Why Sabah is not included
Published on: Saturday, March 24, 2018
Kota Kinabalu: Science, Technology and Innovation (Mosti) Minister Datuk Seri Wilfred Madius Tangau said the State Government did not submit the Election Commission (EC) report on electoral boundary review to Parliament.He said this was why Sabah was excluded from the EC report on electoral boundary review to the Dewan Rakyat. "The State Government feels the timing is not suitable. Perhaps they will submit in the future," he said when commenting on the statement by Sandakan MP Stephen Wong questioning why Sabah was excluded from the EC report to Parliament left out the Sabah review.
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The EC, in a statement on March 9, said the report on electoral boundary re-delineation in the Federation of Malaya had been completed.A previous report had mentioned the re-delineation proposal in Sabah has yet to be completed.Madius said if one were to look at the law carefully, the process of establishing a particular constituency is only completed once it is tabled in the Parliament. "If they have not completed that process, then it is still not a constituency. The process was not completed."
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On the departure of several leaders from Parti Cinta Sabah, Madius said it was up to them to do whatever they liked."We know that some of them (leaders) have already left the party much earlier but are only waiting to announce it and that they are joining another opposition party because maybe they can contest under the party, so there is a lot of wayang kulit (shadow play)."
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He said this at the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Universiti Putra Malaysia and the Meteorological Department on research co-operation regarding meteorology, seismology and tsunami at the State Metrology Department weather and earthquake operation centre, here, Friday. The event was also held in conjunction with the World Meteorology Day 2018 celebration. Madius said the celebration aimed to increase awareness among the people on issues concerning climate change, meteorology and others. On the MOU, he said it was a good co-operation and hoped it could help broaden the meteorology research development and training, particularly regarding publishing. "Publishing for us at Mosti is a mechanism to increase awareness and information, especially the latest research on meteorology."Madius also spoke about the role of Malaysian Board of Technologies in giving recognition to officers in the Malaysian Meteorology Department. He said the board has decided to grant professional recognition to department officers with Metrology Science qualifications of Technologies Professional (TS) and Qualified technicians (TC)."Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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Members of the public with meteorology science qualifications are also encouraged to come forward to register themselves. "We now have 21 fields of technologies that have been recognised and to date 3,458 individuals have registered," he said. - Neil Chan