Sabah's Allocation Spending Performance Above National Average

 

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah recorded an allocation spending performance higher than the national average, having effectively utilized the funding channelled by the federal so far this year.

Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman said Sabah had utilized RM1.206 billion or 39.48 per cent from RM3.056 billion given by the federal as of August 15.

The allocation was approved for Sabah under the Tenth Malaysia Plan (10MP) Third Rolling Plan, for implementing 449 projects.

“This performance is 4.98 per cent above the national average, which is only 34.5 per cent,” said Musa in a statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Office after the State Action Council meeting yesterday.

Apart from commitments at the federal level, Musa who is also the Finance Minister, said he had reminded civil servants in Sabah to always uphold their state-level Aku Janji.

He stressed that all agencies must work closely as a team to ensure all development projects and programmes were implemented efficiently and effectively.

“We realize that civil servants face various challenges in ensuring successful implementation of government policies and programmes, especially with the advancement of social media technologies.

“The social media have been proven to be an effective tool in narrowing the gap between the government and the people. Through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and so on, the views of the people can be communicated directly to the government without going through the bureaucracy in the conventional channels.

“However, the social media also pose new challenges to civil servants, as they are also exploited by certain quarters to launch a war of perception against the government and government agencies.

“In this regard, we need to enhance our skills in utilizing the social media so that we can expose the people better to the truth and reality, not the perceived reality created by certain irresponsible groups,” he said.Borneo Post

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Mariati Appointed As New State Attorney-General

KOTA KINABALU: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman yesterday announced the appointment of Datuk Mariati Robert as the new state Attorney-General.

“I am indeed pleased to announce the appointment of Datuk Mariati Robert as the next state AG, taking over from Datuk Roderic Fernandes,” he said.

Her appointment took effect on August 1 this year.

Musa said the appointment marks a significant milestone as Mariati will be the second woman to be appointed AG since 1968.

“I understand that Madam Kinny Li Yun Ken was the first woman AG appointed back then,” he said.

Mariati’s appointment could be credited to her qualification and legal background, having been in the field for more than 35 Years.

She is also active in various causes especially that concerning women and was chairman of the Sabah Women Advisory for two terms.

“The state government recognises women’s roles and contributions to society and has confidence in their ability to hold high posts in government,” he said.

Musa also said this is evident in the number of women holding and managing high government positions.

“And, I believe women do deserve such posts based on merit, based on their qualification, experience and capability” the Chief Minister added.

Sabah has a full woman minister and two assistant ministers as well as permanent secretaries and heads of GLC who are women.

The state treasurer, Musa said, is also a woman and “today once again we have a woman AG”.

“I also wish to take this opportunity to thank Datuk Roderic for his impeccable service as AG to the state. I wish him all the best,” he said.New Sabah Times

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Govt agencies urged to help needy

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah government agencies are encouraged to use their profits to help the rakyat through their corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme.

Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman said he was satisfied with the financial management of these agencies where almost all had produced excellent profits.

"This is proven when agencies that owe the government manage to pay their debt and those who do not, pay dividends to the government.

"As a result, we receive hundreds of million in dividends from these agencies and we use it for the people," Musa said after opening a course for Sabah statutory bodies and board of directors at Shangri-La's Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa here yesterday.

Musa, who is also state finance minister, called on all agencies to carry out their CSR where they could make use of some of the profits to assist the needy.

This included helping single mothers, senior citizens and repairing dilapidated schools.

"This is the advantage when we have good management and administration, we can help the government and benefit the people."

He said the course titled "Towards board excellence: Appreciating strategic financial management and corporate fraud" was vital and necessary to boost knowledge and performance among the participants.

He advised all directors to ensure government statutory bodies were in a strong position and continued to make profit.

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After 15 days of Ops Daulat, Anwar finally praises national security forces

 

KUALA LUMPUR: After 15 days of Ops Daulat in Sabah to flush out Sulu armed intruders, opposition de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim finally praised the national security forces.

In a special meeting of the opposition pact, the opposition leader also expressed his support towards measures taken by the security forces.
However, according to Anwar, the meeting claimed the government was using the intrusion issue for political gain.
Anwar who was met after the meeting, also stressed that the opposition rejects all foreign claims, including from the Philippines, because Sabah belongs to Malaysia.
Also present was PAS President Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang and DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang. - BERNAMA

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