Patriotism demands of us sustained sacrifice. Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese nationalist politician, revolutionary and military leader Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) has quite a battle shaping up, but the issues against Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg’s government aren’t as insurmountable as those faced by Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib
Chief Minister sees a year of greater prosperity for state and people KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg sees the year 2020 as a year of greater prosperity. He said 2020 will be a better year than 2019 because his government has put in place policies that
Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution. Sophocles, ancient Greek tragedian 2019 has been quite a year for politics. Here, Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) has been under tremendous pressure to perform, which, rather surprisingly, it did pretty well and in the process silenced
If you or I fail at business, we fail. If we cheat and fail, we go to jail. But if you’re rich and politically connected, your incompetence may be protected by a government bailout. Robert Kiyosaki, American businessman and author Sometime in May Tun Daim Zainuddin spoke of ‘menteri bodoh’
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. H. L. MENCKEN, AMERICAN JOURNALIST, ESSAYIST, SATIRIST AND CULTURAL CRITIC DAP Sarawak chief Chong Chieng Jen
I made a promise to hand over and I will, accepting that I thought that a change immediately before the APEC summit would be disruptive. Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, sixth Prime Minister Sometime in May Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was quoted in a Bloomberg report as saying he expected to
Serving the people as a civil servant is a noble obligation as well as a responsibility. We must ensure friendly services are provided at government departments and agencies. Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister The Pakatan Harapan (PH) government came to power on May 9, 2018, bringing hope to a
Honesty has a beautiful and refreshing simplicity about it. No ulterior motives. No hidden meanings. An absence of hypocrisy, duplicity, political games, and verbal superficiality. As honesty and real integrity characterise our lives, there will be no need to manipulate others. Charles R. Swindoll, author, educator and radio preacher Sarawak
Many say the federal village management council (MPKKP) is illegal and improper. We have been made to understand that it’s illegal because the federal government cannot just simply set up something like the MPKKP and move funds in the state at will. Federal funds brought into the state have to
The opposition PH got badly stung, not once but many times, by the State 2020 Budget. Folk like state PH chairman Chong Chieng Jen and PKR state chairman Baru Bian may have expected a ‘bad’ state budget — bad in the sense that it is not good for PH —
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