Know your candidates’ plans before choosing them, voters reminded
SIBU: Voters must ask the election candidates about plans for their respective parliamentary constituencies before deciding on who they would vote for.
The Barisan Nasional-Sarawak United People’s Party (BNSUPP) candidate for Sibu, Dato Andrew Wong Kee Yew believes that the candidate who does not have a plan, ‘does not have a beginning’.
“If they do not have any beginning, then you may have to reconsider whether you still want to vote for them because there is no way that they can help bring about development to your constituency should they get elected,” he spoke at a dinner gathering here on Thursday, hosted by United People’s Party (UPP) Pelawan branch, where International Trade and ECommerce Minister Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh who is also UPP president and UPP Pelawan chairperson Kapitan Datuk Janet Lau were the guests.
Adding on, Andrew said he had drawn up a concrete plan to develop this division under the Rancangan Sibu 1 (RS1) 20182022 – a masterplan aimed at addressing the issue of Sibu folk moving out to other towns or cities in Peninsular Malaysia.
He acknowledged about Sibu ‘being plagued with a host of problems, ranging from traffic congestion to lack of infrastructures’.
“Should I win the election, I pledge to solve all these problems within five years,” said Andrew, 42, who is among the 14 new faces to be fielded by BN Sarawak in this May 9 parliamentary election.
In recalling of his time as the Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) deputy chairman, Andrew said: “When I took over the post from Daniel Ngieng Kiong Ann, I received so many complaints regarding the poor road conditions in Sibu; within two-and-half years, I managed to upgrade more than 600 roads in Sibu.”
Andrew said such track record was itself, a testimony of his capability; however, he said he was not seeking any recognition for what he had done for the people here.
“As SMC deputy chairman, it was my duty to help solve the daily problems encountered by the Sibu folk. Likewise, it is the duty of an MP to bring about developments to their respective areas,” he stressed.
Wong said he also had plans to improve the three sectors here – tourism, agriculture and e-commerce – and make them attractive to the townsfolk.
Earlier, Lau called upon the voters here to give Andrew the chance to become their MP, describing the latter as ‘a hardworking person who always has the people at heart’.
“If he wins, he would surely bring more developments and benefits to the people of Sibu.”
Lau also called upon the Chinese voters, notably those from Pelawan – one of the state constituencies under Sibu – to ‘think carefully before deciding on who to vote’.
Pelawan alone has about 35,000 registered voters.