Delegate highlights insecurity

Malaysians still have concerns about crime incidents, says Puchong’s Liew

AN MCA delegate has voiced public concerns about crime incidents.

Puchong delegate Liew Yew Fook from Selangor said Malaysians still had concerns about cases such as robbery and theft.

“I hope more CCTVs will be fixed at strategic locations. Weshould also get primary school children to know more about this by setting up crime prevention clubs in schools to increase awareness among the young ones,” he said.

Liew stressed that the Government’s transformation plans to improve security must be supported.

On another subject, the Penang government had been criticised for undermining the Federal Constitution to protect the state leaders’ political interests.

Tanjong delegate Teh Beng Yeam said the Penang government had attempted to introduce the anti-hopping enactment although it was aware that it was unconstitutional.

He said the move would create a constitutional crisis as it might set an example for other states to challenge the Federal Constitution.

This would put the foundation of the nation, which had been established 55 years ago, in jeopardy, he said during the debate at the MCA annual general meeting yesterday.

Teh also said Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, instead of mocking the Barisan Nasional government for not dissolving Parliament, should dissolve the state assembly if he was confident that Pakatan Rakyat would win.

Gopeng delegate Liew Yee Lin said she hoped the MCA could expedite the approval of the 1MCA MicroCredit Scheme for Youth applications.

She said there were incidents where entrepreneurial youths, who needed the money for business expansion or to be used as start-up capital for business venture, had to wait for months before knowing the status of their application.

Youths might get tired of waiting and lose patience at the end, she said, adding that they might not appreciate the loan by the time the money was disbursed.

Sepanggar delegate Lu Yen Tung from Sabah said government departments including local authorities must respond to the Prime Minister’s economic transformation programmes.

“The performance of local councils will directly affect the people’s daily life. We hope they will also change for the better,” he said.

Lumut delegate Ding Siew Chee urged the MCA to provide Bahasa Malaysia lessons to help Chinese youths improve their command of the language.