PBS Conference Expected To Express Support For Najib

KOTA KINABALU, Nov 9 (Bernama) -- The Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) delegates conference to be held at the Hongkod Koisaan hall near here over two days from tomorrow is expected to reiterate full support for the 1Malaysia Concept and the leadership of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

PBS Secretary-General Datuk Henrynus Amin, who stated this in a statement today, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin was scheduled to open the main conference on Thursday.

The delegates were expected to discuss issues related to business opportunities, land, power sharing, development and illegal immigrants, he said.

Henrynus said the Wanita PBS and PBS Youth conferences would be held tomorrow and were scheduled to be opened by PBS President Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan.

He said PBS welcomed members of the public to attend the opening of the conferences at 10am.

Henrynus said the Barisan Nasional (BN) victory in the Batu Sapi parliamentary by-election on Thursday reflected the growing confidence of the people of Sabah in the ability of the ruling government to develop Sabah and bring about greater peace and prosperity to the people.

"This electoral victory signals the acceptance by the people of the Government Transformation Programme and the Economic Transformation Programme mooted by the prime minister through the '1Malaysia: People First, Performance Now' concept," he said.

The BN retained the seat when its candidate, Datin Linda Tsen Thau Lin, polled 9,773 votes to beat Ansari Abdullah of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and Datuk Yong Teck Lee of the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) by a majority of 6,359 votes.

Tsen is the widow of the previous MP, Datuk Edmund Chong Ket Wah of PBS, who was killed in a road accident on Oct 9.