Sabahans should be thankful for what the federal government is doing for them instead of complaining all the way, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim at the Hawkers and Traders carnival in Penampang, Sabah on Thursday (Dec 7).
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00:00 The main news is to announce the next speech,
00:02 the official announcement of the 2023 National Small Business Day Carnival.
00:10 With all due respect, please proceed.
00:14 We have a progressive wage scheme to stimulate
00:19 companies with profits of hundreds of millions.
00:22 Don't you raise the workers' wages.
00:24 The companies' profits are worth 1 billion rupiahs a year.
00:30 The workers' wages are worth 1,800 rupiahs or 2,000 rupiahs.
00:34 That's why I want to emphasize that this is not a charity.
00:38 Charity has the advantages of economic growth.
00:42 But charity also has the advantages of love.
00:48 We want people to work, let the money be good.
00:52 I deliberately explain this in Sabah
00:55 because it puts us at a different level from the previous ones.
01:01 Some people ask why the salary in Sabah is low.
01:09 Some people say, including some of the former parliament members
01:14 and former figures of this country,
01:16 say that the Penang Islands can be higher than Sabah.
01:22 I want to ask you,
01:24 don't listen to the arguments of non-political people.
01:31 So I want to explain,
01:32 you ask me,
01:34 do we need to evaluate and implement the Malaysia Agreement in 1993?
01:41 I answer, yes, we need to implement it.
01:44 Have we already implemented it?
01:46 We have taken action in one year,
01:49 better than 10 years ago.
01:52 For the development project in Sabah,
01:57 for the year 2024,
02:00 for the development project,
02:03 6,840,000,000 rupiahs.
02:10 How much for the Penang Islands?
02:11 1.4 billion rupiahs.
02:15 How much is it?
02:17 1.4 billion is bigger than 6.8 billion.
02:22 But you ask me, why is it so high in Sabah?
02:25 It's high because the problems in Sabah are more.
02:30 Road, school, water supply,
02:35 we have to help all of these.
02:39 So it's our responsibility as a country and as a parliament.
02:43 So the Penang people, don't be against it.
02:47 But the people of Sabah,
02:49 thank them a little.
02:50 Don't be angry anymore.
02:55 Before this, when they were in power,
02:57 they didn't add any regulations.
03:00 I took action in one year, I added.
03:02 From 5 billion two years ago,
03:06 to 6.8 billion this year, 2024.
03:11 For the management, 78 billion.
03:15 So in one year,
03:16 how much is the government's budget in Sabah?
03:20 16.21 billion rupiahs.
03:25 I say this because it's a political game,
03:28 and I think it should be stopped.
03:30 What should we do?
03:32 Find a way,
03:34 how to manage the money well.
03:37 This is what I generally,
03:39 16.2 billion, not including PenBoneo.
03:44 PenBoneo's Eid Al-Fitr.
03:47 How much is PenBoneo's Eid Al-Fitr?
03:51 Which is fully funded by the government.
03:55 15 billion ringgit.
03:57 [speaking in foreign language]
04:12 [silence]