Belia Sabah terkandas di KL

Pada peringkat awal, isu itu tidak menarik perhatian Kerajaan Negeri Sabah kerana tidak ada satu pun langkah drastik diambil untuk menanganinya.

"Namun siasatan Harian Ekspress pada 19 Februari lalu ternyata pendedahan yang dilaporkan terbukti benar. Apa yang mengejutkan ialah jumlah belia Sabah yang merempat itu mencecah ratusan orang, angka ini hanya berdasarkan kepada satu tempat sahaja di Kuala Lumpur .

Daripada maklum balas tidak kurang ribuan belia Sabah kini merempat di seluruh Semenanjung Malaysia ," kata Stephan Gaimin dalam satu kenyataan di sini pada hari ini.

Why skilled M'sians don't come home?

How can we expect some one like Maximus to oversee, provide or even improve the 'brain gain' programme to increase the number of researchers, scientists and engineers in the country when he can't even look after his own backyard, which is known to have the highest number of hardcore poor, unemployment, dropout from secondary schools, single mothers, Aids victims among young girls (most of who had once worked in the nigh spots in West Malaysia or, as part time sex workers in Kota Kinabalu).