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Suara N9 <amk_ns@yahoo.com>
Subject: DAP yakin tawan 8 DUN, 1 Parlimen
N.Sembilan
Date: Sat 05/05/07 07:08 AM
Launching of DAP Negeri Sembilans Building Fund
another milestone of the reemergence of a strong DAP
in Negeri Sembilan. (Speech at the DAP 40th
anniversary dinner organized by Pekan Lukut branch
by Loke Siew Fook)
(Lukut, Saturday): The victory of DAP Sarawak in
winning an unprecedented 6 state seats at last weeks
Sarawak state election has not only sent a strong
political message to the Barisan Nasional about the
dissatisfactions of the people towards the
government but it has boosted the morale and
motivation of all DAP leaders and members nationwide
to strive for greater heights in our political
journey.
The emergence of a strong opposition presence in the
new Sarawak State Legislative Assembly is the best
testimony of a poor mid-term report card of the Pak
Lahs administration. Although Pak Lah had promised
the skies to Malaysians in the campaign of the 2004
general election about the many reform-orientated
programs in particular the fight against corruption
and reforming public delivery system, nothing much
in concrete has materialized in the last 2 years.
The slow pace in Pak Lahs reform program or rather
the non-existence of it is perhaps the most
important contributing factor to the poor showing of
Barisan Nasional in the just concluded Sarawak state
election.
The coming years will be very challenging for all
Malaysians as all of us are facing an increasingly
higher cost of living and worst still, the many
recent decisions by the government in particular
raising the fuel price and the electricity tariff
are contributing to an estimated 4% in inflation.
The government said that all these decisions are
unavoidable as the world oil price is beyond the
control of the BN government.
Malaysians are not convinced at all with this
argument. Higher oil price has actually increased
the profits of Petronas which in turn means higher
revenue for the federal government. What is lacking
is the transparency of Petronas in which nobody
actually knows how Petronass monies are being used.
Even our former Prime Minister and adviser to
Petronas, Tun Dr. Mahathir has called on the
government to be more transparent on Petronas.
The problem in Malaysia is not that we are lack of
natural resources nor our economy is not growing.
The problem with Malaysia is that too much public
monies and resources are wasted due to government
leakages, corruptions in all levels of government
and misallocation of public funds on unproductive
projects and expenditure. The only way for
Malaysians to heal these many ills in our system of
governance is to have a strong opposition presence
in the Parliament and all state assemblies.
DAP Negeri Sembilan are working very hard to strive
for a bigger breakthrough in the next general
election in particular wresting at least one
parliamentary seat and six additional state seats.
This target is achievable and DAP NS is moving
towards this direction. The breakthrough in the 2004
general election in wresting back Lobak and Bahau
state seats was the most important milestone in
rebuilding DAP NS after a decade of political
doldrums. I wish to announce that the launching of
the DAP Negeri Sembilans building Fund tonight to
target to raise RM350,000.00 in the next 12 months
is another major milestone for the reemergence of a
strong DAPs presence in Negeri Sembilan. Im very
glad that we had a great start in this fundraising
campaign as we already raised RM25,000 tonight
RM10,000 by Seremban branch, RM10,000 by Sdr. Lee
Kong Hing and RM5,000 by Rantau Timur branch. I
appeal to all DAP supporters in the state to help us
to make this very important project a reality for a
stronger DAP in the state.
(27/05/2006)
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