Fight for more state funding rather than to host Malaysia Day, Sarawak Pakatan told
Participants wave flags during 2018 Malaysia Day Celebrations at Padang Merdeka in Kota Kinabalu September 16, 2018. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
STAR president Lina Soo said the state chapter of the coalition should instead be fighting for more funds towards the development of the state economy and infrastructure. “If the Sarawak PH cannot focus on the economic needs and woes of Sarawakians but intends to spend money recklessly on lavish celebration, Malaysia Day will indeed continue to remain a Black Day for our people,” she said.
Sarawak PH chairman Chong Chieng Jen said the state chapter would recommend to the federal government to hold the celebrations in Sarawak as a form of recognition on the importance of Malaysia Agreement 1963 .Soo told Sarawak PH not to waste public funds on celebrating Malaysia Day that was hollow to Sarawakians, claiming that September 16, 1963, was when the state traded the yoke of British colonialism for domination within the Federation of Malaysia.
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