GPS to bank on election manifesto to deliver
KUCHING: Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) has every intention to follow through promises it made during the 12th state election last month and will work diligently to honour its pledges. Our bigger tasks have begun and our election manifesto is our guide, said Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) Youth chief Datuk Snowdan Lawan on Saturday (Jan 29). […]
Disabled to get fair shake under GPS
KUCHING: People with disabilities (OKU) will be given the same opportunities as others in the ‘inclusive society’ concept enshrined in Gabungan Parti Sarawak’s (GPS) manifesto, said Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. In stating this the Welfare, Community Well-being, Women, Family and Childhood Development (KWKPK) Minister said an inclusive society encompasses togetherness regardless of status, race, religion […]
Best support system for OKU
MIRI: The ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) government is committed to providing disabled people (OKU) the best support system, said Women, Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. “In fact, in GPS’s manifesto for the 12th Sarawak state election, out of 34 lists, some were on OKU’s welfare which came under my […]
Experts to advise state on sovereign fund
KUCHING: The Sarawak Government is wasting no time to ensure one of its pledges in its election manifesto, which is to set up the Sarawak Sovereign Wealth Fund, becomes a reality. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said the fund would be set up once experts were appointed to look into […]
Sustainability to be main thrust in new age Sarawak
KUCHING: The Sarawak Government will focus on its involvement in fields of energy that can contribute to environmental sustainability. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said this includes emphasising on the new economy that uses green technology. “This is one of the areas that we are going to focus on as […]
GPS begins fulfilling its election manifesto pledges
SIBU: Less than a month after winning the 12th state election, the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) state government has already begun fulfilling its election manifesto pledges here, said Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian. The deputy chief minister told a press conference here on Saturday (Jan 8) that among the manifesto pledges that were fulfilled […]
Independence referendum tops Aspirasi manifesto
BY NUR ASHIKIN LOUIS & NIA NATASHA HASENAN KUCHING: Sarawak People’s Aspiration Party (Aspirasi) has top-listed Sarawak Independence Referendum (SIR) in its manifesto for the coming state election. Its president Lina Soo said the party would go back to the people to decide Sarawak’s political future once and for all through a democratic, universally recognised, […]
Of people and sheeple
Obedience is an act of faith; disobedience is the result of unbelief. – AEdwin Louis Cole, American author The word “sheeple” seeped into the American conscience and consciousness in reference to people willingly allowing themselves to be led to the slaughterhouse of obedience. Obedience per se, like blind faith, can lead to disaster when people […]
Election manifesto: Salient points suffice
Any party can make 1,000 promises but at the end of the day, do they have the resources and capability to deliver the aspiration of the people? . — Dr Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani, Assoc Prof, Universiti Utara Malaysia In my many years as an editor, I must have dissected and digested many election manifestos […]
