It's up to Pairin

KOTA KINABALU, Nov 5 (Daily Express) --- Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) MP Datuk Dr Yee Moh Chai is fully behind the stand of party president Datuk Seri Joseph Pairin Kitingan on the issue of seats and candidacy for the coming general election.

"We all know the Barisan Nasional (BN) principle that is the issue of candidacy will be decided by the respective BN leaders and as far as PBS is concerned it will depend on Pairin," he said.

Met after officiating at the Sutera Harbour Resort Associates graduation ceremony here, Sunday, Dr Yee who is also a PBS Deputy President, was asked if he had made up his mind on which seat he would be keep come the next election.

Currently, Dr Yee is the MP for Kota Kinabalu as well as the Assemblyman for Api-Api and he is among three BN leaders in Sabah - all from PBS - having the privilege of holding two seats.

The two others are Pairin (Keningau MP and Tambunan Assemblyman) and Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili (Kota Marudu MP and Tandek Assemblyman).

According to Dr Yee, the question on the particular issue had already been answered by Pairin before.

Pairin had been reported as saying that the issue would be dealt with when the time comes and that he considered it as a good strategy to keep the opponents guessing who would be the candidate for the particular seats.

Meanwhile, Dr Yee who is also State Resources Development and Information Technology Minister, commended Sutera Harbour Resort for the inaugural graduation ceremony of 30 candidates.

He said the State Government welcomed the move by the private sector like Sutera Harbour to assist in the development of human capital, particularly in important sector such as tourism.

The 30 staff of Sutera Harbour Resort received their Diploma in International Tourism and Hospitality Management from University of Newcastle, USA under its Project FUTURE.

Project FUTURE is aimed at effective succession planning, which enables an organisation to identify talented employees and provide education to develop them for future, higher level and broader responsibilities.

Special award was also handed to top performing student Tracy Lim as Student of Excellence, while three students received Certificates of Merit namely Krijah Naidu A/P Sundara Rajoo, Annie Johnny and Carolyn F. Isidore.

Another 30 staff had been accepted for the second batch to go for the one-year training.

Also on hand were Sutera Harbour Resort chairman, Tan Sri Ahmad Kamil Jaafar, Sutera Harbour Resort president, Datuk Edward Ong, University of New Castle, USA Academic Director, Prof Dr Gopala Krishnan, resort executive committee and parents.