BN Bagan edar Jalur Gemilang

Bagi memeriahkan sambutan Hari Kemerdekaan Ke-55 negara yang akan disambut tidak lama lagi, Pusat Khidmat Penyelaras Barisan Nasional (BN) Parlimen Bagan, Pulau Pinang mengedarkan kira-kira 2,000 Jalur Gemilang pelbagai saiz kepada orang ramai di Pasar Awam Apollo, Jalan Raja Uda, Butterworth baru-baru ini.

Penyelarasnya, David Chua Teik Siang berkata, kesemua Jalur Gemilang itu habis diedarkan kepada orang ramai dalam masa kurang daripada sejam.

"Walaupun sibuk membeli barangan, orang ramai tetap datang untuk mendapatkan Jalur Gemilang percuma yang diedarkan kepada mereka.

TEIK SIANG (kanan) mengedarkan Jalur Gemilang kepada seorang peniaga di Pasar Awam Apollo, Jalan Raja Uda, Butterworth baru-baru ini.

"Ini menunjukkan, rakyat di negeri ini masih mempunyai semangat patriotik yang tinggi untuk bersama-sama meraikan Hari Kemerdekaan negara yang bakal disambut pada 31 Ogos ini," katanya. - KOSMO! Online

For the love of Malaysia

MERDEKA fever was in the air in Jalan Raja Uda, Butterworth, when about 2,000 Jalur Gemilang flags, of various sizes, were distributed to the young and the old there.

Bagan Barisan Nasional coordinator David Chua led a team comprising Sungai Puyu Barisan coordinator Sum Yoo Keong, Bagan Jermal BN coordinator Teh Lay Cheng and Bagan Dalam BN coordinator M. Karuppanan to give away the flags as early as 8.30am.

Other Barisan component party members and leaders including Bagan Umno special officer Abdul Hamid Ibrahim, Bagan MIC secretary S. Muniandy and Bagan People’s Progressive Party (PPP) chairman M. Puroshotman assisted them.

The Barisan coordinators took turns to place the Jalur Gemilang on passing vehicles.

“We want to ignite the spirit of patriotism among the people by distributing the flags and the response from the public has been very encouraging,” Chua told reporters yesterday, adding that the Jalur Gemilang is a symbol of the nation’s identity.

Flag bearers: (From right) Chua and Sum distributing Jalur Gemilang to fishmongers and shoppers at Apollo Market in Butterworth, Penang.

He urged those who did not receive the free flags to purchase it themselves and display it with pride at their homes as well as work premises.

He added it is important to relish and remember the country’s struggle for independence.

“Our nation’s forefathers had sacrificed a lot in order to ensure a better future for us all,” he said.

Chua said the younger generation should always be reminded of the country’s Merdeka Day, so they would not take the nation’s sovereignty for granted.

The Barisan coordinators and their group later proceeded to the Mak Mandin Rumah Hijau area to distribute Jalur Gemilang.

Repairing Rumah Hijau

RESIDENTS in 70 homes at Rumah Hijau longhouses in Mak Mandin, Butterworth, can now look forward to having better roofs over their heads.

This is because work to repair the homes has already started with a RM140,000 allocation from the Implementation and Coordination Unit (ICU) of the Prime Minister’s Department.

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced the allocation for the project during his official visit to the Bagan parliamentary constituency on June 16.

The repair works will be carried out by two NGOs — Pertubuhan Islam Komuniti Bagan and Gerakan Belia 4B Malaysia Butterworth branch.

Two cheques for RM100,000 and RM40,000 were handed over to the two bodies respectively by state development officer Datuk Nik Ali Mat Yunus at a simple ceremony held at the Rumah Hijau housing area.

Also present were Bagan Barisan Nasional coordinator David Chua, Sungai Puyu Barisan coordinator Sum Yoo Keong, Rumah Hijau Mak Mandin Residents Association chairman Sim Seang Kwang and Pertubuhan Islam Komuniti Bagan representative Abd Hamid Ibrahim.

Happy moment: Nik Ali (left), NGO representatives and Rumah Hijau residents rejoicing during the handing over of cheques worth RM140,000 to start repair work on the squatter houses in Mak Mandin, Butterworth, Penang

Nik Ali in his speech said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak attended six meet the people sessions in Penang between 2011 and this year, while his deputy attended 29 similar programmes and approved RM39.1mil for various projects.

Among the projects was the Rumah Hijau repair works, he added.

He said the repair works were expected to be completed before the Hari Raya Aidil Fitri celebrations.

Nik Ali also praised Chua for his commitment in helping the rakyat in the Bagan constituency.

Helping out: Bagan Barisan Nasional coordinator David Chua (on ladder), Penang ICU’s development officer Datuk Nik Ali Mat Yunus (second left), Rumah Hijau Mak Mandin Residents Association chairman Sim Seang Kwang (left) and Rumah Hijau residents laying new roofing sheets on the roof of a longhouse

Chua in his speech said that priority in repairing the houses would be given to Muslims in view of the Hari Raya festivity.

“I hope the others will be patient for their houses to be repaired,” he said.

He said he spoke to Muhyiddin about the pathetic condition of the Rumah Hijau houses during the DPM’s visit to Bagan and the deputy premier immediately approved the sum of RM140,000 for the repair works.

Chua also urged the Penang Government to expedite the documentation for the low-cost flat to be built for the Rumah Hijau residents.

“Once the documents are ready, we can draw up the plan to built the units and the residents can be expected to move in three years from now, he added. – The Star/Metro North

Chua: Federal Govt will help

BARISAN Nasional’s Bagan constituency co-ordinator David Chua says he will seek funds from the Federal authorities to buy a piece of land to resettle the remaining 70 families living in the Rumah Hijau longhouses in Mak Mandin.

He said the party could not wait for Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to negotiate terms with owners of three parcels of land near the original site to buy up one of the parcels for the same purpose.

“Back in March, he took representatives from the Rumah Hijau Bagan Residents Association to meet officers at the Housing and Local Government Ministry to apply for funds to build a low-cost flat block.

“As a result from that visit, the National Housing Department wrote a letter to them saying that it was willing to consider their application.

“I am confident the Federal Government will provide the funds to buy an alternative piece of land somewhere else, as well as funds to build the replacement housing units,” he told a press conference yesterday.

On Monday, Lim had said that the state government was prepared to buy or acquire a 1ha plot of land in Mak Mandin to assist the Federal Government in the relocation of all 240 families from the Rumah Hijau longhouses.

Lim had said that the state had identified three parcels of land, each measuring about 1ha near the longhouses, as options to facilitate the construction of a replacement flat block.

Chua said he disagreed with Lim’s move on Tuesday to ask the Federal Government to build 350 replacement flat units for the over 300 families, who originally stayed at the Rumah Hijau longhouses.

He said most of the families have already moved into housing units in a low-cost flat block in Ampang Jajar, built by a private developer in 2009.

“I do not see why we have to drag them out of their housing units in Ampang Jajar as many had spent a lot of money to renovate their units.

“However, I will conduct a survey to determine how many families are willing to give up their Ampang Jajar flat units and join the remaining 70 families in seeking for replacement units in their old Rumah Hijau site itself,” he said.

Chua also quizzed the state what it planned to do with the Ampang Jajar flat units of those families that opt to move out and occupy units in the proposed replacement flat block in the Rumah Hijau area.

“Is the state saying that these families are entitled to two housing units, one in Ampang Jajar and another in the proposed flat block at the Rumah Hijau site?.

“Or is the state delaying this for political purposes?” he said.

Residents all eager over DPM’s visit to Butterworth

DEPUTY Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s visit to Bagan in Butterworth on Saturday where more than 30,000 people will greet him will be the first made by a deputy prime minister.

He will be in the parliamentary constituency for the ‘Jom Bersama TPM — Semarak Kasih Rakyat’ programme in Raja Uda.
More than 200 hawkers will be serving local delights to the visitors.

Muhyiddin is also scheduled to meet local leaders from all communities in the Bagan parliamentary constituency.

Bagan Implementation Coordination Unit coordinator and Bagan MCA youth chief David Chua said the event would be held at the field behind the Caltex service station in Lorong Aman 4, off Jalan Raja Uda between 2pm and 6pm.

“We are excited over his visit as this is the first time a deputy prime minister is visiting Bagan and the people are eagerly waiting for the event,” he said during a press conference held at Bagan MCA division headquarters in Jalan Kampung Benggali, Butterworth, yesterday.

Also present were Bagan Umno representative Aminah Ishanak, Bagan Jermal Barisan coordinator Sum Yoo Keong, state MIC representative L. Balasubramaniam and Bagan PPP chairman M. Purushotaman.

Looking forward: Bagan ICU Co-ordinator David Chua (third right) with the organising committee members posing for a photo in Butterworth, Penang

Chua said they would be distributing 30,000 food coupons worth RM300,000 to the visitors through non-governmental organisations, associations and clubs in Bagan.

He said visitors with the coupons are also eligible for a lucky draw with a 42-inch LCD TV as first prize, a fridge (second prize) and a laptop (third prize) as well as 53 other prizes.

He said buses would be provided to the residents in low-cost flats to transport them to the venue.

He said more than 5,500 T-shirts would be distributed to members of Barisan component parties.

He added that Tourism Minister and Penang MCA chief Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen, Penang Barisan chief Teng Chang Yeow, state Umno chief Datuk Zainal Abidin Osman, state MIC chief Datuk G. Rajoo, state Gerakan chief Datuk Dr Teng Hock Nan and state PPP chief Datuk Dr Loga Bala Mohan would also be attending the event.

More Details: The Star Online

16 Jun 2012 JOM Bersama TPM di Parlimen Bagan

Lawatan Rasmi YAB Timbalan Perdana Menteri Malaysia Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin ke kawasanParlimen Bagan pada 16 Jun 2012. Semua di jemput hadir"JOM BERSAMA TPM"

JOM bersama TPM

Tarikh :16.6.2012 (Sabtu) 

Masa:1pm - 6pm

Tempat: Padang Jalan Tanjung Aman 4 (Belakang Caltex Raja Uda) 

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