People's participation of rural and urban areas case study: Sibu, Sarawak / Metcsheil Eman and Sylvia Sani Stanley Kuda

Today, it is importance for us to know and alert with the political situation that happen in our country especially Sarawak. Therefore in this research we are focuses on the rural and urban areas in Sibu, Sarawak. Sibu is a popular sit for the Barisan Nasional, where they had lost most of their sits to the opposition party. Several speculations had been made due to this phenomenon that happens. Sarawak is still considered as a state that still leaves behind if we compare it to other state in Malaysia. Therefore the government should focus more on this state to ensure that all the state in Malaysia is well developed. There are lots of rural areas in Sarawak that need the main attention from the government. Basic facilities in the rural area such as electricity, school, road connection, clean water and so on need to be provided by the government to ensure that the people are satisfy and support the government. Election is one of the ways we can choose the qualified candidate as our representative. It is up to the people to choose whom they think can lead and bring development to their area of residency. Our Prime Minister, Datuk Sri Najib Tun Razak had come out with a popular statement “People first, Performance Now”. Thus, it is important for these who had been elected as the Representative of each area in Sarawak to work together with the people and achieve this statement.