STAR Sabah's 1st Anniversary, Xmas & New Year open house and Campaign launching

KOTA KINABALU - STAR Sabah successfully celebrated its 1st Anniversary on 06 January 2013 at SM Kian Kok Hall, Jalan Tuaran, Kota Kinabalu, with its Christmas and New Year Open House.

The festivities were attended by more than 5,000 people from all walks of life including STAR Sabah's supporters from all over Sabah which was held after its 1st Anniversary where a 10kg cake with a Map of Sabah showing 5 Divisions, Marudu, Kinabatangan, Segama, Trus Mardi and Kinabalu which STAR will implement as part of its administration reforms in the new State government.

The anniversary do was attended by Datuk Seri Panglima Yong Teck Lee, President of SAPP and his entourage led by its Secretary General, Datuk Richard Yong, as well as a delegation from USNO led by Abdullah Sani and Datu Arifin Datu Salam, its Deputy President and Secretary General respectively,

STAR National was led by Dr. Dripin Anak Sakoi, its national President, Donny Ruing, the Secretary General and Mdm. Lina Soo, STAR National's Women Chief.

In his address to the audience, Dr. Jeffrey said that Sabahans should continue living in harmony and goodwill and maintain its multi-racial, multi-ethnic and multi-religious diversity and should stand united as Sabahans and cast aside their differences to seize the window of opportunity in the coming 13th General Elections to change the present State and Federal Governments, as it is the only practical choice out of 3 options opened to all Sabahans in the coming elections.

In the same event, the "SELAMATKAN SABAH TANAH AIRKU" Campaign, launched by Dr Jeffrey, calls on all Sabahans to wake up, stand united and to save Sabah from further loss and damage and to seek the correction of what is wrong and damage done to Sabah, seek the restoration of Sabah's lost rights, revenue, oil and gas ownership and autonomy and the renewal of Sabah to make it a progressive,  united and proud nation once again.

The Campaign will be implemented in the run-up to the 13th General Elections scheduled anytime soon and which will see 2013 as the Year for Correction, Restoration and Renewal amongst the calls for the changing of the present State and Federal governments.

The Campaign will be chaired by Datuk Jacob Chang Sadang, a Vice-President of STAR Sabah and STAR P.188 Silam Division Chief.   In his key-note address, Datuk Jacob advised that Sabah has been on the wrong end which has resulted in Sabah being the poorest State and its revenue and oil resources siphoned off and the situation cannot be allowed to continue for the sake of the future of Sabah and Sabahans and called on all Sabahans to work towards the downfall of the Umno/BN governments

The other two options of maintaining the status quo and allowing Umno/BN to further destroy Sabah is totally not acceptable and of seeking separation and independence and freedom was too drastic and would not be acceptable to many.