Borneo Post Newspaper on 15/11/2010

Points to note:
  • "Sabah has about 10 per cent of the Malaysian population but more than 40 per cent of all poor people in Malaysia live in Sabah." - World Bank Human Development Sector Director (East Asia and Pacific Region), Emmanuel Jimenez.
  • "Whatever poor people remaining in Malaysia, many of them are here in Sabah, and most of them live in the rural areas (many involving ethnic) groups such as the Rungus, Suluk and Orang Sungai according to the statistics, they remain very high," World Bank Human Development Sector Director (East Asia and Pacific Region), Emmanuel Jimenez. 
  • “Sabah is not only the poorest state in Malaysia, but is likely to stay that way for a considerable length of time given current efforts on poverty eradication” - World Bank’s Human Development Sector
  • “Sabah should not have become the poorest state… it was once one of the richest states before entering into Malaya, together with Sarawak, to form Malaysia, 47 years ago" - Lim Kit Siang. 
  • The incident of household poverty in Sabah, according to Ismail, has been reduced further from 24.2% in 2004 to 16.4% in 2009. You may question, why 2004, and or again, why not 1994? Just in case you don't remember, it is the year of Musa Aman became Chief Minister of Sabah. A CM that can reduce 7.8% in 5 years (2004 - 2009) at the rate1.56% annually, great. Masuk bakul angkat sendiri la. - Arimi Sidek

Read more at these sites:

MalaysiaKini.com: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/147944
Arimisidek.blogspot.com: http://arimisideks.blogspot.com/2010/11/sabah-isnt-not-poorest-cant-it-just.html
Borneopost.com: http://www.theborneopost.com/?p=75274
Freemalaysiatoday.com: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/opinion/letters/13123-sabah-poorest-state-think-again
Blog.LimKitSiang.com: http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2010/11/20/kit-siang-wants-royal-inquiry-on-sabah-poverty/
Dailyexpress.com.my: http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=75733
Other sources: http://www.pahaikan.com/search

Posibility: .... Sabah will not only be the poorest state in Malaysia but will continue to be the poorest unless there is a total change in policy...

REMARKS: Pity on Sabah...