Siq14 online

About Cabotage: or

1 Increasing transport costs and thereby the price of everything is 20 – 30% higher than in West Malaysia

2 Do not allow foreign ships to transport goods “Made in Malay-sia” between any ports in Malaysia

3 Foreign ships can go directly to any ports in Malaysia to deliver foreign goods

4 Foreign ships can take goods “Made in Malaysia” for export market from any ports in Malaysia

5 Foreign ships can only make one stop in Port Klang

6 Foreign ships cannot go directly to Sepangar Port

7 Foreign ships can carry “containerized transshipment” goods from Port Klang and/or Tanjung Pelepas Port to Sepangar Port and other ports in Kuching and Bintulu and from these ports back to Port Klang and/or Tanjung Pelepas Port

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Malaysia has the exclusive right to control the traffic of goods in any ports within its nation against any foreign interest

9 Lack of competition among domestic shipping lines leading to inefficiency in service delivery

CABOTAGE

CABOTAGE

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Reply from Sabahtoday,

We re-affirm that the sampling size of this survey is proper,

adequate and represent a cross section of the target groups

comprising wage earners and self-employed, who are

residing and working in Kota Kinabalu during the last

quarter of 2014. The empirical findings of this random

sampling survey were derived from responses given by the

participants using a structured questionnaire.

From the empirical data of the survey, it was found that if

a person has a monthly income of at least RM2,500, he can

afford to pay for the cost of food, shelter, fuel and other

expenses necessary to maintain a quality lifestyle in Kota

Kinabalu.

The survey is not on wages or salaries in Kota Kinabalu.

Your allegation of “a negative portrayal of Kota

Kinabalu employers as exploitative of their employees” is

misconceived and completely out of context.

On the subject of salaries and wages, you can refer to the

“Salaries and Wages Survey Report Malaysia 2013” from

the Department of Statistics, Malaysia. In the report, the

Mean plus Median monthly salaries and wages in Sabah,

ie RM1,445 and RM910 respectively is the lowest in the

whole of Malaysia. FSI’s concern of the “reputation” of

employers in Sabah should be directed at the Department

of Statistics, Malaysia.

For your information, SIQ has played an important role in

reporting the latest industrial and the business activities

in Sabah and provide a reliable source of information

from the government to promote economic growth in

Sabah. Surely, SIQ is a useful guide to members of FSI.

Today, SIQ is in wide circulation and also available

online in www.sabahtoday.my