SUPP Engkilili Branch rejects Rayong

olivia April 14th, 2010

KUCHING – The Engkilili branch of Sarawak United People’s Party has made it very clear today that the branch does not want Johnichal Rayong, an independent state assemblyman for Engkilili to contest on a SUPP-BN ticket in the coming election.

“We have made it very clear to the party leadership that we do not want Rayong as he had contested against us in the 2006 state election,” said Jonathan krai, a member of the executive committee of the Engkilili branch.

Will he try to join SPDP a second time since he is an appointed director of a construction company 99.99% controlled by a Chinese Wanita SPDP Exco Member?

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Krai who was defeated by Rayong in the state elections was commenting on suggestions made by SUPP Engkilili secretary Nyambong Maweng, its assistant secretary Lai Chaw Soon and branch deputy chairman Sibat Krutap suggesting that Rayong be nominated.

Krai said: “Nyambong, Lai and Sibat should know that the central leadership of the party had agreed not to accept any independent or Opposition member into the party fold if they had contested against the party.

Against BN spirit
“They were present at the meeting when the party made its stand very clear in respect of independent state assemblymen wanting to join the party.

“If we do accept people like Rayong into SUPP, then we are going to create problems for the State Barisan. Other members of the State Barisan may not like it as it is against the spirit of Barisan Nasional.
“And if we insist, then the other BN component parties may put up independent candidates against us,” he said.

Krai said that as the three SUPP members were not authorized to make such statements and were merely expressing their personal opinions that served their own interests.

“They have not consulted the branch leadership,” he said, adding that the branch would ask them for an explanation. — Malaysian Mirror

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SUPP: Kidurong belongs to us

admin January 21st, 2010


“Kidurong belongs to SUPP and it shall remain as such,” SUPP President and Deputy Chief Minister George Chan declared when asked to comment on claims by the Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) youth. Source – Malaysian Mirror

What needs to be stressed here, is that even though Kidurong is under DAP now, but SUPP has never ceased its’ effort in providing better quality service to the locals, not today, and definitely not in the future either.

SUPP strongly believes, that the only way to win people’s support and confidence is to provide quality service to the people of Kidurong, through practical actions. SUPP strives to fight for the interests, benefits and rights of Kidurong people at the state and federal level. Aside from helping the locals to solve various civil issues, we will also try our best to improve their living standard, bringing greater development into this constituency. Source – Press Statement by SUPP Youth

Kidurong do not belong to any political party but the voters and rakyat residing there.

This issue is not about SUPP or SPDP. It is all about consolidating and strengthening Barisan Nasional’s position at State and Federal level.

SUPP have lost this seat three (3) times and not twice as reported (1996, 2001 contested by Mr Michael Sim Kiam Hui of SUPP and in 2006 by Mr Paul Yong Khing Kee). Results of the last three (3) state election is illustrated in table below:-

The state constituency of N59 Kidurong (total registered voters is 23,726 as at 2006) is one of three (3) state constituency within the Parliamentary Seat of P217 Bintulu held by SPDP Treasurer, Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing.

The other two (2) are:-

1. N58 Jepak with total registered voter of 12,049 held by three (3) term Datuk Talib bin Zulpilip from PBB
2. N60 Kemena with total registered voter of 13,338 held by two (2) term Dr Stephen Rundi ak Utom also from PBB.

Despite Sarawak Barisan Nasional’s dominance in the preceding State and Parliamentary Elections in P217 Bintulu, N58 Jepak and N60 Kemena, SUPP have failed to leverage on component parties election machineries and have lost by increased majority as illustrated below:


Comparing it with the voting trend and results of Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing’s performance in P217 Bintulu Parliamentary, it is apparent SUPP have not been well received by the voters of Kidurong.

In our opinion the main reasons is due to the (base on assumption) racial composition of the registered voters numbering 23,726 voters as at 2006 and the perception that SUPP is a party representing the interest of Malaysian Urban Chinese in Sarawak.

Base on SUPP President and Deputy Chief Minister George Chan’s racial composition estimate of 50% Chinese, 34% Ibans and 16% others for Kidurong, it can be assumed that the Chinese in line with the trend in 2006 rejected SUPP, while the many natives have abstained from going to the poll.

Will the trend change this round?

Incumbant, YB Chiew Chiu Sing since making his debut in Kidurong in 2001, have made his presence felt and this is evidence by him being re-elected as ADUN for Kidurong in 2006 with increased majority of 1,664 over Paul Yong Khing Kee of SUPP.

From feedback, he have endeared himself to the voters by being vocal on local issues and his ability to speak in Dayak and Mandarin is an added asset.

DAP since their success in the last State Election in 2006 and Parliamentary Election in 2008 have since fancied their chances in the forth coming State Elections by hoping to ride on the wave of their last success where SUPP lost major ground in major urban seats and what is now known as “Tsunami 2008″.

With their lack of resources, they have instead took a “Personal Touch” approach by reaching out to the rakyat, especially in their drive to recruit more members and reaching out to the “Un-registered Voters”.

In the light of a stronger and more united opposition, it is all about winning it for Barisan Nasional and whoever have better chance of winning whether it is from SPDP or SUPP does not matter.

Having looked at some of SPDP’s grass root leaders (especially from the Youth Ranks) and their work towards the community this far, we are of the opinion that the prospect of SPDP mounting a more credible challenge to DAP’s YB Chiew Chiu Sing’s incumbancy is high.

As a matter of fact, we (SPDP) can win this seat for Barisan Nasional with the machinery at our disposal.

Another seat won is better than a seat lost, though Sarawak Barisan Nasional can afford the luxury of dropping a seat or two.

Can we take another chance by letting SUPP try a 4th time?

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Thumbs down for new S’wak land scheme

admin January 20th, 2010

The Sarawak Native Land owners Network has rejected the government’s recent proposal to develop NCR land by the Land Custody and Development Authority (LCDA).

Nicholas Mujah, an adviser to the board of Sarawak Native Land owners Network said that he appreciated Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud’s concern for the natives over development of their NCR land.

“But our main concern is that the new concept of land development scheme will be awared to LCDA or Pelita as the sole authority to develop NCR land.

“Land owners have had a bitter experience in dealing with LCDA. All the disputed cases between the natives and LCDA are due to the fact that LCDA is not transparent in its policies, Mujah said

He also alleged that there are several court cases pending in the High Court which have been triggered by LCDA’s lack of transparency policies.

Mujah also said that that land owners in Kanowit had taken legal action against LCDA which has alienated their rights and interests.

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Mawan under pressure to quit

admin January 28th, 2010


The crisis in the Sarawah Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) deepened with some members calling for William Mawan to resign as president of the party, but Mawan dismissed the demand.

“I will not bow down to personal feelings of some members,” he said, pointing out that he would not abandon the responsibility and the trust placed upon him by those who had elected him.

Explaining his stand

“I am elected unopposed as president and I have a duty to those who elected me. I will not run away from my responsibility”.

“I appreciate the feelings of my friend Gani, but resignation is not an option for me. I will not bow down to pressure. I have a long-term strategy and the interest of members and the party to think about”.

Gani, an SPDP founding member, had called on Mawan to resign, saying the members had lost confidence in his leadership.

Malaysian Mirror

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SPDP Youth not denying interest in Kidurong seat

admin February 7th, 2010

Sarawak Progressive Democractic Party (SPDP) Youth Wing yesterday did not deny it was still interested in the Kidurong seat.

However, it would not do anything that would make the State Barisan Nasional component parties wrongly perceive that SPDP is staking its claim on the seat.

Its new chief Robert Ayu said SPDP Youth Wing certainly would not turn down an offer to take up the Kidurong seat in the coming state election.

“We want to make our stand clear on this matter. We are not staking our claim on the seat. It is just a proposal by our members and we leave it to the State Barisan Nasional to decide on the seat,” he said.

Ayu was speaking to the media after chairing the Youth Exco’s meeting at the party’s headquarters at Jalan Badruddin here.

It was the first meeting since last December’s triennial general assembly (TGA) here in Kuching.

Also present during the press conference were the newly appointed Youth Exco secretary general Tony Chen and other Youth Exco members.

He said the Youth Exco wanted to clarify on this matter as during the recent TGM, a copy of a motion by the party’s Kidurong Youth on the seat got into the hands of the press.

Some parties might wrongly interpret the motion, after all the Kidurong seat now belongs to Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP), he noted.

He stressed that the Youth Exco decided it was best to leave the matter to the State Barisan Nasional top leadership because they believed in the principle of consultation and consensus practised by all the State BN component parties.

“If after consultation and consensus, the state BN decides to give it to SPDP, we will accept it,” he said.

In the last state election, BN candidate from SUPP, Paul Yong Khing Kee, failed to wrest the Kidurong seat from the incumbent Chew Chiu Sing from the Democratic Action Party (DAP).

He lost by a majority of 1,664

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Woman sues telco for RM20m over leaked calls, SMS

olivia April 18th, 2010

A woman chief executive officer (CEO) today filed a RM20 million suit against a telecommunications company (telco) for allegedly revealing contents of her SMS exchanges and recordings of her calls with other individuals to third parties.

Noor Haslina Abdullah, 39, who is the CEO of a private college in Kuala Terengganu, filed the suit against the company, which is based in Kuala Lumpur and has a Kota Baru branch, at the High Court registry here at 2pm through the law firm of Messrs Rafizi Zubairi & Co.

In her statement of claim, she said she suffered emotional hurt, trauma and mental stress as a result of the episode.

She alleged that on March 11, when she arrived at her office, she received a package which contained nine A4-sized sheets with information about her SMS exchanges and a “Kingston Data Traveller 4GB”  pen drive that had recordings of her telephone conversations.

She added that she lodged a police report on the matter on March 14 and sought relief from the telco, but was ignored.

She is seeking damages totalling RM20 million and other relief deemed fit by the court. -Bernama

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A day in the life of Rosmah Mansor

olivia April 17th, 2010

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AlJazeera Interview – Najib Razak

admin April 12th, 2010


Najib has proven that he has ideas—good ones—and that he has the political will to bring them to fruition. Why not take on the opposition in a competition of good ideas and initiatives rather than using parliamentary procedures and the courts? Wouldn’t the country be better served by political competition for ideas that would win hearts and minds? It would be refreshing to see the fight for Hulu Selangor dominated by such initiatives rather than the arcane politics of past generations.
By *Ernest Z. Bower who is a Senior Adviser and Director of the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.

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SPDP think tank not in full gear

admin April 12th, 2010


The Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party’s (SPDP) think tank has yet to run in full gear.

The think tank, aimed to allow younger members to play a bigger role within the party and society, has not taken off although the party has been toying with the idea for some time.

SPDP president Dato Sri William Mawan Ikom said recently that no candidate had been found to commit 100 percent to running the think tank and who was also strong enough to bring members together.

He described the think tank as a ‘high powered’ group that could organise bigger forums for thousands to participate in.

Mawan, who is Social Development and Urbanisation Minister, said with the think tank in place, members would be able to contribute and exchange ideas or just speak their mind.

“Our party wants all to have a sense of belonging. There are many forums and proper channels from which party members can contribute positively towards the party as well as society.”

“The party needs to inject fresh ideas. The younger members need to contribute and participate in party growth. SPDP needs to re-consolidate from time to time. One of the avenues which members can contribute in is through the think tank because it encompasses economic, social and educational aspects.”

Mawan said he visualised a group of people who could lead and provide a 100 per cent commitment to the party think tank, but did not name possible leaders.

He said the group would play an advisory role, update the supreme council and report to the president.

It could be set up by the supreme council on an ad hoc basis, he said, without the need to follow the constitution simply because there was no provision on such a group.

However, whoever ran it must come up with a mechanism and body structure, he said, adding that it would be important for key members to be neutral and impartial.

Recently, SPDP has been troubled by the ‘misadventure’ of five supreme council members known in the media as the ‘SPDP Five’.

Led by senior vice-president Datuk Peter Nansian Ngusie, who is Assistant Minister of Environment, the group protested the party’s last minor reshuffle, which saw vice-president Nelson Balang Rining getting the post of secretary-general.

Nelson, who is Ba Kelalan assemblyman, replaced Assistant Minister of Water Supply, Sylvester Entrie Muran, who was promoted to vice-president.

Mawan said that all of its eight representatives would be re-nominated by the party to defend their seats for Barisan Nasional (BN) in the next state election unless Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud decided otherwise.

Apart from Mawan (Pakan), Nansian (Tasik Biru), Entri (Marudi), the others are Datuk Peter Nyarok Entrie (Krian), Rosey Yunus (Bekenu), Paulus Palu Ngumbang (Batu Danau) and Wong Judat (Meluan). Nyarok is also SPDP deputy president as well as Assistant Minister of Modernisation of Agriculture.

SPDP plans to organise a BN Solidarity Dinner here next month as part if its efforts to consolidate and to enhance its relationship with other BN component parties.

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Parti Cinta Malaysia – It is all about money

admin April 12th, 2010

Almost unnoticed among the heavy trods of the BN and Pakatan behemoths is the newly birthed Parti Cinta Malaysia (PCM) which has quietly been making the rounds to the fiercely contested seat.

“We are already down there,” said one PCM official to Malaysiakini in parliament recently.

“We now have over 200 people registered with us. In fact we shall be opening our branch there,” added the former upper echelon of a BN component party.

Votes on the auction stand

However, he confirmed earlier reports that the party, despite its presence, will not be fielding a candidate for the upcoming by-election.

“We will not contest the by-election,” he stressed.

On news reports that the party may field a candidate, the official said: “I only said that we will be looking at all possibilities.”

According to him, as of now, the party’s scarce resources could be better used in another manner.

“There is a lot of things that we can do with the RM10,000 election deposit,” he explained.

But, as he revealed afterward, PCM might instead milk the poll for all its worth, to fill-up its coffers, if not with cash, then with political favours.

“Our 200 or so new members there are voters. Registered voters,” he coyly hinted.

Questioned what this means, he smiled and revealed the party’s battle plan for Hulu Selangor.

“We are going to see which side wants our votes and kaut (take) whatever they want to give to us for it.”

Asked if they are going to campaign to support anyone, he said that they are just going to stay put and not spend their energy or worry about it.

“We are not going to campaign, we are just going to sit and wait. If they want our votes they will have to come to us.”

Malaysiakini

On claims by former PKR leader Gabriel Adit Demong that the party was not really interested or serious in spreading its wings to the state, Wan Azizah said Demong was free to express his opinions.

Adit, who is now chairperson of Sarawak Parti Cinta Malaysia (PCM) also said that Anwar had failed to provide for financial assistance for the establishment of more party divisions and to meet with the grassroots in Sarawak.

Malaysiakini

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Owners warned of deceptive tactics to acquire their NCR land

admin April 10th, 2010

The state government has warned land owners, especially Native Customary Right land owners in Sarawak, to be on alert for gangsters out to get their land through dubious means.

Second state Minister for Planning and Resource Management Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan said these gangsters did not hesitate to use aggressive tactics to manipulate and cheat land owners into selling their land.

The Star Online

Gangsterism is only part of it.

A more subtle way would be to use political leaders, community leaders, tuai rumahs and elected representatives (ADUN) to influence and persuade the naive Dayaks to part or lease their NCR Land at rediculously low prices.

Which more or less explains why there are so many hardcore poor and many living below poverty level in Sarawak.

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Six contractors blacklisted by Education Ministry

admin April 10th, 2010

Six contractors responsible for abandoned projects amounting to RM180mil have been blacklisted by the Education Ministry.

Deputy Minister Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi said the errant contractors had failed to complete projects under the Ninth Malaysia Plan.

The projects included SMK Sri Putra in Bangi, SM Bayan Lepas in Penang, Regional Science and Mathematics Centre in Sarawak, the teachers’ quarters in Kuantan, SM Sains Gua Musang in Kelantan and SM Sains Batu Pahat.

“Among their favourite excuses are shortage of funds and manpower. We are not going to tolerate such contractors. We hope to teach them a harsh lesson by blacklisting them,” he told newsmen after visiting the SM Sains Batu Pahat abandoned project yesterday.

Dr Mohd Puad said that 33 more contractors had been issued warning letters, which would be followed by termination if the projects were not completed.

“All abandoned projects will be revived by appointing new contractors,” he said, adding that future contractors would be screened thoroughly.

On the SM Sains Batu Pahat project which costs RM46.5mil, Dr Mohd Puad said that work was supposed to be completed in September last year and the first intake of students was to have been in January.

“However, after two warning letters, the contractors still failed to complete the project.

“We have already fired the contractor and a new one has been appointed,” he said, adding that the project is now expected to be completed by year-end.

Asked for more details later, Dr Puad said the blacklisting of the contractors involved 45 projects classified as “sick projects”.

This meant that they were uncompleted.

He said the 45 projects represented 0.32% of the total 14,181 projects under the Ninth Malaysia Plan.

The Star Online

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