923,000 non-M'sians in Sabah alarming

KOTA KINABALU - Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) said there is an anomaly in the State population statistics released by the Statistics Department if one looks at the population based on race category.

Deputy President Datuk Eric Majimbun said this is particularly so in the population of those grouped under the "Other Bumiputera" and "Malay" categories, which recorded a drastic increase.

Besides, he said the figure of non-Malaysians in Sabah accounting for 923,000 out of the 3.12 million population is alarming.

Sabah, the worst managed and worst state in Msia

By Joseph Wilfred Lakai

KOTA KINABALU - Sabah is the worst managed and worst state to live in Malaysia with the second lowest water supply coverage, the highest population growth, the largest number of illegal immigrants, the highest poverty incidence, the poorest electricity/ energy efficiency and the least developed state in Malaysia. This conclusion does come from a close study and analysis of the Ninth Malaysian Plan as follows:

Sabah has the second lowest water supply coverage of 75% throughout the state just ahead of the 70% water supply coverage in Kelantan;

CM must guarantee KK High Court and State Library lands for public purpose only

KOTA KINABALU - If there is no satisfactory guarantee by the Chief Minister that the KK High Court land and the City Library site will be reserved for public use, then SAPP's two assemblymen will raise this issue at the coming State Legislative Assembly later this month.

Accordingly to the assemblywoman for Luyang, Melanie Chia Chui Ket, she and fellow SAPP assembly person, Datuk Liew Teck Chan of Likas, will raise this issue in accordance with the Standing Orders of the Assembly.

West Malaysians still hold most of top federal civil jobs in Sabah

PETALING JAYA - West Malaysians still hold most of the top federal civil service positions in Sabah and Sarawak, while subordinate posts are mostly held by East Malaysians.

In a parliamentary written response to Sepanggar MP (SAPP) Eric Majimbun, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said that 8 out of 24 people holding top federal service positions in Sabah were Sabahans.

Eleven out of 22 people holding federal service positions in Sarawak were Sarawakian, the response added.In Sabah, 64% of the 16,858 federal management and professional posts (10,816) as well as 87% of the 49,955 lower-ranking (termed as "pelaksana") posts (40,108) were held by Sabahans.

Puluhan ribu belia Sabah menggangur

KOTA KINABALU - Puluhan ribu belia Sabah terpaksa berhijrah ke Semenanjung dan luar negara mencari pekerjaan ekoran kepincangan ekonomi di negeri ini, kata Ketua Pemuda Parti Maju Sabah (SAPP) Edward Dagul(kiri).

Katanya, para belia itu tidak ada pilihan lain kecuali keluar dari negeri ini mencari pekerjaan di seberang laut luar kerana kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) Sabah gagal menyediakan peluang pekerjaan yang mencukupi.

SAPP janji bantu rakyat miliki rumah

KOTA KINABALU - Parti Maju Sabah (SAPP) berjanji akan membantu generasi muda memiliki rumah sendiri apabila mengambil alih tampuk pemerintahan kerajaan negeri Sabah selepas memenangi pilihanraya umum kali ke-13 akan datang.

Presiden SAPP Datuk Seri Panglima Yong Teck Lee berkata, golongan sasar adalah belia yang berkahwin buat kali pertama dan masih belum memiliki rumah.

Anwar's statement signifies progress in opposition co-operation

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) welcomes the offer by PKR de facto leader, Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim, to Sabah-based opposition parties to contest some of the seats that were contested by PKR in previous general elections with a view to achieve a one to one fight against the BN in the coming 13th general elections.

"On the part of SAPP, we will reciprocate such good will and understanding with adjustments to SAPP's preparations for the elections, which is widely expected to be in June," said its president, Datuk Yong Teck Lee.

Majority of the young working adults in Sabah has become housing loan slaves

KOTA KINABALU, April 5, 2012: SAPP Youth Exco Clement Lee has blamed the failure of the current UMNO Led-BN government to build low and medium cost housing to accommodate the lower income group in Sabah especially the young working adults and young married couple. This has caused them to purchase the private property in high cost with small little tiny space house and be trapped into housing loan due to no choice even though with a lowly pay salary, inflation and high cost of living in Sabah.

With the high soaring selling price of the current housing property market in Sabah that caused our young working adults succumb to become housing loan slave, just need to service their housing loan repayment for life and some couldn’t even afford to own a house, without choice they force to live at their parent home even though Sabah were blessed with vast piece of lands.

Kong should quit for insulting Sabahans on the Cabotage

KOTA KINABALU: Luyang Assemblywoman, Melanie Chia said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha should resign is Transport Minister if he does not know his job. 

Chia also said the Minister should stop protecting the few companies privy in the national shipping industry at the expense of Sabahans.

Chia was responding to Kong's assertion on Saturday that Sabahans have a misconception and misperception about the country's cabotage policy.

"The Minister obviously did not understand the issue raised repeatedly by the business communities in Sabah on the cabotage policy which was introduced in 1980.

Doubtful Federal will set up RCI

KOTA KINABALU, 15 March 2012: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) is doubtful that the Federal Government will set up the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on illegal immigrants in Sabah.

Information Chief Chong Pit Fah said there has been no sign that the Federal Government would set up the RCI despite being pressed by many quarters here including SAPP.

He said the ruling Sabah Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties like PBS, UPKO and LDP then followed suit and tried to champion the issue by making various statements confirming that the RCI is to be set up.

"However, PBS, UPKO and LDP got red faced when Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak didn't make any announcement about the matter during his recent visit to Sabah," he said.

Many sins in Sabah so Najib must apologize

Prime Minister cum Barisan Nasional (BN) Chairman Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak must apologise to the people of Sabah for the many sins here, said Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) President Datuk Seri Panglima Yong Teck Lee.

Yong who is also former Sabah Chief Minister said Najib have to apologise because Barisan Nasional Government had caused Sabah to become a poor state.

SAPP eligible to stand in the 13th general election

SAPP eligible to contest, never said "blood in Harris's hands"

Former Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Yong Teck Lee assured Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) members and supporters that the party is eligible to contest in the 13th general election despite being ordered by the High Court here to pay Tan Sri Harris Salleh some RM1 million in libel damages.

RM1 million order to shut up Sabahans

PENAMPANG: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) Datuk Seri Panglima Yong Teck Lee described the RM1 million damages that the High Court ordered him to pay former Chief Minister Tan Sri Harris Salleh served as a warning to Sabahans never to talk anymore about the Double Six tragedy that killed the then Chief Minister Tun Fuad Stephens and all 10 on board a crashed Nomad aircraft on June 6, 1976.

DAP plot to wipe out all local parties

By Datuk Richard Yong

DAP Sabah and Dr Edwin Bosi must stop insulting local parties unless it is the DAP plot to wipe out all local parties so to destroy the chance of Sabahans fight for autonomy as agreed in the 1963 Malaysia Agreement. On September 16, 2008 YB Lim Kit Siang has announced Pakatan Plus SAPP formula, Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim had also made landmark stand to work with SAPP. Why Dr Edwin, Tan Kok Wai and some DAP members want to destroy all the cooperation among the opposition parties? Is it because of their hidden agenda to help UMNO as proven at the Batu Sapi by-election?

SAPP's Sabah Land Reforms

The native peoples of Sabah are increasingly losing their cultural heritage and space as a result of land alienation to government agencies and big companies and the history of sale of NT lands by earlier generations of native land owners to private companies. 

This crisis has been severely compounded by the many instances of land grabs by big companies with strong connections to the ruling politicians, incompetence and possible fraud on the part of land officers and a "don't care attitude of their elected representatives". Villagers are being forcibly evicted from forest reserves even though the law provides for the enhancement of traditional villages as "forest communities" with forest reserves. Some villages have even been in existence before the gazetting of the forest reserves. 

Sabah deserves more from what is taken from Sabah

By Melanie Chia

It is a mockery that BN Sabah failed to understand what is oil royalty. Instead of supporting the call to increase the oil royalty for Sabah, BN Sabah still want to confuse the people comparing oil royalty to development funds from the Federal Government.

SAPP reaffirms that Sabah deserves more from what is taken from Sabah and asking for an increase in oil royalty is not out of the ordinary. In fact, it should have been a move taken up by the Sabah State
Government.

SAPP's Economic Plan for Sabah

In accordance with the economics of the allocation of scarce resources to maximum effect, SAPP aims to achieve economic prosperity and financial self-reliance for Sabah. 

The Economic Plan that we launch today serves to lay out the road map to a prosperous Sabah based on wealth creation for the people and empowerment of the business community.

Amdee: SAPP supports Anwar as next PM

By Hj Amdee Sidik

KOTA KINABALU, Jan 10, 2012: Its sigh of relief now that there is clear at the end of the tunnel. The verdict by the High Court today signifies positive improvement whereby not judges can be bought and controlled by those in power. At the same time it also shows the government is losing integrity of poor judgment when this case shouldn't even be brought to High Court at the first place.

SAPP in full support of Anwar as Pakatan Rakyat leader to become the next Prime Minister.

Sabah Umno's sincerity doubtful

Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) is sceptical with Sabah Umno's support to the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to investigate the issuance of MyKad to foreigners through dubious means.

Vice President Jaafar Haji Ismail said Sabah Umno was only making its stand due to pressure after all the other Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties and opposition parties have made their stand on the issue.

Furthermore, he said Sabah Umno Information Chief, Datuk Sapawi Ahmad came out with a vague statement saying that it was up to the Federal to decide.

Racial tension if RCI call denied, says SAPP

KOTA KINABALU: Racial tension may flare up in Sabah if the people's call for a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on illegal immigrants and the Project IC is turned down by the government, said the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP).

Its Adviser Datuk Mohd Noor Mansur said contrary to what certain people believe the likelihood of a racial tension in Sabah would be greater if the government continues to ignore this matter (setting up of RCI) because "the natives in Sabah are already not very happy with it (the huge presence of illegal immigrants in the State)."

Pekida objection to RCI and threat of civil unrest

1. Peter Marajin
2. Dr Nicholas James Guntobon
3. Fredoline Edwin Lojingki
4. Daniel John Jambun

1. PETER MARAJIN, lawyer and SAPP supreme council member

KOTA KINABALU: It is obvious now that a political party is behind Akjan in objecting the establishment of RCI.

Sand monopoly, the cronies are at it again

By Datuk Yong Teck Lee (Kota Kinabalu, Dec 16, 2011)

The cronies are at it again. After failing to monopolise the scrap metal business three years ago, cronies have again reared their ugly heads to grab the extraction and supply of sand to the construction industry. 

Using the same lame excuse of lax enforcement against "thefts of scrap metal", the political masters have now come up with thefts of sand as the excuse to put all the rights to sand extraction in the hands of Sabah Economic Development Corporation (SEDCO). 

Housing Development Act should not be extended to Sabah

KOTA KINABALU: Extending the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act to Sabah will be another erosion of the state's autonomy, said Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) Vice President, Datuk Wong Yit Ming.

He said the proposal by DAP Kota Kinabalu MP Hiew King Cheu for the Act, which was recently amended in the Parliament, to be extended to Sabah as well did not merit consideration because Sabah already has its own Enactment that had successfully curbed abandoned housing development.

SAPP demands for establishment of RCI on illegals before GE13

KOTA KINABALU, Dec 7, 2011: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) has called for the establishment of a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on the perennial issues of illegal immigrants and ‘Project IC’, before the 13th General Elections.

Urging this was its Deputy President cum MP for Seppangar, Datuk Eric Majimbun, stressing that such a move is crucial towards cleaning up of the much-tainted electoral rolls, in line with the Government’s pledge for electoral reforms.

We'll resolve land ownership issue within 2 years if...

We'll resolve land ownership issue within 2 years if SAPP is given mandate

RANAU, Dec 13, 2011: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) said it will resolve land ownership issues in Sabah within two years if given the mandate from the people to form the State Government.

Vice President, Japiril Suhaimin said SAPP President Datuk Yong Teck Lee had shown that the party was capable in doing so when during his tenure as Chief Minister about 48,000 land application were processed and issued with titles.

PBS misleading the public again

Herbert Timbon Lagadan, habitual liar

Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) Secretary-General Datuk Richard Yong We Kong told PBS to stop making excuses, finger-pointing and no more ugly rhetoric all intended to mislead the general public when it comes to the issue of illegal immigrants.

"PBS must stand up to their duty and obligation to resolve the Sabah problems particularly the illegal immigrants (PTI).

"Whenever this issue of illegal immigrants was brought up PBS leaders would try to blame others for their own failure, repeatedly saying solutions are on the way. PBS has been repeating the rhetoric for years while having the post of Chief Ministers for nine years, post of Deputy Chief Ministers and Federal Ministers and cabinet ministers yet they cannot provide a straight answer to the PTI problem.

Harris admits PBS recalled YS share certs

KOTA KINABALU, 16 Nov 2011: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) said former Chief Minister Tan Sri Harris Salleh finally admitted that it was Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) government who had recalled the Yayasan Sabah share certificate.

SAPP Treasurer General Dullie Marie said Harris had clearly admitted it during the latter's press conference, which was published in local dailies on Nov 16.

"In his first statement published on November 12, Harris claimed that SAPP President Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee as Chief Minister between May 28, 1996 and May 27, 1998 withdrew the Yayasan Sabah share certificates in 1996.

SAPP sumbang kereta jenazah

KOTA KINABALU, 7 Nov 2011: Parti Maju Sabah (SAPP) menggesa kerajaan menaikkan kuota haji bagi negeri Sabah.

Naib Presidennya, Jaafar Haji Ismail berkata, kuota itu perlu diberi lebih kuota kerana ramai penduduk di negeri ini ingin menunaikan ibadah itu.

"Malangnya, banyak kuota yang diberi itu telah dirampas parti-parti politik pemerintah seperti UMNO sehingga menyebabkan mereka yang layak tersisih.

Dr Hiew is now big-headed

By Datuk Yong Teck Lee

Referring to YB Dr. Hiew King Cheu, Ph.D, MP for Kota Kinabalu challenging me to contest against him in the Kota Kinabalu parliamentary seat; my response:

In my 26 years in politics, this is my first time to hear anybody in Sabah challenging another person to contest against oneself. Therefore, I am very scared. Dr. Hiew is the most popular, friendly, humble, hard working and clean MP in Malaysia who is loved by the people. He is so strong that nobody can beat him because of his over whelming majority in the 2008 general elections. Even if he uses another symbol instead of the DAP rocket, he will still win and not end up like Dominique Ng Kim Ho of Kuching.

Hiew confirmed linkage through own admission

KOTA KINABALU, Oct 16, 2011: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) Information Chief, Chong Pit Fah, in a press statement today said that Hiew King Cheu has confirmed his linkage to UMNO by his own admission when he revealed that he has received so-called documents from UMNO people that supposedly will expose Datuk Yong Teck Lee's misdeeds in government. In case Hiew has forgotten, Yong stepped down as Chief Minister more than 13 years ago.

Hiew confirmed linkage through own admission

KOTA KINABALU, Oct 16, 2011: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) Information Chief, Chong Pit Fah, in a press statement today said that Hiew King Cheu has confirmed his linkage to UMNO by his own admission when he revealed that he has received so-called documents from UMNO people that supposedly will expose Datuk Yong Teck Lee's misdeeds in government. In case Hiew has forgotten, Yong stepped down as Chief Minister more than 13 years ago.

DAP Hiew's collusion with Sabah Umno

By Datuk Yong Teck Lee

Kota Kinabalu, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 - The guarantee that no Chief Minister can sign away huge tracts of lands, forests and mines to private interests have been put in place on 17 June 1996 when the Sabah Legislative Assembly transferred the Chief Minister's powers to the Cabinet by amending the Sabah Land Ordinance, the Forest Enactment and the Mining Ordinance. 

I was the Chief Minister to move the motion to amend the laws which was passed by the Legislative Assembly. 

SAPP: Revert to original 999-year lease tenure now

By Datuk Liew Teck Chan

KOTA KINABALU, Oct 11, 2011 - Referring to the requests by the Sabah Housing and Real Estate Developers Association to the Sabah State Government to revert the land leases for country leases and town leases to the original 999 tenure, actually, in fact the government can approve land leases for a term of 999 year, especially if the original master title of the land already has a tenure of 999 years. This has been done before without any need for changes to the law. There is no need for any delay because it is only a matter whether the government wants to honour the 999 tenure or not.

2012 budget a disappointment for Sabah

By Datuk Yong Teck Lee
Kota Kinabalu, 7 October 2011

It is clear that the target groups for the RM 232.8 billion election budget for election purposes are teachers, civil servants, Felda settlers, military and police personnel and the Indian community. These are the voter groups that the BN is now trying to improve upon compared to the results of the last general elections in 2008.

Pemuda SAPP selamatkan surau dari roboh

BONGAWAN, Okt 5, 2011: Program amal Parti Maju Sabah melalui sayap Pemudanya bersama pemimpin setempat terus diadakan.

Kali ini Pemuda SAPP telah berkesempatan membantu penduduk kampung membaiki keadaan surau Kg. Jawa, Ulu Papar di dalam kawasan DUN N.23 Bongawan yang condong akibat struktur tanah yang lemah selain faktor usia surau tersebut.

Projek IC - Denial by Deputy Minister is to protect Umno

KOTA KINABALU, Sep 30: The denial statement by Deputy Home Minister Dato' Lee Chee Leong on the existence of Project IC in Sabah is a slap on all the state Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties that have been raising the issues all this while.

Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) Deputy President Datuk Eric Majimbun believed it was a pre-planned denial statement to protect Umno after a Sabah BN component party, Upko, which during its congress last weekend demanded for the setting up of the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on illegal immigrant in Sabah in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

UBF can use SAPP as vehicle to contest

TAWAU: The United Borneo Front (UBF) is welcome to use Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) as a vehicle to contest in the 13th general election as both parties share the same struggle.

SAPP vice president Datuk Chua Soon Bui said UBF is a non-governmental organisation and both parties already had a lot of dialogues and organised seminars on whether they are sharing the same mission and vision for the whole of Sabah, including the autonomy of Sabah.

"And we found out that we are very close along that mission and vision," she said yesterday.

ISA abolition due to ineffectiveness as instrument of fear

KOTA KINABALU, Sep 17, 2011: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) President Datuk Yong Teck Lee said the announcement by the Prime Minister on the abolition of the Internal Security Act (ISA) is because it is no longer an effective instrument of fear.

He said the ISA abolition has got nothing to do with the BN government being suddenly enlightened on freedom for the people.

"It is shameful for BN leaders and ministers who now heap praises on the PM as though the PM or the BN government has only now awakened to the injustice of detention without trial allowed under the ISA.

SAPP: Say No to Creative History

SIPITANG: Leaders of Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) celebrated the state level Hari Raya open house this year in Sipitang today (Sunday) held at Sabah Forest Industries-SFI Motel attended by about thousand people.

Tuan Haji Amdee Sidik the Chairman organizing committee who is also the State Southern Zone Chairman and the Deputy President of SAPP highlighted that there should be no compromise where history of the nation and specifically the history of Sabah is concerned. 

SAPP welcomes Anwar on "PR-SAPP can negotiate"

By Datuk Yong Teck Lee

Kota Kinabalu, Monday, 5 September 2011, Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) welcomes Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim's land mark statement that Pakatan can negotiate with SAPP and SAPP need not join the Pakatan Rakyat in achieving a one to one fight against the BN. 

As de facto leader of PKR and PR, Anwar has re-set the button on the relationship between SAPP and Pakatan to the same positive footing that SAPP had with Pakatan in 2008.

Malaysia is only 48 years old!

KOTA KINABALU, September 5, 2011: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) CLC Api Api Women Chief Priscilla Chong urges Junz Wong not to issue any statement which may not be representing the stand of DAP because his statement that Malaysia is 48 years old and not 54 years old is contradicting his party Secretary General Lim Guan Eng's statement.

"Everyone knows that Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman is mistaken to talk of Merdeka 54 years. As we all know, Musa as an Umno man, must follow the Umno stand that Malaysia is 54 years old.

Malaysia Agreement: One Country, Two Systems

John Stephen Dionysius

As we went through our normal life, Sabah is about to celebrate Independence Day on August 31 and will be celebrating a Malaysia Day which falls on September 16 and the question now, where does Sabah go from here.

As a Malaysian youth in Sabah, I am very much obliged to share and would like to bring the people of Sabah back to an early days of Malaysia and ask whether Sabah is really a true Independent state in Malaysia after been 48 years since the colonization from the British.

Sabahans filed suit against govt

In the suit to be filed later today, two Sabahans want the court to order Putrajaya and the Sabah government to strictly adhere to the Malaysia Agreement.

KOTA KINABALU, Aug: Two Sabahans today filed a summons at the High Court here against the federal and state governments over their rights as stipulated in the Malaysia Agreement.

Chong sidestepping key issue on phantom voters

Dr. Chong Eng Leong is side stepping the key issue of phantom voters and illegal immigrants by repeatedly referring to Likas, Likas, Likas and only Likas. He does not acknowledge that it was UMNO operatives, some of whom are his close buddies, who have been behind the phantom voters issue.

Just like the Saham Amanah Sabah issue, there is no closure and no end to it because the real culprits are not identified by the critics like Dr. Yee Moh Chai and other PBS leaders. They know that UMNO is the cause of the SAS and phantom voters issue but still incessantly point their fingers at the wrong direction, towards me, because they want to protect their political master, UMNO, and to protect their positions in government.

Proper for Dr Chong to apologize

By Datuk Richard Yong

It is good that Dr Chong Eng Leong finally admitted that Datuk Yong Teck Lee was not involved with phantom voters. It is only proper that Dr Chong should apologise to the people of Sabah for misleading them all these years.

SAPP and all the leaders of SAPP had always been consistently against the infiltration of illegal elements, fake ICs, phantom voters as this is a matter concerned by all right-thinking Malaysians.

The invitation to Dr. Chong to an open forum is to provide an avenue to fully discuss the issue and also the best place for Dr. Chong to disclose whatever information he has got on illegal immigrants and phantom voters of which Dr Chong claimed to have identified 70,000 names.

Sabah's jobless shocking

By Dullie Haji Marie

Almost 30,000 who turned out to apply for jobs is a record of joblessness in Sabah.
Yet the Sabah BN Youth seemed to be so proud of the turnout. Are they treating this as a BN supporters' gathering?
The huge turnout only shows how desperate for jobs are our youth, school leavers and graduates.

UMNO selfishness, PBS collusion cause phantom voters

By Datuk Yong Teck Lee, Kota Kinabalu, Monday, August 1, 2011

It is possible to rid the electoral rolls of phantom voters because the legal mechanisms to protect the integrity of the rolls are available in the Federal Constitution, the Elections Act 1958, the Elections (Registration of Electors) Regulations 2002 and the National Registration Act 1959. But the first step is to remove the disease by taking action against the UMNO operatives who conspire in issuing dubious citizenship documents to foreigners.

Sabahan capable to lead opposition parties

KOTA KINABALU: There is no need for PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to lead the Sabah opposition parties in the fight against Barisan Nasional in the coming general election, as Sabahans are capable of doing it themselves, said Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) deputy president Amde Sidik.

He said this while commenting on the statement of Sabah People Front Party's (SPFP) President Berman Angkap yesterday, proposing Anwar to lead the opposition in Sabah.

Don't push dam down people's throat

Sufficient water for paddy fields in Kota Belud: SAPP

Sabah Progressive party (SAPP) said Friday it welcomed a pledge of RM600,000 as annual shares for the people of Kg Tambatuon annually should the dam be built, but feared that this is may be designed to push the dam down the people's throat.

Its, Supreme Council Member, Peter Marajin, said it still disagreed with Kadamaian Assemblyman Datuk Herbert Timbon Lagadan's statement on the need for the dam.

"We have to take this with a pinch of salt taking into consideration the pathetic facts on displaced natives in other similar situations including in neighbouring Sarawak," he said, in a statement.

Can You Trust Them?

DAP Sabah turned pro-BN govt

By Encik Dullie Hj Marie

SAPP is shocked that DAP turned its gun to attack SAPP on the Bersih signboard issue, doing the work for UMNO.

On the Bersih campaign in Sabah. Sabah DAP is talking like UMNO who claimed that people must "obey the law" and "not to challenge the laws". This is the same type of flimsy arguments that UMNO ministers Hishammudin, Rais Yatim and even Perkasa's Ibrahim Ali used against the brave Bersih activists.

Let us fight against Electoral Corruption

We come to you today to give this statement on the latest development.

Over the past week, the MCLM Ad Hoc committee has been denied the police permits, facilities and venues to hold Bersih 2.0 Sabah. We have been denied our civil rights.

We would like to call all our supporters to continue to be brave and not to be discouraged. This is not the end of our fight. It will be ongoing. It will be continuous.

SAPP supports free and fair election

KOTA KINABALU, June 27, 2011: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) Youth strongly support the efforts of Bersih on their 8 demands which should be acknowledged and respected.
It's Youth Leader, Edward Dagul said that it is the constitutional right of every Malaysian to voice his or her opinion, irrespective of the political inclinations.

SAPP: How oil royalties can be increased

This press conference is called to explain how Petronas oil royalties can be increased from 5% to 20% and how it can be paid to Sabah. The latest disclosure of Petronas’s profits at RM 97.80 billion has added urgency to a fair sharing our Sabah’s oil resources. But the Sabah BN is failing in its duty to Sabah by not claiming 20% oil royalties. Instead, Sabah BN is engrossed in a "cold war" amidst "divide and rule" politics. If Sabah fights hard enough, we can succeed like the cancellation of the coal power plant and the closure of JPPS (federal department of development). With this information, SAPP hopes Sabahans will be confident of success and pressure the State Government to pursue this matter.