DAP Ling Guan Eng

STAR PRESS STATEMENT
The president of State Reform Party Sarawak (STAR), Lina Soo is outraged by the response of Federal Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng to Sarawak’s request for its share of tourism tax revenue, by demanding that Sarawak settle its RM2.5billion debt to the federal government first.
         Soo is shocked that for the first time in the history of Malaysia, a Public Officer no less than the Federal Minister of Finance is retaliating in such an unseemly manner in the public domain, in responding to Sarawak’s request on tourism tax.

‘This is an overkill’, says Soo, ‘as the Sarawak Tourism Minister was merely asking for Sarawak’s share of the tourism tax revenue as was promised by the Federal Government’.
        With regard to State-Federal debt, the protocol would have been for the Federal Finance Minister to approach the Sarawak Finance Minister if the Sarawak Government owes money, adds Soo.
         Soo questions Sarawak oil and gas monies that had gone to Malaya for the last 45 years with only 5% back. Where is the 95%, asks Soo, and where is the share to assist Sarawak in reducing poverty, building roads and providing piped water to all households?
         Soo says that the Sarawak Government should ask the Federal Government to repatriate to Sarawak the billions that Petronas had exploited and siphoned off from Sarawak oil and gas under the pretext of the Petroleum Development Act 1974 (PDA).
        Soo says that the arrogance of Federal Ministers knows no bounds and if not for the oil and gas revenues of Sarawak and Sabah expropriated under the unconstitutional PDA, Malaya would never have the superhighways, transportation and skyscrapers built on the scale as seen today.
       Soo also reminds the Federal Finance Minister on the election pledge of 20% oil royalty and 50% tax proceeds to be returned to Sarawak, which is yet to be seen.
The people of Sarawak have been duped by false promises, and Soo calls upon Federal Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng to apologise to Sarawakians for the broken faith and failure to deliver their campaign vows.
Lina Soo
STAR President
You dont even know whether to laugh or cry at the official map of Malaysia and seeing it on TV!

My comments:
        The PH government has been squashed and spoilt by Mahathir and Ling Guan Eng whom, I believe, 95% of the Chinese in the Malaysia federation condemn him now.  We just can't believe that he acts so insensibly and insensitively to the rights of Sarawak.
        Once he said that the Federal government would only pay back the due to Sarawak and Sabah when the financial position had improved.  Where on earth could the debtor postpone the monthly installment to the bank in the pretext that he is in debt now?  It is just incredible.  I should say that he is not fit to be the FM in the Malaysia federation.  He acts funny and aggressively.  When 95% of the Chinese turn their backs on him when 'their hearts turn to their back'(人心向背转/人心转向背), will he still be in the office? 

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Head of State, wife back in Sarawak following foreign vacation

January 9, 2019, Wednesday at 12:25 AM

Taib and Raghad (front second and third left) join prayers on the tarmac. Also seen from front left are Asfia, Fatimah, Wong, Julaihi, Abdul Karim, Juanda, Misnu and Ismawi. Dr Jerip is at right, while Manyin is at back second right.

KUCHING: Head of State Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud and his wife Toh Puan Datuk Patinggi Raghad Kurdi Taib returned to Sarawak on Monday.

       (From left) Raghad and Taib descend onto the tarmac and are welcomed by Asfia, Wong, Manyin, and Abdul Karim.  They arrived at the Hornbill Skyways Hangar, Kuching International Airport at around 10.30pm.

        Among those present to welcome the couple back were State Legislative Assembly Speaker Datuk Amar Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar, who was Acting Head of State during Taib’s absence, and his wife Datin Amar Datuk Fatimah Mohamad Iskandar.
        Second Minister of Finance Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh; Minister of Education, Science and Technological Research Dato Sri Michael Manyin Jawong; Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah; Assistant Minister of Coastal Road Datuk Julaihi Narawi; and Assistant Minister of Transportation Datuk Dr Jerip Susil were also present.
        Also seen were Jemoreng assemblyman Datuk Dr Juanda Jaya, Sarawak Islamic Council president Datu Misnu Taha, and Regional Corridor Development Authority CEO Datu Ismawi Ismuni.
       Taib and Raghad had been holidaying overseas with stops including San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles in the United States; Paris, France; and London, England.

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          What a big show to make that many people just hate to see.  Will these people still be in office after 2021 Sarawak election?   I think that it is so idiotic of these political thugs to waste their time indulging in such a meaningless gesture which means nothing to upgrade themselves for the interest of the people.  It is no doubt a wonderful show that Taib Mahmud has always expected his subjects to pay on him.   Just wait and see lah what will happen in 2021 Sarawak election!

Blog, Tweet and Facebook 8/1/2019 准备收妖

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（星洲日报7日讯）[首相：相较承认华校文凭   马来人问题更大]

这个人永远都是M乱说M乱道（胡说8道）。 没有根据逻辑和统计就胡说8道，乱比较乱套。只求符合个人主观狭隘的思维。如果承认统考可以跟30%的马来贫穷做比较的，那么猪鼻子也可以跟牛角斗硬了。 希盟是毁灭在这邪魔的手中。 再加上财长林冠英和DAP其他成员的安静/anjing表现。希望联盟已经让95%华人绝望了。 希盟还有下一届吗？

        我真的希望马来亚第三势力会开始动起来围攻他。要他家族和团队过去22年当第4任首相时吞下不义之财，全吐出来。 用来帮忙那些被他和他的团队掠夺和剥削的权益。 用来发展落后的地区。

        马来人有20%有上亿财富的 像Mahathir家族(以美金计算至少有500亿或更多)和团队非常有钱；30%是有钱；20%是过得去和有30%是赤贫的。 这数据有待对证。华人上亿的大概5%，15%有钱；60%过得去和20%贫穷的。 我希望马来亚政府应该好好的调查一番。免得被刻板印象绑架了。 以个别拥有的财富排队，就可以[一目了然]（一边眼睛看就够了）。哼。。。。。。。。。。。。

马来亚原本可以非常富裕的，可惜都是被Mahathir这邪魔搞砸了。想想从沙砂殖民地搜刮多少财富。就马来亚的Kelantan和Trengganu拥有石油的资源的州理应是很富有的。可惜，被他所引领的中央集权垄断搞得如此不堪。我会明白Kelantan和Trengganu的回教徒为什么不会支持希盟。 还好，有60多%的马来人不支持。 我希望有更好的Muslims领袖像TajuddinRasdi 有正义感的人站出来印领Muslims们。 HadiAwang真的不行。该是时候[收妖]了吧。

Flash floods hit Kapit, poor drainage blamed

December 5, 2018, Wednesday at 12:03 AM James Ling, reporters@theborneopost.com

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The multipurpose hall of Kapit Foochow Association was among the places inundated during yesterday’s heavy rainfall.

KAPIT: Torrential rain lasting two hours yesterday morning triggered flooding in several parts of Kapit town.
The sudden surge of water left some areas under about a foot of water and made many roads impassable to vehicles.
Among the affected areas were the carpark beneath Mega Mall between Jalan Yong
Mok Chai and Jalan Penghulu Nyanggau as well as Jalan Selirik.
A car owner whose vehicle was among those at Mega Mall blamed the flooding on poor drainage in the surrounding area.
“The water that came out from the drains left the whole area smelling foul and made the ground muddy and slippery.
“I hope the local council arranges to have the mud removed,” he said.
Jalan Selirik, meanwhile, is prone to flooding each time there is heavy rain, with water overflowing from the drains onto the road and into nearby houses and other low-lying areas.
A contributing factor is the poor drainage – some of which are clogged by debris and others by siltation which prevents the smooth discharge of water.

Water from nearby drains flooded the carpark beneath Mega Mall.

My comments: 

Though this flood disaster happened about a month plus ago but i believe it will happen again if the problems of drainage at the said area and the reservoirs along the way where the water deluges from the dams upstream nearby have not been resolved properly.   

统考如何危害国家建设？ Tajuddin Rasdi 写的

统考如何危害国家建设？  Tajuddin Rasdi 写的。 （不懂得如何copy&paste）
       我真的觉得这位马来教授很值得所有人的尊重。他讲的话非常公道有理。我非常地欣赏他。 他凭道理讲解华人的困境。他清楚的道出种种不公平的现象。这是从一个马来学者的眼观里看到的实相。单一种族群霸主各公共领域。我说Mahathir宝贝的儿子Muhriz现任KedahMentriBesar 竟然说马来人被边缘化。这种虚伪的Muslims是问题的根源。有其父必有其子。教育系统所传达的价值观非常偏向一方根本没有反映出各族群的文化价值。
       他找不出一个理由统考如何危害国家建设？  独中的历史课本涵盖更广泛的历史知识。是世界历史和本地。说独中历史涵盖不足本地历史，达祖丁/Tajuddin不认为这是足够的理由不承认统考。世界各国都陆续承认统考。就是马国有那么走样理由不承认。
       说独中生马来文不行，但是他们可以不选那些大学还是用马来文课本。他们可以选那些大学使用英文课本的。 我说马国迎接不少的外国生。他们的马来文够格吗？  我真的认为这些反对承认统考的人逻辑思考很有问题。
       虚伪的Muslims像Mahathir，马智礼等等等等就是太在乎这些逻辑思考有问题的虚假的Muslims。这我肯定只占5%的人数的问题。他们不用经过民调就认为承认统考会让马来人有不好的感受。 这是什么年代了？ 他们还是在玩[一手遮天]的游戏。所以，要改进马来亚，一定要靠这些有正义感虔诚的Muslims 像TanjuddinRasdi，Johore苏丹，王子们的开明这些有高尚文化的马来人带领。
       我真的希望马来亚那里有正义感和高尚文化的马来族群带领的第三势力的出现围攻Mahathir和他的家族。还有他的同谋。这第三势力可以凝集各种族逼迫Mahathir家族和他们的同谋吐钱。吞多少，吐多少。

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Soo suggests Sarawak government increase sales tax on petroleum products to 20 per cent

Lina Soo

KUCHING: The Sarawak government should consider increasing the sales tax on all petroleum products to 20 per cent to finance its development programmes.
State Reform Party Sarawak (STAR) president Lina Soo said this in response to the statement by the Sarawak Consultative Committee on MA63.
She, however, supported the Sarawak government’s resolve to carry through with the five per cent Sarawak sales tax on petroleum products and the proposal to the federal government to lower the 38 per cent Petroleum Income Tax.
     “In view of the federal government now attempting to cut off its allocations with inadequate funding for our schools, federal roads and bridges, the answer lies in increasing the Sarawak petroleum sales tax to 20 per cent,” she suggested.
“There is no reason why Sarawak as landowner is getting much less revenue from its oil and gas compared to the federal government.”
STAR also supports the four non-negotiable rights – immigration, state legislation vis-à-vis federal laws, Sarawak’s territorial sovereignty (border and sea), and resources.
        As landowner, Soo maintains that Sarawak is entitled to all property rights and economic rights of its resources, including oil and gas, over its land and territory.
However, Soo regretted that the declaration of the Sarawak Consultative Committee on MA63, though excellent in principle, fell short on specifics.
      “The committee has failed to convince, on how the Sarawak government will take the necessary constitutional steps to safeguard Sarawak’s territorial integrity and claim ownership of its oil and gas for future generations,” she stressed.
Since the discord with Petronas over the state’s oil and gas rights emerged, STAR has consistently urged that the Sarawak government pass a law in the State Legislative Assembly (DUN) to repudiate the Petroleum Development Act (PDA) and Territorial Sea Act (TSA).
     “This constitutional provision must be formalised and gazetted by DUN to lock in our sovereignty over our natural resources for our future generations. If as what CM (Chief Minister of) Sarawak has said that he believes silence means consent, our silence on both Acts may be construed as consent and acquiescence. This would be fatal to our future generations,” she warned.
On Petronas’ position in Sarawak, Soo says that the Sarawak Oil Mining Ordinance (OMO) is very clear and that all oil mining companies exploring, prospecting and mining oil and gas in Sarawak must apply for the necessary permits and pay all dues.
      “It is as clear as daylight that no oil mining company can operate without observing our Sarawak laws, as no oil mining company can be bigger than the State of Sarawak,” she stressed.
Soo reiterated her call to enforce the regulation that non-Sarawakians must produce their passports upon entry in the state and departure.
    “This is the clearest signal of our immigration autonomy,” she said.
On the issue that Sarawak land placed under the Federal Land Commission be returned to Sarawak, Soo fully supports and looks forward to the return of the huge parcel of land at Matang allocated to the federal government which is now a grass-growing eyesore.
      Also on the return of assets under federal control back to Sarawak, Soo proposed that the Sarawak government take over the federal-owned Bintulu Port as it had done for Bakun Dam.
   “After all, Bintulu Port is used to ship out Sarawak’s oil and gas, which is a Sarawak resource.”
     Soo urged Sarawakians to support the government’s stand as laid out by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg, a wish coming true if indeed the federal government accepts and respects Sarawak’s rights.
  “In fact, Sarawak rights rest with the Sarawak government and no one else, as it is the duty of the Sarawak government to formulate, legislate and enforce the law on Sarawak rights in the interests of the people and for future generations, which has been blatantly ignored for all of 56 years.”
    Doubts and concerns may be cast upon the effectiveness of such proposal taken so far as to warrant its legitimacy as it has taken both federal and state governments 56 years to acknowledge the failure to comply with MA63; and as without the participation of the principal signatory, the British Government, this may mean the MA63 has fallen into disuse and is no longer binding. After all, MA63 is an international treaty and bound by the International Law on Treaties, concludes Soo.

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Don't you owe us RM2.5b? - Lim fires back at S'wak minister

Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has taken aim at a Sarawak minister for claiming the federal government neglected to pay the state its share of 2018 tourism tax revenue, despite purportedly owing the former over RM2.5 billion.
        "It would be wise for the Sarawak government to not make slanderous statements concerning the RM2.7 million in tourism tax disbursement considering, as at Nov 30, 2018, the state government still owes the federal government over RM2.5 billion, with arrears close to RM50 million.
         "Considering Sarawak has such huge reserves, why can't it settle its debt with the federal government?" he said in a statement today.
         Lim was responding to Sarawak tourism, arts, culture, youth and sports minister Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, who claimed that Putrajaya owed the state RM2.32 million for its share of taxes collected from January until September last year.
        Karim (photo) also said that Sarawak is owed a further RM439,731 for collection between September and December 2017.

          He also alleged that Sabah had received its share of the tourism tax revenue, which he said he was informed of after meeting with Sabah tourism, culture and environment minister Christina Liew.

'Inciting anger'

       Lim denied that the Pakatan Harapan government was prioritising any particular state at the expense of Sarawak, and clarified that payments have not been made to any state.
       The finance minister further accused Karim of making the allegation to incite the anger of Sarawakians.
      "The accusations by Karim are untrue.  A Sarawak minister should not have to rely on such slander just to find the space to criticise the federal government.
      "The Finance Ministry would like to stress that no other state, including Sabah, has received the tourism (tax) distribution, as claimed by Karim."

        Lim stated that his ministry is still in the midst of finalising the accounts for the 2018 tourism tax revenue, and that 50 percent of this will be distributed back to the states as promised in the Budget 2019 speech.

        He also took Karim to task for allegedly saying that tax distribution amount was the "right" of the state government, and must therefore be paid by Putrajaya.
        "Tourism tax, by law, is federal government revenue and (the issue of) the rights of any state government to receive it does not arise.
        "Even so, the Harapan government announced in the Budget 2019 speech to share 50 percent of tourism tax revenue collection received from the state beginning in 2019.
        "The accounting of the tourism tax revenue for 2018 will be finalised soon and, courtesy of the federal government, 50 percent of the tourism tax revenue will be distributed to each state government by the first quarter of 2019."

My comments: 

        It is really true that Sarawak is just a colony of Malaya.  Annually, Malaya has plundered, exploited and robbed Sarawak of billions of dollars on gas and oil revenue.  In the pretext that the manifesto is not a bible to deny the payment of oil and gas revenue to Sarawak.  Now he has another excuse to deny the sales tax of petroleum product.  Sarawakians are ready to stand up to kick out the Malaya colonial masters for good. I think that FM Ling Guan Eng is so mean and disgusting.