This Chinese New Year, I am pleased to inform you that the Selangor state government is hosting the state open house at DUN Subang Jaya. Details are stated in the banner above. MPSJ is organising the event. I hope to see residents of Subang Jaya there – all of you are invited!
I am finally home after spending more than 30 hours at airports in Raleigh, Chicago and Hong Kong. Before the takeoff at Chicago, we were told that there was a serious malfunction with the plane as an oil leak was detected. Apparently the last time a similar incident like this has ever happened was 25 years ago! I thank God they discovered this just before the takeoff otherwise I would not have made it home.
A resident in Subang Jaya has sent out a mass email to some in MCA and other residents criticising me for not putting up banners to wish the Chinese community here in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebration. He claims that because there were no banners from me, the interest of the Chinese community is not being met.
I wish to state it clearly here that all previous festive banners put up by my office were to invite residents and to provide details of our open house celebrations, such as date, time and venue (hence the need for banners).
Since the state open house will be held at Subang Jaya, there is no need for my office to organise a separate open house here. Hence, there was no need for me to produce banners as MPSJ will be producing them. Furthermore, I am reconsidering the need to organise open house for all festivals this year due to the economic situation. I would rather use the thousands of ringgit to assist those in need in Subang Jaya.
I have a lot of respect for tradition. I celebrate Chinese New Year too, but I simply cannot comprehend the logic of such an argument where banners would indicate that your assemblymen and MPs are protecting your rights and interests. I believe real work supersedes the superficiality of banners. I see UMNO banners wishing the Chinese community; does it immediately mean that UMNO is protecting your rights? Gimmicks such as this, putting up banners, giving out calendars and umbrellas, these do not and will not hide real issues – corruption, racial discrimination, and money politics which the proponents of such gimmicks are not bold enough to confront. I am not from MCA; as such I am not elected to only look out for the rights of the Chinese. I represent Malaysians of all races in Subang Jaya. The people in BN and MCA will not understand this. When will Malaysians truly reject the arguments of race and all the excesses of race-based politics?