Sekitar Dewan RakyatKUALA LUMPUR: Timbalan Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk S K Devamany menafikan bahawa kadar inflasi di Sabah lebih tinggi berbanding dengan kadar inflasi nasional.
“Dalam tahun 2011, kadar inflasi nasional ialah 3.2%, bukan 2.2% seperti yang dikatakan. Di Sabah kadar inflasi ialah 2.9%.
“Walau bagaimanapun kami mengakui inflasi di Sabah tinggi sedikit bagi tempoh Januari hingga Ogos 2011 di tahap 2% berbanding kadar inflasi nasional di tahap 1.8%,” kata Devamany ketika menjawab soalan Ahli Parlimen Tawau Datuk Chua Soon Bui dari SAPP.
Chua menyoal faktor-faktor yang menyumbang kepada kenaikan inflasi di Sabah dan langkah-langkah pihak berkuasa untuk mengatasi masalah inflasi.
Menurut Devamany, kos pengangkutan yang tinggi, keluasan kawasan, peratusan keuntungan tinggi dan sistem pengagihan barangan yang rumit menyumbang kepada kadar inflasi di Sabah, Sarawak dan Labuan.
Untuk mengatasi masalah ini, Devamany berkata pihak kerajaan mengekalkan harga petrol RON95, harga dipantau oleh pihak penguatkuasa, subsidi pengangkutan disediakan dan sebanyak 57 Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia akan diwujudkan di Sabah.
Beliau menjelaskan bahawa KR1M akan ditubuhkan mengikut keperluan dan bukannya mengikut kawasan parlimen.
Chua turut membangkitkan samada sistem dasar kabotaj diambilkira dalam usaha mengatasi kadar inflasi kerana ia mengakibatkan peningkatan kos sebanyak 20 hingga 40 peratus.
Ketika ditemui selepas sesi Dewan Rakyat, Devamany memberitahu FMT bahawa RM386 juta diperuntukkan di dalam belanjawan untuk mengatasi kos kabotaj.
Peruntukan untuk mengatasi kos kabotaj perlu digunakan sebaik mungkin.
ReplyDeleteDiharap inflasi di Sabah semakin berkurang dan kerajaan perlu memantau harga2 barang di Sabah
ReplyDeleteharap kerajaan akan trus prihatin terhadap mslah inflasi ini
ReplyDeleterakyat haruslah bijak dalam berbelanja
ReplyDeletekena kawal, jgn biarkan inflasi berterusan.
ReplyDeleteHarap kadar inflasi Sabah dapat dikawal supaya tidak membebankan rakyat tempatan.
ReplyDeleteInflasi berlaku bila kemampuan membeli melebihi barangan yang dapat di-supply.
ReplyDeleteSabah is well positioned to benefit from recent growth in Asean and is well located in the Borneo region to attract foreign direct investment (FID) in the next five to 10 years.
ReplyDelete“And in terms of numbers, we believe the state will increase its overall share in Malaysia’s GDP from 6 per cent to 10 per cent in the next five to 10 years as it will grow faster than the more saturated Peninsular Malaysia, Oxford Business Group (OBG) Asia’s regional editor Paulius Kuncinas said.
ReplyDeleteIn his speech at the launch of the Oxford Business Group annual review, “The Report – Sabah 2011” here yesterday, he said Sabah’s economy would continue to outperform other Malaysian states with GDP capita increases, helping to drive rural and urban development across the state with new growth sectors coming on stream in the next five to 10 years. The event was officiated by Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman.
ReplyDeleteHe also said the programme outlined in the 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP) and the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) would play a crucial role in setting policy targets with the Sabah Development Corridor (SDC) – one of the main engines to involve private participation and foreign investments.
ReplyDeletePaulius added that the policy momentum created by the 10MP would fuel fresh interest from smart investors looking to locate in the country’s most progressive regions with Sabah offering most competing cases.
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ReplyDeletePaulius said their analysts had stated in the Report that Sabah had the fortune of being insulated from the great financial crisis, thanks to its resource-based sector that continued to enjoy financial strength and solid balance sheets throughout the crisis.
ReplyDelete“And one of the challenges going forward will be to reduce the dependence on commodities and tourism sectors when combined, continue to dominate economic activity in the state,” he added.
ReplyDeleteHe said although the rise in prices of commodities offer attractive returns to investors “we found it is very encouraging that the state had managed to post 6.8 per cent growth in services which will help to diversify the overall economic mix of Sabah’s economy”.
“It is our firm belief that to achieve sustainable growth and to achieve the advanced economy status included in Malaysia 2020, Sabah needs to focus on creating alternative sources of growth by focusing its efforts on education, research and innovation.
ReplyDelete“Just like other states, Sabah is in competition for young talent who will determine its competitiveness in future. And, retaining this talent within the state will be key to further productivity growth and advancing the economy beyond natural resources,” he stressed.
ReplyDeleteSabah’s exports in 2011 continue to be dominated by palm oil, palm kernel oil, rubber, crude petroleum and processed wood “and we believe these will continue to provide income momentum in the next five to 10 years”.
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ReplyDelete“This confirms our view there is huge investment opportunity in the downstream segments, especially in oil and gas sectors with Sabah in a good position to become one of the leading downstream centres in Borneo.
“And looking at the trade data, we found a high share of processed fuels, lubricant and mineral which accounted for 18.3 per cent of the total in 2011.
ReplyDelete“We also see an upside in the logistics sector with Sabah well-positioned to cater for remote regions of EastAsian. The Sepanggar Bay Container Port is also well-placed to become one of the leading trans-shipment centres in the BIMP-EAGA,” Paulius said.
ReplyDeleteHe said supported by rising world palm oil consumption, Sabah’s ports had returned to full capacity after weathering the global economic crisis.
ReplyDeletePaulius however noted that one of the long term structural issues that must be addressed, is cabotage and Malaysia’s hub-and-spoke transport policy.
ReplyDelete“A number of businesses interviewed by OBG said the logistics cost in Sabah are higher that in the peninsula which could undermine the state’s competitiveness.
ReplyDeleteHe said OBG is however encouraged to learn that Sabah is now addressing the vital issue of external and internal connectivity through infrastructure upgrade investment.
ReplyDelete“Through the Sabah Development Corridor (SDC), the government is implementing road and rail projects across the state that will have substantial benefits for both movement of goods as well as the tourism sector.
ReplyDelete“We note already Kota Kinabalu enjoys advanced air connectivity with a high frequency of both domestic and international flights,” he said.
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ReplyDeleteAmong those present were Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Yahya Hussin, SEDIA chief executive officer Datuk Dr Yaakub Johari, IDS chairman Datuk Clarence Bongkos Malakun and OBG Asia director Laura Herrero.
Sebagai sebuah kerajaan yang prihatin dan penyayang, kerajaan negeri telah mengambil beberapa langkah seperti mengawal harga dan memberi subsidi ke atas barangan keperluan utama bagi meringankan beban rakyat.
ReplyDeleteKerajaan akan meneruskan usaha di bawah Program Transformasi Kerajaan seperti membina rumah mampu milik, membina dan menaik taraf jalan raya dan menyediakan kemudahan bekalan air dan elektrik.
ReplyDeletekerajaan juga akan terus menyediakan kemudahan pendidikan dan kesihatan untuk golongan sasaran.
ReplyDeleteGolongan berpendapatan di bawah RM1,000 membelanjakan 43 peratus daripada pendapatan mereka untuk makanan berbanding dengan 31.4 peratus bagi purata nasional. Faktor utama menyumbang kepada kenaikan inflasi dalam bulan Jun 2008 ialah berikutan penstrukturan semula harga petrol dan diesel sebanyak 40 hingga 60 peratus seperti diumumkan pada awal Jun lalu.
ReplyDeletetindakan pengguna secara bijak akan memaksa pengusaha makanan untuk tidak meningkatkan harga sewenang-wenangnya dengan alasan kenaikan harga barangan lain yang meningkatkan kos operasi.
ReplyDeletePengusaha kadang-kadang mencari alasan untuk menaikkan harga. Sebagai contoh, harga gandum meningkat sebanyak 12 peratus tetapi memberi kesan sebanyak satu sen saja untuk sekeping roti canai yang boleh diserap tanpa kerugian besar. Tetapi harga roti canai dinaikkan sebanyak 10 sen sekeping.
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