Talks under way to build Forest City casino https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/101740/talks-under-way-to-build-forest-city-casino
This news is very interesting,” talks are under way to build Forest City casino in Johore”. That means, Malaysia is looking at allowing a casino to operate in the RM450 billion (S$128.5 billion) Forest City project in Johor. But, just a few hours ago, our PMX denied a Bloomberg report that Malaysia is considering a second casino licence for the Johor development.
Maybe it’s now high time for the Ministry of Finance to consider the establishing of a casino in Pulau Banggi, Sabah too. Talks on setting up a casino in Sarawak has long been going on. Matters pertaining to gambling falls under federal jurisdiction.
Pulau Banggi is the island to the north of Kudat in Sabah with an area of 440.7 square kilometres, it is the largest island in Malaysia, slightly smaller than Singapore which is 734 square kilometers. Banggi Island forms the southern half of the Balabic Straights which separate Borneo from the Philippines and is the meeting place of the Sulu and the South China Sea. Population 30 thousand.
Tighten security, Banggi Island will be perfect and good to go. Expand naval patrols around the islands. Security forces must add more ocean-going vessels, planes, helicopters to the existing fleet policing the waters between Sulu and the South China Sea.
Federal Government must transform Sabah into duty-free heaven, besides allowing it to set up a casino in the state.
Taking into consideration that casino tax is 35 per cent of gross gaming revenue, having a casino would significantly improve Sabah’s gross domestic product (GDP).
There would also be huge employment opportunities for at least 10,000 employees with salaries ranging from RM3,000 to above RM18,000 (senior manager), while a vice-president at a casino could earn over RM25,000 per month.
With the influx of tourists going to the casino, as well as many of the high rollers, Sabah will be able to attract more 5-star properties, 5-star service standards, with 5-star rated tourists.
Indirectly, all the businesses in Sabah will increase threefold and we will be able to see many more quality tourism products coming up. With all the business coming in, this will lead to Sabahans earning at least a minimum of RM3,000 salary, not the present RM1,500 projected.
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There’s nothing that prevents local company from getting foreign partner and approaching the Federal government, through the Sabah government, for approval.
If it has not happened so far, it’s because no such company exists, or perhaps many people are caught up in the halal-haram controversies.
Sabah has no religion even if it has religion in the Constitution. The Constitution cannot go against itself.
Batu Sumpah in Keningau Sabah, constitutional document in stone, mentions no religion.
The Constitution, Parliament, and the court of law, being colour-blind institutions, cannot get into “race”, religion, DNA and geographical origin, among others.
The rule of law is the basis of the Constitution.
Lawmakers are pledged, on Oath, for upholding the rule of law.
Lawmakers must be stripped of their seats if they violate their Oath and don’t uphold, respect, honour and defend the Constitution.
Anyone who harps on “race”, religion, language etc, Islam, syariah, syariah court, Islamic state, Quran, ketuanan Melayu, Tanah Melayu etc etc can be declared as having violated their Oath.
Any lawmaker, like Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who harps on defending the redundant Article 153, should be stripped of the seat for violating the Oath.
The Speaker has Discretion.
Article 4, which goes against the inherent nature of the Constitution, should be amended for dropping redundant clauses automatically, i.e. without the intervention of Parliament, the court of law or the moribund Conference of Rulers. In Fiji, for example, the Great Council of Chiefs, was abolished by Parliament on the grounds that it was violation of the rule of law.
Tribalism and Feudalism are violation of democracy. Sovereignty resides with the people. There must be consent of the governed, including through runoffs if no one comes in with 51 per cent of the votes cast, for legitimacy.
In Sarawak and Singapore, for example, the people have lost sovereignty since 1966 and 1959 respectively. The people in some states in Malaysia, like Johor among others, have lost sovereignty.
In Sabah, the presence of PTI (pendatang tanpa izin or illegal immigrants) in the electoral rolls have compromised the sovereignty of the people. These PTI have blue MyKad (citizen) based on fraudulent SD (statutory declaration) for securing faudulent late registration birth cert under Projek IC Mahathir.
Fraudulent personal documents are violation of the National Registration Act 1959/1963.
The PTI phenomenon in Sabah was explored by the 2013 Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI), initiated by then Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, on illegal immigrants in Sabah. The RCI concluded that Projek IC Mahathir probably existed. It’s not clear whether dictatorial former Prime Minister Tun Mahathir Mohamad knew that Projek IC Mahathir existed. The RCI discovered that Projek IC Mahathir was the work of syndicates who, it was implied, could have only included rogue elements in the National Registration Department (RCI).
The RCI was explored by anti-PTI activist Dr Chong Eng Leong in the Dec 2023 documentation, “Population Explosion and Demographic Shift in Sabah”. Earlier, in July 2009, Dr Chong brought out “Lest We Forget — Security and Sovereignty of Sabah”.
There’s case for the Agong and the Conference of Rulers looking, based on People’s Petition, into the deliberations of the RCI on illegal immigrants in Sabah
It’s the duty of the international community, under international law, for restoring sovereignty where people have lost it.
The court of law, under Article 63, cannot interfere in the proceedings of Parliament. Likewise, the Conference of Rulers cannot interfere. If the Rulers cite Discretion or reserve powers and/or residual powers, it’s abuse of power. They can be brought before the Special Court for misbehaviour.
Article 153, in resuming the Debate, became redundant in 1972 when the sunset clause expired. In law, Article 8 in Malaysia, there can be no discrimination save as provided by law i.e. in the form of sunset clause. The sunset clause in Article 153 was removed after 1963, but not for ending discrimination, but continuing discrimination. In law, sunset clause can be removed before expiry but not for continuing discrimination. In law, sunset clause cannot be extended after expiry, for continuing discrimination.
In law, Article 8 in Malaysia, there can be no discrimination.
No one was above the law.
All are equal before the law.
The facilitating Articles, related with Article 153 before it became redundant, have also been rendered redundant viz. the Definition of Malay speaking Muslim as “form of identity” in Article 160(2); Article 3 (Islam); Article 152 (national language); Order 92, Rule 1 of the Rules of the High Court 2012 (national language); NEP ( New Economic Policy) 1970 to 1990 and the infam
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