人聯不要在華文媒體煽動華族情緒

Supp shouldn’t intimidate racist emotion among Chinese in Chinese press.

On 26/06/2007 press statement, the Supp Treasurer YB Datuk David Teng Lung Chi (鄧倫奇) expressed, if people choose to support the opposition party and leave the political power mainstream, using the minority strength to support opposition party exerting pressure, the obvious result is that the bumi mainstream political power may not need to depend upon the non-bumi Chinese race to participate in the politics, then the bumi can rule this country on their own.

In this situation, he said, all unreasonable politically administrative deviation cannot be obtained in an effective solution; this is the route of the opposition party. However, another choice is Supp believing by participating in the mainstream political power on a long term conferral, in order to maintain the rights and the interests of the Chinese, to ensure the stability and the progress of the all people.

Regarding Mr Teng’s (鄧倫奇) opinion, Fong Pau Teck pointed out that our country is a multi-races society, Mr Teng’s opinion will destroy seriously the harmoniously relationship among all races, Supp self-praised to be the multi-races political party, ought to point out the government’s politically administrative deviation, to treat all races fairly, but not to stir up the Chinese emotion through the Chinese press, and treat the native (bumi) as enemies in mind.

On the other hand, on 26/06/2007, The Secretary general YBhg Datuk Sim Kheng Hui (沈慶輝) also expressed similarly, the people should possess of the so-called crisis consciousness, although we are living in a peaceful and tranquil living conditions every day, but these peaceful and tranquil living conditions certainly are not rendered freely from the sky, in stead, all are exchanged with people’s blood and tears.

According to him, in those very years, Supp was during the period of the opposition party, many branches and the subdivision were forced to close down, and the party members were arrested into the prison, with the trading of the struggles of those diligent people in those day, only for the peace and freedom for today’s people.

According to Mr Sim’s opinion, Fong also pointed out, Supp in the period of the opposition party, Supp could strive for the people and acquired the peacefulness and the tranquil living environment, then, Supp should suppose not to deny the exerting pressure way which is carried out by the opposition party nowadays should also contribute to this country, Supp should not obliterate the contributions of the opposition party for the country.

Supp supposed to speak out all sorts of problems they faced while striving for the rights and the interests of the people such as the Chinese Education issue, and declare what ways will be used in the future to continue to fight for it, so as to eliminate the people’s thinking or view that Supp dares not to fight for the people, and dares not to stick on the righteousness. After all, many states in Malaysia have already been institutionalized to allocate funds to Chinese Independent Schools year to year, but what reasons shouldn’t the Sarawak state government imitate so as to show the fair treatment to various races of people?

It has been well known that the functions of the ruling party and the frontier party are different, both has its own duty, the frontier party’s ways of exerting pressure helped Supp the ruling party’s closing door striving, closing door negotiation, and accelerated its progress. If the ruling party has failed the people’s expectation, the people then repose their hope to the frontier party, this is the populace’s wise choice. It is also a good way to stimulate the ruling party not to slow-down at work. Simultaneously, Fong Pau Teck called upon all wise Supp members to stop and spurn out-and-out those leaders who sent out instigating opinions which alienated the relationship among all races of people, in order to prevent the gap of the various races expanded further, and let the people thought that Supp is the party which stirred up the racist emotion of all races.

人聯黨中央財政拿督鄧倫奇在26/06/07報章表示，如果選擇支持反對黨離開政權的主流，以少數的力量來支持反對黨施壓，可見的結果是土著主流政權，可以在不需要依靠非土著的華族政治參與，而自我統治這個國家。

在這種情況下，他說，所有不合理的施政偏差，不能獲得有效的解決，這是反對黨的路線。但是，在另一種的選擇是人聯黨所堅信的參與主流政權以長時栛商式和作法，來維護華族的權益，和確保全民的安定和進步。

對於鄧倫奇的言論，房保德指出，我國是多元種族社會，鄧倫奇的上述言論將嚴重破壞各族之間的和睦關係，人聯黨自我標榜為多元種族政黨，理應指出政府施政的偏差，公平對待各族人民，而不是在華文媒體煽動華族，視土著為假想敵人。

另一方面，人聯黨中央秘書長沈慶輝也同樣在26/06/07報章中表示，人們應有所謂的危機意識，雖然說我們每天都生活在和平與安寧的生活環境當中，但是這些和平與安寧的生活環境並不是從天而降的，是許多人用血淚所換回來的。

據他表示，當年在人聯黨處在反對黨時期，面對許多支部及分部被封閉，黨員被捉進牢房。也是在這些人的努力爭取下，人們才換來今天的自由與和平。

房保德根據沈慶輝的言論又指出，人聯黨在反對黨時期，既然能為人民爭取到今天的和平與安寧的生活環境。那麼，人聯黨就不應該否定反對黨的施壓方式，和抹煞反對黨對國家的貢獻。

人聯黨應該公佈在爭取人民權益如華教課題的過程中所面對的種種問題，和在未來將採取何種方式繼續爭取，以消除人民認為人聯黨不敢為民爭取，不敢杖義執言的看法。畢竟，國內多個州都己制度化常年撥款華文獨中，本州政府有何理由不仿傚以示公平對待各族人民？

眾所周知執政黨和在野黨的功能不同，各司其識。在野黨的施壓方式有助身為執政黨的人聯內部爭取，內部協商，並加速其進度。如執政的政黨擔誤了選民的期望，人民進而轉而寄託於在野政黨，是民眾智慧的選擇，也是刺激執政的政黨不要怠工的一個好方法。同時房保德呼籲有智慧的人聯黨員應該阻止和唾棄思想極端的領袖發出挑撥各族關係的言論，以防止各族人民之間的鴻溝進一步擴大，讓人民誤以為人聯是搞種族情緒的一個政黨。

陳康南的言論另人擔心

Dr. George Chan’s opinion makes people worried

The president of Supp, YB Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr. George Chan Hong Nam, expressed extremely worried that some medias started the route to try to please the public with claptrap, and they even jutted out to react against the mainstream political sound opinion, these opinions lacked of political correctness, and caused the wide readers and the government to come into estranged affection, deviated the orthodox functions of the past medias.

He emphasized that as public organizations, mass media, frequently used “protect Democracy” as a pretext, and shouted out “the right to know” to people, exaggerating some government’s faults or politicians’ misbehaviour, caused people to prejudice the politicians and the government’s that then affected the cooperation in between the officials and the people to create a goal for a prosperous society.

He said, the purposes of some newspaper are for profit making only and publish many bad reports about the government and the society, this newspaper is unworthy for us to read and support.

He expressed that, in order to fish for the political capital, certain politicians started to make used of the media to create things just to frighten the people, distorting the government’s favourable policy to the plunderage of resources. On the other hand, described oneself as the people’s hero. Part of the public who do not have the analytic abilities probably can be misled, in which produced misunderstanding to the government, and finally affected the public policy to be carried out smoothly. He then added, the government development funds were limited, if the people are hostile toward the government, that area does not welcome the government and intends to overthrow the government, the government definitely will not develop this area.

Deputy Chief Minister’s opinion made people felt uncomfortable, if brother Nam thought that presently most people generally felt disaffection toward the government was due to the politicians’ misleading and the claptrap from the press, he should truly point out in the press which politicians and newspapers made such impractical opinion to defame the government, and he may make suitably clarifies, even he could take action to bring them to the court in order to ensure a correct understanding of the facts, but not to make threatened opinion to the kind citizens by saying not to develop those areas.

At present, our country adopts the free election democratic system, the people have the right to choose the ideal courageous person, if people prefer to elect the candidates of the frontier party to be the people representatives, the person in power use the people in certain areas do not welcome the government or intend to overthrow the government as an excuse to refuse to carry on any development to that certain areas. Had this lost the meaning of free election of democratic system? People are kind and neutral, people vote for the frontier party candidates, certainly do not mean that the people want to overthrow the government, the people only want to transmit some messages through their votes to the government, to express their dissatisfaction toward some policies and to spurn those representatives who are unable to express the public opinions. If certain policies, embark from the people’s point of views, regardless from any angles to look into them, still cannot find out any advantages for the people, the ruling party should have more ways and spaces than the frontier party to transmit the government’s messages to the people. Why do the people still tend to listen respectfully to and believe in the frontier party’s political view?

After the government increased the fuel prices, all domestic products inflated, the government warned the merchants cannot raise the daily necessities prices ceaselessly, otherwise will suffer official tackle seriously. Some reports showed in the Malaysian Website pointed out that one of the Mama Stall in West Malaysia, the price of the ice Milo was more expensive than the normal day for 20 to 30 cents and finally was fined twenty two thousand and five hundred ringgit. According to the report, the Domestic trade and consumer personnel department also confiscated 750 ringgit food and drink, and tore down the restaurant signboard.

On the other hand, the government allowed the profit-making highway to increase the toll fees, and expressed that if do not allow the charging highway to increase the toll fees; the government would compensate a large amount of money to the highway company. When the chargeable television channel collected high charges from the people, minister said, if the people complain of the high charges, they may choose not to watch. There are non-chargeable television channels like TV1, TV2, and TV3 available domestically, but the government has no intention to open for non-chargeable satellite television programme from other countries. BN government allowed the profit-making electrical company to have traffic hike, allowed city councils and local councils to collect higher assessment fees for the reason those department had not adjusted the assessment fees for several ten years. But the government had not considered the users for the electrical company and the houses too had increased how many times if compared to several decades ago? The increment of the customers does it not mean that the income increased, moreover, the profit increase too?

Because of all sort of charges increased, people do not have enough money to spend, the workers requested the employers to raise the salary, but for those hawkers who are also the bosses themselves too or the shop owners of the small grocery stores, whom could they request the increment of salary from? The similar income is insufficient to deal with the soaring expenses nowadays, how to survive if do not adjust the prices? The government has the responsibility to ensure that the highway company not to lose money in business, but do not care about the people, only suffering people know their own's pain.

Brother Nam should understand that the government has the necessity to examine those policies which caused people arose negative view, like what the SUPP Lanang sub-branch secretary said, the leaders and the members of the opposition party are not the enemies of the country, they are not the competitors for the ruling party, look into the people’s aspiration which raised by the opposition party positively, absorb the good lessons from the neighbouring country about the ignoring of the people’s aspiration and caused the collapse of the government.


砂州第一副首長陳康南表示非常擔心，一些媒體開始走向嘩眾取寵的路線，甚至突出反抗主流的政治聲音的言論，這些言論缺乏政治正確，使到廣大讀者與政府產生疏離作用，偏離了過去媒體正統意義上的上情下達的功能。

他強調，作為公共機構的大眾媒體，經常動輒以保護 “民主” 為藉口，為人民有 “知的權利” 而渲染、誇大政府的一些失誤或政治人物言行的疏失，使人們對政治人物，對政府的偏見，進而影響官民合作，共同創造繁榮社會的目標。

他說，有些報章就是為了賺錢而對政府及社會作出許多不良的報導，而這份報紙就不值得我們去看及支持了。

他表示，某些政客為了撈取政治資本，開始利用媒體來制造危言聳聽的言論，把政府的利民政策扭曲為掠奪資源。相反的，却把自己描述成民族英雄，部份沒有分析能力的公眾，可能會受到誤導，而對政府產生誤解，進而影響到公共政策的順利執行。他還說，政府發展基金有限，若人民仇視政府，該地區不歡迎及有意推翻政府，政府肯定不會對該地區作出發展。

副首長的言論令人看了多全身不自在，南哥既然認為目前人民普遍對政府感到不滿是因為受到政客的誤導和媒體的嘩眾取寵式的報導而影響，他應確實地在媒體指出是哪些政客和報章作出哪些不切實際的言論來底毁政府，並且可作出適當的澄清，甚至可以採取行動把彼得提控上庭以正視聽，而不是對善良的百姓作出不發展彼等地區的恐嚇性言論。

我國目前採取自由選舉的民主制度，人民有權力選出心目中的人民代議士，當人民傾向於投在野黨的候選人成為代議仕時，當權者却以該區人民不歡迎政府或有意推翻政府為由而拒絕對該區進行發展，是否已經失去了自由民主選舉的意義呢？人民是善良而中立的，人民票投在野黨的候選人，並不意味着人民要推翻政府，人民只是要通過手中的選票向政府傳達一些訊息，來表達他們對於某些政策的不滿以及唾棄一些無法表達民意的議員。如某些政策，從人民的角度出發，無論是横看還是竪看，都看不出那裡利民，執政黨應該比在野黨，有更多的管道和空間向人民傳達政府的訊息，為什麼人民傾向於聆聽和相信在野黨的言論呢？

當政府調高國內的燃油價格後，國內百物隨着水漲船高，政府警吿商家不可胡亂抬高日用品的價格，否則將遭受嚴厲取締行動的對付，馬來西亞網站的一些報導指在西馬一家嘛嘛餐館賣美祿冰比平時貴20至30仙而被罰款2萬2仟500令吉。據了解，國內貿易及消費人事務部還充公了750令吉的食物和飲料，並拆掉餐館的招牌。但另一方面，政府却批准賺錢的收費大道調高收費，並表示如果不批准收費大道調高收費，政府須賠償大道公司巨額款項。當收費電視頻道向人民調高收費時，部長說，人民如困嫌收費電視台的收費貴可以選擇不看，國內有的是無收費電視台如TV1, TV2, TV3 等！但政府却無意開放來自其他國家的免收費衞星轉播電視節目。國陣政府批准賺錢的電力公司調高電費，市政局和市議會調高門牌稅，理由是這些部門己經有幾十年沒調高收費了。但是政府却沒有考慮電力公司的用戶和房屋比前幾十年已增加了多少倍？增加的客戶不是等於收入增加，而且盈利隨著增加嗎？

由於種種收費的調高，人民的錢不夠用，工人要求老板加薪，但自己也身老板的小販或小雜貨店店主，可向誰來要求加薪？同樣的收入己不足以應付高昂的開銷，不調高物價如何生存？政府有義務確保大道公司不賠錢，苦哈哈的人民有苦唯有自己知。

南哥應該了解，政府有必要檢討那些引起人民負面看法的政策，誠如人聯黨南蘭律事務秘書所言，反對黨的領袖和黨員並不是國家的敵人，他們不是執政黨的競爭對手，正面看待反對黨所提出的人民的心聲，吸取鄰國罔顧民意導致政府垮台的教訓。

27位市議員在哪裡? Where are the 27 councillors?

迫邁再也多處水溝沒清理
不知美里27位議員在哪裡？

Many drainages in Permyjaya are not cleaned up,
Where are the 27 Miri City Councillors?

埔奕州議員謝超發華教零貢獻?

Pujut YB did Zero contribution to The Chinese Education as well?

埔奕州議員謝超發指行動黨對本州華教作出零貢獻，他也說，在上屆大選時候，行動黨叫人民投他們的票，以便抗爭燃油起價。他質問行動黨在古晉嬴取數個議席之後；燃油價格有下降嗎？他指這是一個挑起人民情緒反對國陣，以撈取個人政治資本的例子。

謝超發的這番言論，可說是人聯高層的心聲。520州選，雖國陣在燃油價格調升的課題上作了排山倒海式的宣傳，但行動黨的弱勢宣傳仍然取得了普遍民眾的共鳴。人民顯然厭倦了人聯黨只會口口聲聲通過內部協商精神來為人民爭取應得的權益的說法。而人民也已經看出人聯黨以此說法，只不過用來掩飾該黨不敢反對國陣政府錯誤的政策之事實。人民知道如果猖獗的貪污問題一旦存在，人民仍然無法從省下的燃油津貼中得到任何福利。從沙巴州在八十年代團結黨執政沙巴州後宣布常年撥款獨中，相信人民已經意識到只有通過選票發出的強烈訊息，國陣政府才能聽到人民的心聲。

人民在520州選向國陣政府表達了強烈的不滿，但人聯黨却怪罪行動黨把行動黨說出人民心聲歪曲為挑起人民情緒來反對國陣，把人民看成沒有分辨是非能力的愚民蠢民，隨着行動黨起舞，致令人聯黨慘敗。

人聯黨在州選失去半壁江山之後宣布常年撥款50萬予州內獨中。人聯黨顯然從州選人民強烈訊息中聽到一丁點人民的心聲。當在野黨在州議會提出州政府常年撥款獨中的動議時，州政府却以教育課題属聯邦課題予以駁回時，人聯黨眾議院却噤若寒蟬。公正黨州議員指出，他在4月25日親自將“尋求獨中撥款”信件交給第二財政部長黃順舸，但是黄順舸則否認有發過有關的信件。這事件顯示人聯黨在州議會根本不敢碰觸“尋求獨中撥款”的課題。如果國陣政府果如人聯黨所說，是中庸且富前瞻性的政府，為何不能在州議會討論撥款獨中事宜？州政府撥款獨中是州內部財政的問題，為何自己做不了主？國內州属自行撥款資助獨中早有先例，人聯黨眾議員為何不敢在州議會和州內閣碰觸“尋求獨中撥款”事宜？人聯黨宣布每年撥款50萬令吉予州內獨中，如果說不是來自人民和在野黨的壓力，難道是為了感謝人民的唾棄？

副首相納吉曾表示，人民必須接受政府終有一天取消汽油及柴油津貼的事實。這就為何人民不會感到驚訝為何在原油下跌的當兒，政府沒有調低燃油的價格。如果不是人民在520州選時發出強烈訊息，國陣政府必加快取消燃油津貼的步伐。無論是州議會或國會，我們都可以從報章報導中知道眾議員的表現。人聯黨眾議員應該挺身在議會內反應民意，否則最終必遭人民唾棄。

Pujut YB pointed at DAP and said that DAP have done Zero contribution to The Chinese Education. He also said that in last state election DAP requested the people to vote for them in order to protest the fuel price hike. He interrogated The Dap in Kuching after it won a few seats, has the fuel price dropped? He said that that was to shoulder people’s mood to oppose Barisan National, in order to fish for individual political capital.

YB Chia’s view may also reveal the Supp senior level has the same thought. 520 state election, although Barisan National had made boastful propaganda in the issue of the fuel prices hike; Dap’s normal campaign had still obtained universal populace’s sympathetic chord. The people were obviously weary the Supp only able to keep on proclaiming through the closing door negotiation with BN to fight for the people’s right. But the people also knew that Supp used this as an excuse.

Through the ways of their excuse, they only used this way to conceal themselves not to oppose BN on the wrong policies. People are awared of if the rampant problem of corruption still in the government, People were still unable to obtain any welfare through the saving of the fuel subsidy.

In 80’s, after The PBS from Sabah State had won the seat, it announced the allocation of funds for the Chinese Independent School through out the years, We believed that the people already realized only through the intense message from their votes, the government can only hear the people’s aspiration.

In 520 state election, the people expressed intensely their dissatisfaction to the BN government. However SUPP blamed DAP that shout out for the people aspiration; SUPP twisted to that shouldered the people’s mood to oppose BN, which is regarded the people as the illiterate stupid people who had no abilities to distinguish the right and wrong, to dance together with DAP and to made SUPP suffered a crushing defeat.

In the state election, SUPP lost half of its throne and finally announced to allocate 500 thousand to the state Chinese Independent Schools annually. From the State election, SUPP apparently heard a little piece of the people’s voice. In the ADUN meeting when the opposition party proposed that the government’s annual allocation of funds to the Chinese Independent Schools, the State government turned down the proposal and said that the Education was the Federal issue. The representation of Supp was keeping silent. As a PKR YB pointed out, on 24 April, he personally sent a letter of “seeking funds for the Independent School” to the second financial minister WSK, but WSK denied that he has received the letter. This event showed that SUPP simply dared not to touch on the issue of “funds allocation for the Chinese Independent School”.

If the government fruited like the saying of SUPP is the doctrine of mean and also a rich foresightedness government, why can’t the issue of “the allocation of funds for the Chinese Independent School” be discussed in the ADUN meeting? The allocation of funds for the Chinese Independent Schools from the State government belongs to the State interior financial problem. Why couldn’t the state government take it in its own hand to make decision? In Malaysia has many precedent cases, there are many states that have voluntarily allocated funds to subsidize the Chinese Independent Schools. Why didn’t the numerous SUPP YBs dare to voice out the issue concerned of the “funds allocation for the Chinese Independent Schools” in the ADUN meeting as well as the State Cabinet meeting?

SUPP has announced to allocate 500 thousands to the Chinese Independent School annually, If that wasn’t from the pressure of the people and the frontier party, Was it to show thanks for the people’s to spurn Supp?

The deputy prime minister has said, people must accept the fact that the government will cancel the subsidies for the gasoline and the diesel one day. That is why people won’t feel surprised by the time of the fall in crude oil where the government had not lowered the fuel prices. If the people did not send out intense message through 520 state election, the government must have speeded up the steps of the cancellation of the fuel subsidy.

Regardless of the State ADUN meeting or the parliament meeting, we know about the performance of all ours YB from the newspaper reported. The SUPP YB supposed to boldly thrust forward to voice out the general public opinion in the ADUN or parliament meeting. Otherwise SUPP finally surely could not escape from the spurn by the people.

美里27位市議員在哪?

Where are the 27 city councillors ?

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！