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> BN Serves Up A Joke In PJ Utarahttp://www.darnmalaysia.com/2008/03/04/bn-serves-up-a-joke-in-pj-utara/
> March 4, 2008
>
> What do the Petaling Jaya Utara and Petaling Jaya Selatan BN candidates have in
> common?
> Yes, they are both from MCA, and yes they are both incumbents ready to defend
> their seats against the opposition.
> Perhaps, what is most common to both Parliamentarians is that both of them have
> to toe the party line, therefore they have to answer questions relating to
> national issues that might not represent their personal views.
>
> I don't doubt the intelligence of either the PJU or PJS candidate. In fact, they
> must be pretty smart to get where they are now in the first place. However, if
> you were a voter in either constituency, do you want your Parliament candidate
> to just accept all the crap that the ruling party feeds them, or do you want
> them to be more independent-minded, and have the rakyat's interests in mind?
>
> Last week, PJS candidate, Donald Lim served up a stinker at the St Francis
> Xavier's Church. This week, it is PJU candidate, Chew Mei Fun who crashes and
> bombs in a Q&A session with Malaysiakini. DAP's Tony Pua also participated in
> the same Q&A.
> Here are some excerpts from the interview, and it is obvious which candidate is
> more articulate and deserve to be your Member of Parliament (not Moron of
> Parliament):
>
> Video also available here, for greater effect: Question time: PJ Utara's Tony
> Pua vs Chew Mei Fun
>
> Will you support the implementation of local council elections?
>
> Chew: There (are) many ways to make sure that local councils perform and from
> what I know the government is looking into the method of appointment of
> councillors.
>
> Pua: Absolutely. That is one of our platform in this campaign. The reason why
> MPs and state assemblymen in Malaysia are forced to do some of the work of local
> councils is simply because local councillors are not effective. They are not
> effective because they are not accountable to the public and (as such) they do
> things according to their own personal vested interest. So local council
> elections can be introduced so they will be accountable to the people and if
> they are not, they can be booted out in the next elections.
>
> Will you support that Petronas' accounts be made public?
>
> Chew: I thought they already have their annual report. I thought the annual
> report is actually the accounts for (listed) companies to disclose to everybody.
>
> Pua: Absolutely. I think it is important because Petronas controls a huge amount
> of wealth of the nation. Oil resource of the country belongs to the people and
> Petronas being the agent that manages the oil wealth of the country must be
> transparent for the people in order to show that the money has been invested and
> reinvested and distributed fairly.
>
> Will you support universities to be autonomous or agree to the abolishing of the
> University and University Colleges Act (UUCA) 1971?
>
> Chew: I think university students to concentrate in (their) studies is something
> (that) they should focus on. But if there (are) weaknesses in the Act, then
> (there is) no harm to review and do some adjustment or some amendment.
>
> Pua: I subscribe to the policy that the UUCA must be abolished. It does not make
> sense for the university to restrict the thoughts and inquiry of the students.
> Students must not be taught to think only in a certain way or prevented from
> being politically active for being politically active actually increases their
> awareness and critical thinking as well as their analytical skills to enable
> them to be more adaptable to the global environment when they graduate.
>
> Will you support the idea of an Islamic state being established in Malaysia?
>
> Chew: Under the constitution, everybody has freedom of religion. Islam is just
> the official religion, that's all. But Pak Lah (Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad
> Badawi) has already said that we are not an Islamic state and we go according to
> the constitution. The most important thing is according to the constitution. I
> think we are a secular state if you ask me.
>
> Pua: Absolutely not. We believe that a multiracial and multicultural country
> such as Malaysia has to provide protection to all religions such as the freedom
> of worship. We believe that the best form of government to protect all religions
> including the official religion is actually a secular state.
>
> Will you support the idea of abolishing the New Economic Policy (NEP)?
>
> Chew: I thought the NEP has already ended. The most important thing is that we
> must make sure that [...] you can actually help one particular race but not at the
> expense of the other race. Everybody must be given a chance to have their own
> business and work together to create a win-win situation.
>
> Pua: Absolutely. We believe that the NEP as it stands today favours the rich,
> wealthy and influential particularly from the bumiputra community. It does not
> benefit the bulk majority of the bumiputras as well as the non-bumiputras in
> this country. So inequality in the country has been increasing rapidly and only
> with opposition and it's replacement with a policy that focuses on merit and
> needs, will the equality be reduced.
>
> Chew Mei Fun thinks that Petronas releases the same figures required of listed
> companies? Chew Mei Fun thinks that a 20+ year old man/woman who is still
> studying should only focus on their studies and nothing else? Chew Mei Fun
> thinks that local council elections are unnecessary because she is already doing
> their job for them, instead of discharging her efforts as an MP? Chew Mei Fun
> forgets that Najib said that Malaysia was already an Islamic state, and was
> never secular? Chew Mei Fun thinks the NEP has already been abolished!????
>
> I'm shocked! If I had to equate Chew Mei Fun to an animal, I would say she
> sounded just like a parrot, and her master was BN, not the rakyat!
>
> So I would ask PJU voters: Do you want an MP who handles your drainage and
> issues that should be solved by the local council, but does not have an
> independent mind on national issues (vote Chew Mei Fun!)? Or an MP that knows
> what he is talking about and has the best interests of the rakyat at heart (vote
> Tony Pua)?
>
> If I were a PJU voter, I would vote Tony Pua to Parliament on March 8th!
>
> Oh, before I forget, Chew Mei Fun says the darndest things! (Second time she has
> appeared after the May 13th boo-boo)
>
> (Edit 3.30pm 4th March 2008: Some interesting discourse on Chew Mei Fun can be
> found here).
>
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> 3 Responses to "BN Serves Up A Joke In PJ Utara"
> Add your comment
>
> kawan said:
> Eh, I thought TP is the joke. The paper must be frying the wrong thing about his
> lack of economic sense.
>
> March 4, 2008 at 3:02 pm
>
> Kenny Law said:
> Kawan,
> Paper of cuz simply fry la. Where got paper in this country talk good about
> Opposition wan. During election season, need to be extra vigilant about what is
> printed in the news (and of course what you read in blogs, that's why I provided
> the video link).
>
> Actually, a lot of Tony Pua's ideas are quite good, and even doable. It's just
> that you give the same ideas to BN, they can't do because they rather spend the
> money on giving their cronies commission on contracts, and bail out failed
> projects. All this things run into the billions!
>
> March 4, 2008 at 3:10 pm
>
> Death Note said:
> On that particular question about universities and politics... there were so many
> parentheses to correct her grammar and fill in missing words.
> No wonder she is emphasizing on the need to concentrate on education!
> She should quit politics now and go back to school to learn to at least string a
> proper sentence!
>
> March 4, 2008 at 4:47 pm
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