MAS-Air Asia monopoly, State Govt has duty to save tourism industry

Everything must refer to KL. Now even tourists coming
to Sabah must fly an extra five hours via Kuala Lumpur
instead of coming direct to Sabah. This is a most
disgusting and damaging consequence of the
subservience of Sabah to KL

By Datuk Yong Teck Lee

KOTA KINABALU, Dec 30, 2011: THE cancellation of MAS direct flights from Japan, Korea and Australia is the latest manifestation of the "KL-centric" decision-making process in our nation today.

"Everything must refer to KL. Now even tourists coming to Sabah must fly an extra five hours via Kuala Lumpur instead of coming direct to Sabah. This is a most disgusting and damaging consequence of the subservience of Sabah to KL. This must change and the Sabah State Government, which labels itself as the fixed deposit of the ruling BN, has failed in its duty to protect and promote the Sabah tourism industry".

UBF ‘agrees’ to back ABU

By Luke Rintod of FMT

LABUAN: The organisors and sponsors of peninsular-based the ‘Anything But Umno’ (ABU) movement, which is calling for the removal of Umno in the next election, are seeking partners in East Malaysia.

Leading civil advocate, Haris Ibrahim (photo), yesterday flew to the Federal Territory of Labuan, defying the Sabah government’s “persona non grata” order slapped on him recently, to hold talks with Sabah political activists led by Daniel John Jambun.

No Cabinet decision – Shahrizat still safe

The deputy premier reveals that the Cabinet did not
make a decision on whether the embattled
minister should quit.

SHAH ALAM: There is no Cabinet decision on the fate of embattled minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, said Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin today.

The women’s affair, community and children development minister is facing growing calls to quit over the RM250 million National Feedlot Centre (NFC) scandal.

“No, no,” Muhyiddin told reporters when asked if the Cabinet had decided if the Umno Wanita chief should resign or be removed.

‘It’s really unbelievable; Taib’s family controls S’wak’

By Jessica Dacey

Swiss-based Bruno Manser Fund's revelations of
Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud's billion dollar
business empire is not going to let-up in 2012.

After two decades of environmental campaigning for Malaysia’s Penan tribe (in Sarawak) the Bruno Manser Fund (BMF) is stepping up its fight against local political corruption.

BMF remains one of the few non-Malaysian organisations still campaigning on behalf of the Penan, an indigenous people living in some of the world’s most biodiverse forests in Sarawak on the island of Borneo.

Two-thirds of its forests have been destroyed in recent years for logging or to build palm oil plantations.

UBF : Datuk Patrick Sindu Appointed as Chairman of Malaysia Agreement Review Panel

“Datuk Patrick Sindu has been appointed as Chairman of the Malaysia Agreement Review Panel (MARP) which is entrusted to undertake a review and to seek a legal interpretation of the Malaysia Agreement, 1963” announced UBF founder, Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan in a press statement released today.

Pursuant to the Malaysia Agreement, 1963 signed in London on 09 July 1963 and amended by an Amending Agreement 1963 signed in Singapore on 27 August 1963, the independent nations of the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak and Sabah (then North Borneo) came together and formed the new nation known as the Federation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963 which was and is known as Malaysia Day.