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！
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