Now that my Service Centre is near complete, on early Sunday morning of May 11, I took it upon myself to fulfill my promise to the rakyat of Wangsa Maju. The joy of the exercise was to cover as much ground as possible to thank my voters, meet them and hear them out. I began with the territory at Teratai Mewah.
Overall, from my first-hand knowledge and the feedback I received wherever I went, the impression I got was that the people of Teratai Mewah and the constituency of Wangsa Maju had been grossly neglected.
The spontaneous out-pouring of complaints and grouses by the rakyat only highlighted the fact that the problems they faced in Wangsa Maju in general were not creations of a week ago nor a month ago. Their woes had been on-going sore-points of the rakyat for years and years past. To admit outrageous dereliction of duty by past representatives of the rakyat, at this juncture, would be an understatement.
I was told, in the past, many promises had been made by the authorities and these have not been delivered todate. For example, a 70 year-old grandmother told me that a zebra crossing was promised for many years but nothing happened. “How am I to cross the road? Do they want me to die?” she complained. However, I stated that I cannot categorically promise the voters something that I cannot deliver. Simply because we are not in government and we do not have the power and machinery to help us achieve them. However, I promised them that I will do my utmost best to serve and help them.
The voters were also aware that those people who had been attacking me in the press and asked me to get DBKL to paint their flats as “promised” were politically motivated. I also clarified that the rakyat who needed to solve their problems should come and see their MP and talk to him and not go to the press. The voters were receptive.
The ‘meet the people’ sessions were cordial and the voters understood my difficulties because I have to start from scratch. I also informed them that if there were a few persons having problems to please come to my Service Centre; and if they were many of them then I will go to meet them.
I also told them that outside of Wilayah Persekutuan every parliamentary constituency will have 3 State Assemblymen working together with the MP. Here we do not have that luxury. I stressed that we have to co-operate so that I can perform my work as a Parliamentarian and at the same time as a State Assemblyman. I also told them to visit my blog and post problems and to give me ideas.
All in all, the rakyat of Wangsa Maju were understanding and they vouched their support to help their MP in order to help themselves. For this, I am most thankful and it will encourage me to go the extra mile for the rakyat of Wangsa Maju.
– Terjemahan oleh Lee Wee Tak – Ucapan ribuan terima kasih dari Wee Choo Keong –
Sekarang pusat perkhidmatan saya hampir siap, pada awal hari Ahad 11 Mei, saya memenuhi janji saya kepada rakyat Wangsa Maju. Apa yang paling menggembirakan saya adalah meliputi sebanyak kawasan yang saya mampu untuk mengucap terimakasih kepada para pengundi, bersua dengan mereka dan mendengar suara mereka. Saya bermula dengan Teratai Mewah.
Pada kesuluruhannya, apa yang saya dapati daripada balasan nan diterima adalah rakyat Teratai Mewah dan kawsan Wangsa Maju telah lama diabaikan.
Rungutan spontan nan saya dengari hanya menggambarkan bahawa masalah di Wangsa Maju secara amnya bukanlah akibat sebab-sebab yang wujud seminggu atau sebulan dahulu tetapi masalah-masalah ini telah wujud bertahun-tahun lamanya. Tidak keterlaluan jika dinyatakan bekas wakil-wakil rakyat sini telah menggabaikan tugas mereka secara besar-besaran.
Saya diberitahu bahawa dulu, banyak janji-janji telah dibuat oleh pihak berkuasa dan semua tidak dicapai hingga hari ini. Contohnya, seorang nenek usia 70
