tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19741162.post3822169395578754872..comments2024-02-22T02:33:21.869+08:00Comments on Another Brick in the Wall: It happened last weekendA Voicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780035743502972342noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19741162.post-7643482695211151682015-05-26T11:56:34.869+08:002015-05-26T11:56:34.869+08:00In 1974, Sabah was poor and had no much economy go...In 1974, Sabah was poor and had no much economy going. <br /><br />If the Federal govt had stick to the formula, then there would be not much to give for Sabah. <br /><br />Under Pak Lah time, he had allocated additional RM1 billion for Sabah and Sarawak. Will that no be more then the allocation shd the 40% applied.<br /><br />Sabah can ask the sky and find something in past agreement and minutes of meetings to justify but is it realstic?<br /><br />For one it is not realistic to ask for 10% or 20% royalty on the revenue side from Petronas.<br /><br />If they could do that then what is to stop other states who view sabah and sarawak as a state in Malaysia as per Malaysia agreement.<br /><br />Sabahan have every right to seek prosperity but they have to work for it and not live by perpetually arguing for their rights and make blaming every other thing on Federal Govt. a national pastime. <br /><br />Prosperity cannot be made from seeking handouts or blackmailing for handouts but from sound economic policy and its implementation.<br /><br />Since they are blaming on Federal, what happen to Sabah single important wealth and that is logs? Who absconed with the wealth from the logs that there is none left now? Federal govt? <br /><br />Yes? Is timber under Federal Govt. authority? Malayan in Tawaunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19741162.post-65684142178676795392015-05-24T23:51:52.286+08:002015-05-24T23:51:52.286+08:00Sabahan better be realistic. They ask for too many...Sabahan better be realistic. They ask for too many things. All those natural resources... it wasn't their grandfather who planted the timber trees. It wasn't who pumped the oil and gas into the seabed.<br /><br />If you are part of Malaysia, then you are part of Malaysia. Why didn't the Sultan-led negeri-negeri Melayu make similar demands?<br /><br />They have to ask themselves. Other than the natural resources that are already in existence, how many of them actually contribute back to national development? Most of them prefer to remain in jungles and shacks. And yet, drawing aid from government.<br /><br />If they let the politicians have it their way, it would just be the transfer of authority and control of natural resources from the federalized Malaysia to people like Jeffrey Kitingan and Yong Teck Lee. Nothing more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com