RESEPI EKONOMI PEMBANGKANG BOLEH HANCURKAN NEGARA --- Najib

Oleh: MOHD KHAIRY ABDULLAH DAN ROSANNA EDEZA

Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak disambut oleh puluhan ribu rakyat di Keningau

SOOK (Sabah, Malaysia): Perdana Menteri Malaysia Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak menegaskan bahawa resepi ekonomi pembangkang, boleh menyebabkan kehancuran kepada Negara.

   Memberitahu ketika berucap di majlis pecah tanah Pusat Ternakan Bersepadu Keningau yang terletak di Kg. Karamatoi Sook, Najib berkata;

   “Nasib Malaysia sama seperti Negara-negara yang telah hancur, sekiranya janji pembangkang dilaksanakan,”.

   Katanya sesetengah Negara yang cuba mengagihkan kekayaan tanpa memiliki kemampuan, mengalami kehancuran ekonomi yang amat teruk.

   “Pembangkang janji hendak bagi pendidikan percuma, hendak hapuskan tol dan janji macam-macam perkara, tetapi tidak sebut daripada mana duit itu datang. Adakah jatuh dari langit atau turun dari Gunung Kinabalu?,” katanya.

   Perdana Menteri menjelaskan bahawa beliau tahu kerana beliau merupakan seorang Menteri Kewangan, dan meminta pembangkang tidak berbohong dan menipu rakyat.

   Jelasnya, kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) telah terbukti berjaya mengurus ekonomi negara dengan baik, sehingga mampu menjana pendapatan Negara.

   “Ini jelas terbukti apabila hasil negara melonjak kepada RM26 billion pada tahun lalu,” katanya.

   Dalam pada itu katanya, kemampuan kerajaan melaksanakan program perubahan dan bantuan kepada rakyat, dilakukan berdasarkan kepada formula berhemah.

   “Contohnya apabila kita berjaya menjana pendapatan, baru kita belanja. Lebih banyak pendapatan lebih banyak kita belanja,” jelasnya.

   Sebab itu tegasnya, kerajaan mampu berbelanja untuk rakyat seperti Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia (BR1M), kerana kerajaan memperolehi hasil tambahan melalui projek besar, badan korporat serta daripada hasil yang dikumpul.

   Kira-kira 20,000 penyokong BN menghadiri majlis itu yang  diketuai oleh Ketua Umno Bahagian P. 180 Pensiangan, Datuk Ghani Yassin.

   Mengiringi Perdana Menteri ialah Ketua Menteri Sabah Datuk Seri Musa Hj. Aman.

PM LULUS RM235 JUTA UNTUK BINA LOJI RAWATAN AIR DI KENINGAU

Oleh: MOHD KHAIRY ABDULLAH DAN ROSANNA EDEZA

KENINGAU (Sabah, Malaysia): Kerajaan Pusat meluluskan peruntukan RM235 juta untuk membina sebuah loji rawatan air baru di Keningau, sebagai langkah jangka panjang untuk mengatasi masalah bekalan air penduduk itu di sini.

Perdana Menteri Malaysia Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak menyaksikan pertukaran dokumen diantara Malaysia - Berunai mengenai pembangunan Pusat Ternakan Bersepadu Keningau di Kg. Karamatoi sook.

   Perdana Menteri Malaysia Datuk Seri Najib Razak ketika mengumumkan peruntukan itu semasa berucap di pelancaran pesta ka’amatan peringkat kebangsaan berkata, projek loji baru itu antara lain membabitkan kerja pembinaan lima tangki simpanan air, pemasangan paip air mentah sepanjang empat kilometer serta paip transmisi sepanjang 42.8 kilometer.

   Pelancaran pesta ka’amatan peringkat kebangsaan dilangsungkan di padang Kompleks sukan Keningau, dan dihadiri kira-kira 30,000 orang pengunjung.

   Najib berkata, projek itu dijangka dimulakan dalam masa terdekat dan mengambil masa 35 bulan untuk disiapkan.

   Apabila siap nanti, ia akan memberi faedah kepada kira-kira 200,593 orang, termasuk pengguna baru menjelang 2030.  

   Perdana Menteri itu memberitahu, proses reka bentuk projek itu sudah disiapkan dan kini dalam proses penyediaan dokumen tender.

Najib melakukan upacara pecah tanah lokasi pembangunan

 DATUK GHANI YASSIN (Tengah)

   Wakil Rakyat Liawan Datuk Sairin Hj. Karno yang merupakan ADUN bagi lokasi pelancaran pesta itu turut hadir – beliau merupakan Ketua Umno Bahagian P. 180 Keningau.
   Hadir sama isterinya, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor; Ketua Menteri sabah, Datuk Seri Musa Aman; Timbalan Ketua Menteri Sabah, Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan; Menteri Kemajuan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah, Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal serta Menteri Penerangan, Kebudayaan dan Komunikasi, Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.
   Terdahulu ketika merasmikan bangunan Pusat Kraftangan Sabah, Najib berkata, pembinaannya satu contoh bagaimana rakyat Sabah terus mendapat manfaat hasil kerjasama rapat antara kerajaan negeri dan Pusat.
   Katanya, rakyat Sabah memang layak memiliki kemudahan itu sejajar kekayaan kreativiti, kesenian dan bakat rakyat negeri ini yang berpotensi dibangunkan hingga ke peringkat lebih tinggi.
   “Potensi negeri ini amat besar. Sebab itu, kita mempunyai agenda besar untuk Sabah, kita mempunyai perancangan yang jitu dan jelas,” katanya.
   Katanya, menerusi proses tranformasi, ia turut mensasarkan keseimbangan pembangunan antara bandar dan luar Bandar, serta menegakkan keadilan sosial  termasuk memastikan rakyat di pedalaman menikmati pendapatan dan kemudahan asas yang lebih baik.
   Ketika melancarkan Pusat Ternakan Bersepadu Keningau (KILC) di Kg. Karamatoi Sook – 35Km dari Bandar kecil Keningau, Perdana Menteri member amaran kepada pemimpin pembangkang supaya jangan berbohong dan menipu rakyat, dengan menaburkan janji-janji kosong.

   “Janji-janji pembangkang yang tak ada guna, mereka janji macam-macam kepada rakyat, tetapi tidak tahu dari mana mereka memperolehi duit untuk janji itu,” katanya.

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   Pusat ternakan Bersepadu Keningau dibangunkan di atas tanah seluas 834 hektar yang membabitkan pelaburan bernilai RM763 juta.

   KILC merupakan salah satu projek ‘flagship’ bagi Koridor Pembangunan Sabah (SDC), dan sebuah Pusat Ternakan Bersepadu yang pertama seumpamanya di Sabah dan Malaysia.

   Pusat itu dijangka menghasilkan 6 juta liter susu setahun daripada 2000 ekor lembu betina yang disasarkan, bagi memenuhi keperluan pengguna domestic, semenanjung dan Negara Berunai Darussalam.

   Ia juga mengwujudkan peluang pekerajaan bagi menjana kuasa beli dikalangan rakyat setempat.

   Najib berkata, pusat ternakan itu bukan sahaja mercu tanda kejayaan Koridor Pembangunan Sabah, tetapi symbol kejayaan bagi kesemua jabatan dan agensi kerajaan di Sabah.

   Pelancaran itu disaksikan oleh kira-kira 20,000 penduduk setempat yang diketuai oleh Ketua Umno Bahagian P. 180 Pensiangan Datuk Ghani Yassin.

   Majlis gilang-gemilang yang dihadiri oleh ketua Negara itu merupakan satu kejayaan besar kepada Barisan Nasional (BN) di kawasan Pensiangan.

   “Satu kejayaan kepada Datuk Ghani,” jelas para pemimpin persekutuan yang turut menghadiri majlis itu.

ANWAR WAS REDY TO GIVE UP OUR SOVEREIGNTY TO IMF – Najib.

By MOHD KHAIRY ABDULLAH

KENINGAU (Sabah, Malaysia): Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said that Datuk Seri anwar Ibrahim as Finance Minister was ready to give up Malaysia’s sovereignty to the International Monetary Fund during the 1997 financial crisis.

   “The nation was fortunate that our Prime Minister then, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad formulas to pull the country out of the crisis.

   “I know this because I was also a member of the Cabinet then,” he added when launching the RM30mil Sabah Handicraft Centre here at the start of his two-day visit to the state.

   The Prime Minister said that Anwar as a senior member of the Cabinet was bereft of ideas.

   “Now all that he does is level all sorts of criticism against Barisan Nasional,” he said.

   Najib said Anwar had also claimed that 30 Barisan Nasional MPs would defect to the Opposition on Sept 16, 2008, allowing Pakatan Rakyat to take over the Federal Government.

   “This is the biggest lie in Malaysian political history. Let us not forget this historical incident easily,” he said.

   Najib said Barisan Nasional was focused on transforming the nation and ensuring balanced urban-rural development.

   The setting up of the handicraft centre reflected this commitment and the close cooperation between the state and federal governments, he added.

   While Yayasan Sabah constructed the building, the Federal Government provided the equipment and manpower training costing some RM20mil.

   He also announced a RM235mil soft loan to Sabah for the construction of a new water treatment plant and other facilities in Keningau to benefit more than 200,000 people.

   Also present were the Prime Minister’s wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor and Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman.

   At another event, Najib launched the ground-breaking ceremony for the largest livestock centre in the country located at the 834ha Keningau Livestock Integrated Centre (KILC).

   It is expected to house 2,000 cattle that would produce six million litres of milk annually.

   “That sounds like a lot of milk,” Najib quipped, drawing laughter from the crowd.

   He said the milk would be distributed in Sabah, peninsular Malaysia and Brunei.

   The centre is expected to start producing its first batch of milk next year.

Timothy Bradley Jr. earns stunning, controversial split-decision win over Manny Pacquiao

SPORT / WORLD

By Kevin Iole | Yahoo! Sports – 2 hours 13 minutes ago

LAS VEGAS – Timothy Bradley and Manny Pacquiao put on an outstanding show, but it was the judges who will be the big story for the next week or so.

 Pacquiao landed 94 more punches than Bradley according to CompuBox, but it was not enough as the judges stunningly awarded a split-decision win to Bradley, who lifted the World Boxing Organization welterweight title from Pacquiao with the victory.

"I thought I won the fight," said Bradley, who said he hurt his ankle in the second round. "I didn't think he was as good as everybody says he is. I didn't feel a lot of his power."

It was an excellent back-and-forth bout, but Pacquiao seemed to control it by landing more, landing at a higher percentage and landing the harder punches. 

TIMOTHY BRADLEY

Judges C.J. Ross and Duane Ford had it for Bradley, 115-113. Jerry Roth had it for Pacquiao, 115-113. Bradley won the final round on all three cards which pulled out the bout for him. 

Pacquiao was shocked by the verdict.

"I do my best and I guess my best wasn't good enough," Pacquiao said. "I've been watching the tapes of his fights. Tonight, he never hurt me. Most of his punches hit my arms. I don't know what happened [with the scoring]. I have no problem. I'll be ready for the rematch. No doubt [I won the fight.]"

It was a stunning end to a more than seven-year winning streak for Pacquiao, who entered the bout ranked No. 2 in the Yahoo! Sports world rankings.

"Can you believe that?" promoter Bob Arum said. "I had it 10-2! After I got into the ring after the fight, I went over to Bradley and said 'You did very well.' He said, 'I tried hard, but I couldn't beat the guy.' This is crazy. You talk about killing boxing? All three scorecards you throw out."

Dreams of a megafight against No. 1 Floyd Mayweather Jr. may have gone up in smoke with the pens of judges who saw a different fight than the fans in the building and most media at ringside.

Yahoo! Sports scored it 117-111 for Pacquiao, the same margin as Tim Dahlberg of the Associated Press and Steve Carp of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Dan Rafael of ESPN had it 118-110 for Pacquiao. HBO's Harold Lederman had it 119-109, or 11 rounds to one, for Pacquiao.

[Photos: Timothy Bradley's gets controversial decision win over Manny Pacquiao]

"This is a death knell for boxing, and I'm going to make a ton of money on the rematch," Arum said.

Pacquiao landed 253 of 751 punches, a connect rate of 34 percent. Bradley landed 159 of 839, a connect rate of just 19 percent. On top of that, Pacquiao seemed to land the more powerful shots.

It was an action-paced battle fought at a furious pace for much of the event. Pacquiao showed little respect for Bradley's power and waded in with impunity, ripping straight left hands and hooks.

"He's a beast," Bradley said, while admitting Pacquiao hurt him several times with the left.

Bradley landed clean shots, but wasn't able to back Pacquiao up.

Pacquiao said he respected the decision, but felt he won the fight.

From the look on Bradley's face at the end of the bout, it appeared he felt the same way.