Meeting time: Masing (right) and Housing and Urban Development Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg arriving at the State Legislative Assembly building for the morning session Wednesday.

By Rintos Mail

KUCHING: PRS president Tan Sri Dr James Masing believes his party has been proven right in its decision to kick out former Pelagus assemblyman Larry Sng.

He said that though Sng claimed he was loyal to the Barisan Nasional, his recent public appearance in Kapit with newly-elected Pelagus assemblyman George Lagong (Independent) showed where Sng really stood.

He said that PRS knew what it was doing when it expelled Sng, a former Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department, from the party for insubordination about three years ago.

“Bear in mind that Sng had declared himself as a Barisan man, yet two months after the state election, he associates with people who opposed Barisan.
 
“What does this mean? We must remember that politics is all by association,” he said.

“You may not agree with a person, but when you still asso-ciate with the person, the public may think you are in agreement.

“If you say you are against him but sit with him in a coffeeshop all the time, you may be perceived to be in association with him,” he said.

Masing, who is Land Development Minister, said he found Sng and Lagong to be close and friendly with each other.

It was up to the other Barisan component parties and leaders to decide on what to do with Sng for associating with Lagong, he added.

“As far I am concerned, I have stated my case,” he said.

In the election, Lagong defeated Stanley Nyitar from PRS to win the Pelagus seat with a majority of 2,837 votes.

Credit to: The Star
By Lim How Pin & Mariah Doksil

No way. They must follow the father’s race. For example, if the father is Indian and the mother Chinese, the child is an Indian. National Registration Department Sibu office  

KUCHING: Do you know Malaysian children of certain mixed parentage can choose to be registered under the race of one of their parents?

Previously Malaysian parents had to register their children with the National Registration Department (JPN) as per paternal race until 2008 when the scenario changed.

“Since 2008, the regulation has been amended to allow parents of different races to choose the race they prefer for their child instead of merely following the father’s.

“We are talking about non-Malays like Chinese and Indians and this new rule applies to all states in Malaysia except Sarawak and Sabah that come with their respective ordinance,” JPN Malaysia public relations officer Jainisah Mohd Noor said when contacted here yesterday. Jainisah said she was not certain about Sarawak Ordinance as far as registration of a child’s race is concerned.

She added that parents were not permitted to put ‘Chinese-Indian’ or ‘Indian-Chinese’ under the column for race.

“They can only pick one, either Indian or Chinese.

“But then there is this Bumiputera issue in Sarawak, and I cannot comment on this since there is an ordinance to go with it,” she quipped.

The Borneo Post also contacted JPN Sarawak here yesterday and an officer confirmed that parents were required to fill out a declaration form if they want to choose the preferred race for their child.

“Yes, they can pick the race for their newborn but they must make a joint declaration that they agree on it. JPN does not want to be accused of selecting the race for them.”

‘Parents registering their child at birth must strictly follow the paternal race’

JPN Sibu office, on the other hand, told The Borneo Post that parents registering their child at birth must strictly follow the paternal race.

“No way. They must follow the father’s race. For example, if the father is Indian and the mother Chinese, the child is an Indian.”

The Borneo Post Sabah office then called JPN Sabah and was informed that would-be parents are allowed to choose one of their races for their newborn.

Previously, newborns were registered according to the father’s race only. And the word ‘sino’ would be added if the father was Chinese.

Now, however, ‘sino’ is no longer listed as one of the races in Malaysia.

“For example in a mixed marriage between a Sino-Kadazan and Dusun, the parents can drop the word ‘sino’ and choose to register the child as a Kadazan or Dusun,” said an officer from the department.

“Parents who wish to change their children’s race can do so now, but they are only allowed to make the change once in a lifetime.”

The officer explained that if a child had already been registered under the father’s race, the mother is allowed to change its race to hers.

“But she must bring along supporting documents such as her original birth certificate and MyKad for the department to proceed with the application.

“Be reminded that this change can only be done once in a lifetime only,” stressed the officer.

As for a newborn, its parents will be issued a temporary birth certificate which will put the baby’s race as per the father’s, but they may change it to the mother’s race later, if they wish.

Recently Subang Jaya assemblywoman Hannah Yeoh, who married an Indian husband, attempted to register her daughter’s race as ‘Anak Malaysia’ but was told by JPN officers that the system does not allow it.

Reasoning that her daughter “is neither Chinese nor Indian”, Yeoh opted to leave the race column blank, but this was not allowed by the department.

According to Jainisah, no Malaysian parents are allowed to register their newborn as ‘Anak Malaysia’.

“You can put down either ‘Indian’ or ‘Chinese’ but not ‘Anak Malaysia’,” she said.

Left with no choice, Yeoh registered her daughter as Chinese but added: “I am going to write to the prime minister and the department’s director-general to appeal.”

“The system of registering citizens should be reflective of what the prime minister is preaching every day. I don’t want my child to look at her birth certificate one day and ask why we did not do what we preach,” she posted in a news portal. JPN Sibu office, on the other hand, told The Borneo Post that parents registering their child at birth must strictly follow the paternal race.

“No way. They must follow the father’s race. For example, if the father is Indian and the mother Chinese, the child is an Indian.”

The Borneo Post Sabah office then called JPN Sabah and was informed that would-be parents are allowed to choose one of their races for their newborn.

Previously, newborns were registered according to the father’s race only. And the word ‘sino’ would be added if the father was Chinese.

Now, however, ‘sino’ is no longer listed as one of the races in Malaysia.

“For example in a mixed marriage between a Sino-Kadazan and Dusun, the parents can drop the word ‘sino’ and choose to register the child as a Kadazan or Dusun,” said an officer from the department.

“Parents who wish to change their children’s race can do so now, but they are only allowed to make the change once in a lifetime.”

The officer explained that if a child had already been registered under the father’s race, the mother is allowed to change its race to hers.

“But she must bring along supporting documents such as her original birth certificate and MyKad for the department to proceed with the application.

“Be reminded that this change can only be done once in a lifetime only,” stressed the officer.

As for a newborn, its parents will be issued a temporary birth certificate which will put the baby’s race as per the father’s, but they may change it to the mother’s race later, if they wish.

Recently Subang Jaya assemblywoman Hannah Yeoh, who married an Indian husband, attempted to register her daughter’s race as ‘Anak Malaysia’ but was told by JPN officers that the system does not allow it.

Reasoning that her daughter “is neither Chinese nor Indian”, Yeoh opted to leave the race column blank, but this was not allowed by the department.

According to Jainisah, no Malaysian parents are allowed to register their newborn as ‘Anak Malaysia’.
“You can put down either ‘Indian’ or ‘Chinese’ but not ‘Anak Malaysia’,” she said.

Left with no choice, Yeoh registered her daughter as Chinese but added: “I am going to write to the prime minister and the department’s director-general to appeal.”

“The system of registering citizens should be reflective of what the prime minister is preaching every day. I don’t want my child to look at her birth certificate one day and ask why we did not do what we preach,” she posted in a news portal.

Credit to: The Borneo Post
KUCHING: The conferment of Tan Sri titles on Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) president Datuk Seri Dr James Masing and Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) president Datuk Seri William Mawan is a recognition of the Dayak community’s contribution to the nation.

Masing and Mawan were among 37 people who received the Panglima Setia Mahkota (PSM) award in conjunction with the birthday of Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin yesterday.

Contribution recognised: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin awarding the Darjah Panglima Setia Mahkota (PSM) that carries the title, Tan Sri, to Masing.
 
The award carries the title Tan Sri.

“I’m very honoured that the Federal Government recognises Dayak leaders. Out of the 37 recipients, only two are politicians and both of us are Ibans from Sarawak,” Masing, who is Land Development Minister, told The Star.

He said this was due recognition on the part of the Federal leadership for the support and contri-bution of the state’s Dayak com-munity.

“I would like to thank the Dayak people for giving us their support and enabling us to receive this honour.

“Even though the award is given to us, it’s on behalf of the Dayak community,” he added.

Mawan, who is the Social Development and Urbanisation Minister, could not be reached for comments yesterday.
 
Credit to: The Star
The five SPDP rebels may make a bid to topple their leader William Mawan after the party's poor showing in the April 16 polls.


Dato Sri William Mawan Ikom

KUCHING: Is trouble brewing within the nine-year-old Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP)?
SPDP, which is a breakaway of the Sarawak Nasional Party (SNAP), lost two seats in the recent state election and its president William Mawan is still under attack for the party’s poor performance.

SPDP members are asking why Mawan has been “deafeningly silent” since the April 16 polls, where the party lost its strongholds in Krian and Ba’ Kelalan to the opposition.

Rumours are that Mawan is still reeling in shock after his strongman, Peter Nyarok, failed to retain Krian and his handpicked Willie Liau lost to Sarawak PKR chief Baru Bian in Ba’ Kelalan.

Mawan’s close aides have speculated that his “silence and often irritable moods” are also to do with his own waning popularity in his home constituency, Pakan.

In the state polls, Mawan retained his Pakan seat with a 1,197-vote majority. His win was allegedly made possible by hundreds of “phantom voters” who came in from Kuching to vote for him.

In the 2006 polls, Mawan won with a 1,763-vote majority and in the 2001 election, he secured a majority of 2,302 votes.

Pakan was the only place in which SNAP did not lose its deposit.

SNAP lost its deposit in all the other seats it contested in the April 16 state election which, for the first time, saw multi-cornered fights in a majority of the constituencies.

Barisan Nasional (BN) lost an unprecedented 17 seats in the polls – 16 to opposition DAP and PKR and one to an independent, George Lagos, whom SNAP has claimed to be its own.

Poor judgment
Knowing himself to be in deep “trouble”, he had pleaded for the BN top guns, including Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, to help out in the campaign, but none were available. In the end, he was left to battle alone.

Mawan’s waning popularity in Pakan has been attributed to several factors, one of which is the allegation that he only favoured his cronies in the distribution of projects including minor rural development projects.

The defeat of Nyarok to PKR newcomer, Ali Biju, in the Krian seat was a big blow to Mawan.

Nyarok has been his strongman since Mawan and eight others formed the party in November after the split from SNAP.

In run-up to the April 16 polls, Mawan had been forewarned to drop Nyarok, who has held the seat for four terms.

Many felt that he had become too “arrogant” and had failed to fulfil his election promises but he refused to listen.

Mawan’s second blunder was to drop Ba’ Kelalan incumbent and SPDP secretary-general Neldon Balang Rining at the eleventh hour in favour of Willie Liau.

Liau was not only ill-prepared for the contest, but was also surprised that he was nominated to contest against Bian, the PKR’s strongman and well-known native customary rights (NCR) land lawyer.

Mawan’s sudden turnaround angered and disappointed Rining and his supporters. Rining, who was then a two-term assemblyman, had allegedly refused to help Liau’s campaign.

Rining had already spent time and money to defend the seat, and had in fact prepared his posters and banners.

His angry supporters not only protested, but also campaigned for the opposition.

Leadership challenge
While all the BN parties and even the opposition have conducted their post-mortems and have redrawn their strategies for future elections, SPDP has not done so.

Mawan’s “deafening silence’ has raised concerns among party members who want to know where the party is heading to.

Among those who questioned Mawan’s silence was the well-known group, the “SPDP 5”, comprising elected state representatives Peter Nansian (Tasik Biru), Sylvester Enteri (Marudi), Rosey Yunus (Bekenu), Paulus Gumbang (Batu Danau) and Tiki Lafe (Mas Gading MP).

The four state representatives who recently conducted their own post-mortem issued a statement expressing concern over the “deafening silence” of Mawan after the polls and wanted to know the future plans of the party.

“Six weeks have passed since the April 16 election. Every party has discussed its performance, its losses and victories and even its future direction, but not the SPDP.

“We are very concerned with the deafening silence,” they said.

Following their “secret” meeting last week, speculations have risen that they might be planning to “challenge” Mawan’s leadership.

According to a FMT source, the four were upset that Mawan had neglected them during the last election and made no efforts to assist them with funding.

In contrast, Mawan, Wong Judat (Merluan assemblyman), Nyarok and Liau received big amounts for their election expenses.

The source said that the five faced difficulty in raising the money for the election and it was assistance from State BN treasurer-general Awang Tengah Ali Hassan which had made their campaigning possible.

Citing an example, the source said Gumbang might not have been able to contest the Batu Danau seat if a Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) leader had not come forward with the money to pay for his deposit and other election expenses.

Ironically, despite these handicaps, the four “rebels” were re-elected with handsome and increased majorities.

‘PBB men’
Now, the “rebels” are toying with their next cause of action – to leave or stay with the party.
It is understood that if they remain in SPDP, then Mawan is in trouble.

Speculations are rife that the rebels are already thinking of Nansian to challenge Mawan in the next party election that could be held next year.

They see Mawan as a weak leader who cannot make any decision without referring it to party treasurer-general and Bintulu MP, Tiong King Sing.

The other option is to merge with PRS.

The source said the fact that Gumbang had received some financial assistance from a PRS leader was a clear indication that they might join PRS “very soon”.

Branded as the “SPDP 5”, the elected representatives had crossed paths with Mawan after the 2009 party election.

In January last year, the five, together with three other council members, staged a walkout during a supreme council meeting in protest against Mawan’s decision to replace Enteri with Rining as the secretary-general.
Before the party election, Mawan had promised to retain Enterie as the secretary-general.

However, after the election Mawan failed to keep his word and this sparked a bitter dispute between him and the “SPDP 5”.

Throughout 2010, the “SPDP 5” refrained from attending any of the party’s meetings and functions. During this time they had closely associated themselves with PRS.

Speculation are that they had already applied to join the party, but the PRS president James Masing turned down their application for fear of criticisms.

Upon the advice of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud, the “rebels” were forced to make peace with Mawan just before the state election, because if they failed to do so, they might be dropped from defending their seats.

Now that the election is over, their relationships have remained uncomfortable till this day.

For Mawan and his supporters, who have always suspected the “rebels” to be Taib’s “Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu men”, the fact that they had allegedly received funds from Awang Tengah for their election campaign confirmed this suspicion.

Credit to: Joseph Tawie
Dato Sri Dr James J Masing


KUCHING: PRS president Dato Sri Dr James Masing considers Perkasa chief Datuk Ibrahim Ali’s call for Muslims to declare a “crusade against ungrateful Christians” as extreme and detrimental to the 1Malaysia concept.

“Ibrahim Ali’s view is an extremist view by Perkasa. It is very unhealthy as it is against the Prime Minister’s 1Malaysia concept,” Masing told The Borneo Post here yesterday.

Masing said Ibrahim’s view should be rejected by all Malaysians “with the right frame of mind”.

Recently, Ibrahim made the call following an allegation that certain quarters were trying to usurp Islam as the official religion of the country and install a Christian prime minister.

Masing, who is also the minister of Land Development, said there was no place for extremism in a multi-racial country like Malaysia.

However, he said he believed the authorities did not take any action against Ibrahim as it wanted to show that there is freedom of speech in the country.

“But I must warn him that the Dayak community in Sarawak also has certain phrases such as ‘Pumpung pala’ (chopping the heads of the enemies) to use against someone they don’t like. This phrase is no longer used as it could be very offensive to others,” said Masing, who is an anthropologist by training.

On another issue, Masing clarified that the number of teachers in Sarawak was more than 41,000, comprising 33,546 Sarawakians and 6,847 from the peninsula.

He was quoted in newspaper reports on Tuesday that there were already 30,000 teachers from the peninsula serving in the state.

Masing hoped that the number of teachers from Sarawak serving in the state should not be surpassed by teachers from the peninsula so that they would have better chances to be promoted.

He highlighted a concern over an alleged move by the Ministry of Education to transfer 80,000 teachers from the peninsula to the state next year.

– The Borneo Post
ALTOGETHER NOW: Masing (left) hits the gong to open the function, assisted by Mong (centre) and assemblyman Snowdan Lawan (right).

SIBU: Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) is very concerned over the alleged move by the Ministry of Education to transfer 80,000 teachers from Peninsular Malaysia to the state next year.

PRS president Dato Sri Dr James Masing said at the moment, the state already had 30,000 Peninsular Malaysian teachers including ‘ustaz’ (religious teachers).

“But the ‘ustaz’ are not seen as ‘ustaz’ per se, they are called ‘counselling teachers’.

“Counsellors on what matter, I do not know. It is quite worrying in the sense that if they are really who they are, then the tendency of teaching is not there,” he commented.

He was met by reporters after he officiated at the PRS Bukit Assek Women Movement pre-Gawai Dayak dinner on Monday.

‘We have enough potential teachers to teach Sarawakians’

Among those present were his wife Datin Sri Corrine Masing, PRS Women chief Senator Doris Sophia Brodie, PRS youth chief Mong Dagang, MPs and assemblymen.

According to Masing, he was told that a group of 80,000 West Malaysian teachers would be coming next year.

“So hopefully, I am wrong. I will be so happy to be proven wrong,” he said.

He said he was okay with having a big group of West Malaysian teachers in Sarawak.

“But if it is done at the expense of Sarawak teachers, then it is wrong because we have enough potential teachers to teach Sarawakians.

“PRS will not be agreeable to that move. You cannot allow people from outside to take over people in Sarawak here to teach,” he said.

Masing said he was not worried about his opinion being misinterpreted by certain quarters.

“If they are so-called counsellors in a correct form, I do not mind. If they are masquerading something else then it is quite dangerous,” he said.

He said Sarawak had been very peaceful and liberal in all aspects including religious matters.

– The Borneo Post


YB Dato Sri James Jemut Masing
Presiden PRS
Parti Rakyat Sarawak

Bukan lah niat nak menentukan siapa yang layak dan siapa yang tidak layak dalam pentadbiran Kabinet Negeri Sarawak. Malah Gomo orang Semenanjung juga tidak mempunyai apa apa kepentingan di dalam urusan pentadbiran Negeri Sarawak ini. Namun demi Negara Malaysia dan aspirasi rakyat Sarawak maka Gomo terpaksa masuk campur dalam memberikan pandangan dalam pentadbiran Negeri Sarawak.

Pehin Seri Taib akan sudah jelas kekal sebagai Ketua Menteri Sarawak dan yang menjadi teka teki kepada semua Rakyat Sarawak dan juga di sebelah semenanjung ini adalah Timbalan Ketua Menteri nya yang mungkin bakal di lantik dalam masa terdekat.

Sebelum PRN Sarawak Jawatan TKM di berikan kepada wakil kaum Cina dari parti SUPP namun apabila keputusan PRN Sarawak yang baru ini di lihat SUPP hanya mempunyai dua wakil sahaja dalam Kerajaan BN Sarawak yang mana dalam hal ini adalah tidak berpatutan sama sekali untuk di lantik wakil SUPP menjawat jawatan Timbalan Ketua Menteri.



Parti Rakyat Sarawak yang di ketuai Presiden nya James Jemut Masing bertanding di 9 kerusi Dun dan Menang 8 daripadanya yang mana satu kerusi yang kalah itupun adalah kerana Faktor Calon bebas yang di jadikan Kambing hitam oleh Larry Seng bekas Adun PRS terdahulu.


Sengketa Di Antara Larry dan James adalah
berpunca dari Larry Kaum Cina yang Cuba
Menguasai Parti rakyat Sarawak dengan ingin mengambil
Alih jawatan Presiden dan Menjadikan PRS sebagai
Parti yang di Kuasai Kaum Cina

Dari 9 kerusi 8 menang dan ini membuktikan bahawa PRS pasti yang berasaskan Kaum Iban majoritynya adalah Layak sama sekali dalam menjawat Jawatan Timbalan Ketua Menteri Sarawak. Jame Jemut Masing selaku Presiden PRS layak memegang jawatan tersebut.

Harus kita ingat bahawa PRS bukanlah sebuah parti yang baru malah telah lama menyokong Kerajaan Barisan Nasional. Walaupun hanya di berikan 9 kerusi Dun dan 6 kerusi Parlimen buat mereka dalam negeri Sarawak namun Komitmen mereka terhadap Barisan Nasional amatlah tinggi sama sekali. Ini lah parti yang berjuang untuk Rakyat dan juga Tulang belakang buat PBB dalam komponen Barisan Nasional.

Kami di sememanjung mengikuti perjalanan Politik Sarawak dan selepas PRN Sarawak kami dapati Kaum Cina adalah tidak menyokong Barisan Nasional walaupun wakil mereka dari SUPP memegang jawatan Timbalan Ketua Menteri dan Menteri kanan. Jelas di sini bahawa Kaum Cina sememangnya tidak memerlukan wakil mereka dalam kabinet Kerajaan Sarawak apatah lagi untuk jawatan Timbalan ketua Menteri Sarawak.


Gomo nak nyatakan di sini agar Pehin Seri Taib membuat keputusan yang rasional dengan melantik Presiden PRS Datuk Seri James Masing menjawat jawatan Timbalan Ketua Menteri. Ingatlah bahawa kaum Iban memerlukan banyak sokongan dan dengan peluang yang ada dalam meletakkan Wakil kaum Iban dalam posisi Timbalan Ketua Menteri pasti banyak lagi kemajuan yang dapat di curahkan buat Masyarakat Iban di Sarawak.

Sepanjang Gomo di Sarawak Gomo dapati kaum Iban, Melayu, Melanau dan lain lain bangsa kecuali Cina menyokong penuh kerajaan Barisan Nasional sama ada dari PBB, PRS atau SPDP. Ini mengambarkan kepada kita semua bahawa Kerajaan BN Sarawak yang baru ini perlu memenuhi aspirasi rakyat yang jelas menunjukkan suara Kaum Iban di dalam pilihanraya Negeri yang lalu inginkan wakil mereka di dalam Kerajaan dan dapat menjaga mereka seadanya.

Usah lah Pehin Seri memberi muka kepada SUPP yang mewakili kaum Cina kerana tidak ada gunanya menjaga kaum Cina yang menolak Kerajaan walaupun pelbagai kemajuan di berikan kepada mereka. Lebih elok Pehin Seri menjaga Kaum kaum lain yang sudah terbukti menyokong kerajaan BN sehinggakan memberikan kuasa kepada Pehin Seri menjawat jawatan Ketua Menteri.

Pehin Seri Taib juga mesti kekal sebagai ketua Menteri kerana apa yang di bangunkan di Sarawak masih belum cukup dan Pehin Seri mesti meneruskan pembangunan yang sedia ada bagi kemajuan Negeri Sarawak.

Gomo dengan ini menyokong agar Datuk Seri James Jemut Masing di lantik ke jawatan Timbalan Ketua Menteri Sarawak demi Aspirasi rakyat Sarawak!!!



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