Judge us after one term – Chua
Inanam assemblyman Kenny Chua said the Warisan-led state government is keen to emulate the Pakatan Harapan's (PH) good administration in Selangor and Penang.
“Give us time, let us govern the state for one term, then let the people judge our performance,” he said.
“It will take time but I see a lot of changes now and the result of the polls shows that the community in Sandakan supported PH,” he told a press conference on the Inanam district's annual Pesta Kaamatan celebration here yesterday.
Chua, who is also Assistant Minister of Finance, said it has not been easy for the new state government to make improvements in all areas of the state administration.
“When we took over in 2008, it was a difficult time to implement a lot of new policies and to improve the administration.
“Of course, there will always be hiccups when implementing new policies as we are only one year in power, but I have to remind all of PH's record in Selangor and Penang,” he said.
“It is all about good governance (and) thankfully today, especially in these two states, we have very good administration that we want to emulate and bring to Sabah.”
Chua said the late Datuk Stephen Wong's commitment and dedication to constituents in Sandakan is among the reasons why Pakatan Harapan was given the mandate again in the recent by-election.
Chua said the late Wong had served the community well.
“He is always on the ground trying to resolve the people's issues and Pakatan Harapan leaders are still doing this,” he said.
Chua was asked to comment on DAP's success in retaining the Sandakan parliamentary seat in the by-election which was held on May 11. Wong's youngest daughter, Vivian, was DAP's candidate and she won by a huge majority.
Chua said the Sandakan constituents have confidence in Vivian as she has been working with her late father all this while.
“We thank the Sandakan folk for giving Pakatan Harapan the mandate again. I think Sabahans, after 60 years they want to see a new government,” he said.