MANY Sabahans have “tidak apa” attitude. “God helps those who help themselves” is a common saying. It is the minimum wisdom for people who wish to get on in life. Unfortunately, many Sabahans, including some officials, have not helped Sabah.
One of the most important economic roles of a government is to
DETERMINE WHO SHOULD GET WHAT in wealth and income distributions. Sabah’s distributions of wealth/income, especially in Agriculture/Fishery, has been in the wrong track for a very long time, resulting in many Sabahans being stuck in poverty for generations, especially in the coastal fishing villages and rural farming communities. Sabah has oil/gas, rich forests, vast track of fertile lands, and unbelievable rich marine life in Malaysia’s longest coastline.
Despite all these gifts from GOD, many Sabahans have become economic refugees in W Malaysia. Worst is Sabah has the highest poverty and unemployment rates. This is a sad, shameful situation. Why has Sabah become the pariah state, mired in poverty with highest poverty, unemployment and massive leakages?
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