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Oleh Daniel John Jambun, 14-8-2025
PENGUMUMAN penuh bangga Kerajaan Negeri Sabah bahawa kadar pengangguran Sabah telah menurun kepada 6.2% pada suku kedua 2025 mungkin kedengaran seperti satu kejayaan besar — tapi rakyat Sabah berhak bertanya: adakah ini kemajuan sebenar atau sekadar kosmetik statistik?
Angka yang diumumkan oleh Menteri Pembangunan Perindustrian dan Keusahawanan, Datuk Phoong Jin Zhe, datang tanpa jawapan jelas kepada soalan-soalan penting:
Formula dan kriteria tepat apakah yang digunakan untuk mengira kadar pengangguran ini?
Adakah pekerja sambilan, bermusim, dan separa menganggur dikira sebagai “pekerja sepenuh masa”?
Adakah pekerjaan daripada projek pelaburan yang hanya diumumkan tetapi belum bermula sudah dimasukkan ke dalam kiraan?
Berapa banyak daripada “peningkatan” ini sebenarnya berpaksikan kontrak sementara yang akan luput selepas acara atau projek jangka pendek berakhir?
Jika benar kadar pengangguran Sabah menurun, mengapa ribuan graduan masih menghantar puluhan permohonan kerja tanpa sebarang maklum balas? Mengapa anak muda terbaik kita masih berhijrah ke Semenanjung atau luar negara untuk mencari rezeki? Jika ini dikatakan “kemajuan”, mengapa rakyat tidak merasainya dalam poket dan kehidupan seharian mereka?
Jika kerajaan yakin dengan angka 6.2% ini, buktikan dengan membuka data kepada ahli ekonomi bebas, Jabatan Perangkaan, dan penelitian umum. Jika tidak, angka ini hanyalah alat politik untuk mengaburi mata rakyat.
Lebih penting lagi, jika Sabah benar-benar mahu menarik dan mengekalkan pelaburan, kerajaan mesti menerbitkan data jelas dan boleh disahkan mengenai tahap kesediaan infrastruktur perindustrian dan utiliti — bukan sekadar janji kosong. Rakyat berhak tahu:
Berapa peratus kawasan perindustrian mempunyai bekalan elektrik stabil dan bekalan air tanpa gangguan?
Berapakah indeks kos penghantaran sebenar bagi Sabah berbanding pesaing serantau?
Sejauh mana pantas masa pengendalian di pelabuhan kita dan keberkesanan pemprosesan pentadbiran berbanding ekonomi jiran?
Berapa banyak kawasan yang masih mengalami masalah kekurangan air yang menjejaskan komuniti dan pelabur?
Apakah langkah-langkah konkrit yang diambil untuk mengatasi dasar Persekutuan yang tidak mesra kepada iklim pelaburan industri dan antarabangsa Sabah?
Pelabur tidak mudah terpedaya dengan slogan. Ramai yang sudah menarik diri dari Sabah setelah mendapati pelabuhan kita sesak, bekalan elektrik tidak stabil, dan masalah kekurangan air boleh menghentikan operasi kilang selama berhari-hari.
Tanpa data keras ini, keyakinan pelabur akan terus rapuh — dan sebarang dakwaan pemulihan ekonomi hanya akan kedengaran kosong. Sabah tidak memerlukan teater politik yang disolek sebagai kejayaan ekonomi. Kita perlukan pekerjaan yang berkekalan, infrastruktur yang berfungsi, dan kerajaan yang berani berdepan kebenaran — bukan bersembunyi di sebalik angka yang dipilih untuk sedap didengar.
Sehingga itu, 6.2% hanyalah satu angka — dan rakyat Sabah masih membayar harga untuk sistem yang rosak.
Daniel John Jambun ialah Presiden
Change Advocate Movement Sabah (CAMOS)
The english version :
SABAH'S 6.2% Unemployment Claim — Without Infrastructure Truth, It’s Just a Political Mirage
Public Demands Full Transparency on Job Figures, Infrastructure Readiness, and Utilities That Investors Rely On
Kota Kinabalu: The State Government’s proud declaration that Sabah’s unemployment rate has fallen to 6.2% in Q2 2025 sounds like a victory headline — but Sabahans have a right to ask: is this genuine progress or just statistical cosmetics?
The figure, announced by Industrial Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Datuk Phoong Jin Zhe, comes without clear answers to pressing questions:
What exact formula and criteria were used to calculate the unemployment rate?
Are part-time, seasonal, and underemployed workers counted as “fully employed”?
Were jobs from proposed but not yet commenced investment projects wrongly included in the count?
How much of the so-called improvement is built on temporary contracts that vanish after events or short-term projects end?
If Sabah’s unemployment rate is truly down, why are thousands of graduates still sending dozens of job applications with no reply? Why are our brightest young people still migrating to the Peninsula or overseas for work? If this is “progress,” why can’t Sabahans feel it in their wallets and their daily lives?
If the government is confident in the 6.2% figure, let them open the books to independent economists, the statistics department, and public scrutiny. Otherwise, this number will remain nothing more than a self-serving political prop.
More critically, if Sabah is to truly attract and sustain investment, the government must publish clear, verifiable figures on the readiness of industrial infrastructure and utilities — not vague promises. The public deserves to know:
What percentage of industrial zones have reliable power supply and uninterrupted water service?
What is the real shipping cost index for Sabah compared to regional competitors?
How competitive are our port handling times and administrative processing compared to neighbouring economies?
How many areas still face water shortages that disrupt both communities and investors?
What steps are being taken to overcome federal policies that are unfriendly to Sabah’s industrial and international investment climate?
Investors are not fooled by slogans. Many have already walked away from Sabah after discovering that our ports are congested, our electricity supply is unreliable, and our water shortages can halt factory operations for days.
Without this hard data, investor confidence will remain shaky — and any claim of economic recovery will ring hollow. Sabah doesn’t need political theatre dressed up as economic success. We need jobs that last, infrastructure that works, and a government brave enough to face the truth instead of hiding behind cherry-picked numbers.
Until then, 6.2% is just a number — and the people of Sabah are still paying the price for a broken system.
Daniel John Jambun is President of
Change Advocate Movement Sabah (CAMOS)#~Borneo Herald™
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