Wednesday 29 June 2011

Masing praises well-mannered opposition members in DUN

Posted on June 30, 2011, Thursday
If the opposition members continue to behave the way they did in the just-concluded State Legislative Assembly (DUN) sitting, there would be no need for Land Development Minister Tan Sri Dr James Masing to provide any “rubbish bin” for future sittings.

“The bin I brought to the DUN was unused. I do not need the rubbish bin anymore. I am going to throw it out and maybe we don’t need it in future,” he said.

He had said prior to the sitting that he would prepare a huge rubbish bin in the Dewan as he had expected the opposition to utter rubbish.

He was, however, surprised when “they changed”, not for the worse but for the better in the manner they conducted themselves.

“Of course there was still hoo-hah here and there because if they do not make enough noise then the voters will ask what they had been doing but what they are doing now is very constructive. I must say in general they are constructive.

“I am quite pleasantly surprise with the changes. May be the creation of the shadow cabinet had made them more responsible,” said Masing.

Meanwhile, when commenting on the proposal for the setting up of a Bumiputera Trust Fund (BTF), Masing said that the setting up of such a body at this juncture would be rather redundant.

“I fully agree with Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud that we have more than enough funds to cater for the needs of our Bumiputera people.

“But what is more important now is for them to work out how they can play a greater and better role in assisting those who are eligible to use the funds.”

He also said that at present there were already a few funds available, including from Yayasan Sarawak, so having too many would only cause confusions among the people on which one to take.

Recently, in his debate speech Datuk Len Talif (BN-Belawai) proposed that BTF be established as an effort to further uplift the Bumiputera’s living standard.

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IF the opposition members continue to behave the way they did in the just-concluded State Legislative Assembly (DUN) sitting, there would be no need for Land Development Minister Tan Sri Dr James Masing to provide any “rubbish bin” for future sittings.

“The bin I brought to the DUN was unused. I do not need the rubbish bin anymore. I am going to throw it out and maybe we don’t need it in future,” he said.

He had said prior to the sitting that he would prepare a huge rubbish bin in the Dewan as he had expected the opposition to utter rubbish.

He was, however, surprised when “they changed”, not for the worse but for the better in the manner they conducted themselves.

“Of course there was still hoo-hah here and there because if they do not make enough noise then the voters will ask what they had been doing but what they are doing now is very constructive. I must say in general they are constructive.

“I am quite pleasantly surprise with the changes. May be the creation of the shadow cabinet had made them more responsible,” said Masing.

Meanwhile, when commenting on the proposal for the setting up of a Bumiputera Trust Fund (BTF), Masing said that the setting up of such a body at this juncture would be rather redundant.

“I fully agree with Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud that we have more than enough funds to cater for the needs of our Bumiputera people.

“But what is more important now is for them to work out how they can play a greater and better role in assisting those who are eligible to use the funds.”

He also said that at present there were already a few funds available, including Yayasan Sarawak, so having too many would only cause confusions among
the people on which one to take.

Recently, in his debate speech Datuk Len Talif (BN-Belawai) proposed that BTF be established as an effort to further uplift the Bumiputera’s living standard.

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