I really don’t know why Sabah and Sarawak have been in the news frequently this year. Any apologists who want to make a comment?
Dateline 2014-03-20, Daily Express:
Sabah should work together with neighbouring Sarawak in pursuing an increase in the oil and gas royalty and turn this into a reality, said Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) Information Chief Datuk Jahid Jahim.
He believes there is nothing wrong for the State Government to work together with its Sarawak counterpart to make a joint request to the Federal Government to increase the rate of oil and gas royalty presently received by both states.
“I think we (Sabah and Sarawak) should work together like what we have done in 1963 when we formed the Federation of Malaysia together. It would be more synchronised and justified if both the states work together on this,” he said.
Saying an increase in oil and gas royalty can be used to support additional development of the State and the people to be on par with what is enjoyed by fellow Malaysians in the peninsula, Jahid, who is formerly Tamparuli Assemblyman, felt the recently announced discovery of oil fields off Sabah which is timely can also be considered as good justification for the request.
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Wata - Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer 