Chong: Yee has done nothing
for 8 years as a minister
 KOTA KINABALU,
Aug 12, 2010: Resources Development and Information Technology Minister,
Datuk Dr Yee Moh Chai should stop his blaming game on the Saham Amanah
Sabah (SAS) issue.
Instead, he should concentrate on discharging his duty as a Minister of
the Barisan Nasional (BN) government to find ways to solve the problems of
stranded Sabahans in Kuala Lumpur and youth unemployment in Sabah, said
Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) Supreme Council member, Dato' David Chong
Ket Sui.
Chong who is also SAPP Api-Api CLC chief said Dr Yee was continuing to
mislead the people with his demand for former Chief Minister, Datuk Yong
Teck Lee, to take responsibility for the SAS disaster.
Commenting on Dr Yee's statement during Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) Tanjung
Aru annual general meeting on Sunday, Chong said Dr Yee who is also a PBS
Deputy President was doing this just to distract the people from his own
failures as a Minister. What has he done for the people in his 8 years as
a Minister? Nothing.
"Only the BN government can take this responsibility no matter who is the
chief minister. In this case, Datuk Musa Aman as the chief minister should
look for the solution so that the affected investors get back their money.
"Why blame Datuk Yong Teck Lee and SAPP? Why don't you (Dr Yee) blame Umno
or any other BN component parties? Who are the members of the Board of
Trustees of SAS? Who appointed them? Who is the Chairman? Does Datuk Yee
not know? Umno is the biggest party in BN and has control over the
Ministry of Finance, why doesn't Yee ask them?" asked Chong.
It was also reported that the SAS price fall was due to the Asian
financial crisis in 1997 – 1998, which affected all the government-run
trust fund shares as well as commercial counters at the Kuala Lumpur Stock
Exchange. "I fail to understand is it Dr Yee either ignorant or pretending
to be ignorant by continuing with his obsession to attack Datuk Yong,"
said Chong.
However, Chong said the people was disappointed to note that while it was
said by the State government that it has billions of ringgit in reserves
and billions ringgit coming into the state but none of it was channelled
to the SAS.
He said the present move by the State Finance Ministry to pump in two
hundred million ringgits into the SAS was not still not sufficient as the
share unit price, which at its height reached RM1.43 sen per unit, barely
moved. Where have all the billion and billion of ringgit gone to? Dr Yee
as a Minister in the BN government must take the responsibility to explain
to the investors why the BN government cannot help them. "If Dr Yee is
adamant to say that Datuk Yong Teck Lee should be responsible then hand
over the BN government to him and let him take the responsibility," said
Chong. |
