I would like to devote this article on the essence of the speech I delivered on behalf of Sabah Economic Advisory Council to the Sabah Chinese Economic Conference on 23 August 2023. The speech consists 4 parts. Part 1-Why re-create Sabah The past. Part 2- Hajiji’s -creation of Sabah. Part 3.- Solutions for major infrastructure problems. Part 4- Hajiji’s New Sabah. Exciting opportunities
Most points in my speech are public facts and can be verified in the press and google.
Part 1-Why re-create Sabah-The past.
Soonest Hajiji was sworn in as CM, he was confronted with many serious problems. Some of which are:
[a] Sabah has been in an economic doldrum since the mid-1980s [almost 40 years]. We were the No. 2 state in Malaysia, only behind Selangor, but has since sunk to the bottom position. Economic growth has been stunted with the lowest household income and highest rate of unemployment. Thousands of young Sabahans have migrated to W Malaysia and Singapore to seek j
KOTA KINABALU (Aug 30): A visible decline in the number of secondary school students furthering their education is a ticking time bomb detrimental to Sabah’s push for economic breakthrough.
To ensure that education grows in tandem with and be able to respond to the changing needs of the economy,
THE State Government is focused on ramping up digitalisation efforts to maximise the potential of the digital economy, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor.
Kota Kinabalu: Visiting Tawi-Tawi Governor Yshmael ‘Mang’ Sali said Filipinos and Malaysians, particularly Tawi-Tawians and Sabahans, are not just neighbours.
Kota Kinabalu: The State Government is focused on ramping up digitalisation efforts to maximise the potential of the digital economy, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor.