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PSB Baleh chief says sees no issue with providing internet access to rural schools in Sarawak | Malay MailTuesday, 01 Dec 2020 05:12 PM MYT

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Masing recently questioned if PSB had permission from the Education Ministry to install the service in schools after the party announced that it aimed to provide internet access in 1,000 locations in Sarawak.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 — Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) Baleh chief Koh Kumbong said today that there should be no reason why the authorities should reject his party’s efforts to help provide internet access in rural areas, especially schools using the ConnectMe system.

“They needed help and we (PSB) came in to help immediately. Isn’t providing solutions to those in urgent need important? The feedback I have received is that the schools could do more with the broadband services in place,” he said after PSB was criticised for its initiative.

Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Masing recently questioned if PSB had permission from the Education Ministry to install the service in schools after the party announced that it aimed to provide internet access in 1,000 locations in Sarawak, with rural schools as priority.

Revealing that he had also provided funds for eight schools in Kapit to set up the ConnectMe satellite broadband service, Koh said he was sincere in his aim to help the teachers and students who currently do not have internet access.

“I do not think providing funds to the schools for them to install the ConnectMe satellite broadband is illegal,” he said, hitting back at Masing who is Baleh assemblyman and Parti Rakyat Sarawak president.

Koh said the installation of the broadband service in rural schools should not be made into an issue and should not be perceived negatively by the school authorities

“Teachers are now asked to conduct Google Meet with students. Ask them if they need or have good quality telecommunication systems in school?” Koh said.

He pointed out that some teachers in other rural schools had already installed the ConnectMe broadband service for their own use and nobody had told them that their usage of the service was illegal. — Borneo Post

 

Mycomments:

I am so happy to see that PSB is going to “provide internet access in 1,000 locations in Sarawak, with rural schools as priority”.  Now, I want to see what other good reasons the BN-GPS government can give to tell the rakyat in different constituencies why they were not able to provide.  Abang Johari said that the telecommunication companies were not keen to provide as they were not profitable.  He trumpeted that he would set up a telecommunication company to do the job.  Many scoffed at him that it might took years to materialise and he should consider the existing ones at hand.  Now PSB takes the lead to do it.  I believe that many BN-GPS YBs feel threatened and ashamed for not doing their jobs. 

Finally, I see the possibility of the BN-GPS government being defeated by PSB and eventually by PBK in the course of time.  I wonder if the BN-GPS could retain 25 seats in the 12^th Sarawak election.

 

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Stampin MP questions unfair devt expenditure allocation for Sabah, Sarawak in 2021 Budget - Borneo Post Online

KUCHING (Nov 30): Stampin MP Chong Chieng Jen has questioned the unfair allocation of specific development expenditure for Sabah and Sarawak in the 2021 Budget.

He said the specific development expenditure for the two Bornean states was about 13 per cent of the total RM69 billion development expenditure in the 2021 National Budget, compared to 17 per cent when the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government approved the 2020 Budget.

“Even though the development expenditure has increased from RM56 billion in 2020 to RM69 billion for 2021, specific development expenditure for Sarawak and Sabah still remains at around RM9.6 billion.

“Therefore this is an injustice to Sabah and Sarawak,” the Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak chairman said in his 2021 Budget debate speech in parliament today.

Chong also said despite the increase in the Prime Minister’s Department (PMD) development expenditure from RM2.93 billion in 2020 to RM7.22 billion for 2021, the allocation for the Sabah and Sarawak Affairs Division under the PMD was only at RM22 million compared to the PMD management expenditure of about RM4.47 billion.

“That is not even 0.5 per cent (of the management expenditure). And the number of posts in the Sabah and Sarawak Affairs Division is only 106 compared to the PMD with 24,000 officers.

“This shows that the Sabah and Sarawak Affairs Minister (Datuk Seri Maximus Johnity Ongkili) is the only minister who has no development expenditure under his own jurisdiction.

“This means that Sabah and Sarawak continue to be sidelined under the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government just like back during the Barisan Nasional (BN) days,” he said.

Chong also highlighted another unfairness in the 2021 Budget allocation for the development corporations (PKN) of Sarawak compared to other states.

He said Sarawak PKN was only allocated RM665,000, compared to Johor PKN which was allocated RM14 million, Kedah RM16 million, Kelantan RM7 million, Terengganu RM1 million and Sabah RM9 million.

“Even though the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) has been the kingmaker during the ‘Sheraton Move’, the PN government only appointed several GPS leaders as cabinet ministers, and showed no appreciation to Sarawak in the 2021 National Budget,” said Chong.

Mycomments:

How can Malaya Agong endorse the Budget 2021 showing unfairness and injustice to pass?  How can Sarawak BN-GPS so-called national representatives allow the Budget 2021 to pass without any protest?  How can the BN-GPS Sarawak government and the Sabah government accept this unfair and unjust federal Budget 2021?  

Who cares about the feelings and thoughts of Sabahans and Sarawakians?  Well, I pray and hope that Sabahans and Sarawakians will wake up and exercise people’s power to flush out for a change.  Only through competition, we people can expect improvement.  Otherwise, we have to face the same pattern, the same practice of corruption and collusion of these political scoundrels and thugs.  We face the same problems of being plundered, exploited, oppressed, suppressed, robbed and bullied.

The poverty and the extremes we face today are the making of these political scoundrels and thugs.  Dear friends, are you prepared for the flush out of these political thugs?

Water, water everywhere in Bintulu 30/11/2020 Monday

 

Water, water everywhere in Bintulu   30/11/2020  Monday

        On 27^th November, 2020, Bintulu was heavily flooded in many areas.  Why?  You all must ask yourselves and others, YB Tion King Sing especially, for the reasons for the plights.  Bintulu being a coastal town is not supposed to face floods in any degree.  What has really gone wrong in Bintulu, I wonder?   I went to Bintulu once only to visit my third younger sister and her family in 199-.   Only, Bintuluans know best what has gone wrong.

        In early years, floods were common in Sibu, but not in Bintulu and Miri, not to say Lawas or Limbang in my impression.  Sibu is not spare of floods  now.   Nowadays, Floods have become common and rampant in Bintulu and Miri, especially, why?

        Who should be accountable for the frequent floods in Bintulu and Miri?  If not YBs and the ruling party, who?  YB Tiong King Sing seems to know a lot about flood woes in Sibu and for sure as he locked horns with YB Soon Koh Wong over the issues of floods in Sibu months ago,  he owes Bintuluan an explanation for the flood woes on November 27^th, 2020 in Bintulu.   Why not? 

        Though I am not an expert and may not be so accurate specifically to talk about the flood woes in Bintulu, I dare to make some guesses based on my knowledge of flood woes in Sibu over years of observation and study.  By general law of nature, water always flows downwards and the drainage system must be in capacity to discharge.  However, the deluge from the two dams plus the torrential rain plus the king tides, heavy floods occurs just naturally.  It is common sense.  What were the immediate causes of floods on November 27^th, 2020, I wonder? 

         The water was Teh-tarik in colour.  In Sibu, if the water is Teh-tarik in colour, it is the water overflowing from the Rejang River.  On the other hand, if it is Kopi-O in colour, it is the local stagnant rain water.  What about it in Bintulu, I wonder?

         The main causes of flood have been discussed and forumed many, many and many times already to be:

1.    Indiscriminate logging for different economic activities-- plundering    way of development

2.   Two big dams upstream – the large volume of discharge -- deluge

3.    A large tract of land has been cleared for the Baleh dam which is almost ready for operation next year, 2021

4.    Shallowing of river system as a result of soil erosion and so siltation

5.    Lack of water catchment areas

6.    Not building enough reservoirs in the forms of tube wells and tunnels to deal with excess water

7.    Poor local drainage system in the flood areas

8.    Lack of the whole network of drainage system

       

        Don’t blame the inclement weather for floods as the good government is well-prepared for abnormal weather conditions when it has become normal phenomena.

The YBs and BN-GPS government are as helpless as babies as far as flood problems are concerned.   So far, what they do is having installed flood alarm system and set up the rescue team to help the rakyat.  See that they can not do more than these since time immemorial.  Do you still have Hope in them to improve you lots? 

Wake up, friends, reject the BN-GPS government for your own and future generations good and well-being to opt for a better and more dynamic one – the one who dares to declare Sarawak Independence and Freedom.

        The BN-GPS government who has been in power for far too long is rotten and corrupt.  Flush them out like flushing the toilet.  Are you ready, friends?

                                                        Belinda Ling Moi Hung.

Whose rights are they protecting, Sarawakians’ or theirs?

 

Whose rights are they protecting, Sarawakians’ or theirs?  29/11/20

The representatives of DAP, PKR or PH Sarawak are the agents of the Malayan parties.  Hence, no doubt, they are protecting their respective parties to protect their official positions and so their interests.  We have had enough glimpses of their acts, behaviours and expressions since 509.  In so-called federal Budget 2021, we have had the full glare and view of their acts, behaviours and expressions to deny the facts and truth.  Do you still support them?  Stop being fools to save Sarawak.

        Worst of all  is the BN-GPS political thugs who have all proclaimed to protect Sarawak rights and interests instead they have been selling out the rights and interests of Sarawak for their official positions and interests in the guise of the local party which many fools and ignorants take for granted.  They are actually the culprits for the selling of the rights and interests of Sarawak to the Malaya colonial and foreign power.   They create a lot of make-believes and dreams to fool and intoxicate Sarawakians.

        The BN-GPS political thugs have been colluding with the Malayan colonial masters to plunder, exploit, oppress, suppress, rob and bully Sarawakians.  When have they stood up to protect the rights and interests of Sarawakians?  Instead, I have seen them threaten Sarawakians to submission to the authoritative power of Malayan colonial masters

        First, they have allowed the ‘fakederation’ of Malaysia to continue and hence they have accepted the nation of Sarawak to be degraded to be a vassal state of Malaya since 1976.  The Chief Minister, Abang Johari has many times expressed himself of his decision to forever stay in the ‘fakederation’ of Malaysia despite the fact that MA63 is void and null as Sarawak did not have the legal capacity to sign the International Treaty like the Chagos Island. 

        It is understood why they want to keep the final report of MA63 secret under the Official Secrets Act.  They had been negotiations between these high ranking officials for their self-interests at the expense of Sarawakians and Sabahans in general.

        For special grant, TaibMahmud had never cared to reveal Special Grant at all since 1969 during his tenure as  Chief Minister of Sarawak for 33 years.

This devil was too self-interested and selfish to care for his fellow Sarawakians being ignorant, who had been fooled and intoxicated by his promises and make-believes.

        The change of so called ‘Federal government’ to PH, the Special Grant was said to increase to RM32 million from RM16 million in 2020 Federal Budget dropped to RM16 million again but the BN-GPS government just kept quiet for nothing but a lot of negotiations of interests sharing among themselves. I believe so.

        Wake up, my Sarawakians friends for a change for our whole good.   Discard the 57 years old corrupt the BN-GPS government for a better one.

The one who dares to declare Sarawak Independence and Freedom.  This is the time and the place to opt for the party who dares to UDI/ Unilateral Declaration of Independence of Sarawak.  It is the united Sarawakians to bring a better and brighter future for Sarawak.  Are you ready?

                                                                                                                                                                        Belinda Ling Moi Hung