Guarantee Letter from DBKL guarantees unknown

Lim and aggrieved Jinjang Selatan Tambahan residents

Surat Janji from DBKL

Two weeks ago, 14 out of 17 former Temporally Occupying Licensed (TOL) houses at Jinjang Selatan Tambahan received each a guarantee letter (surat jaminan) cum final eviction notice from DBKL informing them to vacate the area latest by Monday, 13.4.2009 in order for a road project. The letter did not mention the term of guarantee. Those TOL house owners have stayed there for over 40 years and have renewed their TOL every year until 5 years ago when DBKL refused to accept their renewal fees.
On Monday itself I received a reply from DBKL to my enquiry into the details of the guarantee letter and the answer is DBKL and one private company (a developer?) are yet to determine what to reward (ganjaran) the house owners. That means DBKL demands the owners to vacate their houses latest by Monday in exchange of an unknown or maybe nothing at all. Who would be that moron to accept such guarantee letter?

Lim Lip Eng

Chittirai Puthandu Vaalthukal (Happy New Year)

Malarum pookal pol sirithu manathil kavalaigal maranthu valkaiyel santosam ponga iniya Chittirai Puthandu Vaalthukal.

Lim Lip Eng

People queuing up to register as voters

The first voters’ registration campaign initiated by DAP started off at Tm Sri Sinar on 8:30am sharp as Election Commission Malaysia personnel were ready and people were waiting. The public response to this campaign was simply too overwhelming! Despite some light rains, the turn out increased by the minutes until 1pm when we have to call it off because it was already half an hour beyond time. At one time, we even ran out of forms but luckily one officer had supply in his car. Some 600 people came and we managed to have close to 400 new voters registered. Many were turned away because they haven’t had their IC address changed.

The very basic ingredient of democracy is voting and yet, more than 5 million Malaysians who are eligible to register as voters are not registered. Why? There are a variety of reasons. Some are very nonchalant about voting as they think this is politic. The other main reason is the whole voters’ registration process is full of hassle. One simple and 100% works solution to this is the government must let any Malaysian automatically becomes an eligible voter when he or she attains 21 years old. Easy does it.

Lim Lip Eng

New Voters Registration Campaign on 12 April (This Sunday)

Help from DBKL in Bukit Gantang By-Election

The two photos were taken yesterday at somewhere along Jalan Kuala Sepetang, Bukit Gantang, Perak. Why on earth a DBKL passenger van was doing in Bukit Gantang especially during the by-election? It was parked in front of a building where BN/Umno posters and banners almost covered the building frontage. Five to six people tried to get in the van when the photos were taken. I suppose they were there to help either the Election Commission or the police. Nevertheless, I will get KL city mayor to answer that.

Lim Lip Eng