Media Statement

by Voon Lee Shan

(Kuching, Saturday): Chan Seng Khai urged the people of Batu Lintang yesterday to vote him as if he is elected; there will be several machineries under him which will be able to serve the people well.

There are adverse fallacies and erroneous elements in his statement. Development is a human right. The right to development should not be denied even when the people do not vote BN candidates.

Firstly, It is totally misleading when Chan said that all his machineries under him will serve the people well. Some of the machineries he mentioned are his service centres in Batu Lintang, Dewan Bandaraya Kuching Utara, Majlis Bandaraya Kuching Selatan and Majlis Perbandaran Padawan.

It is not an arguable issue if he shuts down his service centres in Batu Lintang if he lost in the State Election as these are his party machineries and are not public funded. Of course, it is highly doubtful that he will do so as any political party will try to retain their resources in any areas they lost to continue to serve the constituent to wrest the seats back.

I am totally surprised that he included these three local councils as his machineries under him as he has mixed up between party machineries and government machineries.

Government machineries such as local councils (Dewan Bandaraya Kuching Utara, Majlis Bandaraya Kuching Selatan and Majlis Perbandaran Padawan) must and should continue to serve the people regardless of who they support in the coming State Election.

Government machineries are rakyat’s machineries and SUPP being part of the government is entrusted by the people to run the government and its machineries. During election, BN leaders are merely the caretaker of government agencies and machineries. The lying principle behind is that the agencies and machineries are rakyat’s properties and they should serve the rakyat regardless of who they vote in any election

Secondly, Chan Seng Khai has yet to reply me on the followings:

• Estimated cost for development project on Ong Kee Hui Road cost RM 2 million in 1991 but the cost has gone up to RM 20 million (an increase of 1000%), according SUPP organ “Lintang Express” dated 3^rd May 2006.
• Estimated cost for development project on Jalan Keretapi cost RM 1.7 million in 1991 but the cost has gone up to RM 26.7 million (an increase of 1570%) according SUPP organ “Lintang Express” dated 3^rd May 2006.
• Estimated cost for development project on Batu Lintang Road cost RM 1.0 million in 1991 but the cost has gone up to RM 5.5 million (an increase of 323%), according SUPP organ “Lintang Express” dated 3^rd May 2006.
• The promised schools and government clinics have gone down into the drain in SUPP organ “Lintang Express” dated 3^rd May 2006.

What legitimacy and moral authority does Chan Seng Khai enjoy to talk about development when he himself has failed miserably in providing development in his area, with some areas do not have electricity supplies, squatters are yet to be relocated while roads and drains are not resurfaced and cleared for years.

“ENOUGH IS ENOUGH”