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IT is a RM64 million question. Who wants to be poor? Not a single Sabahan would. But many politicians have destined Sabah to be poor. Why do I say this? Sabah is a glaring contradiction. Very resource-rich, yet the number of Sabahans living in dire poverty is shameful. So welcoming to other Malaysians, to the extent of being exploited wholesale.
January 2023=22,510, December 2023=17850, March 2024=13,179 These official figures are dramatic manifestation of Hajiji’s efforts to reduce hardcore poor in Sabah from January 2023 to 1st Q 2024. Impressive results.
Those of us who are in their 60 and older will remember the glorious days of Sabah from the 60s to mid-80s. The golden era of Tun Mustapha and Tan Sri Harris was to be remembered and relished.
I THANK PAM’s Chapter Chairman for giving me a copy of his open letter in reply to my Sunday article prior to its publication in DE.
In any society, professionals are the crème di la crème. Rightly so as they are better educated, professionally qualified, technically proficient and intellectually superior.