Business and government
Najib’s crystal clear support for Musa
Cash-rich Sabah is a land of investment opportunities
Few things are crystal clear. But Prime Minister Najib Razak is sure that he wants to take the 3.2m Sabahans with him on his “journey” to make Malaysia a rich world nation by 2020. And the man he has been working closely to develop Sabah is Chief Minister Musa Aman. Sabah, says Najib, is a land of investment opportunities. It is here that his 1Malaysia unity policy is exemplified where the indigenous Kadazans, Dusuns, Muruts, Malays, ethnic Chinese and Indians live and work as one Malaysian people.
In yet another whirlwind visit to Sabah from April 20 to 21, Najib told Permodalan Nasional Berhad, the national investment company, to cash in on the resource-rich north Borneo state’s investment opportunities as he launched Malaysia’s unit trust week in Kota Kinabalu.
Najib noted that his government has identified tourism, oil palm, seaweed and other marine and agricultural business in Sabah as the nation’s key economic development areas where PNB’s subsidiaries could invest in.
Sabah is the fifth biggest investor in PNB’s trust funds, accounting for about a third of the state’s GDP of 36 billion ringgit ($12 billion). Some 1.08m people in Sabah have bought 12 billion of the 144.5 billion units in the company’s various funds.
Maybank, Malaysia’s biggest bank, is aiming to sell 120m of the Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB) fund by the end of the fair on April 28, according to Abdul Wahid Omar, chief executive officer of the bank.
In Sandakan, Najib thrilled the people during his hallmark walkabout where he mingled with the mainly ethnic Chinese crowd, trying his hand at frying Chinese cruller at a hawker’s stall.
At the Yu Yuan independent Chinese school, he was Ajib Gor (Mandarin for brother Najib) to 1,000 pupils. There he announced a one million ringgit donation to the building of the 5m-ringgit multipurpose hall of the school founded in 1962. He advised pupils to be multilingual to be able to compete globally. As an example, he singled out one of his sons who has been learning Mandarin while studying in America. He plans to send Nor Ashman, 20, to work in Beijing after his graduation so that he can improve his Mandarin.
Musa said Najib has shown that he heads a government that cares for the people. He assured ethnic Chinese of his government continued support. He said the federal government has set aside 100m ringgit for Chinese schools this year.
“The Sabah government will also continue to give financial aid to Chinese schools and temples,” he said, adding that his government gave more than 30m ringgit to them last year. – Insight Sabah
Posted on April 23, 2012
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We know of the people's aspirations... They want development so as to raise their quality of life. This is our struggle, we want to ensure progress for the people.
UMNO Deputy President Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin speaking to the Sandakan community at the 'An Afternoon with the Deputy Prime Minister' event yesterday.
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Sabah is blessed with a wealth of natural treasures and for this reason, it is everyone’s responsibility to work together and do their part in keeping our streets, parks and beautiful beaches clean for all to enjoy.
Kota Kinabalu City Mayor Datuk Abidin Madingkir commenting on the Quality Environmental Practices Certification(5S) report presented by the Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) to the Cleanliness and Environmental Health Department (JKKP) of KK City Hall yesterday.
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Change is already taking place and change from within is what the government has done.
Prime Minister Datuk Najib Tun Razak referring to the success of the National Transformation Program that has already changed the nation for the better.
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I encourage more companies in Malaysia to do likewise by playing a bigger role in conservation, as it is only through our collective efforts, that we will be able to pass on a beautiful country to our future generations.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman congratulated Astro for taking the initiative to organise the record breaking under water clean-up.
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Do not take for granted the support given by the people. We, the elected representatives, must work hard to ensure the promises we made during the 13th general election are implemented accordingly.
The newly reappointed Sabah Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Aman, speaking at a thanksgiving ceremony held at Sandakan's Sri Libaran Hall on May 16th recently.