The Daily Express today ran a story headlined We Are Proven Right which told the story of Sabahan youths being stranded and homeless in Kuala Lumpur.
According to the report, there are dozens of Sabahan youths who are homeless and unemployed. Most of them depend on charity for food. Some of them sleep on sidewalks.
Every year hundreds of Sabahan youths go to Malaya expecting lucrative jobs. Unfortunately many are cheated by their so-called employers while others find underpaid jobs where they have to work like dogs.
This is not a new issue and thankfully the Daily Express has brought it to light. This leaves us wondering where are the so-called National Economic Policy (NEP) which is supposed to help natives.
Every year we see many Malayans being posted to Sabah to fill in various vacancies in the government sector while many Sabahans are turned away. You will find Malayans being employed as drivers, post office clerks and other positions which could easily be filled up by Sabahans.
Even the Borneonisation policy which was espoused by the late Datuk Donald Stephens (who later became Tun Fuad Stephens) has never materialised despite Sabah having many different governments since 1963.
It is high time the state government seriously engages itself with the Federal government in this aspect.
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Should focus on the education system, those stranded in KL are those without proper education. Therefore, the Sbh NGOs should carry the duty to re-educate the udereducated Sbhan with proper skill to work and adaptable in the harsh modern society and environment.
In another view, there are many educated Sbh youths earning good income in Tanah Malaya as well!!
Centre host gov always think to they own benifits and treat remote countryside as their colonials...
Another almost similar case to East M'sia happened in our neighbour country.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/03/01/how-deliver-peace-troubled-papua-province.html
Centre gov always makes selfish act and treat the remote countryside as colonial territories... an example news from neibouring country:
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/03/01/how-deliver-peace-troubled-papua-province.html
some say there don't want to come home(mean they would rather beg in malaya than be their own man in sabah)the cm say maybe they are chooses that why no job(does this mean uni grads can be labourers too)...ali rustam says they can work in melaka apparently plentyful of jobs there, while the govtment keep on importing labour from outside..i dont wat is thru anymore..my view is they should come home,tanam kangkung pun ada hasil juga bah yang penting dekat family..but thats my take
seven sons
Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32)
So, it's a deep ponder for, what makes these lost young Sabahan unable to understand the parable?
What about the social infrastructure of Sabah ? Does it makes them less homely than loitering in KL?
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