Posted by cobbold
Firstly, the PKR constitution should be changed to recognise the special position of Sabah and Sarawak (in Malaysia) by giving them autonomy to manage their political affairs and organisation.
Secondly, the leadership at the PKR headquarters based in Selangor should allow the divisional delegates to choose the state leadership line-up including the Sabah/Sarawak PKR chief?
Thirdly, the [...]
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Marina, you’re not alone
By Nigel Edgar
Parents like Marina’s now worry for children’s future; STU calls for immediate solution
KUCHING: Marina Undau is not alone. Apparently, there are many students in Sarawak suffering the same fate as her.Yesterday, several parents contacted The Borneo Post to thank Marina for speaking up for them and [...]
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KUCHING - For 17 years, Marina Undau lived a life of a child growing into a young adult.
School, her family and friends were a central part of her existence. She dreamt of doing her parents proud by furthering her education in a university and eventually getting a good job.
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Jeffrey hints at 2nd chance for PKR in Sabah
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Joe Fernandez
Oct 28, 09
5:22pm
Jeffrey Kitingan, who yesterday quit his post as PKR vice-president, has hinted at the possibility of a second chance for opposition party in Sabah. However, he painted a ‘big if’ situation.
He urged party president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to move immediately to [...]
Posted by cobbold
I want to thank the Party’s Leadership in particular the President Dato Seri Dr. Wan Azizah and the Ketua Umum Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim in their confidence in appointing me as the new Chairman for PKR Sarawak.
I also wish to register my thanks to the Party’s State Leadership in giving me undivided support to assume [...]
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Expose Taib’s, Jabu, Masing, Mawan, NCR land-grabbing policy
“As long as Abdul Taib Mahmud’s (Sarawak chief minister) policy of extremism especially with regard to the grabbing of NCR land and selling them to cronies and plantation companies, I will find some ways to help expose such a policy.
“PKR is one of them, although I hope it [...]
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Rape of Penan girls true, says Shahrizat
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Oct 27, 09 6:34pm
Women, Family and Community Development Minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said the committee set up to investigate allegations of sexual abuse of Penan girls and women had concluded that such abuse was true.
Shahrizat however said the committee does not have detailed statistics on the number of Penan [...]
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The Penans in Suai (Kampung Ugos where Datuk Hasan Sui comes from) have given their trustee, LCDA (PELITA) two months from the 17th September, 2009 to provide them copy of the Agreement involving the development of their NCR lands into an oil palm plantation near their Kampung by LCDA and a private company (investor). They [...]