水管破裂三年了沒人理 27地方議員不如一位房保德

地方議員要民選! Local councillors need to be elected by the people!

The DAP Miri Branch chairman Fong Pau Teck urged the 27 councillors to work attentively. There was another hole, two years already. How come 27 councillors, nobody has seen it? This morning, he received a call from the previous complainer told him that the hole of the first drainage had already fixed a cover. However, after Fong went to inspect another hole just several streets away, discovered that the other hole is still there. The local residents said that the hole has been there since 2005. In between, the city council had come once to fix the cover, but it disappeared again after a while, Fong appealed the city council to work attentively, not to work only when there is a complaint, and ignore everything when no complaint is voiced.

Fong has pointed out some people’s livelihood problem in the newspaper, urged the authority to pay more attention so as to make further improvement. He pointed out that some people’s livelihood problems were not cared by the local councillors. This is due to the present city councillors are not elected by the people through the election, but this has caused some city councillors responded enormously, they vigorously condemned and denounced Fong in the newspapers.

It has been well known that majority of the Miri city councillors are the members of SUPP. The second Party Objective of SUPP expounded “strive for and maintain a government based on a democratic system.” DAP proposed that the local council must be elected by the public is to conform the suggestion raised in Supp’s party objection. However, it not only cannot get support from the members of SUPP who are also the city councillors， instead rallied together to condemn punitive expedition, makes one feel wonders whether the members of SUPP disregarded its party objective? or SUPP had already given up this objective?

Basically, the people’s livelihood problems are the general public interests, there is no reason that not to public that in the newspaper. Fong Pau Teck clams that he is neither the member of Supp nor working for the city council, he has his own right to choose any ways to propose, he does not need to cater to the request of the city council. Moreover, at present, he voiced out the deficiency of the city council, he neither got any words of praising and gratitude, instead, received a sternly condemned by some of the city councillors. Therefore, Fong thinks, if only propose by making a call calmly, the effect in return is extremely limited. To due with all those populace’s complaint, he cannot shirk the responsibility by giving an excuse of receiving no allowance from the city council, and he thinks he must render the people a good confess. Fong pointed out that regarding he made a direct complain to the city council. The City council will not necessarily take action, but if the complaint made through the newspaper then only we can see an immediately effect.

If the city council still does not want to look into the problems, at least Fong gives a turn out to the public. He only goes to his completely responsibility, Fong said, “Miri City Council needs a deep review themselves that why didn’t the people complain directly to the city council when they meet problems? but to complain directly to me? Therefore, need not to accuse me constantly to be unceasing complained the people’s livelihood problem or the deficiency of the city council through the newspaper.”

Lastly, Fong pointed out that, the official investigation made by the Royal investigation committee (皇家調查委員會) demonstrated that, the local government is the most corruption department among others. This impression had already stamped deeply in the people’s mind, in order to clear this bad impression thoroughly, Miri city council should publish the income and expenditure account of the city council constructively, as well as all critical areas, for the general public to inspect. He personally did not ever point out any person in Miri city council who involve in corruption, if one now fits him/herself voluntarily into that situation, which is thoroughly unimaginable and not Mr Fong fault. Mr Fong also advised politely to that several city councillors that the clean face should not be afraid of dirty look for others！

民主行動黨美里支部主席房保德今日發表一文告促請27議員做事應該要多用心，還有另一個洞兩年了，怎麼27人沒人可以看到？今早他接到之前投訴者的來電說，第一個水溝洞己經按上蓋了。但房保德去那檢查完之後，又去相隔只有幾條街之遙的另一個洞檢查時，却發現那依然還是一個洞，當地居民說那洞2005年就有了，當中市政局曾經來按裝過一次的蓋子，但沒多久那蓋又消失了，房保德呼籲市政局要用心做事，不是有投訴就去做，沒投訴就看不見了。

在文告中指出，他日前在報章提出一些民生問題，籲請有關當局關注並加以改善。文告中指出一些民生問題不被地方議員關心，仍是因為目前這些地方議員不是民選而造成。但此舉引起一些地方議員極大的反應，在報章上大力譴責聲討。

眾所週知，美里市政局大部份議員是由人聯黨黨員所擔任。在人聯黨的宗旨第二條闡明「爭取和維持基於議會民主制建立起來的政府」。行動黨提出的地方議會必須要民選，乃符合人聯黨宗旨的建議，不但不能引起擔任市議員的人聯黨員的支持，反而群起譴責討伐，令人感到納悶到底是人聯黨員無視黨的宗旨？還是人聯黨已經放棄了這個宗旨？

基本上，這些民生問題屬於公眾利益，沒理由不能在報章公開提出。文告中說房保德並非人聯黨員也非為市政局工作，有權力選擇以任何的方式提出，他無須按照市政局的要求來迎合。況且，從目前他提出市政局所做不足之處，不但得不到市政局感激贊揚之詞，反而得到一些市議員的嚴詞譴責。就因此房保德認為，如果只是靜靜致電提出，能取得的效果非常有限。這些民眾投訴的問題，他不能以沒有得到市政局一毛錢的津貼為由因而推卸責任，並且他必須給予人民一個交代。房保德指出對於他直接投訴給市政局，市政局也不一定會給予重視，但在報章上提出可以看到立即的效果，如若市政局還是不去重視，也算對市民有個交代，他本人只是去盡該盡的責任。房保德說：“美里市政局應該要好好去探討，為何美里人民有問題不直接向市政局投訴？轉而向本人提出投訴呢？所以無須一味的指責本人不斷的在報章上提出民生問題或市政府局不足之處。”

最後房保德更指出，皇家調查委員會所調查的結果顯示，地方政府是涉及貪污最多的部門，此印象已經深置人民腦海中。要厘清這個印象，美里市政局應該積極主動公開市政局的財務收入和支出，以及一些能讓人存疑的地方，以供所有民眾來檢查。他本人從來沒有指明美里市政局任何人涉及貪污，如今有人對號入座，實乃始料未及，實非他本人之失也。不過房保德也奉勸那幾位市議員，清者自清之，庸人徒自擾！

地方議員要民選 Local councillors need to be elected by the people

針對地方議員要民選

房保德再舉一例

Local councillors should be elected by the people

PT Fong raised another illustration

Currently, Miri has 27 local councillors, if the 27 councillors really cared about the people’s aspiration, a trifling drainage cover won’t turn me to take photos! Fong said that to the views of the 6 councillors who aimed at him directly.

Today, he gave another illustration that it is worst if the local councillors are not elected by the people. Since the construction of Permyjaya had been completed, street lights are still not fixed to certain area up to the present time. Whenever election time is near and YB comes to shake hand, the local inhabitant had already reflected the problem several times, but after election nothing to be done.

Fong wants to interrogate the 6 city councillors, 許聿全、涂慶福、邱全平、江山河、楊家生和李素霞 several questions. To see whether the 6 city councillors are able to answer these questions precisely?

1. How long had the construction in Permyjaya been completed?

2. The houses there had already been completely built for long, which of the 27 city councillors know that street lights have not been fixed there?

3. Do any one of you know the exact location which the street lights have not been fixed?

4. How long time will it still need to take to fix the street lights?

Fong called upon all the Miri residents to keep eyes open on these problems together.

“美里目前有27位議員，如果這27議員真的有去關心民瘼的話，區區一個水溝蓋就輪不到我房保德去拍照囉！”房保德針對6市議員炮轟的言論如此說。

今天他又提出了一個例證，地方議員不民選真的是不行。自從Permyjaya的屋子建好之後，有一處到現在為止一直都沒路燈。每當大選將近時YB來握手，附近居民已經向當地的YB反映好幾次了，可是都沒下文。

房保德現要質問那6位市議員，許聿全、涂慶福、邱全平、江山河、楊家生和李素霞幾個問題。看看這幾位市議員誰能夠回答這些問題？

1. Permyjaya的屋子建好多久了？

2. 那兒屋子建好了這麼久，沒路燈你們這27位市議員有誰知道嗎？

3. 那沒路燈的地點在哪裡知道嗎？

4. 做那路燈還須要需花多久的時間？

房保德呼籲全美里的市民張大眼睛一起來關注這些問題。

地方議員不民選之後遺症 又一例證 Another illustration, a sequela found where the local councillors are not elected by the people.

地方議員不民選之後遺症 又一例證
Another illustration, a sequela found where the local councillors are not elected by the people.

According to the local residents, Permyjaya, lane 4－7, the drainage cover had been stolen one year ago. Since there are 27 councillors in the city council, each area are adopted by difference city councillors. A drainage cover had lost for a year, why not even one of the councillors came out to help them to voice out?

In accordance with the bombarded made by the Miri City councillors, “city councillors are not entitled to receive any salary, they can only obtain a subsidy of RM50 for each meeting, not more than 7 times a month for the maximum total of RM350. In addition, city councillor has to care about his /her own work, family, association and political party, may say doing several things at the same time are lack of techniques”.

Fong said, because of these, you have your own work, family, association and political party, you are lack of techniques and turned out to be helpless in serving the people. Therefore, we as general public deemed that local councilors should be elected by the people, we then only can choose a capable and zealous councilors to serve the people well.

Fong pointed out that not only in Miri but also other place, a lot of the city councillors take the government project, use the post of him/herself as a councillor to obtain individual related benefit, this is a fact which is well-known by the public. Whereas some city councillors are the big employer/boss, or take the post of the high executive level who entitles for high salary in certain organisation, should they care about the only RM350? Many city councillors just want to hang a title "councillor " for themselves only, How many local councillors really want to serve and contribute him/herself to work as a councillor? Presently, city councillors are used as the tool in which the ruler party used a reward for those who angkat kaki for the party. This has totally lost the value to be as a local councillor.

Local council should belong to all of the people, but not for certain political parties, Today’s city council is just like Supp’s or BN city council, only the members of Supp, BN are allowed to become the councillors. Fong interrogates the city council about the assessment fees from non Supp’s and BN supporter, won’t you accept their payment? Taxes are collected from all the people, then, why can’t the city councillors be elected by the people too? Let all the capable people, regardless of any political parties can be elected as the councillor to supervise the operation of the local parliament, and to eradicate all the corrupt practices?

根據當地居民說，在迫邁再也4-7巷的巷口的水溝蓋，已經被偷有一年時間了。既然市政局有27位議員，每個地區都有市議員領養，那為何一個水溝蓋丟了一年了，為何沒有一位議員出來幫助他們講話？

針對美里市議員集體砲轟的文告指，“市議員沒有薪水可領，僅能獲得開會津貼每次50令吉，每月不超過七次350令吉。此外，市議員也有本身的工作、家庭、社團和政黨要關心，可說分身乏術”。

房保德說：“就是因為如此，你們有本身的工作、家庭、社團和政黨，已經讓你們分身乏術無能為力為民服務了。所以我們才認為地方議員需要民選，才能選出能幹、不會分身乏術，有時間和熱忱為民服務的議員來。”

房保德則指出在全砂有許多市議員拿工程，利用市議員職務之便得到個人的相關利益，己經是一個眾所周知的事實了。有些市議員本身則為大老板，或在某些機構出任高職領高薪，這些市議員怎麼會把區區350令吉放在眼裡？也有很多市議員只是要掛個“市議員”的名堂而已，有多少個地方議員真真的是為了要為地方服務而當議員的？現在的市議員都被用來作為酬庸的工具，己經失去了地方議員的意義了！

地方議會應是屬於全民的議會，而不是某個政黨或某些政黨的。今天的市政局就好像是人聯黨國陣的市政局一樣，只有人聯黨國陣的人才可以當議員。房保德質問市政局非人聯黨國陣人民的門牌稅，你就不收了嗎？收稅就懂得向全民來收，那為何市議員就不可以由全民來選，讓所有有能力的人，不分黨派的都可以來當議員？來監督地方議會的運作，以杜絕貪污濫權？

美里旅遊城成了水鄉澤國？

美里旅遊城成了水鄉澤國？
Miri - The travelling city has become a flooded land

Rain has turned Miri into water land in many places; some areas were still drenched even though the weather turned sunny.

The picture showed that the ponding places found at the junction in front of certain shops in Dudan(杜當) area. Many areas in Dudan(杜當) still occurred the similar situation.

DAP Miri branch chairman, Fong Pau Teck called upon the authorities concerned, the contractors as well as the management in city council, to pay more attention on this.

Mr Fong also pointed out that the main reason to cause that situation is because of the local councillors was not elected by the people, the city councillors only know how to take projects and did not how to pay attentive attention to the populace′s problems, from here, we may foresee the important of Public Election of our local council.

美里多個地點逢雨變成災，有的等到大晴天積水還沒消退。

照片中仍杜當某店屋前的入口的路面積水的情形。在杜當還有多個地區也有同樣的情形，美里支部主席房保德呼籲相關的單位，不管是承包單位還是主管單要請多留意。

房先生也指出這就是地方議會沒有民選，地方議員只會拿工程，跟本就不關心民眾的切身問題。由此可以看出地方議會民選的重要性。

民主行動黨美里支部老黨員給張官發的一封公開信

民主行動黨美里支部老黨員給張官發的一封公開信

回應於張官發譏行動黨自大之文告:

The senior members of DAP Miri gave an open letter to Mr Chong (張官發)

Responded to Mr Chong (張官發) ridiculed DAP’s arrogant press statement:

The senior members of DAP Miri would like to thank the advise given from Mr Chong (張官發) ex-comrade, Mr Chong (張官發) pointed out in his press statement, DAP competed for the Miri Parliament seat lost steadily during last 25 years. In 2004, DAP Miri even because of the candidate’s problem “offer” the seat out. Even if in 1999 the parliament election sent out the super-heavyweight candidate Doctor Yii (易修祺) still turned over disappointedly. Mr Chong ( 張官發) pointed out, 1990 and 1999, the 2 sessions of election were recognised to be the most advantageous election for the frontier party, and also simultaneously appeared the most competent candidate, DAP was still unable to break through 30% of obtainable votes, therefore, this party should propose an even competent candidate….

The senior members of DAP Miri has some doubts, did not know whether ex-comrade Mr Chong has turned old or memories declined? or has he suffered from Dementia? Anyway, all our present senior comrades still want to remind Mr Chong, the ex-old comrade, remembered that you had been a DAP’s candidate representing the state election in 1987, you obtained 3 figures “high number of vote” 254 votes, you really let the people feel extremely admired! Because you marched forward courageously, you not only became DAP Miri’s branch chairman in 90′s, you became the Sarawak state DAP′s vice-chairman from 1992 to 1994, you were prestige enough by that years! DAP Miri in those 10 to 20 over years lost steadily under your “wise” leadership. Obviously, you are really “good” in leading! With your “good” leadership within those so many years, after you led us to “Holland”, you turned to a “Frog Prince” and jumped onto the ship of PKR, hope you won’t lead this ship to “Holland” again. Within these years, your performance in DAP Miri, your images that Miri people stamped in their mind are “still very clear”, moreover, you should “read” your own heart “well”.

In 1999 parliament election, super-heavyweight candidate Doctor Yii (易修祺) turned over disappointedly, really had to give “credit” to you as a “super duper heavyweight election campaign in charge” for the election campaign in Miri constituency, remembered at that time Doctor Yii shared with some of our comrades that he had thrown a house away, but we saw you at that time with “completely full” in both pockets, the fullness pockets almost made you hard to move your steps forward, hahaha! Do you still remember those amusing thing years ago? Who was the person who hanged in on the stool and didn’t want to shit? What was your performance and what had you done during those ten over years when you were leading DAP in Miri? Miri people had witnessed everything.

DAP was unable to break through 30% of the obtainable votes at the golden age, because there was a “devil” in DAP Miri, how could we break through the evil curse? We can see and prove by taking a look at last year state election, our present chairman Fong Pau Teck obtained 5123 votes in one constituency, but to add the votes together from the two candidates of the two constituencies from your party, still cannot compare with the individual result obtained from our present chairman PT Fong. We wonder whether the evil curse had been brought by the king devil to your party, or that might due to the two candidates are originally “skinny bones”, to add the weights of the two persons, the component still cannot compare with our present chairman Fong.

Mr Chong, our ex-comrade, we as human beings supposed to act honestly, you mentioned that DAP Miri “offered out” the parliamentary seat in 2004, but you did not say that finally who had “sold out” this parliamentary seat , and let Mr Chan(陳華貴) won uncontested.

Ex-comrade Mr Chong, we being the human being who drink the water must know where the water come from. Please be honest and not to speak boast. We should be loyal and devoted good services to the people, moreover, be a responsible man, not to shirk the responsibilities. Fortunately, DAP Miri had not been destroyed almost by you; this is because of the fully sustainable support from all of our senior comrades here! Finally we hope that you become a good person after you had jumped to the ship of PKR, otherwise, PKR had a friend like you, PKR will not need other enemies any more!

From: DAP Miri senior members

民主行動黨美里支部老黨員們要感謝張官發老前同志的指教，張官發在其文告中指出，行動黨競逐美里國會議席25年以來屢戰屢敗，2004年甚至因為候選人難產而將議席 “出讓”。即使1999年國會大選派出超重量級候選人易修祺醫生仍然鎩羽而歸。張官發更指出，在1990及1999兩屆被公認為最有利於在野黨的大選，且同時出現最具份量候選人的時機，行動黨尚且無法突破30%得票率魔咒，因此該黨應該提出更具份量的候選人…

同為行動黨美里支部的一群老黨員感到疑惑，不知張老前同志是年老了記憶衰退？還是患了老年痴呆症？但無論如何我們這些前老同志還是要在這裡提醒張前同志，記得你在1987年州選時當上民主行動黨候選人，你的得了3位數的 “高” 票254票，你真讓人感到非常欽佩呀！因為你還勇往直前，不但在90年代開始你當上了美里支部主席，你更是在1992年到1994年當上全砂行動黨的副主席，當年的你可說風光非常呀！美里行動黨二十幾年以來在你 “英明” 的領導之下的屢戰屢敗，可見你真的領導 “有” 方呀！在你領導 “有” 方這麼多年把我們帶到 “荷蘭” 之後，你又變成了 “青蛙王子” 一跳又跳到了公正黨的船上了，希望你別又把這船再次開到“荷蘭”了。這些年來你在美里行動黨的表現，你在美里人民的心目中可說大家都 “心知肚明”，而且你自己也 “心理” 也非常 “有數”。

1999年國會大選超重量級候選人易修祺醫生鎩羽而歸，還真的要歸功於你這位當時行動黨美里國會候區的 “超重量級”的 “競選行動主任”，記得當時易醫生跟我們這些同志說他把一間房子都丟了，但我們却看到你當時那兩個 “褲袋” “滿滿”，走路差點都走不動了，哈哈！不知這些陳年趣事你還可記得？當時那 “芧坑” 不知是被誰霸著却又拉不出屎來？你領導行動黨美里支部十幾二十年以來有什麼表現？美里人民有目共睹！

行動黨在當時有利時機尚無法突破30%得票率魔咒，那是因為當時行動黨裡有個 “魔頭” 在，怎麼能突破魔咒呢？我們可看一看去年的州選就知道了，我們現任主席房保德一個選區得票5123票，而貴黨兩位候選人兩個選區得票相加，還不如我們現任主席房保德一個人那麼多。不知是那魔咒已被魔頭帶到貴黨了，還是貴黨那兩位選候人 “瘦骨如柴”，兩人重量相加，份量還不如我們現任支部主席房保德？

張前同志我們做人應該老實點，你說2004年行動黨將美里國席 “出讓”，但你沒說這個國席最後被誰給 “出賣” 了，而讓陳華貴不勞而獲？

張官發前老同志，我們做人要飲水思源，要老老實實，不要講大話，應該要忠心耿耿的為人民服務；而且要做個有擔當的人，不要推卸責任；美里民主行動黨差點沒被你搞垮，是因為還有我們這一批老同志在撐著！希望你跳到公正黨以後要重新好好做人，否則公正黨內有你這個朋友，也不需要其他敵人了！

美里支部老黨員启

Moreover, on 26 May, DAP Miri will hold a banquet at Golden Restaurant, heavy weighted leaders from the federal and Sarawak too will attend, DAP Miri called upon all the people to buy tickets to attend enthusiastically.

另外，民主行動黨美里支部將於5月26日星期六，在金喜酒樓舉辦晚宴，到時有中央和砂州重量級領袖出席，美里支部呼籲美里市民踴躍購票出席。

砂州電力公司沒有理由起電費

Sarawak Sesco has not right to increase the electrical rate.