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Sarawak made right decision to form Malaysia with Sabah and Malaya — Taib

Taib speaks at the ‘Syarahan Negarawan Negeri Sarawak’. — Bernama photo

KUALA LUMPUR: Sarawak made the right decision when it chose to participate in the formation of Malaysia with Sabah and Malaya in September 1963, said Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud.
Taib, who was Sarawak’s fourth Chief Minister for 33 years until 2014,  said that decision had brought many benefits to Sarawak, especially in terms of development and modernisation.

“It is unlikely that the progress enjoyed by Sarawak is as vibrant as it is today if it chose to become a separate country and choosing to jointly form Malaysia has made Sarawak a stronger and more prosperous state.

“It is undeniable Sarawak and Sabah have gained many benefits for being entities in Malaysia,” he said at the Syarahan Negarawan Negeri Sarawak event in Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka here yesterday.

He said the development being enjoyed in Sarawak at present was also the result of economic developments taking place in Peninsular Malaysia.
Taib was confident the future of Sarawak in Malaysia is guaranteed, adding that bilateral ties between the state and the federal government were very cordial and any differences in policies and opinions should be addressed through consultations.

“The question of cooperation between the federal and state governments is no longer a hot political issue as in the past.

It is a practical matter that must be dealt with through negotiations.
“As far as I can see with my own experience, the cooperation between federal and state is very good. We don’t have any major problems that it can lead to confrontation or create policies that are discriminating.

“As such, depending on our wisdom in pursuing our politics, the integration of Malaysia will go on and not in a way that is too open that non Malaysians can take advantage of it to ruin these ties,” he said.

Touching on the ethnic pluralism and social fabric In Sarawak, Abdul Taib said the Sarawak Barisan Nasional (BN) government would continue to focus on the politics of development as the main thrust of the BN leadership.

He said to face the future and ensure a sustainable state economic growth, Sarawak had opened up opportunities for young Sarawakians to improve their skills in order to venture into a new economy as a result of the existing economic spin-offs and more sophisticated industries.

In order to move into that direction, Taib said efforts to restructure the education system in Sarawak that inclined towards technical learning also needed to be undertaken in tandem with the industries’ requirement for a highly skilled workforce.

“This is one matter that is not controversial if we plan a generation earlier through good policies in the field of education,” he added. — Bernama

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  This man is the shame and curse of Sarawak.  During his 33+ reign as "Chief Minister" in Sarawak, with the exception of his cronies and those consortium who benefit greatly in all kinds of transactions, we Sarawakians as a whole were exploited in all ways and manners. Only he and his cronies have gained so much.  How much wealth has Taib Mahmud amassed is not a secret anymore.  How much ill-gained wealth has he embezzled during his reign for 33+ years in Sarawak?  
           His mega family businesses and many tangible assets are the evidences to show the whole-wide world of his greed and evilness.  Even Allah secretly interfered to tell him so.  When Lawas people once pleaded him for a public swimming, he turned deaf ear to them.  Then his granddaughter..........
         He is well-blessed by UMNO-BN to plunder and exploit Sarawak.  He and his cronies also blessed UMNO-BN political clowns to plunder and exploit Sarawak at will.  
  
  Shamelessly, he is ever ready to talk on integrity.  He talked on integrity months ago.  How I wish that all the Sarawakians would be sensible enough to reject and refuse to go to meet this man whenever there is a call for gathering to meet the so called VIP.  
  
  Wong Soon Koh has never said a word against this man and I understand that they are in good relationship.  Wong Soon Koh and many and many are ever ready to pamper this man as they bow their heads and bend themselves low to show their submission to his supremacy.   If you do not believe, go to search for the pictures in the newspapers in Sarawak. 
  
  Taib Mahmud should be dragged around to see the true conditions in Sarawak.  He is too blind and deaf to the suffering and hardship of people everywhere.  He is too dreamy to think how ashamed, disgusted and angry people feel towards him.