MK3IP – the implementation programme
It is very good to have a DKN or Dasar Koperasi Negara 2011-2020 and a Bicara Tokoh today with the boss of SKM.
I saw it fit to hand you a Memorandum in response to this challenge to raise the co-operative societies movement to great height and a very significant vehicle in the economic and business sector.
Now I had submitted a Memo and I would like to suggest the following active measures or action plan:-
1. Set up an action committee Jawatankuasa Koperasi Bertindak Sabah (JKBS)
This will lay out the implementation plan headed/co-ordinated by SKM with advisor from KPDNKK together with Angkasa and MKM and 12 other active koperasi in Sabah meeting as often as possible in 2011. This is at the state level.
1.1 Under this JKBS, the following sub-committee (small membership) would be organized:-
1.1.1 A business bureau together an incubator, think tank and a business library.
Identify business viability and high income industries complete with packages such as project papers, licensing and bank facilities.
1.1.2 A land and property bureau with data of land bank..
Identify and purchases of land and properties for immediate development projects by capable co-operatives.
1.1.3 A human resources bureau and centre working/co-ordinate with MKM and Pulakop.
To maximize local knowledge, talents and skills through training and retraining to boost the performance of co-ops with good prospects for dependable workers and employees .
1.1.4 A social, welfare and health bureau to enable the worth of human capital through enhancement of the status of the people as consumers.
The objective of the JKBS is to uplift the role of cooperative societies in Sabah while focus on the cooperation characters of the cooperative societies rather than seen to be working too little and too weak as individual coop in the business sector. The opportunities would be converted into business reality if we act fast enough. The Sabah Cooperative Movement should be given a fresh impetus to move forward nationally and globally.
The MK3 can be accessed at .
http://www.sabahforum.com/forum/sabah-malaysia-international-politics/topic25643.html
http://memo-skm.blogspot.com/2011/05/updated-version-mk3.html
Joshua Y. C. Kong, Chairman 2009 – 2011
Koperasi Pengguna Sabah Bhd.
In business, we have two options namely public listed companies under the companies acts 1965 and the cooperative society under the Cooperative Act. I do not want to compare these two options although the promoters of both set up have to move such operations forward..
Under the co-operative societies set up, the promoters have to use their own resources, effort and time to move them forward in business and projects, and that can only succeed if we have the full support of the ministry KPDNKK, SKM, members of the coops and the consumers at large.
We all want the coop movement to succeed well in business hence today’s dialogue – Bicara Tokoh.
For new coop, we have first to search for viable businesses and projects – a very tough effort – in this competitive business world.
For every business proposals, we need to find the required resources such as capital fund, land/premises and manpower to proceed. How we overcome such challenges would allow the coop to move on.
Capital fund and land/premises are inter-related. Time factor is very crucial. To expedite such viable proposals as identified, we believe SKM can help to buy up the land as suitable land is becoming scarcer. The land so acquired would be assigned to certain coops for the said proposed projects. All land is sure to appreciate in value and so SKM has the valuable asset. Very few coop can afford to get the cash to buy up the land and then go for loans of certain percentage of the value of the land. Most land owners would like to see the land transacted in cash and only some may go for joint venture. In business, time is money or opportunities lost. Even if we have the loans to buy up the land, we still need to have the initial outlay requirement to implement the project with the financial commitment to serve the loans from the first month when the fruit of any business can come about in a year or two. So how SKM approaches such reality would make the difference in make or break of any coops in any project.
So in this context, KPSB or Ko-Pengguna has identified some suitable, viable and profitable ventures apart from the core business which is quite crowded already. All these few proposed projects can be the key or main businesses for the Sabah Coop Movement as the business focus as low costs and high income ventures.. So we hope KPDNKK, SKM and KPSB can work something out quickly together so that the Sabah Coop Movement can bring about such development to make the SCM prosperous and significant in business.
Our common fulfillment can be justified as follows:-
1. Increase the market share in business in Sabah by significant trend.
2. Create business and development opportunities in idle land in Sabah for economic results.
3. Create jobs for increasing numbers of school leavers with downstream business opportunities of the spin offs from any such projects.
4. To acquire further knowledge and knowhow with the intensive participation/implementation in some specific industries already identified.
5. To create wealth for all in this competitive business world – local, nationwide and global challenge.
KPSB and Sabah Coop Movement deserve to be given a paradigm shift in this enhancement of business consideration promptly. Thank you.
We have been aware of all those political development in the nation while we go about our businesses.
We also know our challenges and shortcoming. I want your comment on this suggestion.
We have seen a case in Sarawak where a successful cooperative sector in jatropa trying to set up a political society to move on in the political sector but failed to register a society under the Society Act.
Now, we have seen how politicians have engaged the nation overwhelming in politics hence neglecting economy and business which actually deceive more effort in a globalised world.
So I would like to hear from Executive Chairman your opinion, if some cooperative leaders without registering any association under the society act offer themselves as candidates in general elections on the platform of the Coop Movement? Afterall, coops are also societies. Trade Unions and some NGO already have their representatives in General Elections to look after interests in certain sectors. This approach may give the coop movement some political muscles as most business projects also need political will. So what say you, Yang Berhagia Datuk?
Name: Mary S Y Kong , member of Koperasi Pengguna Sabah Bhd.
Yang Berbahagia Datuk, I would like to refer to an item in the Memorandum MK3 submitted to SKM on the case of the Chinese press. This case was already mentioned to the Sabah SKM Director on 20 April, 2011 for his attention.
It is already difficult to proceed with the cooperative movement and image is very important as far as membership and maintenance of the cooperative movement is concerned.
What was reported in the Chinese press was uncalled for possibly with a hidden agenda. It is ridiculous for the Chinese press to give a devastating general statement that the coop movement is cheating. That case should be pursued accordingly as the damage is irrecoverable. How that statement in that press report came about is unknown. That press report came out in conjunction with an event carried out by the SKM, Sabah on 30-31 March, 2011 and appeared on 1st April, 2011.
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