penghargaan kepada Ketua Menteri atas
peruntukan tahunan yang diberikan
melalui pembentangan dalam talian
kepada sekolah-sekolah Cina, men-
gatakan pembiayaan ini sangat mem-
bantu meringankan tekanan kewangan
sekolah-sekolah terbabit dalam masa
S U AR A TE MP ATAN AND A I I S NI N, 1 4 NO V E MB E R, 2 0 2 2
adalah untuk menyuarakan kekecewaan
kerana ada di antara pembeli terpaksa
menumpang dan menyewa rumah,”
katanya dalam satu perhimpunan aman
di pintu masuk perumahan itu.
Seorang lagi pembeli, Addulisin
Saruddin yang merupakan pesara
Kementerian Pertahanan berkata, dia
membeli rumah PR1MA tersebut sebagai
persediaan bersara pada 2020 untuk didi-
ami bersama keluarga.
Bagaimanapun, katanya, selepas ham-
pir dua tahun bersara dan menunggu
sejak 2017, dia masih lagi belum boleh
menikmati kediaman yang dibeli kerana
masalah pemaju belum selesai.
“Saya tidak boleh terima alasan
pemaju kerana masalah yang dihadapi
hampir sama dengan taman-taman
perumahan berdekatan, tetapi pembe-
linya sudah lama tinggal di kediaman
mereka,” katanya kecewa.
Sementara itu, Pembantu Menteri
Kepada Ketua Menteri, Datuk Nizam Abu
Bakar Titingan yang hadir mendengar
keluhan pembeli, berkata beliau akan
yang sukar ini, supaya mereka dapat
meneruskan operasi sekolah di bawah
jagaan KKCCCI.
“Kami juga ingin merakamkan set-
inggi-tinggi penghargaan kepada Ketua
Menteri atas peruntukan Kerajaan
Negeri sebanyak RM300,000 baru-baru
ini untuk projek ubah suai dan baik
pulih Wisma KKCCCI yang menelan
belanja RM600,000,” katanya.
Lui berkata, beberapa tahun kebe-
lakangan ini telah menyaksikan cabaran
besar yang dibawa oleh pandemik Covid-
19 yang memberi kesan kepada ekonomi
bukan sahaja kepada perniagaan tetapi
seluruh masyarakat di Sabah.
Beliau berkata KKCCCI telah
berfungsi sebagai jambatan komunikasi
untuk menyampaikan pandangan
ahlinya dan sektor perniagaan, selain
permintaan untuk sokongan sewa-
jarnya, kepada Kerajaan Persekutuan
dan Negeri.
“Pada masa sama, KKCCCI kekal
komited untuk meneroka peluang
baharu dalam sektor perniagaan,” tam-
bahnya.
Menurut Lui, walaupun KKCCCI
sendiri, seperti namanya, sebuah organ-
isasi yang tergolong dalam sektor perni-
agaan tempatan, ia memainkan peranan
penting dalam mempromosikan pen-
didikan dan budaya Cina.
“Pada masa ini terdapat tujuh sekolah
di bawah pengurusan KKCCCI iaitu SRJK
Chung Hwa Kota Kinabalu, SJK(C) Chung
Hwa Likas, SJK(C) Hwa Shiong Putatan,
SJK(C) Che Hwa Kolombong, Tadika
Chung Hwa Likas, Tadika Hwa Siong
Putatan dan Tadika Chung Hwa Penam-
pang.
“Selain itu, KKCCCI juga sama-sama
menguruskan Sekolah Tinggi Kota Kina-
balu. Kami juga menguruskan tiga tanah
perkuburan Cina yang terletak di Batu
2.5 Jalan Tuaran, Batu 5.5 Jalan Tuaran
dan Manggatal, demi menjaga kebajikan
masyarakat Cina di Kota Kinabalu,”
katanya.
Sempena ulang tahun ke-111 KKCCCI,
Lui berkata dewan itu berhasrat untuk
membuat perancangan strategik bagi
memudahkan kepelbagaian ekonomi
dan industri Sabah serta integrasi Ban-
daraya Kota Kinabalu ke dalam pemban-
gunan negara.
“Kami akan terus memperjuangkan
visi kami iaitu Era Baharu, Pendekatan
Baharu, Perjalanan Baharu, demi
memantapkan KKCCCI sebagai salah
satu dewan perniagaan yang membela
kepentingan masyarakat, masyarakat
dan negeri Sabah,” katanya.
membantu untuk mempercepatkan sijil
layak menduduki bagi perumahan berke-
naan.
Menurutnya, beliau difahamkan sijil
layak menduduki belum dikeluarkan
oleh pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT)
disebabkan keperluan asas yang masih
tidak dipenuhi oleh pemaju.
“Saya dimaklumkan masalah bekalan
air adalah isu utama yang menjadi punca
PBT masih tidak mengeluarkan sijil layak
menduduki taman ini,” katanya.
Nizam berkata, masalah itu akan
diatasi tidak lama lagi kerana kerajaan
sudah membina stesen pam, malah
tangki takungan air di Barat Daya dan
Jalan Mariano yang dibina oleh Jabatan
Air Negeri Sabah (JANS) juga hampir
siap.
Justeru itu, katanya, pihaknya akan
meminta Majlis Perbandaran Tawau
(MPT) untuk membuat pemeriksaan
semula tangki takungan air tersebut.
“Saya akan meminta MPT mengelu-
arkan sijil layak menduduki, sekiranya
tangki takungan air tersebut sudah siap
PASUKAN bomba membawa
turun mayat mangsa.
Wanita maut
ketika daki bukit
di Tamparuli
R. Gonzales
TUARAN: Seorang wanita meninggal
dunia selepas tidak sedarkan diri ketika
mendaki bukit Kokobuan Trig di Kam-
pung Rungus Nahaba, Tamparuli di sini,
Sabtu.
Jennifer Jolly, 46, disahkan meninggal
dunia di lokasi kejadian oleh paramedik
dalam kejadian jam 12.40 tengah hari itu.
Ketua Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat
(BBP) Daerah Tuaran, Abdul Qawie Abdul
Gapar berkata, pihaknya menerima
panggilan kecemasan berhubung keja-
dian jam 12.49 tengah hari.
Katanya, seramai sembilan anggota
bergegas ke lokasi sejauh 55 kilometer
beserta satu kenderaan utiliti pacuan
empat roda jenis Isuzu D-Max.
“Sebaik tiba, pasukan bomba berjalan
kaki sejauh 2.5km untuk mendapatkan
mangsa yang dilaporkan rebah dan tidak
sedarkan diri.
“Bagaimanapun, paramedik yang
memeriksa keadaan mangsa mendapati
dia sudah meninggal dunia,” katanya
ketika dihubungi.
Menurut Abdul Qawie, kejadian
berlaku ketika mangsa melakukan aktiv-
iti ‘hiking’ bersama 11 peserta.
“Mangsa juga diberi bantuan kece-
masan jantung dan pernafasan (CPR)
oleh jurupandu arah namun tiada tindak
balas sebelum mendapatkan bantuan
daripada pasukan bomba.
“Setakat ini (9.20 malam, Sabtu),
pasukan bomba masih dalam perjalanan
turun untuk membawa mayat mangsa
keluar dari kawasan hutan menggu-
nakan pengusung.
“Perjalanan agak sukar ketika ini dise-
babkan cuaca gelap dan laluan yang licin
selepas hujan,” katanya.
Abdul Qawie berkata, mayat akan dis-
erahkan kepada polis untuk tindakan
lanjut.
Kenapa berlaku peningkatan
etnik tertentu selepas 1990
PAUL Thien dalam ruangan Forum (Daily
Express di halaman 17, Ahad, 6 November
2022) nampaknya tidak tahu fakta.
Thien perlu tahu bahawa bekas KM
Harris berhak dan dijamin oleh Kebe-
basan Bersuara dalam Perlembagaan
Malaysia, begitu juga dengan surat
akhbar.
Secara undang-undang, Thien boleh
mengheret Harris ke mahkamah jika dia
menganggap Harris melampaui batas
mengenai kebebasan bersuara.
Berdasarkan fakta tentang Projek IC
yang banyak diperkatakan, tiada apa-apa
yang sebenarnya berubah kecuali lebih
banyak perbincangan.
Dakwaan bahawa semua orang tahu
tetapi tiada seorang pun yang menge-
mukakan sebarang bukti “hitam dan
putih” yang mendakwa kewujudan Projek
IC sehingga hari ini.
Thien harus mengemukakan “bukti
hitam putih mengenai Projek IC” dan
maklumat dikatakan oleh Harris adalah
tidak betul.
Ia sepatutnya semudah “makan kacang
goreng” untuk Paul menyediakan bukti
kerana semua orang sudah tahu kewuju-
dannya.
Banci terakhir menyatakan bahawa
Sabah mempunyai 3.54 juta penduduk,
katakanlah “semua orang” itu hanya 25
peratus daripada jumlah penduduk. Ia
bermakna lebih 800,000 orang yang
menuduh Harris mengeluarkan IC dan
dengan jumlah sedemikian mahkamah
harus memberikan pertimbangan sewa-
jarnya.
Harris mendakwa Projek IC tidak
wujud, sama ada di bawah kerajaan atau
oleh pihak-pihak berkepentingan.
Bagi Harris, berikut adalah fakta
“hitam dan putih”:
• Dia dituduh oleh Dr. Chong Eng
Leong yang diterbitkan oleh Daily Express
beberapa tahun lalu. Dr Chong menuduh
Harris sebagai pengkhianat kerana mem-
berikan IC kepada mereka yang memasuki
Sabah secara haram.
Dr Chong telah disaman oleh Harris
kerana memfitnah. Mahkamah Tinggi
memutuskan bagi memihak kepada Har-
ris dan dianugerahkan RM100,000 seba-
gai ganti rugi.
Dr Chong merayu di Mahkamah
Rayuan. Mahkamah Rayuan mengekalkan
penghakiman Mahkamah Tinggi.
Paul Thien boleh mendapatkan rekod
prosiding Perbicaraan dengan mudah.
• Suruhanjaya Siasatan Diraja menge-
nai pendatang tanpa izin mendengar dan
merekodkan beberapa ratus saksi dalam
tempoh 12 bulan dan mendapati tiada
Projek IC. Kesimpulan yang tepat ialah,
“Terdapat kemungkinan besar bahawa
PH Sabah patut terus berkeras tuntut hak
40 peratus hasil ketika memerintah: Shafie
Anthea Peter
PENAMPANG: Pakatan
Harapan (PH) Sabah
sepatutnya terus berk-
eras dalam menuntut
hak 40 peratus hasil
Sabah semasa PH
masih memerintah,
kata Presiden Parti
Warisan (Warisan) Datuk Seri Mohd
Shafie Apdal (gambar).
Beliau menyifatkan ia adalah ironi bagi
PH Sabah untuk memfailkan tindakan
undang-undang dan meminta pengisyti-
haran bahawa formula perkongsian hasil
40 peratus Sabah masih terpakai, sedan-
gkan mereka boleh menuntutnya dari-
pada kepimpinan PH pusat ketika ia
masih berkuasa.
“Mereka di bawah PH (ketika masih
memerintah) sepatutnya mengembalikan
hak kami. Kenapa bawa kes ini ke
mahkamah sekarang? Adakah untuk
menunjukkan bahawa mereka hebat?
“Lim Guan Eng berada di sana sebagai
Menteri Kewangan, kenapa mereka tidak
(mengembalikan hak kami) sedangkan
mereka ada kuasa? Mereka sepatutnya
berada di sana untuk menuntut. DAP sep-
atutnya berada di sana mendesak Guan
Eng,” tegasnya.
Beliau berkata demikian pada sidang
akhbar selepas Ceramah Perdana bersama
Pemimpin Warisan di medan selera Funky
Farm, di sini, Sabtu.
Shafie mendakwa Warisan memu-
tuskan untuk meneruskan permintaannya
mengenai perkara terbabit ketika itu,
tetapi parti-parti komponen PH yang lain
memilih untuk mendapatkan respons
pimpinan pusat – iaitu tidak.
Tempatan 3
Project IC memang wujud”, itu sahaja.
• Suruhanjaya Siasatan Diraja yang
Pengerusinya adalah seorang Hakim
Bersara yang terkemuka dan ahli-ahli
yang adil dan saksama. Penemuan itu
harus diterima dan diakui sebagai bukti
terbaik yang direkodkan mengenai pen-
datang tanpa izin dan Projek IC.
• Harris mendakwa dan sebagai tindak
balas kepada maklumat salah tentang
Projek IC seperti berikut:
Pemberian Kad Pengenalan kepada
warga asing yang layak oleh Kerajaan
Persekutuan adalah bertindan dengan
waktu Tan Sri Pairin Kitingan, Presiden
PBS berundur daripada Barisan Nasional
menjelang Pilihan Raya Umum pada 1990.
Pengerusi Barisan Nasional dan Per-
dana Menteri Tun Mahathir bukan sahaja
terkejut malah tidak menyangka tindakan
Tan Sri Pairin itu.
Hasilnya, bagi menstabilkan Kerajaan
Persekutuan dan Kerajaan Negeri, Kera-
jaan Persekutuan memperhebatkan pem-
berian kerakyatan Malaysia kepada warga
asing yang layak di bawah Perlembagaan
Persekutuan.
Ini mengakibatkan pertambahan pen-
duduk Melayu/Islam di Sabah.
Kerajaan Persekutuan meneruskan
Dasar pemberian kerakyatan seperti yang
diumumkan oleh Perdana Menteri ketika
itu Tengku Abdul Rahman pada tahun
1972.
Dasar itu masih berkuatkuasa hari ini
kerana “mana-mana warga asing yang
berbangsa Melayu dan beragama Islam
boleh diberikan kewarganegaraan”.
Dasar ini diguna pakai untuk mengim-
bangi pemberian kerakyatan pada 1957
kepada lebih satu juta orang Cina dan
India.
Sabah adalah sebuah
Melayu/Islam beberapa ratus tahun
negara
dahulu. Hari ini Melayu yang sama masih
dianggap sebagai pendatang tanpa izin.
Begitu juga, Singapura kini merupakan
negara yang didominasi oleh orang Cina.
Pulau Pinang sebelum 1957 adalah
sebuah Pulau Melayu tetapi kini
majoritinya adalah orang Cina. Sehingga
hari ini, tiada siapa yang mencabar Harris
mengenai kenyataannya mengenai fakta
sejarah.
Ini kerana semua yang telah diny-
atakan oleh Harris berhubung beberapa
isu termasuk Project IC adalah fakta hitam
putih.
Namun begitu, diharapkan Paul Thien
akan mengemukakan bukti dan fakta
untuk menentang pandangan Harris
memandangkan “semua orang tahu” dan
oleh itu mempunyai bukti untuk
menyokongnya.
“Apabila kami bersuara, Christina Liew
dari PKR berkata: ““Maaf, ia adalah arahan
parti. KL kata tidak.”
“DAP juga berkata tidak dan men-
dakwa ia adalah arahan parti. Guan Eng,
Menteri Kewangan kata tak ada duit.
“Mereka ikut parti, mereka tidak ikut
suara orang Sabah. Tetapi bukan Guan
Eng, atau DAP, atau PH yang mengundi,
orang Sabah yang mengundi mereka,”
katanya sambil mengkritik parti tempatan
Upko kerana menjadi sebahagian dari-
pada PH atas sebab ini.
Beliau menyifatkannya ia jauh berbeza
dengan pencapaian Warisan yang melak-
sanakan cukai jualan lima peratus ke atas
semua produk petroleum di Sabah di
bawah pimpinannya pada 2020.
Justeru itu, Shafie berikrar bahawa
Warisan akan terus mengutamakan rakyat
dan menjaga kepentingan rakyat Sabah.
Jun lalu, 12 wakil PH Sabah memfailkan
tindakan undang-undang di Mahkamah
Tinggi Kota Kinabalu memohon pengisyti-
haran bahawa formula perkongsian hasil
40 peratus Sabah masih terpakai.
Mereka termasuk Ketua PKR Sabah
Christina Liew, penyandang Ahli Parlimen
Tuaran Wilfred Madius Tangau, Ketua DAP
Sabah Frankie Poon, Ketua Amanah Sabah
Lahirul Latigu, dan penyandang Ahli Par-
limen Kota Kinabalu Chan Foong Hin.
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rasuk rosak di Pasar Tanjung Tawau
bakal nikmati
TAWAU: Calon Pakatan Harapan (PH)
bagi P190 Tawau Datuk Christina Liew
mengulangi gesaannya untuk Kerajaan
Negeri supaya menyediakan dana kepada
“Saya bimbang mengenai kesela-
matan penjaja dan peniaga serta pengun-
jung pasar besar itu. Sebenarnya kali
pertama saya memeriksa rasuk itu

pembangunan
Majlis Perbandaran Tawau (MPT) bagi
kerja-kerja pembaikan segera pada rasuk
konkrit besar yang retak teruk dengan
bar kelulinya yang berkarat terdedah di
Pasar Tanjung Tawau.
bersama jurutera Majlis Perbandaran
Tawau (MPT) Sim Kwang Heng pada 25
April tahun ini.
“Selepas itu, saya menggesa Kementer-
ian Kerajaan Tempatan dan Perumahan

yang pesat
Jinni Juanis
MEMBAKUT: Membakut yang terletak
dalam daerah Beaufort adalah daerah
kecil terbaru yang mendapat status
daerah penuh dan penduduknya men-
jangkakan pembangunan rancak akan
mereka nikmati dalam masa terdekat ini.
Lebih 30,000 penduduk akan
menikmati pelbagai pembangunan pesat
seperti yang ada di daerah lain di negeri
ini berikutan statusnya yang dinaik taraf
daripada daerah kecil Membakut kepada
daerah penuh.
Ketua Menteri Datuk Seri Hajiji Haji
Noor mengumumkan perkara itu dengan
berkata kerajaan sudah meluluskan status
daerah kecil Membakut sebagai daerah
penuh. Beliau mengumumkan ini di
majlis pemimpin bersama rakyat di
Dewan Sri Wawasan Kampung Pimping,
Membakut, di sini malam Khamis.
“Dengan status barunya, Membakut
akan menyaksikan pembangunan di
daerah ini yang akan membantu
meningkatkan sosio ekonomi pen-
duduknya,” katanya menambah Kabinet
menyokong dan meluluskan permohonan
yang dibuat oleh Adunnya.
Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Mem-
bakut Datuk Mohd Arifin Arif sebelum ini
mencadangkan supaya daerah kecil Mem-
bakut dinaik taraf menjadi daerah penuh.
Kabinet menyokong dan meluluskan per-
mohonan itu.
Difahamkan penaikan taraf itu sudah
pun diluluskan awal tahun ini dan sedang
menunggu pewartaannya yang dijangka
dilakukan tahun ini juga. Proses pemba-
hagian kawasan juga sudah dijalankan di
kawasan parlimen Kimanis.
Dalam perancangan juga Arifin mem-
beritahu mereka sudah menyenaraikan
bentuk pembangunan yang akan dilak-
sanakan setaraf dengan status Membakut
sebagai daerah penuh iaitu membina
pejabat daerah dan majlis daerahnya
sendiri. Menurut entri Wikipedia, Mem-
bakut berasal daripada perkataan ‘bakut’
yang membawa maksud ‘kota’. MEM pula
adalah kata perbualan dan apabila diga-
bungkan ‘membakut’ ia bermaksud
‘membuat kota’.
Daerah Kecil Membakut telah diterokai
pada tahun 1898 dan ia adalah tertakluk
dibawah Pentadbiran Kerajaan British
North Borneo.
Pejabat Daerah Kecil Membakut diwu-
judkan pada April 1977. Bangunan Pejabat
Daerah Kecil Membakut pada masa itu
hanyalah sebuah rumah lama dengan
Ibrahim Ahmad sebagai Penolong
Pegawai Daerah Membakut yang pertama.
Bangunan Pejabat Daerah Kecil Mem-
bakut yang baru mula dibina pada tahun
1978 dan siap pada tahun 1979 yang diras-
mikan oleh Ketua Menteri ketika itu,
Datuk Harris Mohd Salleh pada 28 Okto-
ber 1979.
Kini bangunan baru Urusetia Kecil
Membakut (Pejabat sekarang) di tapak
kawasan yang sama bagi menggantikan
bangunan Pejabat Daerah Kecil yang lama
dan beroperasi mulai tahun 2000.
Penduduk Daerah Kecil Membakut san-
gat padat dan dahulu meliputi tiga
kawasan Adun iaitu Beaufort, Bongawan
dan Kuala Penyu. Sekarang ia hanya satu
Adun Membakut dan Parlimen Kimanis.
Penduduk Daerah Kecil Membakut ter-
diri daripada masyarakat Melayu Brunei,
Kadazandusun, Orang Sungai, Jawa, Bisaya
dan Cina. Ia mempunyai 38 buah kam-
pung kecil.
IMBAS balik pada 22 April... Liew
mendengar penerangan jurutera MPT
Sim mengenai kerosakan struktur pada
rasuk konkrit di Pasar Tanjung Tawau.
REPLIKA udang galah di Beluran antara
tarikan pengunjung ke daerah ini.
Penduduk Beluran tagih bekalan air stabil
Mardinah Jikur
BELURAN: Bekalan air stabil antara isu yang
disuarakan penduduk ketika tinjauan Har-
ian Ekspres di Kampung Air, di sini, pada
Sabtu.
Menurut penduduk, meskipun bekalan
air sudah agak baik berbanding tahun
2018, tetapi mereka masih berharap
bekalan lebih stabil untuk kegunaan har-
ian.
Ketika ini, difahamkan, pada waktu
siang bekalan air di kampung itu masih
belum stabil kecuali pada waktu malam.
Seorang balu, Mariam Tuah Abdullah,
63, yang sudah tinggal di sini lebih 30
tahun selepas berpindah dari Sugut, Belu-
ran berharap siapa sahaja wakil rakyat Par-
limen di sini kelak, akan meneruskan
mandat rakyat dan membantu mereka
yang memerlukan.
Pasar itu terletak di bangunan UTC di
Sri Tanjung di sini. Liew, yang merupakan
penyandang ahli parlimen, membuat
gesaan berkenaan pada Jumaat untuk
kali kedua selepas melawat pasar itu
dalam kempennya.
Ketika beliau berjabat tangan dengan
pengusaha gerai, ramai yang meny-
atakan kebimbangan mereka bahawa
kerosakan struktur boleh menyebabkan
rasuk itu runtuh suatu hari nanti jika dib-
iarkan tanpa diselenggara.
MARIAM menjaja sayur-sayuran
di hadapan rumahnya.
Beliau yang juga penerima bantuan
kebajikan untuk kategori pesakit sangat
berterima kasih atas bantuan yang
diberikan kepadanya.
Mariam menjaja sayur-sayuran di hada-
pan rumahnya di sini. Dalam pada itu,
ketika tinjauan di Pasar Ikan Pasar Beluran,
penjaja di sini mahu bekalan air, elektrik
dan tandas yang lebih baik.
Salah seorang penjaja ditemui, Jimmy
Jaan, 45, berharap tiga keperluan mereka di
pasar ini dapat disediakan untuk kemuda-
han penjaja dan pengunjung.
Beliau sudah berniaga sejak 2004.
Berkenaan pembangunan Beluran,
beliau gembira kerana pekan ini semakin
membangun.
Antaranya dengan pembukaan cawan-
gan bank dan juga restoran francais yang
menjadi tumpuan awam selain jaringan
untuk mengambil tindakan segera bagi
menangani masalah itu tetapi sehingga
hari ini, tiada kerja pembaikan
dijalankan. Kami tidak mahu sebarang
kejadian tidak diingini berlaku di pasar
ini,” kata Liew kepada pemberita selepas
lawatan itu.
Menurutnya, seorang jurutera foren-
sik teknikal mesti ditugaskan untuk
menilai tahap kerosakan rasuk berke-
naan dan menentukan sama ada bangu-
nan pasar itu selamat untuk diduduki.
jalan raya lebih baik berbanding 90an.
Bagi anak saudaranya, Kamarul Jusif, 18,
yang juga pengundi muda dan telah didaf-
tar secara automatik berkata dia tidak tahu
bagaimana perasaan pertama kali untuk
keluar mengundi.
“Saya akan hadir bersama ibu saya pada
19 November ini dan meminta ibu saya
memberitahu apa yang perlu saya lakukan
nanti selaku pengundi kali pertama,”
ujarnya.
Daerah Beluran terkenal sebagai antara
pengeluar udang galah di negeri ini dan
antara pasarannya adalah Brunei Darus-
salam.
Penyandang bagi kerusi Parlimen Belu-
ran, Datuk Seri Ronald Kiandee akan
dicabar empat calon yang lain dari Barisan
Nasional, Warisan, Pakatan Harapan dan
Pejuang pada Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-15 ini.

Sistem cam Jakarta hadkan

kapasiti penonton
Indonesia syor sekat penyertaan
Myanmar dalam semua aktiviti Asean

wajah untuk
JAKARTA: Presiden Indonesia, Joko
konsert muzik Widodo, mengesyorkan
pemimpin Asean supaya kerajaan junta
kepada
JAKARTA: Pejabat Pelancongan dan tentera Myanmar disekat daripada meny-
Ekonomi Kreatif Jakarta mengehadkan ertai sebarang acara negara serantau itu.
sejak rampasan kuasa tahun lalu.
“Indonesia mencadangkan penyertaan
perwakilan Myanmar pada peringkat
bukan politik juga perlu dilarang selepas
sidang kemuncak bagi mendorong junta

kawal Sidang
kapasiti penonton bagi sebarang konsert
muzik kepada 70 peratus bagi memastikan
keselamatan pengunjung.
“Kuota ini boleh menjadi rujukan pen-
ganjur untuk melaksanakan konsert yang
selamat dan kondusif,” kata Ketua Pejabat
Tegas beliau, larangan tidak harus ter-
had kepada sidang kemuncak dan sidang
menteri luar atau acara besar saja, seba-
liknya sekatan merangkumi semua
kegiatan blok itu di luar program rasmi.
Beliau berkata, ia sebagai tanda kekece-
tentera berbicara secara lebih serius men-
genai pelan damai.
“Blok itu juga harus membabitkan
semua pihak berkepentingan sebagai satu
cara untuk mewujudkan dialog termasuk
beberapa kumpulan etnik bersenjata,

Kemuncak
G20 di Bali
JAKARTA: Kementerian Dalam Negeri bek-
erjasama dengan Polis Negara untuk
melaksanakan teknologi pengecaman
wajah untuk mengawal keselamatan
Sidang Kemuncak G20, yang akan
diadakan di Nusa Dua, Provinsi Bali, pada
15–16 November 2022.
Sistem pengecaman wajah itu dise-
laraskan dengan Sistem Pengecaman Cap
Jari Automatik Indonesia (Inafis) Jabatan
Siasatan Jenayah Polis Negara (Bareskrim)
serta Direktorat Jenderal Penduduk dan
Pendaftaran Sivil (Dukcapil) kementerian
berkenaan.
Ketua Pengarah Dukcapil, Zudan Arif
Fakrulloh, meninjau pelaksanaan sistem
itu yang melibatkan penggunaan kamera
pengawasan atau CCTV yang terletak di
beberapa lokasi di wilayah itu, di Pusat
Pemerintahan Polis Wilayah Bali di Kota
Denpasar, di sini, Jumaat lepas.
Katanya, beliau gembira kerana secara
keseluruhan sistem itu dilaksanakan den-
gan baik.
“Saya harap data Dukcapil dapat mem-
berikan sumbangan besar untuk mence-
gah sebarang jenayah dan dapat
menyokong kerja-kerja polis secara opti-
mum yang menggunakan teknologi
pengecaman wajah,” katanya dalam keny-
ataan, Sabtu, sepertimana dilaporkan por-
tal Antaranews.com.
Ketua Pusat Bareskrim Inafis Brigedier
Jeneral Mashudi melahirkan rasa terima
kasih kepada Kementerian Dalam Negeri
atas sokongannya dalam pelaksanaan
pengecaman wajah itu.
“Kerjasama dengan Dukcapil
Kementerian Dalam Negeri ini sangat
membantu kerja kami. Kami dapat men-
genal pasti pelaku dan mangsa dengan
cepat serta mencegah jenayah kerana
kami dapat mengecam wajah mereka den-
gan pantas,” katanya.
Menteri Dalam Negeri Tito Karnavian
menyatakan sokongan padu terhadap ker-
jasama itu dan menggesa Dukcapil mem-
berikan sokongan penuh untuk
pelaksanaan sistem pengecaman wajah.
“Saya sangat memahami penggunaan
data Dukcapil. Semasa saya menjadi
Kapolri (ketua Polis Negara), saya (juga)
menggunakan data Dukcapil untuk men-
genal pasti penjenayah serta jenayah dan
mangsa nahas pesawat.
“Semuanya (penggunaan data) sangat
pantas dan memberi manfaat besar.
Justeru, saya mahu kerjasama ini
diperkukuhkan,” katanya.
Sebelum ini, Menteri Penyelaras Hal
Ehwal Maritim dan Pelaburan Luhut Bin-
sar Pandjaitan berkata keselamatan
Sidang Kemuncak G20 akan melibatkan
penggunaan teknologi canggih.
“Kita menjangkakan dengan teknologi
ini, kita akan dapat meminimumkan
risiko yang tidak diingini,” tambahnya. –
Agensi
Elon Musk batal ke Bali, hanya berucap secara maya
JAKARTA: Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Tesla
dan pemilik Twitter Elon Musk tidak ke
Bali bagi menghadiri forum pelaburan
utama di pulau peranginan Bali di Indone-
sia yang dijadualkan pada Ahad dan Isnin,
sebaliknya, beliau akan berucap pada
forum itu secara maya, kata penganjur.
Musk adalah salah seorang pence-
Pelancongan dan Ekonomi Kreatif Jakarta
Andhika Permata di sini, Sabtu, memetik
laporan portal Antaranews.com.
Peraturan kapasiti maksimum 70 pera-
tus untuk penonton konsert muzik itu
terkandung dalam Keputusan No e-1963 /
PW.01.02 tahun 2022 mengenai sekatan
aktiviti awam (PPKM) Tahap 1 terhadap
Covid-19 dalam sektor pelancongan.
Selain kapasiti dikurangkan, kerajaan
Jakarta turut mengehadkan waktu konsert
muzik dari 11 pagi hingga 12 tengah malam,
waktu tempatan. Penganjur juga dikehen-
daki melengkapkan surat cadangan dari-
pada Pasukan Petugas Covid-19, Tanda
Pendaftaran Prestasi Sementara (TDPT)
serta permit daripada polis.
Selain itu, aplikasi pengesanan Covid-19
PeduliLindungi harus digunakan, supaya
hanya pelawat dan kakitangan berstatus
hijau dibenarkan masuk.
Pihaknya turut menggesa penganjur
supaya mengatur aliran penonton dengan
tersusun, bermula dari ketibaan hingga ke
pintu keluar; tempat pertemuan dan aktiv-
iti, seperti penempatan meja, kerusi,
lorong, dan laluan pemindahan; serta
pelaksanaan protokol kesihatan untuk
mencegah penularan Covid-19.
Selain itu, penganjur bertanggung-
jawab menjaga kawalan, keselesaan dan
keselamatan pengunjung serta menyedi-
akan sistem pembayaran digital untuk
transaksi dan proses pendaftaran tiket.
Proses untuk mengeluarkan permit
konsert muzik diperketatkan berikutan kes
festival muzik baru-baru ini di mana pen-
ganjur menjual tiket melebihi kapasiti. –
Agensi
ramah utama di Sidang Kemuncak B20,
forum pelaburan antarabangsa yang
diadakan sebelum pertemuan pemimpin-
pemimpin Kumpulan 20 (G20) di pulau
sama.
Beliau dijadualkan untuk menyam-
paikan pandangannya dalam sesi
bertemakan “Melayari Gangguan Masa
waan beberapa anggota Asean berikutan junta dan penyokong pemimpin awam,
proses yang lambat bagi menamatkan Aung San Suu Kyi, yang digulingkan,”
keganasan yang berterusan di Myanmar katanya. – Agensi
Rusuhan: Polis hantar lebih
banyak anggota ke Dogiyal
JAYAPURA, Papua: Dua platun
anggota Briged Bergerak
(Brimob) Polis Indonesia diker-
ahkan ke Dogiyal, Papua Ten-
gah, bagi mengukuhkan
kekuatan anggota keselamatan
susulan insiden rusuhan, kata
polis.
“Dua platun (anggota)
Brimob telah berlepas dari
Nabire untuk menguatkan
anggota keselamatan di
Dogiyal,” kata Ketua Polis SEKUMPULAN perusuh membakar trak yang
Dogiyal, Samuel Tariratu pada dipercayai merempuh sehingga mati seorang
Ahad, memetik laporan portal kanak-kanak berusia lima tahun di kampung Kebo.
Antaranews.com. polis dan pusat pemerintahan tentera di
Rusuhan itu berlaku selepas sebuah kabupaten Dogiyal, katanya.
trak melanggar seorang kanak-kanak Taritatu mengesahkan laporan orang
berusia lima tahun, menyebabkan hilang berikutan rusuhan itu.
kumpulan yang marah membakar trak “Anggota keselamatan masih berusaha
berkenaan, katanya ketika dalam per- mencari lokasi mangsa yang dilaporkan
jalanan ke Dogiya. belum pulang ke pangkuan keluarga
Kumpulan perusuh itu turut mem- mereka,” katanya.
bakar 82 rumah dan enam pejabat terma- Sekumpulan perusuh yang marah
suk, agensi pekerjaan (BKD), pejabat membakar sebuah trak yang dipercayai
inspektorat wilayah, pejabat penduduk merempuh seorang kanak-kanak berusia
dan pendaftaran awam, pejabat alam sek- lima tahun di kampung Kebo, kecamatan
itar dan pejabat kewangan. Kamu, kabupaten Dogiyal, Papua Tengah,
Rusuhan itu juga menyebabkan pen- pada Sabtu. Kanak-kanak itu maut dalam
duduk tempatan berlindung di pejabat kemalangan terbabit. – Agensi
Depan ke atas Inovasi Teknologi Global”. Sidang Kemuncak B20.
“Beliau tidak dapat hadir… kerana jad- Arsjad berkata Musk perlu menghadiri
ualnya yang bercanggah di Amerika perbicaraan mahkamah berhubung
Syarikat yang memerlukan kehadirannya pemerolehan media sosial gergasi, Twitter
di sana,” kata Arsjad Rasyid, Pengerusi baru-baru ini. Penganjur B20 berkata
Dewan Perniagaan dan Industri Indonesia lebih 2,000 delegasi dari 69 negara akan
(Kadin), dipetik CNBC Indonesia sebagai menyertai forum itu secara fizikal atau
berkata. Dewan itu adalah penganjur maya. – Agensi
harianekspres S U AR A TE MP ATAN AND A I I S NI N, 1 4 NO V E MB E R, 2 0 2 2 Tempatan 5

ANGGOTA Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Karamunting, George Hiew bersama Adun Sekong, Alias Sani,
menyampaikan sumbangan kepada lima keluarga yang merupakan mangsa kebakaran di Kampung Pukat, di
Sandakan, baru-baru ini.
Sumbangan disampaikan di Pusat Pemindahan Sementara (PPS) Dewan Kampung Air Sandakan sejurus
penamaan calon pada 5 November lalu.
Alias dan George berharap ada pihak yang tampil membantu mangsa terlibat kerana mereka dikatakan perlu
berpindah segera dari pusat itu selepas pusat itu ditutup. – Mardinah Jikur
PREMIS Kelas Bimbingan Malaysia (KBM) Kedutaan Malaysia Beijing, China telah dirasmikan oleh Duta
Besar Malaysia di Beijing, Tuan Yang Terutama (TYT) Raja Dato’ Nushirwan Zainal Abidin baru-baru ini.
Seramai 28 kanak-kanak menyertai semua aktiviti dijalankan KBM Beijing pada tahun ini. Bagi aktiviti
terakhir KBM pada tahun ini, Persatuan Wanita Kementerian Luar Negeri (Perwakilan) Beijing dengan
sokongan Kedutaan Malaysia telah menganjurkan Majlis Graduasi KBM bagi kanak-kanak yang menyertai
Perwakilan KBM dengan mempersembahkan kemahiran yang dipelajari sepanjang pengajian tahun 2022.
Antara fasilitator dan staf KBM yang hadir pada program tersebut (dari kiri) Tuan Mejar Zukfli Mohamed,
Penasihat Kedutaan (Pertahanan), Merangkap Guru Penyelaras KAFA KBM, Yang Mulia Tengku Datin Sofia
Dora Tengku Mohamad, Pengerusi Perwakilan Beijing, merangkap Pengerusi KBM, TYT Raja Dato’
Nurshirwan Zainal Abidin, Duta Besar Malaysia ke China, merangkap Penasihat KBM, Sanmugan
Subramaniam, Timbalan Ketua Perwakilan, merangkap Guru Besar KBM, dan Jason Choy Min Sheng,
Setiausaha Pertama (Pendidikan), merangkap Guru Penyelaras KBM.

PROGRAM Harmony Walk Ke

Rumah Ibadat Daerah
Sandakan Tahun 2022 anjuran
Jabatan Perpaduan Negara
dan Integrasi Nasional Negeri
(JPNIN) Sabah berlangsung
julung kali di Kuil Sri
Sithivinayagar Sandakan baru-
baru ini.
Ia dirasmikan Timbalan
Pengarah JPNIN Sabah,
Jessica Baasat yang mewakili
Pengarahnya, Delin Liet Blaun.
Hadir sama, Presiden Kuil Sri
Sithivinayagar, Ganesan
Kumarasamy, Pegawai
Perpaduan Sandakan, Jamri
Giau, wakil dari rumah-rumah
ibadah dan keagamaan sekitar
daerah ini dan pelajar Kolej
Komuniti Sandakan serta wakil
jabatan serta agensi terlibat. –
Mardinah Jikur
BAHAGIAN Siasatan Jenayah (BSJ), Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Sipitang bersama
Pasukan Polis Bantuan Petronas Sipitang mengadakan aktiviti Trim And Fit serta gotong-
royong membersihkan kawasan Bukit Tampalagus di Sipitang, baru-baru ini.
Objektif utama program itu adalah untuk memupuk semangat setia kawan dan jalinan SERAMAI 50 pelajar Sijil Teknologi Elektrik
kerjasama antara BSJ IPD Sipitang dengan Pasukan Polis Bantuan Petronas, Sipitang. – menyertai Kursus Induksi Keselamatan dan
Sumber: Facebook, IPD Sipitang Kesihatan Pekerjaan Binaan (SICW) -
Personel Binaan CIDB Malaysia di Dewan
Kuliah, Kolej Komuniti Beaufort, baru-baru
ini.
Kursus yang dianjurkan oleh Unit
Perhubungan Industri dan Alumni Kolej
Komuniti Beaufort dengan Kerjasama
Akademi Binaan Malaysia (ABM) itu
bertujuan mendedahkan kepada pelajar
mengenai aspek keselamatan didalam
bidang binaan dan elektrik selain daripada
mendapat kad CIDB sebelum menjalani
Latihan industri. – Jinius Pandakin

ROMBONGAN seramai 10 orang Exco Persatuan Penanam Herba dan Pengamal

Perubatan Tradisi & Komlimentari Borneo Utara Sabah bersama Presiden Persatuan
Norhanida Annol, mengadakan lawatan ke Pusat Biodiversity Sabah (SaBC), di Pusat
Pentadbiran Negeri Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, baru-baru ini.
Menurut ketua rombongan, Dr. Julius Kulip, tujuan utama lawatan tersebut adalah untuk
mendengar taklimat mengenai Enakmen Sabah Biodiversity 2000 dan ingin megetahui
fungsi dan aktiviti-aktiviti Pusat Biodiversity Sabah.
Katanya, lawatan sambil belajar ini memberikan maklumat kepada ahli persatuan
tentang akta Biodiversity Sabah dan juga bagaimana SABC ini berperanaan dalam
menjaga akses pengetahuan tentang herba dan tumbuhan dalam perubatan tradisi dan
komplimentari komuniti penduduk asal Sabah. – Jinius Pandakin

PENJUAL buah Nelson Maghinay, 26, menyusun buah tarap sambil menunggu pelanggan
di gerai jualannya di Jalan Mohammad Salleh, Kampung Sungai Bangat baru-baru ini.
Menurut Nelson, kesemua buah tarap itu dibawa dari Kota Belud, Sabah kerana agak
sukar untuk mendapatkannya di Labuan pada ketika ini.
Buah tarap atau nama saintifiknya Artocarpus odoratissimus yang juga dikenali sebagai
Buah Terap, Buah Marang, Tarap atau Timadang merupakan buah eksotik dan sejenis
buah-buahan nadir yang dipercayai berasal dari Borneo, Palawan dan Pulau-pulau sekitar
Mindanao, Filipina. – fotoBERNAMA

PRESIDEN Dewan Perniagaan Tionghua Semporna, Datuk Peter Gan, bersama isterinya Datin Lim Chiu Yee, menyempurnakan majlis
perasmian arca bekas presiden mendiang Datuk Seri Panglima Gan Sau Wah J.P. di dewan besar Chung Hwa Semporna di SJK(C)
Nyuk Hwa di Semporna, baru-baru ini. – Christy Chok

GURU-GURU, murid, ibu bapa dan penduduk

kampung mengambil bahagian dalam
Kimondou Mega Fiest 2022 yang diadakan di
SK Kimondou Ranau, baru-baru ini.
Guru Besar sekolah berkenaan, Abas Hj
Saidin, yang mencetuskan idea penganjuran
Kimondou Mega Fiest 2022 berkata,
matlamat utama penganjuran program itu
adalah untuk mengumpul dana PIBG bagi
membantu pembangunan dan
kecemerlangan murid di sini.
Antara aktiviti yang diadakan dalam
program tersebut ialah makan malam alumni,
kejohanan golf amal, fun fair, pameran pasar,
galeri sains, permainan interaktif, nyanyian
karaoke, pertandingan bunga, pertandingan
haiwan peliharaan, persembahan, pameran
pemulihan, pameran oleh agensi luar, PRESIDEN Dewan Perniagaan India Sabah (SICC), Datuk V. Jothi bersama yang lain
cabutan bertuah dan pelbagai lagi. – menyalakan lampu pelita semasa Majlis Ramah Mesra Deepavali 2022 yang dianjurkan
Clarence Dol bersama Persatuan Penganut Agama Hindu Lahad Datu dan SICC, baru-baru ini.
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ANTARA babak dalam filem Anwar yang mula diusahakan sejak 2011. – Foto HM Online
Farid Kamil pegang
watak tokoh besar
“P
ERASAAN saya tentunya amat
bersyukur kerana dipilih
memegang mandat menjadi
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (DSAI) dalam
filem ini.
“Antara sebab utama adalah, apabila
saya baca skrip, saya kemudian beri
kepada ibu untuk baca pula. Ibu kata,
Kamil (Farid), kamu buat filem ini untuk
Anwar.”
Demikian penjelasan pelakon Farid
Kamil yang bersetuju membintangi
filem Anwar terbitan produksi Indonesia
Bianglala Entertainment.
Farid menganggap dirinya pelakon
profesional yang mahu mencipta nama
hingga peringkat antarabangsa.
“Untuk itu, hanya saya yang layak
pegang watak tokoh sebesar Anwar. Saya
pelakon profesional yang ingin men-
gangkat nama ke peringkat antara-
bangsa.
“Memegang watak tokoh seperti
Anwar adalah sesuatu yang baharu dan
di luar jangkaan peminat.
“Sebagai pelakon profesional, sudah
tentu saya akan menelaah serta
mengembalikan semula diri saya kepada
Keadaan kesihatan Bella beransur pulih
BELLA berterima kasih kepada
semua yang mendoakannya.
Ikhwan Fatanna kecewa dipersalahkan
KOMPOSER lagu Berakhirlah
Pencarianku, Ikhwan Fatanna
terkilan apabila segelintir pemi-
nat menyalahkan dirinya seba-
gai punca lagu berkenaan tidak
dinyanyikan oleh Ernie Zakri
dan Hafiz Suip pada Semi Final
Muzik-Muzik Ke-37 (SFMM37).
Ikhwan berkata, dia sendiri
berasa sedih dan berusaha
untuk menerima keputusan
yang sudah dibuat pihak pen-
gurusan dan syarikat rakaman
kedua-dua penyanyi berkenaan.
“Kenapa ada yang marah
saya tentang lagu Berakhirlah
Pencarianku. Saya juga bersedih
tapi saya usaha berdamai den-
gan keputusan yang telah
dibuat.
“Saya sudah kena dua kali,
sebelum ini dengan lagu Core-
tan Pilu dan sekarang lagu ini
pula, pastinya saya kecewa,”
ujarnya.
Terdahulu, Ernie menge-
sahkan tidak akan menyanyikan lagu
Berakhirlah Pencarianku di pentas SFMM37
selepas dimaklumkan pihak pengurusan.
Lagu ciptaan bersama Wan Saleh dan
lirik oleh Datuk A. Aida itu akan
dinyanyikan oleh Wani Kayrie dan
Ahmad Syafiq.
Dalam pada itu, Ikhwan yang juga seo-
rang penyanyi memberitahu apa yang
berlaku di luar bidang kuasanya sebagai
pencipta lagu.
“Hidup ini bukan atas kawalan saya.
Saya dah galas dan jalankan tanggung-
jawab menciptakan lagu untuk anda
semua sampai hati marah dan salahkan
saya?
“Kita kerja belakang tabir saja bukan Ernie kerana mereka yang bawa lagu ni ke
penting pun ya,” ujarnya.
Bagaimanapun, pelantun Bismillah ini Kosmo! Online
S U AR A TE MP ATAN AND A I I S NI N, 1 4 NO V E MB E R, 2 0 2 2
1998 untuk mengkaji satu persatu secara
terperinci bagi membawakan watak ini,”
katanya.
Selain Farid, filem Anwar dibintangi
oleh Acha Septriasa yang melakonkan
watak Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan
Ismail, Hasnul Rahmat (Tun Dr Mahathir
Mohamad), Piet Pagau serta Dewi
Irawan.
Farid berkata, apabila bersetuju mem-
bintangi filem Anwar, bermakna dia
perlu bersedia menerima rintangan dan
dugaan kerana naskhah itu membawa
cabaran baharu buatnya.
“Pada saya, watak tokoh seperti ini
terutama tokoh yang masih aktif dalam
arena politik antarabangsa, secara tidak
langsung memberi cabaran baharu
kepada saya.
“Saya tahu peminat sentiasa memberi
sokongan padu walau apa pun watak
yang saya terima sebagai pelakon.
“Maklum balas kali ini, apabila saya
pegang watak Anwar sangat besar dan
memberi impak,” katanya.
Filem Anwar yang berlatar
belakangkan era antara 1993 hingga
1998, diusahakan sejak Ogos 2011.
PELAKON, Bella Astillah berkongsi
keadaan terkininya selepas empat hari
dirawat di hospital.
Menerusi hantarannya di Instagram,
Bella mengucapkan terima kasih kepada
semua yang mendoakannya.
“Baru berkesempatan nak kongsikan,
selepas empat hari di hospital. Terima
kasih atas semua doa, Bella sangat har-
gainya,” tulisnya.
Dalam hantaran sama, Bella turut
mengucapkan terima kasih kepada
beberapa doktor serta jururawat yang
IKHWAN (tengah) bersama Wani
Kayrie (kanan) dan Ahmad Syafiq.
berterima kasih kepada peminat yang
mengundi lagu tersebut sehingga layak
ke SFMM37.
Dia juga berharap lagu berkenaan
dinyanyikan dengan baik oleh dua
penyanyi ganti iaitu Wani Kayrie dan
Syafiq pada malam pertandingan itu
nanti.
“Saya reda, kena menjaga hati semua
orang. Peminat yang undi lagu ini,
syarikat rakaman yang bantu promo lagu
ini dan beri peluang kerja pada saya.
“Hafiz dan Ernie yang juga sahabat
saya, penyanyi ganti Wani dan Syafiq
yang juga kawan-kawan saya. Jadi jagalah
juga hati saya.
“Impian pastinya melihat Hafiz dan
tempat yang lebih baik,” ujarnya. –
ANTARA babak dalam filem
Anwar yang mula diusahakan
sejak 2011. – Foto HM Online
Filem ini sedang peringkat akhir
penggambaran dan dijangka menemui
penonton, awal tahun depan. – Harian
Metro Online
merawatnya.
“Semoga Allah SWT membalas segala
kebaikan kalian semua, Insya-Allah,”
tulisnya.
Dalam hantaran sama, Bella turut
memuat naik beberapa foto bersama
doktor dan suaminya yang juga pelakon
dan penyanyi, Aliff Aziz.
Terdahulu, Harian Metro melaporkan
mengenai Bella yang menerima rawatan
di sebuah pusat perubatan di Ampang
selepas mengalami sakit kepala yang
teruk sejak Ahad lalu. – HM Online
Anak persis ‘Kylie Jenner’, Mustapha jadi pelindung
BAK kata pepatah Melayu, ke mana
tumpah kuah, jika tidak ke nasi.
Jika pada era 1990-an, pasangan
pelakon, Mustapha Kamal, 61, dan
isterinya, Susan Manen, 47, sering men-
curi tumpuan.
Mustapha dikenali sebagai hero
filem dan drama yang tampan, man-
akala Susan yang juga model dan
pelakon yang pernah menyandang
gelaran Ratu Cantik Universe/Malaysia
1993 berdarah kacukan Inggeris, Por-
tugis dan Singhalese.
Mereka bukan sahaja dilihat pasan-
gan sama cantik, sama padan, malah
dianggap pasangan romantis yang
bahagia melayari bahtera rumah tangga
tanpa sebarang kontroversi sejak 24
tahun lalu.
Masa berlalu, kini tumpuan beralih
pula kepada empat cahaya matanya,
Sabella Qawiema, Aulia Qayyiem,
Salsabil Qur’ani dan Naqli Qaddiem.
Namun, lebih mencuri perhatian
adalah anak ketiganya, Salsabil Qur’ani,
19, yang juga pelakon.
Mustapha yang dikenali dengan
jolokan ‘Papa Megah Holding’ enggan
mendabik dada, malah merasakan
semua insan atas muka bumi memiliki
kelebihan tersendiri.
Tanpa berselindung, bintang filem
Adik Manja, Mira Edora dan Rimba Malam
itu mengakui, dia dan Susan tidak
menggalakkan anak-anak mengikut
jejak langkah mereka berkecimpung
dalam dunia seni.
“Bagi saya, semua insan cantik dan
memiliki keistimewaan masing-masing.
Namun, sebagai artis, saya tidak gemar
anak-anak mengikut jejak saya dan
isteri.
“Namun, saya lihat Salsabil pula
menunjukkan minat dan kecenderun-
Intan enggan diheret kontroversi jelik
BIARPUN masih hijau dalam belantara
seni, namun sudah tidak terhitung tem-
pias kontroversi melingkari pelakon
bertubuh genit, Intan Najuwa (gambar),
27.
Sebelum ini, nama Intan ‘bergegar’
apabila dipanggil polis sebagai saksi per-
bicaraan kes dadah pada 2018 sehingga
menimbulkan salah faham segelintir
pihak yang menganggapnya mengambil
bahan terlarang.
Pada tahun sama, keputusan mengikat
tali pertunangan dengan lelaki berusia
berstatus usahawan sekali lagi mem-
anaskan nama pelakon kelahiran Johor
Bahru, Johor itu sehingga dituduh ‘mata
duitan’.
Tidak terhenti di situ, Intan yang mula
melonjak menerusi drama Kekasih Paksa
Rela menimbulkan satu lagi kontroversi
apabila foto didukung aktor bertubuh
sasa, Zul Arifin ketika penggambaran
drama Setelahku Dimiliki menjadi tular.
Aksi panas itu dianggap kurang manis
dan tidak bersesuaian dengan status
tunangan orang. Namun, ikatan pertu-
nangannya tidak bertahan lama apabila
Intan mengumumkan hubungan terlerai,
dua tahun kemudian.
Barangkali semakin matang dan
memahami sepak terajang dunia seni,
Intan atau nama sebenarnya, Intan
Najuwa Abdul Wahid kini tidak lagi
terkait dengan kontroversi jelik.
Tanpa berselindung, Intan berkata, dia
lebih gemar mengunci mulut kerana
mengingati pesanan ibu untuk berdiam
diri apabila diheret kontroversi.
“Kalau semua perasaan jika ada
sebarang isu, saya lebih suka memilih
untuk berdiam diri bagi tidak membu-
rukkan lagi keadaan. Semuanya atas nasi-
hat ibu yang selalu berpesan agar saya
bertenang dan jangan melenting.
“Saya lebih gemar mengabaikan benda
negatif dan toksik daripada mempen-
garuhi fikiran. Saya tak suka fikirkan
perkara yang buruk-buruk kerana hidup
harus diteruskan.
“Jika melatah, mungkin keadaan akan
menjadi bertambah buruk. Lagi pula, jika
membuat kenyataan dalam keadaan
marah, secara tidak sedar kita berpotensi
mengeluarkan ayat tidak sepatutnya.
“Jadi, lebih baik saya mendiamkan diri
dan membiarkan segala-galanya bagaikan
angin lalu,” katanya kepada BH Online.
Intan yang kini membintangi drama
bersiri, Jesnita terbitan Zeel Production
berkata, dia tidak pernah bimbang den-
gan kontroversi kerana keluarga tahu
segala-gala mengenai dirinya.
Malah, katanya, ibu bapa, adik-beradik
dan ahli keluarga lain sentiasa menjadi
tulang belakang dan penyokong kuat.
Justeru, tidak pernah gentar dengan
hambatan kontroversi.
“Keluarga adalah sistem sokongan
kuat, mereka selalu ingatkan saya agar
tidak tertekan mahupun memeningkan
kepala memikirkan kontroversi yang
mengaitkan saya.
“Bagaimanapun, saya tidak pernah
menganggap kontroversi menjatuhkan
saya. Saya masih belajar meningkatkan
kualiti dalam hidup,” katanya.
Sementara itu, pengalaman hampir
tujuh tahun dalam dunia lakonan nyata
mematangkan Intan.
Tatkala hero gandingannya, Yusuf
Bahrin menyatakan pendirian tidak
bersentuhan dalam drama 40 episod ara-
han Emi Suffian itu, Intan menghormati
permintaan suami kepada penyanyi Zizi
Kirana itu.
SALSABIL (kiri) bersama Mustapha, Susan dan seorang lagi anak pasangan ini.
gan dalam bidang seni. Saya bukan
mahu menghalang, tetapi saya mem-
punyai banyak pengalaman dan menge-
tahui selok belok industri selama lebih
35 tahun.
“Jadi, ada perkara yang saya rasakan
tidak sesuai dengan anak-anak. Tetapi,
saya sukar mahu menjelaskannya,
mungkin boleh faham sendiri soal ini,”
katanya kepada BH Online.
Berikutan itu, Mustapha atau nama
sebenarnya, Mustapha Kamal Mohd
Daud berkata, dia akan menapis
tawaran lakonan diberikan kepada
Salsabil.
“Saya terpaksa tolak sekiranya ada
tawaran tidak bersesuaian dengan
umur Salsabil. Mungkin ada watak lebih
sesuai pada masa akan datang.
“Jika ikutkan Salsabil sudah ‘shoot-
ing’ sejak kecil dan membintangi
banyak iklan. Malah, kalau tak silap,
ketika mengandungkan Salsabil pun
harianekspres
“Saya menghormati hak setiap
pelakon. Sebagai orang Melayu, saya juga
tahu menjaga batasan sebagai pelakon.
“Bagi saya, tiada masalah tidak berpe-
gangan atau bersentuhan. Lagipun,
drama Jesnita tidak ada babak cinta, seba-
liknya lebih kepada kisah kekeluargaan.
“Saya bukan orang baharu dalam
industri, kebanyakan hero yang digand-
ingkan dengan saya adalah suami orang.
“Jadi, saya tahu jaga batasan, tamba-
han pula saya mengenali isteri
kebanyakan hero gandingan. Tidak
mungkin saya sengaja melakukan sesuatu
yang boleh mencetuskan kontroversi,”
katanya.
Secara jujur, Intan mengakui, dia seo-
rang yang serius ketika bekerja. Tetapi,
apabila kerja sudah siap, tetap bergaul
dan bertegur sapa dengan pelakon lain.
“Cuma, saya suka keterlaluan dan
berlebihan, saya akan terus balik sebaik
selesai kerja.
“Namun, jika ada sesiapa hendak
kaitkan dengan kontroversi, saya
memang tidak akan melakukannya,”
katanya.
Selain berlakon, Intan diketahui
sedang melanjutkan pengajian dalam
bidang undang-undang.
Berbaki dua tahun sebelum pengajian-
nya tamat, Intan berkata, ia bukanlah
sesuatu yang mudah melakukan dua
kerja dalam satu masa.
Ada kalanya, kata Intan, dia tidak
cukup tidur sehingga menyebabkannya
jatuh sakit.
Namun, katanya, dia tidak mahu men-
galah, sebaliknya nekad menghabiskan
pengajiannya.
“Saya tidak bercadang meninggalkan
dunia lakonan walaupun memiliki segu-
lung ijazah undang-undang. Setakat ini,
saya tidak terfikir menjadi peguam.
“Cuma ibu selalu berpesan, tuntutlah
ilmu sejauh mana sekali pun. Memang
penat apabila perlu berkejar-kejar ke
lokasi dan mengulang kaji pelajaran.
“Ada masanya saya tidur hanya empat
jam, tetapi saya tidak akan berputus asa.
Saya selesa berlakon, tetapi saya juga
mahu ada segulung ijazah kerana tidak
tahu bagaimana masa depan,” katanya.
Selain Intan dan Yusuf, drama Jesnita
turut dibintangi Malek Mccrone, Fikry
Ibrahim, Nasha Aziz, Nina Smith, Hafidz
Roshdi, Rozita Che Wan, Zachery Franz,
Aqil Taqee, Fathia Latiff dan ramai lagi.
Drama 40 episod itu ditayangkan
menerusi slot Tiara, Astro Prima sejak 7
November lalu. – BH Online
isteri menjayakan iklan Ribena.
“Jadi, daripada dalam perut ibunya
lagi Salsabil sudah berkecimpung
dalam bidang seni. Salsabil juga pernah
berlakon dalam filem produksi Filipina,
I Miss You Like Crazy bersama Hans
Isaac,” katanya.
Justeru, sebagai bapa, Mustapha
berkata, dia tetap memberikan sokon-
gan terhadap minat anaknya untuk
berlakon.
Bagaimanapun, katanya, dia turut
menasihat anaknya meletakkan disiplin
dan komitmen tinggi dalam apa sahaja
bidang yang ingin diceburi.
“Bukan dalam lakonan sahaja, dalam
kerja apa sekalipun memerlukan disi-
plin dan memerlukan keikhlasan. Sebab
apabila kita suka melakukan sesuatu
kerja, kita akan buat dengan baik, jaga
disiplin dan pandai bawa diri.
“Saya pasti insya-Allah kita akan ber-
jaya,” katanya. – BH Online
harianekspres
AS, Asean jalin usaha
sama strategik baharu
PHNOM PENH: Presiden Amerika Syarikat
(AS) Joe Biden dan pemimpin Asean pada
Sabtu mengumumkan permulaan
perkongsian strategik baharu yang
bertujuan untuk menangani pengaruh
China yang semakin meningkat di rantau
itu.
Diumumkan semasa Sidang Kemuncak
Asean-Amerika Syarikat ke-10 di Phnom
Penh, Kemboja, Perkongsian Strategik
Komprehensif Asean-AS bertujuan untuk
membuka bidang kerjasama baharu yang
penting demi kemakmuran
keselamatan masa depan gabungan 1
dan
bilion penduduk kami, menurut deklarasi
yang dikeluarkan.
White House berkata perkongsian
baharu itu termasuk AS$150 juta dalam
program untuk Asean yang akan
digabungkan dengan lebih AS$800 juta
yang telah dipohon pada tahun fiskal 2023
untuk program dua hala di negara
AS pulangkan hampir 200 artifak
jarang ditemui kepada Pakistan
KARACHI: Amerika Syarikat (AS) telah
memulangkan kepada Pakistan hampir
200 artifak yang jarang ditemui berusia
8,000 tahun, dalam salah satu
penghantaran pulang barangan antik
terbesar dalam beberapa dekad
kebelakangan ini, kata media kerajaan
pada Sabtu.
Hasil siasatan ke atas seorang peniaga
seni India-Amerika, barang antik milik
tamadun Mehrgarh berusia 8,000 tahun
itu dipulangkan oleh Jabatan Keselamatan
Dalam Negeri kepada Konsulat Pakistan di
New York dalam satu majlis, menurut
Anadolu Agency yang memetik laporan
Associated Press Pakistan yang memetik
Pejabat Peguam Daerah Manhattan.
Sebanyak 192 barang antik, termasuk
187 yang dicuri dan diseludup ke New York
pada 1990-an oleh Subhash Kapoor, telah
diserahkan kepada Konsul Jeneral Pakistan
Ayesha Ali. Ia juga melaporkan pejabat
peguam daerah mengenal pasti Kapoor,
pemilik galeri seni Art of the Past di New
York dan perniagaan khusus menjual
barangan antik dari Asia Tenggara itu,
Sukan
Selangor, Terengganu berentap
rebut slot final Piala Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: Juara 33 kali, Selangor FC
tidak berdepan masalah melangkah ke
separuh akhir Piala Malaysia dengan
agregat 4-2 selepas seri 2-2 menentang
Negeri Sembilan FC pada aksi suku akhir
kedua di Stadium Tuanku Abdul Rahman
di Paroi, malam Sabtu lalu.
Skuad Gergasi Merah akan membuat
perhitungan berdepan naib juara Liga
Super musim ini, Terengganu FC yang turut
mengesahkan tempat ke separuh akhir
dengan kejayaan menumbangkan
penyandang juara, Kuala Lumpur (KL) City
FC di halaman sendiri.
Pada aksi di Paroi, Selangor di bawah
kendalian bekas pengendali skuad
kebangsaan, Tan Cheng Hoe tidak
menunggu lama untuk merobek gawang
pasukan tuan rumah menerusi Herlison
Caion de Sousa Ferreira pada minit ke-10
selepas menyudahkan hantaran lintang
rakan sepasukan.
Bagaimanapun, kesilapan pemain
pertahanan Selangor Quentin Cheng
menjatuhkan Mohamad Zamri Ramli
mengundang padah apabila Negeri
Sembilan berjaya menyamakan kedudukan
selepas Matheus Alves menyempurnakan
sepakan penalti pada minit ke-25.
Menghampiri rehat, pemain import dari
Jordan Yazan Al-Arab kembali meletakkan
Selangor di depan pada minit ke-45
menerusi rembatan voli dari luar kotak
penalti yang menewaskan penjaga gol
Pelari Kenya dominasi KL Standard Chartered Marathon 2022
KUALA LUMPUR: Pelari Kenya jelas berada
dalam kelas mereka tersendiri apabila
mendominasi kategori maraton penuh
terbuka (42.195 kilometer) lelaki dan
wanita dalam larian Kuala Lumpur
Standard Chartered Marathon (KLSCM)
2022 pada Ahad.
Pada acara yang bermula dan berakhir
di Dataran Merdeka di sini, Moses Kiptoo
Kurga yang membuat penampilan sulung,
muncul juara kategori lelaki selepas
mencatatkan masa 2 jam 11 minit dan 6
saat.
Beliau menewaskan pelari senegara
Kiprop Tonui dan Ngare Joseph Mwangi
yang masing-masing menamatkan larian
S U AR A TE MP ATAN AND A I I S NI N, 1 4 NO V E MB E R, 2 0 2 2
anggota Asean.
Lebih AS$12 bilion bantuan
pembangunan, ekonomi, kesihatan dan
keselamatan telah disalurkan oleh AS
kepada anggota Asean sejak 2002.
Perkongsian itu mencerminkan
“komitmen mendalam Pentadbiran Biden-
Harris terhadap peranan utama Asean di
rantau Indo-Pasifik”, United Press
International (UPI) memetik kenyataan
yang dibacakan, sambil menambah
bahawa ia membawa Washington dan
anggota Asean lebih dekat untuk bersama-
sama menangani cabaran berkaitan iklim,
jaminan makanan dan ancaman
keselamatan, “serta membina Indo-Pasifik
yang bebas dan terbuka, stabil dan
makmur, berdaya tahan dan selamat”.
Kepentingan bersama ekonomi seperti
penyelidikan kenderaan elektrik, tenaga
hijau, ketersambungan yang lebih luas dan
pembangunan mampan akan ditekankan
sebagai antara penyeludup terbesar
barangan antik di dunia.
Artifak itu, termasuk patung Gandharan
yang menggambarkan Maitreya – bentuk
kebijaksanaan Buddha – diletakkan dalam
ruang simpanan yang disewa oleh galeri
seni sehingga ia dirampas oleh pihak
berkuasa AS tahun ini, katanya.
Kapoor, yang ditangkap pada Oktober
2011 di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa
Frankfurt di Jerman dan diekstradisi ke
India atas tuduhan menerima artifak curi,
dijatuhi hukuman penjara 13 tahun oleh
mahkamah India minggu lepas.
AS yang mendakwa Kapoor dengan
tujuh defendan bersama dalam “konspirasi
untuk mengedar barang antik yang dicuri”
pada 2019, sedang berusaha untuk
mengekstradisi beliau, katanya.
“Kami akan meneruskan kebertang-
gungjawaban penuh terhadap Encik
Kapoor dan konspirator bersamanya, yang
menunjukkan secara terang-terangan
mengabaikan kepentingan budaya dan
sejarah barang antik ini,” menurut Peguam
Daerah Manhattan Alvin Bragg. – Bernama
PEMAIN TFC Kpah Sherman (tengah) diasak oleh pemain pasukan KL City,
Mohamad Kamal Azizi Mohd Zabri pada aksi suku akhir kedua Piala Malaysia
2022 di Stadium Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin malam Sabtu lalu. – fotoBERNAMA
Ahmad Syihan Hazmi Mohamed sebelum
Negeri Sembilan sekali lagi menyamakan
kedudukan.
Jaringan penyamaan skuad bimbingan
K. Devan itu disumbangkan ketua pasukan
Mohamad Zaquan Adha Abd Radzak yang
memanfaatkan hantaran Ahmad Khuzaimi
Piee dalam keadaan kelam kabut di
gawang Selangor pada masa kecederaan.
pada tempat kedua dan ketiga dengan
catatan masa 2’15.23s dan 2’16.06s.
Kurgat berkata beliau boleh
merekodkan masa lebih baik pada larian
hari ini, namun disebabkan beberapa
kekangan seperti cuaca lembap telah
melambatkan lariannya, bagaimanapun
beliau berpuas hati dengan masa yang
dilakarkan.
Dalam kategori wanita, Shelmith
Nyawira Muriuki memenangi perlumbaan
selepas merekodkan 2’44.16s untuk
mengalahkan rakan senegaranya Sheila
Jepkosgei Chesang di tempat kedua
(2’45.15s) manakala Eunice Nyawira
Muchiri di kedudukan ketiga dengan masa
di bawah perjanjian itu, katanya.
Pengumuman itu dibuat ketika Biden
tiba di Phnom Penh pada Sabtu susulan
kehadirannya pada sidang kemuncak
iklim COP 27 di Mesir dan bertemu
Perdana Menteri Kemboja yang juga
Pengerusi Asean 2022 Hun Sen.
“Selain membincangkan perkongsian
strategik baharu, kedua-dua pemimpin
turut membincangkan krisis di Myanmar
dan tindak balas Asean, menggariskan
peranan penting masyarakat antarabangsa
dalam mempromosi usaha
mengembalikan demokrasi dan kestabilan
di negara itu,” kata White House.
Biden juga “menyatakan pengharga-
annya kerana Kemboja menaja bersama
resolusi menyokong Ukraine menentang
pencerobohan kejam Rusia di Pertubuhan
Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu,” menurut
kenyataannya yang dibacakan pada
mesyuarat itu. – Bernama
Lubnan lancar
kempen vaksinasi
tangani taun
BEIRUT: Kempen vaksinasi nasional untuk
menangani taun dilancarkan pada Sabtu di
utara Lubnan, yang dilanda teruk oleh
penyakit itu sejak beberapa minggu lepas,
kementerian kesihatan mengumumkan
dalam satu kenyataan.
Kempen vaksinasi yang bermula pada
waktu pagi di wilayah utara, Akkar, Bekaa
dan Baalbek-Hermel, akan berlangsung
selama tiga minggu dalam fasa pertama,
menurut kenyataan kementerian itu, lapor
Xinhua. Sebanyak 600,000 dos vaksin akan
diberikan dalam beberapa minggu akan
datang, menurut laman sesawang berita
tempatan L’Orient Today memetik Menteri
Kesihatan sementara Firass Abiad yang
memantau kempen vaksinasi itu.
Menteri juga menekankan mengenai
perlunya untuk membersihkan sumber air
secara serius. Taun adalah jangkitan cirit-birit
akut yang biasanya merebak melalui air dan
makanan yang tercemar oleh najis ekoran
pengurusan air sisa yang lemah dan amalan
kebersihan yang tidak baik. – Bernama
Bersambung babak kedua, Selangor
memiliki beberapa peluang terbaik untuk
meledak jaringan termasuk peluang
keemasan Hein Ntet Aung dalam situasi
satu lawan satu berdepan Ahmad Syihan
pada penghujung babak permainan,
namun diselamatkan penjaga gol
kebangsaan itu.
Sementara itu, Terengganu mengatasi
2’49.00s.
“Saya tidak menyangka akan menang
kerana ramai lagi lawan yang kuat,
tuhanlah yang membantu saya hari ini.
“Saya juga gembira dapat memenangi
acara hari ini dengan rakan senegara yang
lain kerana apabila anda menang, bendera
akan berkibar megah dengan semangatnya
kerana kita mewakili negara, jadi perasaan
itu sangat indah,” kata Muriuki kepada
pemberita selepas acara penyampaian
pingat.
Dalam pada itu, S. Poo Vasanthan
bergelar juara untuk kategori maraton
penuh lelaki Malaysia selepas merekodkan
2’37.56s manakala Noor Amelia Musa
20 terbunuh di Mesir apabila
bas mini jatuh dalam terusan
ISTANBUL: Sekurang-kurangnya 20
orang terbunuh dan enam cedera pada
Sabtu apabila sebuah bas mini jatuh ke
dalam terusan di utara Mesir, menurut
pegawai.
Gabenor Dakahlia mengemas kini
angka kematian itu di Facebook.
Kementerian Kesihatan sebelum ini
berkata 19 terbunuh dan enam cedera
apabila bas mini itu jatuh ke dalam
Sungai Nil.
Agensi Anadolu memetik laporan
media bahawa bas mini itu yang
membawa berpuluh-puluh penumpang
terjatuh ke dalam terusan Mansuriya di
Banksy pamer karya seni baharu di
bangunan musnah akibat perang di Ukraine
KYIV (Ukraine): Artis jalanan terkenal
Banksy melancarkan karya seni baharunya
di Ukraine yang distensil di sisi bangunan
yang rosak akibat terkena tembakan.
Menurut United Press International
(UPI), karya itu yang disiarkan di akaun
Instagram Banksy, memaparkan
pandangan sisi figura manusia yang
berdiri menggunakan tangan (handstand)
di atas timbunan runtuhan dengan
rambut diikat ke belakang menjadi
sanggul pada stensil hitam putih dengan
tandatangannya.
Banksy tidak jelaskan banyak kapsyen
untuk karya seni baharu itu, namun
melabelkan lokasinya di bandar
Borodyanka – terletak kira-kira 35 batu
barat laut Kyiv. Ia adalah antara bandar
pertama yang menyaksikan serangan
KL City 3-1 pada perlawanan suku akhir
kedua yang berlangsung di Stadium Sultan
Mizan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak sekali
gus mara ke pentas separuh akhir dengan
agregat 4-1.
Pasukan tuan rumah terlebih dahulu
membuka jaringan menerusi tendangan
leret pemain kacukan Filipina-Jerman
Manuel Ott pada minit ke-21, namun KL
City yang tidak berputus asa berjaya
menyamakan kedudukan hasil penyudah
penyerang muda meningkat naik, Haqimi
Azim Rosli pada minit ke-45.
Ott terlepas peluang meledak gol kedua
peribadi pada minit ke-53 selepas
percubaannya dari luar kotak penalti
sedikit melewati palang tetapi kekecewaan
itu ditebus ketua pasukan Kipre Tchetche
apabila menyumbat gol kedua skuad
bimbingan Mohd Nafuzi Mohd Zain pada
minit ke-62. Di penghujung perlawanan,
giliran pemain import sensasi Kpah
Sherman mencetak nama sebagai
penjaring pada minit ke-89 sekali gus
menceriakan lebih 25,000 penyokong setia
Skuad Penyu yang hadir ke stadium.
Sebagai rekod, kali terakhir Selangor
dan Terengganu bertembung di peringkat
separuh akhir Piala Malaysia ialah pada
edisi 2011 yang menyaksikan Terengganu
mencatat keputusan agregat 4-1 dengan
Abdul Manaf Mamat muncul wira pasukan
apabila meledak tiga daripada empat gol
pasukan. – Bernama
membawa pulang gelaran itu dalam
kategori wanita dengan catatan masa
3’13.59s.
Sementara itu, Pengarah Projek KLSCM
Rainer Biemans gembira apabila acara itu
berjalan dengan lancar seperti dirancang,
terutamanya selepas larian itu dibatalkan
selama dua tahun berikutan Covid-19.
“Kami berasa senang hati dapat kembali
tetapi berharap dapat menambah baik
program tahun depan kerana peluang
untuk memperbaiki penganjuran itu
sentiasa ada kerana itulah matlamat kami
dan mungkin akan menambah beberapa
pendaftaran untuk tahun depan,” katanya
kepada Bernama. – Bernama
Dunia 7
ANGGOTA
keselamatan
Mesir
memeriksa
bas mini
yang rosak
teruk
selepas
jatuh ke
dalam
terusan
Sabtu
lalu. –
Gambar
AFP
bandar Aga di wilayah Delta Nil Dakahlia
apabila pemandu hilang kawalan.
Kementerian Kesihatan berkata 18
ambulans dihantar ke tempat kejadian
untuk mencari mangsa yang terselamat,
lapor Anadolu.
Mesir mempunyai rekod
pengangkutan yang lemah walaupun
kerajaannya berusaha untuk menambah
baik rangkaian jalan raya di negara itu.
Negara itu merekodkan 56,789
kematian dan 6,164 kecederaan dalam
kemalangan jalan raya pada 2020,
menurut agensi perangkaan negeri,
CAPMAS. – Bernama
udara Rusia selepas Presiden Vladimir
Putin mengarahkan pencerobohan itu
pada Februari.
Penyiaran itu seolah-olah mengesahkan
laporan bahawa artis itu – yang lukisannya
telah dijual dengan harga berpuluh-puluh
juta dolar – berada di Ukraine selepas
mural lain yang kelihatan dibuat
mengikut gayanya dikesan muncul di
seluruh negara yang dilanda perang itu.
UPI juga melaporkan bahawa dalam
karya seni lain, yang masih belum dituntut
oleh Banksy, seorang budak lelaki boleh
dilihat membalikkan seorang lelaki yang
kelihatan seperti Putin dalam perlawanan
judo. Banksy yang kekal tanpa dikenali
walaupun sudah berkarya hampir dua
dekad, terkenal kerana hasil seni dengan
mesej sosiopolitik. – Bernama
Arteta harap
rehat panjang
tidak jejaskan
pasukannya
WOLVERHAMPTON, United Kingdom:
Pengurus Arsenal, Mikel Arteta berharap
rehat selama enam minggu tidak meng-
ganggu rentak pasukannya selepas men-
dahului Liga Perdana Inggeris dengan
kelebihan lima mata pada awal pagi Ahad.
Martin Odegaard menjaringkan dua
gol ketika Arsenal menumpaskan Wolves
2-0 beberapa jam selepas Manchester City
tewas mengejut 1-2 di laman sendiri
kepada Brentford.
Arsenal masih belum pernah meme-
nangi liga sejak 2003/04 dan gagal mena-
matkan saingan di kedudukan empat
teratas sejak enam musim lalu.
Kepulangan ke Liga Juara-Juara musim
depan nampaknya mampu menjadi keny-
ataan buat anak buah Arteta itu selepas 14
mata meninggalkan pasukan di tangga
kelima, Manchester United.
Kekalahan pertama City di tempat
sendiri sejak Februari kepada Brentford
mencetuskan perebutan gelaran yang
menarik apabila saingan kembali bersam-
bung selepas Piala Dunia berakhir.
“Kami menunjukkan satu lagi
kematangan hari ini. Dalam tempoh 20-30
minit pertama kami bergelut untuk
memecahkan mereka,” kata Arteta.
“Kami lebih baik pada separuh masa
kedua dan kami mempunyai sedikit
keberanian dan mengambil risiko tetapi
juga tidak membenarkan mereka men-
guasai permainan.”
Lapan pemain Arsenal yang beraksi
dalam kesebelasan utama sekarang ini
akan bergerak ke Qatar ketika Arteta
mengesahkan tindakan mengeluarkan
Granit Xhaka lebih awal disebabkan
pemain tengah Switzerland itu men-
galami kesakitan.
“Saya mengharapkan yang terbaik,”
katanya mengenai sama ada waktu rehat
itu akan menjejaskan Arsenal.
“Apabila semua orang kembali kami
akan menilai di mana kami dan akan
meneruskan dari sana. Saya mahu berlatih
esok tetapi malangnya mereka tidak
berada di sini.
“Saya ucapkan semoga berjaya kepada
mereka yang ke Piala Dunia dan berharap
mereka akan menjaga diri. Saya harap
mereka akan menikmatinya kerana tiada
yang lebih baik daripada bermain untuk
negara anda.” – AFP
 SUKAN
BOLA SEPAK – Liga Perdana Inggeris
Arsenal selesa di tangga teratas
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom: Arsenal
melebarkan kelebihan kepada lima mata
di tangga teratas Liga Perdana Inggeris
dengan menewaskan Wolves 2-0 pada
awal pagi Ahad, selepas Manchester City
mengalami kekalahan mengejut 2-1 di
laman sendiri kepada Brentford.
Newcastle kekal di tangga ketiga
selepas memberikan kekalahan ketiga
berturut-turut dalam saingan liga kepada
Chelsea di St. James’ Park, sementara Tot-
tenham menjaringkan dua gol dalam tem-
poh 10 minit terakhir untuk menang 4-3
menentang Leeds.
City belum pernah tewas di Etihad
sejak Februari, tetapi dikejutkan oleh Ivan
Toney yang melepaskan geram susulan
namanya tercicir daripada skuad England
ke Piala Dunia.
Kapten Brentford itu menanduk masuk
golnya yang ke-10 musim ini untuk mele-
takkan skuad Bees di depan, tetapi City
menyamakan kedudukan sebelum rehat
menerusi Phil Foden.
Pengendali City, Pep Guardiola
sebelum perlawanan itu mengakui
tumpuan pasukannya mungkin hilang
memandangkan 10 pemain daripada kese-
belasan utamanya terpilih untuk ke Piala
Dunia.
Persembahan hambar City dihukum
pada minit kelapan masa kecederaan apa-
bila Brentford melakukan serangan balas
pantas dan Toney menolak masuk han-
taran lintang Josh Dasilva.
“Pasukan yang lebih baik menang,”
kata Guardiola. “Kami mempunyai banyak
masalah dan kami tidak dapat mem-
berikan tekanan kerana mereka tidak
membenarkan kami.”
Thomas Frank memuji keputusan itu
sebagai yang terbaik pernah dicatat oleh
Brentford ketika mereka mendaki ke
tangga ke-10 dalam carta Liga Perdana.
“Bercakap kepada beberapa orang dari
kelab, ini mungkin keputusan terbesar,”
kata Frank. “Menentang satu daripada
kelab terkaya di dunia dan kami pula
mempunyai bajet paling rendah di
divisyen ini.”
Arsenal mengambil kesempatan ter-
hadap keputusan itu untuk mencetuskan
persaingan sengit apabila Liga Perdana
kembali daripada rehat enam minggu
pada Hari Boxing.
Martin Odegaard memberikan contoh
terbaik kepada Gunners apabila pemain
Norway itu meledak dua kali dari jarak
dekat pada separuh masa kedua.
Bos baharu Wolves, Julen Lopetegui
berada di tempat duduk penonton
sebelum mengambil alih secara rasmi
pada Isnin dan mempunyai banyak kerja
yang perlu dilakukan pada separuh masa
kedua musim ini dengan Wanderers kini
berada di tangga tercorot.
Tottenham sekali lagi terpaksa bangkit
dari ketingalan selepas jaringan Crysencio
Summerville dan Rodrigo, yang mengapit
gol penyamaan Harry Kane, meletakkan
Leeds di hadapan pada waktu rehat.
Pasukan bimbingan Jesse Marsch itu
menang 4-3 ketika menentang
Napoli atasi Udinese untuk lebarkan kelebihan di Serie A
NAPLES: Usaha Napoli untuk merangkul
gelaran Serie A buat kali pertama sejak era
Diego Maradona dipertingkatkan lagi
pada Sabtu selepas mencatat kemenan-
gan 3-2 menentang Udinese, melebarkan
kelebihan mereka kepada 11 mata.
Pasukan bimbingan Luciano Spalletti
itu mengesahkan kemenangan selepas
Victor Osimhen, Piotr Zielinski dan Eljif
Elmas meletakkan mereka di hadapan
sebelum sejam perlawanan.
Namun jaringan pantas daripada Ilija
Nestorovski dan Lazar Samardzic dalam
lapan minit terakhir mencemaskan kira-
kira 50,000 penyokong di Stadio
Maradona sebelum dapat meraikan
kejayaan pasukan mereka pada wisel
penamat.
“Setiap kemenangan hadir daripada
Musiala bantu Bayern Munich kukuhkan kedudukan di tangga teratas Bundesliga
BERLIN: Pemain remaja Bayern Munich,
Jamal Musiala melakukan dua umpanan
dalam kemenangan 2-0 di Schalke pada
Sabtu, sekaligus membantu pasukannya
melebarkan kelebihan di tangga teratas
kepada enam mata.
Menentang pasukan tercorot Schalke,
yang hanya menang dua kali musim ini,
Bayern menampilkan kesebelasan utama
terdiri daripada pemain yang dipilih
untuk beraksi di Piala Dunia Qatar – enam
pemain Jerman, empat pemain Perancis
dan seorang pemain Cameroon.
Pasukan tuan rumah berjaya
mengekang Bayern di awal permainan,
sebelum hantaran bijak Musiala dengan
tumit membantu bekas penyerang Arse-
nal, Serge Gnabry menjaringkan gol per-
tama pasukannya selepas 38 minit.
Musiala membantu gol kedua pasukan-
nya selepas 52 minit, ketika Bayern melan-
harianekspres
S U AR A TE MP ATAN AND A I I S NI N, 1 4 NO V E MB E R, 2 0 2 2
Bournemouth hujung minggu lalu namun
kali ini mereka yang mengalami kekala-
han.
“Saya rasa sangat kecewa,” kata Marsch.
Rembatan kencang Ben Davies men-
jadikan kedudukan 2-2 sebelum Rodrigo
mengembalikan kelebihan Leeds.
Menjadi tabiat Tottenham untuk
bangkit pada lewat permainan musim ini
dan mereka menyelamatkan tiga mata
apabila Rodrigo Bentancur meledak dua
kali dalam tempoh 10 minit terakhir.
Newcastle kembali memintas Spurs di
tangga ketiga apabila jaringan Joe Wilock
melanjutkan rentetan tanpa kemenangan
Chelsea kepada lima perlawanan.
Skuad Magpies hanya dua mata di
belakang City selepas meraih 22 daripada
24 mata tersedia.
“Saya sangat bangga dengan
bagaimana pemain-pemain beraksi secara
konsisten,” kata bos Newcastle, Eddie
Howe. “Kini cabaran adalah untuk
mengekalkan dan meningkatkannya.”
Liverpool memasuki rehat sehingga
Hari Boxing dengan positif apabila
Dawrin Nunez meledak dua kali ketika
menentang Southampton.
Tandukan Roberto Firmino membuka
jaringan dalam tempoh enam minit di
Anfield, namun dalam perlawanan per-
tama Nathan Jones selaku pengendali,
Saints membalas menerusi Che Adams.
Prestasi Nunez tidak menentu sejak
perpindahan bernilai 75 juta euro dari
Benfica, namun penyerang Uruguay itu
kini sudah menjaringkan lapan gol pada
musim pertamanya di Liverpool selepas
dua penyudah menarik sebelum waktu
rehat.
Leicester meneruskan kebangkitan
tetapi terdapat kebimbangan ia mungkin
membawa akibat kepada England.
Prestasi cemerlang James Maddison
membolehkan dia disenaraikan dalam
skuad Piala Dunia Gareth Southgate dan
dia membuka jaringan dengan golnya
yang ketujuh musim ini.
Pemain tengah itu dikeluarkan akibat
kecederaan tidak lama selepas itu, namun
tidak memperbesar-besarkan masalah itu.
“Kecederaan tidak terlalu teruk,” kata
Maddison di twitter. “Hanya masalah kecil
yang menyebabkan sedikit kesakitan.
Tidak sabar bertemu dengan pemain-
pemain pada Isnin.”
Harvey Barnes menambah gol kedua
untuk Foxes 12 minit sebelum tamat per-
lawanan, menyebabkan West Ham kini
hanya satu mata di atas zon penyingkiran.
Everton juga hanya satu mata di atas
kelompok tiga tercorot selepas tewas 3-0
di tangan Bournemouth.
Marcus Tavernier, Kieffer Moore dan
Jaidon Anthony menemui sasaran untuk
Cherries dan berlaku perbalahan di antara
pemain Everton dan penyokong pasukan
pelawat selepas tamat perlawanan.
Nottingham Forest mendaki keluar
dari tangga tercorot apabila Morgan
Gibbs-White menjaringkan gol tunggal
dalam kemenangan 1-0 ke atas Crystal
Palace. – AFP
kerja keras dan dalam 15 minit terakhir
menunjukkan apa yang pasukan ini telah
capai setakat ini tidak boleh diambil
mudah,” kata Spalletti memberitahu
DAZN.
“Kami fikir perlawanan sudah berakhir
dan bermain secara santai tetapi per-
mainan belum berakhir sehingga ia
berakhir.”
Napoli berjaya bertahan untuk keme-
nangan liga ke-11 berturut-turut dan
melebarkan kelebihan ke atas AC Milan
dan Lazio, yang kedua-duanya beraksi
pada Ahad.
Pasukan Spalletti sekurang-kurangnya
akan berada lapan mata di hadapan
pasukan lain sebaik perlawanan terakhir
Serie A tahun ini selesai.
Mereka tidak tewas di liga utama Itali
carkan serangan balas pantas selepas sep-
akan percuma Schalke.
Musiala, yang mewakili England ketika
remaja sebelum memilih untuk bersama
Jerman, melakukan hantaran kepada
penyerang Cameroon, Eric Maxim
Choupo-Moting, yang menjaringkan gol
ke-10 dalam sembilan perlawanan ter-
akhirnya untuk Bayern.
Musiala berjaya menemui jaring kurang
10 minit kemudian, namun gol itu
dibatalkan kerana ofsaid.
Pengurus Bayern, Julian Nagelsmann
memuji Musiala kerana mengemudi
kemenangan pasukannya.
“Jamal Musiala sekali lagi menyediakan
dua gol, dia bermain dengan cemerlang
pada separuh masa pertama dan diharap-
kan akan bermain dengan lebih baik di
Piala Dunia dan pada separuh masa kedua
musim ini.”
PEMAIN tengah Arsenal, Martin Odegaard (kiri) menjaringkan gol pertama pasukannya semasa
perlawanan menentang Wolves di stadium Molineux pada awal pagi Ahad. – Gambar AFP
20 pasukan sertai kejohanan bola jaring Piala Toh Puan
GL Oh
KOTA KINABALU: Sebanyak 20 pasukan
mengambil bahagian dalam kejohanan bola
jaring Piala Toh Puan ke-9 yang diadakan di
Kompleks Sukan Tun Adnan, Yayasan Sabah
bermula pada Sabtu lalu.
Kejohanan yang dianjurkan oleh Persatuan
Bola Jaring (Sabana) itu menawarkan hadiah
RM1,500 untuk juara. Naib juara akan
menerima RM1,000 dengan RM700 untuk
pemenang tempat ketiga dan pemenang
tempat keempat akan menerima RM350.
Terdapat juga hadiah tambahan untuk
pemain terbaik, pertahanan terbaik,
penyerang terbaik, penjaring terbanyak,
pakaian terbaik dan pasukan fairplay.
Sementara itu, majlis pembukaan
dirasmikan oleh isteri Yang Dipertua Negeri
Toh Puan Datuk Seri Norlidah Tan Sri R.M.
Jasni.
Hakim Danish lakar sejarah membanggakan
KUALA LUMPUR: Pelumba muda negara
Muhammad Hakim Danish Ramli
mencipta sejarah tersendiri, apabila
dinobatkan sebagai juara keseluruhan
Kejuaraan Asia Talent Cup (ATC) 2022 di
Mandalika International Street Circuit di
Lombok, Indonesia, pada Ahad.
Kejayaan itu menyaksikan Muhammad
selepas tercicir hanya empat mata dalam
15 perlawanan, dan menjaringkan 37 gol –
terbanyak di liga itu.
Napoli juga mempunyai penjaring ter-
banyak liga, Osimhen, yang menanduk
masuk gol pembukaan daripada han-
taran lintang Elmas untuk golnya yang
kesembilan musim ini dan kelapan dalam
semua pertandingan sejak kembali dari
kecederaan sebulan lalu.
Tiada pasukan dalam liga itu berjaya
bermain secara konsisten dan apabila
Serie A bersambung pada Januari mereka
akan menjadi pasukan pilihan untuk
memenangi gelaran liga pertama sejak
1990.
Dan mereka meraih kemenangan
tanpa pemain sayap Khvicha Kvaratskhe-
lia, yang tidak ditampilkan sejak kekala-
Pengurus Schalke, Thomas Reis memuji
Bayern dan berkata pasukannya akan
berdepan tugas sukar selepas cuti musim
sejuk.
“Pasukan saya melakukan segalanya,
(tetapi) akhirnya Bayern terlalu pintar
dalam situasi tertentu,” kata Reis. “Kini
kami adalah pemburu. Kami akan memu-
lakan musim depan di tangga ke-18.”
Bayern Munich kini tidak tewas dalam
22 perlawanan menentang Schalke, sejak
2010 ketika Musiala baru berumur tujuh
tahun.
Kemenangan 2-1 di Werder Bremen
memberikan RB Leipzig kemenangan
ketujuh dalam 10 perlawanan pada Sabtu.
Leipzig mendahului selepas 13 minit
menerusi penyerang Portugal, Andre Silva,
sebelum pertahanan tengah Bremen,
Christian Gross menyamakan kedudukan
pada separuh masa kedua.
Selangor, Terengganu
berentap rebut slot
final Piala Malaysia
TOH puan (berbaju putih) diiringi oleh Presiden Sabana Chenderemata
Sinteh (kiri) diperkenalkan kepada pasukan UMS selepas majlis pembukaan.
Hakim yang lebih mesra disapa Hakim
Danish menjadi rakyat Malaysia pertama
dan pelumba kedua dari Asia Tenggara
bergelar juara keseluruhan, sejak saingan
perlumbaan itu mula diperkenalkan pada
2014. Pada perlumbaan kedua pusingan
terakhir pada Ahad, pelumba kelahiran
Terengganu berusia 15 tahun itu
han Liga Juara-Juara di Liverpool di awal
bulan, satu-satunya kekalahan mereka
musim ini setakat ini.
Pemilik Aurelio De Laurentiis melabel
pasukan ketika ini sebagai “pasukan
Napoli terbaik saya” sejak dia mengambil
alih pada 2004.
Udinese kekal di tangga kelapan
selepas gagal mencatat kemenangan
untuk perlawanan ketujuh berturut-
turut, dan turut kehilangan Gerard
Deulofeu yang dikeluarkan pada perten-
gahan separuh masa pertama akibat
kecederaan kaki.
Sampdoria yang sedang bergelut men-
galami kekalahan keempat berturut-
turut, tewas 2-0 di laman sendiri kepada
Lecce yang melonjak ke tangga ke-15,
lapan mata di atas zon penyingkiran. –
Pemain tengah Austria, Xaver Schlager
menjaringkan gol ketika perlawanan
berbaki 20 minit untuk membantu Leipzig
meneruskan prestasi cemerlang di bawah
bekas pengurus Borussia Dortmund,
Marco Rose.
Selepas perlawanan itu, Schlager
memuji kekuatan mental pasukannya
sementara Rose berkata Leipzig “bertahan
dengan segala yang kami ada”.
“Kami gembira dan bangga dengan
kemenangan itu.”
Kebangkitan Bayer Leverkusen di
bawah pengurus Xabi Alonso berterusan
dengan kemenangan 2-0 di laman sendiri
menentang Stuttgart.
Jaringan pada separuh masa pertama
daripada penyerang Perancis, Moussa
Diaby dan gol pertahanan Jerman
Jonathan Tah pada separuh masa kedua
meneruskan momentum Leverkusen, den-
8
menamatkan saingan di tempat kedua di
belakang wakil Indonesia Vede Ega
Pratama, sekali gus mengumpul
keseluruhan 187 mata di posisi teratas
senarai kedudukan pelumba.
Pencabar terdekatnya, Shinya Ezawa
dari Jepun terpaksa berpuas hati
menamatkan musim di tempat kedua
dengan mengumpul keseluruhan 177
mata, selepas menghabiskan perlumbaan
kedua di kedudukan ketiga.
Sementara itu, kejayaan memenangi
dua pusingan perlumbaan di Lombok
membolehkan Vede Ega mengutip
keseluruhan 141 mata dan merampas
posisi ketiga dalam senarai kedudukan
pelumba daripada seorang lagi wakil
Jepun, Gun Mie. Pada perlumbaan pertama
yang berlangsung di litar sama Sabtu lalu,
Carter Thompson dari Australia
menduduki tempat kedua sementara
Hakim Danish ketiga.
Sebagai rekod, Hakim Danish berjaya
menduduki tempat pertama pada dua
perlumbaan pusingan kedua di Lombok
pada Mac lepas, diikuti perlumbaan
pertama pusingan keempat di Thailand
dan perlumbaan pertama pusingan kelima
di Litar Antarabangsa Sepang bulan lepas,
sebelum beraksi di Lombok bulan ini. –
Bernama
gan pasukan tuan rumah tidak tewas
dalam tiga perlawanan selepas meraih
hanya satu kemenangan dalam enam per-
lawanan pertama di bawah Alonso.
Prestasi cemerlang Wolfsburg di bawah
bekas pengendali Bayern Munich, Niko
Kovac berterusan apabila Wolves melakar
kemenangan kelima dalam sembilan per-
lawanan dalam semua pertandingan di
Hoffenheim.
Hoffenheim mendahului menerusi
jaringan Christoph Baumgartner sebelum
gol sendiri bekas pertahanan Liverpool,
Ozan Kabak pada masa kecederaan menya-
makan kedudukan untuk Wolfsburg.
Wolfsburg melengkapkan kembangki-
tan apabila pemain tengah Jerman, Ridle
Baku menjaringkan gol selepas 56 minit.
Gol daripada penyerang Ghana, Christo-
pher Antwi-Adjei membantu Bochum
menang 1-0 menentang Augsburg. – AFP