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KOTA KINABALU: Acting Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Mohd Shafie Apdal Sabah (pix) yesterday reiterated that Sabah can survive on its own.
He recalled that Penang has been under opposition rule for 10 years and Kelantan even more for 40 years.
“And yet you can’t survive if you don’t work with the Federal Government? Come on. That is not the way. We can survive, I can tell you, regardless, ”he said.
He recalled that Sabah had been with the federal government for 60 years and had still suffered.
He cited that Sabah continued to lag behind in terms of services such as electricity and water supplies, as well as roads.
“And many of our schools are still made of wood, some without electricity, without water, and some even without spacious bathrooms that students have to run into the hills or into the woods to defecate,” he said.
Speaking at the launch of City Residence 4,000 apartment units located in Alamesra here, which was held at the Sabah International Convention Center (SICC), Shafie also said that Sabah is also a major producer of crude palm oil after Sarawak, but unfortunately, did not have no subsequent activities.
Sabah is also the second largest in terms of gas production, he said.
“And yet the state is known to be so resource rich and the number of extreme poor is the highest reported by the World Bank in 2010. Sabah has the highest number of extreme poor in this part of the world,” he said. .
“We need to talk. We have to do our part. We cannot look at it for our own personal interest. I don’t care.For me, I have lived my political career with so many obstacles in my life: I have been incarcerated for almost two weeks sleeping on the floor without a pillow or mattress, being the former chief cabinet minister after serving my country for 32 years.
“I’ve been through these things in life. The important thing is that it is high time that we have clarity in our values and we have to make a firm decision in our life about what is right for our fellow Sabahans and for the state of Sabah, we must do whatever the obstacles are. “
“In God we trust, we must unite for the good of the people of Sabah,” he said.
However, he recalled that standing out does not mean that Sabah hated the people of the peninsula.
“No. It’s just the politics. It’s just the way the country is run.”
He said he loved West Malaysians and recalled that his wife is from Kedah and that he has many relatives there.
“What’s important to us is making sure that we have to realize that in order for our Sabahans and the state to prosper, we have to put in our effort and energy,” he said.
Shafie also said that the Warisan-led government was only two years old and couldn’t figure out many things that had been planned.
This includes the construction of a cable car that connects the city with the resorts of Pulau Gaya.
“But this does not mean the end of the road,” he said. –The Borneo Post
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