I accompanied the MPSJ Health Team on their rounds of spot-checks and fogging at SS15 Subang Jaya last week, a day after I arrived from the US. I urge every resident to continuously inspect your homes, especially indoors for potential breeding grounds of aedes mosquitoes. Just spend 10 minutes a week and you can save… Read more »
My Views
Selangor Chinese New Year Open House
Last weekend I was with the Kawasan Rukun Tetangga of USJ 2 & 6 celebrating the Joy of Combined Festivals at the Summit USJ mall. The underprivileged, orphans and residents from drugs rehabilitation home were invited to be part of the Chinese New Year and Thaipusam festivals. A big thank you to the Kawasan Rukun… Read more »
A mockery of our democratic institution
To those who argue that the political crisis in Perak now is a taste of Pakatan’s own medicine (referring to the Sept 16 takeover plan), they have failed to see the key differences between the two. If you remember what happened when Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim claimed to have the numbers to form the new… Read more »
Selangor stands by Nizar
The Selangor Backbenchers Club (comprising all Selangor Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen) met this afternoon to discuss a few matters pertaining to Selangor and at the end of the meeting, we unanimously affirmed our support for Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin and fellow Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen in Perak. Nizar’s insistance on the dissolution of… Read more »
Chinese New Year Open House
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… Read more »
My official visit to the City of Wilmington
After the completion of my program, I travelled to the city of Wilmington in North Carolina. I have been invited to meet the Mayor of this city – Mr Bill Saffo [Note:Mayor is elected in Wilmington]. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the possibility of Subang Jaya entering into a Sister City relationship… Read more »
Completion of program
I arrived at Raleigh on Monday and the very same night, Steven and I were treated to a Chinese New Year feast by two new Malaysian friends we met – Ong Kian Ming and his wife, Ee Leng. Ong Kian Ming is in his final year of his PhD studies in political science at Duke… Read more »
Happy Chinese New Year from Orlando!
I spent the last 3 days in Orlando, Florida studying the transition of power at the local level. I had the opportunity to meet 2 mayors, one special assistant to the Congressman and the assistant of a City Manager. We were also treated to a post-inauguration celebration by the local Democrats supporters. I think the… Read more »
The Capitol Hill
This morning we were taken on an insider tour of the Capitol Building (equivalent to our Parliament building in Malaysia). Yesterday President Obama was sworn-in as the 44th President here. We were briefed on the role of Congress in the American System and also had the opportunity to learn from their research advisor on domestic… Read more »
Inauguration excitement
This morning I was awake by 3:30am Washington time. Clearly, I’m still affected by jet lag. Did a phone interview and by then I realised I was down with flu and was feeling feverish. Nevertheless I still wanted to give myself a chance to experience the excitement on the streets and have a taste of… Read more »