KOTA KINABALU, Jan 22- Warisan tonight landed its first West Malaysian elected representative in Teratai assemblyman Bryan Lai Wai Chong, who announced he was now officially a member of the multiracial party. Lai, formerly from DAP Selangor, said he joined Warisan because he believed in the.
Crude palm oil futures rose as high as 4% on the Malaysian commodities exchange on Jan. 3, driven by concerns that heavy rains across seven states in Malaysia may slow palm oil production at the world’s second largest producer. March CPO futures on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives exchange closed 3.34% higher at MR 4,854/mt ($1,160.97) .
IT is very saddening that Tun Mahathir has, in his advance age, sunk more into bigotry of race issues. His chopsticks prank is a new low. For more than 40 years, he and many West Malaysian leaders have gunned for political support by thumping on racial issues.
This indicates a serious lack of statesmanship and leadership. Good leaders build their country by uniting all, inferior leaders destroy the country by divide and rule. Malaysia in the old days could have achieved unity quite easily if only the leaders had not resorted to bigotries
THE Pakatan Harapan’s memorandum to Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Mohd Noor falls far short of my expectation.
STILL, it is a tiny little step in the right direction.
In a way, it has some historical value as it is the first time that the opposition has expressed interest to work with the parties in government after Hajiji’s inclusive gesture as CM for all Sabahans irrespective of race or religion. His decision to provide funds for opposition constituencies must have struck the right chord with the PH leaders.
Recognising that every political party, elected representatives, especially the MPs, can play an important role to steer Sabah towards an accelerated economic development and to fight for Sabah’s equitable funding in the 12th Malaysia Plan.
The ultimate objective is for the opposition and government to achieve a genuine equal partnership in Malaysia for Sabah [not talk only] and a full membership in the proposed Malaysian Family.