STAR supports extra seats for Sabah, Sarawak

“STAR Sabah supports additional state and parliamentary seats for Sabah and Sarawak and the need to observe the composition ratio of parliamentary seats agreed at the formation of Malaysia as well as ensure a fairer and more equitable distribution of funds for each constituency and the access to facilities and amenities by the people in both States” stated Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, Chairman of STAR Sabah in response to the opinion and suggestion of lawyer, Yunuf Maringking, on additional seats for Sabah.

Kejayaan Malaya Di Sabah Setelah Pembentukan Malaysia

Oleh James Ait

Setelah Perjanjian Malaysia ditandatangani oleh wilayah Singapura, Malaya, Sabah dan Sarawak, maka dunia mencipta satu lagi sejarah selepas perang dunia di asia, ia itu penyatuan wilayah menjadi sebuah negara bernama Malaysia.

Agak sedih kerana tanpa pengetahuan Sabah dan Sarawak, Singapura samada dikeluarkan atau menarik balik atau sememangnya telah bermain wayang untuk memikat Sabah dan Sarawak supaya bersetuju membentuk Malaysia. Suatu tanda tanya yang tidak pernah terjawab samada oleh Singapura atau Malaya, ialah kenapa wilayah rakan kongsi Sabah dan Sarawak tidak dijemput berbincang mengenai Singapura tidak bersama-sama Malaysia.

S'pore won't return, but if Umno keeps on bullying, Sabah and Sarawak may leave

Expelled Pas legislator Hassan Ali’s theory that Dap will eventually push for Singapore’s return to Malaysia, a scare-mongering tactic in reverse, does not hold water.

This reminds us of Singapore veteran Lee Kuan Yew warning his people not so long ago that the island may have to return to Malaysia, literally on bended knees, if it fails to make its way in the world.

There are many reasons why Singapore will not or cannot return to Malaysia but a few salient points will suffice for the moment to put the point across.

Change it must for Malaysia!

If a gov't won't change, it must be changed

Anwar Ibrahim’s Sodomy II political drama seems scripted to end with his being behind prison bars. It doesn't look good for the government and its boast of judicial and other reforms that now look incredibly superficial and hollow. Anwar won however you look at it though justice delayed is justice denied. Malaysians must be sick of the sodomy side-show and those behind the unsavory plot. Yet again UMNO’s infamous Datuk 3T want to destroy him with yet another Sodomy III.

Malaysia oh poor Malaysia !

By Ahmed Gibran Ubaidullah Song

I am no science buff but remember reading about putting frogs in cold water and then slowly putting the water to a boil.The frogs (unlike the Perak species) will die as they will be unaware of the change in temperature that will ultimately prove fatal.

Dear Malaysian brethren of whatever ilk - we will suffer the same fate as the innocent frogs if we let the country spiral to another Iran or Pakistan.

Sabahans "terrible mistake" in opting for Malaysia

There is a swelling movement in the Borneo states
that is asking for more independence and
questioning Putrajaya's intentions.

Joe Fernandez

The wind of change is sweeping throughout Sabah and Sarawak. After nearly 50 years there is a movement that is calling for total national unity in the Borneo states.

Final Warning: Malaysia may be bankrupt sooner than 2019

HORNBILL UNLEASHED
Maclean Patrick

Alarm bells should be sounding by now, yet the nation’s leaders seem to be adamant on keeping things sounding rosy and well. The Auditor-General’s Report for 2010 has shown how far down the barrel, Malaysia has gone.

It must be noted that when Malaysia was formed in 1963, the British left her with a solid administrative template. Yet, after more than 50 years of rule by Barisan Nasional, the template has not been improved on. In fact, it has gone to the dogs; replaced instead by a form of government that encourages leakages and corruption of all forms.

S’pore’s exit nullified Malaysia Agreement

The Malaysia Agreement, signed in 1963, has lost its legitimacy among its entities.

By Joseph Wilfred Lakai

The Malaysia Agreement 1963 is a binding treaty that was signed by several representatives from the five parties, namely United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Federation of Malaya, North Borneo (Sabah), Sarawak and Singapore.

The main objective of this agreement relates to the formation of Malaysia.

Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 Perlu Disemak Semula

Oleh Kapten Joseph Wilfred Lakai
Perjanjian Malaysia adalah satu perjanjian yang terikat yang telah ditandatangani oleh beberapa perwakilan daripada lima pihak iaitu United kingdom of Great Britain, dan Ireland Utara, Persekutuan Malaya, Borneo Utara (Sabah), Sarawak dan Singapura. Objektif utama perjanjian tersebut adalah berhubung dengan pembentukan Persekutuan Malaysia di antara Malaya, Borneo Utara (Sabah), Sarawak dan Singapura sebagai rakan kongsi yang sama.

Malaya bleeding us dry

By Zainal Ajamain

Putrajaya's version of history has contaminated the minds
of children and stripped Sabahans of their dignity,
says economist and author Zainal Ajamain.

These words “we demand autonomy or Sabah Negeri, Merdeka” must be on the lips and hearts of all true leaders in Sabah.

On both sides of Sabah’s political divide, our leaders have long been incapacitated by their fear of their perceived Malaya masters.

They will not speak out against the daily injustices towards fellow Sabahans. And even when they do speak up it is just passive shouting – a token resistance, just to show they are saying something.

Sept 16 is a black day for Sabah

By Jeffrey Kitingan

We might as well regard Sept 16 as a ‘Sad Day’ to remember
when we ended freedom and independence to be taken over
and re-colonized by Malaya.

Celebrating Malaysia Day on Sept 16 would be meaningless, hollow and empty unless the special rights and autonomy of Sabah and Sarawak as agreed, promised and assured by the Founding Fathers of Malaysia are fulfilled.

The Founding Fathers of Malaysia from the Borneo states took great risks to agree and to be pushed and rushed into the merger with Malaya and Singapore to the extent of denying themselves (the Borneo States) the opportunity to attain political maturity first and to enjoy the freedom and practice of self-rule as what is now enjoyed by Brunei.

Messing up with Merdeka date

Aug 31 or Sept 16? The people of Sabah and
Sarawak want Aug 31 to be addressed as the
independence day of Malaya, not Malaysia.

Is Aug 31 the independence day of Malaysia or Malaya? Referring to the former, which is what we have for so long been doing, has caused a lot of unhappiness among the people of East Malaysia, that is, Sabah and Sarawak.

As of 2010, the population of the two states stood at six million (3.5 million in Sabah and 2.5 million in Sarawak), representing roughly 20% of the population of Malaysia.

Historically, the term “Malaysia” came into being on Sept 16, 1963. Prior to that, this country was called “Malaya” which in the Philippine national language of Tagalog also means “free” or “freedom”.

The ‘unofficial history’ of our Independence

COMMENT More than 50 years after Independence, Malaysians are still frequently reminded by Umno leaders of the so-called ‘Social Contract’ that was supposed to have been agreed upon by “the three races” whenever the non-bumiputeras demand civil liberties and the end to discrimination.

Stop the contradicting statements

KOTA KINABALU, September 5, 2011: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) CLC Api Api Women Chief Priscilla Chong urges Junz Wong not to issue any statement which may not be representing the stand of DAP because his statement that Malaysia is 48 years old and not 54 years old is contradicting his party Secretary General Lim Guan Eng's statement.

"Everyone knows that Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman is mistaken to talk of Merdeka 54 years. As we all know, Musa as an Umno man, must follow the Umno stand that Malaysia is 54 years old.

Stop lying about history of Malaysia's Formation- Dr. Jeffrey

By Ezra Haganez
KOTA KINABALU: The Federal Government should stop lying about the history of Malaysia and restate correctly the facts of history to stop the confusion.

 

Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, the Chairman of the United Borneo Front (UBF) made this call at a Borneo Tea Party organized by Sikinor Gunu at Kg. Malangang, Kiulu, on 01 September 2011.  “This continuous lying is an affront to the founding fathers of Malaysia and a gross injustice to Sabah and Sarawak,” he said.

 

Memang Sah Perjanjian Malaysia ‘Batal’

Saudara Pengarang,

ATAS permintaan Ketua-Ketua Kerajaan Malaysia, Indonesia dan Filipina melalui Joint Statement di Manila pada 5 Ogos 1963, Setiausaha PBB (U Thant) telah menghantar wakil untuk meninjau sambutan rakyat North Borneo terhadap Gagasan Malaysia pada 12 Ogos 1963. 

Ringkasan laporan PBB seperti berikut:

1. UNKO - tidak bersetuju;

2. PASOK - tidak bersetuju;

3. USNO - bersetuju;

4. Parti Demokratik - tidak bersetuju;

5. Parti Liberal - tidak bersetuju;

6. Parti United - tidak bersetuju.

Jelas, kesemua parti politik yang ada ketika itu tidak bersetuju menyertai Gagasan Malaysia, kecuali USNO. Kenapa Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 masih diteruskan, sedangkan pindaan yang dibuat ke atas Perjanjian itu pada 28 Ogos 1963 hanya berkaitan Singapura?

Salam Hormat,

JOSEPH WILFRED

Malaysia is 48 years old, not 54

‘Malaysia has only existed since 1963. To claim our nation is 54 is to ignore the role Sabah and Sarawak have played in its formation.’

Is Sabah Independence In Malaysia?

By : JOHN STEPHEN DIONYSIUS

AS we went thru our normal life, Sabah is about to celebrate Independence Day on August 31 and will be celebrating a Malaysia Day falls on September 16 and the question now where does Sabah go from here. 

As a Malaysian youth in Sabah, I am very much obliged to share and would like to bring the people of Sabah back to an early days of Malaysia and ask whether Sabah is really a true Independence state in Malaysia after been 48 years since the colonization from the British. 

I would like to give a scenario here:

People had asked me whether Sabah JOINED or FORMED Malaysia? I told them that there will be no Malaysia without the inclusion of Sabah and Sarawak. Does Malaysia exist on 31st August 1957? The answer is NO. Malaysia only exists on the 16th September 1963 when Sabah and Sarawak together with Malaya to form MALAYSIA. 

Malaysia Independence House In Dilemma

By : UBF MEDIA
 DATUK Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan, the head of the United Borneo Front (UBF) called upon the State Government to protect lands in Sabah and Native Customary Rights (NCR) and to not only stop further alienation of lands to non-Sabahan natives but also to stop taking over native lands for whatever excuses.

Dr. Jeffrey had supported the reasons put forward by the Sedomon family through Nilakrisna James, UBF co-founder and granddaughter of OKK Sedomon Bin OKK Gunsanad, who had voiced the Sedomon family’s objection to the proposed takeover of the Sedomon ancestral home in Bingkor to be converted into a Warisan Budaya by the Jabatan Muzium Sabah.

‘It’s for the future generations of Sabahans’

A former policeman who filed a summons against the federal and
state governments over his 'lost' rights, explains his decision.

KOTA KINABALU: In an unprecedented move, a 70-year-old Sabahan filed a summons against the federal and state governments on Monday for failure to implement the Borneonisation of the federal public service in the state, thus depriving Sabahans of job opportunities for over 47 years.

Bernard Fung Fon Chen, a former policeman, sees himself a victim. He was born in Sabah at a time when Sabah was a British Colony called North Borneo.