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Saturday, July 14, 2012

SABAH, THE WORST STATE TO LIVE IN MALAYSIA?



By: JOSEPH WILFRED LAKAI

SABAH is the worst managed and worst state to live in Malaysia with the second lowest water supply coverage, the highest population growth, the largest number of illegal immigrants, the highest poverty incidence, the poorest electricity/ energy efficiency and the least developed state in Malaysia.

This conclusion does come from a close study and analysis of the Ninth Malaysian Plan as follows:
Sabah has the second lowest water supply coverage of 75% throughout the state just ahead of the 70% water supply coverage in Kelantan;

Sabah has also the highest population growth rate in the country at 3.1% as compared to the national average of 2.3%. Its population jumped by 530,000 or more than 20% in the space of 5 years from 2.6 million in 2000 to 3.13 million in 2005.

Sabah has the largest number of illegal immigrants and those with genuine ICs under “Project M” estimated at nearly 1 million. The extraordinary growth of the Sabah population can be shown that in 1960, the Kadazandusun population was 168,000 and equaled the number of other Bumiputeras. In 2000, while the Kadazandusun Murut population increased to 560,000, the population of other Bumiputeras had grown to 1.1 million;

Sabah has the worst energy efficiency with shocking system losses of 19.5%, units sold per employee (Gwh) of only 1.29 and System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI) of 4,109 minutes per customer per year. In other words, 4,109 minutes is lost from power interruptions in Sabah each year or almost 3 days out of 365 days. No wonder Sabah is known as the ‘Land With Power Cuts’. This compares unfavorably with TNB’s system losses of 10.5%, 3.05 Gwh units sold and 147 SAIDI or only 147 minutes lost per year in Peninsular Malaysia.

Sabah has the worst incidence of poverty at 23% in 2004 as compared to Sarawak’s 7.5% and Kelantan’s 10.6%. The incidence of poverty in Peninsular Malaysia is 3.6% and for the entire country 5.7%.

Sabah ranked last on the Development Composite Index (DCI) scoring 90 as compared to the highest of 109.6 of Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur. Even Kelantan is ahead of Sabah with a DCI of 93.1.

Clearly, being the last developed state in Malaysia is the reward to Sabahans for giving absolute power to BN without any meaningful opposition in the state. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. The time has come for Sabahans to wake up by restoring democracy by voting in the opposition to provide a strong and effective Sabah government to fight for political equality, socio-economic justice and fight for a clean and good governance.

What have you got to lose when Sabahans are already the bottom state in Malaysia. With such abundant natural resources, it is unacceptable for Sabahans to live in poverty, where there are frequent interruption in power supply, poor roads maintenance and construction, frequent water supply breakdowns, a stranger in your own land facing illegal immigrants and also a deepening divide between the rich and poor.

Sabah has a mean monthly income of RM 2,487 in 2004. How many households have a mean monthly income of RM 2,487 when Sabah has the highest poverty incidence of 23%. Malaysia has the worst income disparity in South-East Asia between the rich and poor with the share of income of the bottom 40% of the population enjoying only 13.5% whilst the share of the top 20% increased 51.2%. The income disparity is clearly much worse in Sabah where the rich has become richer whilst the poor remain poor.

Malaysia has much wealth. The only problem is that it is not shared equitably with other Malaysians. As an oil producer and exporter, Malaysians have not received a single cent of oil revenues even though Petronas earned RM 500 billion since it was established 31 years ago in 1974. If this RM 500 billion was shared with every needy Malaysian who is not wealthy, each Malaysian young and old can get at least RM 20,000 each.

But Malaysians have not received a single cent of oil revenues due to extensive corruption by the BN government as absolute power corrupts absolutely. Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad recently revealed that Petronas was expected to earn RM 83 billion last year. After deducting tax and royalties of RM 40 billion, fuel subsidies of RM 13 billion, Petronas will still have RM 40 billion left. If this was distributed to needy Malaysians, each young and old would get RM 2,000 each per year.

A household of 5 would receive RM 10,000 per year and would not fear petrol and electricity price hikes as well as assist them in reducing the financial burdens. But why have we not received a single cent when this is our birthright as oil revenues from our oil resources belongs not to one company or to any individual but to all Malaysians in the oil producing states.

If a non-oil producer like Singapore can give S$2.6 billion (RM 6 billion) cash under the 2006 Budget this year to all Singaporeans, especially the poor, why can’t the Malaysian government do so when Petronas has earned nearly RM 500 billion since its inception in 1971? Oil importer Singapore has given $10.675 billion (RM 24 billion) directly to its people since 2000 as compared to Petronas which has not given a single cent.

The natural question that Najib must answer is how come Malaysians cannot get a single cent directly from the RM 500 billion oil revenues whilst Singaporeans without a single cent of earning from oil revenue can benefit from RM 24 billion these last 5 years? Clearly, it is important that Malaysians seek accountability and economic justice not only from the Sabah BN government but also from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to prevent all our oil revenue from being misused by the select few.

(NOTE : Joseph Wilfred Lakai, Vice Chairman of Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) N34 Liawan Constituency Liaison Committee.)

31 comments:

  1. Honestly, Sabah is the best place to live. Why? Because we never look at your race to determine where you should be put at.

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    1. I concur with you. Sabah is the safest place to live as well. But we can work more on the development side.

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    2. I guess there is improvements to be made.

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    3. i agree to a point with you POP

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  2. I'm sorry to say this but please oh my federal government, please look at rural areas of Sabah. Don't put too much effort on helping farthest countries.

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    1. The Govt. should really give more attention to Sabah.

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  3. Don't judge a book by its cover.

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  4. There are a lot of complaints by sabahans, hope there will be justice.

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  5. PATI issue should be solved by now, it's getting out of hands.

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  6. byk isu tmbul di Sabah. isu2 ini harus diselesaikan.

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  7. So, everything is worse in Sabah??

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    1. Indeed Mr. Cooper. if you want to observe it your self, do not hesitate to visit us....you'll be welcome warmly.

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  8. penguatkuasaan di pintu2 masuk utama perlu diperketatkan oleh pihak berkuasa bagi menyekat kemasukan PATI.

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  9. Tidak pandai habis isu tanah ini dibangkitkan.

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  10. Sebaiknya cari jalan yang terbaik untuk menyelesaikan masalah tanah yang berlaku ini.

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  11. Harap isu tanah ini dapat di selesaikan dengan segera. Isu ini akan terus di mainkan pembangkang jika tiada jalan penyelesaian.

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  12. " Sabah is the worst place to live in Malaysia " .....of course it is!!!!!! Lack of facilities to live around, education sucks! considering that KK ( Jesselton Town ) could grow up to stand tall like the others?! hell no!!!! Illegal immigrant? we got a bunch of'em
    spoiling the whole KK area, INdeeeeeeeeeed!!!! wishing that you could get a good position with a good bucks at the end (in the government sections) after spending over than 50grand?! trust me, you and your certificate will end up rusty, take a good look at the government sections now! who is dominating?!!!!! i bet you know the answer my fellow sabahans!!!! THE QUESTIONS IS, WHERE IS OUR SO CALLED GOVERNMENT TO FIX THE WHOLE THINGS AROUND1!!!!!!!! ARE THEY BUSY TO GET ANOTHER MILLIONS OF ILLEGALS TO REPRESENTS THE NATIONS!!!!!!! ARE THEY BUSY ON HELPING THOSE PATHETIC PALESTINIAN WHILE WE OPPRESSED AND END UP SUFFERING? WE PAY THE TAX TO ENSURE THAT WE COULD GET A BETTER FUNDS TO MAINTAIN THE WHOLE THINGS AROUND ESPECIALLY FACILITIES. BUT, WHAT DO WE GOT!!!!!! NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PEOPLE AROUND GLOB KEEP ON COMING AROUND TO SEE THE MIRACULOUS OF NATURES IN BORNEO! ( IN-FACT WE ARE THE RICHEST OF IT ) BUT WHAT DO THEY GOT IN RETURN AFTER SPENDING OVER THAN 10 HRS IN THE FLIGHT TO COME AROUND, DISAPPOINTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOW, WHERE IS THE GOVERNMENT.


    Apologized for being emotional but this the truth that lied deep on me for the few past years in KK



    Regards,

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    1. About 1,200 hardcore poor families from several districts in Sabah have received aid from Petronas under its corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme. They are among 5,000 families nationwide who receive monthly food supplies for two years under the programme dubbed ‘Sentuhan Harapan’ which began last year

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  13. the opposition was manipulating the World Bank's 2010 Malaysia Economic Monitor (MEM) Report that Sabah is the poorest State, for its own political interest and mileage.

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  14. sebelum Musa Aman ambil alih jawatan CM, apa Yong Teck Lee buat untuk menyelesaikan semua masalah2 itu??

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  15. populasi di Sabah meningkat sebab Sabah bercantum dengan kalimantan, dikelilingi pulau2 yang memudah PATI menyusup masuk ke negeri ini.. jika SAPP memerintah negeri ini untuk kali kedua, apa cadangan penyelesaian mereka? apa jaminan bahawa tidak ada lagi PATI di negeri ini??

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  16. berkenaan dengan masalah bekalan elektrik, kenapa SAPP bantah logi arang batu? kenapa bantah empangan tambatuon?? apa usaha2 yang dilakukan oleh YTL ketika beliau menduduki kerusi KM Sabah??

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  17. berkenaan dengan kemiskinan, saya yakin 100 tahun akan datang pun rakyat Sabah akan tetap miskin jika kerap diajar oleh ahli2 politik hipokrit ini untuk hidup dengan mengharapkan bantuan.. pelbagai projek dilaksanakan oleh kerajaan, namun semua dibantah oleh pemimpin2 pembangkang..

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  18. jika pembangkang memerintah negeri ini, saya yakin negeri Sabah akan jauh lebih teruk dari hari ini malah tidak sesuai untuk dihuni oleh manusia..

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  19. Sabah has received investment of RM23.9 billion since the start of the 10th Malaysia Plan in 2011 until the first quarter of this year. Minister of Industrial Development Datuk Raymond Tan Shu Kiah said data from the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) showed that of this amount, RM12.4 billion or 53 per cent was domestic investment and the remaining RM11.4 billion from overseas.

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  20. Replying to a question from Datuk Samsudin Yahya (UMNO-Sekong) at the State Assembly sitting, he said the investment created14,674 jobs. Tan added that Sabah’s six National Key Economic Areas (NKEA) had been identified, namely, tourism, oil and gas, oil palm, manufacturing and logistics, agriculture and education.

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  21. He said apart from this, there were 31 Entry Point Projects (EPPs) identified for implementation in Sabah to raise the country’s income level and create widespread job opportunities in the state. “The EPPs involved investment in the oil and gas sector of RM18.72 billion. And, the Gross National Income (GNI) for the country is expected to be RM12.8 billion, while providing about 23,119 jobs,” he said.

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  22. Tan also said seven EPPs have been identified for the oil and gas sector in Sabah, including the Sabah Sarawak Gas Pipeline (SSGP) extension project to the Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park (KKIP), the Kimanis Power Plant, Sabah Oil and Gas Terminal (SOGT), Sipitang Oil and Gas Industrial Park (SOGIP), Lahad Datu Re-Gasification Terminal, Lahad Datu Power Plant and Gas Separation Plant in Kimanis.

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  23. He added that for the oil palm sector, two EPPs had been identified – the Beluran and Kemabong Agropolitan Project, as well as the Sabah Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC) project at Lahad Datu and Sandakan with an investment of RM22.485 billion.“The GNI to be adduced from the project is RM8.766 billion and the oil palm sector will provide about 12,201 jobs,” he said.

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  24. The manufacturing and logistics sector will also witness the setting up of the Main Line Operator Set Up project in the Sepanggar Investment and the KKIP project and the GNI from this is expected to be RM1.939 billion, with about 23,471 jobs to be offered.

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  25. Tan, meanwhile said the projects and businesses identified would be developed by the private sector and they involved developing the support industries such as spare parts supplies and small machines needed by the larger industries.The minister also said the huge investment in Sabah would bring about the rapid development of luxury and medium cost homes.

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