Urban poverty is a serious problem in Malaysia. It is particularly prominent in inner city area like Sentul.
Marry is a single mother who had lived in Sentul for all her life. Her house was located behind the Pasar (market) and was in a appalling condition. She is currently living with a 16 year-old daughter who [...]
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I took the opportunity of Christmas to visit Churches around Batu:
I was accompanied by Steven, his brother Philip, and our division committee member Syed Harun. We started our tour at about 18:30. We first dropped off some boxes of daily necessities to Mrs Marry at Sentul Pasar. Then we joined a service by Tamil Church [...]
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I was invited to attend the mass circumcision on Sunday morning (14 Dec 2008). 40 children from residents of Intan Baiduri public housing participated the ceremony of circumcision.
Together with me was YB Subahan, the State Assemblyman of Templer Park. PPR Intan Baiduri is located at the border between my constituency Batu (Federal Territory) and Selangor [...]
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My blog had been down for the last few days as I have neglected some of the maintenance work during and after the general election. Now I have to go back to keep my blog going.
I hope to work out a routine to enable me to update my blog regularly. I still haven’t develop a [...]
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The New Straits Times is running a series of articles known as Know your MPs.
Today the paper publishes a short description of me and my vision. It is a sign of power swift, the NST is adopting some form of glasnost and providing some balanced view.
However I am surprised at the bitterness of my election [...]
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My life after the general election has been even more hectic. Even though I have not been officially sworn in, many people in my Batu constituency already expected my help to solve their problems.
Malaysian people have been too oppressed and for too long. They often do not know where to seek help to resolve their [...]
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The visit of Anwar Ibrahim to Batu will be the climax of our campaign.
A grand gathering will be held at Bandar Baru Sentul on Thursday (6 March) evening. Due to his tight schedule, he will arrive about 8:30pm and address the crowd. Please come early.
Venue: Padang Bola Fasa 8-Fasa 9, Bandar Baru Sentul
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We had a very intensive campaign for Saturday (1 March) and Sunday (2 March), as this was the only weekend of the election campaign period.
The Government pretend to be very generous by giving the parties 13 days for the election campaign. In fact, the duration is not long at long. The main problem is that [...]
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Lim Si Pin has been very quiet throughout the election campaign. So far all his canvassing activities have been accompanied either by the former MP Ng Lip Yong or his daddy Keng Yaik.
I expressively stated my disappointment to the press (see Sin Chew 1/3/2008). I doubt Sdr Lim realized the role of a legislator. If [...]
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We are now entering the third day of the election campaign.
Yesterday (27 Feb) I held a press conference to formally invite Lim Si Pin to have a debate. I hope he does not think that my call is a challenge. I think candidate should be fair for the voters. The voters have the right to [...]
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