Sehubungan itu, Najib berkata semua pihak juga harus saling menjaga sensitiviti agama selaras usaha kerajaan memupuk perpaduan dalam kepelbagaian kaum di negara ini. Kita (kerajaan) juga ingin lihat bagaimana kita dapat membawa lebih pembangunan di Sabah terutama di kawasan desa dan luar bandar," katanya.īeliau berkata sebelum gagasan 1Malaysia diperkenalkan, Sabah telah mengamalkannya dalam keserasian, keunikan kumpulan pelbagai bangsa dan etnik, selain cermin kepada konsep masyarakat 1Malaysia. "Jika kita hidup dalam aman, keharmonian kaum dan agama dapat kita kekalkan, dipupuk dan diperkukuhkan. "Kepada rakyat Sabah, harap jangan ada sesiapa rasa tertekan kerana amalan setiap penganut agama akan kekal seperti mana sebelum ini. Perdana menteri mengingatkan semua anggota masyarakat bahawa satu daripada prasyarat untuk menjalani kehidupan aman damai adalah menjaga hubungan antara kaum dan penganut agama di negara ini. Turut hadir pada majlis itu, isteri Najib, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Ketua Menteri Sabah Datuk Seri Musa Aman dan Timbalan Ketua Menteri Sabah merangkap Presiden PBS Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan. Mahkamah Rayuan di Putrajaya membuat keputusan bahawa Herald, penerbitan mingguan Katolik dilarang daripada menggunakan kalimah Allah pada 14 Oktober untuk membenarkan rayuan kerajaan mengetepikan keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi pada 2009 yang membenarkan penerbitan itu menggunakan kalimah Allah bagi merujuk kepada Tuhan. “I am scheduled to meet up with Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng next week to discuss the optimal operating hours of UTCs in Sarawak,” said the Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs.Najib yang merupakan Pengerusi Barisan Nasional (BN) berucap demikian semasa merasmikan Perhimpunan Agung Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) ke-28 di Hongkod Koisaan Persatuan Kebudayaan Kadazandusun (KDCA) di Kota Kinabalu hari ini. Sarawak folk proposed that UTCs in the state should start operating around noon till 9pm, to cater to those who wish to do their government-related matters after office hours without taking leave. The new proposal, Chong said will reduce the operating hours to nine hours a day, with varying operating hours at different locations in the country. Sarawak has three UTCs in Kuching, Sibu and Miri. “Such extra-long operating hours have added to the financial strain on the government’s operating expenditure,” the Stampin member of parliament said. “Previously, the operating hours of the UTCs throughout the country were from 8am to 10pm, seven days a week – 14 hours a day. “While there is no complaint about the said operating hours on weekends, many have expressed disappointment in the closure of the UTCs at 5pm on weekdays,” he said in a statement today. In the recent announcement, the Ministry has revised the operating hours for UTCs in Sarawak from 8am to 5pm from Monday to Sunday beginning on Jan 22. This comes after many Sarawakians expressed disappointment with the new operating hours which they said was not optimal. M Update, – Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen will meet with the Finance Ministry soon to discuss the suitable operating hours for Urban Transformation Centres (UTC) in the state.
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