Challenge Dato’ Hon Choon Kim to a Public Debate – “Does Negeri Sembilan need Opposition?”

He reasoned that Opposition elected representatives “could not deliver any concrete work but merely making noises in the Assembly” and he also said that the presence of Opposition in the State Assembly will only worsen certain situations.

The MCA is certainly under pressured by the extensive and aggressive campaigns of the DAP in Negeri Sembilan particularly after we launched our state election slogan and manifesto “Break BN Monopoly for A Better Negeri Sembilan” on last 12 October.

We are urging the people of Negeri Sembilan to vote a strong DAP in the coming general election to break the Barisan Nasional’s monopoly of both the Parliamentary and State seats in Negeri Sembilan.

I had today openly extend my challenge to Dato’ Hon Choon Kim who is also the Member of Parliament for Seremban to have a Public Debate on the theme “Does Negeri Sembilan Need Opposition?”.

3 December 2003

Y.B. Dato’ Hon Choon Kim,

Chairman,

MCA Negeri Sembilan

Dear Y.B. Dato’,

PUBLIC DEBATE – “DOES NEGERI SEMBILAN NEED OPPOSITION?”

I refer to your statement on 29 November 2003 as published in Sin Chew Jit Poh (Negeri Sembilan edition) wherein you mentioned that Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly “does not need any Opposition representatives”.

In my capacity as the State Secretary of DAP Negeri Sembilan, I hereby extend a challenge to you to have a Public Debate on the theme “Does Negeri Sembilan Need Opposition?”.

If you are willing to take up my challenge, I leave it entirely to you to decide the details of the debate, ie: date, time, venue, format and language at your convenience.

I hope the debate can materialize in order to give the voters of Negeri Sembilan an opportunity to listen to the views of both DAP and MCA on this important matter before the next general election.

Please reply within 7 days.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Loke Siew Fook

State Secretary

DAP Negeri Sembilan