Former Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Christina Liew described the late Puan Sri Helen Jayasuriya as a shining example of women’s active involvement in NGO work contributing to the overall betterment of society
Published on: Sunday, January 03, 2021
By: James Sarda
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Kota Kinabalu: The Chinese community in then British North Borneo (now Sabah) upon realising that self-government or independence on its own will not happen, planned a high stakes gamble just before the proclamation of Malaysia to warn Britain’s Conservative Government that it should not be rushing the process.
They were worried that Malaysia was being formed in a such a hurry and that the interests of the locals in both the Borneo states may be compromised in the long term with pertinent aspects of the Malaysia Agreement (MA63) not being honoured by successive leaders in Kuala Lumpur.