Abdul Karim tekad bawa banyak perubahan buat Asajaya

May 18, 2011

ASAJAYA: Ketua Setiausaha Politik Ketua Menteri, Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah bertekad akan membawa lebih banyak pembangunan dan perubahan pesat berlaku di Asajaya dalam tempoh Rancangan Malaysia Kesepuluh (RMK-10).

Beliau yang juga Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Asajaya berkata, walaupun secara fizikalnya sememangnya Asajaya telah membangun dengan pesat ketika ini.

Namun, katanya, masih banyak perancangan dan pembangunan terutamanya di kampung-kampung akan terus diberi perhatian untuk membangunkan rakyat di kawasan terbabit.

“Saya percaya dengan mandat besar yang diberikan oleh penduduk-penduduk dalam pilihan raya negeri lalu, maka saya dapat bekerja-sama dengan mereka untuk meneruskan kesinambungan pembangunan di sini.

“Justeru, saya mempunyai lima teras perancangan pembangunan untuk kawasan ini yang merangkumi pendidikan (modal insan), ekonomi, so-sial, infrastruktur asas dan kesihatan,” katanya.

Berucap pada majlis me-raikan kemenangan beliau di Kompleks Sukan Asajaya di sini Ahad lalu, Abdul Karim berkata, segala perancangan itu akan diterjemahkan secara berperingkat-peringkat demi kemajuan rakyat di sini.

Beliau yang menang dengan majoriti besar menewaskan calon Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Arip Ameran pada pilihan raya negeri lalu, percaya rakyat di sini akan berdiri teguh di belakang kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN).

Abdul Karim: I’m not moving away from Asajaya

March 21, 2011, Monday

KUCHING: Chief political secretary to the Chief Minister Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah has rubbished any suggestions that he would move away from Asajaya in the coming state election.

He said he was still comfortable at Asajaya and had no intention to stand in another seat unless instructed by Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) and Barisan Nasional (BN) top leadership.

“At the moment, I am still comfortable at Asajaya. If re-nominated in the state election, hopefully I will stay at ‘kawasan lama’ (referring to Asajaya),” he told reporters after the Sarawak Cup Paintball Tournament 2011 yesterday.

Rumours had it that Karim, also a PBB supreme council member, would be nominated to stand in either Demak Laut or Sadong Jaya where incumbents Datuk Dr Abang Rauf Abang Zen and Datuk Wan Wahab Wan Sanusi had publicly announced their decisions not to seek re-election.

Karim first stood in Asajaya in 2001. In the 2006 state election, he defeated Mosidi Sait of PKR by 5,063-vote majority.

It is speculated that PKR would field Arip Ameran, a syariah lawyer, to take on Karim this time.

On a related matter, Karim hoped Sarawakians would use their wise judgment during the election. “Dissolution of DUN (State Legislative Assembly) is tomorrow (Monday). Insya Allah, the election will be in April.”