I went to Melaka last night to pay my last respect to the late mother of Sdr Kerk Kim Hock, ex-Secretary General of the DAP and former MP for Kota Melaka, who passed away 2 days ago.
I only realized that the DAP Melaka had organized a forum on the subject of '1Malaysia' at its Dewan Rakyat DAP Melaka, the DAP Melaka Headquarters, on the same night when I arrived at Melaka. Sdr Goh Leong San, the Chairman of DAP Melaka and State Assemblyman for Kesidang, certainly did not want to miss the opportunity to get me onto the stage.
After visiting Kerk, I went back to the headquarters and joined the panel speakers, namelyJeff Ooi, MP for Jelutong, Tan Ah Chye, Chief Executive Secretary of Kuala Lumpur & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall and Lim Hong Siong, a writer.
I had attended at least 3 or 4 forum in Melaka after the 2008 general election to talk on various current issues. From my years of experience speaking at forums in Melaka, I observed and felt that the 2008 general election heat is still very much in the air even after 14 months as if a by-election was around the corner in Melaka. Of course, there are two impending ones in Penanti, Penang and Manek Urai, Kelantan, respectively.
All forums that I had attended in Melaka had been able to attract around 350 people. That is impressive considering that the location of Dewan Rakyat DAP Melaka is slightly away from the Melaka downtown.
More interestingly, the crowd in Melaka is very much responsive nowadays. They are no longer the quiet crowd that make the speakers worry about whether their messages have driven home. More and more people in middle age would even come forward to photograph with the speakers they like.
Whenever we talk about change in the country, we see their eyes twinkling with hopes. If we can keep the momentum, the future is bright, in Melaka.
I only realized that the DAP Melaka had organized a forum on the subject of '1Malaysia' at its Dewan Rakyat DAP Melaka, the DAP Melaka Headquarters, on the same night when I arrived at Melaka. Sdr Goh Leong San, the Chairman of DAP Melaka and State Assemblyman for Kesidang, certainly did not want to miss the opportunity to get me onto the stage.
After visiting Kerk, I went back to the headquarters and joined the panel speakers, namelyJeff Ooi, MP for Jelutong, Tan Ah Chye, Chief Executive Secretary of Kuala Lumpur & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall and Lim Hong Siong, a writer.
I had attended at least 3 or 4 forum in Melaka after the 2008 general election to talk on various current issues. From my years of experience speaking at forums in Melaka, I observed and felt that the 2008 general election heat is still very much in the air even after 14 months as if a by-election was around the corner in Melaka. Of course, there are two impending ones in Penanti, Penang and Manek Urai, Kelantan, respectively.
All forums that I had attended in Melaka had been able to attract around 350 people. That is impressive considering that the location of Dewan Rakyat DAP Melaka is slightly away from the Melaka downtown.
More interestingly, the crowd in Melaka is very much responsive nowadays. They are no longer the quiet crowd that make the speakers worry about whether their messages have driven home. More and more people in middle age would even come forward to photograph with the speakers they like.
Whenever we talk about change in the country, we see their eyes twinkling with hopes. If we can keep the momentum, the future is bright, in Melaka.
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ASALAMUALAIKUM,(MAY PEACE BE UPON YOU)
WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE MALAYS THE DAP WOULD STILL NOW BE IN THE OPPOSITION.
SERIOUSLY WOULD THE DAP WIN 10 STATE ASSEMBLY IN NEGERI SEMBILAN and 5 IN MELAKA AND SELANGOR WITHOUT THE MALAY VOTES.
THE DAP SHOULD GO ALL OUT TO THANK THE MALAYS IF NOT COME GE 13 THE DAP WOULD BE BACK TO WHAT THEY DO BEST
THAT IS BEING THE OPPOSITION SUPPORTING THE PIG FARMERS IN POLLUTING THE RIVER AND THE COUNTRY.
AMEEN.
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