Wrong for Jimmy to criticise hardworking Liow: Hiew
Published on: Thursday, February 26, 2015
Kota Kinabalu: MCA Luyang Assemblyman Hiew King Cheu advised DAP Sabah chief, Jimmy Wong to have an open mind and accept the contribution as well as hard work of Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai for Sabah.Hiew disagreed with his former DAP Sabah colleague, Wong who he said had jumped the gun by making unnecessary accusations and challenges to Liow's good proposal. "It is so easy to just hit out but can Wong come up with some workable solution and even creative suggestion as part of his contribution to the people in Sabah?
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"It is utterly wrong to criticise when someone is working hard to assist Sabahans, especially since this is in view of lowering our high prices of goods," he said in a statement here Wednesday.Hiew said the high price of goods especially consumer items were largely in the hands of the businessmen, and this was beyond the control of the government. "Who sets the prices of goods and the profit margins? Apart from those consumer goods classified under "essential goods", the government has totally no control what so ever over the prices of goods. "The government can only monitor and assist to level off inflation through strict monetary control in the country. Jimmy Wong is a successful businessman, he should know better," he said.
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He said that other forms of government assistance to lower goods prices were the localised measures, like for example the upgrading of the Sepanggar Port. "By turning this port into an international shipping hub, it will surely benefit Sabahans in the long run, and also effectively reduce the handling charges, freight charges and cut down the down time and waiting time on the shipping of goods through better shipping / cargo handling efficiency. "This will in return effectively reduce the goods prices of many consumer items," he said.
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Wong had on Tuesday criticised Liow who is also president of MCA on the upgrading programme for the Sepanggar Port by turning it into an international shipping hub aiming to reduce the high sea freight charges to Sabah, and to improve the low efficiency on the handling of cargo in this major port in Sabah. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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