Sabah safe, assures Masidi
Kota Kinabalu: Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun assured the people that Sabah is safe and to prove his point he will be visiting Tawau and Semporna today (Thursday).
“To show how safe Sabah is, the Federal Tourism Minister Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen and I will be going to Tawau and Semporna tomorrow to let you know everything is safe, so please stop listening to rumours and put your trust in our security forces personnel,” he said.
“We want to demonstrate in no uncertain terms that the place is safe for tourists to visit and I am sure Ministers would not want to risk their lives if really there is danger in Semporna or even any place.
“The fact that we are going there is a confidence in us and that life has gone back to normal,” he said, after witnessing a cheque presentation by the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta) for RM46,880 to the Royal Malaysian Police Welfare Fund at his office, here, Wednesday.
The cheque was presented by Matta Sabah Chapter Chairman, KL Tan, to the State Police Contingent Administration Department Head, SAC Noor Azam Jamaludin.
Masidi again reminded the people not to listen to rumours because a lot of the problems are caused by rumours which influence their work, citing panic buying of rice and food essentials recently.
“The worst thing that can happen is when people start believing in rumours which could perhaps be part of the intruders’ strategy to make us fearful and then nobody would want to do their job,” he said, adding that if that happens, then it’s just a matter of time before the whole system, economy and political system collapse.
Meanwhile, Tan said the donation worth RM20,000 was contributed by consumers who attended the Matta Fair in Kuala Lumpur from March 16 to March 18, while another RM26,880 was donated by Matta Sabah.
“This small monetary contribution cannot compensate for the lives lost by our security forces and this is indication that we in the travel industry, particularly Matta members are fully behind the country’s armed forces,” said Tan.
Source : Daily Express
