However, I should point out that this blog is not meant to give special support to any particular party. It simply reports the facts. If anyone sends me the equivalent manifestos of BN or other parties, I will also post them. It's always good to compare manifestos, as well as compare party promises to the reality on the ground.
1. FREEDOM OF BELIEF
WE GUARANTEE FREEDOM OF RELIGION as enshrined in the Federal Constitution without any form of hindrances and make no discrimination in assistance and allocations to a particular belief or religion and in the process maintain the status of Sarawak as a secular State.
2. GOOD GOVERNANCE
WE PROMISE GOOD GOVERNANCE premised on proven international principles of Competency, Accountability and Transparency (CAT),which will create and promote a clean administration of the State’s welfare, equal business opportunities, and bring back national pride, patriotism and self esteem in the public sector.
WE PLEDGE A FAIR DISTRIBUTION of the State’s wealth and riches, endeavoring to end the practice of favouritism, corruption, cronyism and nepotism.
WE PROMISE TO SET UP AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION OF INQUIRY to investigate the allegations of ill-gotten wealth of BN politicians and their cronies, to ensure the due process of law and prosecution and to return the wealth to the people of Sarawak.
WE PROMISE to establish an Ombudsman to receive complaints from the public against corruption and power abuse by Government Ministers and heads of departments.
WE PLEDGE TO RESTORE local government elections for all local authorities including the adatruaiand/or custom of choosing the Village Leaders or Ketua Masyarakat in order to return power to the people at all levels.
3. LAND REFORM & NATIVE LAND COMMISSION
all expiring leases will be unconditionally renewed for 99 years; all s47 notifications will automatically lapse after 2 years of gazettal; all in perpetuity and 999-year leases will remain when land is approved for development; land alienation will be carried out through open tenders; and a Native Land Commission shall be formed having the power to investigate all Native Customary Rights land claims, and thereafter to survey and issue grant or leases to such lands in accordance with the adat or customs of the natives of Sarawak.
4. ERADICATION OF POVERTY
WE PROMISE to set up a RM1 billion State Poverty Alleviation Fund to ensure that no family in Sarawak lives below the official poverty line.
WE PLEDGE TO KICK-START THE RURAL ECONOMY by the construction of roads connecting all the rural areas of Sarawak that will quicken the provision and construction of public amenities including schools, kindergartens, medical services and telecommunications.
WE ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE agricultural entrepreneurship, like small holdings through micro-financing to all farmers.
Berubahlah! Vote for a NEW Sarawak!
5. FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS
WE PLEDGE to maintain good federal state relations in line with the spirit of the Malaysian Agreement 1963, and to ensure that any marginalization, neglect and omission on the 18 points be addressed immediately.
Confident that Pakatan Rakyat will take over the federal government WE GUARANTEE to increase the petroleum royalty from the present 5% to 20%.
WE BELIEVE that priority in employment opportunities in the public service of Sarawak should be given to Sarawakians.
6. GREENER SARAWAK
WE WILLENSURE the observance and implementation of State and International laws and/or conventions on the environmentfor the benefit of future generations of Sarawakians.
WE WILL STOP the constructions of excess dams.
WE FORBID the construction of nuclear powered plants in Sarawak.
7. A FAIR DEAL FOR ALL SARAWAKIANS
WE ARE COMMITTED to support stable economic growth, sustainable development and a fairer distribution of income and wealth based on hard work, competitiveness and technological innovation.
WE ENDEAVOUR to remain investor friendly, emphasizing long term investment in human capital by offering financial incentives to all industries to upgrade the technical skills of their employees as well as their production processes.
WE PROMISE the immediate registration of stateless Sarawakians and the unconditional granting of citizenship papers to all Malaysians of Sarawak origin.
WE PLEDGE a grant of RM200-00 for every child of Sarawak origin who begins primary one education.
In appreciation of their contribution to the State, WE PROMISE to give all Sarawakians above 60 years of age who are residents in the State annual welfare assistance of RM600-00 and to set up community support systems within every local government authority for their continued well-being.
8. CULTURE AND EDUCATION
WE RESPECT the constitutional rights of all ethnic groups to learn their mother tongues and to treat all mother tongue education equally.
WE PLEDGE that all schools regardless of background will be given systematic allocations according to needs as is practised in Penang, Selangor and Kelantan so that our children can have a bright future.
WE EMPHASIZE that Science and Mathematics subjects in secondary schools must be taught in the English language.
9. RIGHTS of WOMEN’S & THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
WE GUARANTEE gender equality and will REVIEW all laws that are discriminatory against women.
WE PLEDGE to establish women’s aid centres to shelter women suffering from violence and child care services to reduce the financial and psychological burden of working mothers.
WE PLEDGE to set up more special schools for children with special needs.
WE IMPLEMENT measures to employ those with disabilities and PROMISE incentives to employers who employ them.
10. INVESTMENT INTO THE FUTURE
WE PROMISE to tackle the flood problems in Sarawak in 2 years.
WE EMPHASIZE in long term investment in human capital and infrastructure to make Sarawak a great economy.
WIFI will be provided free to move Sarawak into a knowledge state.
This is very good, WJ. Saya challenge BN to submit their manifestos if they have any.
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ReplyDeletehi all, check out BN manifesto at
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nst.com.my/articles/TaiblaunchesBNmanifestoforSarawak/Article/
It seems they have copied it from somewhere on the internet!
ReplyDeleteno. 10 - syabas.
ReplyDeletethen WJ can come back and spearhead the initiative.
Yes, the last item definitely appeals to me :)
ReplyDeleteBut it should be reworded more specifically as high-speed broadband wireless, accessible in 100% of urban areas and at least 80% of rural areas (to begin with) ...
ReplyDeleteno. 2 also very appealing.
ReplyDeleteWJ, quite a daunting task to cover 80% of rural areas, but you are the man for it.
ReplyDeleteThis is the BN manifesto. So simple, no details how they will do it at all. Insulting to the intelligence of the Rakyat.
ReplyDeleteBN Manifesto
1. PRESERVES and promotes peace, harmony, stability, and good governance of the state,
2. PRESERVES the environment, culture, heritage and beliefs of all races,
3. CREATES enough job opportunities for everyone,
4. CREATES more business opportunities for all,
5. PROVIDES the best education opportunities,
6. GUARANTEES people's rights over their land,
7. CARES for and improves the quality of life of the poor and the less fortunate,
8. ENSURES that the standard of roads, water and electricity supply, health services and housing in the state is continuously improved,
9. HAS the plan that will ensure Sarawak is on track to become the richest state in Malaysia.
The last one is the biggest joke.
Sarawak WAS the richest state when they joined to become Malaysia. It was downhill all the way since then.
ReplyDeleteBig Showdown in Miri !!!
ReplyDelete"The opposition is deliberately playing up the bible issue during the Sarawak state election to put the Barisan Nasional in bad light which could divide the people" said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein today.
ReplyDeleteWTF! Who started this Bible issue as he calls it????
If point no.2 of 'Good Governance' of PKR manifesto is carried through: to get back from overseas the ill-gotten gains for the benefit of Sarawakians, it will amount to tens of billions of ringgit. In one fell swoop, Sarawak will be the richest State in Malaysia. We don't need any long term secret plan.
ReplyDeletePhilippines did it to Marcos. Egypt did it to Mubarak. There are ample precedents for these recovery actions.
This is irrelevant but I don't know where to post it and I reckon the election page is probably the hottest now.
ReplyDeleteDato Anthony Bujang is coming to Kuching today and we are meeting up with him for a cup of coffee at 8pm at Ipoh Old Town coffee [near Titanium Building] at Jalan Song. Please drop by if you are free!
The Opposition parties need to get their act together and not fight each other. Like in Padungan, a three-cornered fight is not good. Someone has to step aside to make it a straight fight to defeat BN.
ReplyDeleteStop Press! I am just told by Bob Chew who spoke with Dato Anthony that he may not be coming in tonight. Tonight's function is off. Sorry!!
ReplyDeleteNo worries. We'll just charge the kopi to NST. Heheheh.
ReplyDeleteanon 1.19pm, the show gets hotter tonite with wheel-chair bound KARPAL SINGH in Miri tonite again at Dr. Teo's. Weather permitting another record crowd expected.
ReplyDeleteKarpal with be in Kuching tomorrow.
All manifestos should also include equal rights, stop corruptions, stop racial discriminations, transparency by government officials & free speech without fear of prosecution. Plus so many others that although many may have pledge them but never seems to keep it. We will wait and see. Do leopards change their spots or the case of spawn of the devil.
ReplyDeletepm also in miri tonite. having his ceremah about 1 km away from his opponents.
ReplyDeleteinteresting and hot it will be these last 2 nites before polling day.
quick before it is DDOSed.
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what about Independent candidates? Do they have manifestos too?
ReplyDeleteCik Wan Azizah and Lim Kit Siang have asked Dominique Ng to withdraw as an Independent candidate, so that it becomes a straight fight between the DAP candidate Wong King Wei and the SUPP/BN candidate Sim Kiang Chiok.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think he should do?
Aiyah.. Dominique Ng gone bonkers or what?
ReplyDeleteSome1 left his flyers on cars including mine last nite. And I am in Miri.
Texted him but no response.
On 12 April, I sent Dominique an sms in which I pointed out that a good reputation can take years to build but can be ruined in a few days. I urged him to have regard to the tens of thousands of people who throng the opposition ceramahs daily, reminding him that they were once his admirers and supporters too.
ReplyDeleteI appealed to him to re-consider his decision to stand as an independent as it would mean throwing away the respect that he has earned from his years of service as an opposition member.
It will be interesting to see how many votes Dominique gets as compared to the votes for the DAP candidate Wong King Wei. Did Dominique win the last election because they voted for him or for the party? We'll find out on Sunday night.
If only Sarawakian Chinese could unite, put their differences of opinions aside and work together to form a formidable force in the Dewan Undangan Negeri! 2nd largest number of population and yet are still meekly living under the thumbs of a handful of Melanaus. The Ibans and Land Dayaks are understandably easier to hoodwink because the majority of them are not as educated as the Chinese. It's a crying shame that with so many educated Chinese ( some are overseas graduates ) in our beloved state, we still fail to improve our standard of living; so much so that some have to emigrate to other foreign countries to look for better prospects. It's sad, indeed, but then again, we are all by nature, plain self-centred.
ReplyDeleteHeard that some people beginning to be barred from entering Kuching today. Peopls linked to the opposition camp, of course.
ReplyDeleteDoes that mean no free wireless for Sarawak now?
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