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50 Established 1963

40pc tax revenue remains a guess

Jonathan Nicholas
KOTA KINABALU: Pakatan Harapan
(PH) Chairman Datuk Seri Anwar
Ibrahim left open the possibility of
whether Sabah will be allowed to
receive the 40 per cent tax revenue as
enshrined in the Constitution and
Malaysia Agreement 1963.
“I am not Mahathir,” was all he would
say in response to a Daily Express ques-
tion on whether a Pakatan Harapan Fed-
eral Government would consider it.
The previous short-lived PH govern-
ment led by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
promised it as well as 20 per cent oil rev-
enue in the 2018 election manifesto, but
later reneged saying the Government
could not afford it.
On Parti Warisan President Datuk Seri
Shafie Apdal’s claim that PH did not sup-
port the revenue move during its 22
months in power, he said Shafie was Sabah
Chief Minister then while he was merely a
MP (Port Dickson). Warisan was then a
partner in the PH coalition at State level.
Shafie had said the Warisan-led Sabah
Government could have done more in
reclaiming the 40pc revenue but Pakatan
Harapan (PH) did not support the move.
Shafie said Sabah PH leaders in the state
government then did not support him
when he tried to pressure the federal
government to fulfil their financial obliga-
tions.
This was why he believed Sabah PH’s
suit against Putrajaya, seeking a declara-
tion that the State’s 40pc revenue share
formula was still applicable, was merely a
publicity stunt.
“When we voiced our demands, (for-
mer Sabah PKR chief) Christina Liew said,
oh sorry, it’s a party call. Then KL called
and told them no. Sabah DAP also said it’s
a party call. Then (former finance minis-
ter) Lim Guan Eng said there was no
money.
“These Sabah PH leaders followed their
party, they did not follow Sabah’s voice,”
Shafie had said.
Anwar who was on a whirlwind tour
before next Saturday’s GE15 also said a cer-
tain party in Sabah was claiming that
“Sabah is for Sabahans but it ended up
they are also crooks.” He did not name the
party.
He also revealed that late Sabah Chief
Minister who later became Governor, Tun
Sakaran Dandai, offered his (Anwar’s)
father 50,000 acres of timber land for his
father’s sacrifice and development for the
State, namely roads and schools.
“This is true and you can check State
records. I had to write a formal letter to
politely decline telling him to give your
resources to benefit the lower income,” he
said, speaking from the top of a table to
several hundred supporters at Sulaman
Sentral, Saturday night.
He also said the implementation of
Undi18, meant that youths hold the power
in forming a clean government.
“This is your land, you determine your
future. A smart youth can put an end to
corruption and don’t let religious politics
be the cause of the country’s divide.”
He advised youths to take whatever
handouts given by parties during the cam-
paign.
“If BN gives you RM200 would you take
it? Take it. It’s RM200! If they give you zinc
(roofing), rice won’t you take? Just take it.
What if Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)
gives you a t-shirt? Take it but use it as a
night suit. In the morning use the PH
shirt,” he quipped.
“I am a Muslim and I want people to
respect me for that but first I must respect
the religions of others. It’s called equality,”
Anwar said, apparently referring to Umno
and PAS.
He said his trips nationwide indicated
that PH should have no problem achieving
a simple majority victory.
Among those present was former
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman
who said he declined an offer by Umno
President Datuk Zahid Hamidi to make
him a Senator and Foreign Minister if BN
returns to power, in exchange for not
contesting the Kimanis seat and helping in
the victory. Anwar during the ceramah last night.

Shafie: Hajiji
not qualified
Action must be taken against saboteurs: Bung
Winnie Kasmir and Bersatu chief Datuk Rubin Balang is between GRS-BN is belittled and we need against Rubin if proven to be the master-

to comment on Hayati Dzulkifli

party hopping
Jeremy S Zabala
PAPAR: Parti Warisan
President Datuk Seri
Mohd Shafie Apdal
(pic) said Chief Min-
ister Datuk Seri Hajiji
Haji Noor is not qual-
ified to comment on
party hopping as he
is guilty of the same.
Shafie said Hajiji,
who is also Sabah Bersatu Chief, defected
from Umno after the 2018 general elec-
tions to join Bersatu and should look in
the mirror before talking about those who
left their parties to join Warisan.
“Who jumped? He jumped. He was for-
merly in Umno. You can jump to Bersatu,
but Upko cannot join Warisan,” he said,
while campaigning for Papar Warisan can-
didate, incumbent Papar MP Ahmad Has-
san, Saturday.
Shafie was responding to a statement
by Hajiji that Warisan was able to form the
government only because Upko’s repre-
sentatives jumped, causing the then sim-
ple-majority Barisan Nasional (BN)
government to fall despite being sworn in.
Shafie also dismissed the statement of
Benta Edible Oil Sdn Bhd (BEOSB) having
suffered losses as nonsense.
He said the Warisan-led government
was able to launch three palm cooking oils
in Sabah comprising Bess in Tawau with
Benta Wawasan, Gold in Sandakan
through collaboration with Sawit Kina-
balu and Onsoi in Keningau with Sabah
Land Development Board (SLDB).
He said new products require time to
grow and no profit is obtained in short
period.
“In business it is normal to have losses.
But it (cooking oil) is a new product (at
that time) that needs to be improvised and
marketed.
BELURAN:
against
Action
Gabungan
Rakyat Sabah (GRS)
leaders who sabotaged
Barisan Nasional (BN)
candidates in GE15
must include stripping them of their gov-
ernment positions, said Sabah BN Chair-
man Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin (pic).
“If left unattended, it would continue to
tarnish the Barisan Nasional-GRS cooper-
ation. Actions should be taken to restore
the good ties.
““If action is not taken, the BN-GRS rela-
tionship would be affected. I have voiced
this to Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji
Noor who is also GRS Chairman,” he said
at Beluran Tamu ground, Saturday.
Bung who is also a Deputy Chief Minis-
ter said that actions would be taken after
GE15.
The three instances so far of alleged
breaches are for the Tenom, Beluran and
Tuaran seats.
In the case of Tenom, the districts
Woman dies while hiking
R. Gonzales
TUARAN: A woman died after
losing consciousness while
climbing Kokobuan Trig hill
in Kg Rungus Nahaba, Tam-
paruli, Saturday.
Jennifer Jolly, 46, was con-
firmed dead at the scene by
paramedics in the 12.40pm
incident.
Tuaran District Fire and
Rescue Station (BBP) chief,
Abdul Qawie Abdul Gapar,
said they received an emer-
gency call regarding the inci-
dent at 12.49pm.
Nine personnel went to the
location 55km away along
with one Isuzu D-Max four-
alleged to be the mastermind in his son
being fielded as an independent first and
later joining Parti KDM.
In Beluran, two candidates are claiming
to be representing GRS. One is the incum-
bent Datuk Ronald Kiandee who was for-
merly of Umno but switched to Perikatan
Nasional.
He is challenging Umno’s Benedict
Asmat who is contesting under GRS-BN.
Umno insists the seat traditionally
belonged to it.
However, Perikatan Nasional claimed
all GRS seats belonged to it as Bersatu is
part of the PN coalition.
In Tuaran, an Umno member Noortaip
Suhaili @ Sualee is contesting as an Inde-
pendent.
Bung believed the decision of several
candidates in GRS-BN to contest on
Perikatan Nasional and PBRS tickets may
be confined to Sabah.
He said he also did not know why this
happened but that it might be personal.
“But we do not take this lightly,” he said.
“Such things show the relationship
to take appropriate action so our relation-
ship continues to be respected and not
damaged by any party,” he said.
Asked about a group led by former
assemblyman Saddi Rahman to establish
the Kinabatangan Anti-Corruption Move-
ment, Bung wondered why they chose Kin-
abatangan and not Johor or Penang.
He said this showed there were ele-
ments that wanted to implicate him but
that he did not care about the movement
that was established by those who were
disappointed.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Datuk Seri
Hajiji Haji Noor said Umno Tuaran needs
to take action against Noortaip and that
he had spoken to Umno Tuaran Chief
Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan and his
deputy Datuk Jasnih Daya about it.
Similarly, in other areas, he said action
must be taken against any party member
who went against the party wishes.
“We must take stern action because we
don’t want the people to be confused,”
Hajiji said.
He said disciplinary action can be taken
Labuan BN unveils 10-point manifesto
LABUAN: Labuan Barisan Nasional (BN)
has launched a 10-point manifesto for
the 15th General Election (GE15), with
the aim of improving the wellbeing of
the people and the trading community
in this federal territory.
BN candidate for the Labuan parlia-
mentary seat, Datuk Bashir Alias, said
these include strengthening economic
development programmes with the par-
ticipation of youths; enhancing educa-
tional achievements with the
construction of Maktab Rendah Sains
Mara; reducing cost of living; building
more affordable houses; and boosting
women participation in socio-economic
development.
The other promises are fighting for
welfare of fishermen; upgrading
mind in son, Riduan, being registered as
independent and later joining rival Parti
KDM on Friday. 
Hajiji said he would await a full report
before taking any action against Rubin,
who was seen in a photo with his son in
the Parti KDM event.
Rubin who is Kemabong Assemblyman
was also alleged to be directly involved in
campaigning for Riduan.
“If only based on the picture sitting
with his son, we cannot take action. But if
true he (Rubin) openly supports, we will
take action,” he said, after officiating the
new building of SMK St Joseph, Saturday.
Photos showing Rubin, Riduan, Parti
KDM President Datuk Peter Anthony and
other party members, reportedly at the
party’s office in Tenom, went viral in social
media.
Hajiji who is also GRS and Bersatu
Sabah Chairman said Riduan resigned as
Armada (Youth) Chief before nomination
day on Nov 5 to contest as an independent
on Nov.19. Hence, no action could be taken
against Riduan.
drainage and anti-coastal erosion sys-
tems; improving basic infrastructure
quality like water and electricity supply,
and telecommunications facilities;
diversifying the economic and tourism
sectors; and enhancing Labuan’s stabil-
ity and prosperity.
“These promises are on longstanding
issues which have burdened the people
and require concrete resolution,” he said
when launching the manifesto.
Bashir is involved in a six-cornered
fight with incumbent Datuk Rozman Isli
of Parti Warisan, Datuk Suhaili Abd Rah-
man (Perikatan Nasional), Datuk Dr
Ramli Tahir (Pakatan Harapan), Dayang
Rusimah@Raynei Mohd Din (Parti
Bangsa Malaysia) and Datuk Seri Ramle
Mat Daly (Pejuang). – Bernama

GE15 factor in rising cases: Masidi

Hajiji had also said the Warisan Gov-
ernment had no direction during their
two years administrating Sabah and that
the leaders were occupied with spreading
false information.
He said the Warisan Government’s
cooking oil never made profit, but the
GRS-BN State Government was able to pro-
duce another cooking oil known as
“Sayang”.
Shafie said also questioned Hajiji on
the status of Sabah Forest Industry (SFI)
situation which was once the State Gov-
ernment’s asset but unreported.
“If they can make money now, why does
he (Hajiji) not start the Onsoi (cooking
oil) in Keningau?
“I have established three cooking oil
factories (before this) but he refused to
continue. What profit is he talking about?
“And what about the SFI land now?
Where are the hundreds of acres land
(under SFI) and the workers who were left
jobless in the company?” he asked.
wheel drive utility vehicle.
“Upon arrival, the team
walked 2.5km to reach the vic-
tim who was reported to have KOTA KINABALU: Election campaigns and
collapsed and was uncon- gatherings ahead of the 15th General Elec-
scious. tion (GE15) are among factors for the rising
“However, the paramedics Covid-19 numbers as of late, said Sabah’s
who checked the victim’s con- Covid-19 spokesperson Datuk Seri Masidi
dition found she had died,” Manjun.
Abdul Qawie said when con- He said such events can cause a faster
tacted. The incident hap- transmission of the virus among the pub-
pened when the victim was lic, especially with a high positivity rate
doing a ‘hiking’ activity with that results in more people being infected
11 participants. with Covid-19.
“The victim was also given The rescue personnel preparing “People attending any mass gatherings are advised to wear a face mask,” he said in a
emergency heart and breath- to bring down the victim’s body. statement. Sabah’s cases increased to 257 on Saturday from 204 the day earlier, while
ing aid or cardiopulmonary resuscita- stretcher. one death was recorded in Kota Kinabalu.
tion (CPR) by the guide but there was “The journey is quite difficult right Masidi said cases increased due to a very high positivity rate of 16.84 per cent despite
no response before getting help from now due to the dark weather and slip- a lower number of test samples collected (1,526).
the fire brigade. pery path after the rain,” he said. Kota Kinabalu topped the list with 58 cases, followed by Lahad Datu (31), Papar (25),
“At present time (9.20pm), the team Abdul Qawie said the body would be Tawau (15), Putatan (14) and Penampang (13), while eight districts did not record any
is still on its way to bring down the vic- handed over to the police for further new infections.
tim’s body out of the forest using a action,” he said. He said 251 out of 257 cases were category two infections, while one case was in cate-
gory three and five in category four.
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RM1.4bil Sabah
timber industry
profits this year
Jonathan Nicholas
KOTA KINABALU:
Sabah’s timber
industry remains
“unchopped” by the
Covid-19 pandemic
with RM 1.4 billion
in recorded profits
this year.
Despite facing
global market chal-
lenges and rising logistics costs, the coun-
try’s wooden furniture exports remained
stable and maintained 2021’s export fig-
ure of RM5 billion.
Furniture products are seen to con-
tinue to be the main contributor to
Malaysia’s timber exports, which main-
tain performance in terms of price in the
global market.
According to Malaysian Tourism Indus-
try Board (MTIB) Director Farydatul Nazly
Zin (pic), the export trend of Malaysian
wood and its products showed a positive
increase from 2009 to 2021.
“The export value of Malaysian wood
products for 2021 recorded an increase of
3 per cent to RM22.74 billion compared to
RM22.07 in 2020.
“For the period from January to August
2022, the country’s timber industry
recorded an encouraging export increase
of 21.7 per cent to RM17.4 billion com-
RM9.5m Catholic Archdiocesan Centre opens
Jo Ann Mool
KOTA KINABALU: The Catholic Arch-
diocesan Centre (CAC) that will serve as
the administrative centre of the Kota Kin-
abalu Archdiocese opened here, Saturday.
Located at Jalan Sang Kancil 3, Kara-
munsing, the RM9.5 million building
replaced the Catholic Diocesan Centre
(CDC) at Taman Hiburan in Penampang
that had been in use since 1988 and is
now used as a centre for priestly forma-
tion.
The CAC houses the offices of the Arch-
bishop of Kota Kinabalu, various commis-
sions within the Archdiocese as well as its
archives.
The three-storey CAC, which is also
equipped with a hall and a chapel, also
gained the attention of building profes-
sionals and it was named as a recipient of
the Persatuan Arkitek Malaysia (Sabah)
Commendation award on Oct 22, this
year.
The CAC blessing and launching was
officiated by Archbishop Wojciech
Zaluski, the Apostolic Nuncio (Vatican
Ambassador) to Malaysia and Archbishop
John Wong.
Describing the CAC as the nerve centre
of the Kota Kinabalu Archdiocese, Arch-
Body of boy
who fell of
bridge found
KOTA KINABALU: The body of a 15-year-old
who fell off the Yayasan Sabah bridge on
Friday was found by a fisherman at 7.35am,
Saturday, near the Menara Kinabalu heli-
pad.
His father, Ajintat Akin, 60, when con-
tacted by Daily Express, denied his son
committed suicide.
He said he had just dropped off his son
- the youngest among five siblings - at
5.30am that day.
“My boy decided to buy food outside
the school grounds. His friends on the way
to school saw him carrying his tapau (take-
away).
“He had no problems in school as far as
I know and definitely not at home. He was
a jovial boy and I had just recently bought
him a new handphone which he was
ecstatic about,” he said, adding
The body was handed over to police.
Y OU R LOCAL V OICE I S UND AY, NO V E MB E R 1 3 , 2 0 2 2
pared to RM14.3 billion in the same period
in 2021,” she said.
The National Agrocommodity Policy
launched by the Ministry of Plantation
Industries and Commodities targets RM28
billion in timber industry exports and
RM20 billion in domestic market value by
2025.
“Sabah still has vast untapped natural
resources but impeded by the lack of for-
eign labourers. It is our hope that the
Sabah State Government would carry on
building up the wooden furniture indus-
try.
“Many industries are rising out of the
endemic and orders are picking up for
furniture entrepreneurs. I believe this
year’s margins would double compared to
last year,” she added.
Farydatul said Malaysia mainly exports
to countries in high demand like the USA,
UK and the rest of Europe.
She was met at the launch of the three-
day Sabah Wood and Lifestyle Fair held at
Imago Shopping Mall, here.
The fair managed to rake in RM2.56
million in total sales from 2016 to 2019 in
Sabah alone.
The timber industry in Malaysia is one
of the largest industries that contribute to
the export growth of Malaysia’s commod-
ity sector alongside the oil palm and rub-
ber industries.
bishop Wong said the complex just adja-
cent to the Sacred Heart Cathedral is a
symbol of the Catholic community’s
growth and unity as a local church.
“At the same time, it should remind us
to double our efforts in carrying out the
mission of the church,” said the Metro-
politan Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu at
the blessing and opening of the CAC.
Noting that the CAC is not the Arch-
diocese per se, but rather Archdiocese is
the sum of the 21 parishes and outstations
as well as the clergy, catechists and all
Catholics - both active and lapsed - within
its jurisdiction.
Archbishop Wong also pointed out that
the Archdiocese is also made up of all the
human, physical and financial resources, as
well as the pastoral structures, systems,
styles and policies within it.
“Together, under the pastoral leader-
ship of the archbishop, they form the
Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu,” he said.
“It is my hope that the CAC will facili-
tate the process of harnessing the
charism and potentials of all pastoral
agents, strengthening the various pas-
toral structures, streamlining our
resources and mobilising all the baptised
in carrying out our mission as ‘a caring
Rescue workers bringing
the body to shore.
MACC: 11 complaints since nomination day
KOTA BHARU: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission
(MACC) has received 11 complaints relating to corruption and
abuse of power since last Saturday in the 15th general election
(GE15).
MACC Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said the informa-
tion was received through its 24-hour operations room and it would
be scrutinised before being investigated under the MACC Act 2009.
He said some of the complaints were regarding what happened
during the face-to-face campaign and others reported through the
media.
LCS issue
not ignored,
says PM
BERA: The Government has taken appropri-
ate action on the procurement of the lit-
toral combat ship (LCS) issue and has not
ignored the matter.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri
Yaakob said the agencies responsible had
also conducted investigations. In fact, the
parties involved in misappropriation had
been charged in court.
“Action has been taken on the LCS issue.
Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammud-
din Hussein had also made statements and
explained the matter several times.
“Those who were accused of being
involved in misappropriation and so on
were investigated by the Malaysian Anti-
Corruption Commission (MACC).
“Some people had also been brought to
court, so the matter is ongoing. We have
not ignored it,” he told reporters after offi-
ciating the Anak Muda Gegor Bera Carnival
at Dewan Konvensyen Bera, here, Saturday.
He was replying to a statement by
Pakatan Harapan Chairman Datuk Seri
Anwar Ibrahim who had demanded that
the Prime Minister apologise to the armed
forces over the procurement issue.
Ismail said whether it was deliberate or
not, Anwar appeared to be unaware of what
had happened because the explanation on
the issue had already been given before.
Meanwhile, when asked about the oppo-
sition’s call for all candidates in GE15,
including those from Barisan Nasional and
Perikatan Nasional, to declare their assets,
he said this was done voluntarily by anyone
who wanted to do so.
He said there was no need to do so
because it was not provided for under any
act. However, if anyone was appointed as
ministers or deputy ministers, they were
required to declare their assets. – Bernama
Archbishop
Zaluski
(second from
right) and
Archbishop
Wong (right)
officiating the
CAC, while
Bishop
Cornelius
(third from
left), Joachim
(second from
left) and
Bernard (left)
look on.
communion of Christ-centred communi-
ties’ in this Archdiocese,” Archbishop
Wong added.
In this regard, he hoped the Vision and
Mission of the Archdiocese would be fur-
ther promoted and enhanced through
the various pastoral and administrative
offices at the CAC.
“It is our desire to be a synodal Church
that aims to walk forward in communion,
carrying out our mission through the par-
ticipation of the baptised,” Archbishop
Wong said.
“Let us do this with the guidance of the
Holy Spirit and through the intercession
of St Joseph, the Patron Saint of our Arch-
diocese,” he added.
Stating that he was impressed with the
design and architecture of the CAC, Arch-
bishop Zaluski expressed hope that the
centre would inspire and motivate the
Catholic community to carry out the mis-
sion of the Church even more enthusias-
tically.
“Let this be a place to come to meet,
work, discuss and motivate in the service
of our faith,” he said.
Archbishop Zaluski said he was also
heartened to learn that much of the funds
for the construction of the CAC came
from the Catholic community.
He said the Catholic community has
been generous in the development of the
Church here and they should also con-
tinue to lend a helping hand to Catholics
in poorer countries.
In this regard, Archbishop Zaluski said
on a recent visit to Timor Leste, Catholic
Church officials there proudly showed
them facilities built with aid from
Catholic community in Malaysia, Singa-
pore and Brunei.
Also present ware Bishop of Keningau
Cornelius Piong, Deputy Chief Minister
Datuk Dr Joachim Gunsalam and former
Malaysian Ambassador to the Vatican Tan
Sri Bernard Dompok.
He said the information received needed to be verified as they
could be just hearsay.
Azam said this when met by reporters after the Kelantan investi-
ture ceremony in conjunction with the 53rd birthday of the Sultan
of Kelantan Sultan Muhammad V at Istana Balai Besar, here, Satur-
day.
On Nov 5, MACC launched its operations room nationwide to
make it easier for the public to channel information and com-
plaints related to acts of corruption and abuse of power in GE15.-
Bernama
Any negotiation with GPS
only after polls: Anwar
KUCHING: Pakatan
Harapan (PH) Chair-
man Datuk Seri
Anwar Ibrahim (pic)
said he and other PH
leaders have not met
with Gabungan Parti
Sarawak (GPS) lead-
ers on the possibility
of inviting the state
coalition to form the federal government.
He said any talk with GPS leaders would
only take place after the outcome of the
November 19 general election had been
announced.
“Right now, we want our representa-
tives from Sarawak and Sabah to be strong
in PH first because it will give space and
opportunities to get the views of the grass-
roots and to have the same policy,” he told
reporters after announcing the offers to
the Sarawakian voters in return for their
support of PH in the general election.
He said he will not shut down any nego-
tiation with GPS, but it should be held
after the general election.
Anwar said any participation from
Sarawak and Sabah in the PH government
would be more meaningful.
“So we need to work hard. Let our can-
didates win in Sarawak first, either from
PH, PKR or Amanah. This is our priority,”
he said.
DAP Secretary-General Anthony Loke,
who was present at the press conference,
said it is true that PH is leading ahead of
Barisan Nasional and Perikatan Nasional,
in terms of support, according to opinion
GRS-BN to ensure victory
for Bung in K’batangan
KINABATANGAN: The Barisan Nasional
(BN) and Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)
election machinery will continue to work
together and enhance campaigning in
reaching out to voters to ensure victory for
BN candidate Datuk Seri Bung Moktar
Radin in the 15th General Election (GE15).
Kinabatangan Parliamentary BN Candi-
date Campaign Trail Programme Coordi-
nator Datuk OKK Titing Putang said the
GRS-BN campaign work has now entered
its eighth day and is progressing well.
OKK, who is also Umno Kinabatangan
information chief, said presently, the GRS-
BN campaign machinery has visited 18 out
of the 27 Voting District Centres (PDM)
and he is optimistic that he will finish vis-
iting and meeting voters at every PDM in
two days.
“We will visit all 27 PDM in the whole of
Kinabatangan by organising programmes
and ceramah. We will intensify campaigns
at each PDM in Phase Two next week,” he
said after attending a ceramah organised
by the Batu Puteh PDM, here.
60 Warisan members in
Batu Sapi join GRS
Noor Zafira Zayn
SANDAKAN: Some 60 members from 20
Parti Warisan (Warisan) branches in Batu
Sapi left the party and joined Gabungan
Rakyat Sabah (GRS) claiming they lost faith
in Warisan’s leadership and struggle (pic).
Warisan Batu Sapi branch information
head Hamdan Titing said he and the oth-
ers saw the GRS struggle, especially its
candidate Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan for
the Batu Sapi parliamentary seat, in
bringing the voice of Batu Sapi and
youths.
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polls, in Peninsular Malaysia.
However, he said the seats that PH is
projected to win in Peninsular Malaysia
are not enough for PH to form the federal
government with a simple majority.
“That is why we need the support and
the seats to be contributed by our candi-
dates in Sarawak and Sabah to enable PH
to have a simple majority of least 112 seats.
“That is why we come to appeal to the
Sarawakian voters, especially in seats that
we used to win before, to continue to give
their support to PH,” Loke said.
He said this would enable the PH to
form a strong government at the federal
level on November 19.
He said if PH does not secure the simple
majority, then there will be a hung parlia-
ment.
“This is something we try to avoid. We
hope that our friends in Sarawak can help
so that PH can form the federal govern-
ment on the night of November 19 without
any question asked with Anwar as the next
prime minister,” Loke said.
He also said the Umno Youth and
Pemuda GRS, together with Kinabatangan
Wanita GRS, will continue to work
together running programmes like
forums and ceramah to garner the support
of young voters.
Meanwhile, Parti Warisan (Warisan)
machinery representative for the Kin-
abatangan parliamentary constituency,
Asmat Ali, when contacted, said the party
had just concluded meeting almost 95 per
cent of the voters in phase one of cam-
paign for the Kuamut state seat.
He said they are focusing on Kuamut
before moving to Sukau and Lamag state
constituencies because the area was large.
Moving around would also be a challenge
besides poor access to communication.
In the coming GE15, the tussle for the
Kinabatangan parliamentary seat will be a
straight fight between Bung Moktar who
is also Sabah BN Chairman and incumbent
for the past five terms since 1989 and
Warisan candidate Mazliwati Abd Malek.-
Bernama
“We were impressed by the struggle of
the Batu Sapi GRS candidate.
“We have known his struggle for a
long time even though he has not yet
become an assemblyman,” Hamdan told
reporters after submitting membership
forms to GRS, here, Saturday.
Meanwhile, Khairul said the GRS strug-
gle is always focused and the coalition
welcomed all parties who want to join
and participate in its struggle.
“Like this evening we see strong mem-
bers of Warisan in Batu Sapi leaving and
joining us (GRS) because they themselves
believe and see the GRS struggle, without
any coercion.
“Their faith in GRS is proof that our
mission and goal to bring the voice of the
people is very clear,” he said.
Khairul said the struggle of each party
member is valuable and should not be
taken for granted.
“We cannot take for granted every-
thing that our members fight for.
“They are our strength, so we must
take care of our members and focus on
our mission,” he said.
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Defending MA63 ‘Sabah DAP’s stand on revenue shocking’

KOTA KINABALU: Parti Warisan

rights not a
(Warisan) Chinese coordinator Chin
Tek Ming accused DAP’s incumbent
KK MP Chan Foong Hin of caring
more about other states than Sabah.

simple matter
Chin was responding to Chan’s
live interview where he said there
was need to take into account
Sarawak, Selangor, Penang and Chin Chan “He was a classic example of
other states when it comes to tax rev- of oil in Malaysia today. Not to men- Sabah DAP following instructions of
enue. tion the tax revenue from oil palm bosses in the peninsula.
TUARAN: The pursuit of State rights under the Malaysian Agreement 1963 He said as a Sabah Member of Par- that is from Sabah’s land. “Can we trust Pakatan Harapan,
(MA63) involves negotiations between the Federal and State Governments liament, he should be championing “Yet Sabah is listed as one of the Barisan Nasional or Perikatan
rather than with individuals. Sabah’s tax revenue entitlement of poorest states,” he said, adding Chan Nasional to return our rights? What
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) candidate for Tuaran 40 per cent as under the Federal should have considered Sabahans’ Chan said is a very honest statement
parliamentary seat Datuk Joniston Bangkuai (pic) said Constitution or contest in the penin- feelings before opening his mouth. of the stand that PH and all Malaya
discussions between individual leaders alone are insuf- sula if unable to do so. He said it was because of MPs with parties have on Sabah and Sarawak.
ficient because such a serious subject demands deeper He said Chan should know the Chan’s mentality that Sabah was not “They make one promise after but
collaboration and communication at the governmental roads in Sabah compared to West getting what it deserved from the after election, the answer is always
level. Malaysia, that Penang got two mega Federal Government. ‘no money, not the time’.”
He said Sabah requires leaders who are part of the bridges while we are still dreaming “We, being friendly and accom- He said it is time to form a strong
State Government and who genuinely put the interests of Labuan bridge. modating do care about other states. Borneo bloc in parliament so that
of the people first, as well as those who will go to great That Sarawak has four universi- However, we do not compromise on Sabah and Sarawak can truly get
lengths to gather evidence in support of the State’s ties, two of which are international what is rightfully ours under the what they deserve and urged voters
claims under MA63. and that Sabah together with Federal Constitution and Malaysia to support Warisan candidate
Joniston: Shouting in
Joniston, who is also Kiulu Assemblyman and State parliament won’t do. Sarawak are the highest producers Agreement 1963.” Amanda Yeo.
Assistant Tourism, Culture, and Environment Minister
said this during his campaign trail at Kampung Sawah in
Tamparuli here.
“I am aware that some (candidates) have put up a man-
ifesto advocating for MA63, but it’s important to keep in
mind that negotiations between the State and Federal
Governments are necessary for this kind of demand to
materialise.
“We have a stable State Government that works in tan-
dem with the Federal Government. The strong link that
exists between governments is significant, and it should
be leveraged to its full potential in the fight to push for
state rights,” he said.
Joniston remarked that the Federal Government’s cre-
ation of the Sabah and Sarawak Affairs portfolio, headed
by Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) President and incumbent MP
for Kota Marudu Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili, demon-
strated a stronger understanding between State and Fed-
eral on protecting the rights as enshrined in the MA63.
He stressed that the GRS-BN state administration under
the capable leadership of Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji
Noor would continue to fight for Sabah’s rights and sup-
port leadership that listens to Sabah’s concerns.
He then called on Tuaran constituents to throw their
support to GRS in the forthcoming election.
Joniston is set to wrest the Tuaran parliamentary seat
from incumbent Datuk Seri Wilfred Madius Tangau
(Pakatan Harapan).
He will also face Jo-Anna Sue Henley Rampas
(Warisan), Muminin Kalingkong @ Norbinsha (Parti
Pejuang Tanah Air), Bobby Lewat (Independent) and
Datuk Noortaip Suhaili (Independent).

Penampang folks
want MP who
will Turun Padang
PENAMPANG: Residents in this district feel uneasy each time
it rains. They don’t mind the brief, even heavy, downpours
but not when the rainfall appears light and never ends or
comes on and off. That to them is a sign of trouble.
The flash floods are a problem but what had been more
worrying in areas like Sugud that never witnessed devasta-
tion before until a year ago are mudflows entering homes.
Jeofrrin Likius of Kg Sugud said the village was twice sub-
merged this year alone and the worst was in September last
year. “I hope the flood mitigation project at Sungai Sugud
that has just started will be able to solve this problem at our
village,” he said.
Most of the assistance received by flood victims from his
village came from non-governmental organisations and
three bridges that had either been severely damaged or
washed away by floodwaters last year were not repaired or
replaced.
“That is why we want an elected representative who is sen-
sitive and alert to villagers’ issues.
“We want a leader who not only can speak up in Parlia-
ment but who always goes down to meet the people and lis-
ten to their problems,” he said.
Many flood victims turned emotional when Pakatan Hara-
pan candidate Datuk Ewon Benedick canvassed for votes in
the Kadazandusun-majority constituency recently.
Benedick, who is also the incoming Upko president, spent
time visiting several homes in Kampung Sugud, one of the
flood-prone villages in Penampang, which was hit again due
to heavy rain the night before.
They told Benedick, who was accompanied by Sabah
DAP’s Kapayan assemblywoman Jannie Lasimbang and sev-
eral Penampang Pakatan leaders that flood aid did not reach
many of those affected last year.
“I sympathise with their predicament. Hence, among my
aspirations for the Penampang people in the 15th General
Election is to ensure the service to them and post-flood assis-
tance could be implemented fairly and transparently,” he
said.
Benedick hopes to establish a special action and high-
impact project implementation monitoring committee for
Penampang if they decide to give him their votes this time
around. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan
had said last month that the State Government was doing its
best to complete the ongoing Penampang and Putatan flood
mitigation projects in order to address the situation in the
two neighbouring districts.
However, the projects could only be completed in six
years’ time, urging families residing in flood-prone areas to
relocate to other places during heavy rain.
Benedick is in a four-way fight for the Penampang seat
against incumbent Datuk Darell Leiking, who is Parti
Warisan deputy president, Gabungan Rakyat Sabah candi-
date Kenny Chua and independent Richard Jimmy.
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Fallout over Beluran seat not over

Winnie Kasmir
SANDAKAN: Gabungan Rakyat Sabah
(GRS-BN) candidate for Batu Sapi,
Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan, does not see
Datuk Seri Ronald Kiandee contesting
the Beluran seat on a Perikatan Nasional
(PN) ticket as a big issue, although
Ronald was previously with GRS-BN.
“For me it does not need to be a big
issue because it doesn’t yield a big
impact. We know there is no overlapping
of seats between Gabungan Rakyat Sabah
and Barisan Nasional (GRS-BN) in all
seats.
“When this does not happen, it means
that the State Government agreement
remains intact, strong and we respect
what he (Ronald) did.
“In a larger context, the Government’s
position is becoming more and more
intact because there is no collision of
seats,” he said.
Sabah Umno head Datuk Bung Mok-
tar Radin had said it would go all out to
win back the seat that he said tradition-
ally belonged to Umno.
It was earlier held by Ronald when he
was with Umno but the former Federal
Minister later switched sides to
Perikatan, now political rivals with
Umno-BN.
Bung who is also Sabah BN Chairman
said Umno would fight tooth and nail to
win it back, saying “he (Ronald) won it
previously on a BN ticket and we will
bring him down.”
Khairul Kiandee
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji whose
GRS coalition has a working relationship
with Umno regretted Ronald’s action but
said the latter was doing so as a matter of
democracy.
Kiandee, insisting that the seat was
stolen from GRS, earlier sought Hajiji’s
consent but the latter refused saying
there was already an agreement with
Umno on seat sharing, forcing him
(Ronald) to seek the blessing of PN Chair-
man Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
The Beluran seat was also the only
Umno seat to be represented by a non-
Muslim (Christian).
This time Umno upheld the tradition
despite pressure for a Muslim candidate
to be fielded.
It is being contested this time by Bene-
dict Asmat for Umno who quit his post as
Sandakan Municipal council head. Asmat
is a Christian just like Ronald and a mem-
ber of the Orang Sungai community
which consists of both Christians and
Muslims. The area is populated by Orang
Asmat Bibianah
Sungai, Dusuns and Tidongs.
The other three contenders are
Warisan’s Rowiena Rasid, Pejuang’s
Hausing Samsudin @Sudin and Pakatan-
Upko’s Felix Joseph Saang.
BN-Umno candidate Benedict Asmat
said the voters really hoped that BN
would be returned in Beluran but what
was saddening was that the candidate
appointed and won in the name of BN in
the 14th General Election (GE14) aban-
doned the area.
“After that BN was sidelined, the indi-
vidual responsible switched to another
party,” he said.
“For those who still love BN, still
remember BN’s services, still hope that
BN will remain in P183 Beluran, this Ge-
15 is the best opportunity for them.”
“During the few days we campaigned,
we saw that the mood of the voters to
support the BN candidate is really high,”
he said.
Warisan Wanita Chief Bibianah
Mustapa said the situation shows there is
no understanding between GRS and
Barisan Nasional (BN).
“Democracy as a reason is illogical
because GRS-BN has all the while been
telling the people that their understand-
ing has created a stable government.
“Yet it seems leaders among them can
contest against each other, What is the
use of the agreement signed between
GRS and BN if their leaders can do as they
please,” she said.
She recalled Hajiji’s statement that
GRS cannot prevent anyone from con-
testing in the elections in line with dem-
ocratic practices in this country.
She said GRS-BN only wants to main-
tain power yet their main support par-
ties, Umno-BN and Bersatu-Perikatan
Nasional are hostile at central level.
How can stability be created in Sabah
if their bosses are indecisive between
Ismail Sabri or Zahid Hamidi and
Muhyiddin as Prime Minister? Isn’t this a
clear picture of GRS-BN trying to fool the
people of Sabah.”
Winston withdraws
police report
KOTA KINABALU: Its water under the bridge
for Datuk Seri Winston Liaw and the man
who pushed and insulted the former while
campaigning at a coffee shop in Hilltop
here on Tuesday.
Winston, who is Parti Kesejahteraan
Demokratik Masyarakat’s (PKDM) Kota Kin-
abalu candidate said he would be with-
drawing his police report after meeting
Kong at the very coffee shop on Saturday.
“I welcome his apology and try to under-
stand what he is facing that made him lash
out. I learned that he has been hunted by
the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) for overdue
payments.
“The IRB has also barred him from trav-
elling to Sarawak where he conducts rou-
tine business. This has further worsened his
debt condition,” he.
Winston took the opportunity to high-
light a point in his manifesto that is to sim-
plify the process application by government
agencies to civilians.
“I also urge the IRB to be linear towards
civilians fulfilling their responsibility for
contributing to the nation especially during
this endemic period which drastically
impacts all sectors,” he said. – JN

Give Hajiji the chance to

take Sabah higher: KKCCCI
KOTA KINABALU: The Kota Kinabalu Chi-
nese Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(KKCCCI) urged the people to cooperate
with the Government led by Chief Minister
Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor for the good of
Sabah, development and business stability.
KKCCCI President Datuk Michael Lui
said it fully supports the assurance made
by Hajiji in his pledge to continue to be a
people-oriented Chief Minister to serve all
Sabahans regardless of their race, religion
Ellron (fifth right) with Chinese Consul General in Kota Kinabalu Huang Shifang (fourth right), or political inclination.
KKCCCI President Datuk Michael Lui (sixth right) and other VIPs doing the anniversary cake cutting ceremony. He said the Chief Minister also fostered
the spirit of unity and patriotism among
the people. “We have full faith in the Chief
Minister who is always trying to restore the
State’s economy from the Covid-19 pan-
demic in order to achieve the goal of the
Sabah Maju Jaya.
“KKCCCI welcomes and supports his
vision regarding the implementation of
the Sabah Maju Jaya (SMJ) Development
Plan from 2021 to 2025, which is the frame-
work for the State’s direction and strategy
to drive Sabah’s economy.
“We believe this plan will help boost

Chinese chambers earn CM’s praise

Larry Ralon
KOTA KINABALU: The State Government
appreciates the contribution of the Chi-
nese community through the Kota Kina-
balu Chinese Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (KKCCCI) in helping the State’s
economic growth, which is also affected by
the Covid-19 pandemic, said Chief Minister
Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor.
As Chief Minister, he said his dream is
to continue taking Sabah forward, bring-
ing in more development to the State and
the people as a whole and fully making the
Hala Tuju Sabah Maju Jaya (SMJ) Develop-
ment Plan a success.
“KKCCCI indeed plays a very important
role in the business sector in the State. Not
only in business, but KKCCCI also plays an
important role in promoting Chinese edu-
cation and culture.
“I hope this chamber will continue to
use all the opportunities available to be
together in development mainstream so
that Sabah will also benefit.
“This is apart from helping the Govern-
ment to bring more development to the
State, as well as promoting unity, goodwill
and harmony among the people of various
races in Sabah,” he said at the KKCCCI’s
111th Anniversary Gala Dinner at the Sabah
International Convention Centre (SICC)
here Friday. His speech was read by State
Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Ellron
Alfred Angin.
Hajiji also urged KKCCCI and other
chambers of commerce in the state to take
advantage of all the opportunities pro-
vided by the Government.
“The Hala Tuju SMJ is the Government’s
effort to bring comprehensive and rapid
development to Sabah. I want KKCCCI and
other chambers of commerce to take the
opportunity in this hala tuju to develop
the State’s economy.
“Through the Hala Tuju SMJ, the State
Government is ready to act as a catalyst to
create many important trade and invest-
ment opportunities that will help estab-
lish economic relations between Sabah
and foreign countries.
“Sabah has many resources, therefore
we will continue to open up more
investment and cooperation in the
fields of oil and gas, agriculture and
livestock, infrastructure and trade,” he
said.
He said KKCCCI, which was established
111 years ago, also plays an important role
as a communication bridge between the
Government and the business sector, dis-
seminating policies and information
related to trade and industry as well as
conveying the voice of the people to the
Government.
Sabah’s development. This is, indeed, a pos-
itive effort made by the Sabah Government
to formulate various strategies and
approaches in driving the state’s economic
recovery from the effects of the Covid-19
pandemic, in addition to focusing on
efforts to deal with public health issues.
“KKCCCI is confident that the SMJ devel-
opment plan will build a more united,
peaceful and prosperous society. Indeed,
this long-term plan will increase the eco-
nomic needs of our State by utilising the
natural resources in Sabah, developing
human resources and improving the socio-
economic status of the people,” he said at
the occasion.
Lui also expressed his high appreciation
to Hajiji for the annual allocation to the
Chinese schools, saying it really helps ease
the financial pressure of the schools
involved in these very difficult times so that
they can continue the operation of schools

Chamber urged
under the care of KKCCCI.
“We would express our deepest appre-
ciation for the recent State allocation of
RM300,000 to renovate and repair Wisma
KKCCCI, which cost RM600,000,” he said.

to hold larger
Lui said the last few years had witnessed
the great challenges brought by the Covid-
19 pandemic which has had an economic
impact not only on businesses but the

scale trade
entire community in Sabah.
He said KKCCCI had served as a commu-
nication bridge to convey the views of its
members and the business sector, along
with requests for appropriate support, to

fair for SMEs

Hayati Dzulkifli
KOTA KINABALU: Kota Kinabalu Chinese
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(KKCCCI) should continue to organise its
trade fair or similar event in future to
help promote latest local products and
services from Sabah’s business and indus-
trial sectors.
Sabah United Chinese Chambers of
Commerce (SUCCC) President Tan Sri
Liew Sui Fatt hoped KKCCCI would con-
sider organising a larger scale trade fair
so as to help as many as entrepreneurs,
especially Small and medium-sized entre-
preneurs (SMEs) in Sabah.
“I am truly delighted to be invited by
KKCCCI to launch the Sabah Trade Fair
organised by the Chamber. I hope other
Consumers not allowed to carry maintenance work without permission: SESB
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Electricity Sdn
Bhd (SESB) advises consumers and the
public to contact SESB to repair SESB’s
installation if there are problems with the
installation.
SESB’s installations included service
lines and electric poles that were outside
consumers premises.
The public was not allowed to do main-
tenance work without permission from
SESB as it was SESB’s responsibility to main-
tain this installation and only qualified
the Federal and State Governments.
“At the same time, KKCCCI remains com-
Andrew (middle) showing a supplement fibre product of Malpap Sdn Bhd named as ‘Pineapple mitted to exploring new opportunities in
Orange Drink’ together with Michael (right), Malpap Sdn Bhd Managing Director Datuk the business sector,” he added.
Clement Yeh (second right) and others at the Sabah Trade Fair on Friday. According to Lui, although KKCCCI
chambers under SUCCC will emulate Chamber of Commerce and Industry Covid-18 period. itself is, as its name suggests, an organisa-
KKCCCI effort in ensuring success imple- (KCCI) and Malaysia Malay Business “Our diversified trade fair with 88 par- tion that belongs to the local business sec-
mentation of the Sabah Trade Fair which Chamber of Commerce (DPMM) will ticipants received overwhelming tor, it plays an important role in
would attract visitors especially investors. work together with the joint organisers of response from the local business and promoting Chinese education and culture.
“I admire KKCCCI’s courage and confi- SIE,” he said. industrial sectors. “Presently there are seven schools under
dence, organizing such big two events – SIE is jointly organised by the State Recognising the importance of guid- the management of KKCCCI, namely SRJK
launching the Sabah Trade Fair and KKC- government, Federation of Sabah Indus- ing and leading members and business Chung Hwa Kota Kinabalu, SJK(C) Chung
CCI 111th Anniversary Gala Dinner in a tries (FSI), and Malaysian International community towards the advancement of Hwa Likas, SJK(C) Hwa Shiong Putatan,
short period of time, within two months. Chamber of Commerce and Industry commerce and industry, he said KKCCCI SJK(C) Che Hwa Kolombong, Kindergarten
“KKCCCI President Datuk Michael Lui (MICCI) Sabah branch. as a trade organization, will hold a meet- Task Chung Hwa Likas, Kindergarten Hwa
has initiated a major breakthrough. I am The Sabah Trade Fair was organised for ing at the end of this event, to review the Siong Putatan, Chung Hwa Kindergarten
looking forward whole 25 member-cham- three days starting Friday in conjunction gain or loss and to look into possibility of Penampang.
bers of SUCCC to respond positively I will with its KKCCCI’s 111th anniversary event organizing the trade fair or similar event “In addition, KKCCCI also jointly man-
coordinate to build a stronger and stable that was aimed at providing a platform in the future. ages Kota Kinabalu High School. We also
SUCCC. for their members and all the entrepre- To a question, he said the Trade Fair manage three Chinese cemeteries located
“For the upcoming Sabah Interna- neurs to showcase their latest products has been organised this year after a 12- at Batu 2.5 Jalan Tuaran, Batu 5.5 Jalan
tional Expo (SIE) to be held next year, and services, spurring business activities year gap, including due to the Covid-19 Tuaran and Manggatal, in order to take
SUCCC together with KadazanDusun to lead economic recovery during post pandemic. care of the welfare of the Chinese commu-
nity in Kota Kinabalu,” he said.
In conjunction with KKCCCI’s 111th
anniversary, Lui said the chamber fully
contractors were allowed to carry out such Among the high-risk activities that could be taken on social media, newspa- intends to make strategic plans to facilitate
works in accordance with sub rules 110(1) caused electric shocks were fishing in the pers and radio to enhance public aware- the diversification of Sabah’s economy and
and 110 (2) of the Regulations Electricity pool area or lake under the line, play kites ness. industries as well as the integration of the
Supply 1994. or remote control model airplanes near SESB requested all parties to obtain per- Kota Kinabalu City into the national devel-
In addition, SESB also advised the public electricity transmission lines, thefts or elec- mission and advice from SESB about the opment.
to avoid performing activities that might tricity supply connection illegally and also requirements that needed to be followed “We will continue to fight for our vision,
endanger them and cause electric shock. use the land under the electricity transmis- before any related activities close to SESB’s which is New Era, New Approach, New
Senior General Manager (Asset Manage- sion line as a playground, sports or public electrical installation. Journey, in order to establish KKCCCI as
ment) Ir. Idris Mohd Noor (pic) said any market. The public can call 15454 or 088-51500 one of the chambers of commerce that
activity performed under or near poles and SESB was also actively intensifying the or Whatsapp directly at 019-8525427 to defends the interests of the community,
high voltage electric transmission lines was awareness programme about electrical report or complain about such dangerous society and the state of Sabah,” he said. –
very dangerous. safety with publicised safety measures that activities. Larry Ralon
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What the roses among

Yee aspires
thorns have to say Maizatul Nur Aini

to have
Ricardo Unto, Jo Ann Mool, not be meaningful. Aside from accessibility issues, she is also
Jonathan Nicholas, Winnie “If this (corruption practice continues) keen on tackling the high cost of living in
Kasmir, Efa Rezan, Lagatah happens, it seems pointless for us to the City.

LRT track Toyos demand MA63 if all the allocations and sub- The 29-year-old public policy researcher
LAHAD DATU: BN candidate Datin Maizatul sidies do not reach the people,” said the is also unperturbed that she is the youngest
Akman is not deterred that is the only candidate who was born in Kg Tg Baru Darat candidate for the Kota Kinabalu parliamen-

for KK
KOTA KINABALU: Gabun-
gan Rakyat Sabah’s (GRS)
candidate Yee Tsai Yiew
(pic) revealed her mani-
festo during a walkabout
to the city’s three most
popular “tamus” recently.
They were Foh Sang,
Lido and Gaya Street markets. Among her
aspirations is for KK to have a Light Rail
Transit (LRT) Track.
“This proposed LRT network will be a
medium to connect and integrate the Kota
Kinabalu city centre to the surrounding
areas such as in Luyang, Likas and other
nearby areas.
“This will enable smooth road traffic
and minimize people’s travel time. It is
also seen to be able to prosper the business
ecosystem,” she said.
The 32-year-old lawyer is among the
women in the running for the Kota Kina-
balu seat is the daughter of former three
term Api-Api Assemblyman Datuk Seri Yee
Moh Chai.
Tsai Yew of Parti Bersatu Sabah said
Improving Irrigation and Drainage Plans
is included in the masterplan.
“A comprehensive irrigation and
drainage plan to solve the poor water
problem we are facing must be carried out.
“We also need to establish collabora-
tion with irrigation and drainage depart-
ment experts from neighbouring
countries to study the best management
practices to correct the current flooding
issue in Kota Kinabalu,” she said.
As a first timer, she said the acceptance
of people towards her as a candidate was
good.
She expressed concerns of graduates
pertaining the issue unemployment.
“I would create a Kota Kinabalu Youth
Entrepreneurship Support and Coun-
selling System,” she said.
Upset with
Sipitang
female candidate for the Lahad Datu parlia-
mentary seat against two males, one of
whom is a former Chief Minister’s brother.
She said women had the same ability as
men to be leaders and even do better.
“We need to remove the stigma that
women are weak and incapable of being
leaders.
“History has proven that women are also
strong and have great leadership. In fact,
women have been involved in the develop-
ment of the country,” she said.
Maizatul said, she didn’t want to focus
too much on the two male candidates
because what was more important was con-
veying the aspirations of the people in this
area.
She also adhered to the principles of
mature politics and as much as possible not
to resort to personal attacks when cam-
paigning.
On her chances, Maizatul said the people
were wise to judge and knew that BN was
capable of being a good government
administrator based on BN’s excellent
record over the years.
She said the welfare of the people in the
Lahad Datu area would be looked after and
voices heard if she wins.
Maizatul is involved in a three-way con-
test with Pakatan Harapan candidate Sia Yu
Hock and Warisan candidate Datuk Mohd
Yusof Apdal, the brother of Datuk Shafie
Apdal.
She said she wanted to create job oppor-
tunities and entrepreneur development
programmes that would definitely benefit
the community, especially the youth in this
area.
According to Maizatul, from the begin-
ning she was determined to serve the com-
munity and chose BN-Umno as a platform
because the party always prioritised service
to the people.
She was grateful to be given the oppor-
tunity to contest in this area and she
believed it was a good opportunity for her
to offer political service to the community
in this area.
She added that the sentiment of the peo-
ple’s confidence in BN could be seen and she
was confident that she would be able to
contribute to BN’s victory in the GE15.
IN KALABAKAN, Pejuang’s Dr Nur Aini
Abdul Rahman said she wanted to give an
alternative choice to the people there, con-
and had been the owner of Dnar Clinics in
Kunak and Semporna since 2004.
IN TAWAU, Pakatan Harapan’s Noraini
Abdul Ghapur feels her fluency in Mandarin
would be a bonus in winning over Chinese
voters.
She said the community at Pasar Sin
Onn, where the majority were Chinese, wel-
comed the presence of her entourage.
“Most of them are old friends of the for-
mer Kalabakan MP and they know the sacri-
fices of my dad Datuk Seri Abdul Ghapur
Salleh all this time... We see that the Chinese
in Kalabakan are still with DAP,” she said.
DAP is a coalition member of Pakatan.
Noraini, who studied at a Chinese school
(SJKC) until secondary level, said she spoke
Chinese when she met Chinese voters to
make it easier for her to understand the
issues facing them.
“They are PH supporters and we know
that PH is the only multi-racial party that
fights for all people regardless of religion,
race and descent. We are not a racist party.
“We have to accept the fact that even
though Malaysia is Malay majority, its peo-
ple are multi-racial and religious... I myself
am of Arab, Chinese (my late mother’s),
Malay and Suluk blood. I will not want
(political) racism,” she said.
Regarding the strength of her machin-
ery, Noraini said, she combined external
machinery, supporters from various parties
(in the PH component) as well as her former
supporters (while in the Barisan Nasional
camp) to help her
Peggy Chaw Zhi Ting, 23, became the
youngest election candidate by a twist of
fate for the Tenom seat.
“I replaced my father when his nomina-
tion paper was rejected due to technical
issue,” she said.
“Not to disappoint him, I stood up
bravely and took his role as an Independent
candidate.
She chose the “tractor” as her election
symbol, to her is “a symbol of power and
energy that can transform the much needed
agricultural development in Tenom.”
“I have a diploma in physiotherapy and
have vast knowledge and experience in agri-
culture, which is also my family business.
“In Tenom, the main life-line is in agri-
culture and many people in the area depend
on it to feed their families.
“Do not worry about me being young,
tary seat.
Upko president-designate Datuk Ewon
Benedick’s former special officer Rowindy
Lawrence Odong, 40, is highly-spirited in Peggy Jo-Anna
the prospect of representing the voices of
women and youths.
“That is one of my main agenda which is
in line with the national women policy
which is to develop the potential of women
from all levels of society to become an agent
of change, aside from contributing to the
country’s socio-economic growth.
“I also want to ensure that the views and
voices of women are accepted in the process
of decision-making.”
Amanda Rowindy
The former Malaysia Airlines cabin crew
staff is contesting the P176 Kimanis seat.
Barisan Nasional (BN)’s Beaufort candi-
date Datuk Siti Aminah Aching has listed
five thrusts in her election manifesto.
Among them are to improve the public
infrastructure and facility, to develop edu-
cation and human capital, to intensify the
constituency’s economy and tourism, to
sustain social and community welfare, and
to develop youths and sport infrastructure.
“The roads and clean water supply will Siti Aminah Grelydia
be monitored jointly by community leaders
in Beaufort and Kuala Penyu.
“Power supply and Internet coverage will
also be improved. I will also build more
facilities and improve multipurpose halls to
be turned into an effective one-stop centre
for the community,” she said.
For youths, she plans to appoint more
leaders among them aside from producing
more youth entrepreneurs.
“I will also provide more facilities for
Noorhasmahwatt Fui Fui
youths such as building and improving
multipurpose areas in villages.
“I also plan to upgrade the Kuala Penyu
and Beaufort Sports Complexes in stages,
and I will enhance cooperation with youth
non-governmental organisations (NGOs),”
she said.
Pakatan Harapan (PH) has put their trust
on 32-year-old Grelydia Gillod to carry their
flag for the battle of the P180 Keningau seat.
She is the sole woman candidate in the four-
cornered tussle.
Noraini Mazliwati
“It is time for the young generation to
become the next political leaders,” she said, creating more job opportunities.
and she quoted a bible verse from 1Timothy Mazliwati Abd Malek may be small-built,
4:12 that reads: “Don’t let anyone look down
but is highly spirited to face Sabah’s ‘politi-
on you because you are young, but set an cal giant’, State Barisan Nasional (BN) chair-
example for the believers in speech, in con- man Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin, in a

road sidering that most of the candidates run-

condition
Pandakin Jinius
SIPITANG: Parti Warisan candidate Datuk
Adnan Puteh assured residents here of
comfortable roads if elected.
He said many were upset with road con-
ditions connecting Sipitang-Long Pasia
with some describing it as fit for buffalo.
“If I am elected, I will ensure that the
Sipitang-Long Pasia road maintenance is
done periodically to make sure they are
easier to pass through without needing
to avoid obstacles thus minimizing haz-
ard.
“Several parts of the road leading to
Long Pasia are so badly damaged that it is
difficult for normal vehicles except for
four-wheel drives.
“In addition to potholes and mud, there
are also some parts of the road that are
dangerous to walk on. I have received
many complaints from the villagers about
this I sympathize with the Long Pasia folks
who have been facing them for so long,”
Adnan said.
“I was also informed that some resi-
dents could not even sell their agricultural
produce or catch at the weekly Wednesday
town market and on Sundays in Sindumin
which affects their income,” he added.
ning were ‘recycled’ ones.
“Our team went to the ground to meet
the people and there are many complaints
that need to be taken into account... If I am
elected as MP for Kalabakan, I will definitely
do my best to help the people of Kal-
abakan,” she said.
Her party’s mission is to improve the
quality of life and make the community of
this district prosperous.
“We have certain missions that we try to
solve in our own way... We don’t think about
whether we will be the opposition or the
government but we will try in our own way
and our own mind how to help the people,”
she said.
Dr Nur Aini who heads Pejuang Sabah
obtained her medical degree from the Uni-
versiti Kebangsaan Malaysa (UKM). She said
the agenda of Pejuang in Sabah is to fight
for the rights enshrined in the Malaysia
Agreement 1963 (MA63).
She said Pejuang would also focus on
people’s problems such as providing better
infrastructure facilities.
According to her, the struggle for MA63
rights would continue but the main prob-
lem that needs to be taken into account was
corruption and kleptocracy among political
leaders now.
“(Leaders) change but the situation is
more or less the same. If we cannot reduce
the practice, no matter how much alloca-
tion is sent by the federal government will
with your support, we can build a greater
Tenom with a better agriculture produce,
including the downstream industry,” she
said.
Warisan’s Tuaran candidate Jo-Anna Sue
Henley Rampas said her focus is on ensur-
ing the constituency is clean in various
aspects, not only physically but also corrup-
tion-free in the public service.
A cleaner Tuaran, the 33-year-old
Warisan Wirawati deputy chief said, would
boost the tourism industry, especially when
the constituency is rich with biodiversity.
The 2007 State Unduk Ngadau winner
also gives attention to public amenities like
roads, power and water supplies, and
telecommunication coverage, aside from
schools in the constituency.
“A cooperation between the Malaysian
Communication and Multimedia Commis-
sion (MCMC) and telecommunication com-
panies would be forged to ensure the
Internet facility for the people in Tuaran can
be improved,” she said.
This is her first try in contesting for a par-
liamentary seat after contesting for a State
seat in the 14th General Election (GE14) in
2018.
Another Warisan woman warrior is
Amanda Yeo who calls herself “cili padi”
(bird’s eye chilli).
“I think I can bring young vibes and pro-
fessionalism, because I am also an advocate
for public policy so I believe this can make
KK a different city,” she said.
duct, in love, in faith and in purity.”
She said much development is needed to
bring Keningau forward.
Former assistant district development
officer Siti Noorhasmahwatty Osman is
Warisan’s candidate for P182 Pensiangan.
The 38-year-old Wirawati vice-chief is
also a welfare volunteer.
She echoed Warisan’s election manifesto
for her campaign in Pensiangan, which have
five thrusts – unity, clean government, trans-
parency, inclusive and fair government.
Gazetting the water villages in Batu Sapi
would be among the main concerns of PH
candidate Liau Fui Fui if she becomes Batu
Sapi MP.  “However, I have full confidence in the
Liau, 39, who is also Sabah DAP Secretary,
said 90 per cent of the floating villages
established along the Batu Sapi coastline
have not been gazetted as villages.
She said the basic needs and facilities
that should be enjoyed by all humans are
not properly channelled to the communi-
ties in the coastal area of Batu Sapi due to
the villages still having squatter status.
“Basic needs such as clean water supply and
electricity cannot be distributed systemati-
cally to the communities in these water vil-
lages.
“This issue is a humanitarian one that
needs to be taken seriously and addressed,”
she said.
Liau also hoped to make Batu Sapi a
tourist area, including developing Pasir
Putih Beach as a tourist attraction, as well as
straight fight for the P187 Kinabatangan
seat in her determination to give Warisan its
maiden victory in Kinabatangan, which has
long been a BN stronghold.
Mazliwati, 49, said she is ready for the
one-on-one fight with Bung Moktar who is
her cousin and with extensive experience in
politics.
“This (Kinabatangan) is the only seat
that involves a straight fight in Sabah (in
GE15).
“I am facing an experienced person, a
‘political giant’ who has already served five
terms (as a Kinabatangan Member of Parlia-
ment). I am a new face.
wisdom of the people (to choose),” she said.
Mazliwati, a law graduate from the Uni-
versity of London, said she is offering many
changes and improvements for the people
of Kinabatangan.
The eldest child of the late Datuk Abd
Malek Chua, who was a Sabah political fig-
ure and had served as Kuamut Assembly-
man, said the changes she intended to bring
to Kinabatangan included providing a more
conducive education environment to pro-
duce a generation of Kinabatangans with a
first-class mindset, as well as empowering
the socio-economic development of the
people.
Mazliwati, who joined politics in 2016,
also outlined several key points in her man-
ifesto, such as economic revolution as a
measure to address the cost of living issue,

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KOTA KINABALU: Some 994 individuals have been
and are currently undergoing craft skills training
under the Natives’ Special Programme (PKAN) at the
Yayasan Sabah College of Technology (YSCT)’s Craft
Heritage Centre (PWK), since it was initiated in 2016.
Chief Minister’s wife, Datuk Juliah Salag said out of
that figure, some 94 individuals are taking the train-
ing course this year.
She added, the Federal Government through the
Sabah State Economic Planning Unit (Upen) had allo-
cated RM9.9 million for the programme since 2016
including RM880,000 for this year.
“The craft skills training has benefited almost
1,000 of our children in Sabah,” she said when offici-
ating the PWK, here, Friday.
“I was also informed that these trainees are already
working in the craft industry including self-employ-
ment.
“I hope that the PWK will be able to administer and
manage the implementation of handicraft courses in
the best possible way while also being able to conduct
quality handicraft skills training courses and give
exposure to trainees about high-value and commer-
cial craft products.
“Not only that, this centre can train those who are
skilled in art and can develop a business-oriented
craft community.”
PKAN gives focus on low-income natives by provid-
1,000 Sabahans benefit from craft skills training
ing skill training in the field of handicrafts. This effort
is to help this group to empower themselves and
develop their own socio-economy status.
Juliah, who is also Gabungan Rakyat Sabah Peo-
ple’s Representative’s Wives Charity Association
(Mutiara GRS) President said the PWK’s committed
efforts in offering quality craft training programmes,
would greatly benefit the youths in the State.
“Such programmes will help in realising the devel-
that 72 per cent of the PWK’s former trainees were
able to increase their household income.
Juliah “Some 30.7 per cent of them had elevated their
observes standards of living to go above the State’s poverty line
one of the income (PGK) in 2014 which was RM1,050.
traditional “Results of the study also show the amount of craft
costumes income obtained by the former trainees before and
made by after following the training has also shown an encour-
aging difference.
the
“A trainee’s average income has increased from
trainees
RM172.24 to RM515.09, an increase of RM342.85.
displayed
“On average, former trainees can earn an addi-
at the
tional income of between RM200 and RM500 per
centre’s month.”
gallery. As such, he said, this is a proof that craft skills
training has a high impact on the trainees.
He also said YSCT and PWK are committed to com-
opment of human capital and the well-being of the mercialise the craft products made by the trainees.
people. PWK, he said, would also conduct programmes to
“Human capital development is a critical factor in introduce the products to the mass.
generating and maintaining the State’s economic “PWK is a facilitator for trainees to expand their
growth,” she said. market by helping in marketing activities physically,
Juliah also urged for more local handicrafts in the digitally or in hybrid form,” he said.
State to be highlighted. Aside from that, he said, PWK will always guide the
Meanwhile, YSCT Chief Executive Samin Ongki said trainees to produce new and innovative craft designs
a study conducted by Yayasan Sabah Group found to meet local and international needs.
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Youngsters getting their first-hand experience harvesting paddy.
Going back to paddy roots
Sherell Jeffrey
T
HE grain has a larger role in
the sense that even the
State Agriculture and Food
Industry Ministry aims to
increase Sabah’s rice production
self-sufficiency level to 60 per
cent by 2030 from the current 25
per cent.
The biggest paddy fields in
Sabah are in Kota Belud and Kota
Marudu, however both are dwin-
dling in size.
In April last year, former Min-
ister of Urban Wellbeing, Hous-
ing and Local Government,
Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan
said there are 6,000 acres of
paddy fields in Kota Belud but
only 2,000 acres are cultivated as
the other 4,000 are faced with
irrigation problems.
In Kota Marudu, thousands of
acres are abandoned due to the
same problems with data
obtained from the Agriculture
Department in Kota Marudu
showing 6,666 hectares in 2014 and down
to 5,484.61 hectares in 2019.
Pitas-Kota Marudu had the second
biggest area under paddy after Kota Belud,
until floods struck the constituency
between 2013 and 2014.
With that being said, I think it’s best to
leave the facts and figures on Sabah’s rice
cultivation and production to the experts.
My focus is more on those of us who
own paddy fields but have seldom or never
set foot on a paddy field, what more toiled
the fields under the scorching sun.
My late grandmother, Datin Nurie
Lumpisau, left us with a paddy field in
Kampung Rani, Tenghilan, a quaint village
in the Tuaran district, some 45 minutes’
drive from the State Capital.
The paddy field may be small in size,
but it can produce enough rice to last our
family of 12 the whole year, in fact its har-
vest is more than sufficient that we are also
able to share its harvest with our extended
Mundai and his wife harvesting paddy the conventional way.
Getting
one’s feet
stuck in
mud while
harvesting
paddy is
no easy
task.
Y OU R LOCAL V OICE I S UND AY, NO V E MB E R 1 3 , 2 0 2 2
Mundai holding the harvesting
tool known as ‘Linggaman’.
family.
Now coming back to the part of seldom
or never set foot on a paddy field. My first
visit to the paddy field was at the age of 10
and all I remember was running around
the trenches trying to catch snails instead
of working the fields.
My second visit happened only recently,
when I am well over my 40s, this time to
gather material for my article on how con-
ventional paddy planting is done in this
part of the State.
There to guide me was former Kam-
pung Rani Village Chief, Baba Mundai,
who also happens to be related to me.
“We started planting paddy in the 1930s
and today there are about 50 acres of
active paddy fields in our village.
“Your grandparents used to work on
this field back in the 1960s and it is good
to see that this paddy field is still main-
tained to this day,” he said.
He said until the early 1970s, water buf-
dailyexpress
When it comes to crops in Sabah, these fields of golden yellow
especially during harvest season, are still some of the most striking.
faloes are the main animal
used by villagers to plough
the paddy fields.
“A hand-held plough
made of bamboo with one
or more blades fixed in a
frame is fastened to the
buffalo.
“The plough is then
drawn over the soil to turn
it over and cut furrows in
preparation for the plant-
ing of seeds,” he said,
adding that the process
requires a great deal of
effort from both farmer
and buffalo; and could take
up to a week or more to get
two acres ready for plant-
ing.
Today, many villagers in
the area, including Mundai,
has opted to replace his
buffaloes with machines to
get the ploughing job
done.
“Back in those days, we
don’t think the hand-held
ploughing method is a burden because we
are used to it, but we are grateful that now
we have machines which makes the
ploughing work easier and faster,” he said.
With the machine, he is now able to
plough three acres within two days com-
pared to previously where he is only able
to get two acres ploughed using the buf-
falo hand-held plough method.
The method of reaping the crop year by
year however has not changed much. Vil-
lagers still go to the field and reap each
stalk one by one with a pair of harvesting
tool known as “Linggaman”.
Sickles are also used to reap their har-
vest, however for those in Rani, the
“Linggaman” is the preferred tool. A teenager getting his first-hand experience
“There was a time in 1989 when we tried at harvesting paddy the conventional way.
using machines to harvest the crop but
one paddy company said it was not suit- type of stalks. kind of ritual among the paddy planting
able, so we continued using the traditional “If there is only two people working the ethnic community in Sabah.
tool. fields, it will take up to a month to get an In Mundai’s village however, rituals
“This tool is still used by a majority of acre harvested,” he said. commonly accustomed with paddy plant-
paddy planters here until today,” said He said the weather also plays an ing is no longer in practice.
Mundai. important role in rice production, thus, He recalls the rituals his mother used to
Finding the tool today is not an easy the need for improved water control is the practise before and after the harvest.
task, however it can be easily crafted using beginning and the end of a successful and “She will do the “Majalud” which in
the blade of a saw, wood or a polyvinyl bountiful harvest. Dusun means when the paddy stalks start
chloride (PVC pipe) as the handle. The major part of the paddy is rain to mature and turn yellow, she will take a
The saw blade is cut into the shape of a grown, and no provision exists for getting chicken and the komborongoh (dusun
crescent or the shape of a buffalo horn and water on and off the land; the latter is just word for talisman) will slaughter it.
fixed to the wood or PVC pipe which acts as important, if not more important, than “She will place polod leaves at the site
as the handle. the former. where the harvest will take place and sit
Why the crescent or buffalo horn “Poor drainage and irrigation works there while reciting the ritual,” he said.
shape? Simply because it allows a firm grip will cause our fields to be flooded and Such rituals are no longer practised
while clipping the stalks. destroy our crops in the process,” said after religion came to the village.
“The shape makes reaping the stalk one Mundai. Coming back to my visit to the paddy
by one much easier since it fits nicely into He noted that it has been two years fields, my three teenage nephews also
your hands,” said Mundai while explain- since the drainage and irrigation system in came along and got their first-hand expe-
ing that the index finger and middle fin- their area has been maintained by the rel- rience out in the fields.
ger plays a huge role in clipping the stalks evant authorities, the Drainage and Irriga- They did an impressive job at harvest-
with the Linggaman. tion Department in particular. ing paddy – despite constantly getting
Naturally the question arises as to Then comes the question of rituals, their feet stuck in the mud while trying to
whether such method is effective. Mundai especially since paddy planting is gener- balance themselves in the slippery field
said it depends on the manpower and the ally known to start and end with some while harvesting the paddy stalks.
Paddy harvesting is no easy task and
despite the challenge they managed to
harvest a basket full of paddy, with help
from Mundai and his wife of course.
As we made our back to the city, I
realised the significance of celebrating a
bountiful harvest. It is not about consum-
ing alcohol beverages and getting heavily
intoxicated and neither is it about the
much anticipated annual Unduk Ngadau
competition.
It’s about ensuring there is sufficient
rice to feed not only one’s family, but also
one’s nation for years to come.
It’s about uniting families in preserving
the practice of conventional paddy plant-
ing which may possibly disappear if left
unchecked due to the accelerating growth
in modernisation.
Hopefully, rice production continues to
have a place in the hearts of the people,
young and old, in view of the competition
from other rival crops such as rubber,
coconut and oil palm.
But one thing for sure is when it comes
to crops in Sabah, these fields of golden
yellow especially during harvest season,
are still some of the most striking.
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Support of the private sector needed to make Sabah competitive: CM
WHILE MICCI Sabah branch Datuk Lee Swi
Heng suggested the State Government gives
more support to businesses on the recovery
front, Chief Minister Datuk Seri Haji Hajiji
Haji Noor said the opposite is also true: Sup-
port of the private sector is necessary to
enhance Sabah’s competitiveness!
“In order to sustain economic growth, we
have resolved to pursue our agenda to
improve public institutions, policies and pro-
cedures that will enhance the State’s compet-
itiveness, with the support of the private
sector,” Hajiji noted.
So the two men each want support from
the other!
In his speech read out by Deputy Chief
Minister cum Minister of Industrial Develop-
ment Datuk Dr. Seri Panglima Joachim Gun-
salam, Hajiji singled out Agriculture, Industry
and Tourism as the three main thrusts of Hala
Tuju Sabah Maju Jaya (SMJ) Roadmap -
Sabah’s five-year development plan, as pivotal
in creating a progressive Sabah.
“In addition, the emphasis is also human
capital development and connectivity, spe-
cially green infrastructure and sustainable
networks,” Hajiji said.
Y OU R LOCAL V OICE I S UND AY, NO V E MB E R 1 3 , 2 0 2 2
lion, with the inclusion of ammonia and urea
in the SST list,” Hajiji added.
‘Revitalise the State’s economy is our
mission’: Hajiji
“Our mission to revitalise the State’s econ-
omy by encouraging more foreign direct
investment (FDI) as well as domestic direct
investment (DDI), has borne fruit,” Hajiji
asserted.
Quoting figures, he cited RM RM9.9 bil-
lion in Foreign Direct Investments (FDI)
secured from January to September 2022 and
RM389 million in Domestic investments from
January to June 2022 and promised to push
the momentum.
“We are confident Sabah is and will con-
tinue to be an attractive destination for
investment, we will strive to be investor-
friendly and be rest assured that the State
Datuk Gunsalam greeting MICCI members. At 4th right is Chairman Government will ease all hurdles to facilitate
Datuk Lee and Datuk Susan Chang, Deputy Chairperson (3rd right). investment,” he pledged.
The implementation of the SMJ plan including the RM10 million collected from While the Chamber proposed the State
recorded RM5.449 billion revenue in 2021 and petrochemicals for August 2022, Hajiji noted. avoid the “Big Project Syndrome”, Hajiji said
expected to achieve RM6 billion in 2022, with “This bodes well for us to collect oil and larger-scale projects through the Federal
more deals secured from previous and ongo- gas (O&G) royalties and annual State Sales Government allocations like the Sepangar
ing oil and gas negotiations with Petronas, Tax (SST) payments amounting to RM2.45 bil- Bay Container Port Expansion Programme,
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several Pan Borneo Highway project packages
and implementation of projects under the
Rural Roads Program will help to simulate
the economy.
Given the implementation of these vari-
ous projects, Sabah’s economic prospects
2023 is expected to show a better recovery
trend, Hajiji asserted.
“I am happy to say that up to September 4
this year, Sabah has spent RM2.391 billion
under the Second Rolling Plan of the 12th
Malaysia Plan marking the performance of
55.67pc of the RM5.235 billion allocated to 1,
118 approved development projects in
Sabah,” Hajiji noted.
“It is possible for Sabah to exceed the
national performance of 55.44pc: he added.
“The Federal 2023 budget allocation of
RM6.3 billion for Sabah is a commitment to
ensure no one is left out in mainstream devel-
opment.
“The 20.45pc increase from Last year’s
budget is a comprehensive allocation cover-
ing development in all sectors including
security, schools, roads projects, human cap-
ital and human wellbeing in Sabah, among
others,” Hajiji said.

Extra support
needed on
recovery front:
MICCI Sabah
The
MICCI
Sabah
branch
annual
luncheon.

Kan Yaw Chong logistics and energy costs . Given these unprecedented problems, Lee highlighted to the State Government a list the economic growth of the State. Hence the

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HEN business is down by a long Captains of industries and businesses are Datuk Lee argued that “More support is of 12 “key issues of concern to all” in MICCI economy needs to diversify into manufactur-
shot, it is actually a public interest best placed to read dire economic situations needed on the economic recovery front ,” Sabah and the people of Sabah in general, ing, tourism and services sector.
and macro-economic duty of the well, so it behoves people in authority and warning that “the global inflationary pres- where the Government needs to intervene. 5. As captains of industries, a “needs
Government to prop up a lethargic condition control to take respectfully crafted sugges- sures are impacting the sustainability of busi- 1. We hope that the State Government will based” approach would be recommended,
with extra support via whatever fiscal and tions seriously. nesses that are equally vulnerable and not only implement all projects currently in whereby the needs of the industries and peo-
political muscle at its disposal, without Everybody has seen it for them- exposed to inflationary pressures in the form the pipeline, with special emphasis given to ple should be given priority. The Government
even being asked. selves, the Covid 19 pandemic had of higher input costs, rising logistics and completion of the Pan Borneo Highway by the must intervene and initiate good and pro-
This is why. dealt business a big blow in Sabah energy costs .” year 2024, but also look at ways and means to gressive frameworks, with specific emphasis
Business is hugely important with many closures. improve the infrastructure of the State … be it on measures to build human and capital
in a country’s economy because it Not all gloom & doom water, power of electricity supply, internet, endowments. These endowments include
is the main economic engine for Difficult times from rising On a brighter note, however, Datuk Lee roads, ports, airports and such, so that Sabah institutional upgrading and skills develop-
the country! costs, war and world tensions: said he was “deeply encouraged” by Chief will be competitive to, if not better than, the ment, among others. (In fact, it is suggested
More than that - business is Lee Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji’s “commitment to other States and also seen as the “preferred that Governments need to take a deep look at
actually existential! At its first post- Covid Annual review and complete infrastructure projects investment destination” in the eyes of poten- how businesses are run. Businesses read their
For example, Kota Kinabalu, San- Luncheon last Tuesday, the such as the Pan Borneo Highway, the Sabah tial investors... both foreign and domestic. local environment well and provide services
dakan, Tawau, Lahad Datu, Sem- Datuk Lee Swi Malaysian International Chamber of International Convention Centre and the Hub 2. Underlying Sabah’s high poverty rate is or products based on the needs of those
porna certainly would not have even Heng: MICCI Commerce and Industry (MICCI) Ports more cost-effectively and efficiently.” a persistently higher-than-average unemploy- around them, which excite and motivate
existed if not because they were Sabah branch Sabah branch Chairman Datuk Lee He also hailed Sabah is doing its part to ment rate of 9pc as compared to the 4.7pc them because they don’t survive otherwise).
founded for business and trade! Swi Heng invoked the collective attract investors to the State. nationwide during the third quarter of last 6. In view of the impending move of the
Chairman.
So a vibrant KK, vibrant San- voice of businesses and said the “However, the ‘subsidies mentality’ of any year is alarming! The two-year pandemic Indonesian capital city from Jakarta to Kali-
dakan, vibrant Tawau, Lahad Datu, Semporna, State need more government measures and investor must be avoided at all costs as this aggravated the unemployment in the State, mantan, the Government has to consider the
vibrant Sabah with robust businesses pros- support on the recovery front. will result in the diversion of the state resulting in a total of 184,200 people being establishment of a comprehensive network of
pers everyone. “Over the last few years, we have witnessed resources which can be better deployed else- made redundant (as of the 4th quarter of year land, air and sea linkages with Kalimantan to
In fact, in a complex society, everyone’s sur- and experienced our sluggish economy due where,” Lee noted. 2021). We fervently hope that the State Gov- further strengthen Sabah’s economic linkages
vival hangs on the goods and services created to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic,” he Since City Hall has used its ‘Love KK Net- ernment will help to support and enable with the region. We would also request that
by business. said. work’ for meeting of minds between Captains more skills training facilities for the unem- the development of the BIMP-EAGA sub-
Governments only collect taxes but it’s “These are difficult times, we are certain of business and industry, hatched by Mayor ployed so that they can be more competitive region be administered and managed by the
businesses that generate the bulk of tax that the Government will help the private sec- Datuk Noorliza Awang Alip, with some good in the labour market. State Government of Sabah. This must start as
incomes without which there can be no suc- tor through difficult times to support busi- working effects, maybe the State Government 3. The importance of human resources soon as possible. (It is believed that the devel-
cessful governing forces to provide critical ness recovery,” Datuk Lee said. can think of a similar networking arrange- development must gear towards the need of opment of the new capital city will include
infrastructures, manage society and citizens’ While Covid has quietened down at the ment to tap directly into the working capacity progressive and tech-oriented education, construction of modern rail links, for example,
wellbeing. home front now, war drums and tensions of pragmatic business pillars. such as those of AT, ICT, and drones. To avoid between Nusantara and Tarakan, just south of
So, as powerful as governments seem, real abroad are piling on negative stresses to a ‘brain drain’ among our youths and losing Tawau, could be something like the just com-
power on the ground is the pragmatic eco- Sabah’s domestic economy. The collective views of 900-member them to other foreign job markets, we at the pleted Jakarta – Bandung bullet train.)
nomic engine of business. “Away from home, the Russian- Ukraine companies from 30 countries Chamber hope that measures will be taken to 7. We would like the State Government re-
war, the continuous US-China tension, the In his speech Tuesday, Datuk Lee explained not only create jobs but also encourage pro- consider the relaxation of My Malaysia Second
Insane times – sustainability at stake protests in Europe and the European econ- why the MICCI Sabah branch carries weight grammes with incentives. Home (MM2H) programme for Sabah. The
Hence, as the Mandarins say in a time-hon- omy’s structural challenges couple with the on business issues. 4. In Sabah, the next most significant con- MM2H participants with a high net-worth, or
oured idiom, ‘Yin shui si yuan’ which literally unstoppable escalation of inflation, have He said: “Having been set up in 1994, we tributors to its GDP and employment are the who are highly skilled, well-educated and
means ‘drink water think of root source’, busi- impacted our economy and will certainly are one of five MICCI branches in the whole mining and agriculture sectors. The Sabah independent entrepreneurs will not only be
ness deserves more serious regard than hith- pose challenges for all of us in the days and country. Today, the Chamber has over 900 mining sector, in particular the Oil and Gas, able to contribute positively to business
erto accorded. years ahead,” Datuk Lee said. member companies from 30 different coun- employs 1pc of workers, whereas agriculture investments, provide a small lift in the prop-
In normal times, businesses are more than In what he sees as “ persistent economic tries, and this makes the Chamber the most remains a major provider of employment, at erty sector through their acquisition, boost
capable of sustaining themselves. challenges”, Datuk Lee cited “slow down in comprehensive business voice in Malaysia, almost three times the national rate. Despite human resources capability and increase the
But these days are what some commenta- economic growth, low income, rising fiscal allowing it to put across to the Government contributing to such a high proportion of need for medical care, and also good ambas-
tors called ‘insane’ times, riddled with global vulnerability, slow industrial upgrading or the collective views and business opinions of employment in Sabah, however, productivity sadors for Sabah tourism.
turmoil which raises troubling concern about upscaling, inadequate technological capabil- its diverse members.” in the State’s agriculture sector lags behind 8. The Chamber also proposes that the
the very sustainability of businesses now ities, the lack of qualified human resources an the level of productivity in manufacturing State Government avoid “Big Project Syn-
being exposed to escalating inflationary pres- availability of foreign labour in various essen- 12 ‘key issues’ services, and mining. This “misallocation” of drome”. We have seen significant risks and
sures in the form of higher input costs, rising tial sectors in Sabah.” Invoking his “duty” as Chairman, Datuk labour in the economy does not bode well for failure on these mega projects, riddled with
promoters with little technical or financial

Launched – KK City Hall Investors’ Guidebook
THE MICCI Annual Luncheon Tuesday climaxed in the
launching of ‘Kota Kinabalu City Hall Investors’ Guidebook
by Datuk Dr Seri Panglima Joachim Gunsalam.
Actually, the fact that MICCI Sabah branch deputy Chair-
man Datuk Susan Chang who also chairs City Hall’s ‘Love
Vibrant KK’ project has directly contributed to its produc-
tion.
Business people know the value of investment, while
economists are unanimous that local and foreign invest-
ments are key to a nation’s economic growth, technology,
knowledge transfer and even market access beyond.
‘Love Vibrant KK’ underscores a tacit understanding that
every level of investment is necessary for boosting employ-
ment, reduce inflation, raise food production etc to
improve the economic well being of common folks, given
that Covid had decimated many of its once thriving busi-
ness outfits .
Hailing the Guidebook, Mayor Datuk Nooliza Awang Alip
said: “The Guidebook contains the latest information and
current practising procedures related to licensing, develop-
ment and building application approval and rates payable.”
“It provides insights on how to make business opera-
tions and life easier in Kota Kinabalu,” she added.
MICCI Sabah deputy picked to helm ‘Love Vibrant KK’
project
MICCI no doubt chipped in what investment it knows
best in this joint intervention with City Hall.
At City Hall’s request, Datuk Susan Chang agreed to chair
Susan Noorliza Lifred
the Love Vibrant KK Committee – one of the seven compo-
nents of Love KK Network programme launched by Mayor
Nooliza in December 2021.
“One of the main objectives of ‘Love Vibrant KK’ initia-
tive is to assist investors in proesses such as licences, per-
mits and approval applications,” Datuk Susan noted.
Recognising its value, this core network between Lifred
Wong, deputy Director General (Finance) and Abby Mae
Joe, Director of Valuation, plus inputs from various City Hall
departments, worked hard to complete the Guidebook.
Business-friendly Guide to investors
“It serves as a guide to investors on the necessary steps
in applying and registering their business in the city,” Datuk
Susan said.
“To have a business-friendly and conducive environment,
investors need be able to look at the initial steps,” she added.
Since its inception, the Love Vibrant KK project had
staged the EU funded international GCoM Workshop on
know-how, and whose interest only add on
layers of profits.
9. In the tourism sector, the emphasis
must be on Eco Tourism, where there is little
impact on the environment but great impact
on the economy.
10. With the strategic location of Sabah
and easy accessibility to our part facilities, the
cruise tourism is an opportunity that Sabah
can ill afford to miss.
11. In terms of food security, measures and
strategies need to be considered for the State
Abby to be self-sustainable with its own locally
Climate and Energy grown produce and food production, and
and an incredible visit minimum reliance on imports. In this regard,
by Polish Miss World sustainable agriculture practices must be
Karolina Bielawska in a encouraged.
Charity Gala Dinner 12. In the recently announced Budget 2023,
that raised RM156,000. it is expansionary with lots of incentives with
Formed at the a view of alleviating the rising cost of living
height of the pan- burden and strengthening the economic
demic, Datuk Chang recovery of the country. Though the budget
explains: “One of the will be re-tabled, debated and approved by
The guidebook.
main objectives of the the parliament, people will support because
Love Vibrant KK initiative is the assist investors in of the benefits arising from the huge budget.
processes such as licences, permits and approval applica- However, the situation post GE15, must see
tions.” political stability of the new Government to
As a post Covid effort, it focuses on revitalising economic enact policies and reforms that sustain
activities in KK, promote and open up more business oppor- investor-confidence and address various
tunities, boost more job opportunities, services, financial structural problems facing the country. Only
support for business, advance human capital, cultural and then, can there be a positive impact on our
entertainment events etc. economy.
 8 Special Report
Dwarf Ixoras make very good ground covers.
Ground covers in
urban greeneries
W
HAT are ground covers? As the
name implies, ground covers are
used to provide cover over the
ground with various kinds of materials
and for one reason or another. The main
reasons for the use of ground covers lie in
their ability to provide some degree of
weed control as well as the conservation
of moisture.
They are often used as a measure to
colour or paint up an otherwise green and
monotonous expanse which is one very
effective way to draw in visitors and
tourists by the hordes. They are also effec-
tive in the reduction of run-offs and the
prevention of soil erosion, thus requiring
zero or little need for soil replenishment
or topping-up.
Materials used in ground covers
Ground covers in urban greeneries are
very common and widely established so as
to be part and parcel of the living compo-
nent of any landscape. The subject is very
clear-cut and straightforward, which is
about ground covers in urban areas espe-
cially its greeneries.
But ground covers can also be taken to
mean the non-living component which
means to say that they too cover the
ground but are made up of inanimate,
lifeless or dead materials. Most interest-
ingly, these can be organic in nature, man-
ufactured artificial components, or the
inorganic or sterile minerals.
Since the inception of landscaping,
ground covers have always been associ-
ated with living plants of varying sizes,
colours and heights and set in varying
degrees of patterns and designs. Some
may be ground huggers of only a couple
of centimetres in height, while the com-
mon ones are the leafy shrubs that are
either of the flowering or foliage types.
There are also numerous varieties that
belong to the succulents which are nor-
mally fast growers which nevertheless
also require more regular replanting and
more focused maintenance.
Also, there are creepers and scramblers
that are non-herbaceous in nature that
tend to build up a thickness of a metre or
so. These are easy to grow and maintain
but such kinds of ground covers require a
lot of peripheral control as they may
become very invasive in all directions.
Then there is the ultimate ground
cover, that is, trees of all varieties covering
all shapes, sizes and heights. This may
seem to be incredible but remember that
aeons ago, tree cover was the original
ground cover for the planet called Earth.
Air or space travellers today can readily
vouch for the fact that the planet, espe-
cially the warmer zones, is still swathed in
a layer of green cover which is made up
mostly of trees.
Oyster Plant – lasting ground cover plants.
Y OU R LOCAL V OICE I S UND AY, NO V E MB E R 1 3 , 2 0 2 2
However, with the advent of modern
times, more and more artificial materials
are being pushed out for the purpose of
filling a niche market in artificial ground
covers in particular those of artificial turf.
These are plastic-based and are manufac-
tured so skilfully that they appear to be
almost similar to the real turf. Don’t
believe? Try it.
Sounds incredible but the stuff have
been on the market for decades already.
They are available in large quantities in
Kota Kinabalu and other big towns all
over Sabah. These are usually packaged in
various ways such as in rolls of 2x20
metres or larger.
There are many grades and they are of
different qualities which are meant to
meet all budgets in artificial turfing of
lawns such as those of home gardens or
public grounds. With the use of artificial
turf in place of natural grasses for ground
covers, a small problem may arise, that is,
saying sayonara to your friendly om. But
looking at the larger picture, the savings
on wages on an annual basis may be quite
appreciable.
Apart from ground covers in the form
of artificial turf, there are also many other
kinds of non-plant covers such as sand,
stone, pebbles, concrete slabs, cement
pavings etc. These comprise the hard but
permanent materials that will not decom-
pose even after decades. The soft stuffs
comprise mostly polystyrene beads and
plastic sheets, among others.
Even discarded bedsheets, straw and
plastic floor mats, tattered carpets, etc.,
may be considered as ground covers if
they are laid out to cover a certain area of
ground. The rolls of opaque black or
white polythene sheets make very good
ground covers where they are widely used
in horticulture, being very effective in
weed control and moisture conservation
in the cultivation of long rows of high
value vegetables and other types of short-
term food crops.
Common varieties of plants
for ground covers
There are many varieties of plants that
can be used to provide ground cover.
These may be ornamental or non-orna-
mental in nature while some may be of
the flowering or foliage types.
They can also be herbaceous succulents
or woody little shrubs, long-lasting peren-
nials or short-term seasonal annuals.
Woody perennials may include many
kinds of shrubs with the larger ones that
can be considered as small trees.
However, many varieties of plants that
are one metre or less in height may be
considered for use as ground covers. Still,
this depends to a certain degree on the
expanse of the cultivation, with vast
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Golden Duranta make very good ground covers.
Weddelia
– lasting
ground
cover
plants.
stretches being able to take on shrubs
exceeding a metre in height for cultiva-
tion on large beds of ground cover.
On the ground, the cultivation of
ground covers in urban greeneries is not
a big problem. Even within the narrow
confines of home gardens, the task can be
very easily carried out without much has-
sle but with plenty of joy and enjoyment.
In fact, a thick ground cover is able to
solve a big chunk of the weed problem,
leaving plenty of time for a few cuppas or
several bottles of a fiery stuff. A few com-
mon ground covers are highlighted
below.
One of the most common among
ground covers is dwarf ixora. When land-
scaping began to take hold and gain pop-
ularity about 3-4 decades ago, the dwarf
ixora was among a number of popular
varieties that was the most widely used to
cover many barren or exposed plots of
land. This was due mainly to need or
design, with many of the hardy plants still
around after that long period of time.
Ixoras fit the picture nicely as they are
of the woody and tough type of plant,
with the bonus in the form of its ability to
produce flowers profusely especially
when the weather gets a bit drier. Such
plants are easy to propagate vegetatively
by the use of cuttings, and over the years,
hundreds of thousands of them – with
some estimates running into the million
ringgit figures – have been produced, and
in the process, enriching the landscape as
well as filling the bank accounts of nurs-
ery operators and contractors.
Dwarf golden duranta is also another
hardy plant that is widely used in one way
or another as ground covers. It is also
woody in nature and is able to tolerate a
fair level of rough shod treatment.
To keep a bed of dwarf durantas even
in growth, it is necessary to give it a good
trimming once in 4-6 months. If time and
energy are readily available, a cut given
once in 2-3 months is even better as the
entire bed is kept neat, level and tidy.
Propagation of the plant is also by taking
cuttings, and again, millions of plants can
be had from a few parent plants after a
number of years.
Rhoeo discolor is a herbaceous leafy Pinto Peanut – leafy ground-huggers.
but perennial decorative plant where the
foliage yields a green and purple colour
combination. The plant is dwarfish in
nature, with heights that usually range
from 15-25cm. It has a very profuse multi-
plication habit at the base of mature
plants which allows them to produce in
an unending manner.
A well-planted and maintained bed
starting with several plants spaced at 15-
25cm apart, may result in a very thick and
compact growth of the ornamental. It is
easy to end up with tens of thousands of
the small plants starting with a small
number of parent plants.
Arachis pintoi is another popular
ground cover plant that has seen wide use
locally since about three decades ago.
Known commonly as yellow peanut plant,
pinto peanut or kacang hias, it is a legu-
minous flowering creeping plant that
extends its coverage by rhizomatous
means. The production of stolons also
assist the plant to colonise new areas and
to remain entrenched with its system of
deeply penetrating roots.
In many countries around the world,
the plant is extensively cultivated and
maintained for livestock to forage on. Cul-
tivation of Arachis pintoi as a ground
cover is fairly easy.
Seeds may be used to grow new plants,
but the easiest way is to use stolons, rhi-
zomes, or basal stems with rooted nodes. Hemigraphis
These vegetative means of propagation reptans –
can easily ensure that large plots of land leafy
may be covered with the plant within a ground-
short time. huggers.
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‘P’pines-US a legacy
of shared sacrifices’
MANILA: Today’s good military relations
between the Philippines and the United
States stem from how veteran soldiers of
both forces fought together and made
sacrifices during the Second World War,
according to US Ambassador MaryKay
Carlson.
The envoy said the partnerships of
today are a legacy of what happened
decades ago in Bataan.
“The US-Philippine Mutual Defense
Treaty, Visiting Forces Agreement and
Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agree-
ment are the modern-day legacy of the
shared sacrifice borne by our veterans,”
she said yesterday.
“They provide a foundation for day-
to-day collaboration on shared security
priorities,” Carlson said in her remarks at
a Veterans Day ceremony at the Ameri-
can Cemetery in Taguig.
“Today, we gather here, at the Ameri-
can Cemetery in Manila, to remember
the American and Filipino soldiers who
fought side by side on Corregidor, to
defend Bataan and to liberate Manila.
We remember the Bataan Death March,
where 75,000 prisoners of war trekked
65 miles under brutal conditions and
where 9,000 Filipinos and 1,000 Ameri-
cans lost their lives,” she said.
Carlson said both the US and the
Philippines acknowledge the great sacri-
fices made by allied forces in the Philip-
pines and across the globe “and extend
our deep appreciation to them this Vet-
erans Day, known in other countries as
Armistice Day or Remembrance Day.”
She noted that last month, she joined
President Marcos to mark the 78 th
anniversary of the Leyte Gulf Landing
where General Douglas MacArthur
stated on his return to Leyte, “We have
come, dedicated and committed.”
“These words resonate today and
embody the strong ties between our two
nations as dedicated friends, partners
and allies who are committed to secur-
ing a free, open, prosperous and secure
world,” she said.
While in Leyte, Carlson said she was
honoured to present the US Congres-
sional Gold Medal to 30 living Filipino About 500 US-Philippine military engagements are
World War II veterans – ages 98 to 103 – planned over the course of next year. Inset: MaryKay.
and to the family of one posthumous and equip the troops we send into
veteran. harm’s way, and to care for them and
“It was inspiring to hear their stories their families when they return home.”
and to commemorate their remarkable Carlson said the Manila Veterans
service. I will always remember the cere- Affairs Regional Office and Outpatient
mony as one of the highlights of my Clinic, the only foreign office for veter-
nearly 40-year career,” she said. ans affairs, honors this commitment as it
In her speech, she thanked Armed expands benefits and health care serv-
Forces of the Philippines chief Lt. Gen- ices for veterans.
eral Bartolome Vicente Bacarro and Lt. “This Veterans Day, we take time to

Let us not General William Jurney of the US mili-

muddle the
issue: DOJ
THE Department of Justice (DOJ)
released a statement responding to the
accusations made by suspended Bureau
of Corrections chief Gerald Bantag (left)
against Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin
“Boying” Remulla, telling Bantag to not
“muddle the issue” and said his words
and actions “come from a misguided
sense of betrayal.”
Bantag made several allegations in a
television interview Friday morning,
and urged Remulla to quit his post
Bantag (left) and Remulla.
bring out the truth and reality,” the DOJ
said.
Bantag’s lawyer, Rocky Tomas Bal-
isong, said they tried to prevent the sus-
pended Corrections chief from spilling
his accusations in the media because
those were supposed to be used in their
defense.
tary for the successful completion of
Exercise Kamandag.
“We look forward in 2023 to Exercise
Balikatan, the largest joint US-Philippine
military exercise ever and to nearly 500
planned military engagements over the
course of the next year. Our alliance con-
tinues to strengthen, even as the chal-
lenges in the Indo-Pacific and in the
world grow more complex,” she said.
“As I look across this beautiful, sacred
ground, I would also like to honor those
service members who paid the ultimate
price. And to recognize and thank the
American Battle Monuments Commis-
sion for meticulously maintaining this
beautiful shrine,” she added.
According to her, US President Joe
Biden “reminds us that our nation’s
‘most sacred obligation’ is to prepare
remember and celebrate those who have
served. We also mourn those who lost
their lives and reach out to those who Palawan tourists
may still be struggling to heal, even
decades later,” she said.
“Our veterans left us an important breach 500,000
legacy in the form of a strong alliance
that has helped to create peace and pros-
perity in the region. As we reflect on this
PAWALAN has attracted half a million trav-
ellers with less than two months before
2022 ends, signalling its return as one of
legacy, let us also remember that each
the country’s top tourist draws (pic).
veteran has a story. Let us take the time,
The Department of Tourism (DOT) said
not only to thank them, but to learn
65 percent of more than 782,000 tourist
their stories. And in doing so, to honor
arrivals in the Mimaropa region were
them and lend a helping hand if
recorded in Palawan this year.
needed,” she said.
From January to November 11, a total of
“To all our veterans – thank you for
507,164 visited the island.
your service, your heroism, your
After reeling from the effects of the pan-
courage, your commitment and for the
demic, followed by the devastation caused
example you set for all of us. On behalf
by Typhoon Odette in December last year,
of the US embassy, I wish everyone a
Palawan is ready to welcome more guests.
Happy Veterans Day.” - Philstar
Recently, it was hailed as the world’s

Public health emergency law

claiming he no longer has credibility.
The DOJ said Bantag and Remulla had
a good relationship prior to the Percy
Lapid case, adding that they talked
about reforms.
It also said that nobody wanted Ban-
tag to be implicated in the killing.
But based on statements and other
evidence, the DOJ said “they all pointed
to the respondents as perpetrators of
murder” in the Percy Lapid case.
Remulla earlier said he hoped the evi-
dence would point to drug lords, not
Bantag.
Murder raps filed vs Bantag, BuCor
official in Lapid/Villamor killings New
info in Percy Lapid slay: Bantag ‘livid’
that journo took photos of vehicles,
house The DOJ said there is a “proper
forum and the proper time to thresh
these all out.”
Remulla has urged Bantag to submit
his counter-affidavit, instead of
responding through the media.
“There is no other motive than to
The accusations, he said, were Ban-
tag’s conclusion “after showing every-
thing” to them.
But they eventually allowed Bantag to
speak up, saying the situation has
become painful for him.
“It seems like he’s being harassed.
What he knows is that he’s innocent,”
Balisong claimed.
The lawyer also said calls for Bantag
to surrender were “premature” and
“misplaced” because no warrant of
arrest has been issued so far.
“It’s like they’re trying to paint Ban-
tag as a wanted person already. That’s
not true, there’s no need for him to sur-
render,” he said.
“At least a while ago, he showed up in
public and proved he is still in the
Philippines.”
Balisong said there are fears for Ban-
tag’s safety, but the suspended official
remains “security conscious.” – ABS /
CBN
THE Department of Health is pushing a
measure that will allow government to
respond to the Covid-19 pandemic once
the state of calamity expires by the end of
the year.
According to DOH officer-in-charge
Maria Rosario Vergeire, the agency has
submitted to the House of Representa-
tives the Public Health Emergency for
Emerging and Reemerging Disease Bill.
“Ito ay na-sign as one of the priority
bills of this current administration,” she
said in a press briefing Friday.
Under the bill, the government may
still procure vaccines, conduct vaccina-
tion, and provide benefits to health
workers even without the declaration of
a state of calamity, the health official
said.
“Whenever the state of calamity ends
maybe by the end of the year, if this law
“most desirable island” by the 21st Wander-
lust Travel Magazine.
The United Kingdom-based publication
described it as a paradise with sceneries
will be passed, we don’t have to worry
like “heaven on earth”.
about anything because this replaces and
With a total area of more than 14,000
this will become the basis of the different
square km., Palawan indeed has a lot to
actions that will do in terms of public
offer.
health emergency,” she said.
It is home to the United Nations Educa-
Vergeire disclosed that President Fer-
tional, Scientific and Cultural Organiza-
dinand Marcos Jr. wants the proposed
tion-inscribed Puerto Princesa
measure passed during the first Legisla-
Subterranean River, karst limestone forma-
tive Executive Development Advisory
tions in El Nido, and the world-renowned
Council meeting.
scuba diving site Tubbataha Reefs, among
“The President specifically said that
many other tourist spots.
these are priority bills and it have to be
“The province is so blessed with such
passed,” she added.
natural endowments of spectacular rock
The Philippines is under a state of
formations, sparkling waters, white sand
public health emergency until December
beaches, and rich marine life that is incom-
31 due to the the Covid-19 pandemic.
parable to other islands in the world,” Bevi-
This was first declared by former Pres-
enne Malateo, DOT-Mimaropa director,
ident Rodrigo Duterte during the onset
said in an interview on Friday.
of the Covid-19 outbreak in March 2020.
“From the Calamianes Group of Islands
In the briefing, Vergeire said the
down to Balabac Island in the South,
Covid-19 is never going away. – ABS / CBN
Palawan continues to mesmerize people
around the globe. We are thankful that we

Indonesia, Japan to boost coastal defence Govt looks to

are able to share this beautiful destination
with all our travelers.” – PNA

JAKARTA: Commander of the Indonesian

National Armed Forces General Andika
Perkasa (right) and Chief of Staff of the
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force General
Yoshida Yoshihide have discussed cooper-
ation in the military sector, including
strengthening coastal defense.
“Several Indonesia-Japan cooperation
programs will continue to be established,
including strengthening coastal defense
to establish good relations between the
countries,” Perkasa informed on his offi-
cial YouTube channel here on Thursday.
During their meeting, Yoshihide and
Perkasa discussed strategies for strength-
ening coastal defense to protect and safe-
guard Indonesia’s coastal areas.
Perkasa will also deploy marines and
special naval forces to establish coopera-
tion with Japan next year.
“I think we have to do something in the
next year between you (Japanese military)
and the army. You with your navy. We also
have our navy of nearly 27 thousand
marines. We have amphibious troops and
we also have marine special forces,” he
said.
In addition, several cooperation pro-
grams established between Indonesia and
Japan will continue to be improved in
order to strengthen bilateral relations
and friendship between the countries, he
added.
Meanwhile, Yoshihide expressed his
appreciation for the warm welcome
extended by Perkasa when he visited
Indonesia.
“Thank you very much for giving us a
great space to work together,” he
remarked. – Antara
mitigate layoffs
MINISTER of Manpower, Ida Fauziyah, has
assured that her ministry will keep carry-
ing out mitigation and mediation to pre-
vent layoffs (PHK), including by
encouraging bipartite dialogue.
“(The ministry) also encourages com-
panies to talk about (their condition) in a
bipartite dialogue internally. Many com-
panies convey their certain conditions
through consultation with the Directorate
General of Industrial Relations and Work-
ers’ Social Security,” Fauziyah said follow-
ing the “2022 National Conference on
Area-Based Job Opportunity Expansion”
here on Friday.
No restrictions
this Christmas
WITH the pandemic restrictions eased, the
Department of Health on Friday urged the
public to get vaccinated against the Covid-
19 before the holidays.
“We strongly recommend that every-
body gets vaccinated, receive their first
boosters, receive their second doses... para
mas protektado kayo,” DOH officer-in-
charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a press
briefing.
The health official warned that Christ-
mas parties, gathering or reunions are
“high-risk” for the Covid-19 transmission.

Emergency aid for Aceh flood victims

JAKARTA: Social Affairs Minister Tri Risma-
harini has handed over emergency aid
worth Rp1.9 billion for flash flood victims
in Aceh Tamiang district, Aceh province.
The emergency fund was received by
the district’s head, Musril, during Risma-
harini’s visit to the flood-hit district on
Wednesday, according to a press state-
ment from the ministry that ANTARA
received on Friday.
At least Rp350 million of the total
emergency fund will be allocated for the
public kitchens that the authorities set up
to serve the flood victims, the ministry
said.
During her visit to the disaster zone,
Rismaharini also handed over food pack-
ages and children’s toys for those in need
as well as compensation to the kin of two
victims who died in the flood.
Several sub-districts in Aceh Tamiang
district have been affected by flash floods
that have followed recent heavy rains in
the areas, which caused rivers to overflow.
Many residents have been displaced
due to floodwaters entering their houses.
They have taken refuge at 321 shelter
points in several sub-districts.
Students of 47 elementary schools and
20 junior high schools in the district have
been forced to remain home due to flood-
waters inundating their schools as well as
the road access to schools.
According to Aceh Tamiang district
spokesperson Agusliayana Devita, learn-
ing activities in the affected schools have
been suspended until further notice.
The homes of many students have also
been flooded, she said.
In response to the flooding, district
head Mursil said he has declared a disaster
emergency status, which will remain effec-
Through a bipartite dialogue, the gov-
ernment is aiming to find the best solution
for all parties.
Fauziyah said that she has asked the
director general of industrial relations and
workers’ social security, Indah Anggoro
Putri, and her team to conduct mitigation
Many
and mediation steps to prevent layoffs.
residents
The minister made the statement in
have been
response to questions from the media
displaced
regarding the relocation of several compa-
and have
nies to Central Java, which could lead to
taken
layoffs at the companies’ previous loca-
refuge at
tions. The move could have an impact on
321 shelter
labour absorption at the new companies’
points in
sites, she said. However, she assured that
several
the ministry would take several steps to
sub-districts.
prevent layoffs.
“We will continue to mitigate,” she
stated.
Earlier, it was rumoured that several
companies will be relocating their facto-
tive for 14 days from October 30, 2022. ries from Banten to Central Java in 2023.
Several parts of Indonesia are prone to According to the Banten Provincial
natural disasters. On October 8, for Manpower and Transmigration Office, the
instance, floods inundated parts of six relocations could affect thousands of
sub-districts in East Aceh district, forcing employees working in the companies and
2,436 residents to flee to safer places. have a domino effect on the communities
Most of the flood victims took refuge in living around the old locations.
village centers, buildings for religious rit- Meanwhile, at the conference, Fauziyah
uals (meunasah), mosques, and tradi- said that the condition of Indonesia’s job
tional Islamic schools (dayah), according market has begun to recover after being
to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. –
(BNPB). – Antara Antara
She stressed that masking and immuni-
sation would help fight against the coron-
avirus.
As of November 6, more than 73.5 mil-
lion Filipinos have been fully vaccinated
against the Covid-19. Of the figure, some
20.6 million have received their first boost-
ers.
32 areas under the Covid Alert Level 2
from Nov. 1 to 15: health dept
From November 1-15, Malacañang has
placed 32 areas, including Benguet, Cebu
Province, most parts of Davao Region and
BARMM, under Alert Level 2.
Alert Level 2 allows face-to-face classes,
dine-in services, religious gatherings, and
personal care services, among others to
accept fully vaccinated individuals at 50 per-
cent of indoor venue capacity.
Meanwhile, the whole Metro Manila and
the rest of the country are under Alert Level
1.
Alert Level 1 allows all establishments to
operate at 100 percent capacity, including
other mass gatherings, but only for those
with full vaccination status.
The Philippine government has also
made mask-wearing voluntary in both
indoor and outdoor settings.
As of November 10, the Philippines has
16,526 active the Covid-19 cases.
Since the pandemic began, the country
has tallied 4 million coronavirus infections,
of which 64,329 led to death. – ABS / CBN
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11 Trump readies presidential bid
West on way to joint victory: Ukraine FM
PHNOM PENH: Ukrainian Foreign Minis-
ter Dmytro Kuleba said Saturday that the
West was on its way to “joint victory” over
Russia as he hailed military aid for making
the recapture of Kherson possible.
The Ukrainian national anthem rang
out in Kherson after Moscow pulled its
forces out of the city—the first major
urban hub to fall after President Vladimir
Putin ordered the invasion in February.
“There were very few who believed that
Ukraine would survive,” Kuleba said as he
met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
on the sidelines of a Southeast Asian sum-
mit in Cambodia.
“It’s only together that we will be able
to prevail and to kick Russia out of
Ukraine. We are on the way,” Kuleba said.
“This is coming, and our victory will be
our joint victory—a victory of all peace-lov-
ing nations across the world.”
Kuleba said Ukrainians celebrating the
liberation of Kherson were also shedding
“tears of gratitude” to the United States for
billions of dollars in military aid.
“We will always be grateful for every-
thing President (Joe) Biden and the people
of America, irrespective of their domestic
political preferences, have done to make
this happen,” Kuleba said, days after US
congressional elections that saw no signif-
icant boost to far-right critics of support
to Ukraine.
Blinken hailed the “remarkable
courage” of Ukraine’s military and people
and vowed that US support “will continue
for as long as it takes” to defeat Russia.
UK hails Russia’s failure
LONDON: Moscow’s “strategic failure” in
the city of Kherson will sow doubt among
the Russian public about the point of the
war in Ukraine, British Defence Secretary
Ben Wallace said Saturday. Kherson was
the first major urban hub to fall after Pres-
ident Vladimir Putin ordered Russian
troops into Ukraine on February 24.
“Russia’s announced withdrawal from
Kherson marks another strategic failure
for them. In February, Russia failed to take
any of its major objectives except Kher-
son,” Wallace said in a statement.
“Now with that also being surrendered,
ordinary people of Russia must surely ask
themselves: ‘What was it all for?’”
Sunak in new
controversy over
Cabinet picks
LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi
Sunak faced new questions Saturday over
his choice of senior officials after his num-
ber two was accused of behaving aggres-
sively towards staff.
The controversy over Dominic Raab,
who is deputy Prime Minister and justice
secretary, came after fellow Sunak ally
Gavin Williamson was forced out of the
new government because of alleged bully-
ing.
Raab, Sunak’s most vocal supporter in
the summer Conservative leadership race
against Liz Truss, was brought back into
the cabinet when Truss was forced out as
Prime Minister after just six weeks.
Sunak restored him to his previous role
of justice secretary, where he had presided
over a “culture of fear”, according to the
Guardian newspaper.
Some 15 senior civil servants at the min-
istry were offered a “route out” to different
government jobs if they felt unable to
serve under Raab because of his past
behaviour, it said.
The Sun newspaper meanwhile
reported that Raab had once hurled toma-
toes from a salad across a room in a fit of
anger during a meeting—which a
spokesman for the minister said was “non-
sense”.
More generally, the spokesman said:
“Dominic has high standards, works hard,
and expects a lot from his team as well as
himself.
Vatican to probe French cardinal
VATICAN CITY: The Vatican said on Friday
it was launching a preliminary investiga-
tion into French cardinal Jean-Pierre
Ricard, after he admitted to a “reprehensi-
ble” act on a 14-year-old.
France’s Catholic Church on Monday
revealed that 11 former or serving French
bishops have been accused of sexual vio-
lence or failing to report abuse cases—
including Ricard, who confessed to
assaulting a girl decades ago.
“In order to properly examine what
happened, it has been decided to open a
preliminary inquiry,” spokesman Matteo
Bruni told journalists in the Vatican’s first
public reaction to the scandal.
The Vatican has still to appoint a lead
investigator. It was looking for a suitable
person “with the necessary autonomy,
impartiality and experience”, Bruni said.
French prosecutors said on Tuesday
that they had launched an inquiry into
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A child holds a Ukranian flag as people gather in Maidan square
to celebrate the liberation of Kherson, in Kyiv. (Inset) Kuleba.
Earlier, Kuleba also thanked Australia course we will continue to count on your
for its support — $440 million of mostly continued support.”
military assistance—during a meeting
with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
“I understand that everyone wants this Ukraine and allocated 70 Australian
war to end as soon as possible. We are def- defence personnel to train Ukrainian sol-
initely the ones who want that more than diers in Britain.
anyone else,” he said during the meeting.
“But as long as the war continues, and Ukraine civilians by Putin’s forces was rep-
we see Russia mobilising more conscripts rehensible”.
and bringing more weapons to Ukraine, of
The United States hailed Ukraine’s
recapture of the Black Sea port city as an
“extraordinary victory”, as liberated resi-
dents sang the Ukrainian national anthem
in Kherson’s main square.
With Russia pulling its forces out of
Kherson to defensive positions on the east
bank of the Dnipro river, Wallace said the
invasion had “only achieved international
isolationism and humiliation”.
“The UK and the international commu-
nity will continue to support them
(Ukraine), and while the withdrawal is
welcome, no one is going to underesti-
mate the continuing threat posed by the
Russian Federation.” – AFP
Raab (right) was Sunak’s most
vocal supporter in the
leadership race against Truss.
“He has worked well with officials to
drive the government’s agenda across
Whitehall in multiple government depart-
ments and always acts with the utmost
professionalism.”
Sunak was already under fire for reap-
pointing Williamson to a ministerial role
despite being told he was under investiga-
tion for allegedly bullying another senior
Conservative.
The prime minister also faced criticism
for reinstating Suella Braverman as inte-
rior minister just six days after she was
forced to quit the Truss cabinet over a
security breach.
The opposition Labour party pointed to
those controversies as it termed the latest
accusations “deeply troubling”, demand-
ing Sunak launch an inquiry.
“With each new scandal and grubby
deal, it becomes more obvious that he is a
weak leader who puts party management
before the national interest,” Labour’s
deputy leader Angela Rayner said.
There was no immediate comment
from Sunak, who is preparing next week to
unveil an emergency economic package
after a tax-slashing budget by Truss
sparked a financial crisis. – AFP
Ricard, a long-standing bishop of Bor-
deaux who was made a cardinal by pope
Benedict XVI in 2006.
“Thirty-five years ago, when I was a
priest, I behaved in a reprehensible way
towards a girl of 14,” 78-year-old Ricard
wrote in a message to the Bishops’ Confer-
ence of France.
“There is no doubt that my behaviour
caused serious and long-lasting conse-
quences for that person,” the cardinal said,
adding that he had since asked the woman
for forgiveness.
Pope Francis said on Sunday that the
Catholic Church was working “as best we
can” to fight clerical child abuse but
admitted there were shortfalls.
French Catholics were rocked last year
by the findings of an inquiry that con-
firmed widespread abuse of minors by
priests, deacons and lay members of the
Church dating from the 1950s. – AFP
Australia in October pledged an extra
30 Bushmaster armoured vehicles to
Albanese said the ongoing “targeting of
Blinken for his part condemned Rus-
Myanmar urged to get
democracy back on track
PHNOM PENH: UN chief Antonio Guterres
on Saturday urged the Myanmar junta to
immediately return to democracy, saying
it was the only way to stop the “unending
nightmare” engulfing the country.
Myanmar has spiralled into bloody
conflict since the military ousted Aung San
Suu Kyi’s civilian government in February
last year, with thousands killed.
The escalating crisis dominated a sum-
mit of the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (Asean) regional bloc, which has
led so far fruitless diplomatic efforts to
end the bloodshed.
“The situation in Myanmar is an unend-
ing nightmare for the people and a threat
to peace and security across the region,”
Guterres told reporters.
“I urge the authorities of Myanmar to
listen to their people, release political pris-
oners and get the democratic transition
back on track immediately. That is the only
way to stability and peace.” After meeting
Asean leaders, Guterres said it was vital
that a peace plan agreed with the junta—
but so far not enforced—came into effect.
“Indiscriminate attacks on civilians are
Kishida calls for constructive,
stable relationship with China
TOKYO: Japanese Prime
Minister told Chinese
Premier Li Keqiang he
hoped the two countries
could strive toward
building a “constructive
and stable” relationship,
Japan’s foreign ministry
said on Saturday (Nov 12).
Li also referred to the importance of
Japan-China relations during a brief
exchange of views between the two, held on
the sidelines of a meeting of the Associa-
tion of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
plus China, Japan and South Korea in Cam-
bodia, the ministry said in a statement.
In a speech at the Asean plus 3 meeting,
Kishida (pic) reiterated Japan’s view that
Trump files lawsuit to block subpoena
WASHINGTON: Former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit challenging a subpoena
from the House committee investigating the 2021 attack on the US Capitol, saying he
has “absolute immunity” and will not testify next week.
Trump’s lawyers described the subpoena as “invalid, unlawful and unenforceable,”
arguing the former president still enjoys executive privilege nearly 22 months after leav-
ing office, and cannot be compelled by Congress to appear.
The January 6 committee has ordered him to appear for a deposition in person by
Monday, which includes providing an extensive list of documents and communications
connected to the assault on the Capitol. – AFP
sia’s campaign to “brutalise” Ukraine by
attacking civilian energy infrastructure.
“It’s something that the world should
be aghast at as well,” Blinken said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelen-
sky declared Kherson “ours” after Russia
withdrew troops from the city.
“Special units are already in the city,”
Zelensky wrote on Telegram, posting
footage in which Ukrainian troops
appeared to gather with residents.
About 50 kilometres (30 miles) from
Kherson, Andriy Zholob, a commander of
a medical unit, said they had greeted by
smiling faces and given “embroidered
towels which we display on our vehicles”.
“We see children running to meet us
and greeting us,” Zholob told AFP.
In Kherson, Kyiv’s forces reconnected
the local television network to Ukrainian
broadcasters after local media reported
that retreating Russian forces blew up the
television tower and energy facilities, leav-
ing the city without power.
Russia’s defence ministry said “more
than 30,000 Russian servicemen, about
5,000 pieces of hardware and military
equipment and materiel have been with-
drawn”.
An AFP journalist at the scene saw a
gaping hole gouged out of a Soviet-style
residential building with emergency
workers in yellow helmets on site clearing
rubble.
Zelensky branded the strike a “cynical
response to our successes at the front”. –
AFP
Biden
(left) meets
Cambodian
PM Hun
Sen in
Phnom
Penh.
horrendous and heartbreaking,” he said.
Asean agreed a “five-point consensus”
with the junta in April last year aimed at
ending the chaos in Myanmar, but it has so
far been ignored by the generals.
Western powers have heaped sanctions
on the junta but violence has escalated in
recent weeks, with deadly military air
strikes on civilian targets including a
school and a concert.
US President Joe Biden will use talks
with Asean leaders later Saturday to urge
them to keep pushing the junta to end the
violence. Biden’s National Security Adviser
Jake Sullivan said the president would
“discuss how we can coordinate more
closely to continue to impose costs and
raise pressure on the junta”.
The junta has justified its power grab
by alleging fraud in the December 2020
general election, which Suu Kyi’s party
won in a landslide.
The generals have pledged to hold a
fresh election next year, but the United
States and the UN’s special rapporteur for
Myanmar have said there is no chance of it
being free and fair. – AFP
North Korea’s recent ballistic missile
launches, including one that flew over
Japan, were a clear and serious threat to the
international community, and unaccept-
able. He also called for cooperation among
the countries in achieving a complete dis-
mantling of North Korea’s ballistic missiles
and weapons of mass destruction.
Kishida’s visit to Cambodia is the first leg
of a week-long tour that takes him to
Indonesia for a Group of 20 summit and
Thailand for a meeting of Asia-Pacific Eco-
nomic Cooperation (APEC) leaders.
Japan’s public broadcaster NHK
reported Kishida was making final arrange-
ments to hold talks with Chinese President
Xi Jinping during the APEC meeting in
Bangkok.
10
Iran activist
escalates hunger
strike: Brother
PARIS: A jailed Iranian freedom of speech
campaigner who is on a hunger strike and
“in critical condition” will start refusing
water after being denied medical leave, his
brother said Saturday.
Hossein Ronaghi, 37, (pic) was arrested
days after speaking out against a bloody
crackdown on protests that erupted across
Iran in September over the death in cus-
tody of Mahsa Amini.
“Hossein said in a call from prison that
he’s recently had seizures several times,”
his brother Hassan wrote on Twitter.
“Today Hossein’s (blood) pressure
dropped severely and he lost conscious-
ness,” he said. Ronaghi has been denied
medical leave “despite the fact that he... is
in critical condition”, his brother added.
“Hossein said he would begin refusing
water from tonight.”
Ronaghi had been giving an interview
to London-based Iran International televi-
sion on September 22 when security
agents came to his home, the channel said.
It published a video showing Ronaghi
looking anxious but insisting the inter-
view continue.
The activist, who contributes to The
Washington Post, managed to slip out via
his building’s car park and later issued a
video message from an undisclosed loca-
tion, it added.
But he was detained and beaten by
security officers when he went to Tehran’s
Evin prison to meet prosecutors on Sep-
tember 24, his brother said at the time.
“Whatever happens to Hossein, the
judiciary, intelligence ministry, prisons’
organisation, the prosecutor and the
leader’s office will be responsible,” Hassan
tweeted on Saturday. – AFP
Biden refers
to Cambodia
as Colombia
PHNOM PENH: Southeast Asian regional
bloc Asean gained a surprise new member
from the other side of the world Satur-
day—at least for an instant, courtesy of a
verbal slip by Biden.
“I want to thank the prime minister for
Colombia’s leadership as Asean chair,”
Biden said as he opened talks with regional
leaders in Phnom Penh chaired by Hun
Sen. South America’s Colombia seems to be
on the US president’s mind, because he
made the same mistake as he set out from
the White House for his long trip to Asia.
He told reporters he was “heading over
to Colombia”, before quickly correcting
himself to say “I mean Cambodia”.
Biden, who turns 80 this month, has
been known as a gaffe machine for much
of his storied career in Washington.
His latest glitch, while geographically
challenged, was still perhaps less glaring
than Vice President Kamala Harris’s state-
ment during a September visit to the
demilitarised zone separating North and
South Korea.
On that occasion Harris said that the US
has “an alliance with the Republic of North
Korea. And it is an alliance that is strong
and enduring.” – AFP
Shooting: 8 hurt
FORT-DE-FRANCE: At least eight people
were injured, three seriously, in a shooting
at a concert attended by hundreds on
France’s Caribbean island of Martinique,
police said Friday.
According to initial reports, roughly 20
armed men descended on the venue in
Riviere-Salee in the island’s south and
opened fire on a man, wounding several
bystanders.
“Hooded men arrived on motorbikes
and forced their way into the hall and they
started shooting. We didn’t understand
what was going on,” Daniel Mirsa, the
manager of the hall, told RCI radio. At least
eight people were wounded, six of them
by gunshots, and three were in a critical
condition, according to security forces.
Shortly before the two incidents, gun-
fire was reported at another evening gath-
ering of 1,300 people in the Riviere-Salee
area, according to the police.
They said the first incident likely
involved the same group. – AFP
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Italian hospital
transplants liver
from 100-yr-old
ROME: The liver from a 100-year-old
woman has been successfully transplanted
to another patient in Italy, the first time
such a procedure has ever been carried out
on a donor of such an advanced age, the
country’s Ministry of Health said.
The procedure was carried out at the
San Giovanni di Dio Hospital in Florence
last week, but it was only announced Fri-
day.
The donor, who died shortly before the
procedure, was two months short of her
101st birthday when she passed away. Her
liver was given to a person on the waiting
list at the University of Pisa Hospital.
The entire procedure, starting with the
death of the donor and concluding with
the end of the operation on the patient
took less than 24 hours, officials said.
Previously, the record for the oldest
organ donor on record involved five differ-
ent cases of 97-year-olds, including the
previous record of 97 years and 7 months
carried out in Italy last year.
Neither of the people involved in the
latest procedure has been identified due
to privacy laws. – Bernama
Canada colleges
in lockdown
after shooting
MONTREAL: A shooting that sent four peo-
ple to hospital and another gun-related
incident forced thousands of students at
two Montreal area colleges to go into lock-
down.
At 5:30 pm local time (2230 GMT), gun-
shots rang out at a park across the street
from Montmorency College in the Mon-
treal suburb of Laval, police spokeswoman
Genevieve Major told AFP.
Four people who had been shot sought
refuge at the college and were later taken
to hospital with non-life-threatening
injuries.
The college, which is attended by nearly
10,000 students and faculty, remained
locked down into the evening as police
swarmed the area in search of the shooter.
Mayor Stephane Boyer tweeted that a
police operation was “underway”, while
television footage showed parents of stu-
dents crowding the roads around the col-
lege after they rushed to the scene.
Earlier, a 19-year-old man wearing a
bulletproof vest was arrested at a junior
college 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of
Montreal and charged with allegedly
uttering threats.
Students and staff at the Cegep Saint-
Jean-sur-Richelieu told local media they
were ordered to barricade themselves in
classrooms and turn off the lights for most
of the day, while a police operation
unfolded outside. – AFP
Protesters, police
clash in Bolivia
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia: Riot police used tear
gas to quell violent street protests in
Bolivia’s largest city, the latest distur-
bances in three weeks of unrest over
demands that a new census be conducted.
Vendors and public transit workers set
tires ablaze in streets and threw rocks at
opponents of leftist President Luis Arce in
the center of Santa Cruz, a key hub of the
energy industry in Bolivia’s tropical low-
lands.
Television footage showed that a peas-
ant federation office affiliated with the rul-
ing party was looted and burned. Later, the
headquarters of the largest local union,
the Central Obrera Departamental (COD),
was also looted.
Santa Cruz is a stronghold of centre-
right political forces that are opposed to
the Arce government. They argue that the
region is not adequately politically repre-
sented and receives fewer funds than it
should, as calculations are based on a 2012
census.
On Friday, Arce announced that the
government would be sticking to plans to
hold the next census in 2024, announcing
that it would be held on March 23 that
year. He also promised to redistribute the
state’s economic funds to all regions
within six months of the new census
results. – AFP
New Turkish
envoy to Israel
ANKARA: Turkey has appointed an ambas-
sador to Israel after a gap of four years in
the latest step towards normalising ties
with the Jewish state.
Sakir Ozkan Torunlar, a veteran diplo-
mat who had served as Turkey’s consul
general in Jerusalem between 2010 and
2014, was named to the post in a presiden-
tial decree late Friday, Turkish media
reported.
Ankara withdrew its ambassador to
Israel in May 2018 and threw out the Israeli
envoy over the Israeli army’s killing of
dozens of Palestinians.
Israel riposted by sending back the
Turkish consul in Jerusalem. – AFP
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Commission to resolve Chile Indigenous land issues
TEMUCO, Chile: Chile President Gabriel
Boric met with Mapuche Indigenous lead-
ers on Friday and announced the creation
of a commission to resolve issues of land
ownership in the flashpoint southern
Araucania region, which has seen a spate
of recent arson attacks.
Araucania is home to groups of
Mapuche, the country’s largest Indigenous
group, who are demanding the restitution
of their ancestral land, much of which is
currently in the hands of private logging
companies.
Boric said a Commission for Peace and
Understanding, which will start function-
ing by March 2023, will weigh domestic
and international recommendations
Trump readies presidential bid
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden’s
Democrats edged closer to retaining con-
trol of the US Senate, as Donald Trump
prepared to declare his bid for the White
House in 2024.
Democratic Senator Mark Kelly won re-
election in Arizona, three television net-
works projected. His victory will give
Democrats 49 Senate seats, one short of
securing a majority, with Nevada still
counting votes and Georgia’s contest
headed to a December 6 runoff.
Blake Masters, Kelly’s Republican oppo-
nent in Arizona, did not immediately con-
cede defeat, and late on Friday Trump
claimed the result was “a scam and voter
fraud”.
President Joe Biden phoned Kelly to
congratulate him on his win, the White
House said. Trump will announce next
week that he is taking another shot at the
presidency in 2024, his long-time advisor
Jason Miller said.
The divisive former president, who will
be 78 when the next election is held, has
been hinting at another presidential run
while campaigning for Republican candi-
dates ahead of this week’s midterm elec-
tions, and said he will make a “very big
announcement” on Tuesday.
“President Trump is going to announce
on Tuesday that he is running for presi-
dent,” Miller told former Trump aide Steve
Bannon on his popular “War Room” pod-
cast.
Trump’s candidacy would be his third
shot at the presidency, including his loss
to Biden in 2020. After that defeat, he pro-
moted baseless claims of fraud, including
Billionaire Hindjua family
feud worrying: UK judge
LONDON: A UK judge has
raised concern about the
welfare of billionaire Sric-
hand Hinduja, the eldest of
four brothers behind the
Hindjua Group conglomer-
ate, after the family became
embroiled in a feud.
Judge Anthony Hayden
said that at one point he had
been “driven to consider a
placement in a public nurs-
ing home” for Srichand Hin-
duja, who suffers from
dementia, it emerged on Fri-
day.
The Hindujas topped the
Sunday Times Rich List in
2022 with a fortune esti-
mated at £28.4 billion.
But the judge said that
despite the financial means
at their disposal, Srichand
Hinduja’s needs had become
“marginalised” by the family
dispute.
The judge’s concerns for
Srichand Hinduja’s welfare
were outlined in written rul-
ings published following
Hinduja brothers, clockwise from left,
earlier public hearings in the
court of protection in Lon- Ashok, Prakash, Gopichand and Srichand.
don.
Details of the case emerged on Friday tions”.
after a separate ruling that those involved
could be named.
The disclosures follow Srichand Hin- who traded in tea and dried fruit in
duja’s admission to hospital in March Mumbai in 1919 before moving it to Iran.
2021 after doctors said they expected he
had very little time to live.
But after his health rallied, his family
failed to find private accommodation for London-based Srichand and Gopichand
him.
The judge added that he had been told oil and gas, banking, and healthcare. –
that the family intended to end “all dis- AFP
Death penalty for killing woman to extract unborn
HOUSTON: A 29-year-old Texas woman has
been sentenced to death for killing a preg-
nant acquaintance in October 2020 to
extract and steal the fetus inside her womb.
Taylor Parker’s sentencing was handed
down Wednesday in Texas, following sev-
eral weeks of trial that began in September,
according to court documents.
Over months Parker had told her
boyfriend and her relatives that she was
pregnant. She posted about it on social
media and bought a fake silicone belly.
It was all a lie. The truth was that she
about how to resolve violence in Arauca-
nia and “look for a solution to the con-
flict.”
The Chilean president warned that not
everyone would be happy with the verdicts
and timelines of the commission.
“It will not be possible to return all the
land. There are many cities in southern
Chile that were built on land that was once
Mapuche and these cities must be pre-
served,” Boric said.
Some non-Mapuche Chileans “settled
on these lands and dropped roots genera-
tions ago” and their rights must be
respected as well, he said.
Radical Mapuche groups have carried
out numerous arson attacks, mostly on
those that led to an unprecedented riot at
the US Capitol in Washington.
Trump’s big announcement in Florida
will come after a disappointing run for
several candidates he backed in the
midterms, although more than 100
Republican candidates who challenged
the 2020 presidential results still won their
respective races.
Some of his hand-picked favorites,
however, lost key Republican-held seats to
Democrats.
In Pennsylvania, Democrats flipped a
US Senate seat with constant attacks on
Trump-endorsed celebrity doctor Mehmet
Oz, who had never held public office and
lives mostly in New Jersey.
Trump had hoped to ride a Republican
“red wave” that would prime him for
another presidential run but the party
looks headed for a much smaller victory
than had been predicted.
With 211 seats so far, Republicans
appear poised to secure a slim majority in
the 435-seat House of Representatives.
Control of the Senate, however, may come
down to a December 6 runoff in the south-
eastern state of Georgia.
With both parties tied at 49 Senate
seats, Democrats now need only one more
win to retain control of that chamber,
because Vice President Kamala Harris will
cast any tie-breaking votes in the upper
house.
Also on Friday, Trump’s lawyers chal-
lenged a subpoena from the Congres-
sional committee investigating the
January 6 attack on the US Capitol by his
supporters.
putes” between them in “all jurisdic-
The family business was founded by
the brothers’ father Parmanand Hinduja
The brothers took over in the 1960s
and greatly expanded the business.
The sprawling Hinduja Group—led by
Hinduja—now spans interests in power,
had had a hysterectomy and could not
have a child.
On October 9, 2020, Parker went to the
home of Reagan Simmons-Hancock, a 21-
year-old acquaintance in the final months
of her pregnancy, and stabbed her more
than 100 times.
After cutting open her stomach to take
her fetus, she departed, leaving the victim’s
3-year-old daughter asleep in another
room.
Parker was arrested shortly afterward at
the wheel of her car about nine miles (15
forestry companies and their equipment,
but recently a school and church were also
torched.
Boric began a surprise visit to the
region on Thursday and branded the
arsonists “terrorists” and “cowards.”
Hours after he spoke, arsonists torched
a house and a truck.
The violence has resulted in the deaths
of at least eight people in the rural region
so far this year.
The radical Arauco Malleco Coordina-
tion (CAM), one of the main Mapuche
groups in the region, opposed Boric’s visit,
saying it “obeys the interests of the oli-
garchy, the power of economic groups that
directly oppose the Mapuche cause.”
Trump’s candidacy would be his third shot at the
presidency, including his loss to Biden in 2020.
They claimed he had “absolute immu-
nity” and would not testify next week.
The subpoena is “invalid, unlawful, and
unenforceable,” the lawyers said in the
lawsuit, because Trump “has absolute
immunity from being compelled to testify
before Congress... regarding his actions as
head of a co-equal branch of government.”
Trump’s early entry into the race may be
designed in part to fend off possible crim-
inal charges over taking top secret docu-
ments from the White House; his efforts to
overturn the 2020 election; and the US
Capitol attack. – AFP
Iran charges 11 over
paramilitary killing
TEHRAN: Iran has indicted 11 people over
the murder of a Basij paramilitary force
member during a ceremony last week in
honour of a slain protester, a judiciary offi-
cial said Saturday.
The incident happened on November 3
in Karaj, capital of Alborz province, when
mourners were paying tribute to Hadis
Najafi at the cemetery to mark 40 days
after she was killed in the city.
Her death on September 21 came five
days into nationwide protests that erupted
after the death in police custody of Mahsa
Amini, following her arrest for an alleged
breach of Iran’s hijab dress rules for
women.
Eleven people, including a woman, had
been summoned and charged over the
killing of Basij member Ruhollah Ajamian,
said Alborz province’s judiciary chief Hos-
sein Fazeli Harikandi.
The indictments followed an investiga-
tion launched after images posted on
social media networks showed “a group of
rioters assaulting and killing” Ajamian,
the judiciary’s Mizan Online website
quoted him as saying.
“Rioters attacked this security officer,
who was unarmed, stripped him naked,
stabbed him with knives, beat him with
brass knuckles, stones, and kicks, and then
dragged his naked and half-dead body on
the asphalt street and between cars in a
horrific manner,” Harikandi added.
Some face charges of “corruption on
earth”, one of the most serious offences
under Iranian law which is punishable by
death.
They are also accused of serious distur-
bance of public order leading to murder,
gathering with the intention to commit
crimes against the country’s security, and
propaganda against the state.
Amini, 22, died on September 16 in the
custody of the morality police three days
after falling into a coma, sparking street
violence across the Islamic republic. – AFP
kilometers) from the murder. The new-
born was on her lap. She told authorities
that she had just given birth. The baby was
hospitalized but did not survive.
Parker was tried in the small town of
New Boston, east of Dallas.
A few weeks before the murder, Parker
had started searching for pregnant women
in stores and maternity wards, according
to police testimony at the trial.
Shortly before the events, she had
watched numerous videos of deliveries and
Cesarean sections. – AFP
World 11
A previous attempt to visit the area by
Boric’s then-interior minister Izkia Siches
in March was marred by gunfire. Speaking
to a local radio station, Boric said that visit
had been a mistake.
In the 16th century, the Mapuche resis-
ted Spanish expansion in their territories
but they were finally subdued in 1870 by
the Chilean army, which subsequently
began installing settlements in the region.
The restitution of these ancestral lands
is at the heart of the Mapuche struggle.
Boric’s predecessor, Sebastian Pinera,
deployed the military to Araucania in late
2021. The new president ended that oper-
ation, but was forced to backtrack in May
following another violent escalation. – AFP
Bahrain
votes minus
opposition
candidates
DUBAI: Bahrainis headed to the polls Sat-
urday but a ban on opposition candidates
means the elections will bring no mean-
ingful change despite a record number of
people vying for seats, rights groups said.
More than 330 candidates, including a
record 73 women, are competing to join
the 40-seat council of representatives—the
lower house of parliament that advises
King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, who has
ruled since his father died in March 1999.
This is up from the 293 people—includ-
ing 41 women—who ran for parliament in
the last election in 2018.
But the country, ruled by a Sunni
dynasty, has barred its two main opposi-
tion groups from fielding candidates—the
Shiite Al-Wefaq and secular Waad parties
which were dissolved in 2016 and 2017.
“This election will not introduce any
change,” said Ali Abdulemam, a UK-based
Bahraini human rights activist.
“Without the opposition we will not
have a healthy country,” he told AFP.
Nearly 350,000 people were eligible to
vote in the polls, which opened at 8:00 am
(0500 GMT) and were due to close at 8:00
pm (1700 GMT). – AFP
Kenyan
peacekeepers
arrive in
volatile Goma
GOMA, DR Congo: Kenyan soldiers landed
in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic
Republic of Congo on Saturday, as part of
a regional military operation targeting
rebels in the conflict-torn region.
Their arrival comes as the M23 militia
has surged across the DRC’s North Kivu
province, capturing swathes of territory
and inflaming tensions in central Africa.
This week, Kenya’s parliament approved
the deployment of just over 900 troops to
the DRC as part of a joint military force
from the East African Community (EAC).
Two planes carrying about 100 Kenyan
troops touched down in Goma airport on
Saturday, according to AFP reporters pres-
ent, where they were greeted by local dig-
nitaries.
A Kenyan commander, Lieutenant-
Colonel Obiero, told reporters that their
mission is “to conduct offensive opera-
tions” alongside Congolese forces, and to
assist in disarming militias.
Over 120 armed groups are active across
eastern Congo, many of which are a legacy
of regional wars that flared at the turn of
the century.
Heavy fighting between the army and
the M23 was ongoing Rugari in North Kivu
on Friday, and power was disrupted in
Goma, an important commercial hub of
about one million people.
A mostly Congolese Tutsi group, the
M23 first leapt to prominence in 2012,
briefly capturing Goma before being
driven out. – AFP
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reflect, reform should have
and transform the chance to
Datuk John Lo What is Sabah’s most serious obstacle

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TOP PRESS -Court grants Sabah Law to progress? It is not what you think. It is

lead nation
Society leave for judicial review over
40 per cent federal grant
Heartiest congratulations to Roger
Chin, President of Sabah Law Society and
his committee for being granted leave in
respect of 40pc federal grant.
SLS represents everything that every
responsible political leader, every society
and every Sabahan should do for the good
of Sabah. SLS, in taking up this case on
behalf of all Sabahans, has personified the
rapidly increasing feeling of “I Love
Sabah”.
All the very best to SLS.
https://www.nst.com.my/news/crime-
courts/2022/11/849605/court-grants-
sabah-law-society-leave-judicial-review-ov
er-40-cent
Sabah has achieved impressive
progress in 2021/2022.
Sabah has been suffering economic set-
backs for more than 1 generation. Positive
changes that give hope are emerging: [1a]
Regains of rights in oil and gas. [1b]
Authority to generate power. [1c] Substan-
tial inflow of investment. [1d] Regain con-
trol of fishing authority. [1e] Director level
representation on the Petronas and
Income Tax Boards. [1f] Most substantive
improvement is Hajiji’s shift is from per-
sonal to policy approach in economic
development, investment and administra-
tion.
No doubt about it, there is a mile-long
list of things that Sabah must get to be a
meaningful 1/3 partner in word and spirit.
A lot, I really mean a
lot, of hard work
ahead. Must not rest on
our laurels that Sabah
has slogged thus far.
Some fundamentals
exist now that will
make further progress
possible.
Against this back
ground, tough 2023
and a few more years
are ahead in view of
global gloom and
political uncertainties
in our national politics.
Sabah will get some
not the lack of infrastructures, nor it is
money. 99pc of Sabah’s problems can be
sorted out with the right mind-set. Our
greatest enemy is ourselves especially the
Sabah selfish political leaders. We have
refused to see the obvious Sabah’s poor
economic performance in the past. If we
have, we have accepted it and kept quiet.
Sabah’s biggest problem is our mind-set of
acceptance for many political leaders not
working for Sabahans, to allow them to
work for themselves, to let Sabah to
become their rich harvest ground. Politics
is their career, their pathway to wealth.
From this negative mindset has sprouted
all other problems.
The starting point is for Sabah politi-
cians to transform themselves or Sabahans
should replace them with new ones who
have the right mind-set. The present neg-
ative mindset of poverty acceptance must
go. We need a new mind-set so that we can
improve, can do better, can fight for our
rights in the followings:
[3a] Federal allocations for Sabah is not
a gift or charity. It is Sabah’s right and enti-
tlement, including the 40pc share of rev-
enue.
[3b] Sabah’s right to a minimum size of
allocations must be established.
[3c] Sabah must have comparable infra-
structures with W Malaysia. The Federal
Government is obligated to complete Pan
Borneo ASAP, not as a favour to Sabah. The
Federal Government has taken years. The
Pan Borneo is not even a proper highway.
It is just a glorified
trunk road. It is noth-
ing compared with the
North-South Highway
which took only 7 years
to complete.
[3d] Sabah must
have effective represen-
tations in all important
federal policy decision
making bodies, institu-
tions and GLCS/GLICs.
[3e] Sabah’s alloca-
tion in Malaysia’s
national budget must
be reflective of our eco-
nomic contribution to
the national develop-
Muzaffar Shah Mallow
THERE needs to be change when it comes to politics and the
appointment of the country’s top leadership.
Malaysia is home to many races, cultures and religions and
everyone needs to be given equal opportunities to lead the coun-
try to a better future.
Recently, British politician Rishi Sunak became the first non-
white prime minister of the United Kingdom.
Sunak was the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2020 to 2022
and Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2019 to 2020.
A member of the Conservative Party, he has been an MP for
Richmond (Yorks) since 2015.
Born in Southampton to parents of Indian descent, who
migrated to Britain from East Africa in the 1960s, Sunak was edu-
cated at Winchester College.
In July 2022, he stood in the Conservative Party leadership
election to replace Johnson and lost the members’ vote to Liz
Truss.
Following Truss’s resignation amid a government crisis, Sunak
won the October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election.
He became the first Asian British prime minister and the
youngest since 1812.
Not to forget, in 2008, Americans voted for Barack Obama, an
African American, to become their country’s 44th president.
He was the first African American to hold the presidential
office since the country gained its independence in 1776.
All these changes are good signals that people are no longer
judged based on the colour of their skin or racial status but on
their ability to carry out their duties and responsibilities.
As Malaysia will be having its elections on Nov 19, politicians
have begun to make promises to draw in votes.
Among them, is appointing suitable candidates from Sabah
and Sarawak to become our Deputy Prime Minister (DPM).
Besides that, it is also hoped that Malaysia can take a bold step
by allowing any suitable and capable individual, regardless of
their race, become our DPM or prime minister (PM).
By right, every Malaysian should be given an equal opportu-
nity to hold an important political position. It is crucial to note
that race is not a requirement to becoming a DPM or PM.
What is mentioned in the Federal Constitution is that for any-
one to become a PM, a person needs to sit for an election and
become a Member of Parliament (MP).
Once a person becomes an MP, he then needs to get majority
support from Dewan Rakyat members before his name is sub-
mitted to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong for consideration to become
Rishi: Broke the glass ceiling in British politics
by becoming first Hindu Prime Minister.
the country’s PM.
Article 43(1) and (2) of the Federal Constitution, states that the
Yang di- Pertuan Agong is required to appoint a Cabinet to advise
him in the exercise of his executive functions.
This indicates that race is not required to become the country’s
top leader.
What is important is that the person fulfils all the require-
ments stipulated under the Federal Constitution for him to
become the PM and is capable of running the country.
As for the position of DPM, the position is not provided for in
the Federal Constitution.
The PM may choose not to appoint one. At the same time, the
PM could appoint more than one DPM.
Since there are no stipulated requirements for the appoint-
ment of a DPM, there should not be a problem in appointing any
suitable candidates.
As a multiracial country, mutual respect and tolerance are cru-
cial.
Without it, Malaysia will certainly head towards destruction.
Everyone needs to set aside their differences to work together and
ensure Malaysia’s progress.
We should be grateful for our multiracial society as it allows
us to know and help each other, improve ourselves to become
better people and to become a better society and a successful
nation.
God created human beings and gave them many races so that
our lives would be more meaningful, cheerful and enjoyable
through the spirit of friendship and cooperation.
By having different races, we get to know other people’s cul-
tures as well as their way of life, thus allowing an exchange of
knowledge and ideas.
There is no such thing as a perfect individual or a perfect race.
We need to rely on one another if we want to succeed and
ensure society progresses, as well as make our country great.
Instead of arguing with each other, we must learn and coop-
erate together so that we can live in peace and prosperity.
With the formation of Malaysia in 1963, the number of races
and ethnicities in the country has increased significantly.
As a multiracial country, conflict and misunderstanding can
easily erupt if we are not respectful and sensitive towards each
other.
! Muzaffar is an associate professor at the Faculty of
Syariah and Laws (FSU) in Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
(USIM).

What those elected must know

reliefs by the substan-
tial inflow of investment, increasingly
larger revenue in royalty from high oil/gas
price, and most importantly, the open and
positive policy approach by Hajiji. Sabah’s
revenue will hit the highest record of RM6
billion in 2022.
Sabah will continue to be plagued by
numerous serious problems in the foresee-
able future; some leading ones are [1g]
Infrastructures. [1h] Unequitable and dis-
criminatory allocation of economic fund-
ing by the Federal Government. [1i]
Improving but still inefficient administra-
tion system within Sabah. Luckily, the silo
mindset is beginning to be dismantled. [1j]
The mother of all Sabah’s problem is too
many political leaders lack economic lead-
ership, lack of commitment to look after
their constituents’ interest and insufficient
unity to fight for Sabah’s economic rights.
If Sabah wants to maximise the benefits
from the progress achieved in 2021/2022
and to forge a speedier path for progress,
we must undertake some serious and hon-
est self-reflection, transformation and ref-
ormation. Time to stare into the mirror
and ask ourselves this question: What is
wrong with us Sabahans?
Why self-reflection for Sabah?
Definition: “Self-reflection is taking the
time to think about, meditate on, evaluate,
and give serious thought to your behav-
iors, thoughts, attitudes, motivations, and
desires for improvements and progress.”
Many Sabah politicians are the first
people who need to undertake self-reflec-
tion.
Simple. For years, we have conducted
ourselves like nothing has happened, like
everything is top notch. Sabah leaders
have ignored that our economy has been
crumbling away, control of our economy
has all but gone. Instead of Sabahans First,
Sabahans have become last. Sabahans
have become economic refugees in our
own State, in KL, Johor and Singapore. This
is ridiculous and totally unacceptable in
the state with the most resources.
The fact is staring at us. The Sabah’s eco-
nomic system, the way Sabah has man-
aged our economy have failed badly and
our resources wasted away to enrich non-
Sabahans. Sabah’s political leaders must
self-reflect to identify the source of this
problem. They must rectify this “Sabahans
becoming economic refugees”. They must
think of the future of our younger genera-
tions.
Why transformation for Sabah?
Definition: “Transformation is a
marked or radical change in form, nature,
or appearance.”
ment, reflective of a partner in MA63.
[3f] Sabah political leaders should
transform themselves into economic lead-
ers, with indepth knowledge of Sabah’s
economic problems and ability to produce
solutions. Sabah does not need politicians
who goes around shaking hands, who
can’t help to put food on the table for us.
[3g] Sabah leaders should familiarize
themselves with progress already made by
Hajiji and support his initiatives or, if they
can, produce better options to support his
First Sabahans First Policy.
Why Reformation for Sabah?
Definition: “Reformation is the action
or process of reforming an institution or
practice.”
Transformation is all about changing
mind-set in Sabah’s context. To produce
results from transformation, we need ref-
ormation of key institutions as they are
responsible for implementation of trans-
formation.
[4a] Sabah’s administrative system is
notorious for red tapes, delays and non-
responsive. Hopefully, these will be solved
soon. SKN DSP Safar Untong has initiated
the reformation for the whole administra-
tion system with a comprehensive digitali-
zation programme. When completed,
Sabahans, for the first time ever, will enjoy
services of Smart Government. Efficiency will
be greatly enhanced. Service for the public
will be on par with first world country.
[4b] Two reformation actions should be
taken soonest. The first is to rationalize the
non-performing or under-performing
GLCs. Secondly, prepare the performing
ones for IPO. If these can be done, the GLCs
can be transformed into major economic
development agents and funds mobilizers
for Sabah.
Sabah must stay steady, keep the
course.
The above are samples what need to be
done in Sabah urgently. We are on the
right track now. Support those leaders
with the right mind-set.
Keep faith. Be brave to call it a spade a
spade. Admit our past short comings. For
the sake of Sabah’s future generations, we
must undertake deep self-reflection, be
honest enough to go through difficult psy-
chological transformations and be coura-
geous to implement some very painful
reformations. Then, only then can Sabah
achieve the proper mind-set for long term
economic growth.
The process of self-reflection, transfor-
mation and reformation can enhance the
quality of political unity that Sabah must
have to progress.
Prof Dr Suresh Govind
ON Nov 19, ballot papers that are pushed
into boxes will forge the destiny of our
nation and decide the fate of more than
30 million people.
Every person seeking a mandate must
make a simple resolution.
Regardless of which party you belong
to or what ideology you possess, simply
decide that your political journey should
be a pilgrimage where your ultimate
goal is to serve us to the best of your abil-
ity.
This should be your primary goal and
you must regard this job as a sacred one.
The seat offered to you is a position
mandated by us the public to carry out
our desires and wants.
It has been our experience in the past,
that the seductive powers of position can
be destructive and can distract a person
from their noble aim initially as evi-
denced by the many scandals seen
locally and internationally.
Your task is a sacred one as it involves
serving members of your constituencies
and ensuring that we are free from trou-
bles and kept happy by addressing our
needs.
It is here that we wish to remind you
that if you could consider your journey a
pilgrimage it would make your life easier.
In challenging journeys, the mind of
a pilgrim often focuses on the purpose
of their pilgrimage and the will to
undergo all trials and tribulations for
the sake of attaining their higher goal.
Bread and water issues continue to
be the highest concern among
Malaysians, especially among the B40
group, and the ringgit’s nose-diving
value against the US dollar compounds
this anxiety.
Our national debt, now in the tril-
lions, requires people of position to drive
the nation using every shred of intelli-
gence to restore Malaysia back to its orig-
inal status as an Asian Tiger.
A pilgrim will be steadfast in his
duties and disciplined to control his
senses until he fulfils all the vows in the
strictest adherence to the obligations
made.
This attitude is what is required now.
To be swayed off course and to blame
circumstances and the situation is the
easy way out, but to be accountable for
every action will be evidence that a
strong conscience exists within you in
navigating and guiding your decisions.
Such politicians are needed.
Integrity is the most powerful quality
needed and if a nation is to progress we
are counting on you to lead this nation.
Just as how a pilgrim understands
that he will be judged one day, you as a
politician must appreciate that you will
be judged by the people who elected you
to serve.
A nomination to this seat should be a
willingness to exercise this honour and
integrity as the challenges will be numer-
ous, and one cannot afford to switch off
and remain numb to the political
demands of the country.
The points raised by Mathematics
teacher Fadli Salleh are of real concern to
millions of parents who want the best
education for their children.
The new government must look into
such concerns and other matters with
speed and generate favourable results.
Again, such as a pilgrim who is always
in a simple and serving mood to help
everyone, politicians who accept their
nomination should commit themselves
to acquiring the same mindset to con-
nect with their constituent members and
the general public at large for better serv-
ice.
No one can predict the results. The
possibility of a unity government cannot
be ruled out after the elections and a cer-
tain maturity must be required if people
across the divide are to cooperate for the
greater good.
Pilgrims, regardless of race, religion,
caste and creed, will serve humanity
despite all these differences. Politicians
must also do the same.
The common man has become indif-
ferent to the continuous barraging of
politicians across the divide.
A rise in consciousness and an eleva-
tion of good temperance and maturity is
necessary if this becomes a reality.
A parliament is the meeting point for
all elected members.
Parliament sessions in other countries
have so many healthy and intelligent
debates, where decorum and decency are
never compromised.
The points raised are so well
researched and the voice of reason and
rationale is louder than the voice of
insults and humiliation.
Hence, politicians, much like pilgrims,
must respect and regard everyone with
dignity regardless of which party the
other represents.
The resolution must also bring this
form of respect into parliament as it is a
testament to how a country is governed.
If every politician could treat this jour-
ney like a pilgrimage, we can transform
the way in which Malaysians perceive a
politician today.
There is a need to further profession-
alise the role of politicians and dust away
the old perception that the life of one is
usually riddled with lies, scandals,
bribery and falsehoods.
There are many of you who have sacri-
ficed and gone beyond the call of duty.
This demanding job is a 24-hour task
and the public is much like a CCTV cam-
era that refuses to switch off and captures
every word and action.
However, adopting a pilgrim’s atti-
tude towards your political responsibili-
ties will confer you joy and peace while
you execute your tasks with grace and
dignity.
When we finally elect you, we are
aware that we are selecting bricks for
nation-building.
We are selecting a firewall that
defends our honour and dignity.
When we elect you, we are aware that
we are entrusting not just our future but
our children’s as well into your hands.
Our economic well-being, our health
care, housing matters, maids to help us
and our entire lives are in your hands.
How you act and behave will reflect
the worthiness of our choice.
It will be a tough decision with a lot of
responsibility and care, but we will care-
fully choose you over the others.
Come Nov 19, the nation will decide
the fate of millions of people in Malaysia.
More importantly, we need politicians
who are honest and serious, and will put
their self-interest last.
! Dr Suresh (FASc) is the chairman
Board of Trustees, Yayasan
Perpaduan Malaysia, coordinator of
the Friendship Group of Inter-
Religious Service and a Fellow of the
Academy of Science.
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Sabah and
S’wak have
the power
to decide
M’sia’s future
Both Borneo states contribute 56 seats or half the number to form the Federal Government
Prof Shad Saleem Faruqi
M
ALAYSIA’S 15th General Election
(GE15) on Nov 19 is likely to have
far-reaching consequences for
the future direction of this nation’s poli-
tics.
If no party or coalition wins a thunder-
ing majority, an era of coalition politics,
like the one under caretaker Prime Minis-
ter Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob and
scores of parliamentary democracies
around the world, may become the norm.
This is not altogether a bad thing if
one looks at the significant Constitu-
tional reforms brought about by the
shaky but enduring coalition headed by
Ismail Sabri and his ability to work with
the Opposition on matters of common
interest.
A very significant reform was the anti-
party hopping law that may reduce polit-
ical opportunism and contribute to
government stability.
Sabah and Sarawak may be able to
change the country’s political landscape
by determining which party or coalition
forms the next Federal Government.
This is because Sabah has 25 seats in
the Dewan Rakyat and Sarawak 31.
Their 56 Members of Parliament, if
united, constitute 50pc of the magic
Voters must not fall for handouts and empty promises
Rais Hussin and
Ameen Kamal
MALAYSIA isn’t short of good promises.
We are short of good and sustainable
implementation. National budgets, policy
papers and blueprints carry little weight if
it doesn’t commit to strict timelines and
key performance indicators (KPI) that
cover real and measurable outcomes and
impacts that are fair and equitable to all.
What Malaysia needs in order to be on
the right track is to have trustworthy and
competent individuals helming key
organisations and institutions that are
independent and empowered.
Furthermore, these key organisations
must operate in a transparent governance
ecosystem and use transparent systems.
Ultimately, they must be governed by a
clear Input-Output-Outcome-Impact
(IOOI) model for effective monitoring and
enforcement of strict timelines and KPIs.
Therefore, it doesn’t really matter what
politicians write in their election mani-
festo if it doesn’t commit to key institu-
tional and structural reforms, which are
essential for the successful implementa-
tion of these promises.
It is easy for rival political parties or
coalitions to up the ante on who can make
better offers without real binding commit-
ments, and without detailing how their
policies, targets and action plans will be
sustainably funded and properly imple-
mented.
For example, how exactly will one mil-
lion high-paying jobs be created? Eco-
nomic growth, a fair business ecosystem,
and strong governance are intertwined.
How will free education, electronic
goodies, and 100pc 5G coverage be
financed and implemented?
Given that politicians seem hung up on
the use of statutory declarations (SD) as a
sign of political support, then perhaps so
should the election manifesto be signed
with SDs that are made public before elec-
tion day.
Even then some might even say SDs are
not actual binding contracts, similar to the
notion that an election manifesto isn’t a
Bible.
Though we are left only take these
promises at face value with a healthy dose
of salt, this is the only source of reference,
or receipt, that the people can refer to.
Pakatan Harapan’s GE15 Action Plan
came out first, indicating they are most
ready for what they want and are not wait-
ing for others to develop a “copy-paste-
paraphrase-upgrade” version.
Their brand and central messaging
have always been about reforms, but their
action plan listed ten key focus areas cov-
ering crucial aspects such as socio-econ-
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number of 112 (of the total 222 seats) to
form the Federal Government.
Federal-state relations, especially with
Sabah and Sarawak, will have to accom-
modate state assertiveness in some areas.
The heavy central bias in our federal
system may be corrected.
If the election does not produce a
steam-roller majority in the Dewan
Rakyat (as elections did from 1957 to
2008), this may consolidate the role of
Parliament as the grand inquest of the
nation to keep the political Executive
answerable, accountable and responsible
to the representatives of the people.
Among the unprecedented aspects of
the 2022 electoral exercise is that, for the
first time in Malaysian electoral history,
18-year-olds are eligible to cast their vote
and, most remarkably, to contest a seat in
the Dewan Rakyat and the state assem-
blies.
This is due to the commendable
Undi18 electoral reform of 2022.
There may be a significant impact of
the newfound power of young citizens on
national policies and priorities.
About 6.23 million eligible electors
who did not register as voters will now
have an automatic right to participate in
democracy’s iconic exercise because of
omy, healthcare, disaster mitigation, envi-
ronmental preservation and the empow-
erment of Sabah and Sarawak.
Then came Perikatan Nasional’s (PN)
“Prihatin, Bersih, Stabil” manifesto, with 12
core issues and over 200 initiatives issues
that appear to centre around improving
economic competitiveness and increasing
people’s quality of life.
This includes promising high-value job
creation, reduction of PTPTN loans and
goodies for students, which is likely target-
ing the wave of more than six million new
voters arising from Undi18 and automatic
registrations.
The PN government was associated
with many forms of assistance during the
pandemic, and even if the effectiveness or
sufficiency is debatable, at least they can
say that they have the experience and the
track record.
Though PN’s manifesto mentioned var-
ious goals to improve governance such as
the prohibition of foreign political fund-
ing, PN’s focus on fighting the Covid-19
pandemic did not result in the enactment
of crucial institutional reforms.
Key events such as the declaration of a
Covid state of emergency during political
turmoil and the Sabah state elections
which resulted in waves of infections
could be strongly associated with PN’s
power struggles, working against its “clean
politics and administrations” manifesto.
That doesn’t mean it’s easier for PH to
sell its story either.
Despite hefty promises, PH was unable
to fulfil some of them after the 14th General
Election (GE14). Of course, this is not
entirely their fault and one or a few indi-
viduals didn’t keep their promises.
At the very least, PH has a short tenure
and the Sheraton Move as an excuse, but
the same cannot be said for Barisan
Nasional (BN) that helmed the govern-
ment for six decades.
That doesn’t mean BN isn’t serious to
turn over a new leaf, but voters should
ponder which coalition historically could-
n’t and which one wouldn’t.
The BN has the advantage of releasing
their offer a little later, and they came up
with a manifesto named Perancangan
Amal dan Usaha (Padu), promising to
enact some reforms that almost echo PH’s
GE15 Action Plan.
The Padu manifesto even included the
promise to create political stability, put-
ting a stop to dirty politics, party hopping,
political intimidation and pressure.
However, there is no specific mention
of fighting corruption or eradicating car-
tels—a surprising outcome given that they
could have mentioned everything and
anything.
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AVR, automatic voter registration.
As a consequence of electoral reforms,
the electorate’s size has increased mas-
sively from 15 million voters in 2017 to 21.7
million in 2022.
Of these eligible voters, 51pc are said to
be below 40 years of age.
This may encourage those ensconced
in power to redraw the nation’s priorities
and show more sensitivity to issues that
impact the youth: education, scholar-
ships, employment opportunities, infla-
tion and public transport.
However, a counter factor is that most
of the nation’s youth reside in urban areas
which are generally under-represented in
our mal-proportioned electoral con-
stituencies.
There is also the problem of young
voter apathy in many parts of the world,
including Britain.
Another unprecedented factor in GE15
is that it is primarily for the federal legis-
lature and not for the state assemblies: 10
out of 13 states have refused the federal
invitation, as is their Constitutional right,
to dissolve their assemblies and hold con-
current elections with this premature fed-
eral exercise.
This means that voters in 10 states plus
the Federal Territories will be issued with
Perhaps they are more honest or more
realistic? Or is this a reverse Freudian slip?
In any case, it makes no difference if
these manifestos lack the necessary sub-
stance.
Now, even with stronger commitments,
another key issue could also be resistance
from what could be deeply entrenched
and indoctrinated civil servants in min-
istries and agencies.
Ministers rely on them for policy imple-
mentation and they would fail if the civil
servants are either incompetent or not
supportive of their newly politically-
appointed masters.
Some speculated that this was one of
the main hurdles for PH ministers during
their 22 months stint helming Putrajaya.
The PH must think of a way to over-
come this should they be able to come to
power again after GE15.
After all, one of their manifestos is the
widespread government digitalisation
and reducing the burden of the civil ser-
vants, including the “streamlining over-
lapping or redundant procedures”.
Obviously, this is good for resource effi-
ciency, but will the civil servants remain
supportive if it means the redundancies of
jobs and therefore, the trimming down of
the size of the civil service?
The PH GE15 Action Plan also men-
tioned overhauling the Government Pro-
curement Act and the elimination of
cartels.
We know of government procurement
cartels that allegedly controlled billions of
ringgits worth of government projects,
and there could be countless cartels in
other sectors.
But, will PH politicians have the
willpower to implement the much-needed
yet “boat-shaking” action plans given that
the civil service is seen as both their
administrative and political support base?
Either way, we give them credit for at
least saying what needs to be said.
In terms of the promise of political sta-
bility, PH is nominating a single PM candi-
date which appears to be unanimously
accepted by the coalition parties.
In contrast, huge speculation persists in
Barisan Nasional (BN) on their actual PM
candidate.
Although caretaker Prime Minister
Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri appear to be the
“official” choice, the now-rejected
rumours of SDs to be signed by Umno
GE15 candidates to support Umno Presi-
dent Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
as the PM candidate points to the persist-
ent notion of power struggles within
Umno’s leadership.
Some of the BN candidates who were
not fielded are already jumping ship to
only one (federal election) ballot paper.
Voters in three states will be required
to fill out two ballot papers – one for the
federal and the other for the state legisla-
ture.
Whoever wins the federal election will
have to work with PAS-led state govern-
ments in Kedah, Kelantan and Tereng-
ganu; Pakatan-led governments in
Penang, Negri Sembilan and Selangor;
and Barisan Nasional-led governments in
Johor, Melaka, Pahang, Perak and Perlis.
Sabah is governed by its state-based
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah coalition and
Sarawak by the Gabungan Parti Sarawak
coalition.
Unlike in Singapore and 21 other coun-
tries where voting is mandatory, in
Malaysia voting is a civic responsibility
but not a legal duty.
One hopes, however, that all voters will
go out to vote.
Not voting is giving up your voice and
refusing to participate in a process that
may affect the quality of your life and the
rights of your community and your
future generations.
Voting is an opportunity for desirable
changes to the laws and policies that
affect our future.
Vote for the best candidates irres-
contest under the PN banner. Will the
apparent infighting or perception of dif-
ferent camps within Umno mean no polit-
ical turmoil should BN return to power?
The consolidation of power, which
could be the BN’s basis for its definition of
stability, will not come unchallenged even
from within its ranks. What more from
other parties?
Given that no coalition is expected to
win a significant majority, a government
could be formed through a coalition of
convenience.
This isn’t protected from the Anti hop-
ping law, and it is expected that Malaysia
will continue to face significant political
instability from party infighting and the
breaking and forming of new coalitions
post-GE15.
In the meantime, how do political par-
ties try to ensure support from their
ranks?
Instead of coming up with action plans
to help the people, BN appears to be com-
mitted to implementing having three
deputy Prime Ministers as part of its elec-
tion manifesto. How is this helpful to the
people?
Even though this is also a political strat-
egy echoed by PH, and even if we criticize
PH’s GE15 Action Plans as mere promises,
at the very least, PH is mentioning the
right things.
Nobody truly knows the intention of
others, but if what they say or write can be
an indication of what is in their hearts,
then one of the main intentions of win-
ning GE15 for BN, at least from what can be
construed from the recent speech of
Umno’s President, is to escape the clutches
of justice in what he reportedly claimed as
‘selective prosecution’ on BN leaders.
Either there is indeed selective prosecu-
tion by their political adversaries, or it is
true that if they win, they can avoid the so-
called selective prosecution—both situa-
tions show the poor and shameful status
of Malaysia’s separation of powers.
It is almost a certainty that being in
power in the executive branch gives con-
siderable weight on which cases to be pur-
sued, who gets prosecuted and who gets
off the hook.
On this note, PH is keeping to its central
brand and commitment to the separation
of powers.
Their GE15 Action Plan mentions sepa-
rating the roles and responsibilities of the
public prosecutor from the attorney gen-
eral, establishing multi-party special par-
liamentary committees for the
nomination of key checks-and-balance
roles such as the public prosecutor, and
senior positions in the Malaysian Anti-Cor-
ruption Commission (MACC), the Election
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Left: The Dewan Rakyat. There’s much
talk of both states forming a Borneo
Bloc upon victory which was discussed
by both State leaders earlier.
pective of their party affiliation, religion,
race or gender.
There are good and bad candidates in
every political party and organisation.
Support candidates with integrity and
ability.
Support candidates who are clean,
competent and caring.
There are quite a few. Support candi-
dates whose platform reflects your hopes,
aspirations and dreams for yourself and
your nation.
Break away from the tired old rhetoric
of identity politics.
Do not let the emotional appeal of race
and religion divert you from the pervasive
issues of unemployment, inflation and
predatory development policies that
cause environmental degradation.
Express your concern against wide-
spread corruption and your desire for
integrity, good governance, economic
development, poverty eradication, qual-
ity education and good infrastructure.
Please remember: Every vote matters.
! Emeritus Prof Shad Saleem Faruqi
holds the Tunku Abdul Rahman Chair
at Universiti Malaya. The views
expressed here are entirely the writer’s
own. This appeared in the Star.
Commission, and in law enforcement such
as the position of the Inspector-General of
Police.
Another clear contrast between PH and
BN is the consolidation and concentration
of power, particularly the power of the
Prime Minister.
The PH GE15 Action Plan is mentioning
limiting the powers of the PM through
enforcing a tenure limit, providing secu-
rity of tenure for positions appointed
through the special parliamentary com-
mittee so that a sitting PM cannot arbitrar-
ily and prematurely terminate their
service, and enforcing the Fixed Parlia-
ment Term Act to ensure that the dissolu-
tion of federal and state parliament will
only be called upon the ending of the term
to minimise political instability.
Only time will tell if PH will be able to
implement these reforms.
In any case, PH’s mentioning of the sep-
aration of powers and the depowering of
the PM’s position appears to be in stark
contrast to what former Prime Minister
Najib Razak said in a BN convention that
the coalition needs to regain “absolute
power” instead of what it considers a
“hybrid power” it has before.
Power corrupts, and absolute power
corrupts absolutely.
Malaysia already had its Vision 2020
encompassing not only growth and
advancement in the economy but also in
institutions, social and political aspects.
But what actually happened on the
ground as far as implementation goes
appears opposite to overcoming the key
societal challenges towards achieving
Vision 2020—fostering a united country, a
liberal, democratic, moral, ethical, scien-
tific, progressive, and economically just
society with a liberated spirit.
Upon (unsurprisingly) missing Vision
2020 targets, the power is now in the
hands of the voters to determine if
Malaysia would be on the right track
towards the Shared Prosperity Vision
2030, or continue to dream of a “Wishlist
2050” and beyond.
But then again, democracy only works
if key institutions are reformed, politicians
keep their word, and the vast majority of
the people are smart enough to choose
what is good for them in the long term
and not make crucial decisions based on
last-minute handouts, freebies, free tolls
or free petrol. Is this a lot to ask? The out-
come of GE15 will tell.
! Rais Hussin and Ameen Kamal are
from EMIR Research, an independent
think tank focused on strategic policy
recommendations based on rigorous
research
 FORUM
Why increase in certain ethnic after 1990
Paul Thien in Forum (Daily Express on Page
17 last Sunday November 6, 2022) appeared
to be ignorant of the facts.
Thien should take note that former CM
Harris is entitled and guaranteed by the
Malaysian Constitution of Freedom of
Speech, so do the newspapers.
Legally Thien can take Harris to court if
he consider Harris was over the top with
his freedom of speech.
Based on facts of the much talked about
Project IC, nothing has actually changed
except more talk.
The claim that everyone knows and yet
none has produced any “black and white”
evidence purporting to the existence of
Project IC till this day.
Thien should produce “black and white
evidence on the Project IC” and that the
information by Harris is incorrect.
It should be as simple as “makan kacang
goreng” for Paul to provide the evidence
Elderly
voters must
not fail
to show up
ARE our Malaysian senior citizens ready to
exercise their democratic right on Nov 19?
For many seniors, voting does bring
special challenges especially for the phys-
ically-challenged, those who have mobility
issues and lack transport to get to the
polling stations.
To ensure that senior-related issues are
heard loud and clear and addressed by the
government, older persons need to be more
active during this election period to make
their voices heard. This is what SeniorsA-
loud — a voice for seniors is doing.
We are urging all seniors to come out in
droves to vote on polling day. And, to
assist other seniors who need help to vote.
For able-bodied seniors, nothing is
more important or sacrosanct on Nov 19
than exercising your voting right.
Plan to turn up at your polling station
rain, shine or whatever. Your vote counts.
To help ease the burden of seniors to
vote, here are some ways we can help fel-
low seniors cast their ballot on polling
day: Seniors have to know where their vot-
ing centre is.
It would be good for relatives, neigh-
bours and friends to check this out and
even take them to the polling centre
before polling day to familiarise them-
selves with the environment Ensure sen-
iors have enough information to decide
who to vote for and the party symbol.
All the efforts to ensure that seniors
turn up at the polling station will come to
nought if the senior is unable to vote prop-
erly resulting in spoilt votes. This should
be addressed to minimise the number of
spoilt votes.
The long queues could also discourage
some. Long lines can make the experience
uncomfortable, discouraging some sen-
iors. One way out is that they should go
and vote when the polling station is not so
crowded — perhaps in the afternoon or
during the off-peak period.
It would be good to bring essentials
such as mineral water, a folding chair,
snacks, etc in case there is a long queue.
For seniors, all these preparations will
help make voting an experience to look
forward to similar to an outing.
If your relative or friend is hospitalised
or staying in a nursing home, prior
arrangements should be made for the sen-
ior to be ‘discharged’ for a few hours to
vote?
The question is will the hospital author-
ities or nursing home operators allow it?
This issue of the much-needed partici-
pation of seniors (especially the physically
challenged ones) has never been given the
attention it deserves. Voting must be made
more accessible to seniors.
Those seniors staying all alone and with
disabilities will not take the trouble to
turn up to vote unless prior arrangements
are made by loved ones or neighbours to
help out. On their own, it is highly
unlikely that they will want to bear the
inconveniences and discomfort.
Some seniors have impairments that
limit their ability to cast a vote independ-
ently and this must be looked into. This is
where volunteers can come forward and
assist seniors to vote on election day.
Only if seniors and the elderly exercise
their voting right will they be proud to say
that they have participated in choosing
the new government. Remember our vote
is our voice!
Dr Pola Singh
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since everyone already knows of its exis-
tence.
Last census had Sabah with a popula-
tion of 3.54 million, just say “everyone” is
only 25pc of the population. That is over
800,000 people who accuse Harris for issu-
ing IC and with such numbers the court
should give the matter due consideration.
Harris claimed that Project IC does not
exist, either under the government or by
interested parties.
For Harris the following are “black and
white” facts:
" He was accused by Dr. Chong Eng
Leong which was published by Daily
Express some years ago. Dr Chong accused
Harris of being a traitor for giving IC to
those who illegally entered Sabah.
Dr Chong was sued by Harris for
defamation. The High Court ruled in Har-
ris’s favour and was awarded RM100,000 as
damages.
Whose unity is best – BN’s, PN’s or Pakatan’s?
ONE of the critical endeavours in the
upcoming 15th general election is for vot-
ing Malaysians to compare, contrast and
unify the type of national unity that is
espoused by Barisan Nasional (BN),
Perikatan Nasional (PN) and Pakatan Hara-
pan (PH).
The mainstream notion of unity by the
BN and PN coalition is based on the domi-
nance of the Malays, where unity is only
viable if it is placed within the narrative of
ethnic dominance and control, where
other communities have to accept the
national unity within this dominant narra-
tive.
Any parties who question this narrative
of asymmetrical unity are regarded as a
threat to ethnic supremacy and the cause of
disharmony.
The question is can authentic unity be
Preventing exploiting of young online
ASEAN inaugurated the first Asean-ICT
Forum on Child Online Protection on Nov
2 and 3 in Phnom Penh, successfully bring-
ing together for the first time a large
group of regulators, industry players, and
non-profits to move forward the regional
online child protection agenda.
Cyberbullying and online child sexual
exploitation are among the most severe
risks children face when surfing the World
Wide Web.
The United Nations Children’s Fund
(Unicef) reported that more than a third
of young people in 30 countries have been
victims of online bullying, and 80pc of
children in 25 countries have felt in danger
of online exploitation.
The Asean ICT forum, therefore, was an
opportune time to begin working on cred-
ible and long-lasting solutions to create a
safe digital environment for children, and
on applying child protection fundamen-
tals in every corner of technological inno-
vation, both in the public and corporate
sectors.
According to the Digital Inclusion
Benchmark of the World Bench-marking
Alliance, only 27 out of 150 digital technol-
ogy companies worldwide have a commit-
ment to online child safety.
When it comes to commitment rooted
in child rights principles, the number is
much lower, with only eight companies
having strong commitments that go
beyond just a company’s products and are
Renewable energy no longer a choice
ENERGY has a significant impact on poli-
tics. Voters have always been interested in
lowering their electricity bills, but as
global awareness of climate change has
increased, voters and the public should
support clean and renewable energy
sources.
Therefore, political parties must
embrace renewable energy to address
newly emerging environmental issues.
Additionally, politicians should be crit-
icised for playing politics with energy and
emissions and should do more to meet the
Paris climate agreement’s emission tar-
gets.
Climate change is an inevitable prob-
lem that must be addressed in a fair and
responsible manner.
Malaysia has reached a critical stage in
the fight against the climate and biodiver-
sity crises, as it increases efforts and com-
mitments to transition to a low-carbon,
climate-resilient economy, said caretaker
Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul
Tengku Abdul Aziz.
He said this implied a progressive and
comprehensive transformation of the
country’s economic and financial systems
— in addition to sectors related to food,
water and energy, as well as essential com-
modities — in a sustainable, equitable and
transparent way.
The high demand for energy, combined
with the climate change challenges posed
by carbon emissions, has compelled the
government to embark on a energy-gener-
Dr Chong appealed to the Appeal Court.
The Appeal Court held up the High Court
judgement.
Paul Thien can easily get records of the
proceedings of the Hearing.
" The Royal Commission of Inquiry on
illegals heard and recorded several hun-
dreds witnesses over 12 months and found
there is no Project IC. The exact conclusion
was, “There is a strong possibility that Proj-
ect IC does exist”, that was all.
" The Royal Commission of Inquiry
whose Chairman is a prominent Retired
Judge and a fair and just gentlemen. The
finding should be accepted and acknowl-
edged as the best evidence recorded on
illegals and Project IC.
" Harris claimed and in response to
incorrect information about Project IC the
following:
The granting of Identity Cards to those
eligible foreigners by the Federal Govern-
sought in the context of ethnic dominance?
While it is true that unity should be
embraced through empathy among
Malaysians, taking into consideration the
historical and identity factors in the forma-
tion of Malaysia, it has to evolve to take into
consideration the reality of human living
which takes place in the context of the pres-
ent, where Malaysia is facing various inter-
nal and global challenges to its
development due its ethnoreligious ideol-
ogy of insecurity that creates an obstacle to
its competitiveness.
Unity in its real sense of the word is not
merely about compromise or tolerance, it
is about sharing and loving one’s brothers
and sisters in diversity, which means shared
humanity.
It is a profound form of unity of the pres-
ent and now, where one sees the other as
grounded in children’s rights principles.
(The World Benchmarking Alliance is a
non-profit organisation that assesses and
ranks the world’s most influential compa-
nies on their contribution to the Sustain-
able Development Goals.)
Despite this alarming figure, it must be
noted that tech companies operating in
South-East Asia are moving forward to
take ownership of mitigating the unin-
tended negative impact of their products
and platforms.
One example from a telecommunica-
tion provider: PLDT/Smart in the Philip-
pines overhauled corporate policies to
integrate children’s rights and imple-
mented a capacity-building programme
on child online safety.
In Indonesia, the Women Empower-
ment and Child Protection Ministry is
partnering with Meta and NGO Ecpat (End
Child Prosti-tution and Trafficking) to
educate remote communities on the dan-
gers of online child sexual exploitation.
While initiatives like these are a step
forward, child protection in the digital
ecosystem should go beyond the element
of “safety” and take into account “well-
being” considerations stipulated in the
Children’s Rights and Business Principles
created by Unicef, the UN Global Compact,
and Save the Children.
This refers to the need for tech compa-
nies to ensure due diligence processes are
in place when developing digital products
ation diversification strategy that allows
for greater use of renewable energy
sources. Vietnam, for example, has seen its
solar power sector booming.
Malaysia has a promising outlook for
the adoption of renewable energy sources
and exploring new frontiers are valuable
opportunities for success.
A new source of renewable energy will
add value to the value chain, resulting in
many national benefits.
Renewable energy sources generate a
substantial portion of the nation’s electricity.
Renewable energy is gaining popularity
as part of the clean energy transition, and
Malaysia should seek to innovate and par-
ticipate in the development of marine
renewable energy sectors.
In marine areas, renewable energy
sources, such as wave, tidal, and ocean
thermal, are abundant.
It has the potential to bridge the gap
between economically feasible, civilised,
and environmentally-friendly energy to
support the economic growth of Malaysia.
To ensure accountability and inclusiv-
ity, the legal framework governing energy
provision must be open and accessible.
The National Energy Policy should con-
solidate policies and plans relating to
energy production, distribution, and con-
sumption, as well as provide insight into
gross domestic product priorities for
increasing renewable energy production.
It is crucial for the implementation of a
National Energy Policy to ensure that
ment coincided with the time when Tan Sri
Pairin Kitingan, President of PBS withdrew
from Barisan Nasional on the eve of Gen-
eral Election in 1990.
The Chairman of Barisan Nasional and
Prime Minister Tun Mahathir was not only
surprised but was shocked over the action
by Tan Sri Pairin.
As a result, in order to stabilise the Fed-
eral and State Governments, the Federal
Government intensified the granting of
Malaysian citizenship to foreigners who
qualified under the Federal Constitution.
This resulted in the increase of the
Malay/Muslim population in Sabah.
The Federal Government continued the
Policy of granting citizenship as
announced by the then Prime Minister
Tengku Abdul Rahman in 1972.
The policy is still in force today in that
“any foreigner who is of Malay Stock and
Muslim can be granted citizenship”.
loveable, valued, equal and able to coexist
in harmony.
It respects the right to life and progress
for all communities without being inse-
cure.
Such understanding and openness of
unity bring forth the tendency to see the
good in the other, where multi-culturalism
is regarded as an existential reality, where
talents and capabilities of fellow
Malaysians are celebrated and allowed to
excel without the fear of losing out.
Relationships are based on crushing the
sense of insecure egoistic, ethnic identity
and embracing the other as fellow
Malaysians without barriers.
It is about building bridges instead of
building walls and expecting bridges that
characterise the ideology of BN and PN.
To reach national unity in a more
and services.
It is critical for such standardised
processes to be applied among Asean busi-
nesses in light of the rapidly growing dig-
ital economy forecasted to reach US$1tril
(RM4.7tril) in gross merchandise value by
2030.
Asean could facilitate this mindset
transformation among the region’s digital
technology companies by coming up with
a regional guideline that encourages the
corporate sector to install a child rights
mindset in the DNA of the businesses via
consulting with children and considering
children as distinct stakeholders in the
wider companies’ human rights impact
assessment.
And secondly, the guideline should
involve governments in incentivising busi-
nesses to ensure their products and serv-
ices are innovatively safe for children by,
for example, introducing financial incen-
tives through tax reduction, ease of financ-
ing, and reduction of companies’ social
security contributions.
By doing so, we create an enabling envi-
ronment that benefits companies in iden-
tifying, assessing, preventing and
mitigating potential risks to children in all
areas of the business process and ensuring
an inclusive, safe, and healthy digital
ecosystem for children.
Dio Herdiawan Tobing
Jakarta
energy initiatives are cohesive and com-
prehensive for the nation’s benefit, includ-
ing the management of the energy
paradox of shares, security and environ-
mental stewardship.
Due to its extensive coastline, Malaysia
has a tremendous opportunity to become
an influential and effective steward of
marine renewable energy production,
while balancing economic and environ-
mental concerns.
Renewable energy deployment will
generate jobs and open up new business
opportunities for the industrialisation of
the core network.
The use of green energy has afforded
Malaysia new opportunities.
The transition to renewable energy
requires political support and legislation,
investments and support mechanisms
facilitated by the government.
Equally important is the government’s
support in the form of progressive policies
and forward-thinking regulatory frame-
works, which will be essential to the devel-
opment.
This will increase the public’s support
for the government’s dedication to the
cause.
Dr Izyan Munirah Mohd Zaideen
Senior lecturer, Faculty of Maritime
Studies, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu,
Captain Mohd Faizal Ramli,
EHS marine specialist in oil and gas
sector
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This policy was adopted to counter bal-
ance the granting in 1957 of citizenship to
over one million Chinese and Indians.
Sabah was a Malay/Muslim country a
few hundred years ago. These days the
same Malay are still considered as illegals.
Similarly, Singapore is now a predomi-
nantly Chinese country.
Penang before 1957 was a Malay Island
but is now predominantly Chinese. Up to
this day, no one has challenged Harris on
his statement of Historical facts.
This is because all that has been stated
by Harris regarding issues including Proj-
ect IC are facts in black and white.
Nevertheless it is hoped that Paul Thien
will come up with the evidence and facts to
counter Harris’s views given “everyone
knows” and therefore have the evidence to
substantiate.
Awang Jambul
authentic sense, the notion of ethnic and
religious dominance should be done away
with, where the constitutional document is
seen as an evolving concept rather than a
rigid and ideological conceptualisation of
ethnic rights.
Multiculturalism celebrates the unique
diversity of communities and acceptance of
the most vulnerable communities. This is
where the future of Malaysia resides.
Therefore, the Association for Welfare
Community and Dialogue (Acid) urges
Malaysians to vote for a coalition and par-
ties that espouse multiculturalism since the
belief in God in the Rukun Negara entails a
God that created the reality of diversity as a
way for human beings to know and love
each other
RB
Working part-time
a good
experience
for students
THE living expenses of college students are
quite high now. They need at least RM20 a
day for food. The more affluent the area,
the higher the cost.
Club activities, reference materials, and
recreational activities with friends all cost
money. This puts more burden on stu-
dents’ daily expenditure.
Reducing needless overheads is not the
best course of action as it only addresses
short-term expense issues. It is no surprise
that many students resort to working part-
time to supplement their income.
In fact, as a result of the rising cost of liv-
ing, part-time employment among college
students has become the norm. It is under-
stood that more than 70 per cent of college
students are considering part-time jobs.
It has been long debated whether or
not college students should work part-
time. There was a — “Should college stu-
dents get a part-time job or not? Why? —
on Quora, which prompted 41 respon-
dents to join the discussion.
Seventy-eight per cent of the respon-
dents agreed that college students should
get a part-time job, seven per cent
remained neutral and 15 per cent dis-
agreed.
It is acceptable for college students to
work part-time as long as it does not affect
their academic performance. The part-
time jobs can help students integrate
quickly into society by applying what they
have learned in college. Students can
develop leadership skills, punctuality,
interpersonal relationships, teamwork
and other skills.
Additionally, they can expand their
social experience during the semester
breaks. Students can interview depart-
ments of interest in advance to determine
their suitability. If students plan to con-
tinue their education or launch a business
after graduation, they can also take advan-
tage of this chance to study and gain
expertise.
Senior students are better suited for
part-time employment than junior stu-
dents. This is because junior students must
first adjust to the pace and milieu of col-
lege life.
Senior students, on the other hand,
have been attending college for a longer
period of time, are more familiar with the
layout and environment on and around
the campus, and are better equipped to
plan their time and protect their personal
safety. However, students must find a bal-
ance between their studies and job. Stud-
ies are more important.
Students will eventually enter society to
find jobs, so it is reasonable and beneficial
to adapt to this in advance by taking up
part-time employment.
Lim Yi Ming, Faculty of Business and
Communications, University Malaysia
Perlis
 SunLife
Also Inside
Coogler returns
to Wakanda as
tribute to friend
E
VEN on the set of the first Black Pan-
ther, Ryan Coogler was always look-
ing to the future. At the time, the
director didn’t know how his sprawling
superhero story – an ambitious, visually
stunning epic and the first Marvel Studios
film with a predominantly Black cast –
would be received.
He certainly didn’t know Black Panther
would hit audiences like a tidal wave,
changing the culture as both a box-office
juggernaut and eventual Best Picture nom-
inee. His primary goal was just to finish the
film in front of him, especially as Black Pan-
ther’s 2018 release date crept closer and
closer.
But while he was on set or in the editing
bay, Coogler found himself daydreaming
about what the future of Wakanda might
hold – what unexplored corners he might
investigate, what new characters he might
someday introduce.
Soon, it looked like he would get his
chance: Almost immediately after Black
Panther hit cinemas, Marvel gave the
sequel an official green light and Coogler
got to work bringing those daydreams to
life.
Then, the unthinkable happened. Chad-
wick Boseman, the luminous hero who
broke barriers as the leader of Wakanda,
died in August 2020 after a private battle
with colon cancer.
He was only 43. Coogler suddenly found
himself grieving not only the loss of his star
but a close friend, a collaborator who had
helped shape Black Panther since the
beginning. The future they’d spent years
imagining had dimmed and Coogler
wasn’t sure whether he even wanted to
return to Wakanda – or ever return to film-
making.
“I was at the point when I was like, ‘I’m
walking away from this business,” Coogler,
36, admits.
“I didn’t know if I could make another
movie period, let alone another Black Pan-
ther movie because it hurt a lot. I was like,
‘Man, how could I open myself up to feel-
ing like this again?’”
In the days and weeks following Bose-
man’s death, Coogler started replaying
memories in his head. He would rewatch
Perennial rice more profitable, better for planet
AFTER more than 9,000 years in cultiva-
tion, annual paddy rice is now available as
a long-lived perennial. The advancement
means farmers can plant just once and
reap up to eight harvests without sacrific-
ing yield, an important step change rela-
tive to “ratooning,” or cutting back annual
rice to obtain second, weaker harvest.
A new report in Nature Sustainability
chronicles agronomic, economic, and
environmental outcomes of perennial rice
cultivation across China’s Yunnan
Province. Already, the retooled crop is
changing the lives of more than 55,752
smallholder farmers in southern China
and Uganda.
“Farmers are adopting the new peren-
nial rice because it’s economically advan-
tageous for them to do so. Farmers in
China, like everywhere else, are getting
older. Everyone’s going to the cities; young
people are moving away. Planting rice is
very labour intensive and costs a lot of
money. By not having to plant twice a year,
Hu helped develop perennial rice, which has living
roots that could help preserve valuable soil.
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old footage of himself and Boseman or
he’d listen to interviews where his friend
would speak about what the character of
T’Challa and Wakanda meant to him. The
actor had always been a fierce advocate for
the film and, as Coogler listened to Bose-
man’s words, he found himself thinking
about the future again.
“I was poring over a lot of our conversa-
tions that we had towards what I realised
was the end of his life,” the director
explains.
“I decided that it made more sense to
keep going.”
The result is Black Panther: Wakanda
Forever, a bittersweet epic that honours
Boseman’s legacy while expanding the
world he loved so much. Coogler returns as
director and co-writer, reteaming with
original Black Panther co-writer Joe Robert
Cole and the sequel picks up in the wake of
King T’Challa’s death as the fictional
African nation mourns the loss of its
beloved leader. Familiar faces like Angela
Basset’s Queen Ramonda, Letitia Wright’s
Shuri, Lupita Nyong’o’s Nakia, Danai
Gurira’s Okoye and Winston Duke’s
M’Baku are not only grieving their king but
fighting to protect their home from new
dangers.
“The movie is very much about how you
move forward while dealing with a tragic
loss,” explains producer Nate Moore.
‘All of the characters, both old and new,
are dealing with how loss can affect your
actions in ways that are emotional and sur-
prising.”
Wakanda Forever is a story of grief and
Boseman’s death shaped both the plot and
the filmmaking process. But it is also a
story of joy, introducing bold new heroes
and celebrating the rich world of
Wakanda.
Every cast member says that the shoot
was an emotional affair, but they also
found it cathartic – and even fun.
“One of my favourite refrains of Ryan’s
while we were filming was, ‘We’re making
a big movie!’” Nyong’o, 39, remembers.
“He said it to pump us up when the day
was getting long and arduous. If you know
Ryan, you know he is a very modest human
being, so it would tickle us to hear him say
they save a lot of labour and time,” says
Erik Sacks, professor in the Department of
Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois
and co-author on the report.
Sacks, along with senior author Fengyi
Hu and Dayun Tao, began working to
develop perennial rice in 1999 in a collab-
oration between the Yunnan Academy of
Agricultural Sciences and the Interna-
tional Rice Research Institute.
In subsequent years, the project grew to
include the University of Illinois, Yunnan
University, and the University of Queens-
land. Another partner, The Land Institute,
provided perennial grain breeding and
agroecology expertise, along with seed
funding to ensure continuity of the proj-
ect.
The researchers developed perennial
rice through hybridisation, crossing an
Asian domesticated annual rice with a
wild perennial rice from Africa. Taking
advantage of modern genetic tools to fast-
track the process, the team identified a
15
Forever young: Coogler (pic) hopes ‘Black Panther:
Wakanda Forever’ (a scene, left) will honour the
legacy of the late Chadwick Boseman who played the
titular superhero in the original. The new movie had
its red carpet premiere in Lagos Nigeria, with (above,
from left) Huerta, Coogler, Zinzi Evans, Nyong’o,
Gurira and Wright in attendance at this screening.
that. We would echo it all around the set to “She is the queen of Wakanda, the most courage that I never had before and I didn’t
get refocused and re-energised.” powerful, most technologically advanced know I had. You know when you go
If the first Black Panther was the story of nation in the world but she is also a through situations, you’re like, ‘I didn’t
T’Challa, then Wakanda Forever is the story mother,” Basset, 64, explains. know I had this much strength in me until
of the nation he loved and fought to ‘She’s balancing trying to keep threats I went through it’
defend. to her nation at bay, lead her people and “That was my experience. I got the heal-
The film picks up after the events of mother her daughter, in the midst of the ing that I needed and I went back on set,
Avengers: Endgame and the historically grief of losing her son and king. It’s a lot for and I was determined to not let that limit
secretive country has revealed itself to the her to handle.” me.
world, sharing its advanced technology As for Ramonda’s daughter, Wright says “I felt like, ‘Oh my goodness, what if I
while attracting new threats. Shuri has “buried herself in her technol- can’t do the things that I’m used to doing?’
“This is a country that has taken a lot of ogy” and is spending most of her time in But by God’s grace I made it through and I
hits,” Gurira, 44 says. her laboratory, locking herself away as she came back stronger.”
“We know what happened in the grieves her brother. Like many of her The title may be Wakanda Forever but
Avengers movies and what it’s dealing costars, Wright takes on an expanded role Wakanda isn’t the only powerful nation to
with.” in the sequel and she says she was particu- play a major role. The film introduces the
The loss of T’Challa also means that a larly excited to explore new sides of her underwater kingdom of Talocan, led by the
new hero will don the claws and carry on fan-favourite character. powerful Namor.
the Black Panther mantle. Marvel remains “We haven’t seen that on a major scale, Coogler has long been fascinated by the
tight-lipped about the new Panther’s iden- when there’s a young Black woman who’s mercurial Namor and in the comics, the
tity, but Coogler and Moore tease a princess and she’s also a scientists,” the Sub-Mariner is often a major adversary for
expanded roles for the returning charac- 28-year-old actress says. the Black Panther.
ters. “I have this feeling of pride when a “He’s kind of an a..h.., kind of romantic
“There was a lot of responsibility placed young woman comes up to me and says, and just incredibly powerful.”
on the shoulders of the ensemble” Duke, ‘Hey, you made me feel smart in school and The character first debuted back in 1939
35, says. you made me feel like I can be in technol- and he’s since become one of Marvel
“One of the superpowers of the first film ogy alongside a man and feel empowered’. Comics’ most iconic figures. Rights issues
was the ensemble and, now, it’s resting on That has changed my life forever.” prevented Marvel and Coogler from intro-
our shoulders to continue the story and Shuri’s journey was briefly derailed last ducing him in the first film but here
help it move forward.” year, when Wright was injured on set dur- Namor finally makes his live-action debut,
Each character is grappling with change ing an incident with a stunt rig. The actress complete with his signature pointed ears
in a different way. Duke’s M’ Baku is still suffered a critical shoulder fracture and and wings on his ankles.
leading the Jabari tribe, while taking a concussion and was briefly hospitalised. Mexican actor Tenoch Huerta plays the
more prominent role in Wakandan affairs. Filming paused for a few weeks as she iconic antihero who clashes with Wakanda
Gurira says the ever-faithful Okoye recovered – an additional setback for an as he fights to protect his aquatic home-
remains fiercely loyal to her country and already tricky shoot. land.
“would gladly give her life for it”. And the “It was an unfortunate situation that set “Maybe the most important twist in the
stoic Queen Ramonda is reckoning with me back a bit, but in that time I sur- character is that he’s not a selfish person,”
unimaginable loss, first the death of her rounded myself with family and friends,” Huerta says.
husband and now her son T’Challa. Wright says. “H’s taking care of a community. He’s
“Ryan, he was incredibly supportive. not an individualist. He’s part of a tribe.” –
And it was a moment for me to gain By Devan Coggan
promising hybrid in 2007, planted large-
scale field experiments in 2016, and
released the first commercial perennial
rice variety, PR23, in 2018.
The international research team spent
five years studying perennial rice perform-
ance alongside annual rice on farms
throughout Yunnan Province. With few
exceptions, perennial rice yield [6.8 mega-
grams per hectare] was equivalent to
annual rice [6.7 megagrams per hectare]
over the first four years.
Yield began to drop off in the fifth year
due to various factors, leading the
researchers to recommend re-sowing
perennial rice after four years.
But because they didn’t have to plant
each season, farmers growing perennial
rice put in almost 60% less labour and
spent nearly half on seed, fertiliser, and
other inputs.
“The reduction in labour, often done by
women and children, can be accom-
plished without substitution by fossil fuel-
based equipment, an important
consideration as society aims to improve
livelihoods while reducing greenhouse
gas emissions associated with agricultural
production,” Sacks says. Test your logic skills with the Su Do Ku puzzle. The rules are simple: each of the smaller grids
The economic benefits of perennial rice should contain the number 1 to 9, and in the large grid each row and column should contain the
varied across study locations, but profits number 1 to 9. These puzzle vary in difficulty and this is an easy one.
ranged from 17 per cent to 161 per cent
above annual rice. (Solution below)
Even in sites and years when perennial
rice suffered temporary yield dips due to Solution
pests, farmers still achieved a greater eco- QUOTABLE QUOTES
‘Love is what
nomic return than by growing the annual
crop.
“That first season, when they planted
the annual and the perennial rice side by
side, everything was the same, essentially.
Yield is the same, costs are the same,
you’ve been
there’s no advantage,” Sacks says. “But the
through with
somebody.’
second crop and every subsequent crop
comes at a huge discount, because you
don’t have to buy seeds, you don’t have to
buy as much fertiliser, you don’t need as
much water, and you don’t need to trans- – By James Thurber
plant that rice. It’s a big advantage.”
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2). Minimum 7 Years working experience in Planting, Replant-
ing and Maintenance of Oil Palm Cultivation.
3). Highly developed communication and analytical skills.
4). Possess Leadership Qualities and able to work independ-
ently.
5). Good understanding in Oil Palm Plantation Costing and
Sustainability Practices.
6). Good command in English and Bahasa Malaysia.
Interested Applicants are invited to submit their resume with a
recent photograph, stating details of qualifications and experi-
ence, Current and expected salary and contact details to the
address below on or before 22nd November 2022.
The General Manager
Pahang Enterprise Sdn Bhd.
Locked Bag No: 11
KM.45 Jln. Lahad Datu- S’dakan.
Email: leemk@jcc.com.my
Tel No: +60 199740523
(Only Shortlisted Candidate Will Be Called For Interview)
Y OU R LOCAL V OICE I S UND AY, NO V E MB E R 1 3 , 2 0 2 2 Sport 17
Australia into W Cup final
LEEDS (United Kingdom): Reigning champions a lot of opportunities. We scrambled, we had all restore New Zealand’s lead before some excellent
Australia advanced to the final of the Rugby the things you want to see in a Test match. Australian build-up work saw Jack Wighton skip
League World Cup after an enthralling 16-14 vic- “I’m just happy we got through it and are into past Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad’s attempted tackle
tory over New Zealand in Leeds on Friday in the the final. We’re pretty healthy as well which is and head towards the tryline.
first meeting between the two heavyweights since great.” Although Wighton was brought down, he
October 2019. A predictably hard-hitting opening saw a dan- wasn’t held in the tackle, the centre instead spin-
New Zealand, who won the Cup in 2008, held a gerous Brandon Smith dink well fielded by Kanga- ning and somehow managing to cough the ball up
14-10 lead at half-time at Elland Road as a tit-for- roos skipper James Tedesco, whose head-to-head to Holmes who scooped it up and dotted down in
tat game unfolded showcasing a masterclass of with Kiwi counterpart and Sydney Roosters team- the corner.
execution under pressure. mate Joseph Manu was just one of many sub-plots Cleary missed the conversion to leave it 10-8 to
Tries by Kiwi half-backs Jahrome Hughes and to the game. the Kangaroos, but such was the nature of a grip-
Dylan Brown bookended two from Australian And it was a soaring Manu leap that made the ping first 40 minutes that the Kiwis came roaring
wingers Josh Addo-Carr and Valentine Holmes in difference for the opening score. back, Ronaldo Mulitalo played into space down his
a top-quality first-half that saw Jordan Rapana con- The full-back fielded a Brown cross-kick and had wing and finding Brown on his inside for their
vert both Kiwi tries and hit a penalty, while Nathan the poise to instantly offload the ball into the hands side’s second try.
Cleary managed just one conversion. of the waiting Hughes, who plonked over the line. Rapana converted to hand New Zealand a 14-10
A Cameron Murray piledriver and a second Cleary Rapana converted, to the delight of the partisan half-time lead.
conversion were the sole scores in a nail-biting sec- 28,113 crowd at Leeds United’s home ground. The Kangaroos, for whom Liam Martin was out-
ond period to ensure Mal Meninga’s Australia made The Kiwis’ lead didn’t last long, however, as standing in defence, were greeted by boos and
the November 19 final in Manchester — the Kanga- Addo-Carr scored another mesmerising try to whistles when they ran out for the second period,
roos haven’t missed one since 1954. equal teammate Holmes’ record of 12 tries in a sin- repeated after a Peta Hiku try was ruled out for off-
Tournament hosts England take on Samoa in gle World Cup. side.
the second semi-final, at Arsenal’s Emirates Sta- When Ben Hunt punted high to the left corner Two early losses of the ball for Australia in con-
dium on Saturday. deep into New Zealand territory, the kick looked tact saw New Zealand seize momentum.
“Rugby league, it’s good to have it back,” said nothing more than a tester on the fifth tackle, but But the Kangaroos are nothing but competitive
Australia coach Mal Meninga. “New Zealand threw Addo-Carr streaked through, with opposite num- and, spurning a shot at goal after Manu fouled
everything, the kitchen sink at us, I thought we ber Rapana caught napping, to take the ball on the Cameron Munster at dummy-half, sent Murray
handled it well. run for a four-pointer Cleary converted. over on a fine crashball, Cleary hitting the extras. –
“We created a lot of opportunities, they created Rapana booted a 25th minute penalty to briefly AFP
Curry dazzles in Warriors win
LOS ANGELES: Golden State star Stephen one trey.
Curry’s latest dazzling fourth-quarter Curry’s heroics helped the Warriors
display lifted the NBA champion War- withstand a near-triple-double from Cav-
riors to a morale-boosting 106-101 vic- aliers star Donovan Mitchell, who fin-
tory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on ished with 29 points, 10 rebounds and
Friday. nine assists but was clearly in pain after
Curry, coming off a 47-point perform- rolling his right ankle in the waning sec-
ance that saw the Warriors snap a five- onds.
game losing streak on Monday, scored 40 After treatment on the bench, Mitchell
to keep the Warriors in the win column. was able to make two free throws with
Curry scored 10 points in the final 78 14.4 seconds remaining, but those were
seconds, his three-pointer with 1:18 the Cavs’ last points.
remaining knotting the score at 98-98 It was a third straight setback for
before his layup put the Warriors ahead Cleveland on the heels of their eight-
for good. game winning streak.
He drove in the dagger with a Down the California coast in Los
straightaway three-pointer with 35 sec- Angeles, the Lakers felt the absence of
onds remaining, the Warriors keeping injured superstar LeBron James in a 120-
the Cavs at bay despite some uncharac- 114 loss to the Sacramento Kings.
teristic missed free throws in the final The Lakers’ fifth straight defeat
seconds. dropped them to 2-10 – tied with the
Curry scored 18 of his 40 points in the Houston Rockets for worst record in the
fourth quarter. The league’s all-time league.
leader in three-pointers made six of 11 Even with James sidelined by a groin
from beyond the arc—his 200th consecu- injury and Anthony Davis ailing, the Lak-
tive regular-season game with at least ers had their chances. – AFP
Modest Magnussen claims
sensational maiden pole
SAO PAULO: A beaming Kevin Magnussen
(pic) was almost lost for words on Friday
after claiming a sensational maiden pole
position for himself and the underdog Haas
team in a dramatic rain-hit qualifying ses-
sion at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
“I don’t know what to say,” said the pop-
ular and modest 30-year-old Dane as wild
celebrations erupted around him at Interla-
gos. “The team put me out on track at exactly
the right moment. We were first out into the pit lane, I did a pretty
decent lap and we’re on pole. It’s incredible!”
His stunning and unexpected success was also the first by a
driver for an American team since Tom Pryce took pole for Shadow
at the 1975 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Magnussen, who re-joined the American-owned outfit this sea-
son after being dumped for 2021, took full advantage of the chang-
ing dry-wet conditions to go out first and clock a best lap in one
minute and 11.674.
His early run in Q3 gave him the initiative as rain swept across
the circuit, curtailing his rivals’ efforts to respond, causing George
Russell to lose control of his Mercedes and slide off into a gravel
trap and bring a red flag stoppage.
Newly-acclaimed two-time world champion Max Verstappen
had no chance to improve on his time of 1:11.877, two-tenths adrift
of Magnussen, and had to settle for second ahead of Russell, who
had clocked 1:12.059 before sliding off.
“Thank you to Gene Haas and Guenther Steiner and the whole
team for this opportunity,” said Magnussen, the first Dane to take
a Formula One pole position, in his 100th race for Haas and the
140th of his career. It was Haas’s 143rd Grand Prix.
“I got back this year after a year out and it’s just been an amaz-
ing journey for me. Fantastic. That decision to send me out first,
to have a clear track ahead of me, was the key moment and it has
been just amazing.”
His success made him the fourth different driver to claim a
maiden pole position this season, following Carlos Sainz of Ferrari,
Sergio Perez of Red Bull and George Russell of Mercedes, all of
whom were among the quickest to congratulate him. – AFP
Finau surges into lead
LOS ANGELES: Tony Finau matched his US PGA Tour career-low
with an eight-under par 62 on Friday to take a four-shot lead at
the weather-disrupted Houston Open.
Finau, who started the day in a three-way tie for the lead with
Alex Noren and Aaron Wise, closed his round at Memorial Park
with three straight birdies, posting 10 birdies overall on the way
to a 13-under par 36-hole total of 127.
His nearest rival in the clubhouse when play was halted for the
day was Patrick Rodgers, who carded a seven-under par 63 for
nine-under 131.
“It was really good,” Finau said of a round that featured a burst
of four straight birdies from the seventh through the 10th.
He had closed the first round with a birdie run, and said he car-
ried that momentum into the second round.
“I finished five-under on my last nine yesterday and I just rolled
that momentum right into today,” he said. “I thought I made a
huge putt for par on number one, and then I was kind of off to the
races.
“I almost made a hole-in-one on number two 2 and just kind of
cruising from there. It was a really nice round of golf.”
Tyson Alexander was in the clubhouse on eight-under after a
second-straight 66. Noren was eight-under through 15 while Wise
was six-under through 12. – AFP
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RETURN THANKS
IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE LATE
DATUK LOK EOW CHONG
DEPARTED: 19TH OCTOBER 2022
AGE: 84 YEARS OLD
We, the family of the late DATUK LOK EOW CHONG, would like to convey our
heartfelt thanks, appreciation and gratitude to Datuk Seri, Datin Seri, Datuk-Datuk,
Datin-Datin, Kapitan, Politicians, Associations, Charitable Organizations,
Educational Circles, Business Associates, and all beloved families, relatives,
friends, colleagues, acquaintance, staff of Fook Lu Siew Funeral Parlour, and
whom we are unable to mention individually, for your kind assistance, words of
comfort, messages of condolences and sympathies, flower wreaths, messages
through social media, generous contributions and prayers rendered to us during
our recent bereavement.
DEEPLY MISSED AND ALWAYS REMEMBERED BY:
WIFE: DATIN CHING SWEE BEE
Sons: Daughters-In-law:
Datuk Ronnie Loh Ee Eng Datin Soh Kee Suat
Lok Ee Kai Nelly Binti Tianji
AND ALL IN THE FAMILY
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
Y OU R LOCAL V OICE I S UND AY, NO V E MB E R 1 3 , 2 0 2 2
Granddaughters:
Neysslye Lok Jia Yien
Rowennie Lok Jia Yee
Randy Lok Jia Shen
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
Dominant Gladbach
beat hapless Dortmund
DORTMUND (Germany): Borussia Moenchenglad-
bach have consigned Dortmund to their fifth straight
away defeat, beating them 4-2 at home on Friday.
Gladbach controlled the game from start to finish
and had several chances to add to their lead in a dom-
inant second half.
Dortmund entered the match smarting after a dis-
appointing 2-0 loss away at Wolfsburg midweek, with
manager Edin Terzic pledging to “leave it all on the
pitch”, but it was Gladbach who started furiously.
Gladbach midfielder Jonas Hofmann, the only
member of his side to be named in Hansi Flick’s Ger-
many side midweek, got on the board after just four
minutes to put Dortmund on the back foot.
Dortmund hit back 15 minutes later when Julian
Brandt superbly controlled a pass from English
teenager Jude Bellingham on his thigh,
before sliding the ball past Gladbach
keeper Jan Olschowsky on the spin.
Gladbach reclaimed their lead shortly
after through rumoured Dortmund trans-
fer target Ramy Bensebaini, before French
striker Marcus Thuram added another
four minutes later to put Gladbach 3-1 up.
Qatar-bound Germany defender
looked to have ignited a possible Dort-
mund comeback late in the first half when
Milan appoint
new CEO
ROME: Serie A champions AC Milan
appointed a new CEO Friday, picking Gior-
gio Furlani to succeed Ivan Gazidis, who
steps down in December.
The club said Furlani, “a Milan native
and lifelong Milanista”, has served as a
member of the AC Milan Board of Directors
since 2018.
He played “an integral role in the club’s
success under the ownership of Elliott Advi-
sors, from which he will step down,” it said
in a statement.
Milan was acquired from Elliot Advisors
by American investment group RedBird at
the start of the season.
“Giorgio knows both the club and the
city intimately and has established the trust
and confidence of the team at Casa Milan
over the last four years,” RedBird’s founder
and managing partner Gerry Cardinale was
quoted as saying.
“This will enable him to transition to this
new leadership role seamlessly so that we
can keep our focus on the larger goals
ahead of us,” he added. – AFP
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
dailyexpress
he scored his side’s second, but a debut goal from
French midfielder Kouadio Kane in the first minute of
the second half saw his side reclaim their two-goal
lead.
Hofmann almost had a second in the 69th minute
when put through on the counter by Thuram, but the
goal was ruled out for a foul in the build-up on Hum-
mels.
After the match, Hofmann told DAZN his side
would celebrate the “ultra nice” Friday victory.
“To win like this - and on a Friday - is ultra nice. We
can now sit back and watch (the rest of) the Bun-
desliga.”
Dortmund midfielder Brandt said his team “con-
ceded too many easy goals”.
“We made Gladbach incredibly strong.”– AFP
RETURN THANKS
IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE LATE
MR. WONG SOON YIN @ JOHN
BORN: 12TH FEBRUARY 1953
DEPARTED: 8TH NOVEMBER 2022
AGE: 69 YEARS OLD
We, the family of the late MR. WONG SOON YIN @ JOHN, Would like to
convey our heartfelt thanks, appreciation and gratitude to Pastors, Prayer Group
& Church Members, Persatuan Cheongsam Sabah, Api-api Driving School Sdn.
Bhd (Management & Tutors), The Management and Staffs of Takeda Malaysia
Sdn Bhd, Ex Classmates of St. Joseph Sec School Papar and all beloved
families, relatives, friends, staff of Fook Lu Siew Funeral Parlour, and whom we
are unable to mention individually, for your kind assistance, words of comfort,
messages of condolences and sympathies, messages through social media,
generous contributions and prayers rendered to us during our moment of grief
and bereavement.
DEEPLY MISSED AND ALWAYS REMEMBERED BY:
WIFE: Karen Chong Yun Ha
CHILDREN: IN-LAW: GRANDCHILDREN:
Wong Yeong Chyi @ Charlotte Alicia Lau Jia Xuan
Wong Yeong Meei @ Cheryl
Wong Veng Zie @ Jonathan
Johnny Chu Kam Vai Cedric Chu Yu Fann
GOD-DAUGHTERS: SPOUSE:
Lai Sze Yee Loi Teck Yew
Lai Sze Hung
Lai Sze Yen
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,
contact Maidah 019-8414088 or Leong 019-8515893 or email
exipstm@yahoo.com.my.
Kent Teachers College Alumni Association Membership drive. Membership
forms are available at all district education offices in Sabah. Details: Tajuddin
787581, 019-537-1178 or Eddy 016-8223757.
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‘Alexander-Arnold can Klopp given

one-game

handle W Cup pressure’

LONDON: Liverpool
manager Jurgen
Klopp said on Friday
he backs Trent
Alexander-Arnold
(pic) to handle the
pressure of World
Cup football after
the defender was
included in England
boss Gareth Southgate’s squad for Qatar.
While long lauded for his attacking
ability, many pundits, including former
England full-back Gary Neville, have ques-
tioned the 24-year-old Alexander-Arnold’s
defensive skills.
And it was only a recent injury to
Chelsea’s Reece James that increased the
likelihood of Southgate, who announced
his squad on Thursday, selecting full-back
Alexander-Arnold for the finals.
“I am not sure he was in doubt but with
all the discussions - at least the discussions
I followed - if everyone had been available
Potter says Gallagher will benefit
it was likely you don’t take four right-
backs,” Klopp told reporters before Liver-
pool’s match at home to Southampton in
the Premier League on Saturday.
“I don’t know exactly why we have this
discussion but it’s fine. When you have the
choice between four or five - and (Kyle)
Walker is kind of fit and Reece James obvi-
ously is not available—I think Gareth is
very happy he has Trent as well.”
“Trent took it, he is very calm. He plays
the football he plays, tries to improve, tries
to develop, but I think he would have been
touchline ban
LONDON: Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has
been handed a one-match ban after the
Football Association appealed against the
decision to only fine the German for his
disappointed if he had not been there.”
touchline tirade.
German boss Klopp, long an advocate
Klopp was initially fined £30,000
of the all-round game of Alexander-
($35,000) by an independent regulatory
Arnold, the youngest player to start three
commission following his rant at referee
Champions League finals (all in five years)
Anthony Taylor during Liverpool’s 1-0 win
when he was still 23 years and 233 days old.
against Manchester City in the Premier Klopp
“There is a lot of talk around these kind
League on October 16.
of things,” said the Reds manager.
The FA felt that was too lenient and an
“I heard now Gary Neville said some-
independent appeal board has now sus-
thing about him not being able to play in
pended the German from the touchline
the knockout games but Trent Alexander-
with immediate effect. Klopp will be
Arnold is now 24 and he won quite a few
banned from the bench when Liverpool
finals, that is a very important game where
face Southampton at Anfield on Saturday.
you have to defend.
“An independent Appeal Board has
“We played (League Cup and FA Cup)
allowed the FA’s appeal against an Inde-
finals against Chelsea last year, both finals
pendent Regulatory Commission’s sanc-
were incredibly intense, top-class players,
tion in relation to the recent case involving
world-class players in moments better
Jurgen Klopp,” an FA statement said on Fri-
than players you face in the World Cup,
day.
like in the (Champions League) finals we
“As a result, the Liverpool FC manager
played against Tottenham and Real
has been suspended from the touchline
Madrid and he always was there, always
for one match with immediate effect, fined
defended well.” – AFP
£30,000 and warned as to his future con-
duct.
Pep ‘no worries’ “Jurgen Klopp has previously admitted
that he breached FA Rule E3 during their

from England World Cup call over WC calls Premier League match against Manchester
City FC on Sunday, October 16 2022 and
received a sanction £30,000.” – AFP
LONDON: Chelsea
boss Graham Potter
itive experience I think,” Potter told
reporters.
for England duo
said on Friday Conor “Delighted for him, he’s worked really LONDON: Pep Guardiola gave his “100 per-
Gallagher’s (pic) call- hard and he’s a fantastic person.” cent support” Friday to England manager
up to England’s While Gallagher joins club team-mates Gareth Southgate naming Manchester City 12.11.2022 5495/22 Perak
World Cup squad will Mason Mount and Raheem Sterling in the duo Kalvin Phillips and Kyle Walker in his 869
benefit the promising England squad, Blues defender Ben Chilwell World Cup squad. 647
midfielder and his and Reece James must watch the World Cup Phillips, a midfielder, only returned 367
club in the long-term. at home due to injuries. from two months on the sidelines follow-
Gallagher only Chilwell pulled up in the closing min- ing shoulder surgery as a substitute in the 7869
made his international debut last year while utes of Chelsea’s final Champions League midweek League Cup win over Chelsea. 2647
on loan at Crystal Palace before returning to group stage match against Dinamo Zagreb, Right-back Walker has not played since 6367
Chelsea this term. while James sustained a knee injury in Octo- suffering an abdominal injury, which later 152/22 12.11.2022
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most recent international camp, but he Potter admitted the duo were feeling chester United on October 2. 5399 5304 2490 7046 9651
done enough in 17 appearances for Chelsea down after failing to recover in time for the City manager Guardiola, however, said 4941 8541 8130
this season to convince Three Lions coach World Cup, which starts on November 20. Friday: “You saw Kalvin in the last game, he 6114 3177 4012 6324 7283
Gareth Southgate to take him to Qatar. James might have been fit in time for the is ready. Kyle—not yet. 5038 1912 3505 7045 6934
Gallagher is likely to start the tourna- World Cup quarter-finals but Southgate did- “It is a decision from Gareth Southgate
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options ahead of him in Southgate’s plans. Kyle Walker, who is also injured but am not involved. After Saturday the players
“It’s nice for Conor and fantastic for us, expected to return sooner than the Chelsea belong to the national teams, they don’t 5747 4330 4452 2772 3324
great for him, he’s going to have a really pos- right-back. – AFP
784/22 12.11.2022
belong to us. I am not worried at all.”
Guardiola, speaking at a pre-match

Qatar name fully home-based squad press conference, was coy over whether
Erling Haaland would return to the starting
XI for the Premier League champions’ clash
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Hassan Al-Haydos. one of City’s last four games, coming off the
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bench to score a late winner against Ful- 3562 3266
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Sanchez and his players have been staying together in near-lockdown since June are just two points behind Premier League
while holding training camps in Spain and Austria. leaders Arsenal. “We have training this (Fri- 7316 2597 4409 2478
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Qatar to a 3-1 victory over Japan in the 2019 Asian Cup final for the country’s first major the upcoming World Cup break to discuss 5163
international title. his future with the club.
“In 2019, it was difficult to imagine that Qatar could win the Asian Cup,” Sanchez “I’ve said many times, I don’t talk about
said recently in an interview with Spanish sports daily Marca. 3614/22 12.11.2022 6522 0229 7948 2800
that,” he said. “Everything is under control. 1478 9007 6962 2039
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was no place for Giovani Lo Celso.
Captain Lionel Messi will lead the squad
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injured his thigh and Juventus winger Di 39256
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despite neither playing in almost a month. to announce the South Korean World Cup squad. 29381 56
However, Villarreal midfielder Lo Celso, 7 8 2 8 2 23 114,948.64
on loan from Tottenham, misses out as he
needs surgery on his hamstring injury.
“They are all proud to be picked and to
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ica last year, defeating hosts Brazil 1-0 in the South Korea’s squad on Saturday for the well as possible, he feels comfortable and 10 11 18 37 42 58
final at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro. Qatar World Cup but it remains to be seen then we will take the final decision.”
They have not won the World Cup since if he will play after a serious facial injury. Bento named a 27th player, forward Oh 3 1 4 7 15,752,973.87
19 38,610.64
the late Diego Maradona inspired them to South Korea’s captain and talisman suf- Hyeon-gyu, who will train with the team in
victory in 1986, although they lost two finals fered a fracture around his left eye during Qatar and could replace Son if he does not 6 9 8 6 09 4,778.35 1 9 30 41 47 54
to Germany in 1990 (then West Germany) a Champions League match for Tottenham make it.
and 2014. and then had surgery last week. South Korea’s opening match is against 5,248,849.54
6 0 6 0 04 8,040.83
“We are in a good moment with “We are in contact with him and Totten- Uruguay on November 24.
1 2 5 23 39 50 10
Argentina, the people are expectant, they are ham’s medical department,” said South Son, who has scored 35 goals in 106 3 8 3 9 03 1,421.80
restless, they think we’ve already brought Korea’s Portuguese coach Paulo Bento as international appearances, wrote on social 5,971,505.40
home the cup but it’s not so easy,” said Messi, he named his squad. media this week that “I can’t wait to repre- 7 3 9 1 20 1,510.97
35, recently. “About the exact day he can train with sent our beautiful country, see you soon”. 347,003.53
Two-time champions Argentina begin the team, we don’t have that information,” South Korea also play Ghana and Portu- 9 8 0 6 03 3,771.29
their World Cup campaign in Group C he said. gal in Group H.
against Saudi Arabia on November 22 before “We need to wait, we need to analyse A South Korean team missing Son and 0 4 6 8 21 2,548.38
further clashes with Mexico and Poland. – day by day his situation. other Europe-based players beat Iceland 1-
AFP “We have time to decide. The most 0 in a home friendly on Friday. – AFP 8 9 5 0 14 4,621.94
 Australia ‘Alexander-
into World Arnold

20
Cup final can handle
World
Cup pressure’
Y OU R LOCAL V OICE I S UND AY, NO V E MB E R 1 3 , 2 0 2 2

MALAYSIA CUP

Rhinos hold firm

to reach semi-final
GL Oh
KOTA KINABALU: Head coach Datuk Ong
Kim Swee praised his players as Sabah FC
withstood Kuching FC’s late comeback to
book their Malaysia Cup semi-final spot
after an extra-time thriller at Likas Sta-
dium on Friday night.
The match went into extra time after
Sabah FC’s substitute Umareng Bacok
guided the ball into his own net in the
84th minute from a corner kick to tie the
match 1-1.
However, Taiki Kagayama’s punishing
header in the first period of extra time
after Saddil Ramdani broke free to tee up
the Japanese crushed the visitors’ dream
of making the last four as Sabah FC regis-
tered a 2-1 aggregate victory in a pulsat-
ing second leg match.
“Kuching City as I had predicted
played really well without pressure. At
the same time Sabah’s players also put up
a spirited display and defended very well
to withstand the pressure, especially
towards the end,” said Ong.
The visitors, who were beaten 0-1 in
the first leg, were clearly the better side in
the second half with plenty of scoring
chances.
However, they failed to find the net
until the slip up by Umareng and they
also missed several opportunities to
reclaim the lead after Taiki’s goal, while
Sabah’s custodian Damien Lim was also at
his very best to pull off a string of saves
including a point-blank block in the final
minute of extra time.
Ong admitted that the withdrawal of
Dominic Tan and Rizal Ghazali in the sec-
ond half had put immense pressure on
the Sabah defence.
“The absence of Dominc Tan and
Rizali Ghazali due to injury certainly
affected the team and the players who
came on were unable to maintain the
momentum.
“Our movement was restricted and we
were not as effective as we were in the first
half,” he added.
Meanwhile, Sabah FC will next take on
Super League champions Johor Darul
Ta’zim FC in the first leg semi-final to be
played at Likas Stadium on Tuesday
(November 15).
Taiki (left) tries to escape the marking of Kuching FC’s Rames Lai Ban Huat.

Kok Leong City will be my longest reign: Pep Conte to

have transfer
LONDON: Pep perfect environment for him to thrive in.
makes history Guardiola
admits he can’t
(pic) “Stay in another place for seven years?
No, I don’t think so.
with world
summit with
imagine managing “It is difficult to find what I have here as
any other club for a manager,” Guardiola told reporters on

snooker crown longer than his Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR: National snooker player
Lim Kok Leong has created history after
emerging as the first Malaysian player to
win a World Snooker Championships title
in Antalya, Turkey, on Friday.
According to the tournament’s website,
esnooker.pl, in the 2022 edition final match
which took place at Hotel Sueno Deluxe
Belek, the 27-year-old cueist successfully
brushed aside the challenge of Asian
snooker champion Amir Sarkhosh of Iran
5-0 (68-63, 67-42, 78- 0, 80-7, 73-54) in a 16-
minute battle.
In May, Kok Leong won the gold medal
in men’s individual snooker and billiards 6
red events and took home silver in the
men’s individual snooker event at the 31st
Kok Leong posing with his
medal and trophy. – NST pic
SEA Games.
Continuing that streak, Kok Leong also
claimed the title in the World Men’s Team
Snooker Championship with partner Moh
Keen Ho last month, which saw the pair
repeat the same feat at the 2015 edition in
Karachi, Pakistan. – Bernama
golden spell in
charge of Manches-
ter City.
Guardiola is in
the final year of his contract as City boss
and has yet to reveal if he will extend his
stay with the Premier League champions.
The 51-year-old was equally coy before
eventually renewing his deal twice before
in his six years in Manchester.
Guardiola has won nine major tro-
phies, including four Premier League
titles, since taking over at City in 2016.
By the end of the season he will have
been in charge at City for as long as he was
at Barcelona and Bayern Munich com-
bined.
And the Spaniard admits City’s Abu
Dhabi-based owners have provided the
Tottenham
“To be a manager for a long time you
need to be so supported. The results help
a lot, that is undeniable. In this world they
sack you, they fire you, we know that.
“But, at big clubs, part of the success of
the manager is the chairman, the sporting hierarchy
director especially, the CEOs and all the
LONDON: Totten-
people here.
ham manager Anto-
“It goes to the media, fans and players.
nio Conte (pic) will
There is stability. This is why I think only in
discuss transfer tar-
few clubs this can happen.”
gets with the club’s
The upcoming World Cup means the
hierarchy during the
Premier League is going on pause, offering
World Cup break
an opportunity for Guardiola to meet with
but his own future is
his employers to discuss his future beyond
off the agenda.
the end of the campaign.
Conte revealed
But whether or not that will happen
on Friday that he plans to meet with Tot-
remains unclear, with Guardiola typically
tenham chairman Daniel Levy and sport-
guarded. – AFP
ing director Fabio Paratici once the
Premier League pauses after this weekend.

New Zealand
With Conte’s current contract set to
expire in June, it was suggested to the Ital-
ian that he might also want to discuss

win women’s
extending his Tottenham stay before Pre-
mier League action resumes on December
26.

Rugby W Cup
AUCKLAND: New Zealand’s running game
trumped England’s power to win a thrilling
final of the women’s Rugby World Cup 34-
31 in Auckland on Saturday and retain their
title in front of a record 40,000 crowd.
It was a spectacular end to a tournament
that has broken records for attendances and
came after England played three-quarters of
the game with 14 players.
Winger Ayesha Leti-I’iga put the Black
Ferns ahead with their sixth try and they
held on at Eden Park to halt England’s
world-record winning streak at 30 matches.
It was the hosts’ sixth World Cup title.
England’s winger Lydia Thompson was
shown a red card for a head-high tackle but
they still nearly pulled off victory thanks to
the ferocity of their forward play. Four of
England’s five tries came from lineout
drives, including a hat-trick to hooker Amy
Cokayne, and they were handed a chance to
snatch victory in the dying minutes.
However, two lineout drives were
repelled by the home team on their tryline
and when England knocked on, the 40,000
crowd — a record for a women’s rugby
match — erupted in noise.
It completed a metamorphosis for New
Zealand under veteran former All Blacks
coach Wayne Smith, who was introduced
But Conte rejected any need to urgently
discuss his terms, instead admitting the
January transfer window will be a key topic
of discussion with Levy and Paratici.
“Honestly until now we didn’t speak
(about January) but for sure after the first
part of the season it’s right to have a meet-
ing with the club and then to discuss the
positive things, the negatives and how we
can improve,” Conte told reporters.
“Then we’ll see what we can do. It
depends always on the possibilities of the
club and also the ambition, but for sure
New Zealand’s players celebrate after winning the World Cup final match against England. we’ll speak.
this year after the Black Ferns were thrashed themselves around, there’s a lot that’s The hosts hit the front through tries soon “We’ll speak also to have a good evalu-
twice by England a year ago despite being unseen. We’ve sacrificed so much to get one after the interval to centre Stacey Fluhler ation about this first part of the season
reigning world champions. chance in a lifetime to win a World Cup at and prop Krystal Murray. where I’ve seen a lot of positive things, but
Smith had steered the Black Ferns to 11 home, and we did it.” However, momentum swung back to you know (with) injuries and to play every
straight wins but his team were still under- England took early control through tries England when Cokayne bagged her third try three days, I think we struggled a lot.
dogs against a Red Roses side he labelled to fullback Ellie Kildunne and Cokayne and New Zealand lost momentum in the “In future we have to try to improve, to
one of the best teams in the history of men’s before the game burst into life when 65th minute when replacement forward be better to face this type of situation.”
or women’s rugby. Thompson was sent off for her 19th-minute Kennedy Simon was shown a yellow card for Tottenham host Leeds on Saturday in
His team stayed true to the breathless, tackle on Portia Woodman, which left the a high tackle. their final game before the World Cup
attacking style they had used with success star Black Ferns winger unable to continue. Still a player down, New Zealand rolled kicks off in Qatar on November 20.
all tournament and it ultimately triumphed New Zealand’s immediate response was the dice by launching an audacious wide Conte recently celebrated a year at Tot-
over England’s efficient, power-based game. a try to hooker Georgia Ponsonby which set attack and it paid off as Leti-I’iga scored her tenham and it was also a match against
New Zealand captain Ruahei Demant off a tit-for-tat scoring pattern for the second try, via an offload from Fluhler. Leeds which marked the beginning of his
said her team’s turnaround in fortunes was remainder of an electric first half. Earlier, France hammered Canada 36-0 reign in north London.
one the country should savour. Flanker Marlie Packer and Cokayne both in the playoff for third place. While Conte is happy to wait before
“It’s been really challenging. Last year we scored from English lineout drives while France scored five tries in a dominant opening talks over a new contract, he
went on a northern tour and we got New Zealand responded both times, display to secure the bronze medal for a insists he wants to feel like he deserves
pumped,” Demant said. through Woodman’s replacement, Leti-I’iga remarkable seventh time, having never fresh terms, if they are eventually agreed,
“The way that the players have turned and prop Amy Rule. qualified for the final. – AFP because of what Tottenham have achieved
on the pitch. – AFP

NGO squash tourney contributes to conservation

KOTA KINABALU: Non-governmental
organisation (NGO) 1StopBorneo
Wildlife has recently conducted a squash
tournament, which contributed to con-
servation field.
The Helmeted Hornbill Squash tour-
nament supported by the Ideal Squash
Tawau and Tawau Squash Association was
held from November 5-6.
It received positive feedback with the
support of registered participants from
three different age groups which were
Men and Women under 12 years old, Men
and Women under 18 years old, and Men
and Women under 60 years old.
About 31 participants competed to win
the championship title.
The games were divided into two main
categories which is Men category and
Women category with the different age
groups.
The champion from each category
won a cash prize of RM150, first runner-
up won RM70, second runner- up won
RM50, a medal and an e-certificate
respectively.
Along with the event, the conservation
activities like Hornbills exhibition, Hel-
meted Hornbill Talk as well as Info-
graphic Video shows was held which have
attracted most of the participants and
supporters who has attend and support-
ing the game.
“One of the goals of this event was to
build the bonding between the commu-
nity which was believed to be accom-
plished through the positive support and
feedback for the Hornbills Exhibition and
Helmeted Hornbills talk,” said the NGO.
1StopBorneo Wildlife thanked the Ger-
man Embassy, Ustaz Mohd Adil Makmur,
a teacher from SMK Tawau as well as the
founder of Ideal Squash Club and Mohd
Sabri Banch, Technical Officer of Tawau
Squash for the sponsorships and support
for the event.
“We hope that more events could be
held in the near future,” said the NGO. Some of the participants pose for a group photo.

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Sabah boleh jadi ‘kingmaker’
melalui GRS-BN: Jeffrey > 2
‘Tindakan tegas harus diambil’
Winnie Kasmir dan Hayati Dzulkifli
BELURAN: Tindakan tegas harus diambil
terhadap pemimpin Gabungan Rakyat
Sabah (GRS) yang mensabotaj calon-
calon Barisan Nasional (BN) pada Pili-
han Raya Umum ke-15 (PRU15), kata
Pengerusi BN Sabah Datuk Seri Bung
Moktar Radin.
“Jika tidak diambil tindakan, ia akan
terus menjejaskan kerjasama BN-GRS.
Tindakan harus diambil untuk
memulihkan hubungan baik ini.
“Saya telahpun menyuarakan dan
meminta Ketua Menteri Sabah Datuk
Seri Hajiji Noor yang juga Pengerusi GRS,
untuk mengambil tindakan sewajarnya
terhadap mana-mana pemimpin terma-
suk wakil rakyat GRS yang mensabotaj
calon BN,” katanya selepas menghadiri
majlis pemimpin bersama rakyat di
Dataran Tamu Beluran, pada Sabtu.
Bung yang juga Timbalan Ketua
Menteri berkata tindakan terhadap
pemimpin yang mensabotaj akan dibuat
selepas PRU15.
“Kalau dia ada jawatan dalam kera-
jaan, dia akan dilucutkan jawatan,”
katanya.
“Sebab sekiranya dibiarkan, persefa-
haman GRS-BN akan terus dicemari.
Begitu juga pengikut-pengikut
pemimpin di bawah tidak akan meng-
hormati kepimpinan di atas,” tambah-
nya.
Setakat ini, terdapat tiga kes pelang-
garan persefahaman ini, iaitu untuk
kerusi Tenom, Beluran dan Tuaran.
Dalam kes Tenom, ketua Bersatu
daerah Datuk Rubin Balang didakwa
menjadi dalang pencalonan anaknya
sebagai calon bebas dan kemudiannya
menyertai Parti KDM.
Di Beluran, dua calon mendakwa
mewakili GRS. Seorang adalah penyan-
dang Datuk Seri Ronald Kiandee yang
juga bekas ahli Umno tetapi bertukar ke
Perikatan Nasional (PN). Beliau men-
cabar calon BN Benedict Asmat yang
bertanding di bawah GRS-BN. Umno
menegaskan kerusi itu secara tradisional
merupakan miliknya.
Bagaimanapun, PN mendakwa semua
kerusi GRS adalah miliknya kerana
Bersatu merupakan sebahagian dari-
pada perikatan PN.
Di Tuaran, seorang ahli Umno, Noor-
taip Suhaili @ Sualee bertanding sebagai
calon bebas.
Bung percaya keputusan beberapa
calon dalam GRS-BN untuk bertanding
atas tiket Perikatan Nasional dan PBRS
mungkin terhad di Sabah.
Katanya, beliau juga tidak tahu
kenapa ini berlaku tetapi ia mungkin
bersifat peribadi. “Tetapi kami tidak
mengambil mudah perkara ini,” katanya.
“Perkara sebegini menunjukkan
hubungan antara GRS-BN diperkecilkan
dan kita perlu mengambil tindakan
sewajarnya supaya hubungan kita terus
dihormati dan tidak dirosakkan oleh
mana-mana pihak,” katanya.
Hajiji telah mengatakan Umno
Tuaran perlu mengambil tindakan ter-
hadap Noortaip, dan beliau telah pun
menyuarakan perkara itu kepada Ketua
Umno Tuaran Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman
Dahlan dan timbalannya Datuk Jasnih
Daya.
Begitu juga, di kawasan lain, beliau
berkata tindakan mesti diambil ter-
hadap mana-mana ahli parti yang
bertindak bertentangan dengan kehen-
dak parti.
“Kita mesti mengambil tindakan
tegas kerana kita tidak mahu rakyat
Faktor PRU15 tingkatkan kes: Masidi
KOTA KINABALU: Kempen dan perhim-
punan pilihan raya menjelang Pilihan
Raya Umum ke-15 (PRU15) adalah antara
faktor peningkatan kes Covid-19 kebe-
lakangan ini, kata jurucakap Covid-19
Sabah Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun.
Beliau berkata kejadian sebegitu boleh
menyebabkan penularan virus itu lebih
cepat dalam kalangan orang ramai,
terutama dengan kadar positif yang tinggi
yang mengakibatkan lebih ramai orang
dijangkiti Covid-19.
13 NOVEMBER, 2022 / 18 RABIULAKHIR 1444H
994 dapat latihan kemahiran kraf
di bawah PKAN sejak 2016 > 3
keliru,” kata Hajiji.
Terdahulu, di PAPAR, Hajiji berkata
tindakan tatatertib boleh diambil ter-
hadap Ketua Bahagian Bersatu Tenom
Datuk Rubin Balang, jika terbukti men-
jadi dalang pencalonan anaknya, Riduan
Rubin sebagai calon bebas di kerusi Par-
limen Tenom, yang kemudian menyertai
saingan Parti KDM pada Jumaat.
Hajiji yang juga Pengerusi Gabungan
Rakyat Sabah (GRS), berkata beliau perlu
terlebih dahulu meminta laporan penuh
mengenai kejadian itu sebelum
mengambil sebarang tindakan terhadap
Rubin, walaupun beliau dilihat dalam
gambar bersama anaknya pada acara
Parti KDM.
Beliau memberi jaminan bahawa
perkara itu akan ditangani secara adil
kerana sedang menunggu laporan
berhubung dakwaan Rubin, yang meru-
pakan Adun Kemabong dan Ketua
Bersatu Tenom, terlibat secara langsung
dalam kempen untuk anaknya, Riduan.
“Kita tengok dulu, kalau dia terlibat
secara langsung, kita boleh ambil tin-
dakan. Tapi saya kena minta laporan
dulu, walaupun kita nampak dia dengan
anak dia dalam gambar, dia mungkin
tak berkempen dan sebagainya.
“Kita perlu berlaku adil kepada
semua orang. Kita lihat apa yang berlaku
dalam laporan itu dahulu. Kalau
berdasarkan gambar dia duduk bersama
anaknya, kita tidak boleh ambil tin-
dakan.
“Tetapi jika benar dia (Rubin)
menyokong secara terbuka, kita akan
ambil tindakan,” katanya kepada pem-
berita selepas merasmikan bangunan
baharu SMK St Joseph di sini pada Sabtu.
Hajiji mengulas gesaan pada Jumaat
oleh Pengerusi BN Sabah Datuk Seri
Bung Moktar Radin, yang meminta GRS
mengambil tindakan terhadap Rubin
kerana didakwa melanggar syarat per-
janjian antara GRS dan calon BN yang
bertanding pada PRU15.
Terdapat beberapa gambar yang
menunjukkan Rubin, anaknya dan Pres-
iden Parti KDM Datuk Peter Anthony
serta ahli parti lain yang dipercayai
berada di pejabat parti itu di Tenom,
yang tular di media sosial.
Bung Moktar dilaporkan Sabtu seba-
gai berkata tindakan itu bertentangan
dengan perjanjian GRS-BN dan tidak
mencerminkan semangat persahabatan
antara kedua-dua gabungan itu.
Beliau berkata pelanggaran perjan-
jian GRS-BN memberi tanggapan negatif
terhadap kerjasama GRS-BN dan akan
merosakkan sokongan kepada calon BN
Jamawi Jaafar di kerusi parlimen Tenom.
Hajiji yang juga Pengerusi Bersatu
Sabah berkata Rubin ialah ketua baha-
gian Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia
(Bersatu) Tenom manakala anaknya,
Riduan telah meletakkan jawatan secara
rasmi daripada bahagian itu sebagai
Ketua Armada (Pemuda) sebelum hari
penamaan calon pada 5 Nov, dan
bertanding sebagai calon bebas untuk
kerusi itu pada Pilihan Raya Umum ke-
15 Nov-19 ini.
Berdasarkan peraturan parti, beliau
berkata tiada tindakan boleh diambil
“Orang ramai yang menghadiri
sebarang perhimpunan besar-besaran
dinasihatkan memakai pelitup muka,”
katanya dalam satu kenyataan, Sabtu.
Kes Sabah meningkat kepada 257 pada
Sabtu daripada 204 pada hari sebelumnya,
manakala satu kematian direkodkan di
Kota Kinabalu.
Masidi berkata kes meningkat beriku-
tan kadar positif yang sangat tinggi iaitu
16.84 peratus walaupun bilangan sampel
ujian yang dikutip lebih rendah (1,526).
4 beranak ditemui mati
disyaki akibat kelaparan > 4
BUNG (tengah) bersama Benedict dan penyokong BN di Beluran.
Pengisytiharan harta secara sukarela: Ismail Sabri
BERA: Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri
Ismail Sabri Yaakob berkata pengisyti-
haran harta dilakukan secara sukarela
oleh sesiapa yang mahu berbuat
demikian.
Beliau berkata demikian apabila
ditanya mengenai gesaan pem-
bangkang yang mahu semua calon Pili-
han Raya Umum ke-15 (PRU15)
termasuk daripada Barisan Nasional
(BN) dan Perikatan Nasional (PN)
mengisytiharkan harta.
“Tiada keperluan untuk melakukan
perkara itu kerana ia tidak diperun-
tukkan dalam mana-mana akta,
melainkan individu dilantik sebagai
menteri dan timbalan menteri yang
diwajibkan untuk mengisytiharkan
harta mereka,” katanya kepada pem-
berita selepas merasmikan Karnival
Anak Muda Gegor Bera di Dewan Kon-
vensyen Bera di sini, Sabtu.
Beliau berkata Ahli Parlimen tidak
perlu mengisytiharkan harta sebab
mereka boleh berniaga tetapi menteri
20 cawangan Warisan Batu Sapi keluar parti, sertai GRS
Noor Zafira Zayn
SANDAKAN: 20
cawangan Parti
Warisan Sabah
(Warisan) Batu Sapi
keluar parti dan
menyertai Gabungan
Rakyat Sabah (GRS)
kerana hilang keper-
cayaan dengan kepimpinan dan perjuan-
gan Warisan.
Ketua Penerangan Warisan Cawangan
Batu Sapi, Hamdan Titing berkata beliau
dan ahli-ahli nampak perjuangan GRS,
khasnya calon GRS Parlimen Batu Sapi,
Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan (gambar),
dalam membawa suara Batu Sapi serta
belia, tetapi sebaliknya pula Warisan.
“Kami semua terpanggil dan kagum
dengan perjuangan calon GRS Batu Sapi.
“Kami semua sedar bahawa beliau
bukan seseorang yang baharu lagi di
kawasan sini dan sudah lama kami tahu
akan perjuangan beliau, walaupun belum
menjadi wakil rakyat.
Remaja lelaki ditemui maut
Jonathan Nicholas
KOTA KINABALU: Individu yang terjatuh
dari Jambatan Yayasan Sabah di sini pada
Jumaat didapati seorang remaja lelaki
berusia 15 tahun.
Mayatnya ditemui seorang nelayan
pada pukul 7.35 pagi Sabtu, berhampiran
helipad Menara Kinabalu, selepas dua
hari usaha mencari dan menyelamat.
Bapa remaja itu, Ajintat Akin, 60,
ketika dihubungi Daily Express menolak
anggapan bunuh diri seperti yang
disangka orang ramai.
Katanya, dia baru sahaja menghantar
anak lelakinya –anak bongsu dari lima
beradik –pada jam 5.30 pagi pada hari
Ikut suami bekerja, Zizi
nafi cemburu > 6
dan timbalan menteri mereka wajib
mengisytiharkan harta dan memang
mereka berbuat demikian.
“Tetapi, sesiapa yang sukarela hen-
dak mengisytiharkan harta seperti
Rafizi (Timbalan Presiden PKR Rafizi
Ramli) isytiharlah. Bagi saya perkara
yang perlu dan dikehendaki oleh akta
mesti dipatuhi.
Tetapi yang tidak ada dalam mana-
mana akta (maka) tidak ada keperluan.
Setakat nak jadikan ia isu pilihan raya
sahajalah kalau tidak diisytiharkan
dianggap sebagai ada sesuatu yang nak
disorok,” katanya.
Sementara itu, Ismail Sabri berkata
kerajaan telah mengambil tindakan
sewajarnya berhubung isu perolehan
aset ketenteraan seperti kapal tempur
pesisir (LCS) dan tidak pernah
mengabaikan perkara itu begitu sahaja.
Katanya, agensi bertanggungjawab
telah menjalankan siasatan, malah
pihak terlibat dalam penyelewengan
didakwa di mahkamah.
“Saya yakin, keputusan saya dan ahli-
ahli yang bersama saya hari ini, seramai 60
orang kami semua keluar dari Warisan
dan ingin berjuang bersama calon GRS
untuk memastikan kemenangan beliau di
Batu Sapi,” katanya.
Beliau berkata demikian ketika ditemui
pemberita semasa hadir dalam majlis
serah borang keahlian di sini, petang
Sabtu.
Dalam pada itu, calon GRS Batu Sapi,
Khairul Firdaus berkata perjuangan GRS
sentiasa berfokus dan GRS mengalu-
alukan semua pihak yang ingin bersama
dan ikut serta dalam perjuangan parti itu.
“Macam petang ini kita lihat ahli kuat
Warisan di Batu Sapi keluar meninggalkan
Warisan dan menyertai kita (GRS) dengan
sebab mereka sendiri yakin dan nampak
perjuangan GRS, tanpa sebarang paksaan.
“Kepercayaan mereka kepada GRS
adalah bukti bahawa misi dan matlamat
kita untuk membawa suara rakyat, sangat
jelas.
“Kita tahu mereka sudah berjuang
kejadian.
“Anak saya memutuskan untuk mem-
beli makanan di luar kawasan sekolah.
Rakan-rakannya dalam perjalanan ke
sekolah melihat dia membawa tapau
(bawa pulang).
“Dia tidak mempunyai masalah di
sekolah sepanjang pengetahuan saya
dan pastinya tiada di rumah. Dia seorang
budak yang periang dan saya baru sahaja
membelikannya telefon bimbit baharu
yang membuatnya amat teruja,” katanya.
Operasi diketuai pelbagai unit
Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat dita-
matkan pada jam 8.06 pagi selepas
mayat diserahkan kepada polis.
WAKTU SOLAT
Subuh Zohor Asar Maghrib Isyak
KK/Pantai Barat 4.54 12.03 3.25 5.59 7.11
Sandakan Timur 4.46 11.56 3.17 5.51 7.04
Sandakan Barat 4.49 12.00 3.21 5.56 7.08
Tawau Timur 4.43 11.53 3.14 5.49 7.01
Tawau Barat 4.45 11.56 3.18 5.53 7.06
Kudat 4.51 12.00 3.20 5.54 7.06
Pedalaman Atas 4.51 12.01 3.22 5.57 7.09
Pedalaman Bawah 4.54 12.04 3.26 6.00 7.12
“Isu LSC tindakan dah pun diambil,
Menteri Pertahanan (Datuk Seri
Hishammuddin Tun Hussein) juga
telah buat kenyataan dan perjelas
beberapa kali.
“Mereka yang dituduh terlibat den-
gan penyelewangan dan sebagainya,
Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah
Malaysia (SPRM) juga telah menyiasat
dan ada yang dibawa ke mahkamah,
jadi perkara itu adalah sedang berjalan,
tidak betullah jika kata kita tidak men-
gendahkannya,” katanya.
Ismail Sabri berkata demikian ketika
menjawab kenyataan Pengerusi
Pakatan Harapan (PH) Datuk Seri
Anwar Ibrahim yang dilapor mem-
intanya memohon maaf kepada tentera
berhubung isu perolehan aset yang tim-
bul dalam pasukan keselamatan itu.
Ismail Sabri berkata Anwar sengaja
atau dilihat tidak mahu mengambil
tahu apa yang berlaku kerana penje-
lasan berhubung isu yang dibangkitkan
sudah dijelaskan sebelum ini.
lama bersama Warisan, sejak 2016 dan
mereka telah berkorban masa, keringat,
tenaga dan semua untuk membawa nama
parti, tetapi tidak memberikan sebarang
hasil atau manfaat kepada rakyat.
“Untuk itu, mereka nyatakan kepada
kita, untuk bersama kita dalam misi mem-
bawa suara rakyat Batu Sapi, bersama saya
dan GRS,” katanya.
Selain itu, Khairul Firdaus turut mene-
gaskan bahawa perjuangan setiap ahli
parti adalah sesuatu yang amat bernilai
dan tidak boleh dipandang remeh.
“Kita tidak boleh pandang remeh
setiap apa yang ahli kita perjuangkan.
“Mereka adalah kekuatan kita, jadi kita
mesti menjaga ahli kita dan fokus dalam
misi kita,” ujar beliau lagi.
Sabah tertinggi
ceramah tanpa permit
KUALA LUMPUR: Polis Diraja Malaysia
(PDRM) mengesan penganjuran 432
ceramah politik tanpa permit sempena
Pilihan Raya Umum ke-15 (PRU15) pada
Jumaat, berbanding 46 ceramah pada
Khamis.
Pengarah Jabatan Keselamatan Dalam
Negeri dan Ketenteraman Awam
(JKDNKA) Bukit Aman Datuk Seri Hazani
Ghazali berkata Sabah menjadi negeri
tertinggi merekodkan jumlah ceramah
tanpa permit sebanyak 425, diikuti Selan-
gor (tiga), Kelantan (dua) serta masing-
masing satu di Perlis dan Pahang.
Beliau berkata polis mengeluarkan
1,037 permit mengadakan ceramah sepa-
njang kempen PRU15 semalam iaitu
sebanyak 137 di Kedah, Negeri Sembilan
(172), Perak (155), Selangor (147), Pahang
(131), Kelantan (98), Melaka (54), Sarawak
(44), Pulau Pinang (22), Perlis (21) dan
Kuala Lumpur (20).
 2 Tempatan
Sabah hargai sumbangan masyarakat Cina dalam pembangunan ekonomi
Larry Ralon
KOTA KINABALU: Kerajaan Sabah meng-
hargai sumbangan masyarakat Cina
menerusi Dewan Perniagaan dan
Perindustrian Tionghua Kota Kinabalu
(KKCCCI) dalam membantu pertumbuhan
ekonomi negeri, yang turut terjejas akibat
pandemik Covid-19, kata Ketua Menteri
Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor.
Sebagai Ketua Menteri, katanya, impian
beliau adalah untuk membawa Sabah
terus ke hadapan, membawa lebih banyak
pembangunan kepada negeri dan rakyat
secara keseluruhannya dan menjayakan
sepenuhnya Pelan Pembangunan Hala
Tuju Sabah Maju Jaya (SMJ).
“KKCCCI sememangnya memainkan
peranan yang sangat penting dalam sektor
perniagaan di negeri ini. Bukan hanya
dalam perniagaan, malah KKCCCI juga
memainkan peranan penting dalam mem-
promosikan pendidikan dan kebudayaan
Cina.
“Saya berharap dewan ini akan terus
menggunakan semua peluang yang ada
untuk bersama dalam arus pembangunan
perdana agar Sabah juga akan mendapat
manfaatnya nanti.
“Ini selain membantu kerajaan untuk
Perjuangan tuntut
hak Sabah tidak
terletak pada logo
parti: Ewon
PENAMPANG: Perjuan-
gan untuk menuntut
hak Sabah tidak ter-
letak pada logo mana-
mana parti, tetapi
melalui kepimpinan,
kata calon Pakatan
Harapan (PH) Parli-
men Penampang,
Datuk Ewon Benedick (gambar).
Bakal Presiden Pertubuhan Kinabalu
Progresif Bersatu (Upko) itu berkata, parti
yang tidak menggunakan logo sendiri
untuk bertanding dalam Pilihan Raya
Umum Ke-15 (PRU15) tidak sepatutnya
dituduh tidak memperjuangkan hak Sabah.
“Penggunaan logo parti itu bukan faktor
untuk menentukan siapa yang memper-
juangkan hak Sabah dan Sarawak.
“Tanpa melihat kepada logo, Upko dan
parti komponen lain dalam Pakatan Hara-
pan telah memperjuangkan hak Sabah sam-
pai ke mahkamah untuk menuntut 40
peratus Perkara 112 Perlembagaan Perseku-
tuan.
“Mereka yang guna logo masing-masing
dalam PRU15 ini, saya tidak nampak per-
juangan mereka sampai ke mahkamah.
Kalau berjuang setakat berjuang di Dewan
Undangan Negeri (DUN), Parlimen atau
dalam kenyataan media, dalam parti, itu
semua pun kita sudah buat,” katanya.
Beliau berkata demikian ketika ditemui
pemberita selepas Program Ramah Mesra
Bersama Penduduk Kampung Timpangoh
Laut Sugud, dekat sini, Jumaat.
Ewon yang juga Naib Presiden Upko
mengulas dakwaan mengatakan Upko
mengorbankan logo sendiri dalam PRU15
dan tidak memperjuangkan hak Sabah.
“Kita pun mahu lihat parti yang guna
logo sendiri ini, apa pendekatan mereka?
Kalau tidak mahu berjuang dengan cukup
berani dan setakat cakap dalam media,
cakap dalam kempen pun sama juga, rakyat
Sabah tidak akan mendapat keputusan.
“Kalau mahkamah sudah memutuskan
saman yang kami failkan pada 3 Jun lepas,
saya percaya keputusan itu baik untuk
rakyat Sabah,” katanya.
Katanya lagi, sama ada menggunakan
logo sendiri atau gabungan ia bukan per-
soalan yang sepatutnya dibangkitkan, seba-
liknya pendekatan yang digunakan dalam
memperjuangkan hak Sabah itu lebih pent-
ing.
Dalam kenyataan media pada Jumaat,
calon Parti Warisan (Warisan) Tuaran, Jo-
Anna Sue Henley Rampas mempersoalkan
kebolehan Upko dalam menuntut hak-hak
Sabah.
Menurutnya, jika logo sendiri terpaksa
dikorbankan pada PRU-15 ini, bagaimana
mereka mahu menuntut hak autonomi
Sabah.
PAS Sabah kerah 20,000 ahli jentera bantu kempen GRS-BN
Lagatah Toyos
TAWAU: PAS Sabah ‘mengerahkan’ seki-
tar 20,000 ahli jentera partinya di 20
kawasan untuk membantu kesemua
calon Gabungan Rakyat Sabah - Barisan
Nasional (GRS-BN) dalam Pilihan Raya
Umum ke-15 (PRU15) kali ini.
Setiausaha PAS Sabah, Dr. Aliakbar
Gulasan berkata, angka itu dilihat sig-
nifikan untuk membantu kemenangan
calon GRS-BN kerana satu undi sahaja
pun sangat memberi makna.
“Kita pernah bertanding di Tawau
pada 2018 (PRU14) dan mendapat 2,500
S U AR A TE MP ATAN AND A I AH AD , 1 3 NO V E MB E R, 2 0 2 2
ELLRON (kelima, kanan) bersama Konsul Jeneral China di Kota Kinabalu, Huang Shifang
(keempat, kanan), Lui (keenam, kanan) dan VIP lain semasa upacara memotong kek.
membawa lebih banyak pembangunan ke
negeri ini, termasuk menggalakkan per-
paduan, muhibah dan keharmonian
dalam kalangan rakyat pelbagai kaum di
negeri ini,” katanya.
Sabah boleh jadi ‘kingmaker’
melalui GRS-BN: Jeffrey
Johan Aziz
KENINGAU: Calon Gabungan Rakyat Sabah-
Barisan Nasional (GRS-BN) bagi kawasan
Parlimen Keningau, Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey
Kitingan percaya melalui perpaduan dan
kerjasama padu GRS-BN, Sabah boleh men-
jadi ‘kingmaker’ pada pilihan raya umum
ke-15 (PRU15) ini.
“Tidak kira BN atau GRS, jika kita bersatu,
ada kemungkinan kita juga boleh menjadi
‘kingmaker’ kerana di peringkat pusat kita
tidak tahu siapa yang akan mendapat
majoriti untuk membentuk kerajaan.
“Mungkin tidak ada (majoriti), mungkin
juga berpecah dan tidak cukup kerusi
untuk menubuhkan kerajaan pusat tanpa
sokongan Sabah dan Sarawak,” katanya
kepada pemberita pada Ceramah Perdana
Kempen PRU15 Mukim Luagan dan Bayan-
gan di Kampung Tudan Baru, di sini pada
Jumaat.
Justeru, katanya, perpaduan dan ker-
jasama GRS-BN amat penting untuk masa
depan Sabah kerana suara rakyat boleh
bersatu menuntut hak Sabah di peringkat
pusat.
Jeffrey berkata, kempen PRU15 ini unik
kerana pilihan raya kali ini menunjukkan
buat julung kalinya kerjasama antara parti
yang sebelum ini bersaing dan berlawan
sesama sendiri.
Katanya, kali ini rakyat dapat melihat
parti komponen dalam BN bekerjasama
dengan parti komponen dalam GRS.
“Ini menunjukkan dalam pilihan raya
kali ini, khususnya di kawasan Parlimen
Keningau, kita telah membentuk kesatuan
yang kukuh dan kerjasama yang lebih baik
untuk bersama-sama berjuang memperta-
hankan khususnya menuntut hak Sabah
yang belum diselesaikan.
“Saya masih ingat pada PRU14, kita
menang dengan 45 undi dan ketika itu kita
Rakyat K’gan mahu usaha tingkat kualiti hidup diberi
KINABATANGAN: Kinabatangan, daerah
terletak di timur Sabah, lebih kurang 329
kilometer dari Kota Kinabalu, seme-
mangnya kaya dengan keunikan dan keis-
timewaan tersendiri terutama dalam aspek
ekopelancongan yang menyajikan keinda-
han panorama alam semula jadi.
Berkeluasan 7,542 kilometer persegi,
daerah ini juga merupakan pintu masuk
pelancong domestik dan antarabangsa
yang ingin melihat sendiri hidupan liar
seperti gajah Borneo, monyet proboscis
dan Orang Utan di sepanjang Sungai Kin-
abatangan, sungai kedua terpanjang di
Malaysia.
Daerah terkenal dengan tanaman
eksotik durian merah itu mempunyai sera-
mai 198,100 penduduk majoritinya suku
kaum Sungai, selain merekodkan 44,773
pengundi masing-masing 23,163 lelaki dan
21,610 perempuan melibatkan tiga Dewan
Undangan Negeri (DUN) iaitu DUN Kua-
mut, DUN Lamag dan DUN Sukau.
Sebanyak 50 peratus penduduknya ter-
libat dalam bidang pertanian; perusahaan
perniagaan (25 peratus); pelancongan (15
peratus); manakala 10 peratus lagi berkec-
impung dalam sektor penternakan dan
perikanan.
undi. Dan kali ini kita mengeluarkan
arahan untuk membantu semua
kawasan PRU15, walaupun PAS tidak
bertanding tetapi jentera kita mem-
bantu ke arah kemenangan GRS-BN.
“Kita berjiwa besar. Kita tidak
bertanding kali ini untuk memastikan
gabungan ini akan mendominasi politik
Sabah secara berterusan,” katanya dalam
sidang media PAS bersama calon GRS
Parlimen Tawau, Lo Su Fui di salah
sebuah restoran terkemuka, di sini, pada
Sabtu.
Hadir sama, Pengarah Jentera P190
Beliau berkata demikian sempena
Majlis Makan Malam Ulang Tahun Ke-111
KKCCCI di Pusat Konvensyen Antarabangsa
Sabah (SICC) di sini, pada Jumaat.
Teks ucapan beliau disampaikan oleh
JEFFREY (kiri) berbual dengan pengundi muda selepas majlis itu.
berpecah sesama sendiri. Namun 45 undi
sahaja sudah cukup untuk menghantar
saya ke Parlimen.
“Tetapi kali ini kerana kerjasama yang
saya lihat sangat baik dan dengan sokon-
gan akar umbi yang berganding bahu, saya
lihat kemenangan kali ini tentu amat besar.
“Jadi inilah yang saya lihat dan jika kita
boleh bersatu di Keningau, kita boleh
bersatu di seluruh Sabah, dan jika kita
boleh bekerjasama dan menyatukan selu-
ruh Sabah, ini akan memberikan kita kesta-
bilan politik yang kita idam-idamkan sejak
sekian lama,” katanya.
Jeffrey berkata, perpaduan dan ker-
jasama GRS-BN yang sedang dilaksanakan
sekarang ini amat penting untuk masa
depan Sabah. Dengan kerjasama ini, GRS
dan BN amat yakin untuk mengembalikan
keputusan pengundian dan kemenangan
yang besar.
Sementara itu, mengenai pendekatan
kepada pengundi muda, Jeffrey berkata,
mereka perlu menggunakan media sosial
Sudah banyak prasarana asas diban-
gunkan di pekan utama daerah ini seperti
masjid, hospital, klinik kesihatan, perpus-
takaan awam, mahkamah,pasar
awam,perkhidmatan pos, kemudahan per-
bankan serta bangunan komersial bagi
merancakkan lagi pembangunan sosio-
ekonomi penduduk setempat.
Namun, penduduk Kinabatangan mem-
punyai aspirasi untuk melihat pembangu-
nan holistik di Kinabatangan antara lain
merangkumi usaha meningkatkan kualiti
hidup menerusi penyediaan peluang
pekerjaan dan pemilikan rumah di bawah
Program Perumahan Rakyat (PPR).
Seorang pelajar kolej swasta Siti
Nuraisyah Ali Omar, 20, dari Kampung
Suan Lamba berkata, isu pemilikan rumah
PPR dalam kalangan rakyat kurang berke-
mampuan di daerah itu perlu ditangani
bersungguh-sungguh memandangkan
masih ramai rakyat Kinabatangan memer-
lukan bantuan perumahan berkenaan.
“Banyak lagi (penduduk) tiada rumah
sendiri dan hanya menumpang dengan
keluarga atau menyewa rumah,” katanya
kepada Bernama.
Bagi seorang peniaga Faizal Amir, 30,
dari Kampung Sinar Jaya pula berpendapat
Tawau, Datuk Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan
yang juga Adun Apas; Adun Balung
Datuk Hamild Awang dan Yang Dipertua
PAS Tawau, Mohamad Husain.
Menurutnya, program serupa akan
diteruskan ke Parlimen Kalabakan, hari
ini (Ahad) dan seterusnya ke Papar, San-
dakan dan Batu Sapi pada minggu
seterusnya demi memastikan peranan
dan tugasan yang diagihkan dapat
dilaksanakan sebaiknya dalam mem-
bantu GRS-BN.
Sementara itu, Lo menghargai pener-
imaan PAS terhadap beliau selaku calon
Menteri Belia dan Sukan Negeri, Datuk Ell-
ron Alfred Angin.
Hajiji turut menggesa KKCCCI dan
dewan perniagaan lain di negeri ini untuk
memanfaatkan semua peluang yang dise-
seperti TikTok, Facebook, Instagram dan
pelbagai media alternatif lain yang menjadi
sebahagian daripada kehidupan anak
muda ketika ini.
Katanya, kaedah ini amat berkesan
untuk mendekati golongan muda, terma-
suk menghubungi mereka.
Sepanjang kempen GRS-BN yang
dijalankan di Keningau, beliau berkata ia
berjalan dengan baik dan semakin menda-
pat sokongan.
Lebih 600 penyokong GRS-BN termasuk
Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN)
Liawan, Datuk Annuar Ayub, bekas Ahli
Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Liawan,
Datuk Haji Sairin Karno, Ketua Parti
Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) Baha-
gian Keningau, Datuk Azman Haji Ruslan,
Pemangku Ketua Umno Bahagian
Keningau, Hajah Salbiah Suhaideh, bekas
Ketua Umno Keningau, Nik Nadzri Nik
Zawawi dan Setiausaha Parti Bersatu Rakyat
Sabah (PBRS), Jumatin Laiwon hadir pada
majlis itu.
projek perumahan rakyat seumpama itu
masih kurang dan ia perlu diperbanyakkan
lagi di Kinabatangan dalam usaha
memenuhi keperluan penduduk yang
menginginkan kediaman lebih selesa.
Senada dengan harapan itu, seorang suri
rumah Maslina Palal, 43, dari Kampung
Danau Ria berharap agar tidak berlaku
‘pilih bulu’ atau terlalu banyak kerenah
birokrasi dalam proses permohonan kemu-
dahan itu kerana dia sudah banyak kali
memohon PPR tetapi gagal sehingga kini.
Bagaimanapun, Maslina mengakui
sudah banyak perubahan di Kinabatangan,
dengan pekan daerah itu semakin “berse-
mangat” berikutan kewujudan pusat per-
niagaan komersial yang memudahkan
penduduk mendapatkan barang keperluan
harian, berbanding sebelum ini hanya ada
satu blok komersial.
Seorang juruwang kedai kek Farah Afi-
rah Roslan, 22, dari Kampung Bukit Garam
pula berpendapat sudah tiba masa lebih
ramai pelabur dibawa masuk ke Kin-
abatangan berdasarkan potensi dimiliki
daerah itu bagi mewujudkan lebih banyak
peluang pekerjaan sekali gus mengu-
rangkan kadar pengangguran belia. –
Bernama
meskipun bukan Islam dan bukan Bumi-
putera, yang bertanding di kawasan 70
peratus Bumiputera.
Beliau yakin sokongan itu adalah ker-
ana mereka berkongsi penilaian sama
bahawa usaha untuk mempertahankan
keharmonian negara, khasnya Sabah,
yang wujud dengan keunikan pelbagai
agama dan kaum adalah amat penting.
“Sekiranya saya terpilih menjadi MP
Tawau, saya berhasrat untuk
meneruskan usaha mempertahankan
nilai-nilai murni ini untuk rakyat kita,”
katanya.
harianekspres
diakan kerajaan.
“Hala Tuju SMJ adalah usaha kerajaan
untuk membawa pembangunan yang
menyeluruh dan pesat bagi negeri Sabah.
Saya mahu KKCCCI dan dewan perniagaan
lain supaya mengambil peluang dalam
hala tuju ini untuk membangunkan
ekonomi negeri.
“Menerusi Hala Tuju SMJ, kerajaan negeri
bersedia bertindak sebagai pemangkin bagi
mewujudkan banyak peluang perdagangan
dan pelaburan penting yang akan mem-
bantu menjalin hubungan ekonomi antara
Sabah dan negara luar.
“Sabah mempunyai banyak sumber,
justeru kita akan terus membuka lebih
banyak pelaburan dan kerjasama dalam
bidang minyak dan gas, pertanian dan ter-
nakan, infrastruktur serta perdagangan,”
katanya.
Beliau berkata KKCCCI yang
ditubuhkan sejak 111 tahun lalu juga
memainkan peranan penting sebagai jam-
batan komunikasi antara kerajaan dan
sektor perniagaan, menyebarkan polisi
dan maklumat yang berkaitan dengan
perdagangan dan industri, di samping
menyampaikan suara rakyat kepada kera-
jaan.
Pertanian,
penternakan
antara fokus
Warisan
di Kimanis
Iskandar Dzulkifli
MEMBAKUT: Parti
Warisan (Warisan)
Kimanis menggaris
lima teras dalam
hala tuju pemban-
gunan kawasan ini
di bawah #Aspi-
rasi@Kimanis seki-
ranya mendapat
mandat rakyat
selepas Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-15 (PRU15).
Calon Warisan Parlimen Kimanis, Dr
Daud Yusuf berkata, sektor pertanian
menjadi fokus utamanya membabitkan
pemerkasaan semula tanaman padi yang
pernah dilaksanakan pihaknya sebelum
ini.
Menurutnya, projek yang terhenti sete-
lah Warisan tidak lagi mentadbir kerajaan
negeri itu penting bagi memenuhi aspi-
rasi menjadikan Kimanis antara penyum-
bang bekalan beras negara.
“Pada masa sama, kita juga akan mem-
perkasa bidang penternakan dan
perikanan yang memenuhi permintaan
luas pasaran seperti daging ayam, lembu
dan kambing serta ikan air tawar.
“Selain mempunyai kepakaran dalam
bidang penternakan dan pertanian, saya
yakin potensi yang ada di Parlimen Kima-
nis ini selari dengan hala tuju saya untuk
memartabatkan ekonomi setempat.
“Tidak dilupakan kebajikan dan keper-
luan golongan nelayan akan turut dit-
ingkatkan di bawah aspirasi ini,” katanya
ketika ditemui pada Majlis Ramah Mesra
Bersama Presiden Warisan, Datuk Seri
Shafie Apdal di Kampung Takapan, di sini,
Jumaat lepas.
Dr Daud yang juga Adun Bongawan
berkata, selain pertanian, pihaknya juga
akan memperkasakan lagi sektor pelan-
congan setempat yang memerlukan
penambahbaikan dalam beberapa aspek.
Katanya, ia penting untuk memenuhi
situasi perubahan dalam pelancongan
Sabah yang baru saja pulih susulan pan-
demik Covid-19 dan pada masa sama dis-
elarikan dengan permintaan pelancongan
domestik.
“Keperluan orang muda juga tidak
dilupakan dan kebajikan mereka akan
diperkasa membabitkan ekonomi dan
sosial antaranya kemahiran yang sudah
saya rancang dalam hala tuju
#Aspirasi@Kimanis.
“Pendidikan persekolahan anak-anak
kita turut tidak dilupakan antaranya ban-
tuan manakala peranan wanita setempat
juga akan diperkasa melalui pelbagai pro-
gram keusahawanan dan pemasaran,”
katanya.
Lapor jika ada
perbuatan sogokan,
rasuah undi pos
LARUT: Pihak terlibat diminta tampil
membuat laporan kepada pihak berkuasa
jika mempunyai maklumat berhubung
dakwaan berlakunya perbuatan sogokan
atau rasuah ketika proses pengundian pos
yang dikesan di mana-mana kawasan di
seluruh negara.
Menteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Seri
Hamzah Zainudin berkata pihak yang
membuat dakwaan itu perlu menge-
mukakan bukti supaya tindakan boleh
diambil berhubung kesalahan berkenaan.
“Kalau betul mereka (pengundi) diba-
yar, kita minta supaya membuat laporan
agar pihak berkuasa boleh menjalankan
siasatan secara mendalam. Siasatan akan
dilakukan dengan adil tidak kira di mana
sahaja. – Bernama
harianekspres
RM36.41j diperuntuk bagi
1,000 pelajar B40 TVET
Cynthia D Baga
SEPANGGAR: Kerajaan memperun-
tukkan kira-kira RM36.41 juta dana pen-
didikan bagi kumpulan pertama 1,000
pelajar B40 TVET menerusi program
Dermasiswa B40 TVET.
Ketua Setiausaha Kementerian Penga-
jian Tinggi, Dato Seri Abdul Razak Jaafar
berkata, 41 daripada pelajar B40 TVET
berasal dari Sabah iaitu 36 pelajar
Politeknik Kota Kinabalu (PKK), empat
dari Politeknik Sandakan dan seorang
dari Politeknik Tawau.
“Program pembiayaan pendidikan
ini diumumkan pada 20 Jun tahun ini
dan disediakan untuk pelajar kumpulan
B40 melanjutkan pelajaran. Setiap pela-
jar menerima RM3,908 bagi setiap
semester.
“Program ini direka bentuk
mengikut model biasiswa supaya pela-
jar tidak terbeban dengan keperluan
untuk membayar balik selepas mereka
menamatkan pengajian tidak lama lagi.
“Pendekatan ini juga bertujuan
untuk mewujudkan ekosistem pembela-
jaran yang kondusif kepada pelajar
yang akan dapat menamatkan penga-
jian mereka tanpa perlu memikirkan
beban kewangan untuk menampung
yuran pengajian dan kos sara hidup.
“Saya pasti ada pelajar di sini tidak
menyangka mendapat biasiswa ini
Tolak calon yang gagal berkhidmat: Calon GRS
Lagatah Toyos
TAWAU: Pengundi kawasan Parlimen
P.190 Tawau perlu membuat pertimban-
gan bijak sebelum memilih calon yang
akan membawa suara mereka ke Dewan
Rakyat, kata calon Gabungan Rakyat
Sabah (GRS), Lo Su Fui.
Katanya, pengundi wajar menolak
calon atau bekas Ahli Parlimen yang
gagal berkhidmat kepada rakyat, teruta-
manya calon yang hanya muncul ketika
musim Pilihan Raya.
“Sudah sampai masanya, suara pen-
duduk di kawasan ini (Parlimen Tawau)
diwakili oleh anak jati tempatan yang
bersama kerajaan… Jangan salah pilih,
bagi saya lima tahun, kita majukan
daerah ini,” katanya.
Justeru, beliau menggesa pengundi
di kawasan itu supaya memberinya
mandat dalam Pilihan Raya Umum ke-15
(PRU15) kali ini.
Menurutnya, sebagai anak jati yang
lahir dan membesar di Tawau, beliau
lebih memahami isu dan masalah pen-
duduk, selain mempunyai pengalaman
luas dalam politik serta pelbagai aktiviti
kemasyarakatan, termasuklah menerusi
GRS fokus jaga Sabah, saya fokus jaga Batu Sapi: Khairul Firdaus
KHAIRUL
Firdaus
bersalam
dengan
warga emas
pada majlis itu.
‘Isu Ronald gambarkan tiada persefahaman dalam GRS-BN’
PUTATAN: Alasan atas nama demokrasi
hingga Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)
membiarkan Naib Presiden Bersatu, Datuk
Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee bertanding di Parli-
men Beluran adalah tidak masuk akal.
Ketua Wirawati Bahagian Putatan, Bib-
ianah Mustafa berkata, situasi itu jelas
menggambarkan tiada persefahaman
dalam GRS-BN hingga berlaku pertembun-
gan dengan calon BN di kawasan itu.
“Alasan demokrasi memang tidak logik
kerana GRS-BN telah bekerjasama dan ser-
ing melaungkan kepada rakyat bahawa
persefahaman dalam pakatan itu mewujud-
kan kestabilan dalam kerajaan.
“Namun, boleh pula pemimpin mereka
bertanding sampai bertembung dengan
calon dalam gabungan sama yang jelas
S U AR A TE MP ATAN AND A I AH AD , 1 3 NO V E MB E R, 2 0 2 2
ketika mengakses Unit Pengambilan
Universiti (UPU) secara dalam talian
untuk menyemak status kemasukan
institusi.
“Sememangnya ini bukti kerajaan
komited kepada pelajar kumpulan B40
untuk melanjutkan pelajaran ke per-
ingkat lebih tinggi,” kata Abdul semasa
majlis perjumpaan dengan penerima
program pembiayaan pendidikan yang
diadakan di dewan PKK, di sini, Sabtu.
Menurut Abdul Razak, majoriti pela-
jar yang menerima biasiswa itu adalah
dari bidang Kejuruteraan.
Beliau menggesa semua pelajar
untuk memberikan usaha 100 peratus
dan mencipta kecemerlangan sepan-
jang tempoh pengajian.
Abdul Razak menasihati mereka
supaya belajar bersungguh-sungguh
dan seterusnya menjadi orang berjaya
yang dapat mengubah diri serta men-
gubah taraf hidup keluarga.
Beliau berharap program pembi-
ayaan pendidikan untuk pelajar B40
TVET akan menggalakkan lebih ramai
pelajar melanjutkan pelajaran tanpa
bimbang tentang kos pendidikan.
Sementara itu, Pengarah PKK Dullah
Muluk berkata institusi itu setakat ini
mempunyai kira-kira 3,500 pelajar, dan
70 peratus pelajarnya terdiri daripada
kumpulan B40.
pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO).
“Ibu bapa saya orang tempatan dan
saya sendiri memang dilahirkan di Kg
Andrasy, di sini, serta sudah berkecim-
pung lama dalam politik.
“Jadi sudah semestinya saya mahu
membawa perubahan dan kemajuan
yang besar di daerah ini kerana apa
yang saya perhatikan banyak kemuda-
han asas dan infrastruktur seperti jalan
raya, kesihatan, dan pendidikan masih
jauh ketinggalan,” katanya.
Lo berucap pada Majlis Pemimpin
Bersama Rakyat di Pusat Daerah Men-
gundi (PDM) Andrasy dan Bukit Quin di
Kampung Blok 31, dekat sini.
Hadir sama, bekas Speaker Dewan
Undangan Negeri Sabah, Datuk Seri
Syed Abas Syed Ali; Pembantu Menteri
Kepada Ketua Menteri merangkap Adun
Apas Datuk Nizam Abu Bakar
Titingan dan Adun Balung, Datuk
Hamild Awang.
Sementara itu,Nizam berharap rakyat
memberi mandat kepada calon GRS-BN
kerana Parlimen Tawau memerlukan
wakil daripada parti kerajaan yang
memerintah bagi melaksanakan pelba-
tidak menggambarkan kestabilan
dicanangkan selama ini.
“Apa gunanya perjanjian dimeterai
antara GRS dan BN sebelum ini kalau sesi-
apa saja pemimpin mereka boleh berbuat
sesuka hati atas nama demokrasi,” katanya
dalam kenyataan, di sini, Jumaat.
Pengerusi GRS yang juga Pengerusi Parti
Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) Sabah,
Datuk Seri Hajiji Mohd Noor baru-baru ini
menyatakan GRS tidak boleh menghalang
sesiapa pun bertanding pada PRU15 seiring
dengan amalan demokrasi di negara ini.
Kata Ketua Menteri Sabah itu, ia terma-
suk keputusan Ronald bertanding memper-
tahankan kerusi Beluran atas tiket
Perikatan Nasional (PN) dan berdepan sain-
gan lima penjuru menentang calon BN,
“Pelbagai inisiatif dan bantuan telah
dirancang dan dilaksanakan oleh pen-
gurusan PKK bagi membantu pelajar
yang menghadapi masalah kewangan
sepanjang tempoh pengajian mereka.
“Dan hari ini (Sabtu), PKK telah
melancarkan Kiosk PKK Food Bank
Siswa yang merupakan salah satu inisi-
atif berterusan daripada program Food
Bank Malaysia bagi membantu mengu-
rangkan beban kos sara hidup pelajar
kampus.
“Kumpulan sasaran program bank
makanan ini adalah pelajar daripada
kumpulan B40 dan keutamaan
diberikan kepada keluarga berpendap-
atan kurang daripada RM1,000,”
katanya.
Dalam pada itu, Dullah memak-
lumkan ibu bapa agar tidak risau untuk
membiarkan anak-anak melanjutkan
pelajaran berikutan masalah kewangan,
kerana kerajaan menyediakan program
Dermasiswa kepada mereka yang layak.
Tambahnya, pembiayaan pendidikan
itu selaras dengan usaha kerajaan untuk
memastikan 55 peratus pelajar SPM
melanjutkan pelajaran dalam bidang
TVET pada tahun 2025.
Dulah turut memaklumkan seramai
2,559 pelajar PKK telah menerima per-
alatan dalam membantu mereka dalam
pelajaran.
LO (berdiri, tengah) merakamkan
gambar kenangan bersama Nizam,
Hamild, Abas dan penduduk
kampung yang hadir pada majlis itu.
gai projek pembangunan.
“Rakyat perlu sedar kenapa perlu beri
mandat kepada kerajaan GRS-BN? Ini
kerana rakyat sudah merasai bagaimana
kegagalan Warisan memerintah.
“Ibaratnya seperti langit dan bumi.
Ketika di bawah pemerintahan Warisan,
keadaan ekonmi negeri jatuh merun-
dum.
“Namun kerajaan negeri sekarang,
berjaya membawa perolehan kira-kira
RM5.449 bilion keuntungan termasuk
menerusi pencapaian memberangkan
oleh GLC yang turut mencatatkan keun-
tungan,” katanya.
Parlimen Tawau merangkumi tiga
Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) iaitu
Sri Tanjung, Apas, dan Balung dengan
jumlah pengundi berdaftar seramai
87,477 orang.
PRU15 menyaksikan persaingan
enam penjuru di antara penyandang
Datuk Christina Liew (Pakatan Hara-
pan); dicabar Chen Ket Chuin
(Warisan); Lo Su Fui (GRS-BN); Herman
Amdas (Pejuang) dan dua calon Bebas
iaitu Chin Chee Sym dan Mohd Salleh
Bacho.
Noor Zafira Zayn
SANDAKAN: Calon Gabungan Rakyat Sabah
(GRS) Parlimen Batu Sapi, Khairul Firdaus
Akbar Khan berkata fokus utama beliau jika
diberi peluang untuk menjadi wakil rakyat
Parlimen itu adalah untuk membantu
memulihkan semua permasalahan di Batu
Sapi.
“GRS parti tempatan Sabah, kita
bergabung kita bekerja bersama untuk bawa
perubahan baru kepada Sabah, rakyat dan
kita tidak mahu fikir soal lain selain Sabah dan
rakyat.
“Saya mahu fokus jaga Batu Sapi, jaga
rakyat tidak kira apa bangsa apa agama, sebab
saya orang Batu Sapi, mama saya berbangsa
Cina dan saya dekat dengan komuniti Cina di
sini. Saya mahu politik kita jernih, tidak mahu
ada gaduh-gaduh sesama kita kerana per-
bezaan ideologi atau sudut pandang sebab
Warisan, Upko dan Pejuang.
Bibianah berkata, situasi itu membuk-
tikan GRS-BN tidak mampu membawa
kestabilan politik kepada rakyat Sabah
apatah lagi kemakmuran yang laungkan
selama ini.
Katanya, GRS-BN hanya mahu terus
mengekalkan kuasa sedangkan parti tun-
jang utama mereka seperti Umno/BN dan
Bersatu/PN saling bermusuhan di peringkat
pusat.
GRS dianggotai Bersatu, Parti Bersatu
Sabah (PBS), Parti Solidariti Tanah Air Ku
(STAR), Parti Maju Sabah (SAPP) dan Per-
tubuhan Kebangsaan Sabah Bersatu (Usno
telah menjalinkan kerjasama dengan BN
dalam pentadbiran Sabah. – Iskandar
Dzulkifli
JULIAH meneliti salah satu baju tradisi yang dihasilkan
oleh pelatih yang dipamerkan di galeri pusat berkenaan.
994 dapat latihan kemahiran
kraf di bawah PKAN sejak 2016
Ricardo Unto
KOTA KINABALU: Seramai 994 individu
telah dan sedang menjalani latihan
kemahiran kraf di bawah Program Khas
Anak Negeri (PKAN) di Pusat Warisan
Kraf (PWK) Kolej Teknologi Yayasan
Sabah (YSCT), sejak ia dimulakan pada
2016.
Isteri Ketua Menteri, Datuk Juliah
Salag berkata, daripada jumlah itu,
kira-kira 94 individu mengikuti kursus
latihan tahun ini.
Tambahnya, Kerajaan Persekutuan
melalui Unit Perancang Ekonomi Negeri
Sabah (Upen) memperuntukkan RM9.9
juta untuk program itu sejak 2016 ter-
masuk RM880,000 untuk tahun ini.
“Latihan kemahiran kraf telah mem-
beri manfaat kepada hampir 1,000
anak-anak kita di Sabah,” katanya ketika
merasmikan PWK, di sini, Jumaat.
“Saya juga dimaklumkan pelatih ini
sudah pun bekerja dalam industri kraf
termasuk bekerja sendiri.
“Saya berharap PWK dapat mentad-
bir dan mengurus pelaksanaan kursus
kraftangan dengan sebaik mungkin di
samping dapat menjalankan kursus
latihan kemahiran kraftangan yang
berkualiti dan memberi pendedahan
kepada pelatih tentang produk kraf
bernilai tinggi dan komersial.
“Bukan itu sahaja, pusat ini dapat
melatih mereka yang mahir dalam seni
dan boleh membangunkan komuniti
kraf yang berorientasikan perniagaan.”
PKAN memberi tumpuan kepada
anak negeri berpendapatan rendah
dengan menyediakan latihan kemahi-
ran dalam bidang kraftangan. Usaha ini
bertujuan membantu golongan ini
memperkasakan diri dan
meningkatkan status sosio-ekonomi
mereka sendiri.
Juliah, yang juga Presiden Per-
tubuhan Muafakat Titipan Amal Isteri
Wakil Rakyat Gabungan Rakyat Sabah
(Mutiara GRS), berkata usaha penuh
komitmen PWK dalam menawarkan
program latihan kraf berkualiti, akan
memberi manfaat besar kepada belia di
negeri ini.
Nasib veteran ATM wajar diambil
perhatian: Calon Warisan Putatan
Iskandar Dzulkifli
PUTATAN: Kebajikan anggota veteran
tentera sewajarnya diambil perhatian
sebelum ini oleh kerajaan
Umno/Barisan Nasional (BN) kerana
berbeza kaum. Saya mahu semua satu hati,
sama-sama hidup harmoni di Batu Sapi,”
katanya ketika hadir dalam Majlis Ramah
Mesra bersama Komuniti Cina di Mawar pada
malam Khamis.
Menurutnya, Batu Sapi mempunyai banyak
masalah dan semuanya perlu diselesaikan
untuk kepentingan penduduk.
“Kita di sini ada masalah, macam-macam,
di kawasan kampung masalah seperti orang
susah, sampah, elektrik, kampung tidak
digazet. Di pekan pula, masalah kesesakan,
peluang kerja dan macam-macam yang saya
sudah dengar dan saya kaji sendiri bila saya
turun padang memberi khidmat sejak hampir
18 tahun, walaupun saya belum lagi menjadi
YB di Batu Sapi.
“Saya sayang Batu Sapi dan kerana itulah
saya mesti diberi peluang untuk bawa suara
dan hasrat orang Batu Sapi, orang di kampung
dan di pekan, semua sekali saya mahu
pastikan terima pembangunan serta masalah
dapat diselesaikan,” katanya.
Tambahnya, Kerajaan Negeri GRS sudah
membantu komuniti Cina seluruh negeri
dalam perkara berkaitan pendidikan di seko-
lah Cina dan persatuan.
“GRS sudah bantu komuniti Cina dengan
peruntukan lebih 50 hingga 100 juta.
“Untuk persatuan, untuk sekolah dan
komuniti sebab kerajaan GRS bukan kerajaan
yang pilih bulu, tengok bangsa dan kita
dibawah GRS, kita kerjasama semua kaum,
kita tidak mahu jahat sama orang itu, orang
ini.
“Kita beri semua sama rata, tidak mahu
pilih, kerana rakyat Sabah ada hak semua
sama rata, tidak boleh cakap ini kaum dapat
banyak, itu kaum dapat sikit, tidak boleh
begitu, itu pemimpin yang tidak bagus jika
pilih bulu,” tegasnya.
Tempatan 3
“Program sebegini akan membantu
dalam merealisasikan pembangunan
modal insan dan kesejahteraan rakyat.
“Pembangunan modal insan adalah
faktor kritikal dalam menjana dan
mengekalkan pertumbuhan ekonomi
Negeri,” katanya.
Juliah juga menggesa agar lebih
banyak kraftangan tempatan di negeri
ini diketengahkan.
Sementara itu, ketua eksekutif YSCT
Samin Ongki berkata, kajian yang
dijalankan oleh Kumpulan Yayasan
Sabah mendapati 72 peratus daripada
bekas pelatih PWK mampu
meningkatkan pendapatan isi rumah
mereka.
“Sebanyak 30.7 peratus daripada
mereka telah meningkatkan taraf
hidup mereka untuk melepasi pendap-
atan garis kemiskinan (PGK) negeri
pada 2014 iaitu RM1,050.
“Hasil kajian juga menunjukkan
jumlah pendapatan kraf yang diperoleh
oleh bekas pelatih sebelum dan selepas
mengikuti latihan turut menunjukkan
perbezaan yang memberangsangkan.
“Purata pendapatan pelatih telah
meningkat daripada RM172.24 kepada
RM515.09, peningkatan sebanyak
RM342.85.
“Secara purata, bekas pelatih boleh
memperoleh pendapatan tambahan
antara RM200 dan RM500 sebulan.”
Justeru, katanya, ini adalah bukti
bahawa latihan kemahiran kraf mem-
beri impak yang tinggi kepada pelatih.
Beliau juga berkata YSCT dan PWK
komited untuk mengkomersialkan pro-
duk kraf yang dihasilkan oleh pelatih.
PWK, katanya, juga akan men-
gadakan program memperkenalkan
produk tersebut kepada orang ramai.
“PWK menjadi fasilitator kepada
pelatih untuk meluaskan pasaran den-
gan membantu aktiviti pemasaran
secara fizikal, digital mahupun dalam
bentuk hibrid,” katanya.
Selain itu, beliau berkata PWK akan
sentiasa membimbing pelatih untuk
menghasilkan rekaan kraf baharu dan
inovatif bagi memenuhi keperluan tem-
golongan ini telah berjasa besar mem-
pertahankan kedaulatan negara.
Calon Warisan Parlimen Putatan,
Ahmad Mohd Said berkata, malangnya
sehingga kini nasib sebahagian besar
veteran tentera khususnya yang hilang
upaya semasa bertugas langsung tidak
diambil perhatian.
Katanya, perjuangan veteran
Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM) sudah
berlangsung lebih lapan tahun bagi
menuntut kerajaan Umno/BN termasuk
Menteri Pertahanan sebelum ini agar
mengambil berat kebajikan mereka.
“Sepatutnya kebajikan veteran ATM
ini dijaga kerana jasa mereka amat
besar khususnya yang berkhidmat di
zaman komunis dan konfrontasi hingga
ramai yang cedera hilang keupayaan
malah terkorban.
“Saya pun pelik sebenarnya mengapa
kerajaan Umno/BN sebelum ini enggan
peduli nasib pejuang negara ini.Mudah
saja, tunaikan saja permintaan mereka
antaranya berkaitan pelarasan pencen.
“Jasa veteran ATM tidak ternilai,
tanpa pengorbanan mereka Malaysia
tidak akan aman seperti hari ini,”
katanya semasa ditemui pada Program
Warisan Bersama Veteran Tentera, di
sini, Sabtu.
Dilaporkan, perjuangan konsisten
termasuk menyuarakan ke Kementerian
Pertahanan telah dilakukan wakil-wakil
veteran ATM agar kerajaan mengambil
perhatian namun tiada tindakan
sehingga kini.
Penasihat Undang-Undang Suara
Veteran, Mejar (Bersara) Mior Rosli
bertanding sebagai calon Bebas bagi
kerusi Parlimen Setiawangsa bagi
memastikan isu veteran ATM diambil
perhatian.
Ahmad berkata, nasib anggota ATM
sedia ada akan serupa dengan golongan
veteran dalam tempoh mendatang jika
Umno/BN kekal menerajui pentadbiran
negara selepas pilihan raya umum
(PRU15).
 4 Dunia
Biden minta maaf AS tarik diri daripada pakatan perjanjian iklim Paris
WASHINGTON:  Presiden Amerika
Syarikat (AS) Joe Biden sekali lagi memo-
hon maaf kepada pemimpin dunia pada
Jumaat atas penarikan diri AS daripada
perjanjian iklim Paris 2016,  dengan
menekankan bahawa pentadbirannya
telah berusaha supaya kepimpinan AS
memulakan semula usaha untuk menan-
gani fenomena global.
“Kami serta-merta menyertai semula
Perjanjian Paris. Kami mengadakan
sidang kemuncak iklim utama, saya
memohon maaf kami pernah menarik
Kebanyakan
negara EU alami
kemelesetan pada
suku keempat
BRUSSELS: Pesuruhjaya Ekonomi Eropah
Paolo Gentiloni memberi amaran pada
Jumaat bahawa prospek untuk tahun
depan “semakin lemah dengan ketara”
dengan kebanyakan negara Kesatuan
Eropah (EU) akan mengalami kemelese-
tan pada suku keempat tahun ini.
Ekonomi EU kini “di titik perubahan”,
Xinhua memetik Gentiloni sebagai
berkata.
Beliau berucap pada sidang akhbar
di Brussels sejurus selepas Suruhanjaya
Eropah mengumumkan bahawa ia telah
mengurangkan unjuran pertumbuhan
ekonomi untuk tahun depan.
Untuk musim luruh Suruhanjaya
Eropah mengunjurkan penurunan kelu-
aran ekonomi dalam tiga bulan terakhir
tahun ini dan bulan pertama 2023. Keti-
daktentuan yang meningkat, tekanan
harga tenaga yang tinggi, penguran-
gan kuasa beli isi rumah, persekitaran
luaran yang lebih lemah dan syarat
pembiayaan yang lebih ketat dijangka
membawa EU, kawasan euro dan
kebanyakan negara anggota, ke dalam
kemelesetan pada suku terakhir 2022.
Untuk 2023 secara keseluruhan, per-
ANGGOTA polis mengambil empat mayat dari sebuah rumah di kompleks perumahan
Citra Garden, Jakarta Barat, pada 10 November 2022. – Foto Beritasatu
4 beranak
ditemui mati
disyaki akibat
kelaparan
JAKARTA. Empat beranak berusia antara
42 dan 71 tahun ditemui mati di dalam
rumah mereka yang berkunci di kompleks
perumahan Citra Garden, Jakarta Barat
pada Khamis malam, dengan polis
mengesyaki mereka mungkin kelaparan.
Jiran yang memecah masuk rumah itu
susulan terhidu bau busuk selama
berhari-hari menemui mayat dua lelaki
dan dua wanita reput dan melaporkan
penemuan ngeri itu kepada polis.
Siasatan awal polis di tempat kejadian
mendapati tiada unsur perbuatan khianat
dan hasil bedah siasat menunjukkan
empat mangsa itu tidak makan apa-apa
selama beberapa hari sebelum kematian
mereka, kata Ketua Polis Jakarta Barat
Pasma Royce kepada pemberita pada
Jumaat, seperti dilaporkan portal Beri-
tasatu.com.
“Tiada makanan dalam perut mayat
tersebut dan pemeriksaan doktor menun-
jukkan mereka sudah lama tidak makan
S U AR A TE MP ATAN AND A I AH AD , 1 3 NO V E MB E R, 2 0 2 2
diri daripada perjanjian ini,” katanya
pada sidang kemuncak iklim PBB yang
berlangsung di bandar peranginan
Sharm el-Sheikh Mesir, lapor Agensi
Anadolu (AA).
Bekas Presiden AS Donald Trump
memulakan proses untuk meninggalkan
Perjanjian Paris 2016 sejurus selepas
beliau  memegang jawatan pada 2017,
namun beberapa jam selepas Biden
mengambil alih jawatan, beliau mengu-
mumkan AS akan kembali dalam pakatan
itu.
tumbuhan KDNK sebenar di EU dan
kawasan euro adalah pada 0.3 peratus —
susut di bawah 1.5 peratus dan 1.4 pera-
tus yang dijangkakan dalam unjuran
sebelumnya dari Julai.
“Lonjakan harga tenaga dan inflasi
yang berleluasa kini mengambil alih
dan kami menghadapi tempoh yang
sangat sukar dari sudut sosial dan
ekonomi,” tegas Gentiloni.
“Selepas separuh pertama tahun yang
mengejutkan, ekonomi EU kehilangan
momentum pada suku ketiga, dan data
tinjauan terbaru menunjukkan pengun-
cupan untuk musim sejuk,” katanya.
Di samping itu, inflasi terus
meningkat lebih cepat daripada
jangkaan. Tekanan harga yang semakin
pantas dan meluas dalam sepuluh bulan
pertama tahun ini telah menggerakkan
jangkaan puncak inflasi ke suku keem-
pat tahun ini, dan menaikkan unjuran
kadar inflasi tahunan kepada 9.3 pera-
tus di EU dan 8.5 peratus di kawasan
euro. Inflasi dijangka menurun pada
2023, tetapi kekal tinggi pada 7.0 pera-
tus di EU, dan 6.1 peratus di kawasan
euro. – Bernama
atau minum apa-apa kerana otot (perut)
mereka mengecut,” kata Pasma.
Beliau berkata, empat mangsa berke-
naan dianggarkan meninggal dunia seki-
tar tiga minggu sebelum mayat mereka
ditemui.
Tambah Pasma, tiada tanda-tanda
kecederaan yang menyebabkan kematian
atau luka akibat serangan ganas pada
badan mayat mereka.
Beliau berkata tarikh setiap kematian
mungkin berbeza kerana tahap pengura-
ian yang berbeza-beza.
Keempat-empat mayat itu dikenal pasti
sebagai RY, 71, isterinya RN, 68, anak
perempuan mereka DF, 42, dan menantu
mereka BG, 69.
Kebuluran adalah punca kematian
yang jarang berlaku, terutamanya di ban-
dar besar seperti Jakarta. Rumah itu dilin-
dungi dengan pagar besi tinggi dan
terletak di kompleks perumahan mewah.
– Agensi
Perjanjian itu bertujuan untuk
mengekang pelepasan karbon global
bagi membendung kenaikan berterusan
suhu global.
Biden yang mengakui usaha pentadbi-
rannya untuk meningkatkan usaha AS
menerajui perubahan iklim, berkata
mereka telah “mencapai kemajuan yang
belum pernah berlaku di negara mereka
Wanita Texas bunuh wanita
hamil, curi janin dihukum mati
HOUSTON: Seorang wanita Texas berusia
29 tahun, Taylor Parker dijatuhi huku-
man mati kerana membunuh kenalan-
nya yang hamil pada Oktober 2020
untuk mengeluarkan dan mencuri janin
dalam rahim mangsa.
Menurut dokumen mahkamah, huku-
man ke atasnya dijatuhkan Rabu lalu di
Texas, selepas beberapa minggu per-
bicaraan yang bermula pada September
lalu.
Selama berbulan-bulan Parker mem-
beritahu teman lelaki dan saudara-
maranya kononnya dia sedang hamil.
Dia turut memberitahu berita
kehamilan itu menerusi media sosial
dan membeli perut silikon palsu.
Bagaimanapun, apa yang dilakukan-
nya adalah satu penipuan dan beliau
sebenarnya telah menjalani prosedur
membuang uterus, histerektomi yang
mengakibatkannya tidak berkeupayaan
Pegawai polis disiasat dalam kes di Itaewon ditemui mati
SEOUL: Seorang pegawai polis Korea Sela-
tan yang sedang disiasat berhubung kes
rempuhan semasa perayaan Halloween
yang meragut nyawa lebih 150 orang di
Seoul ditemui mati pada Jumaat, menurut
polis.
Demam campak: Mumbai mula
pemantauan pintu ke pintu
MUMBAI: Ibu kota kewangan India, Mumbai
mula menjalankan kempen pengawasan
pintu ke pintu di pinggir timur laut bandar
itu susuan 84 kes deman campak dilaporkan
dalam tempoh dua bulan lepas, kata seo-
rang pegawai pada Jumaat, lapor Xinhua.
Bulan lepas tiga kanak-kanak berumur di
bawah lima tahun meninggal dunia dalam
Stok vaksin Pfizer masih selamat diguna: Rondonuwu
JAKARTA: Ketua Pengarah Pencegahan
dan Pengendalian Penyakit di Kementer-
ian Kesihatan, Maxi Rein Rondonuwu,
memberi jaminan bahawa stok vaksin
Covid-19 Pfizer masih selamat apabila ker-
ajaan mendapatkan tambahan lima juta
dos lagi.
“Pfizer masih selamat, stok masih men-
cukupi. Lima juta (dos) sudah sampai, dan
stok di peringkat wilayah masih lebih 1
juta. Jadi, ada sekitar 6 juta (dos Pfizer
kesemuanya),” katanya selepas acara
Anugerah Pekerja Kesihatan Contoh 2022
di sini pada Jumaat.
Lapor portal Antaranews.com, daripada
5 juta dos Pfizer yang telah tiba, 2.5 juta
Zelensky akan
berucap di sidang
kemuncak G20
secara maya
JAKARTA. Presiden Ukraine Volodymyr
Zelensky akan berucap pada Sidang
Kemuncak Kumpulan 20 (G20) di Indone-
sia secara maya, negara tuan rumah
mengesahkan pada Jumaat.
Ukraine bukan ahli G20 tetapi Presiden
Joko Widodo menjemput Zelensky seba-
gai penceramah jemputan dalam kumpu-
lan ekonomi terbesar dunia itu.
“Presiden Ukraine akan mengambil
bahagian secara maya,” kata Kementerian
Luar Indonesia dalam kenyataan seperti
mana dilaporkan portal berita The Jakarta
Globe.
Zelensky berkata beliau tidak akan
menghadiri sidang kemuncak itu jika
Presiden Rusia Vladimir Putin hadir.
Kedutaan Rusia di Jakarta berkata awal
minggu ini Putin tidak akan menghadiri
sidang kemuncak itu dan melantik
menteri luarnya untuk mengetuai dele-
gasi Rusia.
“Pada 8 November lalu, Kementerian
Luar menerima nota diplomatik daripada
Kedutaan Rusia di Jakarta yang meny-
atakan bahawa Presiden Putin tidak akan
hadir di Bali,” kata kenyataan itu.
Seorang lagi yang tidak hadir ialah
Presiden Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, yang akan
melepaskan jawatan itu selepas tewas
dalam pilihan raya, baru-baru ini.
Bolsonaro tidak akan datang ke Bali
tetapi beliau mungkin mengambil baha-
gian dari jauh, kata kementerian itu.
Presiden Mexico Andrés Manuel López
Obrador juga akan tidak hadir dan akan
diwakili menteri luarnya. – Agensi
sendiri” sepanjang hampir dua tahun
beliau memegang jawatan.
“Dari hari pertama saya memegang
jawatan, pentadbiran saya telah
memimpin dengan agenda berani untuk
menangani krisis iklim dan
meningkatkan keselamatan tenaga di
rumah dan di seluruh dunia,” katanya
pada Persidangan Ke-27 Pihak-pihak
melahirkan anak.
Pada 9 Oktober 2020, Parker pergi ke
rumah kenalan beliau, Reagan Sim-
mons-Hancock, 21, dalam tempoh beber-
apa bulan terakhir kehamilannya dan
bertindak menikam mangsa lebih 100
kali.
Selepas memotong perut mangsa
untuk mengambil janin berkenaan, dia
beredar meninggalkan anak perempuan
mangsa berusia 3 tahun yang sedang
tidur di bilik lain.
Parker ditahan tidak lama selepas itu
ketika memandu keretanya, kira-kira 15
kilometer dari lokasi pembunuhan itu.
Bayi berkenaan diletakkan di ribanya
dan Parker turut memberitahu pihak
berkuasa, dia baru melahirkan anak.
Bayi berkenaan dibawa ke hospital,
namun tidak dapat diselamatkan.
Parker telah dibicarakan di bandar
kecil New Boston, timur Dallas.
Lelaki 55 tahun itu yang hanya dikenali
melalui nama keluarganya, Jeong, ditemui
mati di rumahnya di Seoul, demikian
menurut pegawai di Agensi Polis
Kebangsaan kepada AFP.
Jeong, seorang pegawai perisikan, bek-
tempoh 48 jam.
Kementerian kesihatan persekutuan
India telah mengarahkan pasukan tiga
anggota untuk mengesan lonjakan kes dan
membantu pihak berkuasa kesihatan negeri
untuk merangka langkah-langkah  kesi-
hatan awam dan pembendungan. –
Bernama
dos diedarkan ke wilayah, daerah dan
bandar, katanya. Sementara itu, 2.5 juta
dos lagi disimpan oleh kerajaan pusat dan
akan diagihkan ke kawasan yang memer-
lukan bekalan vaksin.
“Alhamdulillah, kadar suntikan
(vaksin) meningkat, daripada sebelum ini
sekitar 30 ribu, kini mencecah 70 ribu
(dos) sehari,” katanya.
Mengenai kemudahan kesihatan yang
belum mempunyai stok vaksin, Ron-
donuwu berkata ketersediaannya bergan-
tung kepada kadar pengedaran vaksin
oleh kerajaan wilayah.
Selain vaksin Pfizer, kementerian akan
mengedarkan vaksin Indovac buatan tem-
patan untuk kegunaan awam tidak lama
lagi, sama ada sebagai vaksin primer dan
Indonesia mahu projek feri
RORO Dumai-Melaka diteruskan
JAKARTA:
menekankan
Kerajaan
keperluan
Indonesia
pengangkut kenderaan (RORO) yang
untuk
meneruskan projek perkhidmatan feri
menghubungkan Dumai di wilayah Riau
dan Melaka, Malaysia.
Presiden Joko Widodo menjelaskan
projek tersebut akan meningkatkan kesal-
inghubungan koridor ekonomi di bawah
Segi Tiga Pertumbuhan Indonesia-
Malaysia-Thailand (IMT-GT).
Beliau dalam satu kenyataan member-
itahu ini selaras dengan keutamaan
Indonesia untuk membina kesal-
inghubungan fizikal seperti pelabuhan,
Kerosakan sistem pendikit punca
nahas pesawat Sriwijaya Air
JAKARTA: Pasukan penyiasat Indonesia
memaklumkan, nahas pesawat Boeing
737-500 milik Sriwijaya Air yang mengor-
bankan 62 orang berlaku disebabkan oleh
kerosakan sistem pendikit yang melam-
batkan tindak balas juruterbang, lapor
Badan Penyiaran Britain (BBC), Khamis
lepas.
Pesawat dengan nombor penerbangan
SJ-182 itu terhempas di Laut Jawa pada 9
Januari 2021, beberapa minit selepas
berlepas dari Jakarta dalam insiden yang
membunuh kesemua penumpang dan
anak kapal.
Dalam laporan akhir mereka, pasukan
penyiasat menyalahkan beberapa faktor
termasuk kegagalan berulang kali sistem
pendikit.
harianekspres
kepada Konvensyen Rangka Kerja Per-
tubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu menge-
nai Perubahan Iklim (COP27).
“Kami membuktikan bahawa dasar
iklim yang baik adalah dasar ekonomi
yang baik,” tambahnya, sambil berkata
pelaburan AS dalam dasar iklim akan
“mengalih paradigma untuk AS dan selu-
ruh dunia.” – Bernama
HUKUMAN Taylor Parker dijatuhkan
Rabu lalu di Texas selepas beberapa
minggu perbicaraan. - Foto AP
Mengikut pengakuan polis pada sesi
perbicaraan, beberapa minggu sebelum
pembunuhan itu, Parker mula
mendekati wanita hamil di kedai paka-
ian bayi atau wad bersalin.
Dia turut menonton video wanita
bersalin dan menjalani pembedahan
beberapa hari sebelum bertindak mem-
bunuh mangsa. – AFP
erja di stesen polis yang menjaga daerah
Itaewon, di mana rempuhan Halloween
berlaku hampir dua minggu lalu.
Balai Polis Yongsan, tempat Jeong bek-
erja, disiasat kerana lambat bertindak
walaupun menerima lebih 12 panggilan
kecemasan memberi amaran mengenai
rempuhan maut pada sambutan Hal-
loween.
Beberapa pegawai tertinggi di Korea
Selatan termasuk ketua polis, Datuk Bandar
Seoul dan menteri dalam negeri mengelu-
arkan permohonan maaf secara terbuka
minggu lalu.
Mereka mengaku gagal mencegah ben-
cana itu daripada berlaku.
Jeong dituduh mengarahkan laporan
perisikan yang memberi amaran mengenai
kemungkinan kejadian semasa Halloween
di Itaewon, itu dimusnahkan, lapor agensi
sebagai vaksin penggalak, katanya.
“Kita juga ada vaksin Indovac daripada
(firma farmaseutikal milik kerajaan) Bio
Farma. Ia adalah vaksin halal, dan kita ada
lima juta (dos Indovac); kami akan
mengedarkannya dalam masa terdekat,”
tambahnya.
Selasa lepas, Menteri Kesihatan Budi
Gunadi Sadikin berkata vaksin buatan
tempatan, Indovac dan Inavac, akan mula
diberikan kepada masyarakat November
ini.
Menurut data yang disediakan oleh
Pasukan Petugas Pengendalian Covid-19,
setakat 10 November, dos ketiga atau
penggalak telah diberikan kepada
65,601,788 daripada 234,666,020 penerima
yang disasarkan. – Agensi
lapangan terbang dan jalan tol termasuk
Trans-Sumatera yang merentasi Pulau
Sumatera.
Joko Widodo atau lebih mesra dikenali
sebagai Jokowi mengumumkan perkara
itu di luar Sidang Kemuncak Asean yang
diadakan semasa Sidang Kemuncak IMT-
GT ke-14 di Phnom Penh, Kemboja pada
Khamis.
Wilayah Riau dan kerajaan Melaka dila-
porkan akan membuka semula perbincan-
gan mengenai kesinambungan projek feri
RORO Dumai-Malacca selepas terhenti
selama dua tahun akibat pandemik Covid-
19. – Bernama
Menurut seorang pegawai penyiasat
berkenaan, sistem pendikit automatik
pesawat berusia 26 tahun itu gagal
berfungsi sejurus selepas berlepas.
Kerosakan tersebut menyebabkan SJ-
182 condong mendadak di luar laluan
sebelum menjunam muncung dahulu
dari ketinggian 3,000 meter ke dalam laut,
kata Jawatankuasa Kese¬lamatan Pen-
gangkutan Negara (KNKT).
“Kru penerbangan ada menyatakan
bahawa sistem pendikit tidak boleh dis-
ervis,” kata KNKT.
Tambahnya, kru kokpit tidak bertindak
balas terhadap perbezaan dalam prestasi
pesawat pada waktu kejadian. Ia mungkin
disebabkan oleh kurangnya pemantauan
daripada juruterbang. – Agensi
harianekspres
Ingin menjadi seorang wakil rakyat
S
EJAK dahulu lagi aku memang
sudah bercita-cita ingin menjadi
seorang wakil rakyat. Iaitu sejak
aku masih di bangku sekolah
sehinggalah aku bekerja sebagai
pegawai tinggi kerajaan selama 30
tahun, aku sudah mula memasang
angan-angan seperti itu. Aku ingin
disanjung dan dipuja oleh masyarakat.
Aku merasakan bahawa apabila
menjadi wakil rakyat, aku akan
dihormati di mana ketibaanku di
majlis-majlis keraian akan disambut
seperti raja. Malah namaku akan
diumumkan oleh juru acara majlis
akan ketibaanku. Meja dan kerusi yang
dilapis dengan kain yang berharga
sudah disediakan oleh penganjur.
Selain dari itu kehidupan seorang
wakil rakyat dikelilingi mewah. Kereta
berderet di hadapan rumah. Kalau
dahulu rumahku tidak sebesar mana.
Tetapi, setelah menjadi wakil rakyat
rumahku sudah menjadi banglo
bertingkat. Orang-orang kaya dan
usahawan terkenal datang berjumpa
denganku setiap saat. Telefon
bimbitku tidak pernah berhenti
berdering hingga kadang-kadang aku
merasa bosan untuk melayan. Ah! Aku
sudah menjadi terkenal. Namaku
meniti dari bibir ke bibir. Orang ramai
yang melihat aku di mana sahaja akan
memanggil YB dan bersalaman
denganku atau setidak-tidaknya
melambai-lambaikan tangan. Orang
yang tidak pernah aku kenal kini
sudah menjadi akrab. Semua itu
kerana aku sudah jadi wakil rakyat.
Tetapi, sebelum aku dinobatkan
sebagai wakil rakyat, aku perlu melepasi
beberapa fasa ujian. Ujian pertama sudah
dapat atasi. Kawan-kawan dan orang
ramai sudah kenal denganku. Mereka
memaksa supaya aku mencuba nasib
dalam pilihan raya. Aku tidak menolak.
Malah itulah yang aku mimpikan selama
ini. Secara kebetulan aku memang
berada dalam parti yang berhaluan
kanan. Pada satu persidangan parti baku
berjaya untuk menjadi ahli majlis
tertinggi. Dan bermula daripada itu
namaku mula dikenali ramai. Bintangku
sangat cerah. Peluang untuk menjadi
wakil rakyat hanya beberapa langkah
sahaja lagi di hadapan. Namun,
walaupun demikian beberapa halangan
juga perlu aku lalui. Termasuk
menempatkan diri di antara pemimpin
yang berwibawa. Akhirnya dalam
pemilihan, namaku diletakkan dalam
carta calon pilihan dalam pilihan raya.
Aku tidak perlu berkempen untuk
mendapatkan sokongan. Pucuk
pimpinan tahu parti siapa aku. Malah,
pucuk pimpinan telah menghubungi aku
supaya bersedia untuk menggalas
tanggungjawab kepada masyarakat. Aku
tidak perlu risau tentang itu. Masyarakat
yang ditemui memberikan sokongan
padu.
Sebenarnya cita-citaku bukan untuk
mencari glamour atau mencari publisiti.
Aku bergiat dalam dunia politik kerana
untuk berkhidmat kepada masyarakat.
Aku ingin menyambung perjuangan
yang terhenti ketika masih bertugas di
dalam isntitusi kerajaan kerana sudah
sampai waktu persaraan. Apa yang aku
ceritakan sebentar tadi itu hanya luaran
sahaja. Bukan sesuatu yang hakiki.
Sesuatu yang mendarah daging dalam
tubuhku. Aku ingin berkhidmat kepada
masyarakat dengan jujur. Aku tidak
mahu terikut-ikut dengan lain-lain orang
yang hanya ingin mengambil
kesempatan untuk kesenangan diri
sendiri. Sementara masyarakat
ditinggalkan begitu sahaja. Ibarat
pepatah melayu, sudah dapat daging
bertuah tanduk tidak berguna lagi. Aku
tidak seperti itu. Sebab itu aku tidak
ERA TEKA!TEKI MEGA
(Sekilas PRU15)
Memandang ke luar jendela PRU15
Pelbagai warna tersorot
Keindahan yang hadir bermusim
Menggamit nostalgia dan rindu
Tentang lakar masa semalam
Tentang latar masa kini
Di kancah kanvas perjuangan celaru
Di kancah kanvas perjuangan keliru
Menggarap makna impian
Terkadang di meterai
Terkadang didustai
Terkadang tak diperakui
Menjaja retorik tanpa praktik
Persis melodi dodoi si dodoi.
Semakin mesra merenung ke luar
Jauh, sayup, menjauh
Arca indah seolah bebayang
Hitam kelam menghilang
Sorotan warnanya makin pudar
Menelan satu!satu warna pelangi
Yang hadir di celah cahaya mentari
Berlalu seolah mati sepi sendiri.
Bersendi tumpu fokus mata
Di medan ini masa kini
Persis bersemi era teka!teki mega
Di pentas fenomena fantasi
Dari desa ke kota
Dari kota ke desa
minum seteguk janji berkepok
Dari laut ke darat
Dari darat ke laut
S U AR A TE MP ATAN AND A I AH AD , 1 3 NO V E MB E R, 2 0 2 2
mahu jadi YB, Yang Berhormat.
Sebaliknya aku mahu diangkat sebagai
YB, Yang Berkhidmat. Dalam lubuk
hatiku, ia dapat merapatkan hubungan
sesama insan. Sementara YB, Yang
berhormat lebih kepada menghormati
seseorang. Aku tidak mahu ada jurang
pemisah antara aku dan masyarakat. Aku
juga tahu antara aku dan masyarakat,
darjatnya sama di sisi Tuhan. Tidak ada
yang tinggi dan tidak ada yang rendah.
Satu masa nanti semuanya akan kembali
ke tanah juga. Bukankah semua manusia
itu asalnya daripada tanah dan pulang
kepada tanah juga. Yang membezakan
hanya sifat angkuh dan tinggi diri.
Itulah yang akan menjadi aset utama
untuk aku bergiat dalam dunia politik.
Aku sudah bersedia sejak dua puluh
tahun dahulu. Seperti yang aku katakan
tadi, jika aku ditakdirkan menjadi wakil
rakyat, aku ingin dikenali sebagai Yang
Berkhidmat, YB. Dan bukan sebagai Yang
Berhormat, YB. Kenapa? Kerana kalau
setakat aku ingin menjadi Yang
Berhormat tanpa sebarang tujuan
tertentu, lebih baik aku duduk di rumah
sahaja. Aku boleh hidup dengan duit
persaraanku. Aku tahu peranan wakil
rakyat itu apa? Wakil rakyat seperti yang
aku tahu ialah lidah masyarakat untuk
menyuara sesuatu kepada pihak
pemerintah. Itu definisi kecil yang aku
tahu tentang istilah wakil rakyat. Sama
ada betul atau tidak, aku masih tercari-
cari makna hakikinya. Namun, apapun
istilahnya, yang pasti aku senang bekerja
untuk menjadi lidah masyarakat. Aku
suka menjadi perantara masyarakat dan
pihak-pihak yang berwajib. Satu sarana
rekayasa yang amat berguna untuk aku
mendekati masyarakat dengan lebih
akrab.
Baru-baru ini aku terdengar beberapa
buah parti tempatan akan bergabung
untuk membentuk satu parti yang kuat.
Ada di antara parti-parti itu dahulunya
berada di bawah bumbung yang sama.
Namun, oleh kerana semua penerajunya
ingin menjadi ketua, maka mereka telah
mengambil keputusan untuk
menubuhkan sebuah gabungan dengan
nama Parti Serumpun atau singkat PS.
Aku pernah ditawarkan dalam PS itu.
Aku telah diberikan jaminan, andainya
parti itu menang dalam pilihan raya, aku
akan memegang satu kementerian yang
penting. Tetapi, aku tidak pernah
bersetuju. Aku masih setia dengan parti
yang aku anggotai. Hidup mati pun aku
masih tetap mendukung perjuangan
parti. Aku tidak akan berganjak. Aku
ingin mencurahkan bakti kepada
masyarakat di bawah kepimpinan parti
yang aku anggap sebagai parti yang
dominan. Aku percaya hanya parti yang
aku sertai ini akan dapat membela nasib
masyarakat. Ini memang sudah terbukti.
Tidak payah aku sebut satu persatu.
Masyarakat sendiri dapat melihat
bagaimana negeriku membangun
dengan cepat di tangan pemimpin-
pemimpin terdahulu. Itu semua sudah
cukup untuk dijadikan kayu ukur kepada
keupayaan parti yang memerintah sejak
beberapa dekad yang lalu. Pernah juga
parti yang aku sertai ini mengalami
zaman murung apabila kalah teruk
dalam pilihan raya yang lalu. Namun,
sekarang parti itu sudah mula bangkit
semula. Masyarakat sudah mula sedar
yang mana intan dan yang mana kaca.
Aku tidak dapat dipujuk.
Akhirnya pelobi-pelobi yang datang
ke hadapanku terpaksa aku dengan
pendirianku. Tidak mungkin mereka
boleh memujuk aku supaya mengikuti
telunjuk mereka. Aku bukan budak-
budak yang boleh digula-gulakan. Aku
perlu mempertahankan prinsip yang aku
pegang selama ini. Apa yang ada dalam
fikiranku ialah; aku tidak ingin
Mencanang mencarut kalut.
Lalu tika berdiri di titik ini
Bersama mata minda terbuka
Kitalah saksi hidup
Merenung ini kubur siapa
Merenung ini mahligai indah siapa.
Abdul Razak Salleh,
Pitas.
MENUTUP HARI INI (ii)
menutup detik hari ini dengan tandatangan
belum sempurna
aku kehilangan titik di atas kertas
garisan lurus sering kutarik!tarik telah
membengkok
dengan harapan kau keliru. lalu berhenti
menjadi peniru
dan menipu,
harusnya belum sempurna hatiku untuk
menutup hari ini
tandatangan kadang!kadang mengeliru kendiri
kerana tanda dari jariku ini tak pernah
bercantuman.
kututup hari ini dengan tandatangan berdakwat
biru
kerana kadang!kadang dunia penuh cemburu
malah pemburu rusa putih juga sering
termanggu
melihat langit tidak lagi biru.
bagaimana jika kututup hari ini dengan
tandatangan berdakwat merah
membohongi dan mengkhianati
kepercayaan masyarakat terhadapku.
Aku berkhidmat bukan semata-mata
ingin mengambil kesempatan. Atau
memandang laba dan keuntungan yang
berlipat ganda. Aku tidak pernah gila
kuasa dan mabuk dengan kekayaan.
Walaupun latar belakang keluarga
terlalu daif, tetapi aku tak sanggup
meruntuhkan banteng perjuanganku.
Kenapa perlu aku merosakan reputasi
yang aku semai beberapa dekad yang
lalu. di mana kejujuranku? Betul. Aku
boleh menjadi kaya sekelip mata dengan
mengorbankan prinsip yang aku
pertahankan. Tidak! Semua itu tidak
akan berlaku. Aku pastikan agar aku
tidak tergolong dalam kumpulan
manusia yang berpura-pura jadi
manusia. Aku ingin memanusiakan
manusia.
Hari penamaan calon akan diadakan
tidak lama lagi dan tentu sahaja
diadakan di daerah aku sendiri. Pihak
suruhanjaya pilihan raya yang diketuai
oleh Pegawai Daerah dan beberapa orang
petugas lain sudah pun bersiap sedia
untuk menjalankan tugas yang telah
diamanahkan. Tidak ada unsur-unsur
pilih kasih di situ. Semua parti yang
bertanding akan dilayan sama rata.
Untuk itu saya terpaksa berhati-hati
ketika memasuki dewan. Borang mesti
lengkap diisi. Pihak pencadang dan
penyokong yang dinamakan sudah
bersedia. Aku sudah memberikan pesan
terakhir kepada mereka supaya apa yang
disarankan oleh pihak suruhanjaya
pilihan raya perlu dipatuhi.
Alhamdullillah. Semua itu dapat
dilaksanakan oleh pencadang dan
penyokong. Akhirnya segala-galanya
berjalan lancar. Tidak ada apa-apa yang
berlaku sepanjang penamaan calon
dijalankan. Malah Pegawai Daerah
mengucapkan tahniah kepada calon-
calon yang bertanding dan berterima
kasih kepada penyokong kerana
memberikan kerjasama yang baik.
Tetapi, sebelum itu, pihak suruhanjaya
pilihan raya telah memberikan tempoh
selama sepuluh hari untuk berkempen
kepada semua parti yang bertanding.
Aku percaya semua parti pun sudah mula
membuat srategi yang terbaik untuk
memenangi hati masyarakat. Ada yang
sudah mula memasang sepanduk dan
banner di mana-mana. Di dalamnya
sudah tercatat misi dan visi dengan
slogan yang menarik. Aku juga telah
menggariskan beberapa manifesto yang
perlu aku buat setelah dilantik sebagai
wakil rakyat nanti. Aku berusaha untuk
memantapkan jentera penggempur bagi
mematahkan segala serangan pihak
lawan. Selain jentera parti yang memang
sudah ada, aku juga telah menubuhkan
pasukan yang aku panggil gerakan
kerana ada yang belum pernah sempurna
di hadapan Sang Pencipta?
telah kutetapkan lakaran tandatanganku
hanya segaris tanda seru
dari peta di telapak tanganku.
Jamail Masador,
SK Taritipan, Kota Marudu.
KISAH BABI DAN PEMBURU
Seperti seramnya ngaum singa kelaparan di
belantara
begitulah pemburu digeruni awalnya oleh
sekawan babi yang merodok ubi warga
ini setelah mencuri dan menjamah selahapnya di
kebun jelata
ia dikejar lari lintang!pukang mengendong
kenyang sambil ketawa
menjadi semakin liar dan licik mengelak terjerat
ditusuk senjata.
Sedang para pemburu menghendap di tengah
rimba
memasang umpan dan jerat di denai!denai
penuh kerengga
Sastera & Budaya 5
Karya
Juri Durabi
bawah tanah. Lima buah kereta berkuasa
tinggi sudah disediakan untuk semua
urusan. Para pembodek sudah mula
berkerumun di sekelilingku. Aku tahu
apa misi dan matlamat mereka. Aku tahu
itu. Aku sudah belajar dan diajar dari
pengalaman lalu. Aku tahu siapa kawan
siapa lawan. Siapa rakan siapa sahabat.
Malah aku sudah dapat menghafal
wajah-wajah di hadapanku.
Seorang dua telah mula menjauhkan
diri setelah misi mereka sudah boleh
dibaca. Sementara seorang dua lagi
masih bertahan dengan harapan agar
apa yang mereka mimpikan akan
tercapai. Bukan semata-mata kerana
berjuang untuk rakyat. Aku tahu ada
kumpulan-kumpulan yang sengaja
masuk ke dalam bulatan untuk
meruntuhkan segala benteng. Mereka
sedang menyuntik virus-virus yang akan
merosakkan kepimpinanku. Aku tahu
itu. Tetapi, aku tidak terus melenting.
Namun, aku akan menyingkirkan mereka
dengan cara yang halus. Jangan sampai
aku mengikuti telunjuk mereka hingga
meruntuhkan segala cita-cita untuk
berkhidmat dengan masyarakat. Setelah
sah aku dipilih sebagai calon, aku sudah
mula bergerak. Semua jentera sudah
kukerahkan untuk menjalankan misi
yang suci. Di kawasan baru itu aku telah
ditentang seramai 16 orang calon dari
parti-parti yang berlainan. Satu
persaingan yang amat hebat pernah
berlaku. Mengikut risikan, aku masih ada
beberapa kelebihan berbanding dengan
calok-calon yang lain. Tetapi, aku tidak
mengharapkan keselesaan itu untuk
membuatkan aku leka. Aku tidak rela
menerima kekalahan dengan kesilapan
sendiri. Kalau aku kalah dengan cara adil
tidak apa. Aku terima. Memang pun
dalam pertandingan ada kalah dan ada
yang menang.
Akhirnya aku dinobatkan sebagai
pemenang. Sekarang aku sudah bergelar
YB, Yang Berhormat. Bukan. YB, Yang
Berkhidmat. Maka bermulalah masalah
datang ke hadapanku. Rumahku tidak
pernah sunyi. Orang ramai datang tidak
menentu masa. Semua dengan masalah.
Aku mula pening kepala. Aku tidak dapat
menentukan yang mana didahulukan
ia datang lebih bijaksana dari laluan lain
membawa sanak saudara
dengan tangkas menghabisi tanaman sampai di
depan jendela
pergi meninggalkan lumpur dan najis paling jijik
di depan tangga.
Setelah tertipu dengan upaya, kumpulan
pemburu tambah usaha
tak mahu terlepas peluang kemudian hilang
percaya
mereka berpecah di mana!mana
ada berita, hampir tertangkap si babi tua
malangnya seorang ketua melepaskannya
dengan selamba.
Lalu gerun kepada pemburu semakin tiada
gerombolan babi jadi semakin gemuk dan manja
menyondol di ladang!ladang macam puaka
hanya satu dua yang tumpas, lebih banyak yang
bebas lepas melakukan bencana.
J.r Jel,
Batu 6, Paitan.
SEPUCUK SURAT BUAT NEGARA
Kucapai sebatang pena
masih tidur lena
di bawah timbunan buku sejarah
kutulis di atas lembaran kitar semula
sama seperti tahun sudah
”Apa khabar negaraku?”
walau kutahu kaurebah didada akhbar
tetap ingin kutanya
JURI DURABI dilahirkan di Kampung
Kusilad, Pitas, pada 11 Mac 1961.
Beliau mendapat pendidikan awal di
SRK Kusilad, Pitas dan melanjutkan
pendidikan menengahnya di SMK
Abdul Rahim, Pekan Kudat. Berminat
dalam bidang penulisan sejak di
bangku sekolah lagi dan mula
menghasilkan karya sejak 1980. Pada
awal 1984 karyanya mula tersiar di
akhbar tempatan. Karyanya juga
sering mengisi ruangan sastera dalam
beberapa surat khabar di Malaysia.
Sering mendapat hadiah sastera
peringkat negeri dan kebangsaan.
Beliau juga banyak menghasilkan
buku.
dan yang mana dikemudiankan. Itu tidak
termasuk meminta sumabang itu minta
sumbangan ini. Telefon bimbitkan tidak
berhenti berdering. Waktu aku nenyak
tidur pun telefon tetap berbunyi. Bunyi
pesanan ringkas masuk entah berapa
ratus kali setiap hari. Aku sudah mulai
bosan dengan situasi ini. Apa tah lagi
kalau ada lawatan atau jemputan
perasmian, majlis kahwin dan
sebagainya. Semua orang datang
bersalaman. Orang yang tidak pernah
dikenali sudah mula memperkenalkan
diri. Orang yang tidak pernah tersenyum
sekarang sudah mula tersenyum. Apa tah
lagi kalau yang bergelar orang poitik. Di
mana YB ada di situ mereka ada. Lagak
macam orang besar. Malah pada waktu-
waktu begitupun orang ambil
kesempatan menyerahkan borang, surat
sokongan dan sebagainya.
Tetapi, ketika aku duduk di pangkin
rumah dan melihat bulang
mengambang. Aku memandang bulan.
Ada gelintin-gelintin awan hitam
memberat di dada langit. Sunyi di mana-
mana. Ditambahi suara anjing yang
melolong panjang. Di situ aku sempat
berfikir, rupanya secerah mana pun
alam, semestinya ada mendung atau
awan yang mengotorkan suasana. Tidak
pernah pun langit membiru tanpa
gangguan dari mana-mana. Ia tetap
diganggu dan terganggu. Malam itu aku
sudah membulatkan tekad. Sudah
sampai masanya aku mengurus diri
sendiri. Biarlah aku dengan
kehidupanku sekarang. Seorang pesara
kerajaan yang sudah habis tempoh
berkhidmat. Sekarang aku perlu berehat
dan memberikan peluang kepada diri
sendiri untuk mencari ketenangan. Aku
aman dengan kehidupanku ini. Aku
tidak perlu fikirkan siapa-siapa.
Akhirnya cita-cita yang selalu
menghantui fikiranku telah
kukuburkan. Aku tidak akan menjadi
seseorang lagi. Itu semua sudah berlalu.
Semua itu telah kulontarkan jauh-jauh.
Biarlah aku menjadi diriku yang sebenar
dan tidak akan menjadi orang lain. Aku
ingin bebas. Sebebas-bebasnya.
adakah kaumasih berkuasa?
atau letih dipermainkan manusia
kautelah lama merdeka
tetapi seperti hamba terseksa
Negaraku
kupunya satu harapan
agar kausembuh dan bangkit
bersama impian anak watan
membawa suara merdeka
Lalu kumasukkan kedalam sampul
dan kusimpan didalam kotak
bersama surat surat lama
kerana kutahu
surat ini tidak akan sampai kepadamu
A.affendi0937 @ Lekir,
Petaling Jaya.
CERITA RIUH DI KAMAR SEPI
Pinjamkan aku pembesar suara itu. Tetapi, aku
bukan ingin bernyanyi atau melalak berteriak.
Tanpa iringan apa!apa jenis bunyi, aman damai
aku ingin mengatakan. Bahawa tidak perlu
membazir air liur atau menanam mahupun
menjual janji manis yang sudah basi kerana
berulangkali kedengaran. Bukan lagi janji manis
atau sumpah palsu yang ingin didengari. Tetapi,
tindakan dan kesetiaan tulus ikhlas tanpa
sebarang agenda tersembunyi yang sentiasa
dinanti.
Edward Solibi,
Tamparuli, Sabah.
 6 Hiburan
Ikut suami
bekerja, Zizi
nafi cemburu
P
ENYANYI Zizi Kirana menafikan
dia seorang yang cemburu gara-
gara sering dilihat mengikut
suaminya pelakon Yusuf Bahrin ke set
penggambaran drama.
Zizi atau nama sebenarnya Nur Faze-
lah Mad Tahil, 37, sebaliknya menje-
laskan, dia hanya mengisi masa terluang
sementara tiada urusan kerja.
Biarpun begitu, penyanyi lagu Eh itu
berkata, dia sangat memahami tang-
gungjawab suaminya sebagai seorang
pelakon.
“Siapalah yang bercerita itu ya? Saya
cuma ikut suami kalau ada masa terlu-
ang dan tiada kerja. Suami juga suka
ajak saya teman dia bekerja jika tinggal
seorang di rumah.
“Dia pun selalu teman saya kerja,
orang kata sementara masih berdua
lebih baik berdua-duaan.
Tidak timbul isu cemburu sebab saya
pun dalam bidang yang sama,” ujarnya.
Dalam pada itu, Zizi menganggap
gosip tidak enak berkenaan rumah
tangganya hanya borak kosong yang
tidak perlu diambil pusing.
“Mereka mungkin borak-borak
kosong sebab tiada cerita lain. Saya
SEBANYAK 30 buah lagu pelbagai genre berjaya membolosi
Separuh Akhir Muzik-Muzik ke-37 (SFMM37) yang akan
berlangsung selama dua hari pada 25 dan 26 November ini.
30 lagu layak bertanding di SFMM37
SEBANYAK 30 buah lagu diumumkan
layak bertanding di peringkat Separuh
Akhir Muzik-Muzik ke-37 (SFMM37) yang
akan berlangsung selama dua hari pada
25 dan 26 November ini.
Sebanyak 18 buah lagu dipertand-
ingkan pada hari pertama dan baki 12
buah lagi lagu lain akan dibawa ke hari
kedua.
Menurut Penerbit Eksekutif SFMM37,
Jamil Hassan, industri muzik tempatan
kian berkembang dengan kepelbagaian
genre sekali gus menyaksikan lebih
banyak penyertaan dihantar berbanding
sebelum ini.
“Ada peningkatan dalam jumlah lagu
dengan genre berbeza yang kami terima.
“Industri muzik Malaysia telah
berkembang pesat sewaktu pandemik
dengan menyaksikan pengkarya lebih
aktif pada musim kali ini,” ujarnya pada
sidang akhbar pengumuman SFMM37 di
Nero Event Space, PJ PAC One Utama,
Damansara Utama, Jumaat.
Pertandingan SFMM37 menyaksikan
buat pertama kalinya penyanyi bersuara
lunak, Amir Masdi mendominasi dengan
dua buah lagu nyanyiannya iaitu Esok dan
Debu (duet dengan Dayang Nurfaizah).
Karya Esok merupakan hasil ciptaan
Amir sendiri bersama Shazee Ishak dan
Audi Mok, manakala komposer Debu ialah
Mas Dewangga, Jova Devito, Firdaus Rah-
mat, Mike Chan, Karim Karam dan Acap
Salim.
Selain itu, beberapa artis lain turut
layak bertanding antaranya Ernie Zakri
dan Hafiz Suip (Berakhirlah Pencarianku
ciptaan Ikhwan Fatanna dan Wan Saleh
serta lirik oleh Datuk A. Aida).
Kedua-dua penyanyi itu juga layak
bertanding dengan lagu solo masing-
masing iaitu Ernie (Korban hasil karyanya
sendiri) serta Hafiz (Takhluk Cinta ciptaan
Firdaus Rahmat, Iqie Hugh, dan John
Jeves).
Penyanyi rap popular, Joe Flizzow
tercalon dengan Satu Malam Di Temasek
(ciptaan Joe dan SonaOne), serta Habis
Sini (duet dengan Naim Daniel ciptaan
Naim, Joe, SonaOne, Mas Dewanggadan
Firdaus Rahmat).
Naim juga turut bertanding menerusi
lagu solo iaitu Mainan karya Firdaus Rah-
mat, Omar K dan Mas Dewanga.
CBI sekat jualan kepentingan
India NDTV dalam Astro Awani
KUMPULAN media India NDTV berkata
agensi penyiasatan tertinggi negara itu
telah menyekat cadangan penjualan 20
peratus sahamnya dalam Astro Awani Net-
work Sdn Bhd Malaysia.
Urus niaga itu ditangguhkan selepas
Biro Penyiasatan Pusat (CBI) menahan
kelulusannya, New Delhi Television Lim-
ited berkata dalam satu kenyataan pasaran
S U AR A TE MP ATAN AND A I AH AD , 1 3 NO V E MB E R, 2 0 2 2
tidak kisah atau ambil hati kerana
sudah biasa dengan gosip sebegini.
“Perkara ini lumrah dan dulu saya
pernah lalui macam-macam kontroversi
lebih teruk,” ujarnya.
Zizi berkata demikian ketika ditemui
pada majlis Astro Showcase Party yang
diadakan di Menara Kuala Lumpur,
baru-baru ini.
Majlis tersebut diadakan bagi mem-
perkenalkan program-program terba-
haru terbitan Astro sepanjang hujung
tahun 2022 sehingga awal 2023.
Penyanyi itu hadir bagi menemani
suaminya yang terlibat dengan drama
terbitan Astro Prima iaitu Jesnita.
Sebelum ini, Yusuf mengakui dia
membawa isterinya ke set penggam-
baran bagi mengelakkan perasaan cem-
buru.
Dia juga menetapkan syarat tidak
bersentuhan dengan pelakon wanita
selepas berkahwin bagi menjaga hati
isterinya.
Yusuf dan Zizi Kirana berkahwin
pada 19 September 2021 selepas berke-
nalan dalam sebuah program realiti
pada awal tahun yang sama. – Kosmo!
Online
Pentas SFMM37 turut menyaksikan
Shila Amzah membawakan Khilaf Asmara
(ciptaan Amylea) dan Bahagiakan Dia
(bergandingan dengan Liza Hanim) hasil
karya Aliff Iskandar dan Que Afiq, semen-
tara Khai Bahar pula menerusi lagu Sen-
gsara (ciptaan John Jeeves, Firdaus
Rahmat dan Omar K).
Artis lain yang layak beraksi di SFMM37
ialah Alif Satar & The Locos (Anugerah
Terindah ciptaan Alif, Romeo, Tam Cobain
dan Efry Arwis), Dolla (Berani karya John
Jeeves dan Firdaus Rahmat), Naqiu (Kisah
Lara Hati ciptaannya sendiri dan Johan
John).
Selebihnya menyaksikan Yonnyboii,
Zynakal dan Asyraf Nasir (Tak Sangka
karya penyanyi asal), Indah Ruhaila (Demi
Kamu komposer Johan John) dan Iman
Troye (Nang ciptaan Ezra Kong dan A.
Ramle).
Turut serta, Siti Nordiana (Cukup Derita
Itu hasil karya Tam Spider), Jaclyn Victor
(Perempuan oleh Johan John), Ara Johari
(Sumpahan Salju ciptaan Ziin) dan karya
ciptaan sendiri Payung Pelangi oleh Noki
dan MK.
Kumpulan yang sedang meningkat
naik Imsomniack turut menyertai barisan
menerusi lagu Sempurna (karya penyanyi
asal), Marsha (Kembali Terang hasil cip-
taan Senna & Ajin), Hael Husaini (Sama
Seperti Dulu oleh Hael dan Iqie Hugh) dan
Shiha Zikir (Irama komposer Iqie Hugh,
Firdaus Rahmat dan John Jeeves).
Sementara Hazama, Kmy Kmo dan
Luca Sickta (Makuta ciptaan Kmy Kmo
dan Luca Sickta), Floor 88 (24434 ciptaan
Zai Hamzah), Haqiem Rusli dengan karya
sendiri (Hitam Saksi Putih), dan Aina
Abdul dengan ciptaannya Terus Hidup.
Edisi SFMM37 menyaksikan Datuk
Mokhzani Ismail masih mengekalkan
kedudukan sebagai juri tetap bagi men-
gadili kesemua lagu yang dipertand-
ingkan.
Rancangan tersebut yang diadakan di
Sri Pentas 2, Plaza Alam Sentral, Shah
Alam, Selangor akan dikendalikan oleh
hos baharu iaitu Muaz Mohamed dan
Izzue Islam.
Terdahulu, Shila Amzah dan SOG
muncul sebagai juara pada edisi Juara
Lagu ke36 (AJL36) menerusi lagu Pelukan
Angkasa. – Kosmo! Online
saham pada Jumaat.
“Syarikat sedang meneliti pilihan
undang-undang yang ada untuknya dan
akan mengambil tindakan sewajarnya,”
kata syarikat itu. Penjualan itu memer-
lukan kelulusan Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) dan pihak berkuasa lain, kata
syarikat itu yang mengendalikan saluran
berita popular India NDTV. – Bernama
ZIZI berkata dia sangat memahami tanggungjawab suaminya sebagai seorang pelakon.
Ernie terbuka lagu dinyanyikan Wani Kayrie
PENYANYI bersuara lunak, Ernie Zakri
mendedahkan bahawa persembahan lagu
Berakhirlah Pencarianku bergandingan den-
gan Hafiz Suip pada Separuh Akhir Muzik-
Muzik ke-37 (SFMM37) akan digantikan
dengan orang lain.
Itu merupakan keputusan syarikat raka-
man Rocketfuelent dan Nova Music dengan
persetujuan komposer Ikhwan Fatanna dan
Wan Saleh yang meletakkan Wani Kayrie
dan Ahmad Syafiq sebagai pengganti.
Menurut pemilik nama sebenar Nur
Ernie Shahirah Zakri, 30, dia baru menge-
tahui tentang penggantian tempatnya
pada minggu lepas dan menerima keputu-
san tersebut dengan hati terbuka.
“Saya hanya layak memberi kenyataan
sebagai penyanyi. 100 peratus keputusan
bukan di tangan saya walaupun rasa agak
janggal penyanyi lain berada di atas pentas
membawakan lagu saya.
“Mereka (syarikat rakaman) yang mem-
buat keputusan tentang lagu tersebut dan
saya rasa ini bukan suatu perkara negatif
kerana dapat memberi peluang buat Wani
Kayrie.
“Mungkin tiada rezeki untuk saya
nyanyikan Berakhirlah Pencarianku dan ada
baiknya kerana saya dapat memberikan
fokus lebih kepada Korban,” katanya.
Ernie berkata demikian ketika pada
sidang akhbar SFMM37 di Nero Event Space,
PJ PAC One Utama, Damansara Utama,
Kehidupan Nas-T lebih tenang selepas berkeluarga
BERTAHAN dalam karier hiburan untuk
tempoh 15 tahun pastinya bukan perkara
mudah.
Namun, bagi pelakon, DJ dan pen-
gacara, Nas-T, 39, dia bersyukur kerana
bakatnya hingga kini terus diterima.
Apatah lagi, selepas bergelar suami
dan bapa kepada tiga anak, pelakon aksi
terkenal dalam filem ini mengakui
kehidupannya lebih tenang tanpa
dihambat gosip dan kontroversi.
Nas- T atau nama sebenarnya Nas
Muammar Zar Nasruddin berkata, faktor
usia yang meningkat dan status sebagai
lelaki sudah berkeluarga juga menye-
babkan dia semakin matang. Fokus uta-
manya kini adalah karier.
“Sebenarnya, sejak dulu pun saya
jarang terpalit gosip dan kontroversi.
Kalau ada pun hanya sesekali dan itu
lumrah sebagai anak seni. Bagi saya, ia
(gosip) juga memberi saya pengalaman
dan pelajaran pada diri sendiri.
“Apapun, saya bersyukur hingga kini
bakat lakonan masih diterima.
Walaupun bukan sebagai watak utama
dan hanya pembantu, saya tetap gembira
untuk melakonkan dengan baik,”
katanya.
Nas- T yang muncul dengan filem Air
Force The Movie : Selagi Bernyawa pada 25
Ogos lalu yang berjaya mencatat kutipan
‘box-office’ lebih RM20 juta, kini mem-
bintangi filem The Original Gangster ara-
han Syamsul Yusof pula.
Mengulasnya, Nas- T berkata, dia dan
Syamsul adalah sahabat dan sudah kenal
NAS-T jadi salah seorang
pelakon dalam filem The Original
Gangster arahan Syamsul.
ERNIE (gambar kiri) terbuka menerima keputusan meletakkan
Wani Kayrie dan Ahmad Syafiq sebagai pengganti untuk menyanyikan
lagu Berakhirlah Pencarianku di SFMM37 (gambar kanan).
Jumaat.
Pada masa sama, isteri kepada Syamel
itu juga sempat menitipkan sokongan buat
Wani Kayrie dan sanggup membantu
penyanyi itu jika berdepan masalah sepan-
jang latihan.
“Ini merupakan satu peluang yang
bagus untuk Wani meneroka lebih lagi ten-
tang bidang muzik.
“Kalau berada di tempat Wani
sekalipun, saya terus akan ambil sebagai
lama.
Bagaimanapun, sekarang baharu dia
mendapat peluang untuk mereka beker-
jasama dalam filem dan teruja untuk
bekerja di bawah arahan Syamsul.
“The Original Gangster adalah filem
pertama saya bekerja dengan Syamsul.
Kami kenal dan berkawan dah lama, tapi
JENAZAH Syazlin (gambar kecil) dikebumikan di Tanah Perkuburan
Islam Taman Keramat AU2, Jumaat. – Foto HM Online
Abang Syazlin enggan ulas
spekulasi, serah kepada polis
ABANG sulung kepada Allahyarham
Syazlin Zainal iaitu Ezra Zaidi enggan
mengulas spekulasi punca kematian
adiknya yang terjatuh dari tingkat 22
sebuah pangsapuri di Johor Bahru,
Johor, Khamis lepas.
Ezra berkata, kes terbabit dalam
siasatan pihak polis dan masih
menunggu laporan.
“Ikut laporan polis sahaja. Kes ini
pun masih dalam siasatan polis... Kita
tunggu nanti,” katanya ringkas.
Terdahulu Syazlin selamat dikebu-
mikan di Tanah Perkuburan Islam
Taman Keramat AU2, jam 10.10 malam,
Jumaat.
Dalam suasana hujan renyai majlis
pengebumian itu dihadiri kira-kira 50
ahli keluarga dan sahabat. Antara rakan
selebriti yang hadir adalah Shah Jaszle,
Mas Khan, Fiza Thomas, Nelissa Nizam
dan Hazeeq Dean.
Menurut Ezra, dia rasa pelik apabila
harianekspres
Diana Danielle
pernah hilang
keyakinan diri
PELAKON dan
penyanyi, Diana
Danielle (gambar)
mendedahkan per-
nah mengalami fasa
dimana emosinya
terganggu sehingga
hilang keyakinan
diri.
Menerusi
perkongsiannya di Instagram, sewaktu
remaja, dia pernah tidak bersekolah
selama setahun gara-gara ibunya jatuh
sakit.
“Mengimbau kembali, waktu remaja
adalah yang paling sukar. Ibu saya jatuh
sakit, saya tidak bersekolah selama
setahun kerana berpindah ke Pulau
Pinang untuk merawatnya.
“Ibu saya mengalami tekanan
sehingga emosi saya turut terganggu.
Saya takut kehilangan dia.
Menurutnya, setelah setahun tidak
bersekolah, dia hilang keyakinan dengan
penampilannya dan sering mengkritik
diri sendiri. – Xtra
cabaran untuk menapak dalam industri
muzik.
“Kalau Wani perlukan apa-apa nasihat
atau tip boleh hubungi saya terus,” ujar
pelantun lagu Gundah itu.
Terdahulu, Ernie layak bertanding
dalam SFMM 37 dengan lagu Korban hasil
ciptaan sendiri dan Berakhirlah Pencarianku
berduet bersama Hafiz Suip yang akan
berlangsung pada 25 dan 26 November ini.
– Kosmo! Online
rezeki Allah untuk kerjasama ini, baru
sekarang menjadi milik saya.
“Saya teruja kerana yakin dengan
filem sentuhan Syamsul. Dia pengarah
filem yang berkaliber dan tahu ke mana
arah tuju karyanya. Jenama filem Syam-
sul juga sudah dikenali dan diyakini
ramai,” katanya. – HM Online
arwah memuat naik gambar mereka
dalam media sosial kerana sebelum ini,
Syazlin menjaga privasi keluarga.
“Sejak dia bergelar selebriti, arwah
sangat menjaga privasi kami sekeluarga
dan tidak pernah memuat naik apa-apa
gambar kami dalam media sosial.
“Tetapi pada hari jadi saya 8 Novem-
ber lalu, itu pertama kali dia muat naik
dan ‘tagged’ nama sekali.
“Tidak sangka pula itu menjadi
petanda dia akan pergi meninggalkan
kami buat selama-lamanya,” katanya.
Semalam, Ketua Polis Daerah Johor
Bahru Selatan, Asisten Komisioner Raub
Selamat dilapor mengesahkan Allah-
yarham Syazlin maut dipercayai ter-
jatuh dari tingkat 22 sebuah
pangsapuri.
Siasatan awal polis mendapati tiada
unsur jenayah dan kes terbabit diklasi-
fikasikan sebagai mati mengejut (SDR).
– Harian Metro Online
harianekspres
Poipizo’ Zou Po Ina’
“Oupus daa ginavo dagai, koondom diau
minugad, kuozon po… Tiad om sikok dinuanan
nu, pohombuson za upus diau. Ina’, toun
tuminahib, kosusaan tohibon dagai, Baino,
suvab mugad zikoi mogium koposizon.” – Ben
Kuntong, Daily Express 1978
M
INOOI a’id zi inai Milin do paai
mantad di tangkob dosido.
Minogovit zosido do gantang
tinoodo mantad puun papa’ do umbizo.
Po’oidon dosido i gantang di paai nohoun
no om poiibon doid kalung gumi’.
Inggopod zosido a’id di paai om
nokosuang doid kalung gumi’. Noihaan
dosido do sabandu’ ii. Manahau zosido tu’
nokuangan do vagas ansakon. I bubuk
vagas nga’ modtikaavi’ no. Okuangan
zosido do pangamung kinambang
susumad do vogok.
“Kada’ po huntunai iho’ houn Obot.
Osoibaan nopo iho’ paai vagu om
kupangon mai’ i houn nug kahaid no kozo
doid duvou tangkob,” ka di inai Milin.
“Nonggo di dati’ poopian tokou do tuva’
bambaazon dino?” ka di mamai Obot.
“Ingkuo daa nung posusuan iti tobik do
hamin?” ka di inai Milin.
“Odoi songkuo podii hinaid om otoodo
nogi’ o tangkob dino?”
“Ogumu’ i tambahut nu do
minokitanud do minonoodo haid do
hamin dii,” ka di inai Milin.
“Amamaa’ i daa izioho’ dii. Nga’ tou
nung nokoomot no zioho’ dii,” ka di mamai
Obot.
“Oponu’ no hamin tokou do kalung
gumi’. Au’ kosuang doid tangkob,” ka di
inai Milin.
“Ohosot o hamin tokou diti do
sombuhan duvo vuhan,” ka di mamai Obot.
“Monongkotohuod tokou do
Minamangun tu’ atatamis o ponounan
toun di baino. Koopi’ po dii iho’ paai
kotitinda doid tangkob kavavagu om
kapagavau nogi,” ka di inai Milin.
Au’ ahaid mantad dii om pogitatanud
no zo mamai Obot di tambahut disido. Puu
tabang do pinakalaja’ minonoodo hamin.
Minooi izioho’ undsung di koumbizaan di
mamai Obot. Kinavit dioho’ i pahapa’
umbizo di tohidas loun om maai no sasao’.
Koovit nopo doid daamin om souto’ no di
inai Milin om di pipio tambahut ngaavi’
dosido.
Notuhuk i boos di inai Milin. Pinosusuan
i tobik do hamin. Pinaanak i tambing
hamin dioho’. Koumpos do duvo tangkob
kavavagu. Nga’ iso’ no tangkob tinoodo di
mamai Obot. Pinosuang di i paai
kasasaakoi mantad danau doid tangkob
kototoodo.
“Isai kouvang nu do minongizop haid
Sukan
BOLA SEPAK – Piala Malaysia
Hatrik Bergson julang
JDT ke separuh akhir
KUALA LUMPUR: Penyerang prolifik Johor
Darul Ta’zim (JDT) Bergson da Silva
menjaringkan hatrik ketika membantu
skuad Harimau Selatan membelasah
Kelantan FC 5-0 pada aksi suku akhir kedua
Piala Malaysia di Stadium Sultan Ibrahim
di Iskandar Puteri, malam Jumaat lalu.
Kemenangan besar di hadapan
penyokong sendiri itu menyaksikan JDT,
yang juga juara Liga Super sembilan kali
berturut-turut, mara ke peringkat separuh
akhir dengan agregat 8-0 sementara
Bergson meledak gol kelimanya dalam
kempen Piala Malaysia.
Pada aksi tersebut, kelima-lima
jaringan skuad kendalian Hector Bidoglio
dihasilkan pada separuh masa pertama
dengan Muhammad Syahmi Safari dan
Muhammad Nazmi Faiz Mansor masing-
masing turut mencetak nama sebagai
penjaring menghampiri waktu rehat.
Gol pembukaan JDT hadir pada minit
ke-12 berpunca daripada kawalan bola
kurang kemas pemain tengah Kelantan,
Felipe Hereda Dos Santos untuk
membolehkan Muhammad Nazmi
melakukan hantaran kepada Bergson yang
berada dalam kotak penalti sebelum
beliau tenang melepaskan rembatan.
Pemain import berusia 31 tahun dari
Brazil itu menggandakan kedudukan buat
JDT pada minit ke-34 selepas
menyempurnakan sepakan percuma
menewaskan penjaga gol Ahmad Solehin
Mamat yang ‘kaku’ di gawang.
Pengendali Liverpool digantung satu perlawanan
LONDON: Pengendali Liverpool, Jurgen
Klopp digantung satu perlawanan selepas
Persatuan Bolasepak (FA) Inggeris
membuat rayuan terhadap keputusan
yang hanya mengenakan denda kerana
membantah pengadil.
Klopp pada mulanya didenda £30,000
(RM164,000) oleh jawatankuasa bebas
susulan bantahannya terhadap pengadil,
Anthony Taylor semasa kemenangan 1-0
Liverpool ke atas Manchester City dalam
saingan Liga Perdana Inggeris pada 16
Oktober.
FA merasakan hukuman itu terlalu
S U AR A TE MP ATAN AND A I AH AD , 1 3 NO V E MB E R, 2 0 2 2
diti paai?” ka di songuhun puu tabang di
mamai Obot.
“Pininduduvaan dagai di Milin. Koiho
kono timpu mondinda paai. Atangkangau
ngaavi’ doid danau sondii, Obohingkang
dii do mooi tabang mongizop. Moohon-
ohon nodii koulalaho’ pomogunan Ibon”
ka di mamai Obot.
“Kogumuan dii do minsosondii’
mongizop. Ouhan po do misasavo
mongizop. Aahaman sodop,” ka di mamai
Ibon.
“I podii tu’ au’ koodop ngaavi’ i tanak.
Osusa’ do balajal. Agangau,” ka di mamai
Obot.
“Isai gia ngaan di tanak nu totuo di
Obot?” ka di mamai Ibon.
“Zi Pito. Mintanak vagu no nga’ okon
nodii ko miaga dotokou. Magak-tagak
nodii o ginavo do moobuvat,” ka di mamai
Obot.
Toun bopo dii nga’ 1978. Opod om himo
toun kinonuan pomolintaan sosondii’
maza’ do pinisompuvan do pogun Malaya,
Sabah, Sarawak om Singapura om
pinungaanan do Malaysia. Kakaal po do
moobuvat ngaavi’ o mogigizon doid
kampung di mamai Obot. I kinoizonon
ngaavi’ di id toning nga’ padaavog po o
tana’ do opibubuvat tikid toun. Ogumu’ po
ngaavi’ i kalabau poobuvat do
mintongkopon di anau ontok musim
doungkokotu’. Katanom nopo om
pokuungon nodii doid paun pakatapan
kalabau. Ogumu’ nogi’ i popokotop timpu
doungkavatang. Kivaa di gumamas sakot
doid anau paakanan di kalabau. Muhi’
nopo mantad popokotop om suangan po i
kalung gumi’ di sakot ginamas. Gandalon
oviton muhi’. I no poobion di dazanak do
paakanan di kalabau do naamot
poingkogos doid sosoiba’ hamin. Kouhi’
podii mantad sikul om sakazan no di
dazanak ngaavi’ i kalabau do mooi vagu
popokotop.
Kisada’ po ngaavi’ o anau. Kikouk om
kihindung sumuang do bubu ontok
manaakas do vaig anau.
Ohuus ngaavi’ i laami ontok
doungkokotu’. Oikot nopo tahib
piintangaan toun tu’ musim padadasaman
om osima’ do podsukazan bonong.
Ovoigan i anau ngaavi’.
Ongounsikou ngaavi’ i bonong
songongook. Moninggoon nopo do topuod
nga’ koiho’ i mohoing koonduan’ ngaavi’
do aabak i tontohu’ sada’ doid anau.
“Umabak nodii tontohu’ kouk,” ka di
mohoing tondu’ ngaavi’.
Kuang hobi sominggu’ mantad dii om
ouzud no izioho’ tumuun doid anau.
Songimbabo’ do sinaging om kisizud.
Mitabang izioho’ momingkuung di laami
BERGSON (tengah) diasak pemain Kelantan FC Felipe Hereda Dos Santos (kanan) pada
perlawanan Piala Malaysia di Stadium Sultan Ibrahim Jumaat lalu. – fotoBERNAMA
Beliau melengkapkan hatrik tiga minit
kemudian selepas memanfaatkan
kesilapan pemain pertahanan lawan,
Muhammad Ghaffar Abdul Rahman
mengeluarkan bola dalam kawasan
berbahaya yang menyaksikan beliau
mudah melepaskan rembatan deras yang
gagal diselamatkan Ahmad Solehin.
Berselang tiga minit, skuad bimbingan
Rezal Zambery Yahya terus dihukum, kali
ini giliran Muhammad Syahmi mencipta
sensasi menerusi jaringan voli dari luar
ringan dan lembaga rayuan bebas kini
melarang pengendali dari Jerman itu
daripada berada di tepi padang untuk satu
perlawanan, berkuat kuasa serta merta.
Klopp tidak akan berada di bangku
pasukan apabila Liverpool menerima
kunjungan Southampton di Anfield pada
Sabtu.
“Lembaga Rayuan bebas membenarkan
rayuan FA terhadap keputusan
Jawatankuasa Disiplin Bebas berkaitan kes
membabitkan Jurgen Klopp,” kata satu
kenyataan FA pada Jumaat lalu.
“Akibatnya, pengendali Liverpool FC itu
nohuus doid anau. I no laami bingkuungan
padtahob dioho’ di tundongi. Misaag do
handoi.
Sada’ tagazo iti tundongi om handoi.
Ontok no do minsosomok tumuun
moobuvat do kaanu do tundongi om
handoi. Insan no sontoun. Iso’ no o resipi
do mananok do tundongi om handoi.
Paasakan takob-akob om mositi’ samazan
do tunduk sintataa’. Nogonop. Au’ nodii
tagal lidaatan do loun kunit. Oumbak
inongid di pinaasakan. Au’ tagal tobukan
iti tundongi om handoi. Ohidang i suang
tizan do tundongi om handoi. Nakaakan do
homunu do buuta’.
I po vaig anau do ontok timpu dii nga’
oinum. Aiso koosi do minum di vaig anau.
Aiso baja ponginghuub. Aiso lasun
pamanit di hombidai om posisang.
Hombidai om tombozungus po nga’ ohugu
om aakan. Nosoou di mamai Obot do au’
tumagak iti tundongi om handoi. Tomoimo
do kivaa ponizudan doid anau. Osima’
selajul ponginsadaan.
Aiso po do misin pamaladu toi’
pongomot doid kampung di mamai Obot.
Nga’ nokoongou isido do misin pamaladu
doid kinoizonon di id doos do Topiapi.
Nosondiian di inai Milin do minanahau
di paai houn. Osikit di tadau do
suminidang do kosuvabon dii.
“Oubat o tadau diti nung au’ no
kapanahau. Au’ noihaan do ingkuo tadau
suvab,” ka di inai Milin’ Vahado’ no dosido i
tikam doid natadon hamin. Pinaazad
dosido i paai houn di sinauk nogi’ mantad
tangkob. Pinatazid dosido i humbising
tanauu di toigi do pantaan. I no pogugad
dosido di manuk nung mooi no poninduk
om mangakai. Au’ i pokuazan dosido nung
moninduk nopo i manuk. Nga’ kivaa mai’ di
tandaa’ toungou. Ovizau po moninduk om
mingkakai no doid tikam poguhui’ do
momimpig di maganak. Ogumu’ i paai do
kotogizas doid tana’. Oubat.
Suminuang zi inai Milin di hamin. Oiva’
nodii i hintuun hamin tu’ nokoopi’ no i
paai vagu doid tangkob di kototoodo.
Asasauu’ no koimuau di inai Milin i hisiu
sinumpakon do kalung gumi’ pinosuangan
do paai vagu. Nga’ kakaal ogumu’ o togod
songingisip di kinatatakan poing di
pinomohisiu di hamin. Ohontog nopo i
hisiu tinotok poing om pagkatahan izioho’
oimaan di togod paai.
Nimaan dosido undado’ do bungka
piasau om sovugai no do vaig. Nouga
ngaavi’ i manuk doid tana’ do noongou
dosido. Tihio’ dosido om sosondii di manuk
mogia’anta’ doid tikam pinanahaan paai.
Ugadai no dosido di tuugad humbising
dosido. Nokotogizas i manuk ngaavi’.
Nokosupan di inai Milin i songinan tandaa’
kotak penalti selepas menerima hantaran
lambung sebelum Muhammad Nazmi
mencetak gol kelima pasukan pada masa
kecederaan babak pertama.
Lawan JDT di separuh akhir adalah naib
juara tiga kali iaitu Sabah FC yang melakar
kemenangan agregat 2-1 menentang
Kuching City FC selepas seri 1-1 pada
pertempuan suku akhir kedua di Stadium
Likas, Kota Kinabalu yang tertangguh
selama 45 minit atas faktor cuaca buruk. –
Bernama
digantung daripada berada di tepi padang
untuk satu perlawanan serta merta,
didenda £30,000 (RM164,000) serta diberi
amaran.
“Jurgen Klopp sebelum ini mengakui
dia melanggar Peraturan E3 FA ketika
perlawanan Liga Perdana Inggeris
menentang Manchester City pada Ahad, 16
Oktober 2022 dan didenda £30,000
(RM164,000),” kata FA.
Klopp membantah pegawai
perlawanan ketika perlawanan itu selepas
Bernardo Silva mengasari Mohamed Salah
tetapi tidak dikenakan tindakan. – AFP
Hivang Kadazan 7
Sinuat di
Blasius Binjua
do kakaal momogusa’ di maganak.
Mitotongkop di pinogikaman dosido do
sinahau.
“Tandaa’ do muhau! Pogidu’ kama!” ka
di inai Milin do minoguzazang miampai di
tuugad humbising dosido.
“Pompono’ tokou sinahau Milin!” ka di
mamai Obot. Poingginding isido do bubu
tonini’.
“Onu suang do bubu nu Obot?” ka di
inai Milin.
“Hindung. Nga’ ongonini’. Au’
nokosoomo’ di tongohombon,” ka di
mamai Obot.
Kopompon nopo di inai Milin om di
mamai Obot i sinahau paai om tikudaas i
do asam nokootung di taap hamin dioho’.
Miaga ko bininsuu’ zi mamai Obot do
osikap minuhi’ do tahib tangaadau dii.
Nung au’ nokosoou isido do minuhi’
okosupan daa do asam i paai sinahau di
sinavaan disido. Agazad om au’ nodii miho
do tutuvon do doiho’ id misin ponutuvan
paai. Ahaid do monidang di paai nagazad.
Oovian do vagas.
“Nokovunsud o vaig bavang. Ongoi zou
po pagkaang. Onuo’ gia dogo’ i sizud dunia
doos vavazaan,” ka di inai Milin
minokituhung di mamai Obot.
Binabo’ dosido i sinaging tooviton
monizud om tabung no di vaig tohobou
doid bavang. Ohosog i vaig do mimang
vunsud. Humimpadang nogi’ kozo.
Sangkad no zosido om kososok no di tavak
dosido inahom. Pinakaang dosido i sizud
dau doid tisan bavang. Doiho’ no ponong
tisan bavang o kisada’ tu’ ohontiing i vaig.
Doiho’ no gogondo’ do sada’ monimpad do
takanon di mampung ampung. I nopo
doiho’ id tanga’ bavang nga’ ohosog. I tuva
do kazu di muhunuhun mantad saazo nga’
manangkus mimbugus. Koiho i sada’ do
ohosog nopo nga’ aiso takanon do
tumindooi. Okon ko miaga di doiho’ id
tisan. Otoonong vaig. Osimaazan do
mangakan di tuva kazu.
Kivaa nodii do somok sanjaam zi inai
Milin do popintaan di sizud dau. Mogikavo-
kavo i sada’ bavang do taanu dosido. Aiso do
tohiban dosido. Onu nopo i kosuang di
sizud nga’ posuangon doid sinaging. I po
kuzua’ tonini’ om tonggipun tomumuk nga’
puuvon dosido poposuang di sinaging dau.
Uminahom i vaig doid bavang.
Nokososok do kangkab di inai Milin. Osogit
Ramos, De Gea kempunan
beraksi di Piala Dunia
MADRID: Sepanyol menggugurkan
pertahanan legenda, Sergio Ramos dan
penjaga gol Manchester United, David De
Gea daripada skuad ke Piala Dunia 2022.
Bintang Paris Saint-Germain, Ramos, 36,
mengumpul 180 kap untuk negaranya dan
pemain dengan kap tertinggi untuk
Sepanyol. Bagaimanapun pengendali
Sepanyol, Luis Enrique memutuskan untuk
tidak memanggil pemain veteran itu serta
De Gea untuk membawa cabaran di Qatar.
Selain dua nama besar berkenaan,
pemain tengah Liverpool, Thiago juga
tercicir daripada senarai selepas kali
terakhir menyarung jersi Sepanyol di Euro
2020.
Namun masih ada ruang buat lima
pemain dari Liga Perdana Inggeris dalam
senarai akhir Enrique. Pemain Chelsea,
Cesar Azpilicueta dan gandingan
Manchester City, Aymeric Laporte serta
Rodri diberi kepercayaan untuk membawa
cabaran Sepanyol di Qatar.
Penjaga gol Brentford dan Brighton,
David Raya serta Robert Sanchez juga
membarisi skuad Sepanyol.
Mereka dipilih berbanding De Gea,
yang mengumpul 45 kap bersama
Sepanyol dan kali terakhir menjaga
gawang pada Oktober 2020, dan penjaga
Senegal umum senarai 26
pemain skuad Piala Dunia
DAKAR: Jurulatih Senegal Aliou Cisse pada
Jumaat mengumumkan skuad 26
pemainnya, termasuk Sadio Mane yang
cedera, untuk Piala Dunia FIFA di Qatar
yang akan berlangsung dari 20 November
hingga 18 Disember.
Menjelaskan mengenai pemilihan
Mane yang cedera pada Selasa ketika
bermain dengan kelabnya Bayern Munich,
Cisse berkata berita baiknya ialah pemain
terbaik Lions of Teranga dari Senegal itu
“tidak perlu menjalani pembedahan”.
“Saya memilih untuk mengekalkannya
dalam kumpulan kerana kami sudah
melalui situasi seperti ini, termasuk
dengan Ismaila Sarr di Piala Negara-
Negara Afrika (AFCON 2021). Kami dapat
menangani situasi itu,” Xinhua
memetiknya kenyataannya di akhbar.
“Sadio adalah pemain istimewa dalam
pasukan kami. Jadi, kami akan terus
memantau kecederaannya dan berharap
dalam dua atau tiga minggu, akan ada
sedikit perubahan. Kami benar-benar
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nopiumanan dau. Tuminda nodii o nosoou
dosido. Nga’ pataano’ no vagu dosido i
sizud di vaig muzung-huzung mantad
saazo.
“Insan po,” ka dosido.
Nokokotod i dingkai do sizud dosido.
Miaga ko kivaa do kazu nakabagu’. Osikap
zosido minangakat. Koimbuhai nopo i
sizud om kokito no dosido do mizom-
gisom i hihinsog. Agab-agab no zosido
tumininda miampai di sizud om hihinsog.
Honggoso’ no dosido i tuhu do
poposuang di sinaging nga’ ahamou.
Avakas i sada’ moginuod. Okombiazan om
mimpulagiu. Potungkamang zi inai Milin
doid tana’ migogo di hihinsog. Au’ kabaga
zosido.
“Obot! Obot! Tuhungo zou po!”
Aiso do magkavod doiho’ id suang
hamin.
Imang no baut vagu zi inai Milin,
“Nombo kono Obot?! Ikot po doiti!”
Nokito di inai Milin do kivaa minidauu’
di tukad hamin. Sakahi’ po om ohosot i
pomuabaan dosido. Kamao’ dosido i labas
dau. Atamis. Ovoo’ dosido i kangkab dau.
Atamis nogi’. Kakaal ma do muvut-kuvut i
suang kangkab dosido.
“Obot…!” ka dosido gumizak nga’ aiso
do ohou humabus.
“Milin! Milin! Nokuo ko diti?!” ka di
mamai Obot.
Ginahung di mamai Obot i hikud di inai
Milin. Poulolou mato nga’ miaga aiso tokito
dau. Binuntut di mamai Obot zi inai Milin
minuhi’ doid daamin. Tinigagang disido i
tanak ngaavi’ disido. I sungkad hamin nga’
notinong. Ozopos i tinan om basaan di inai
Milin do poinhuvi doid tikam toodopon id
suang hamin. Pogium no i mamai Obot do
basaan di inai Milin om dohinai no di kain
totuu. Ongou di mamai Obot do sontotoiso
podii i pinuobo di sinavaan disido zi inai
Milin.
“Pitooo… pasangan no…” ka di inai
Milin.
“Au’ po nokoikot i Pito Ilin. Doiho’ po
sikul,” ka di mamai Obot om iad no.
gol Chelsea, Kepa Arrizabalaga yang
cedera. Pemain berumur 20 tahun
Barcelona, Ansu Fati turut diberi
kepercayaan untuk menerajui jentera
serangan Sepanyol bersama bekas
penyerang City, Ferran Torres dan bekas
pemain Chelsea, Alvaro Morata.
Sepanyol diundi dalam Kumpulan E
bersama Costa Rica, Jerman dan Jepun.
Skuad penuh:
Penjaga gol – Unai Simon (Athletic
Bilbao), Robert Sanchez (Brighton), David
Raya (Brentford)
Pertahanan – Jose Gaya (Valencia), Jordi
Alba (Barcelona), Eric Garcia (Barcelona),
Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City), Pau
Torres (Villarreal), Hugo Guillamon
(Valencia), Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea),
Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid)
Pemain Tengah – Rodri (Manchester
City), Koke (Atletico Madrid), Marcos
Llorente (Atletico Madrid), Sergio Busquets
(Barcelona), Gavi (Barcelona), Pedri
Gonzalez (Barcelona), Carlos Soler (PSG)
Penyerang – Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig),
Pablo Sarabia (Paris SG), Alvaro Morata
(Juventus), Ansu Fati (Barcelona), Ferran
Torres (Barcelona), Marco Asensio (Real
Madrid), Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao),
Yeremy Pino (Villarreal) – Agensi
optimis,” katanya.
Cisse berkata beliau lebih memikirkan
tentang “konsistensi” dan “keseimbangan”
dalam mengekalkan tulang belakang
pasukan yang memenangi kejuaraan
Afrika Februari lepas di Cameroon.
Senegal diundi dalam Kumpulan A
Piala Dunia bersama Ecuador, Belanda dan
tuan rumah Qatar.
Skuad penuh:
Penjaga gol – Edouard Mendy, Seny
Dieng, Alfred Gomis
Pertahanan – Kalidou Koulibaly, Abdou
Diallo, Pape Abou Cisse, Ismail Jakobs,
Fode Ballo Toure, Youssouf Sabaly, Formose
Mendy
Pemain tengah – Mamadou Loum
Ndiaye, Idrissa Gana Gueye, Nampalys
Mendy, Pape Gueye, Moustapha Nam, Pathe
Ciss, Pape Matar Sarr, Cheikhou Kouyate
Penyerang – Sadio Mane, Ismaila Sarr,
Krepin Diatta, Iliman Ndiaye, Boulaye Dia,
Bamba Dieng, Nicolas Jackson, Famara
Diedhiou. – Bernama
 SUKAN
Sabah FC mara selepas
BOLA SEPAK – Piala Malaysia
aksi penuh debaran
GL Oh
KOTA KINABALU: Datuk Ong Kim Swee
memuji pemain-pemainnya ketika Sabah
FC menahan kebangkitan Kuching City FC
untuk menempah tempat di separuh
akhir Piala Malaysia selepas aksi
mendebarkan pada masa tambahan di
Stadium Likas, malam Jumaat lalu.
Perlawanan diheret ke masa tambahan
selepas pemain gantian Umareng Bacok
memantulkan bola ke gawang sendiri
pada minit ke-84 daripada satu sepakan
sudut untuk mengikat kedudukan 1-1.
Bagaimanapun, tandukan Taiki
Kagayama pada babak pertama masa
tambahan selepas Saddil Ramdani
melakukan hantaran untuk pemain Jepun
itu, memusnahkan impian pasukan
pelawat untuk mara ke pusingan empat
terakhir apabila Sabah mencatatkan
kemenangan agregat 2-1 pada perlawanan
kedua yang berlangsung penuh debaran.
“Kuching City seperti yang saya
ramalkan bermain dengan sangat baik
tanpa tekanan. Pada masa yang sama
pemain Sabah juga mempamerkan aksi
bersemangat dan bertahan dengan sangat
baik untuk menahan asakan terutama di
penghujung perlawanan,” katanya.
Pasukan pelawat yang tewas 0-1 pada
Kok Leong
juara Snuker
Dunia 2022
KUALA LUMPUR: Pemain snuker negara
Lim Kok Leong (gambar) berjaya mencipta
sejarah selepas muncul sebagai pemain
Malaysia pertama merangkul gelaran
Kejohanan Snuker Dunia 2022 yang
berlangsung di Antalya, Turki, Jumaat lalu.
Menurut laman sesawang kejohanan
itu, esnooker.pl dalam perlawanan final
yang berlangsung di Hotel Sueno Deluxe
Belek, atlet berusia 27 tahun itu berjaya
mengetepikan cabaran juara snuker Asia
Amir Sarkhosh dari Iran 5-0 (68-63, 67-42,
78-0, 80-7, 73-54) dalam pertarungan
selama 16 minit. Pada Mei lepas, Kok Leong
meraih pingat emas acara snuker dan
biliard 6 red perseorangan lelaki dan
membawa pulang perak acara snuker
individu lelaki pada Sukan SEA ke-31.
Meneruskan rentak kecemerlangan itu,
Kok Leong turut meraih gelaran dalam
Kejohanan Snuker Berpasukan Lelaki
Dunia bersama pasangan Moh Keen Ho
pada bulan lepas, yang menyaksikan
gandingan itu mengulangi pencapaian
sama pada edisi 2015 di Karachi, Pakistan.
Sementara itu, kejayaan Lim Kok Leong
pada Jumaat lalu sekali lagi membuktikan
Malaysia mampu melahirkan atlet yang
berkualiti dan bertaraf antarabangsa.
Menerusi satu hantaran di Facebook
Istana Negara, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-
Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa
Billah Shah bertitah kejayaan itu
membuktikan bahawa dengan iltizam,
semangat perjuangan yang tinggi dan
usaha yang bersungguh-sungguh, rakyat
Malaysia mampu bersaing dan berjaya di
peringkat dunia.
Sambil menzahirkan ucapan tahniah
kepada Lim, Al-Sultan Abdullah dan Raja
Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah
Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah berharap
pencapaian itu akan membakar
semangatnya untuk terus berlatih dan
bekerja keras dalam kejohanan-kejohanan
mendatang serta menjadi sumber inspirasi
kepada seluruh rakyat Malaysia.
“Seri Paduka Baginda berdua
menzahirkan rasa sukacita dan bangga di
atas kejayaan cemerlang tersebut yang
sekali gus mengharumkan nama Malaysia
di persada dunia. Seri Paduka Baginda
berdua menzahirkan ucapan selamat
maju jaya kepada Lim Kok Leong dan
semoga beliau dilimpahi kejayaan
cemerlang berterusan,” menurut hantaran
itu pada Sabtu. – Bernama
harianekspres
S U AR A TE MP ATAN AND A I AH AD , 1 3 NO V E MB E R, 2 0 2 2
perlawanan pertama jelas merupakan
pasukan yang lebih baik pada separuh
masa kedua dengan banyak peluang
menjaringkan gol.
Bagaimanapun, mereka gagal
menemui jaringan sehingga kesilapan
Umareng dan mereka juga terlepas
beberapa peluang selepas jaringan Taiki,
manakala penjaga gol Sabah, Damien Lim
turut beraksi cemerlang menyelamatkan
beberapa pecubaan termasuk
menghalang rembatan jarak dekat pada
minit-minit akhir masa tambahan.
Ong mengakui ketiadaan Dominc Tan
dan Rizal Ghazali yang dikeluarkan pada
separuh masa kedua memberi tekanan
hebat kepada pertahanan Sabah.
“Ketiadaan Dominc Tan dan Rizali
Ghazali akibat kecederaan tentunya
menjejaskan pasukan dan pemain yang
masuk tidak dapat mengekalkan
momentum. Pergerakan kami terbatas
dan kami tidak begitu berkesan seperti
yang kami lakukan pada separuh masa
pertama,” tambahnya.
Sementara itu, Sabah seterusnya akan
berdepan juara Liga Super, Johor Darul
Ta’zim FC pada aksi separuh akhir pertama
yang akan berlangsung di Stadium Likas
pada Selasa (15 November).
Klopp tidak risau dengan penjualan Liverpool
LONDON: Jurgen Klopp menegaskan
beliau tidak risau mengenai desas-desus
pemilik Liverpool ingin menjual kelab Liga
Perdana Inggeris itu.
Fenway Sports Group, konsortium
berpangkalan di Boston yang memiliki
Liverpool, baru-baru ini mengakui mereka
sedang melihat potensi pelaburan baharu,
mencetuskan laporan bahawa mereka
bersedia untuk melepaskan kelab itu.
The Boston Globe, akhbar milik pemilik
utama Liverpool, John W Henry,
melaporkan presiden FSG Mike Gordon –
penghubung utama antara kumpulan yang
berpangkalan di Amerika Syarikat dan
Anfield – memindahkan beberapa
tanggungjawab kerjanya kepada ketua
eksekutif Reds, Billy Hogan.
Tempoh di Man City paling lama – Guardiola
LONDON: Pep Guardiola mengakui tidak
dapat membayangkan menguruskan
mana-mana kelab lain lebih lama daripada
tempoh dia mengendalikan Manchester
City.
Guardiola berada di tahun terakhir
kontraknya sebagai bos City dan masih
belum mendedahkan sama ada dia akan
melanjutkan tempohnya bersama
penyandang juara Liga Perdana Inggeris
itu.
Pengendali berusia 51 tahun itu sudah
Dybala disenarai dalam skuad Piala Dunia Argentina
BUENOS AIRES: Penyerang AS Roma Paulo
Dybala disenaraikan dalam skuad
Argentina untuk Piala Dunia FIFA di Qatar
walaupun mengalami kecederaan
hamstring, kata persatuan bola sepak
negara itu pada Jumaat lalu.
Pemain berusia 28 tahun itu tidak
bermain sejak mengalami kecederaan
dalam kemenangan 2-1 ke atas Lecce
dalam Serie A Itali di tempat sendiri pada
9 Oktober.
Media tempatan melaporkan bekas
bintang Juventus itu memulakan latihan
ringan minggu ini dan beliau perlu
cergas untuk perlawanan pertama
Argentina menentang Arab Saudi pada 22
Nov. Albicleste juga akan menentang
Mexico dan Poland dalam Kumpulan C,
lapor Xinhua.
Son berada dalam senarai tetapi belum pasti dapat bermain
SEOUL: Son Heung-min disenaraikan
dalam skuad Korea Selatan untuk Piala
Dunia pada Sabtu namun ia masih belum
jelas jika dia akan dapat bermain selepas
mengalami kecederaan serius pada muka.
Kapten Korea Selatan itu mengalami
keretakan pada bahagian mata kirinya
semasa perlawanan Liga Juara-Juara
Tottenham dan kemudian menjalani
pembedahan minggu lalu.
“Kami ada berhubung dengannya dan
jabatan perubatan Tottenham,” kata
jurulatih Korea Selatan, Paulo Bento
ketika dia mengumumkan skuadnya.
“Mengenai hari yang tepat dia boleh
berlatih bersama pasukan, kami tidak
TAIKI (kiri) cuba melepasi pemain Kuching City, Rames
Lai Ban Huat semasa perlawanan pada Jumaat lalu.
Klopp, sudah pun menjawab khabar
angin pengambilalihan itu dengan
menekankan komitmennya untuk
memenuhi kontrak sehingga 2026.
Pengendali dari Jerman itu sentiasa
mempunyai hubungan yang baik dengan
pemilik tetapi walaupun dia mengakui
bahawa satu rangsangan terhadap
kewangan kelab dialu-alukan, beliau tidak
melihat sebab untuk bimbang dengan apa
yang berlaku seterusnya di peringkat bilik
lembaga.
“Dalam struktur yang kami ada, kami
jelas dapat membelanjakan wang, tetapi
kami sentiasa perlu melihat dan berkata
‘Apakah yang kami peroleh?’,” kata Klopp
kepada wartawan pada Jumaat lalu.
“Dua perpindahan terbesar yang kami
dua kali memperbaharui kontraknya
dalam tempoh enam tahun di Manchester.
Guardiola memenangi sembilan trofi
utama, termasuk empat kejuaraan Liga
Perdana, sejak mengambil alih City pada
2016. Pengendali kelahiran Sepanyol itu
mengakui pemilik City yang berpangkalan
di Abu Dhabi menyediakan persekitaran
yang sempurna untuknya berkembang
maju.
“Tinggal di tempat lain selama tujuh
tahun? Tidak, saya tidak fikir begitu. Sukar
Seperti yang dijangkakan, pilihan
bahagian serangan Argentina juga
termasuk penyerang Paris Saint-Germain
Lionel Messi, Julian Alvarez dari
Manchester City dan penyerang Inter
Milan Lautaro Martinez.
Pengurus Lionel Scaloni turut
memanggil pemain tengah Leandro
Paredes (Juventus) dan Rodrigo De Paul
(Atletico Madrid) dalam skuad 26
pemainnya.
Namun tiada tempat untuk Giovani Lo
Celso, yang diketepikan selepas
mengalami kecederaan hamstring ketika
bermain untuk Villarreal.
“Mereka bangga dipanggil dan
memakai jersi ini, semoga anda sebagai
peminat juga begitu. Kami bersama-sama
dalam hal ini,” kata Scaloni dalam video
mempunyai maklumat itu,” katanya.
“Kami perlu menunggu, kami perlu
menganalisis setiap hari situasinya. Kami
mempunyai masa untuk membuat
keputusan. Perkara paling penting ialah
dia pulih sebaik mungkin, dia rasa selesa
dan kemudian kami akan membuat
keputusan akhir.”
Bento menyenaraikan seorang pemain
ke-27, penyerang Oh Hyeon-gyu yang
akan berlatih bersama pasukan di Qatar
dan boleh menggantikan Son jika dia
tidak pulih tepat pada masanya.
Perlawanan pembukaan Korea Selatan
adalah menentang Uruguay pada 24
November. Korea Selatan turut berdepan
Hatrik
Bergson julang
JDT ke
separuh akhir
lakukan pada masa lalu dengan Ali
(Alisson Becker) dan Virg (Virgil van Dijk),
kita semua tahu bagaimana ia berlaku,
kami mendapat sedikit wang dari
Barcelona (selepas menjual Philippe
Coutinho) dan membelanjakannya dengan
bijak. Bagi saya, bagaimana kami
melakukannya membawa kami ke mana
kami hari ini. Tetapi wang baru tiada
kesilapan, biar saya katakan seperti ini!
Tiada apa-apa yang menjadi lebih murah,
dan bukan sahaja kerana kadar inflasi.
Kadang-kadang anda perlu berbelanja.
“Saya tidak tahu apa yang akan berlaku,
tetapi saya positif mengenainya. Jika pada
akhirnya ia tidak positif, maka saya boleh
mula bimbang, tetapi saya fikir semuanya
akan baik-baik saja.” – AFP
untuk mencari apa yang saya ada di sini
sebagai pengurus,” kata Guardiola.
“Untuk menjadi pengurus dalam
tempoh yang lama, anda perlu disokong.
Hasilnya banyak membantu, itu tidak
dapat dinafikan. Tetapi, di kelab besar,
sebahagian daripada kejayaan pengurus
ialah pengerusi, pengarah sukan
terutamanya, CEO dan semua orang di sini.
Terdapat kestabilan. Itulah sebabnya saya
fikir hanya dalam beberapa kelab ini boleh
berlaku.” – AFP
Instagram.
Pertahanan Argentina termasuk
Cristian Romero dari Tottenham Hotspur,
Lisandro Martinez dari Manchester
United dan pemain veteran Benfica
Nicolas Otamendi.
Emiliano Martinez dari Aston Villa
bersedia menjadi penjaga gol pilihan
pertama di hadapan Franco Armani
(River Plate) dan Geronimo Rulli
(Villarreal).
Skuad penuh:
Penjaga gol – Emiliano Martinez
(Aston Villa), Franco Armani (River Plate)
dan Geronimo Rulli (Villarreal)
Pertahanan – Gonzalo Montiel
(Sevilla), Nahuel Molina (Atletico
Madrid), German Pezzella (Real Betis),
Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur),
Ghana dan Portugal di Kumpulan H.
Pasukan Korea Selatan tanpa Son dan
pemain berpangkalan di Eropah yang
lain, menewaskan Iceland 1-0 dalam
perlawanan persahabatan pada Jumaat
lalu.
Skuad penuh:
Penjaga gol – Kim Seung-gyu (Al-
Shabab), Song Bum-keun (Jeonbuk
Motors), Jo Hyeon-woo (Ulsan)
Pertahanan – Kwon Kyung-won
(Gamba Osaka), Kim Moon-hwan
(Jeonbuk Motors), Kim Min-jae (Napoli)
Kim Young-gwon (Ulsan), Kim Jin-su
(Jeonbuk Motors), Kim Tae-hwan (Ulsan),
Yoon Jong-gyu (FC Seoul), Cho Yu-min
8
Conte akan
bincang
mengenai
sasaran
perpindahan
LONDON: Pengurus Tottenham Antonio
Conte akan membincangkan sasaran
perpindahan dengan kelab semasa rehat
Piala Dunia tetapi masa depannya sendiri
tidak berada dalam agenda.
Conte mendedahkan pada Jumaat
bahawa dia merancang untuk bertemu
dengan pengerusi Tottenham Daniel Levy
dan pengarah sukan Fabio Paratici sebaik
Liga Perdana dihentikan sementara selepas
hujung minggu ini.
Dengan kontrak semasa Conte dijangka
tamat pada Jun, ia dicadangkan kepada
pengendali dari Itali itu bahawa dia
mungkin mahu membincangkan lanjutan
kontraknya sebelum Liga Perdana
bersambung semula pada 26 Disember.
Namun Conte menolak sebarang
keperluan untuk membincangkan
kontraknya buat masa ini, sebaliknya
mengakui jendela perpindahan pada
Januari akan menjadi topik perbincangan
dengan Levy dan Paratici.
“Sejujurnya sehingga kini kami tidak
bercakap (mengenai jendela perpindahan
pada Januari) namun pastinya selepas
bahagian pertama musim ini, ia masa yang
tepat untuk mengadakan pertemuan
dengan kelab dan kemudian
membincangkan perkara positif, negatif
dan bagaimana kami boleh meningkat,”
kata Conte memberitahu wartawan.
“Kemudian kita akan lihat apa yang
kami boleh lakukan. Ia bergantung kepada
kelab dan juga cita-cita, namun pastinya
kami akan bercakap.
“Kami juga akan bercakap mengenai
penilaian mengenai bahagian pertama
musim ini di mana saya melihat banyak
perkara positif, namun dengan kecederaan
dan untuk bermain setiap tiga hari saya
fikir kami agak bergelut.
“Pada masa hadapan kami perlu cuba
meningkat, untuk menjadi lebih baik bagi
menghadapi situasi seperti ini.”
Tottenham melayan kunjungan Leeds
pada Sabtu yang menjadi perlawanan
terakhir mereka sebelum Piala Dunia
bermula di Qatar pada 20 November. Conte
baru-baru ini meraikan genap setahun
berada di Tottenham dan perlawanan
menentang Leeds juga yang menandakan
permulaan kariernya di utara London.
Walaupun Conte gembira untuk
menunggu sebelum membuka
perbincangan mengenai kontrak baharu,
dia menagaskan dia mahu merasakan
seperti dia layak mendapat kontrak baharu
disebabkan apa yang Tottenham capai di
atas padang.
“Anda semua tahu bahawa kontrak saya
akan tamat pada 30 Jun. Saya fikir sehingga
saat itu kelab perlu membuat penilaian
terbaik,” kata Conte.
“Saya fikir segalanya (yang anda dapat)
anda perlu layak. Atas sebab ini adalah
penting untuk melihat apa yang berlaku
pada seluruh musim dan jika kami gembira
dengan peningkatan yang kami tunjukkan.
“Pada pendapat saya di pihak saya,
adalah penting untuk saya secara
profesional merasakan saya layak untuk
mendapat kontrak baharu dan untuk
menandatangani kontrak bersama kelab
ini.” – AFP
Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica), Lisandro
Martinez (Manchester United), Juan Foyth
(Villarreal), Nicolas Tagliafico
(Olympique Lyonnais), Marcos Acuna
(Sevilla)
Pemain tengah – Leandro Paredes
(Juventus), Guido Rodriguez (Real Betis),
Enzo Fernandez (Benfica), Rodrigo De
Paul (Atletico Madrid), Exequiel Palacios
(Bayer Leverkusen), Alejandro Gomez
(Sevilla), Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton &
Hove Albion )
Penyerang – Paulo Dybala (AS Roma),
Lionel Messi (Paris St Germain), Angel Di
Maria (Juventus), Nicolas Gonzalez
(Fiorentina), Joaquin Correa (Inter
Milan), Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan),
Julian Alvarez (Manchester City). –
Bernama
(Daejeon Hana Citizen), Hong Chul
(Daegu FC)
Pemain tengah – Kwon Chang-hoon
(Gimcheon Sangmu), Na Sang-ho (FC
Seoul), Paik Seung-ho (Jeonbuk Motors),
Lee Kang-in (Real Mallorca), Lee Jae-sung
(Mainz), Jeong Woo-yeong (Freiburg),
Hwang In-beom (Olympiakos), Hwang
Hee-chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers),
Song Min-kyu (Jeonbuk Motors), Son Jun-
ho (Shandong Taishan/CHN), Na Sang-ho
(FC Seoul)
Penyerang – Son Heung-min
(Tottenham Hotspur), Cho Gue-sung
(Jeonbuk Motors), Hwang Ui-jo
(Olympiakos). – AFP