Spas also hit by the kidnaps
Published on: Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Kota Kinabalu: The Sabah Women Entrepreneurs and Professionals Association (Swepa) has urged the Federal Government to do more for Sabah from the perspective of beefing up the security level in the State to prevent a recurrence of the Sandakan kidnapping incident.Its President Datin Jeanette Tambakau said the situation was indeed worrying because history was repeating itself again and again causing the business community to operate in fear.She stressed that the Government was promoting entrepreneurship among Malaysian women by introducing various assistance schemes but such efforts are thwarted by 'kidnap for ransom' activities.
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"Surely the Federal Government can do much more to heighten the level of security than what has been achieved thus far to foil the attempts of perpetrators."Just as there was growing confidence in the capabilities of the Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) and our security forces over a 10-month peace period, the serenity was shattered again. When will disruption of this nature come to a halt?"Economically speaking, our members comprising businesswomen and entrepreneurs are gravely concerned over the negative repercussions of what had happened recently. When the local economy is jeopardised with business in the doldrums, all stakeholders will suffer the sluggishness," she said.Tambakau, who is the Adviser to the Sabah Spa Therapists Association, noted that the burgeoning hospitality and tourism industry has been adversely affected.
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