Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) Central Women Section Chairman and Political Secretary to the Premier of Sarawak, Kho Teck Wan, has called on DAP leaders to focus on their Federal duties before proposing for a state-owned hospital in Sarawak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In response to DAP assemblywoman Violet Yong\u2019s call to Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Dr. Sim Kui Hian to consider DAP Sarawak Chairman Chong Chieng Jen\u2019s proposal for a state-run hospital, Kho said healthcare funding and hospital development fall under the Federal Government\u2019s jurisdiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYB Chong is an elected Member of Parliament, and it is his duty, not only the Sarawak Government\u2019s to fight in Parliament for Sarawak\u2019s rights, including healthcare autonomy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kho pointed out that since DAP is part of the Federal ruling coalition, the party should not shift the responsibility to the Sarawak Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf YB Chong is serious about state-owned hospitals, he should first work to secure healthcare autonomy and Federal funding for Sarawak, instead of diverting his responsibility through public statements,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kho said Sarawakians expect leaders who genuinely stand up for the state rather than those who issue political remarks while holding Federal power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf DAP Sarawak cannot stand united with Sarawakians in fighting for autonomy, then they should reconsider their role in Sarawak politics,\u201d she said, stressing that Sarawak needs leaders who will defend its rights alongside the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She believed that for discussions about state-run hospitals to be meaningful, DAP must first fulfil its Federal duties and deliver on healthcare autonomy for Sarawak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) Central Women Section Chairman and Political Secretary to the Premier of Sarawak, Kho Teck Wan, has called on DAP leaders to focus on their Federal duties before proposing for a state-owned hospital in Sarawak. In response to DAP assemblywoman Violet Yong\u2019s call to Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Dr. Sim Kui Hian to consider DAP Sarawak Chairman Chong Chieng Jen\u2019s proposal for a state-run hospital, Kho said healthcare funding and hospital development fall under the Federal Government\u2019s jurisdiction. \u201cYB Chong is an elected Member of Parliament,Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33929"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33929"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33930,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33929\/revisions\/33930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}