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BELUM DISUNTING 30 NOVEMBER 2016 (Mesyuarat dimulakan pada jam 9:16 pagi) [Tuan Speaker mempengerusikan Mesyuarat] DOA PERATURAN MESYUARAT 7(4) Tuan Speaker: Ahli-Ahli Yang Berhormat, I have been informed by the Secretary of this Dewan that, despite my ruling yesterday morning, the Honourable Member for Pujut persists in wanting to bring up something important this morning. I give you a chance. Y.B. Dr Ting Tiong Choon: Thank you, Tuan Speaker. Tuan Speaker: Under what Standing Order? Y.B. Dr Ting Tiong Choon: Standing Order 7(4). Tuan Speaker: You are bringing this up under what Standing Order? Y.B. Dr Ting Tiong Choon: 7(4). Tuan Speaker: 7(4)? Yes, proceed. You can’t? Y.B. Dr Ting Tiong Choon: "If a member disputes the correctness of the records of any speech or seeks to make any material change in the record, the Speaker shall rule thereon and shall direct publication of the speech in accordance with his ruling which shall be communicated to the member concerned and shall be final." Tuan Speaker: Which part of the Hansard do you challenge or dispute its correctness? Y.B. Dr Ting Tiong Choon: The record in the Hansard on 24th November 2016 in relation to question 166 from Member for Batu Kitang, was incorrect, was inaccurate and therefore need to be corrected. Tuan Speaker: That is the communication Member for Batu Kitang and this Chair. In what way is your privilege adversely affected, aggrieved, jeopardised or deprived? Y.B. Dr Ting Tiong Choon: Tuan Speaker, the record in the Hansard should be recording what is happening in this Dewan. Tuan Speaker: Okay, I make my ruling. You can sit down. I make my ruling. Standing Order 7(2) "The Official report shall be published in such form as the Speaker may direct, and a copy thereof shall be sent to each member as soon as practicable after the conclusion of each meeting." Standing Order 7(4) "If a member disputes the correctness of the record of any speech or seeks to make any material change in the record, the Speaker shall rule thereon and shall direct publication of the speech in accordance with his ruling which shall be communicated to the member concerned and shall be final." Under this Standing Order, I hereby rule that this is the record, this is the publication to be published, there is no correction, there is no amendment. 1 BELUM DISUNTING 30 NOVEMBER 2016 Based on Erskine May, Twenty-fourth edition, page 130, “The Official Report is a full report, in the first person, of all speakers alike, a full report being defined as one ‘which, though not strictly verbatim, is substantially the verbatim report, with repetitions and redundancies omitted and with obvious mistakes corrected, but which on the other hand leaves out nothing that adds to the meaning of the speech or illustrates the argument." Therefore, as long as the omission does not substantially, fundamentally, materially change the content, that omission can be dispensed with. A question was not fundamentally, materially changed, the content is not fundamentally, substantially, materially changed, neither was the reply of the Assistant Minister. Nothing fundamentally, substantially, materially changed. Therefore, this is the version. RANG UNDANG-UNDANG KERAJAAN - BACAAN KALI YANG KEDUA RANG UNDANG-UNDANG PERBEKALAN (2017), 2016 DAN USUL UNTUK MERUJUK RESOLUSI ANGGARAN PEMBANGUNAN BAGI PERBELANJAAN 2017 [Penggulungan Oleh Para Menteri] Tuan Speaker: Dengan hormatnya saya menjemput Yang Berhormat Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, Timbalan Ketua Menteri, Menteri Pemodenan Pertanian Dan Ekonomi Luar Bandar, untuk menyampaikan ucapan penggulungan. Timbalan Ketua Menteri, Menteri Pemodenan Pertanian dan Ekonomi Luar Bandar (Y.B Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas): Terima kasih,Tuan Speaker. Tuan Speaker, let me join my colleagues, Cabinet colleagues, the Members of this esteemed august House, to congratulate the Right Honourable Chief Minister for presenting a development-biased and rural-focused budget for fiscal year 2017. This is reflected in the development expenditure for 2017 whereby 73 % of total budget for development and at the same time more than 50 % of the development budget will be directed at the rural areas. Indeed, the 2017 budget is testimony to the strong commitment of the State Government towards transformation of the State economy and intensification of rural development. Cabinet Committee on Socio-Economic Transformation Tuan Speaker, I would like to thank Yang Amat Berhormat Chief Minister for appointing me as the Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Socio-Economic Transformation. The Right Honourable Chief Minister has made it very clear of the State’s vision to achieve high income economy and developed State status by 2030. This requires us to accelerate our economic growth at 6.5 % per annum. With the current global economic uncertainty, the Chief Minister in his Budget Speech has announced several key initial interventions based on the recommendations by the respective Cabinet Committees. The recommendations by the Cabinet Committee on Socio-Economic Transformation take cognizance of our current development issues of the main sectors of our economy namely mining, manufacturing, agriculture and services. These sectors are the drivers of our economy. They need to be strengthened. Therefore, issues affecting the growth of these sectors are being addressed. In the manufacturing sector, there are still insufficient downstream activities in our resources and non-resources based industries. While in the agriculture sector, there are still gaps in the overall agriculture supply chain. Private investment in this sector is obviously 2 BELUM DISUNTING 30 NOVEMBER 2016 lacking. For tourism sector, branding, accessibility and facilities are still our concern despite having attractive tourism products. Tuan Speaker, in terms of entrepreneur development, our business community is still small and not able to tap the huge potential for entrepreneurship. In respect to urban development, our major urban centres lack economic vibrancy despite rapid urbanization process taking place in the State. For environmental development, issues pertaining to water catchment areas, waste disposal and forest resources need to be addressed and manage sustainably. Tuan Speaker, in our pursuit to achieve a high income status, the Government wants to ensure that our rakyat from all walks of life enjoy the benefits brought by our socio- economic transformation. Reducing the income gap between urban and rural population as well as the income disparity between the Middle 40 and Bottom 40 are among our main priorities. Based on the Household Income Survey in 2014, our rural household earns 44.2% less than the average urban household, whilst the Bottom 40 only earned 16.6% of the income as compared to 38.0% of the Middle 40. Tuan Speaker, taking into consideration all these issues and the need to achieve our targeted growth of 6.5% per annum, we need to transform all key economic sectors. Through the State Transformation Agenda, specific Government intervention initiatives as recommended by the Cabinet Committee will be undertaken by all the various relevant agencies. The Cabinet Committee on Socio-Economic Transformation, which comprises of the relevant State Ministers, Assistant Ministers and Head of Departments have discussed and deliberated thoroughly the issues faced by the State in all sectors of the economy. The Committee had come up with intervention, recommendation action plans including the policies, strategies, programmes and projects to speed-up our economic growth. This will ultimately increase the income and reduce income disparity of the rakyat. Tuan Speaker, The Right Honourable Chief Minister in his Budget Speech has outlined six (6) Key Result Areas for the State to achieve the desired socio-economic transformation. Now, let me explain briefly on the six (6) Key Result Areas for socio- economic transformation. Key Result Area 1: Increase Investment in the Industrial Sector The State Government is targeting to increase the investment in the industrial sector as industrialisation is the way forward to propel the growth and the development of the State’s economy to achieve a developed and high income status by 2030. Efforts will also be made to increase our participation in oil and gas industry. In doing so, the State is taking steps to ensure that we have sufficient supply of oil and gas. Continuous negotiation with PETRONAS is pertinent to ensure sufficient supply of oil and gas for the development of more industries in the State. With the technological advancement, we envisaged that the petrochemical industry is expected to create more high paying jobs for Sarawakians and generate greater spin off to our local SMEs. Besides participation in downstream activities, we will also pursue to participate meaningfully in the upstream activities of the oil and gas industry. Various options will be explored to enable the State to undertake such exercise together with PETRONAS or other established oil and gas companies. 3 BELUM DISUNTING 30 NOVEMBER 2016 The presence of trigger industries such as aluminium, ferroalloys and polycrystalline silicon in Samalaju Industrial Park have well-positioned the State to develop industrial clusters for these industries. To optimise the spin-off impacts of these industries, SME Clusters and supporting industries will be developed in Samalaju Industrial Park. Incentives will also be provided for these non-resource based industries to go further downstream. We are also formulating policies to