Adjustments inevitable to remain relevant: Abang Johari

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KUCHING: In his winding-up speech for his ministry at the State Legislative Assembly yesterday, Chief Minister of Sarawak Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg touched on several points, including his development initiatives, rural development, LRT and the state’s sovereignty and rights. We publish here the full text of his winding-up speech.

PREAMBLE

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.

Selamat Sejahtera dan Salam Ibu Pertiwiku.

 

Tuan Speaker,

Terlebih dahulu saya mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Tuan Yang Terutama Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak di atas Ucapan Pembukaan Persidangan Pertama Penggal Keempat Dewan Undangan Negeri Sarawak Yang Kelapan Belas.

Saya bagi pihak Kerajaan Negeri Sarawak menyambut baik sokongan dan saranan Tuan Yang Terutama Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak untuk kita terus mengadakan rundingan dengan Kerajaan Persekutuan untuk mengembalikan hak-hak Sarawak di bawah Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 mengikut landasan yang betul.

Kita juga menerima baik nasihat Tuan Yang Terutama Tun untuk kita terus memantapkan keharmonian, keamanan dan perpaduan di kalangan masyarakat Sarawak yang berbilang kaum tanpa mengambilkira perbezaan fahaman politik bagi memastikan dan mengukuhkan semangat kekitaan demi kemajuan dan pembangunan Negeri Sarawak dan masa depan anak-anak kita. Kita tidak akan dapat menikmati hasil pembangunan dalam keadaan yang tidak aman dan tidak harmoni.

Dalam Ucapan Penggulungan saya kali ini, saya tidak akan membincangkan perkara-perkara spesifik kerana perkara tersebut telah pun disentuh oleh Menteri-Menteri yang bertanggungjawab.

STATE ECONOMIC GROWTH

We are fully aware of what is currently happening around us today. The global economic growth has softened. The national economy has also moderated on the risk of further slowdown in the global trade.

We know, Sarawak will not be spared from the slowdown as we have always been an open economy. Thus, constant change is inevitable in order to make us remain relevant to the world of today.

Against this challenging backdrop, it is important for us to continue aggressively implementing and monitoring our Development Plan with the necessary adjustments to suit the present situation. Concomitantly, we must put in place the appropriate strategies to stimulate our domestic economic growth.

As economists say, the role of government as practised all over the world is to guide the overall pace of economic activity, attempting to maintain steady growth, continue high level of employment and lower cost of living.

In modern times, free play of economic force within highly developed countries like USA has also resulted in high unemployment and instability in the economic system.

More often than not, the government intervention has been necessary to stabilise the situation especially in developing and underdeveloped countries which struggle to eradicate poverty and attain high living standards.

The process of development in developing and underdeveloped countries cannot be attained simply by just allowing market forces to function.  This is because the country is held back by the primary lack of basic social and economic overheads such as schools, technical institutions, research institutes, hospitals, roads and bridges, railways and ports of which requires high investment.

Such investment will lead to the creation of spin off economies which in turn will create more opportunities for private enterprises to expand and develop, especially in logistics, transport of goods, product development and exports.  This primary investment will not be undertaken by private enterprises as by itself is not a profitable venture.

With sufficient resources and reserves, the State Government has embarked on its role to invest in these primary infrastructures.  Thanks to our predecessors who have been able to accumulate huge reserves for the State.  But of course, we will not spend all the reserves as we may need it for our future generation and not burdening them as well as for rainy days.

That being said, the State Government has adopted the expansionary public spending measure, particularly for development purposes to ensure our economy continues to grow and strengthen.

With the necessary infrastructure put in place, we will have the foundation for our economy to remain steady as we move to achieve the targeted growth of 6.5 percent per annum towards a high income and developed State status by 2030.

AREA OF FOCUS

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Rural areas continue to be developed and provided with the necessary infrastructure in order to harness the economic potentials of these areas and to allow our people to have access to better educational and health facilities.

With the development in rural areas we can create more business and employment opportunities which will benefit the rakyat in the rural areas.

Therefore, the State GPS Government is emphasising the modernisation and commercialisation of agriculture to improve the income level of the rural population. To do this, we are improving the connectivity to open up more suitable land for agriculture purposes, strengthening the agriculture supply chains and providing venture capital for the agropreneurs.

Other areas that we are focussing on are the development of agro-tourism and cottage industries, taking advantage of the scenic, pristine environment and availability of raw materials respectively in the rural areas.

DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES

Since 13th January 2017, I have introduced 65 development initiatives for the wellbeing of the rakyat and the development of Sarawak. I personally monitor the progress of all these initiatives and make sure the implementation by the agencies is on track.

The implementations of these development initiatives are progressing well and some have been completed successfully such as establishment of Petros, DBoS, SMA and Unifor. This is the proof that we walk the talk and deliver our promises. This is not hot air or mere rhetoric as claimed by some parties when we first introduced the initiatives.

I am aware that there are critics on some of the State Government initiatives, but I need to repeat this subject many times because, we are very clear and we want the people to fully understand that the objectives of these initiatives are purely and solely for the benefit of the rakyat and not for my personal nor for my Cabinet members personal interest.

I wish to inform that the State Government will introduce new initiatives from time to time on top of the existing ones in the interest of the rakyat and the State.

PUBLIC EXPENDITURE

We need approximately RM154 billion funding within the next 11 years to put in place all the required infrastructures, utilities and facilities to realise our vision to become a high income and developed State by 2030.

Over the years, we were dependent on funding from the Federal Government for development purposes. To date, the Federal Government has approved an allocation of RM79 billion for development in the State, that is from 1963 onwards. However, the approved allocation started to decline from the 10th Malaysia Plan onwards.

We must be in control of our own destiny. We need to have sufficient fund to finance the development that we have planned for our State. We cannot depend entirely on the Federal Government for development funding in view of the current political scenario.

Since taking over the helm of the State Government on 13th January 2017 and taking cognisance of the current level of development in the State, I have decided to implement several bold steps to increase State revenue and expand our development expenditure to support our development initiatives.

The provision of State Funding for development is on the rise and until today we have approved an allocation of RM89 billion. This year alone we have approved RM9.1 billion for development, the highest allocation in the State development budget history.

In development planning, we place the interest of the rakyat above all. We will continue our efforts to bring more socioeconomic development to the people. I wish to inform that the returns from our investments, including from MLNG, is utilised to fund our development programmes and projects.

In order to finance our massive infrastructure development, we need to look for alternative sources of funding. This is one of the reasons why I have decided to impose a 5 per cent sales tax on petroleum products for export starting from this year, as a new source of revenue to the State.

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We have also established our own development bank that is Development Bank of Sarawak or DBoS to finance strategic infrastructure and utility projects. All these are being done for the interest of the rakyat and economic growth.

ENVISIONING THE FUTURE OF SARAWAK CAPITALISING ON TECHNOLOGY AND R&D

We must be bold enough to explore new areas of growth and implement new initiatives that can drive further our economic development. We cannot gamble our future by depending solely on the existing resource based traditional economy such as oil and gas, timber and oil palm which we all know are not sustainable and facing more challenges in light of the environmental issues and climate change.

We must start to explore these opportunities now and not in the future because the technologies have been developed and starting to be used in developed countries. Why we need to explore these opportunities is because Sarawak has the advantage in all these areas which I will elaborate further later.

I know some people were sceptical when the State Government first introduced the new initiatives namely, the implementation of Digital Economy, Light Rapid Transit (LRT), hydrogen fuel cell and commercialisation of our biodiversity.

It is important for us to understand that the implementation of these initiatives is critical to the State economy because it will:

  • provide wider access to global market for our products through high speed broadband connectivity;
  • enhance our competitiveness to attract high technology investment through better IT facilities and connectivity;
  • develop local talents in specific areas of technologies including Digital Media, Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Cyber Security;
  • develop our biodiversity related industries through commercialisation of R&D products;
  • act as a game changer to spur development within city centre through the concept of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) and 3Ds, namely shorter Distance, high population Density and greater market Demand;
  • trigger the development of new industrial clusters based on new products including hydrogen fuel cells; and
  • create spin-off to the local economy through the generation of more high value job and business opportunities.

HYDROGEN FUEL CELL

I have been talking about Sarawak producing hydrogen as an alternative green energy because we have abundant water sources that can be converted to hydrogen for public transport or even for export.

Countries like US, Europe, Korea and Japan are now producing vehicle that run on hydrogen fuel cell due to environmental consideration and depleting fossil fuel resources. Since 2013 until 2017, there were 6,500 hydrogen fuel cell cars sold globally.

However, the cost of hydrogen production in these countries is much higher due to higher energy cost and less water resources. Production of hydrogen from natural gas is not competitive as the production of hydrogen from water through electrolysis.

Therefore, Sarawak has all the advantages in producing hydrogen from water at cheaper cost and using green energy that is hydropower. With the advancement of technology, we should be able to realise the export of hydrogen to these countries in the very near future and will become our next source of revenue for the State just like how we export LNG.

We are collaborating with Linde Group, the world’s leading industrial gases company and Hydrogenics, the world’s leading company in water electrolysis-based hydrogen generator on this project.

Our first Hydrogen Production Plant and Refuelling Station project is now 100 per cent completed. The testing and commissioning are in progress and expected to complete by 27th May 2019.

We have also acquired three Hydrogen-powered buses that serve as part of the Sarawak pilot project and research into having a better green public transportation system.

LIGHT RAPID TRANSIT (LRT)

Traffic jam has been the cause of public complaints and higher cost of doing business due to congestion and time wasted on the road. Some critics said that building Light Rapid Transit (LRT) is not feasible to address this problem and suggested to build more roads and provide free bus service.

Based on the study that we have conducted, no country in this world can solve the traffic congestion just by building more roads. More roads mean more vehicles on the roads and more traffic congestion. Even using bus, you will be caught on the road with the traffic jam.

Typical example is the Kuching and Samarahan areas which before the construction of Kuching-Samarahan Expressway, were only served by Kuching-Penrissen-Muara Tuang road.  The Kuching-Samarahan Expressway was built to provide alternative road and to reduce the traffic congestion.  Now as we all experience, the new Kuching-Samarahan Expressway are always congested especially in the morning and after office hours.  I am getting a lot of complaints from commuters moving along these two destinations expressing their frustration of long driving time and crawling traffic.

Being a responsible Government, we listen to the demand of our city folks for a better and efficient public transportation system. Therefore, we will proceed with the detailed technical study on the implementation of the Phase 1 covering the most congested areas in Kuching and Samarahan areas using the most feasible technology option.

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

With the rapid development in the State and resultant of social economic changes, therefore social development is an important component of our development planning.

As a caring government, we must take proactive action to address existing and emerging social issues in the State. In order to do this, the State government is formulating and implementing various social development initiatives including talent development, education and addressing high cost of living.

We must acknowledge that social development is about inclusivity and improving the wellbeing of the rakyat and developing their full potentials. This is important to us because the success of the State is also associated with the well-being of its rakyat.

EDUCATION

Education is a long-term investment. In order to jump start good education, sufficient funding is required at birth. The parents need assistance to reduce their burden in bringing up their child for higher education. This is the reason why we are providing endowment fund of RM1,000 for every new born Sarawakian babies starting this year.

We need educated, skilled and motivated workforce to drive the State development forward. Therefore, we always place our human capital development as one of the most important components in our development planning.

We want our children especially in the rural areas to have access to good education and to study in conducive learning environment with good schools, equipped with all the necessary facilities including high speed broadband.

We want to prepare them as the highly knowledgeable and competent workforce as Sarawak is in a dire need of producing human capital to support the State’s digital development initiatives or employment in other highly skills related industries.

Therefore, we are putting in concerted efforts to enroll more of our students into Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and Technical Vocational Educational and Training (TVET).  It is expected that majority of jobs created in the digital economy will require knowledge and skills in STEM as well as TVET.

In addition, the State Government is offering scholarship to high achievers and deserving students especially those from the low-income families and from the rural areas to pursue their studies in selected courses both at local and foreign universities.

The continuous demand for workers with technical skills in Sarawak is an opportunity for our youth to prepare themselves with knowledge and skills to meet this demand. With the competencies they possessed, some of them will even become the future leaders of Sarawak.

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However, we would not be able to achieve this objective when looking at the current poor condition of our schools especially in the rural areas. Some are without electricity and treated water supplies.

With these constraints and challenges, we cannot expect our students to achieve good results, particularly in rural areas.

We are very serious to resolve the pressing problem of dilapidated schools in the State. I just want Sarawakians to be educated. Money is not an issue. The State Government is willing to give loan to the Federal Government on this matter, although we know it is the Federal Government responsibilities.

When it comes to education, let us sit together and resolve it. To our opposition members in this august House, we must put aside the political differences for the sake of our children.  If we face obstacles under the law, we must find solution to it and if necessary, we change the provisions under the law.

PRESERVING OUR SOVEREIGNTY AND RIGHTS

On 30th of April, 2019, all Honourable Members of this august House unanimously passed the Motion proposed by Ahli Yang Berhormat for Samariang. With this mandate, the State Government will through the ongoing discussions with the Federal Government on the implementation of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) seek amendments to the Federal Constitution that would: –

  • satisfy the aspirations of all Sarawakians that Sarawak’s constitutional position in Malaysia is not similar to the states in the Peninsular of Malaysia, with due recognition being accorded to MA63, of which Sarawak is a party, and without which, Malaysia would not have been established;
  • ensure that the legislative and executive powers and the sources of revenues provided and assigned to Sarawak are securely safeguarded; and
  • provide adequate protection against any encroachment or erosion of the State’s constitutional rights and safeguards.

The recent Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was introduced in Parliament on the 4th April 2019 to amend Article 1(2) did not meet these fundamental objectives particularly the failure to accord recognition to the fact that Malaysia is a federation formed by virtue of MA63. Therefore, the State Government was not able to support the Bill aimed as solely to amend Article 1(2). The GPS Members of Parliament had to abstain from voting on this Bill after their proposal to have the Bill referred to a Special Select Committee for deliberation, was rejected.

Since the Bill was defeated for lack of the mandatory two-third majority on the 9th April 2019, the Minister for Law, Yang Berhormat Datuk Liew Vui Keong met me on 29th April 2019. The federal Minister has since announced there would be a special Parliamentary Select Committee on amendments to the Federal Constitution and he was waiting what he described as “the package” of amendments to be made to the Federal Constitution to be put forward from this august House.

The State Government will render full co-operation to the Parliamentary Special Committee in its work on the amendments to the Constitution to ensure that the amendments unanimously agreed upon by the august House will be incorporated into any Bill to amend the Constitution to be tabled in Parliament, and more importantly, the above stated objectives are fully met.

Malaysia is a Federation. Like all federal systems of Government, the Constitution, as the supreme law, sets out the division or separation of legislative and executive powers, the sharing of incomes or revenues between the federal Government and the Government of the component states. The federal and state governments are allowed to have autonomy within their respective spheres allowed by the Constitution.

However, in every federal system of government, there is a tendency for powers to gravitate towards the Centre. In other words, the central or federal government will want to be strong and, in the process, seek to transgress upon powers which, constitutionally belong to the State. The federal system we have in Malaysia is no exception.

Therefore, the State Government and the people must, at all times, stay vigilant to prevent any erosion of our constitutional rights and safeguards. We, Sarawakians must stand united and be bold in the defence of our constitutional rights and the special position of Sarawak within the Federation. My late predecessor, Pehin Sri Adenan Satem, started this process of reclaiming our rights and revenues which had been granted or assigned to Sarawak when Sarawak agreed to the formation of Malaysia. I want to continue what the late Pehin Sri Adenan Satem had initiated, and indeed with greater vigour and with the united support of all Sarawakians as expressed through their representatives in this august House.

The State Government will not abdicate its responsibilities to defend the State’s constitutional rights and the territory of the State including its boundaries. The State Government’s record in defending the legitimate interests of the State and our people is truly exemplary and as a matter of public record, I would like to highlight a few instances where the State Government had prevented efforts to undermine our constitutional rights and safeguards.

In 1966, Parliament passed the Continental Shelf Act, 1966 and the Petroleum Mining Act, 1966 aimed at taking control of the continental shelf and the exploration of mining of oil and gas within the boundaries of Sarawak. The State Government objected to the extension of these two Acts to Sarawak resulting in those laws being applied only to West Malaysia from 20th July 1966. However, our efforts were thwarted by the Federal Government using the Emergency powers to extend the laws to the State in 1969.

However, since the Proclamation of Emergency had been annulled by both Houses of Parliament in December 2011, the laws made under emergency powers had ceased to have effect under Article 150(7) of the Federal Constitution and the extension of the Petroleum Mining Act, 1966 and the Continental Shelf Act, 1966 also ceased to have effect. The State Government has therefore proceeded to enforce the Oil Mining Ordinance, 1958 to regulate oil mining both onshore and offshore of Sarawak. By taking such measures, the State Government through PETROS is determined to have regulatory control of offshore mining and equity participation in existing oil and natural gas fields and future exploration and mining areas offshore. At the same time, Sarawak will want to have full control of onshore mining before the end of this year.

Additionally, the State Government had imposed State Sales Tax on the export of certain items of petroleum products such as crude oil, LNG and condensates. These measures will enable the State to have a more equitable share of the revenues yielded from oil and natural gas produced in Sarawak.

In 1983, Parliament passed the Perbadanan Pembekalan Letrik Sarawak Act 1983 [Cap.279]. The intention was for the Federal Government to take over Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation (Sesco). This was despite the Borneo States (Legislative Powers) Order, 1963 made by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong under Article 95C of the Federal Constitution which extended the legislative authority to include electricity and distribution of gas to the State. Unlike Sabah, the State Government refused to relinquish its legislative authority and hand over Sesco to Federal control. Today, Sesco under Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) is the pride of Sarawak and is one of the biggest local companies in terms of capitalisation, supplying energy at the cheapest tariffs in the Asean region, attracting many investors to the State.

Not only did the State Government refuse to allow Sesco to be taken over, the State Government was able instead to acquire, through Sarawak Energy Berhad, a State Government entity, Sarawak Hidro Sdn Bhd a federal Government owned Company who was the developer and owner of the Bakun Hydro-electric Dam and powerhouse, so that all power generation in the State comes under the jurisdiction of the State and regulated under the Electricity Ordinance and not regulated by the Energy Commission established by the Federal Government.

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With its legislative and executive control over electricity and hydro power, the State has been able to increase its power generation capacity from approximately 1,500 megawatts in 2009 to 4,800 megawatts in 2018, and clean energy in the form of hydro power increased during this period from 20% of total generation capacity to almost 75%. Besides, the State Grid has been strengthened with the recent commissioning of the 500kv transmission line, thus ensuring reliability and security of supply of power for domestic, commercial and industrial users.

All these should not have been possible if the State Government had not prevented the take-over of Sesco and surrendered our legislative and executive authority over Electricity and Distribution of Gas to the Federal Government.

In 1993, Parliament passed the Gas Supply Act 1993 [Act 501] with the intention of applying it throughout Malaysia. The State Government objected to its application on the ground that it would infringe the State’s legislative powers over distribution of gas. To pre-empt the application of the said Act to Sarawak, the State Legislature passed the Sarawak Gas Supply Services (Operating Company), Ordinance 1995 to ensure that our own State Company continues to supply piped gas. This was followed with the insistence by the State Government that a clause be inserted into the Gas Supply (Amendment) Act, 2016 that this Act will not be applicable to Sarawak unless consented to by the State Authority. To further protect the State’s rights in this respect, the Distribution of Gas Ordinance was enacted in 2016.

Through the enforcement of the Distribution of Gas 2016, the State Government intends to restructure the gas distribution system in Sarawak to enable PETROS and other qualified companies to have more meaningful participation in the downstream business of the oil and gas industry. This includes having Sarawak companies involve in the importation and distribution of liquefied Petroleum gas (LPG) so that this essential commodity is more efficiently distributed or made available to the rural communities. The State Government would like to see the increase of the LPG imported so that industries who required LPG for their operation or expansion can secure their needed supply of LPG.

The Federal Government also wanted to extend Part III of the Malaysian Timber Industry Board (Incorporation) Act, 1973 to Sarawak having extended it to Sabah in 1992. This would have required all exporters, importers, traders, suppliers and graders of timber and timber products to be registered with MTIB. The Sarawak Government objected to this extension and as a result has until today retained full authority over export and import of timber products. Having such powers has enabled the State through Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation (STIDC) to reduce timber exports and to make timber produce available to support the local downstream timber industry.

Some Honourable Members of the Opposition are asking “why now?” The GPS Government has always been firm in the defence of the state interest and its constitutional rights. The duty to defend and safeguard our constitutional rights, territory of Sarawak and its special interest is a continuous responsibility, which must be carried out as and when the rights of the State of Sarawak are infringed.

Additionally, the GPS Government will continue its efforts to seek decentralisation or devolution of authority over education and health matters. The GPS Government feels that the performance by the Federal Government in respect of these two important subject matters have been unsatisfactory, and there is sufficient constitutional authority under Article 95C(1)(b) read with Article 80(4) for the Federal Government to transfer the executive functions for this matter to the State as well as to provide adequate funding to the State to discharge these executive functions.  I wish to assure this august House that when the powers on education and health are devolved to the State, the State Government will be able to provide the standards of education and health services that would meet the expectations of Sarawakians.

The GPS Government will regard as its paramount duty to safeguard the constitutional rights of Sarawak as it will always put Sarawak First.

GOOD GOVERNANCE

We are serious and committed to have clean and transparent government. We do not want to dwell on what had happened in the past. We are focus in our efforts to achieve high integrity and corruption free government.

The PH Government, as you know are working with people and leaders of the past and any attempt by anyone to raise issues related to these people and leaders on their past practices have always been rebutted by saying PH is a new government moving towards clean and good governance.

I am aware on the Opposition efforts of trying to run down my government by implying and insinuating that my government is corrupt. But we know MACC are professional people. They do not succumb to pressures or interferences from any quarters as reiterated by the Chief Commissioner of MACC in one of his media statements.  MACC does not simply take action based on hearsay but based on the rule of law.  They only take actions based on thorough investigation and hard evidence.  For this reason, I want to congratulate MACC for being professional in handling issues under their jurisdiction.

We are implementing massive development programmes and projects under the 11th Malaysia Plan, especially through the implementation of Projek Rakyat and Rural Transformation Project. For this purpose, we are allocating huge amount of fund to finance the projects. The projects must be implemented based on the agreed cost, specification and timeline. We do not compromise with anyone who is found to be involved in malpractices in our efforts to achieve these objectives.

In this regard, we will ensure transparency and compliance with the existing rules and regulations as well as processes and procedures in implementing the projects. We don’t want any leakages in the system and will not tolerate if there is any unscrupulous act.

We mean what we promised. Therefore, the State Cabinet and State agencies have taken Integrity Pledge to ensure our State Administration is clean, transparent and driven by people who are of high integrity.

We have also established the State Integrity and Ombudsman Unit to drive the initiatives on integrity and transparency in our administration in collaboration with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). We are the first State to organise CeIO programme for State officers. There are 44 Certified Integrity Officers (CeIO) placed in the State Ministries and Departments to ensure greater transparency and compliance with the financial procedures.

We trust that these integrity initiatives will bring benefit to all stakeholders including the business community in the State and earn their respect and confidence.

I would like to extend my greatest appreciation to the Civil Service for their unwavering support, total commitment, contribution and hard work in ensuring good governance and effective service delivery especially in project implementation.

CONCLUDING REMARKS

Akhir kata, saya mengambil kesempatan ini untuk mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Tuan Speaker yang telah mengendalikan persidangan DUN kali ini dengan cekap, teratur dan cemerlang.

Ucapan terima kasih juga ditujukan kepada semua petugas Dewan yang telah menjalankan tugas dengan cemerlang dan penuh kesabaran.

Sebelum mengakhiri ucapan, saya ingin mengucapkan selamat mengerjakan ibadah puasa kepada seluruh masyarakat Islam dan Selamat Menyambut Hari Raya Aidilfitri yang bakal menjelang tiba.

Kepada masyarakat Dayak pula, saya ucapkan Selamat Menyambut Hari Gawai Dayak, “Gayu Guru Gerai Nyamai, Lantang Senang Nguan Menoa”. Semoga dengan sambutan perayaan-perayaan ini akan terus mengeratkan lagi hubungan silaturrahim di kalangan kita semua.

Sekian, terima kasih.

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

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