无理取闹

今天中午，一位居民联络我说首邦市州议员在她的部落里写你。我的回应是有什么好写？一直以来，她做她的，我做我的，井水不犯河水，我又没惹她。

打开她的部落来看，原来无的放矢，只为了居民来见我，请我协助在首邦市及双威镇的LRT路线事件。听了他们的要求，我建议多找几位居民集思广益。整个事件就是这么简单，难道首邦市的课题只有州议员才有权处理？身为地方上领袖的每一举动，都要向她报备？莫名其妙！只因自已无法处理好，居民才会来马华会所要求协助。

我一直秉承只要对居民有利的事件，我不会为反对而反对。一年多来，首邦市州议员在区内所做，我都不去挑不去评。我只注重自己能做的，自己该做的。没想到，既使能使居民得利得益的事，也要政治化？首邦市州议员，你的智慧何在？自己办不好，他人协助也要反也要唱，执政了还是反对思维！难道不能合作为民？人民的利益还是个人名誉为要？

针对她的无理不求证方式评论我，评论国阵及马华，我以不入虎穴岂能擒虎心态，直入其部落留言。对就是对，错就是错，不要'黑白讲'。以下是我的留言:

I’m very much taken aback and somewhat surprised to note your sentiment in the article posted in YB Adun Subang Jaya’s blog.

I do not understand how a casual & informal meeting which I was planning to arrange with a few residents can draw the ire and attention from YB Adun Subang Jaya in a negatively-perceived manner.

Please allow me to make the following clarifications to set the record straight.

1st. There is no "consultation" session/meeting on the proposed LRT tracking route in my MCA Kelana Jaya office.

The informal get-together which I had proposed with a handful of invited residents is merely to enable me to get some feedback on their views so that I can better gauge public views on a matter that is of extremely high public interest among our Subang Jaya community.

In any case, this proposed meeting is only a tentative which is subject to actual confirmation. In the course of my working with the community, I too need to brainstorm with and get feedback from the community.

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2nd. The idea to hold this informal meeting with selected community representatives had its origins when some community leaders came to my office last Tuesday (12th May) to brief me on the LRT matter during which they also conveyed their own residents’ concerns.

To ensure a fair and wider representation of views, I then proposed to them to invite a few more persons and organise an informal meeting to gather more inputs for a more comprehensive perspective of the issue that will impact in a great way in our community.

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3rd. There is NO NEED to turn this into a political issue and create division lines on an issue that affects everyone of us, yourself and myself included. The LRT issue is a major project with wide implications -- the final consequences will ultimately be a "cost" to some sectors of our community or a boon to others in favour of improved transportation.

But before it is eventually a reality, there is no harm to get as much info of benefit , from all sectors of community, to be input for the final decision-making process. Like you, and everyone else, we are all seeking more information on the LRT route confirmation and all of us , I think, are anxious over it and the impact. It is no point to "grope in the dark" on an important and massive issue like the LRT without proper facts and information.

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4th. I have been a resident and community leader in Subang Jaya and USJ for many years and I am equally concerned regarding the wellbeing and quality of life for ALL residents in Subang Jaya -- just as you and other community leaders are committed and interested in in the various issues.

In this context, I am only responding to the request of some residents who had come to see me. If approached, I cannot turn the residents away, and will extend whatever help/service within our capabilities.

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5th. I respect you as a wakil raykat to perform your duties, but do not over react and do let me -- as a community leader too -- to do whatever best I could to help the people in Kelana Jaya constituency, especially in Subang Jaya and USJ which has been my home for the past 30 years.

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I too am committed to provide service to the community, even though it's under the MCA Kelana Jaya banner. After all, if it's for the betterment and benefit of the community and the people, I see no reason why my efforts and contributions should be denied and/or rejected.

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Ong Chong Swen
Chairman, MCA Kelana Jaya