Tanpa Dasar Kabotaj, Harga Rumah dan Barang Keperluan di Negeri Pakatan Tetap Mahal

SOALAN DARI HIEW KING CHEU 

What is the government’s plan in lowering the goods prices to an affordable level and what are the steps to be taken? 

JAWAPAN DARI DATUK HAJAH JAINAB AHMAD AYID 

The government is monitoring constantly the essential goods prices and giving out subsidies on various major items like sugar, cooking oil, flour, LPG, petrol RON 95 and diesel fuel. Besides that, the government has also introduced the Kedai Rakyat 1-Malaysia (KR1M) to sell products which are 50% cheaper than the other regular retail prices. The PPDNKK Sabah is monitoring and controlling the prices of the essential goods and as from the 6th February 2013 under the initiative of “1Malaysia 1Harga” launched by the government, that means the prices of essential items like sugar, cooking oil, flour, product 1MKR, product Coop 1Malaysia and product from FAMA will be the same through out Malaysia. 

JAWAPAN BALAS HIEW KING CHEU 

The measures is not sufficient to control the escalating prices of the essential goods prices in the market. A very simple example is a cup of coffee and a plate of fried mee. A good example is the house rental rates are shooting to a very high level, and many people can no longer afford to pay the rentals now, and this applies also to the expensive housing prices nowadays. The KR1M shops and its cheaper prices will not be effective and that will not solve our problem on the rising goods prices. By reducing the expensive port charges and its handling charges can be the first step. 

--SABAHKINI

Soalan dan jawapan diatas adalah dipetik bulat-bulat dari artikel asal Sabahkini tanpa diubah-suai supaya pembaca boleh nilai sendiri bertapa dangkalnya Hiew King Cheu apabila mengulas isu-isu semasa negeri ini. Ahli Dewan Undangan Luyang yang juga Ketua DAP negeri Sabah, tetap menyalahkan Dasar Kabotaj dan kerajaan BN apabila harga secawan kopi dan sepinggan mee goreng yang menjadi santapannya setiap hari naik mendadak. Agaknya jika penulis buka kedai kopi hari ini dan meletakkan harga RM100 untuk secawan kopi, pasti Hiew dan gerombolannya meroyan sambil menyalahkan Dasar Kabotaj.. Tidak mustahil, kerana sememangnya jari telunjuk pemimpin-pemimpin pembangkang tidak pernah lurus apabila menuding mencari salah siapa.

Jangan haraplah pembangkang akan bersetuju dengan apa sahaja jawapan atau tindakan kerajaan sekalipun Dasar Kabotaj ini dimansuhkan. Niat untuk memburuk-burukkan kerajaan tetap menjadi keutamaan dalam agenda politik mereka berbanding dengan membela nasib rakyat. Sebab itu tidak timbul soal Dasar Kabotaj bila harga barangan di Pulau Pinang melambung tinggi.. dan begitu juga apabila harga seunit rumah biasa di Pulau Pinang mencecah antara RM400000 hingga RM1.5 juta.. Pemimpin-pemimpin pembangkang seperti Hiew King Cheu tidak pernah menjawab kenapa harga barangan termasuk rumah di negeri-negeri jajahan mereka melambung tinggi sedangkan tidak ada Dasar Kabotaj di negeri-negeri itu...

Hiew juga tidak akan sanggup menjawab kenapa harga secawan kopi berbeza bukan sahaja mengikut negeri malah daerah atau lokasi walaupun harga gula dan kopi di semua negeri berjaya diseragamkan. Beliau akan tetap menyalahkan Dasar Kabotaj seolah-olah si pembuat kopi berkenaan didatangkan khas dari Semenanjung menggunakan kapal kargo hanya untuk membancuh kopi di Sabah. Alangkah dangkalnya Hiew apabila jawapan yang diberikan oleh Datuk Jainab dikatanya tidak mencukupi sedangkan dia sendiri tidak menghuraikan secara panjang lebar tentang apa yang dikatanya "there must be thousands of other measure to cut goods prices" melainkan hanya menyebut Dasar Kabotaj.

Penulis tidak menafikan mengenai kenaikkan harga barangan di Sabah, malah semua negara turut mengalami masalah yang sama. Namun persoalannya, adakah semua negeri dan negara yang mengalami fenomena kenaikkan harga barangan ini berpunca dari Dasar Kabotaj? Mungkin elok juga jika Hiew dapat memberikan satu contoh negara yang berjaya mengekalkan harga barangan keperluan serta rumah diparas terendah untuk berdekad-dekad lamanya. Sudah tentu jawapannya TIDAK ADA, kerana Pulau Pinang yang dijajah DAP juga hanya memerlukan tempoh 5 tahun untuk menaikkan kos sara hidup di negeri itu. Jesteru apa asasnya Hiew mempertikaikan inisiatif kerajaan dalam meringankan beban rakyat, dan apa asasnya menjadikan Dasar Kabotaj sebagai kambing hitam jika parti beliau sendiri gagal memastikan kos sara hidup di Pulau Pinang kekal diparas terendah??

Apa yang dilakukan kerajaan hari ini sudah cukup baik kerana, disamping berusaha meringankan beban rakyat, kerajaan juga komited melindungi industri perkapalan tempatan yang turut melibatkan ribuan tenaga kerja warga tempatan. Ingin penulis mengulangi pertanyaan dalam ulasan sebelum ini (DISINI), sanggupkah Hiew bertanggungjawab jika industri perkapalan lumpuh dan ribuan warga negara ini terpaksa menganggur setelah Dasar Kabotaj dimansuhkan???

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Look at yourself first before accusing

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Democratic Action Party (DAP) should look in the mirror before making baseless allegations and accusing Barisan Nasional (BN) of being racist.

Sabah Umno Wanita assistant secretary Datuk Jainab Ahmad said it was shameful that DAP was still continuing with its cheap tactic of playing on racial sentiments and trying to disunite the people of Sabah in its quest to gain power.

“In the first place, the people know that we in BN stood for the election under one ticket and not based on race or individual component parties. This is unlike the opposition pact Pakatan Rakyat (PR); they are not even in power but they already could not unite under one logo.

“Secondly, before it accuses BN, why doesn’t DAP look at its own PR governments in Penang, Selangor and Kelantan? Even they have their own quota. In BN, whoever is the minister or assistant minister, our role is to serve the rakyat as a whole,” said Jainab.

The Karambunai assemblywoman was commenting on recent remarks by Sabah DAP assistant secretary cum Likas assemblyman Junz Wong who said Sabah BN leadership appeared to be marginalizing the Chinese community.

Junz had questioned if Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman purposely reduced the number of Chinese representation in the state cabinet to punish the community for backing the opposition in the 13th general election.

Jainab, who has been promoted to Community Development and Consumer Affairs Minister under the new cabinet line-up, said both the Prime Minister and Chief Minister had taken conciliatory and dignified tones on the issue of the Chinese representation.

“They tell all the YBs to work and serve the rakyat and fulfil the promises made by BN, because our manifesto is a promise, ‘Aku Janji.’ The opposition on the other hand said their manifesto is just

a manifesto, not a promise that must be kept.

“I sincerely hope the people, young and old, know how to differentiate what is right and not be suck in by the lies and hatred the opposition continuously gives to them, especially through the Internet,” she said.

BN managed to retain power after securing a simple majority in the highly anticipated GE13, which saw a further decrease in the number of seats the coalition has in parliament.

The state BN government started a new term with only two ethnic Chinese in its federal cabinet after both MCA and Gerakan, who recorded their worst ever election performance on May 5, decided not to take up any ministerial or other posts.

In Sabah, BN maintained its overwhelming dominance, despite losing a higher number of seats to PR.

DAP took a swing at the state BN leadership after it appointed only two ethnic Chinese as full ministers in its state cabinet, as compared to three in the previous term.

Jainab, as well as another Sabah Umno leader Datuk Bolkiah Ismail, rejected DAP’s accusation as baseless and a mere attempt to gain political mileage.

“In Semenanjung, even when MCA did not want to be appointed, the PM said BN serves all irrespective of race or religious background. The decrease in Chinese representation is a non issue.

“My advise to DAP is to stop politicising matters we are not interested in. We want to work but they are only interested in pointing fingers and complaining, not resolving issues. It is BN’s YBs who resolve issues faced by the people.

“What I see is that when people want their problems solved, they go to BN because they know only BN has the sincerity and political will to bring about real changes. Sadly however, some of them turn around and voted along racial lines comes the election, rejecting BN when it was us who seriously worked for them,” she said.

--THE BORNEO POST

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Waspada pihak tabur fitnah untuk kepentingan politik

KOTA KINABALU: Rakyat Sabah diingatkan supaya berwaspada dengan pihak tertentu yang terus menabur lebih banyak fitnah dan memburukkan imej kerajaan, terutama di laman sosial semata-mata untuk kepentingan politik mereka. 

Ketika membuat seruan itu, Pembantu Menteri Pembangunan Sumber dan Kemajuan Teknologi Maklumat Sabah, Datuk Jainab Ahmad, berkata bukan semua maklumat atau bahan yang dimuatkan dan dikongsi bersama dalam alam maya itu benar. 

“Oleh itu, saya menyarankan supaya rakyat negeri ini terutama generasi muda supaya membaca maklumat yang betul. Jangan baca maklumat yang berbentuk fitnah atau berbau politik. 

“Kita dapati dalam alam globalisasi ada pihak tidak bertanggungjawab memfitnah dalam internet sehingga anak-anak muda kita terikut-ikut dengan budaya fitnah…ini kita perlu elakkan,” katanya ketika berucap pada majlis penyampaian bantuan awal persekolahan di SMK Bandaraya dekat sini kelmarin. 

Jainab berkata ramai di kalangan anak muda sekarang yang sedikit terkeliru atau tidak menyedari bahawa banyak yang diperkatakan dalam alam maya “sengaja disensasikan walaupun tidak benar” bagi menarik perhatian pembaca. 

“Keadaan seumpama ini boleh menimbulkan perasaan tidak senang hati dan mungkin menyebabkan bibit-bibit perpecahan di antara kaum. 

“Ini kalau tidak dibendung akan menjadi masalah di negara kita, sebuah negara yang aman damai bukan seperti di negara jiran kita yang mana ada pihak tertentu mahu gunakan perpecahan sebagai satu simbol untuk menukar kuasa atau kerajaan,” katanya. - New Sabah Times

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