The evil BN just refuses to accept the fact that Sabah and Sarawak are equal partners of Malaya as per the 18/20 Point Agreement. Up to now, BN still acts as if they own both SS-they came, they plundered and thet exploited as if there is no tomorrow-what a parasite!!! Quote: KOTA KINABALU: Federating with the Malayan Federation in 1963 has not worked out for Sabah and Sarawak for a number of reasons and is causing much unhappiness in the two Borneo Nations. This is the thesis statement in a presentation by Monash University lecturer James Chin at the Borneo Research Council Conference in Kota Kinabalu recently. The 20/18 Points, safeguards for Sabah and Sarawak rights, “did not work out (in practice), causing the people to feel they were cheated”, said Chin. “Even government statistics show the high poverty levels in these states, especially Sabah.” One reason for all these, implied Chin, could be that Putrajaya, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu, having the same party in power, are “going back on their promises to Sabahans and Sarawakians”. “The federal system has not worked since 1963. There was a strong push for political centralisation under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad,” said Chin in citing another major reason for the unhappiness.. In his most telling statement, the university don charged that the Muslim communities and non-Muslim communities in both Borneo states were the big winners and losers respectively. He attributed this to the “Federal Government’s policy since 1963”. Within the context of Malaysia, the most burning issue is that the Federal Government’s imposition of the West Malaysian political model on Sabah and Sarawak is a no no, said Chin. Unquote freemalaysiatoday/category/highlight/2014/08/09/why-east-malaysians-are-unhappy/
Posted on: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 02:29:34 +0000
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