Villagers-govt officers showdown looms

Hundreds of villagers from Kampung Bungaliu and Kampung
Bubuk are determined to stop the survey of the land for
a agropolitan project.

By Luke Rintod of FMT
KOTA BELUD: In a remote corner of Sabah, a showdown is looming between natives of two kampungs near Pandasan here and government officers who are scheduled to do a land survey for a proposed 3,000-acre agropolitan project on what the natives claim is their land.

Hundreds of villagers from Kampung Bungaliu and Kampung Bubuk are determined to stop the survey of the land, which they claim native customary rights (NCR) to and which has already been cultivated with rubber trees and cash crops including hill paddy on shifting cultivation basis.

Najib failed to live up to expectations, says MP

Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua has given his thumbs down for Najib Abdul Razak, saying the prime minister failed to stamp his much-publicised “reformist” credentials on the Budget 2012.

Pua also expressed concern over the rise of government debts, which have almost doubled in the last seven years.

There had been high expectations, he said, that Najib would put the various reform pledges he made in the budget into action, including the cornerstone of his policy blueprints – the New Economic Model (NEM), Government Transformation Programme (GTP) and the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP).

Najib unveils ‘feel good’ Budget

Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak brings good news to the
country when he tabled Budget 2012 in Parliament.

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak today unveiled Budget 2012 in the Dewan Rakyat, which offered incentives and goodies for the lower and middle-income groups.

However, observers were left disappointed, saying they expected much more.

HRP’s P.Uthayakumar is “racist”– a fact or ploy?

By Iraiputtiran.

According Uthayakumar, the Malaysians Indians, 70 % of whom he estimates to be in the poor and hardcore poor categories and another 25 % in the lower middle and middle income categories, unaided by UMNO government ridden with racism and religious bigotry, are left to fend for themselves. Even the change, much anticipated and hoped for, post 2008 election in the opposition ruled states is a great let down.

Showdown looms between police and villagers in Pandasan

KOTA BELUD: Today, a budget day, in a remote corner of Sabah, a showdown looms between natives of two kampungs near Pandasan here and government officers who are scheduled to do a land survey on a proposed 3,000 acres agropolitan project on what the natives claimed as their native customary land.