Be like Singapore to succeed: Advice to Sabah and Sarawak on failure of MA63
Published on: Wed, Apr 23, 2025
By: David Thien Text Size: Lau said the promises of Malaysia more than 60 years ago included economic development to catch up and be on par with Malaya, being a secular state with no official religion in East Malaysia where there is freedom of religion for all, the majority being Christian with their rights protected. PENAMPANG: Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP) Senator Robert Lau Hui Yew said building up the quality of human resource, like what natural resource scarce Singapore did, is the way forward for Sabah and Sarawak to mitigate the failure of the fulfilment of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63). He was an invited speaker at the 'Malaysia Agreement 1963 – The Way Forward for Sabah's Economy' organised by Sabah Chinese Economic Conference with its six association members at the ITCC Grand Ballroom. According to him, the official version of the objective of MA63 was 'to bring faster economic development to the Borneo Territories, consisting of Sarawak and Sabah.' But the unofficial version was 'saving Singapore from turning communist.' Lau said the promises of Malaysia more than 60 years ago included economic development to catch up and be on par with Malaya, being a secular state with no official religion in East Malaysia where there is freedom of religion for all, the majority being Christian with their rights protected. Subscribe or LOG IN to access this article.
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