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Labuan: Ketiadaan pemimpin PAS pada ceramah Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim semalam, menimbulkan persoalan kepemimpinan parti itu kecewa calon parti itu, Hadnan Mohamad diminta berundur bagi memberi laluan kepada calon PKR.

Dalam ceramah di Kampung Patau-Patau dekat sini, selain Hadnan yang juga Ketua Penerangan PAS Labuan, turut tidak kelihatan Yang Dipertuanya, Hamir Zahari.

Difahamkan, pemimpin serta ahli akar umbi PAS Labuan masih terkilan dengan keputusan kepemimpinan pakatan pembangkang yang meminta Hadnan memberi laluan kepada calon PKR, Tan Sri Ibrahim Menudin walaupun pencalonannya dipersetujui PAS Pusat terlebih awal.

Pada Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-13 (PRU-13) ini, Ibrahim yang juga calon PKR kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Bongawan, Sabah akan berdepan satu lawan satu dengan calon Barisan Nasional (BN), Rozman Isli.

Dalam ucapannya, Anwar yang juga Penasihat PKR mendakwa, isu berhubung pengagihan kerusi dalam pakatan pembangkang sudah diselesaikan.

“Masalah berkaitan calon PAS (Parlimen Labuan) sudah selesai. Jadi, saya minta semua penyokong pakatan mengundi calon PKR (pada hari pengundian 5 Mei ini),” katanya.

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Government Keen To Work On Environmental Protection With Organisations

Kota Kinabalu: Six conservation and research organisations yesterday handed over a three-point call to action to the Sabah State Government, a move that saw both sides agreeing to work together to further map out the recommendations. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman who received the one-page document from leaders of the organisations at Sri Gaya, near here, was positive about points that were raised.

"I take note of your recommendations. Actually some of the steps have been taken or are in the process of implementations. We will study the rest in further detail to see their viability and we are also keen to work with you in seeing the recommendations through," Musa said.

He said yesterday's meeting was important to the State Government which shared the same objective with civil society in safeguarding Sabah's environment. The group that crafted the call are the Borneo Rhino Alliance (BORA), Danau Girang Field Centre (DGFC), HUTAN, Land Empowerment Animals People (LEAP), The Royal Society South East Asia Rainforest Research Programme (SEARRP) and WWF-Malaysia.

They recommended that all areas currently under assesment for total protection within the Yayasan Sabah area and in addition, the Kuamut Forest Reserve, be elevated to Class 1 Protection status as soon as possible. It is further recommending for Yayasan Sabah to conduct independently verifiable moves towards certification of all agricultural and forestry plantations within its area through the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), respectively.

The third call is for the State to conduct an immediate review of all policies, practices and plans within the critical elephant ranges of Sabah, to be carried out by a dedicated Government-Industry-NGO-Research task force. Musa said all stakeholders should work together if Sabah's conservation and environmental protection efforts were to succed.

He said the initiatives by groups such as the six were important and have helped improved environmental standards in Sabah.

Read more in The Borneo Post (1 Mac 2013)

2,432 Sabah Smallholders Get Nod To Plant Oil Palm

Feb 2013

Beluran: The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has approved 2,432 applications from smallholders for the planting of new oil palm (TBSPK) in Sabah involving total area of 8,439.58 hectares. MPOB Board Member, Datuk Tan Yong Gee said for the replanting of oil palm (TSSPK), 1077 applications involving 5,325.27 hectares had been approved.

From these, 325 applications covering an area of 1,256.77 hectares for TBSPK had been approved in Beluran district, while 106 applications involving 484.36 hectares had been approved in the District of Kecil Telupid.

"As for TSSPK, a total of 485 applications had been approved covering an area of 2,166.22 hectares in Beluran, while in Telupid there has been no applications yet." he said.

Tan said this to reporters after the official opening of MPOB Beluran branch office and a certification caremony for oil palm smallholders at the UPKO building here yesterday. In his speech earlier, Tan said the government encouraged smallholders to cut oil palm which were 25-years old and above. In this area, the government has set aside RM1.02 billion for the 2012-2013 period under the National Key Economic Areas to help smallholders in the replanting of oil palm, he said.

Assistance in the form of RM9,000 per hectare had been prepared including the supply of quality seedlings, agriculture input and management of the trees in accordance with Good Agriculture Practice to ensure high production. He said smallholders who had less than 2.5 hectare in planting area would be considered for an assistance scheme amounting to RM500 monthly for a period of two years.

Tan said MPOB's officers were also prepared to offer assistance to smallholders in the Beluran area in order to help push up good agriculture practice and in the application of new technologies in the planting of oil palm. Meanwhile MPOB's branch office in Beluran started its operations officially here yesterday to make it easier for the smallholders to get the services of MPOB staff as well as the assistance that have been made available to them by the government.

He also called on the small farmers here to take up the opportunities being given to them by the government including the certification programme which would enable them to contribute to the competitiveness of the country's oil palm industry. - Bernama

Kerajaan Pilih Jalan Terbaik Dalam Menangani Isu Pencerobohan Di Lahad Datu

Kota Kinabalu: Rakyat Malaysia seharusnya bersyukur kerana pasukan keselamatan negara masih dapat menangani secara bijaksana isu pencerobohan warga Filipina sejak 12 Februari lepas di Kampung Tanduo, Lahad Datu, bahagian pantai timur Sabah, kata Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Timbalan Perdana Menteri berkata apa yang penting sekarang ialah insiden itu diharap dapat diselesaikan dengan cara baik tanpa berlaku pertumpahan darah.

"Insiden di Lahad Datu mempunyai kesan dari segi apa sahaja yang berlaku di negeri ini tentu ada impaknya. Tapi yang kita rasa bersyukur ialah bahawa soal itu telah dan masih ditangani secara bijaksana oleh pasukan keselamatan dan polis kita dan ini telah dijelaskan dengan nyata oleh Perdana Menteri (Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak) semasa beliau berada di sini dan kenyataan yang dibuat oleh Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein (Menteri Dalam Negeri) dan IGP (Ketua Polis Negara Tan Sri Ismail Omar)," kata timbalan pengerusi Barisan Nasional itu kepada pemberita ketika diminta mengulas perkembangan terkini isu pencerobohan itu.

Beliau sebelum itu mendengar taklimat pilihanraya daripada pengeruso-pengerusi penyelaras bahagian BN Sabah di Bangunan UMNO, di sini kelmarin. Beliau berkata kerajaan Malaysia akan melakukan yang terbaik bagi menangani isu pencerobohan itu seperti yang diharapkan rakyat.

"Kalau itu dapat kita lakukan, In Shaa Allah, rakyat di negeri Sabah terutamanya akan rasa bahawa keselamatan sentiasa terpelihara. Mereka dapat menyaksikan kepimpinan di peringkat negeri dan juga pusat telah berusaha menyelesaikan masalah sensitif itu dengan keadaan yang baik dan impaknya adalah baik," katanya.

"Maknanya rakyat tahu kita boleh urus apa sahaja masalah yang timbul dan tidak membawa kesan buruk kepada negeri ataupun negara," katanya sambil menambah bahawa kerajaan akan memberikan perhatian yang paling utama soal keselamatan rakyat Sabah - Bernama

Musa Bidas Pembangkan Berhubung Isu Pencerobohan Di Lahad Datu

Lahad Datu: Kerajaan negeri membidas tindakan pihak pembangkang yang sengaja datang ke daerah ini untuk mengeruhkan keadaan dan protes rundingan yang sedang dijalankan oleh pihak berkuasa berhubung insiden pencerobohan kumpulan bersenjata yang mendakwa sebagai Tentera Diraja Kesultanan Sulu ke negara ini sejak Selasa lalu.

Ketua Menteri, Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Haji Aman, berkata tindakan pembangkang itu hanya mahu memenuhi agenda politik sendiri bagi memfitnah dan mereka-reka andaian bahawa kerajaan tidak mengambil berat akan isu berkenaan.

"Kita sememangnya amat kecewa dan dukacita (dengan tindakan pembangkang) kerana dengan keadaan sebegini mereka mahu mengeruhkan keadaan seolah-olah kita tidak mengambil tindakan. Sebenarnya kita telah mengambil tindakan yang terbaik dan pihak keselamatan sendiri juga telah melakukan tugas dengan baik sehingga setakat ini." katanya dalam sidang media Ops Sulu, di Komtek Sahabat 16, Batalion 17 Pasukan Gerakan Am (PGA) Lahad Datu, dekat sini.

Beliau berkata demikian sebagai mengulas isu kedatangan Penasihat DAP, Lim Kit Siang yang hadir ke daerah ini untuk memburukkan tindakan kerajaan selain kelakuan tiga pemuda Parti Maju Sabah (SAPP) yang cuba memasuki Kampung Tanduao melalui jalan laut kelmarin. 

Menurut Musa, dalam keadaan sekarang apa yang ditekankan adalah mahu menyelamatkan nyawa manusia tanpa menggunakan sebarang kekerasan agar kumpulan tersebut pulang dengan baik ke tanah air mereka.

"Kita sentiasa berunding pada mana-mana masalah yang boleh diselesaikan dengan cara baik kerana itu adalah pendekatan kita. Bukan dengan cara pembangkang yang sentiasa tidak bertanggungjawab kerana dalam isu soal keselamatan sebegini pun mereka sengaja mahu mengambil kesempatan bagi mencapai tujuan politik mereka sahaja." tegasnya.

Mengulas lanjut, Musa turut meminta kumpulan penceroboh agar pulang secara aman kerana ia melanggar peraturan antarabangsa.

"Kita tidak mahu berlaku sehingga mungkin pihak pasukan keselamatan tiada alternatif lain lagi." katanya.

Hadir bersama pada sidang media itu, Timbalan Ketua Menteri Sabah, Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan dan Pesuruhjaya Polis Sabah, Datuk Hamza Taib.

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