Menteri Hal Ehwal Sabah dan Sarawak Mustapha Sakmud berkata kerajaan beri keutamaan anak Sabah, Sarawak berkhidmat di negeri kelahiran.
Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Hal Ehwal Sabah dan Sarawak) Mustapha Sakmud berkata kerajaan persekutuan turut memperkukuh pemantauan MA63 menerusi papan pemuka status pelaksanaan perjanjian itu. (Gambar Bernama)
KUALA LUMPUR: Sebanyak 71.88% jawatan pengurusan dan profesional persekutuan di Sabah diisi anak tempatan, manakala kadar di Sarawak adalah 87.10%, menurut Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Hal Ehwal Sabah dan Sarawak) Mustapha Sakmud.
Beliau berkata angka itu berdasarkan data Sistem Maklumat Pengurusan Sumber Manusia (HRMIS) Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA) sehingga 12 Okt.
“Kerajaan persekutuan terus menyokong dasar Borneonisasi dengan memberi keutamaan kepada anak negeri Sabah dan Sarawak untuk berkhidmat di negeri kelahiran masing-masing,” katanya ketika menggulung perbahasan bagi kementerian itu di Dewan Rakyat.
Mustapha berkata JPA turut mengadakan sesi libat urus bersama pengurus sumber manusia kementerian dan jabatan berkaitan bagi menerangkan prosedur penempatan pegawai perkhidmatan bukan gunasama yang perlu mengutamakan pegawai kelahiran Sabah dan Sarawak.
“Sesi libat urus ini adalah bagi memastikan dasar Borneonisasi dilaksanakan lebih menyeluruh,” katanya.
Dalam perkembangan berkaitan, beliau berkata kerajaan persekutuan turut memperkukuh pemantauan Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 (MA63) menerusi papan pemuka status pelaksanaan perjanjian itu.
“Papan pemuka status pelaksanaan perkara di bawah MA63 telah diluncurkan pada 28 Jan dan diintegrasikan melalui portal rasmi Bahagian Hal Ehwal Sabah dan Sarawak (BHESS), Jabatan Perdana Menteri,” katanya.
Menurutnya, platform itu berfungsi sebagai sistem pemantauan bersepadu yang membolehkan penyelarasan pelaksanaan dibuat secara sistematik serta menyediakan maklumat terkini secara masa nyata kepada pihak berkepentingan.
“Kerajaan akan terus mengoptimumkan peruntukan BHESS tahun 2027 bagi memperkukuh penyelarasan, pemantauan dan tindakan susulan antara semua pihak berkaitan demi memastikan pelaksanaan keputusan MA63 dapat disegerakan mengikut bidang kuasa dan proses yang ditetapkan,” katanya. - FMT
Adakah PAS mempunyai bakat kepimpinan nasional yang belum diberikan perhatian secukupnya?
Dalam politik, orang yang paling mendapat perhatian tidak semestinya orang yang paling meyakinkan untuk memimpin negara.
Itulah yang terlintas ketika saya mengikuti Forum Perniagaan dan Ekonomi SG4 di Pusat Konvensyen Kuala Lumpur baru-baru ini. Dalam kalangan pemimpin yang tampil, perhatian saya secara tidak dijangka tertumpu kepada Timbalan Menteri Besar Kelantan, Mohamed Fadzli Hassan.
Bukan kerana beliau paling popular, tetapi kerana caranya menyusun hujah dan membawa diri. Beliau tenang, tersusun dan tidak perlu meninggikan suara untuk menegaskan pendirian. Penampilan itu membuatkan saya tertanya-tanya: adakah PAS mempunyai bakat kepimpinan nasional yang belum diberikan perhatian secukupnya?
Sorakan dan keyakinan bukan perkara sama
Menteri Besar Kedah, Sanusi Nor, mempunyai kelebihan dalam politik massa. Beliau tahu menguasai pentas, mencuit emosi dan menggerakkan penyokong. Namun, menjadi perdana menteri memerlukan lebih daripada kebolehan menghidupkan suasana ceramah.
Seorang pemimpin negara mesti meyakinkan pelabur, berunding dengan pihak yang berbeza pendirian dan menjaga kepentingan rakyat yang tidak mengundinya. Pada hemat saya, inilah ujian yang masih perlu dilalui Sanusi: membuktikan bahawa pengaruh dalam kalangan penyokong boleh diterjemahkan kepada kepercayaan masyarakat yang lebih luas.
Menteri Besar Terengganu, Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar yang dikenali sebagai Dr Sam pula mempunyai profil lebih meyakinkan untuk dipertimbangkan. Latar belakang akademik dan kejuruteraan aeroangkasa, bersama pengalaman pentadbiran, memberikan asas kepada imej teknokratik.
Namun, kelayakan dan ketenangan juga bukan jaminan. Samsuri masih perlu menunjukkan bagaimana beliau mampu membina penerimaan merentas kaum, wilayah dan kecenderungan politik. Menjadi pilihan parti tidak semestinya bermakna sudah menjadi pilihan negara.
Fadzli wajar diuji
Di sinilah saya melihat ruang untuk Fadzli. Saya tidak mengenalinya secara mendalam dan tidak mendakwa rekod pentadbirannya mengatasi Samsuri. Apa yang menarik perhatian saya ialah potensi yang terserlah melalui disiplin komunikasi.
Beliau kelihatan selesa membicarakan persoalan ekonomi tanpa perlu menjadikan setiap hujah sebagai serangan politik. Pada pandangan saya, sikap sebegini wajar diberikan ruang dalam perbahasan kepimpinan nasional.
Tetapi ukuran mesti adil. Sekiranya sorakan tidak cukup untuk membuktikan kelayakan Sanusi, kekaguman saya terhadap satu penampilan Fadzli juga tidak boleh menjadi bukti bahawa beliau layak memimpin negara.
Justeru, berikan beliau lebih banyak ruang dalam forum nasional dan perbahasan dasar. Biarkan rakyat menilai pendiriannya tentang ekonomi, tadbir urus, hubungan antarabangsa dan masyarakat majmuk. Biarkan beliau menjawab soalan sukar, bukan sekadar berucap di hadapan khalayak yang bersetuju.
SG4 sendiri sepatutnya menjadi medan pembuktian untuk semua pemimpinnya. Ujiannya bukan sebesar mana aspirasi diumumkan, tetapi sama ada pelaburan dapat direalisasikan, pekerjaan berkualiti diwujudkan dan pendapatan rakyat ditingkatkan.
PAS tidak perlu mengetepikan tokoh sedia ada untuk memberikan peluang kepada bakat lain. Sebaliknya, parti itu perlu meluaskan penilaiannya melampaui populariti dan sambutan penyokong.
Sanusi mempunyai sorakan. Samsuri mempunyai nama. Fadzli mungkin mempunyai potensi yang belum diterokai sepenuhnya. Namun, ketiga-tiganya mesti dinilai dengan ukuran yang sama: rekod, pertimbangan dan keupayaan membina kepercayaan rakyat.
Aura boleh menarik perhatian. Tetapi kelayakan memimpin negara hanya terbukti apabila seseorang mampu membuat rakyat terus yakin selepas ucapan berakhir dan keputusan sukar mula dibuat. - FMT
Penulis ialah penganalisis di Global Asia Consulting.
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Cheras police chief Rosdi Daud says the incident arose from a business turf dispute, but investigations are ongoing.
Cheras police chief Rosdi Daud said police had arrested nine people, aged between 16 and 44, to assist in the investigation. (Bernama pic)
PETALING JAYA: Police have ruled out racial and gang-related elements in a group brawl outside a cafe in Desa Tun Razak, Sungai Besi, last night.
Cheras police chief Rosdi Daud said preliminary investigations suggested that the incident arose from a business turf dispute, but investigations are ongoing to establish the actual cause.
“We urge the public not to speculate as investigations are still ongoing,” he was quoted by Bernama as saying at the Cheras police headquarters today.
Rosdi said police had arrested nine people, including a woman, aged between 16 and 44, to assist in the investigation. They also seized several items believed to have been used in the incident.
He said two of those arrested, aged 32 and 44, were identified as the main suspects.
“All nine were remanded for between one and three days. Six had records for criminal and drug-related offences,” he said, adding that police were tracking down 15 others believed to have been involved in the incident.
The case is being investigated under Section 148 of the Penal Code for rioting with weapons.
Earlier, Kuala Lumpur police chief Fadil Marsus confirmed that a team from the Sungai Besi police station’s mobile patrol vehicle unit and the Cheras police headquarters’ criminal investigation division had arrested nine people.
The arrests were made near the scene after police received information about a fight involving a group of people at about 11pm. - FMT
DAP secretary-general Loke Siew Fook had ticked off MCA president Wee Ka Siong for picking on Bandar Hilir candidate Leng Chau Yen, who has a speech impediment.
MCA’s Jasmine Lok (left) said she has ‘absolutely no intention of bullying’ her DAP rival, Leng Chau Yen, who she said has ‘considerable talent in public speaking and debating’.
PETALING JAYA: MCA’s candidate for the Bandar Hilir seat in the Melaka election, Jasmine Lok, has invited her DAP rival, Leng Chau Yen, to a “written discussion” on Facebook, following concerns about Leng’s speech impediment.
In a Facebook post today, Lok said she had “absolutely no intention of bullying Leng” and that her earlier invitation to debate was not extended for personal publicity.
“After listening to her speeches, I felt she had considerable talent in public speaking and debating. I was informed at the outset that Leng agreed to accept my invitation.
“I acknowledge that Leng’s debating skills may well surpass mine. The real purpose of the debate is to enable the people to gain a deeper understanding of the issues affecting their lives and livelihoods in Melaka, particularly in Bandar Hilir,” she said.
This comes after DAP secretary-general Loke Siew Fook criticised MCA president Wee Ka Siong for daring Leng, who has a speech impediment, to debate Lok, accusing him of being a “bully”.
Loke, the transport minister, challenged Wee, who previously held the portfolio, to a debate on their achievements in helming the ministry instead.
However, Lok defended Wee, saying he had merely expressed support for her invitation to a debate with Leng.
Proposing a “written discussion” on Facebook, she said she would raise questions about issues in Bandar Hilir and the surrounding areas for Leng to answer.
“Leng will have ample opportunity to answer all my questions and raise her own questions about issues in Bandar Hilir.
“The debate will not be overly formal or rigid, and both sides will be able to exchange views in an open, constructive and meaningful manner,” she said.
Lok said the objective of the debate was not to “determine whose debating skills are superior or who would win or lose”.
“Our objective is to put the people’s interests first and give them an opportunity to better understand the various issues that directly affect their daily lives. The only winners in this debate will be the voters,” she said. - FMT
The career member of the Senior Foreign Service succeeds Edgard D Kagan, who concluded his tenure as the 22nd US ambassador in February.
Joshua Harris, of Maryland, previously served as deputy assistant secretary of state overseeing US relations with Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. (US state dept pic)
PETALING JAYA: The US Senate has confirmed the nomination of Joshua Harris as the country’s next ambassador to Malaysia.
According to the US Congress website, Harris was confirmed by the senate through a voice vote on Sept 30, Bernama reported.
Harris, from Maryland, is a career member of the US Senior Foreign Service and currently holds the rank of minister-counsellor.
His nomination was received from US president Donald Trump on July 21 before being referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The committee held a hearing on Sept 16 before being discharged from further consideration of the nomination by unanimous consent on Sept 30. The Senate considered and confirmed his nomination on the same day.
Harris served as deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs from July 18, 2022, to Aug 5, 2025, overseeing US relations with Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia.
The ambassadorial post in Kuala Lumpur has been vacant since February following the departure of Edgard D Kagan, who concluded his tenure as the 22nd US ambassador to Malaysia. - FMT
